Canon's scanner interface board expands functionality of GP Series modular digital imaging systems; industry-standard ISIS driver provides access to leading software solutions.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 1996--Canon U.S.A. Inc. today announced the availability of the Interface Board B1, with an ISIS certified See certification. driver, that is designed to provide powerful scanning solutions for the GP Series mid-volume document management system. The board enables software written for scanning and filing applications to utilize the wide range of scan, print, copy and fax capabilities offered by the GP Series. "The philosophy behind the GP Series is to provide our customers with expandable solutions, not closed systems," said Robert Bryson, executive vice president and general manager of Canon's Imaging Systems Group. "The B1 interface board expands the powerful scanning and distribution features of the GP Series for business now, and it will keep pace with future software developments. By bundling the board with Pixel Translations' ISIS certified driver, we have assured seamless implementation of image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished software solutions throughout the enterprise." The Interface Board B1 easily installs in the optional Multi-Device Controller, which can also be configured with optional Ethernet or Token Ring A local area network (LAN) access method developed by IBM. Conforming to the IEEE 802.5 standard, Token Ring uses a token ring access method and connects up to 255 nodes in a star topology at 4, 16 or 100 Mbps. Interfaces. This allows high performance scanning of documents up to 11" x 17" for distribution over a network. "ISIS has become the industry standard interface for powerful document imaging software applications," said Bill Lange To accommodate detailed text and graphical scanning demands, the Interface Board B1 is equipped with 1MB of memory standard, and is upgradeable to 32 MB through industry-standard SIMMS. This will support 256 levels of grayscale In computing, a grayscale or greyscale digital image is an image in which the value of each pixel is a single sample. Displayed images of this sort are typically composed of shades of gray, varying from black at the weakest intensity to white at the strongest, though in at a resolution of 400 x 400 dots-per-inch. The board's SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. II port provides increased scanning speed and bandwidth for an integrated digital scanning solution. The Interface Board B1 with bundled ISIS certified driver will be available from authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: Canon dealers during the second quarter of 1996. CONTACT: Canon U.S.A. Inc. Russell Marchetta 516/328-5145 or The Rowland Co. Ron Tomczyk 212/527-8819 or Canon Web Site: http://www.usa.canon.com |
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