• Separate scan beds for high-quality reflective and transparency scanning
• Upper scan bed size of 8" x 14"
• SnapTrans™ film templates for standard film formats, plus a glass tray for odd-sized film up to 8" x 10"
• Microtek-patented E.D.I.T.™ glassless scanning
• Fan-cooled CCD to maintain ideal operating temperature and ensure consistent, top-quality images
• Multiple sampling technology to reduce image noise
• Hi-Speed USB and FireWire interfaces
• Acclaimed software package, including SilverFast Ai 6 from LaserSoft Imaging, and Microtek ScanWizard™ Pro

Features and Benefits

• Amazing 4.8 maximum optical density
  4.8 maximum optical density delivers the highest level of image capture, approximating the quality of drum scans
  
  
• Dual media design for scanning photos and film
  - Two scan beds: Upper bed of 8" x 14" for scanning photos, and lower bed of 8" x 10" for scanning film
  - Separate light sources for each scan bed to ensure optimal scanning
  
  
• Kodak 43,200-sensor CCD and high resolution
  The Kodak 43,200-sensor CCD provides an optical scanning resolution of 1800 x 3600 dpi for crisp images, allowing for greater enlargement with richer detail
  
  
• E.D.I.T. glassless film scanning technology
  - E.D.I.T., or Emulsion Direct Imaging Technology, is a Microtek-patented system
  - Allows images to be captured directly from film without any intervening glass pane
  - Eliminates Newton Rings and other undesirable image noise during film scanning
  
  
• The world's first professional Hi-Speed USB scanner
  - A hardware milestone for Microtek! The 1800f is the first professional scanner to support the USB 2.0 standard, capable of a 480-Mbps data transfer rate
  - USB 2.0 is backwards compatible, and all Hi-Speed USB devices can be plugged into older USB 1.1 ports. Hot swappable convenience lets you connect up to 127 peripherals at once
  - FireWire interface with 1394 IEEE chip on board guarantees ultra-high-speed transfer rates. Lets you connect up to 63 peripherals to FireWire connection at once
  
  
• Microtek Scanner Profiler utlity included
  - Calibrates your scanner for consistent image quality in any work environment
  - Includes two Kodak calibration targets for reflective and transparent calibration
  
  
• SnapTrans™ film holders
  - Film holders accommodate 35mm slides, 35mm filmstrips, 4" x 5" film, and medium format film
  - Additional glass tray accommodates odd-sized transparencies
  
  
• Fan-cooled CCD
  Specially designed to maintain the CCD at its ideal operating temperature to ensure top-quality, consistent images with maximum detail on every scan
  
  
• Batch scanning capability
  For improved productivity, the batch scan feature of ScanWizard™ Pro allows users to scan multiple jobs at a time. Each scan job can be managed separately with different image correction properties and even in different modes.
  
  
• Multiple sampling
  - Samples each scanned line multiple times, then obtains an average to distill top-quality data
  - Effectively minimizes signal fluctuations and artifacts
  - Delivers purer image data and greatly enhancing the optical density range
  
  
• ScanWizard™ Pro scanner controller software has many intelligent features
  - Intelligent image category feature performs automatic image corrections
  - Intuitive color adjustment in the LCH (lightness, chroma, hue) color space
  - Selective and global color correction available in LCH and CMYK modes
  - Professional unsharp mask filter sharpens lightness channel only, with effect simulated in preview
  - Batch scanning feature for scanning multiple jobs. Manage each scan job separately with its own settings
  - Professional CMYK profiles that conform to US SWOP, Japanese Ink, and Euro scale industrial printing standards
  - Hundreds of ICC- and ColorSync-compatible profiles
  - ICC profiles embedded in output images; soft proof of RGB and CMYK images
  - New negative film profiles for precise and consistent color quality
  
  
• SilverFast Ai 6 scratch & dust removal plus other new features
  - Allows scanning of raw high-bit images that can be imported direclty into Photoshop
  - SRD (smart removal of defects) allows for the removal of dust and scratches during scanning
  - ACR (adaptive color removal) restores faded colors from old media
  - SCC (selective color correction) permits user to selectively change colors in up to four places on the scan
  - SC2G (selective color to grey) enables controlled change of color to grey. User can control details and highlights for greater contrast
  - GANE (grain and noise elimination) reduces magnitude of film grain or any other abnormalities
  - MidPip4 allows removal of color cast in up to four points
  - SF_App is Silverfast's new stand-alone application
  - SilverFast 6 also includes Quick Time tutorials for convenience
  
  
• SilverFast Ai 6.0 NegaFix™ for superior negative film scans
  - Adjust and process any negative for optimum results, with ability to create your own negative profiles
  - NegaFix is a real-time negative film optimization facility designed to handle many different types of negative film (B&W/color). Includes over 120 film profiles; film options include vendor, type, group and film speed
  
  
• Microtek LANShare™ network software (for PC only)
  - Lets you share the 9800XL over a local area network (LAN)
  - Allows multiple stations to use the same scanner and save on hardware costs
  - Ideal for small offices, workgroups, or inter-department workstations