Singapore, 20 November 2006 - Epson, a world leader in digital imaging, announced the launch of the EPSON Perfection V350 Photo scanner.  The new mid-range flatbed scanner features the innovative built-in Automatic Film Loader (AFL), which allows users to easily digitize their personal collection of 35mm negative filmstrips in one easy step.

Automatic Film Loader
The EPSON Perfection V350 Photo is a highly versatile scanner that supports film archiving for home and small business users.  The AFL resides neatly on the scanner's lid and can be accessed effortlessly by depressing the spring-mounted mechanism.  Once opened, it allows users to slide in entire 35mm filmstrips of up to six frames at a time.  The film negatives are scanned at high quality 4800dpi optical resolution with a rich 48-bit colour depth.  Together with Epson's Easy Photo Fix software which features Digital Dust Correction, Colour Restoration and an all-new Backlight Correction function, old photographs and films can be impeccably restored to their former glory. 

Intuitive design

The EPSON Perfection V350 Photo also supports scanning of A4-sized documents and 3D objects.  With its innovative new hinge design, the scanner's lid can be opened up to 180 degrees to accommodate scanning of thick items such as books and magazines. On the front panel of the scanner are four direct access buttons.  These buttons are conveniently located to allow quick and seamless access to the most common functions such as start, copy, scan to PDF and scan to email.  The EPSON Perfection V350 Photo also boasts a smart energy saving mode which is automatically activated after 15 minutes of inactivity.  To reactivate the 
scanner, the user only needs to tap on any one of the four direct access buttons or by launching the Epson Scan software.

With these advanced archiving features, achieving digital perfection from old photographs, slides or films has never been easier.  The AFL makes the EPSON Perfection V350 Photo the most efficient way to digitally archive 35mm filmstrips. 

The mid-range feature-rich EPSON Perfection V350 Photo is priced at S$388 and is available now.

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