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CANON P-215 FIRST EDITION
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CHAPTER 1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
No. Item
Specifications
Document reading/outputting
12
Sensor type/elements
1 line-CMOS contact image sensor, 600 dpi
13
Sensor operation mode
600 dpi or 300 dpi
14
Effective reading width
216 mm
15
Light source
3-color (RGB) LED, Single-side illumination
16 Background
color
White
17
Image data memory size
32 MB (including work memory)
18
Output data to computer
1) Type: 8 bit grayscale or 24 bit color (non-compression)
2) Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi, 600 x 400 dpi,
300 x 300 dpi, 300 x 200 dpi, 300 x 150 dpi
19
Mode setting in driver
1) Binary: Black and White / Error diffusion / ATE-II
*ATE=Advanced
Text
Enhancement
2) Grayscale: 8 bit
3) Color: 24 bit
* Auto-color detection mode can be available.
20
Resolution setting in driver 600 x 600 dpi, 400 x 400 dpi, 300 x 300 dpi,
200 x 200 dpi, 150 x 150 dpi
* Auto-resolution mode can be available.
USB 2.0 x 1
USB 3.0 x 1 *
USB 2.0 x 2 *
Mode
Resolu-
tion
Simple Duplex Simple Duplex
200 dpi 12 ppm
14 ipm
15 ppm
30 ipm
300 dpi 12 ppm
14 ipm
15 ppm
30 ipm
B&W /
Gray-
scale
600 dpi
5 ppm
5 ipm
5 ppm
10 ipm
200 dpi 10 ppm
10 ipm
10 ppm
20 ipm
300 dpi
6 ppm
6 ipm
6 ppm
12 ipm
Color
600 dpi
1 ppm
1.5 ipm
1 ppm
2 ipm
21 Reading
speed
(A4 size, and using
CaptureOnTouch)
The numbers above may differ depending on the com-
puter, the function settings and other conditions.
* 2 cables of USB 2.0 is the same as 1 cable of USB 3.0.
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