Digital BW, The Print

From the Epson spec sheet...
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Specifications Epson Perfection 2450 Photo
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Scanner Type:Flatbed color image scanner
Photoelectric Device:Color MatrixCCDЄ line sensor
Maximum Scan Area: 8.5" x 11.7" (216mm x 297mm)
Hardware Resolution: 2400 x 4800 dpi maximum with Micro Step DriveЄ 
technology
Color Depth: 48-bit internal/48-bit external
Grayscale Depth: 16-bit internal/16-bit external
Optical Density: 3.3 Dmax
Interface: USB 2.0 and FireWire (IEEE 1394)
Scanning Speed (2400 dpi, draft mode):
   256 gray l evel 3.8 msec/line (approx.)
   Full color  11.0 msec/line (approx.)
Reliability: 30000 cycles MCBF
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Godfrey

On Monday, July 8, 2002, at 08:55 AM, William Cobb wrote:

> Er ... isn't the Epson 2450 42 bit device rather than 48?