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REVIEW:

Graphtec CSX300 large format scanner

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Speed

We measured the time it took to scan an A0 (E-size) sheet at 200 and 400 dpi from the clicking of the "scan" button to the Scanning Master software becoming available again after the scan.

We timed speeds made in High Quality mode only, as it is our opinion that this is the mode you would want to use if you were scanning technical drawings.

The PC used was a 3.4GHz Pentium 4 with 1Gb RAM.

  Image Access WideTEK 36 Graphtec CSX300 Graphtec SK200* Contex Puma G600 iJET Plus** Colortrac Cx 40e Graphtec CS600***
Black and white
200 dpi 7 sec 9 sec 9 sec 9 sec 13 sec 33 sec
400 dpi 17 sec 17 sec 17 sec 10 sec 24 sec 38 sec
Greyscale
200 dpi 7 sec 10 sec 10 sec 12 sec 13 sec 32 sec
400 dpi 17 sec 21 sec 36 sec 27 sec 24 sec 33 sec
24-bit Colour
200 dpi 7 sec 23 sec 29 sec 35 sec 36 sec 40 sec
400 dpi 17 sec 68 sec 140 sec 105 sec 80 sec 60 sec

* Speed measured using Graphtec's Scanning Arts software. May be faster using Graphtec's updated Scanning Master software.
** Speed measured on a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 with 1Gb RAM. Puma now replaced by the Contex HD4230i with faster xDTR USB2 connection.
*** Now replaced by the Graphtec CS610 - may be faster with with updated Scanning Master software.

The table above shows that the speed of the CSX300 stands up well in comparison to the speed of other scanners. However, remember that raw scanner speed itself is only part of the speed equation. The length of time it takes to scan a drawing is also dependent on the type of drawings you are scanning and the capabilities of the scanning software you use.

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