Epson Perfection 1200U Series Product Support Bulletin - Page 8

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Epson Scan Dust Removal for Film, Descreening and DIGITAL ICE

Epson Scan's "Dust Removal" for film and DIGITAL ICE settings cannot be enabled at the same time. When

DIGITAL ICE is on, the Dust Removal checkbox is grayed out; when the DIGITAL ICE checkbox is unchecked,

the Dust Removal checkbox is enabled.

Dust Removal is only a software process, therefore the correction quality is less than DIGITAL ICE. Hard disk

space and system memory requirements are less than those for DIGITAL ICE. Processing speed is also faster

than DIGITAL ICE. Dust Removal is available for conventional Black & White negative film; it also performs

well for Kodachrome film, whereas DIGITAL ICE does not.

DIGITAL ICE also does not support the Descreening filter. If DIGITAL ICE is on, the Descreening filter

checkbox is disabled. Other Epson Scan features such as "Grain Reduction" for film and "Color Restoration"

for film and photographs work well with DIGITAL ICE.

LaserSoft® SilverFast® with DIGITAL ICE upgrade information

LaserSoft Inc. now has an upgrade for the SilverFast Driver that includes the DIGITAL ICE feature for the

Perfection 4870 series scanner. To download the upgrade, follow the links below to the SilverFast web page

for your scanner model:

Perfection 4870 PRO - SilverFast Ai 6:

http://www.silverfast.com/epson/perf4870/ai/eng.html

Perfection 4870 Photo - SilverFast SE 6:

http://www.silverfast.com/epson/perf4870/se/eng.html

Follow the on-screen prompts to register your software. Be sure you have a valid e-mail account (you will

receive an e-mail from SilverFast). You will also need your SilverFast serial number located on the CD-ROM

sleeve of the SilverFast CD that came with your scanner. After you complete the registration and receive your

e-mail from SilverFast, you can download the latest version of the software.

Notes for the SilverFast Driver:

1) The originally bundled versions of SilverFast SE/Ai 6 that shipped with Perfection 4870 Photo and PRO

model scanners respectively did not support the DIGITAL ICE feature. In order to get the DIGITAL ICE

feature, the newest version of SilverFast must be downloaded from LaserSoft's web site. (a slip sheet

with this upgrade information was also included with the scanner)

2) SilverFast SE 6 bundled with the Perfection 4870 Photo does not support 48-bit Color or 16-bit Grayscale

output. Perfection 4870 Photo customers can purchase an upgrade to SilverFast Ai 6 with DIGITAL ICE from

LaserSoft at www.silverfast.com. Perfection 4870 PRO customers can download an upgrade to SilverFast Ai 6

with DIGITAL ICE from LaserSoft free of charge.

3) Images for both Microsoft® Windows® based PC's and Apple® Macintosh® computers should not exceed

30,000 X 30,000 pixels, or 6.25" x 6.25" at 4800 dpi.

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