Agfa Unveils Newest Addition to Family of Twinplate Flatbed Scanners; DuoScan T1200 Provides Maximum Flexibility for Variety of Scanning Uses.WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1998--Agfa Desktop Products Group (DTP See desktop publishing. DTP - desktop publishing ), the world's leading provider of award-winning desktop scanners and digital cameras, today unveiled the newest member of its family of TwinPlate(tm) flatbed scanners, the DuoScan T1200. The T1200 provides added flexibility for users who work with a variety of originals and text. Designed to meet a variety of needs in the office environment, the 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. Key functionality is provided by Agfa's award-winning line of bundled software (1) Applications that are included with new hardware. For example, a new PC often comes with several applications, many of which may be light versions or full versions with no limit on usage. Others may be only 60- or 90-day trial packages. See bundle. , including FotoLook 3.0 and ColorTune. In addition, 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. PHOTO-PAINT 8 provides all the tools for state-of-the-art image correction, photo retouching and painting in one streamlined package. Through exceptional Internet graphics support, PHOTO-PAINT 8 lets the user create professional designs and special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. quickly, and publish them to the Web. Caere's OmniPage LE OCR software allows users to edit text from any scanned document, while FotoLook simplifies the scanning process by providing a wide range of intuitive imaging capabilities. "Agfa's DuoScan product line is recognized around the world as the standard for high-quality digital imaging," said Christophe Freemont, director, USA-DTP. "The addition of the T1200 now makes it even easier and more affordable for entry-level graphic artists to produce foolproof, high-quality scans." Key T1200 Features The DuoScan T1200 is a true 36-bit, 8.5 x 14 inch flatbed color scanner, with 600 x 1200 ppi optical resolution and a maximum output resolution of 2400 ppi for color and 3600 ppi for line art. The scanner offers a Dmax of 3.0 and maximum transparency size is 8 x 10 inches. Agfa's award-winning TwinPlate technology provides separate beds for scanning transparencies and reflective images to deliver the optimum results for each type of original. TwinPlate technology ensures better control over the optical path and results in very sharp scans and high color The ability to generate 32,768 colors (15 bits) or 65,536 colors (16-bit). 15-bit color uses five bits for each red, green and blue pixel. The 16th bit may be a color, such as XGA with 5-red, 6-green and 5-blue, or be an overlay bit that selects pixels to display over video input. See true color. quality, a significant advantage over competitive scanning systems. With the T1200's optional batch slide holder kit, there is no glass between the lens and original, thus eliminating the possibility of optical distortion. Users can also prepare the transparency plate offline and prepare reflective originals while transparencies are scanning, or open the scanner while transparencies are being scanned. FotoLook 3.0 Scanning Software Agfa's award-winning FotoLook 3.0 was designed to simplify the scanning process. Column-width scanning, for instance, lets the user indicate the final output size by highlighting one or more columns in the layout. FotoLook automatically calculates the correct resolution and size for any variety of original formats. While FotoLook's default settings make it easy to get high-quality results on the first scan, the software's manual tools allow more experienced users to use a variety of advanced image enhancements and special effects. FotoLook 3.0 makes use of Agfa's exclusive Total Film Scanning (TFS TFS The Forum Site (online forum) TFS Team Foundation Server (Microsoft Visual Source Safe) TFS Toyota Financial Services TFS Thanks for Sharing TFS Tactical Fighter Squadron TFS Three-Five Systems Inc. ) technology to optimize the quality of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color negative scans. With TFS, when users scan color negative film, they select from a list of brand names and type or create a specific film profile. This allows the software to take into account the individual characteristics of a specific film. A fail-safe batch scanning feature also saves scan settings automatically, even if the scan is interrupted. FotoLook also provides seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with ColorTune, Agfa's market-leading color management software. ColorTune and ICC profiles can be accessed from FotoLook 3.0 to specify color spaces for the different components (monitors/printers) of the user's system. FotoLook's preview mode is completely interactive, giving the user full control over the scanning process, as well as an immediate softproof of what the final result will look like. FotoLook is available for Macintosh, Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . Pricing and Availability Agfa's DuoScan T1200 is priced at $699. Both versions (PC and Mac) will ship in September 1998. About Agfa The Agfa-Gevaert Group is a worldwide manufacturer of imaging products and systems, with annual worldwide sales of $4.5 billion. Agfa-Gevaert manufactures and markets products and systems for the electronic and photographic prepress, medical, and technical diagnostic and amateur and professional photographic markets. Headquartered in Europe, Agfa-Gevaert is wholly-owned by Bayer AG Bayer AG German chemical and pharmaceutical company. Founded in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880), it now operates plants in more than 30 countries. Bayer has originated scores of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and synthetic materials; it was the first developer and . In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Agfa operates as a division of Bayer Corporation, with headquarters in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey Ridgefield Park is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The population was 12,873 at the 2000 census. Out of 566 municipalities statewide, Ridgefield Park is only one of four villages in New Jersey, joining Loch Arbour, Ridgewood and South Orange. . Bayer, headquartered in Pittsburgh, has major businesses in chemicals, health care and imaging technologies. Agfa is on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfahome.com. (Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.) EDITOR'S NOTE: Color images of Agfa products are available for download from Agfa's press site on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfapress.com or by contacting Scott Signore si·gno·re n. 1. pl. si·gno·ri Abbr. Sig. or S. Used as a form of polite address for a man in an Italian-speaking area. 2. A plural of signora. of Agfa DTP at 978/658-5600, ext. 5567 Product and company information can be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfahome.com. In addition: -- The domestic activities for Agfa DTP (including desktop scanners, digital cameras and AgfaJet ink-jet materials) are headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts. -- For general product information, customers can call 888/281-2302 -- To purchase products, customers can call 978/658-5600, ext. 5196 CONTACT: Agfa DTP Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Manager Scott Signore, 978/658-5600, ext. 5567 scott.signore.b@bayer.com |
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