System Requirements; Windows - Epson Expression 1640XL Graphic Arts User Manual

System Requirements

The minimum system requirements for Windows and Macintosh are listed below. For optimum
performance, a faster processor and more memory are recommended. If you're scanning high
resolution images, you need more than the minimum available hard disk space.
Color and tone reproduction are subject to the display capability of your
computer system, including the video card, monitor, and software. See the
documentation for these products for details.

Windows

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■ An IBM -compatible PC with a Pentium
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USB: preinstalled Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP
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SCSI: preinstalled Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP
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FireWire IEEE 1394: preinstalled Windows 2000, Windows Me, or Windows XP and an
OHCI-compatible port or card
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32MB RAM (64MB RAM recommended), 64MB RAM (128 MB RAM recommended) for
Windows XP
■ 50MB available hard disk space (350MB if all the included software applications are installed)
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CD-ROM drive
VGA color monitor with 640 × 480 resolution (a color monitor with a resolution of 800 × 600 or
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higher recommended)
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8-bit 256-color display adapter card (24-bit display adapter card with millions of colors
recommended)
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LaserSoft SilverFast
Professional color scanning software for use with Adobe
Photoshop. This high-end scanning program uses artificial
intelligence to produce the finest images available from your
scanner. By matching the prescan to the final scanned image,
SilverFast ensures accurate, high quality scans. SilverFast also
features global and selective color correction, unsharp masking,
descreening, and scan to RGB, CMYK, or CIE Lab color
spaces.
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processor with one of these operating systems:
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(1640XL Graphic Arts Edition only)
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