Epson Announces Three New Perfection Scanners Featuring Photo Restoration Capabilities

LONG BEACH, Calif. - June 28, 2004 - The new EPSON Perfection 4180 Photo, Perfection 2580 Photo and Perfection 2480 Photo scanners offer a performance-rich set of features at incredibly affordable prices. These new models offer an impressive combination of image quality, versatility and innovative photo restoration software at prices ranging from up to . Each of these scanners includes the second generation of Epson Easy Photo Fix technology, which provides customers with precise one-touch color restoration of faded photos, slides and negatives, and one-touch dust removal from slides and negatives.

The EPSON Perfection 4180 Photo is a high-quality consumer scanner combining maximum hardware resolution of 4800 x 9600 dpi and 3.4 Dmax along with an affordable price. This scanner is ideal for advanced amateur photographers or photo enthusiasts with its built-in adapter that allows for scanning multiple 35mm slides, negatives and 2 1/4" transparencies. The Perfection 4180 Photo will be available in August for an estimated street price of ( after a rebate).

The EPSON Perfection 2580 Photo is perfect for digitizing and restoring stacks of negatives in just a few simple steps with its easy-to-use 35mm Auto Film Loader. This scanner model is especially convenient for producing 8" x 10" enlargements with its maximum hardware resolution of 2400 x 4800 dpi for capturing and reproducing images with incredible detail and accuracy. The EPSON Perfection 2580 Photo will be available in August for an estimated street price of .

The EPSON Perfection 2480 Photo is the most affordable in the latest Epson line of scanners, yet there is no compromise on the quality. The Perfection 2480 Photo offers all of the same great software and high-quality features that are available with the Perfection 2580 Photo, with the exception of the Auto Film Loader. This scanner includes a built-in transparency adapter for added versatility and can scan 35mm film (up to three frames per strip) or two slides. The Perfection 2480 Photo will be available in July for an estimated street price of .

All three of these scanners offer Hi-Speed USB 2.0 for fast scanning of important photos, documents, slides and negatives, and are compatible with most Windows and Macintosh systems.