Agfa Relaunches DuoScan T2000 XL; Agfa Makes Changes to T2000 XL Packaging; Adds New & Improved Glassless Batch Slide Holders.WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 1999-- Agfa Corporation's Desktop Products Group (USA-DTP), a leading provider of award-winning digital cameras and desktop scanners, announced today that the Agfa DuoScan T2000 XL is currently shipping in newly designed, safe for travel packaging. The T2000 XL will also ship with a new and improved set of glassless batch slide holders. The change to the T2000 XL packaging includes a sturdier external packaging shell and improved internal product stabilizing support. This will allow for improved safety when traveling between Tekgraf, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : TKGFA) and the customer. The improved batch holder set will give even higher imaging quality. Tekgraf, Inc., the prominent wholesale distributor of computer graphics products and services, has exclusive rights to distribute the DuoScan T2000 XL to resellers in the U.S. The T2000 XL is Agfa's desktop solution for larger format scanning, offering a full 12 x 18 inch scanning area for reflective art See reflective media. and 12 x 9.5 inches for transparencies. The packaging modification and batch slide holder set improvement represent Agfa's commitment to deliver the highest quality of image capture, to users in the graphic art and desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, industry. "The new packaging, and the new batch holders support the consumer perception of Agfa as a high-quality brand. It is important that we deliver up to -- and even beyond our reputation," said Christophe Fremont, Director, USA-DTP. DuoScan Family The original DuoScan was the first scanner to break the boundaries of CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. flatbed technology with Agfa's TwinPlate technology. Designed for the creative professional, service bureau or in-house communications department, the DuoScan offers an optical resolution of 1000 x 2000 dpi, 36-bit color depth Same as bit depth. and a scanning bed of 8 x 14 inches. Designed to meet a variety of needs in the office environment, the DuoScan T1200 is ideal for graphic designers, service bureaus, educational institutions and corporate communications Corporate communications is the process of facilitating information and knowledge exchanges with internal and key external groups and individuals that have a direct relationship with an enterprise. professionals. In addition to the powerful color management and driver software from Agfa, the DuoScan T1200 includes PHOTO-PAINT 8 from Corel and Caere's OmniPage LE 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. software. With a scanning bed of 8.5 x 14 inches, the DuoScan T1200 has an optical resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi, and 36-bit color depth. A key selling point selling point n. An aspect of a product or service that is stressed in advertising or marketing. Noun 1. selling point - a characteristic of something that is up for sale that makes it attractive to potential customers of the DuoScan T1200 is its suggested price. At $699, the DuoScan T1200 is the most affordable scanner in the mid-range category. The DuoScan T2500 is a 36-bit scanner featuring a maximum optical resolution of 1250 x 2500 dpi over the full width, and 2500 x 2500 over a 4" strip on the scanning bed. (This resolution can be interpolated interpolated /in·ter·po·lat·ed/ (in-ter´po-la?ted) inserted between other elements or parts. up to 5000 dpi.) Its density range is 3.4 D - 3.5 Dmax. The scanning area is 8 x 14 inches for reflective scans and 8 x 12 inches for transparencies. With a wide range of scanning options and advanced software tools, the DuoScan T2500 gives photographers, designers and prepress professionals a single unit that can handle all their scanning needs. The DuoScan T2000 XL is Agfa's desktop solution for larger format scanning. The T2000 XL offers a full 12 x 18 inch scanning area for reflective art and 12 x 9.5 inches for transparencies. The maximum optical resolution of 2000 x 2000 dpi over the 4" strip on the scanning bed (667 x 2000 dpi over the full width) can be interpolated to 4000 dpi. The density range of the DuoScan T2000 XL is 3.3 with a Dmax of 3.5. Both DuoScan scanners--the T2500 and T2000 XL--offer prepress professionals a cost-efficient means of producing high-quality scans. At the same time they provide photographers, designers, in-house design departments, instant and small commercial printers affordable tools to expand their capabilities. Pricing and Availability Each DuoScan scanner is currently available. The suggested prices are as follows: DuoScan T1200 - $699; DuoScan Solo - $2,795; DuoScan T2500 - $4,495; DuoScan T2000XL - $8,995 Tekgraf has an exclusive agreement to distribute the DuoScan T2000 XL and the T2500 in the U.S. Customers interested on purchase either scanner can contact the nearest Tekgraf Graphics Division sales office, toll free, at 888-321-TKGR. About Tekgraf, Inc. Tekgraf, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a value-added wholesale distributor of advanced computer graphics products and a manufacturer of custom personal computers. The Tekgraf Graphics Division provides pre- and post-sale marketing and technical support of computer graphics technologies through reseller channels in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . It places major emphasis on system solutions, such as digital pre-press, wide format display graphics, graphic arts, point of purchase (P.O.P.) signage, and engineering document management. Tekgraf Strategic Solutions is part of the Graphics Division. The company has stocking warehouses throughout the U.S., and sales and demonstration facilities located near Chicago, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, Toronto, Atlanta, Boston, Houston, and Greenville, SC. Notable vendors whose products are distributed by Tekgraf include AGFA, ENCAD, EPSON EPSON Son of Electronic Printer America, Hewlett-Packard, and Scitex America. The company also provides its own TekSelect(TM) installation and operator training services through reseller customers. The Tekgraf Technology Division is engaged in the manufacture, sale, distribution and support of the Tekgraf Systems line of special purpose Intel-based NT workstations and servers. CalGraph Technology Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Tekgraf, Inc., provides maintenance services in the U.S. and Canada and world-wide parts for CalComp printer products. Additional information about Tekgraf may be obtained by calling Tekgraf Graphics Division Headquarters, 980 Corporate Woods Parkway, Vernon Hills, Illinois Vernon Hills is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,120 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 23,957 as of 2005. Vernon Hills serves as a retail hub for its surrounding area (Libertyville, Lake Forest, Mundelein, Lincolnshire). 60061. Tel. 888-550-TKGF or 847-913-5888; Fax 847-913-5595; URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : www.tekgraf.com About Agfa Agfa Corporation is a subsidiary of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, one of the world's leading imaging companies, headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics, medical and industrial radiography, and consumer imaging and photography markets. Agfa Corporation, headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, employs 5,000 people. Worldwide, Agfa's annual sales are nearly $5 billion. EDITOR'S NOTE: Color images of Agfa desktop products are available for download from Agfa's press site on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfapress.com or by contacting Mandy Heikkila (of Agfa DTP See desktop publishing. DTP - desktop publishing ) at 978/658-5600, ext. 5651. Product and company information can be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfahome.com. |
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