AGFA INTRODUCES THE ARCUS 1200 SCANNER.Agfa Corp.'s Consumer Digital Imaging Group (USA-CDI), a leading provider of award-winning digital cameras and desktop scanners, introduced the Arcus 1200 color scanner (1) See also antivirus program. (2) An optical device that reads a printed page or transparency and converts it into a graphics image for the computer. The scanner does not recognize or differentiate in any manner the content of the material it is scanning. . This new generation scanner combines features from the award-winning Arcus family of scanners with the latest advances in flatbed scanning technology. Featuring 36-bit color depth Same as bit depth. and 1200 x 2400 dpi resolution, the Arcus 1200 includes two multi-format transparency (1) The quality of being able to see through a material. The terms transparency and translucency are often used synonymously; however, transparent would technically mean "seeing through clear glass," while translucent would mean "seeing through frosted glass." See alpha blending. holders. Agfa designed the Arcus series scanners to give consumers an easy way to accurately capture photographs, artwork, awards and other memorable items and include the images in e-mails, Web pages, screen presentations or documents of any kind. The Arcus 1200 scans originals and automatically formats them for the Internet, word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , text conversion (OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. ), or image-manipulation programs. The Arcus 1200's 36-bit color depth incorporates Agfa's new MultiPlate Technology by allowing users to replace the glass scanning plate with a glass-free slide holder for direct-to-image, distortion-free transparency scanning. By instituting a 3.2 D dynamic range, the Arcus 1200 provides the quality level needed for professional applications such as graphic design, multimedia, as well as magazine and newspaper publishing. The holders accommodate 35mm film strips, 35mm framed slides, and 6 x 6-cm, 6 x 7-cm, and 4 x 5-inch transparencies. |
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