Product comparison · 2 scanners

Canon CanoScan 4400F Flatbed scanner Silver vs Kodak Alaris Scan Station 500

16specifications compared
11differ
5identical
26known for one product only

Key differences

Maximum scan size
- CanoScan 4400F Flatbed scanner Silver:215 x 297 mm
- Scan Station 500:215 x 863 mm
Duplex scanning
- CanoScan 4400F Flatbed scanner Silver:No
- Scan Station 500:Yes
Input colour depth
- CanoScan 4400F Flatbed scanner Silver:48 bit
- Scan Station 500:30 bit
Output colour depth
- CanoScan 4400F Flatbed scanner Silver:48 bit
- Scan Station 500:24 bit
Product colour
- CanoScan 4400F Flatbed scanner Silver:Silver
- Scan Station 500:Grey
Standard interfaces
- CanoScan 4400F Flatbed scanner Silver:USB 2.0
- Scan Station 500:Ethernet, USB 2.0
Width
- CanoScan 4400F Flatbed scanner Silver:259 mm
- Scan Station 500:349 mm
Depth
- CanoScan 4400F Flatbed scanner Silver:474 mm
- Scan Station 500:381 mm

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Comparison of 4400F, Scan Station 500
42 specifications	A Canon CanoScan 4400F Flatbed scanner Silver Model 4400F View product	B Kodak Alaris Scan Station 500 View product
Scanning4 differ
Maximum scan sizeDiffers	215 x 297 mm	215 x 863 mm
Optical scanning resolutionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1200 x 1200 DPI
Duplex scanningDiffers	No	Yes
Input colour depthDiffers	48 bit	30 bit
Output colour depthDiffers	48 bit	24 bit
Greyscale levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	256
Film scanningKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Silver	Grey
DisplayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	LCD TFT
Display diagonalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20.3 cm (8")
Display resolutionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	800 x 400 pixels
TouchscreenKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Performanceidentical
Daily duty cycle (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1500 pages
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1024 MB
Built-in processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel Atom 230
Processor frequencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1600 MHz
Paper handlingidentical
Maximum ISO A-series paper sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	A4
ISO A-series sizes (A0...A9)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	A4
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Standard interfacesDiffers	USB 2.0	Ethernet, USB 2.0
Networkidentical
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	259 mm	349 mm
DepthDiffers	474 mm	381 mm
HeightDiffers	83 mm	208 mm
WeightDiffers	2.81 kg	10.5 kg
System requirements1 differ
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows 2000	Yes
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum processorKnown for one	Pentium III/Celeron/AMD Athlon 566 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB requiredKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Memory slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DDR2 667MHz RAM
Scan media weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	52 - 413 g/m²
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	17 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	4 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
AC input frequencyKnown for one	60 Hz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Input voltageKnown for one	120 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	10 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	50 - 95 °F	Unknown — not stated by the source

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