Xerox 4790 document scanner | An honest review.

Xerox 4790 Datasheet Explained

You can digitize a sheet with a nominal area of 11.69 x 16.53 in.

An equipment like the Xerox 4790, reaches an optical resolution of 600.

The equipment is operating using a high end sensor, that is CCD.

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 compatible) is what this equipment connects with .

You can reach scanning speeds of 90 Sheets per minute in simplex mode.

You will be able to reach 180 Images every minute in duplex when scanning duplex with the Xerox 4790.

Scanning 15000 pages is what the manufacturers claims to this scanners daily Estimated volume.

Regarding the interface, you will can notice that the scanner works on Twain, Wia, Isis and Visioneer DriverPLUS.

You should expect the rollers to process approximately 600.000 normal pages.

Specs for paper handling

Multifeed Detection is a standard feature, with a high quality Yes to prevent any possible problems.

If you look at the the ADF size of this scanner, you will notice that it can hold 200 pages .

This Xerox 4790 scanner, will scan a maximum Document thickness of 5 lb. to 42 lb..

A Long Document Scanning Mode is available with the Xerox 4790 . It can scan documents of up to 100 in in length .

Xerox 4790 accesories unboxing

The dimmension this equipment takes on your table is 18.5 x 17.5 x 13.4 inches.

The Xerox 4790 has a weight of around 40 lbs. This mass doesn’t account for any optional that can be applied to the equipment.

In the package you will find the following apps: Visioneer Acuity with DriverPLUS, Visioneer OneTouch, ABBYY FineReader Sprint, Kofax VRS Professional.

Features for Productivity

For mixed size documents, I usually set maximum size and let the Auto Page Size do its job.

The driver of the the Xerox 4790 offers Automatic Rotation of Images , and it is easy to use it.

One feature I enjoy in the Xerox 4790 and other machines, is the Automatic Color Detection . Try it, and it will definitely change your life.

When was the last time you had to remove blank pages manually? The Xerox 4790 will do this automatically, when you use the Blank document removal function.

Thinking of using the Dual stream scanning function? Go ahead, as it is standard on the Xerox 4790.

Quality of images

Gone are the days when post processing of documents is required. With the Background Cleaning option, your documents will have a perfect background.

With the Image Edge Fill on the Xerox 4790 scanner, your scanned images will look better than your paper documents

Straightening documents automatically is possible with the Xerox 4790. Luckily, the Deskew document feature will allign most images quite well.

Black dots on the side of the document? Tick the Hole Removal box and your Xerox 4790 scanner will fill them automatically.

The Streaks Removal setting is usually delivered on higher end equipment . The device we are talking about is not supplied with Streaks Removal .

Extra Features

Can you use the Xerox 4790 to scan really old documents? It should work if you enable the Manual Feeding settings.

What I love about the Barcode Detection modules, are the QR code recognition features. It makes for flawless scanning.

Always check if the Auto Document Separation is free on the scanner. I have seen some manufacturers selling the barcode option.

I can’t imagine this scanner without the Optical Character Reading setting, as I tend to use it quite a lot these days.

Have you worked with Field Indexing ? Try it, especially for forms processing.

Xerox 4790 driver, manual & brochure

If you’re searching for drivers for Windows/Mac for this scanner, it’s on this site.

If you want to know how you operate the document scanner, you can download the product manual on the following page.

If you need to search for more detailed information, you can try downloading the official brochure on this website.

Xerox 4790 vs Xerox 4799

	Xerox 4790	Xerox 4799
Sensor type	CCD	CIS
Sheets per minute	90	112
Images per minute	180	224
ADF Size	200 sheets	350 sheets
Daily Duty Cycle	15,000 sheets	40,000 sheets
Interface	Twain, Wia, Isis and Visioneer DriverPLUS	Twain, Wia and Isis
Dimensions	18.5 x 17.5 x 13.4 inches	18.7 x 23 x 13 inches
Weight	40 lbs	55.1 lbs
Price	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

Looking at scanning area, both document scanners have the power to scan the same area of Xerox 4799.

The Xerox 4790 operates with a CCD sensor, while the Xerox 4799 has a CIS sensor. Most often the CCD one offers a better overall quality , and it’s also the same for our case.

When processing long documents, you will observe that the Xerox 4790 and the Xerox 4799, are the same at 100 in.

These devices will give you the same connection ports with Hi-Speed USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 compatible).

If we look at scanning speed, the Xerox 4799 can digitize at 112 pages a minute while the other scanner can only reach 90 ppm.

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