Knowing About Your Scanner; Features Of Your Scanner - Microtek Bio-5050 User Manual

Knowing about Your Scanner

The Bio-5050 scanner (MRS-4800F2B) is a professional bio scanner, which
is specifically designed by Microtek for scanning electrophoresis gel-related
images in a biological laboratory. With 48-bit color depth, 4800-dpi resolution,
0.01D~3.4D absorbance range capacity, plus high-quality and stable
performance with a CV value of 0.5%, the Bio-5050 can accurately and stably
capture the electrophoretic gel, transparent film, and rapid test strips images. It is
the best choice for digitizing images related to electrophoresis gels.

Features of Your Scanner

The scanner comes with several important features, including the following:
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Dual-scan beds: The Bio-5050 scanner is a dual media scanner that lets you
scan transparencies up to 8"x10" in size, such as electrophoresis gels/films,
and reflective originals like ordinary papers up to 8.5" x 14" in size.
4800-dpi optical resolution: With the optical resolution of 4800 dpi, the
scanner lets you scan even microscopic images and enlarge them with
amazing clarity, with little loss of detail.
Wide range of optical density: The optical density range of 0.01~3.4D
enables the scanner to accurately capture a wide range of tones in the
bright and dark areas of the image, ensuring the best scanning quality. The
minimum density value of 0.01D can fully present the light tones in the
bright areas of the image, avoiding important images loss.
High stability image: With the stable performance of a 0.5% CV (coefficient
of variation) value, the scanner can accurately and stably capture the images
of gel electrophoresis, which is suitable for quantitative analysis.
Wet-Dry glass holder — Comes with a specially designed leak-free and
removable glass holder for loading wet and dry gels. It can be easily moved,
cleaned, and washed under water.
Auto Focus: Auto Focus allows the scanner to change the focus position on
images through the movement of the CCD, resulting in better image quality
for a chosen area of the scan. .
Microtek-patended E.D.I.T.™ technology: This is a patented "glassless"
scanning system built into the lower bay of Microtek's dual media scanners,
which can avoid Newton rings that may occur when scanning transparent
films through glass, resulting in clear, distortion-free images.
Microtek ScanWizard™ Bio scanning software: This is scanner controller
program that provides many powerful, professional-level features for
scanning gel electrophoresis images.
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