Best of Breed CCD Camera Technology: Sharper Images at Top Speeds
Spectrum XF proves that going faster doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice image quality. The state of the art TriLinear camera design ensures images at a finer level of detail in bitonal and grayscale, and in more vivid color.

Unmatched power and speed:

600 dpi optical capture

40 megapixel per second throughput

22,500 total pixel capture

7,500 pixel capture per line

Better image quality also means higher accuracy for OCR, ICR and barcode recognition, a terrific advancement for forms processing applications.

Extra Advantages: Faster in Every Setting
Whatever your business or application, Spectrum XF will get you there… faster. With Spectrum XF, you can now take advantage of speeds up to 140 ppm (pages per minute). How much faster is this over previous models?

For Capture Users:

13-30% faster in color at 200 dpi

10-17% faster in bitonal at 200 dpiFor Forms Processing Users:

12-15% faster in bitonal at 300 dpi
By any measure and at any setting, Spectrum XF is up to 20% faster than other scanners in its class.

Negative Inversion: Versatile Scanning
Spectrum XF allows users to convert black to white and vice versa when scanning images printed on paper that has a black or near-black background, a great feature for scanning micro-film printouts.

Onboard VirtualReScan: Maximize Efficiency without the Trade Offs
Spectrum XF features Onboard VRS, which means that each model has a VRS board built-in. Simply put, an onboard implementation of VRS is the best way to take full advantage of all image enhancement and prompt resolution functionality that VRS has to offer without sacrificing scanning speed. It’s like having a PC inside your scanner, helping to drive performance and processing time with optimal speed and efficiency.

Scanners utilizing software-based VRS often have to sacrifice a measure of speed to accommodate image enhancement capabilities, such as cropping, deskew and brightness, particularly when scanning duplex, in color or both. In addition, scanners that were built without VRS in mind may not achieve desired performance levels because connectivity between the scanner and VRS has not been optimized. Because Böwe Bell + Howell was the first manufacturer to implement Onboard VRS as a standard feature over five years ago with the Copiscan 8000 Plus, no one has done it longer and no one does it better. With Spectrum XF and Onboard VRS, you can have advanced speed and improved productivity at the same time, on one system. Now that’s performance without compromise.

Advanced Color Dropout:Exceptional Forms Processing
Spectrum XF allows users to dropout any color and not just to red, green, or blue.  This is a great feature for users who want to drop out unnecessary color backgrounds altogether while capturing color information in the foreground.

Onboard Auto Color Detect: Color when you want it, Bitonal when you don't
Even if only a few of your documents need to be scanned in color, the advantages of onboard ACD are unmistakable.
By correctly identifying color and bitonal documents automatically, the time needed for scanning can be reduced by up to 60% over other methods. ACD eliminates the manual processing steps needed to capture color content on competitive scanning systems because the pre-sorting of color documents and inserting of separator sheets with patch codes is not necessary. And with ACD performed onboard in Spectrum XF, you won’t have to sacrifice scanner speed to utilize it, which would negate the very productivity gains yielded by ACD.

Onboard Background Saturation and Dropout: Reduce File Size
Color Background Saturation and Dropout saves up to 40% in file space when scanning in color by allowing users to saturate or “smooth” document image backgrounds into one uniform color. This functionality not only makes images easier to read but also presents another way to stretch storage capacity, preserve only “mission critical” information and control storage costs.

Section 508 Compliance: Scan Without Limits
Spectrum XF meets the standards of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, with such features as Audible Tone Assistance and a Braille quick reference guide for the visually impaired, and a TTY technical support line for the audibly impaired at 847.423.3032.