Agfa SnapScan 1212u Desktop Scanner Receives a `Best Buy' Award From Consumer's Digest Magazine.Business/Technology Editors WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2000 Agfa Corporation's Desktop Products Group (USA-DTP), a leading provider of award-winning digital cameras and desktop scanners announced today that the SnapScan 1212u will receive a "Best Buy" award in the February 2000 issue of Consumer's Digest Magazine. The SnapScan 1212u, a USB-compatible flatbed scanner A scanner that provides a flat, glass surface to hold pages of paper, books and other objects for scanning. The scan head is moved under the glass across the page. Sheet feeders are usually optionally available that allow multiple sheets to be fed automatically. designed for home and small office use. Offering 36-bit color depth Same as bit depth. and an optical resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi, the SnapScan 1212u is ideal for home and small office environments. The SnapScan 1212u now ships with ScanWise Agfa's simple-to-use, revolutionary new scanner driver. "A Consumer's Digest Best Buy Award is a great honor," said John Phillips John Phillips or John Philips may refer to:
About the SnapScan 1212u The SnapScan 1212u is a Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ) compatible flatbed scanner designed for home and small/office use. The SnapScan 1212u incorporates the advantages of the widely acclaimed USB interface with the award-winning features of Agfa's SnapScan line of scanners. The SnapScan 1212u is among the first scanners to offer the new interface, providing a unique package of quality, speed and ease of use. A key element in the SnapScan 1212u package is ScanWise, the revolutionary scanner driver that brings a truly one-button approach to desktop scanning. The SnapScan 1212u features true optical resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi (dots per inch), which can be interpolated interpolated /in·ter·po·lat·ed/ (in-ter´po-la?ted) inserted between other elements or parts. to 9600 dpi, and 36-bit color depth (12 bits per color) to deliver greater sharpness and color detail. In the U.S., the SnapScan 1212u is available for the suggested price of $99. Agfa will offer a $20 mail-in rebate on the SnapScan 1212u - available now through May 31, 2000. Rebate coupons will be available to customers at national retail chain stores that carry the camera, as well as via the Agfa DTP See desktop publishing. DTP - desktop publishing Web site; www.agfaus.com/dtp. ScanWise Features ScanWise users will be impressed by the simplicity of the interface, which consists of four-tabbed menu cards on the left and a preview box to the right of the screen. The four-tabbed menu cards are logically ordered to lead the user through the simple scan process. The first determines the type of original to be scanned and the second incorporates the destination of the scan. The third menu allows automatic or manual color and tone changes while the fourth provides intuitive size settings. 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 Radiography is the use of ionising electromagnetic radiation to view objects in a way that can't be seen otherwise. Radiography in general should not be confused with the use of ionizing radiation to change or modify objects; radiography's purpose is strictly for viewing. , and consumer imaging and photography markets. Agfa Corporation, headquartered in Ridgefield Park Ridgefield Park, village (1990 pop. 12,454), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River; inc. 1892. Chiefly residential, it manufactures some paper goods. , NJ, employs 5,000 people. Worldwide, Agfa's annual sales are nearly $5 billion. EDITOR'S NOTE Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : 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) 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.agfaus.com/dtp. |
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