Epson Expression 1640XL Special Edition Scanner

by Epson

Product Details

Product Manual [4.71mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 46.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 61 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004Z3IY
• Item model number: 1640XL
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 21, 2000

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Epson Expression 1640XL high-performance flatbed scanner has an extra-large capacity that will accommodate even your hard-to-scan documents. The 1640XL color scanner boasts resolutions of up to 1,600 x 3,200 dpi. It uses Epson's Micro Step Drive technology for the optimum speed, consistency, and color in a workgroup scanner.

The 1640XL features a 12.2-by-17.2-inch scanning area with high-speed scan capabilities. For optimum color images, the 1640XL offers 42-bit internal and external color depth. It can capture 440 billion colors and 16,384 shades of gray. The 1640XL is perfect for artists, professionals, and graphic designers. Its Xenon cold cathode fluorescent lamp is a high-intensity light source that is ready to perform without the normal warm-up time.

The 1640XL has a scanning speed of 4.5 milliseconds per line for line art and grayscale images. It scans at 13.2 milliseconds per line for full-color images. Full documents can be processed in less than one minute. The 1640XL features a one-year limited warranty and toll-free technical support. It comes with SCSI, USB, and FireWire connectivity for ultimate versatility. Standard software includes Adobe Photoshop 5.0 Limited Edition, Xerox TextBridge Classic, Presto! PageManager, Epson TWAIN Pro, TWAIN Pro Network, and Scan Server. --Megan Dugan

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It gets the job done!, September 19, 2001

By 

Richard Orban (Denton, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Expression 1640XL Special Edition Scanner (Office Product)

I think this is a fabulous scanner. I'm the curator for a photographic website ...and I've run over 4000 11"x14" photographs through mine with no problems. I use ULead's PhotoImpact 6 for image processing (TIF to JPG) - it's the only program that allows macros - when you're doing 4000 scans with several manual steps the macros are indispensible. I can't say I'm looking forward to scanning the next 4000 photos, but I sure know this scanner can do the job.

At 400 dpi it is fast (40 seconds for 14-bit greyscale 11"x14" scan) and very quiet. I added a SCSI hard drive to get the 50 MB TIF files to save to disk on my NT system in 2 seconds.

The sample size (14-bit B&W or 42-bit Color), resolution and Dmax are unmatched until you spend over $10,000.

Add the Epson 1280 printer for the best photo output.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Scanner for the price, March 9, 2001

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John Roushkolb (Topeka, KS (USA)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Expression 1640XL Special Edition Scanner (Office Product)

This scanner is an excellent purchase for an ad agency or design house looking to improve their color. Right out of the box, this scanner has excellent color reproduction, and the 3.6 DMax grabs excellent detail in the shadows. Our agency... has a client roster of many large agribusiness firms, and this scanner grabs onto individual hairs in even the blackest Black Angus cattle.

The Epson TWAIN software handles USM and de-screening like some of the higher-end scanners, but it lacks precise controls for those features.

Batch scanning is one of the strengths of this scanner, with multiple marquee selection as easy as click and drag, and one-button batch scanning.

This scanner offers one-button capture(Windows only), network scanning and an Automatic Document Feeder option, but we have not explored those options in our workflow.

6 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lousy software, Terrible support, July 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Epson Expression 1640XL Special Edition Scanner (Office Product)

I wasted no time returning this scanner. I have eventually settled on a Microtek 4600. The Epson is sleek appearing, lightweight, fast. But fast is no good when the results are unuseable. The Epson software doesn't permit you to preset what you want to scan and whether or not to push more light to it, or less. It defaults to amateur settings and the results might thrill someone who's never used a scanner before, but anyone who has used one for graphics work of any kind, will find it unworthy. The factory is impossible to get hold of either through email, or telephone. In essence the software is lousy and the support is nil. Back it went.