Agfa to be Scanner Sponsor for G.I.A. Digital Printing Seminars.WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 1999-- National Seminar Series Educates All Levels of the Large Format Digital Printing Community; Agfa DuoScan Scanners and Color Management Systems Highlighted in Each Session Agfa Desktop Products Group (DTP See desktop publishing. DTP - desktop publishing ), a leading provider of award-winning digital cameras and desktop scanners, and the Graphics Intelligence Agency (G.I.A.), will offer the large format digital printing community the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the large format industry - via "Digital Printing 101" - a national series designed to educate all levels of digital printing and scanning users. Digital Printing 101 (DP 101) features the complete line of Agfa DuoScan scanners, including the DuoScan T2500 and T2000XL. The seminar series is scheduled to stop in eight cities between April 8 and June 17, 1999. "Scanning is often the most critical part of the digital printing process, especially when you're printing large graphics" said John Phillips John Phillips or John Philips may refer to:
Seminar attendees can expect to learn the fundamentals of large format printing, from scanning, and RIP's to printers, finishing and marketing. The GIA Noun 1. GIA - a terrorist organization of Islamic extremists whose violent activities began in 1992; aims to overthrow the secular Algerian regime and replace it with an Islamic state; "the GIA has embarked on a terrorist campaign of civilian massacres" will also spend time covering the latest technology and marketing techniques to help your large format business grow. Experienced seminar instructors will walk attendees through the features and benefits of the entire graphics workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. , demonstrating both Agfa's FotoLook scanning software, and Agfa ColorTune color management software - as well as tips and tricks on how to achieve the highest quality prints. National Agfa Large Format Digital Printing Seminar Series Schedule: -0-
DATE CITY LOCATION
Thursday, April 22 Baltimore, MD The Evergreen House
Thursday, May 6 Atlanta, GA Sci-Trek Museum
Friday, May 14 New York, NY New Yorker Hotel
Tuesday, May 25 Los Angeles, CA California Science Center
Friday, June 4 San Francisco, CA The Marines Memorial
Thursday, June 10 Houston, TX The Houstonian Club
Thursday, June 17 Boston, MA Swissotel Boston
Cost for the seminar is $199 per person and includes beverages, lunch and a take home reference manual. For additional information and the opportunity to register, customers can phone 888-439-4403 or visit the G.I.A. Web site at www.graphintel.com. ColorTune and FotoLook The complete line of DuoScan scanners feature a powerful software package including Agfa's FotoLook scanner driver software and Agfa ColorTune, for color management on both PC and Macintosh platforms. The powerful software expands the scanners' overall capabilities. For example, FotoLook automatically resizes an image and sets the correct resolution, based on the users selected output requirements. The preview mode is completely interactive, giving the user full control over the scanning process. And users can access ColorTune user-defined or device-specific color profiles, as well as ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce color profiles directly from FotoLook. 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 lets users select from a list of film brand names and types or create a specific film profile. This allows the software to make chromatic chromatic /chro·mat·ic/ (kro-mat´ik) 1. pertaining to color; stainable with dyes. 2. pertaining to chromatin. chro·mat·ic adj. 1. Relating to color or colors. adjustments for a specific negative. A "fail safe" batch scanning feature saves scan settings for each original automatically, particularly important in a high-volume environment. 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 by 2000 ppi, 36-bit color depth Same as bit depth. and a scanning bed of 8 by 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 by 14-inches, the DuoScan T1200 has an optical resolution of 600 by 1200 ppi, 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, dual lens scanner featuring a maximum optical resolution of 1250 by 2500 ppi. over the full bed and an optical resolution of 2500 by 2500 ppi. over a 4-inch wide strip in the center of the 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 ppi.) Its density range is 3.4 D - 3.5 Dmax. The scanning area is 8 by 14-inches for reflective scans and 8 by 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 dual lens T2000 XL offers a full 12 x 18-inch scanning area for reflective art See reflective media. and 12 by 9.5-inches for transparencies. The maximum optical resolution is 667 by 2000 over the full bed and the 2000 by 2000 ppi over a 4-inch wide strip, to one side of the scanning the bed. (The optical resolution can be interpolated to 4000 ppi.) The density range of the DuoScan T2000 XL is 3.4 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: The original DuoScan scanner - $2,795; DuoScan T1200 - $699; DuoScan T2500 - $4,495; DuoScan T2000XL - $8,995. Agfa and Tekgraf, Inc., have agreed to an exclusive contract for national distribution of the DuoScan T2500 and the T2000XL. The nearest Tekgraf Graphics Division sales office can be reached toll free by calling 888-321-TKGF. About Agfa Agfa Corporation is part of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, a leading worldwide manufacturer of imaging products and systems headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium, with annual sales of over $5 billion. Agfa-Gevaert manufactures 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. 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 Corporation maintains its 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. . It employs 3,500 people in locations throughout the nation. 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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