Fry's Electronics to Carry Agfa's SnapScan 1212p; All Locations of the Major Computer Electronics Retailer to Stock Agfa's Parallel-Port Scanner Designed for Home and Small Office Environments.WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1999--Agfa Desktop Products Group (USA-DTP), a leading provider of award-winning desktop scanners and digital cameras announced today that Fry's Electronics Fry's Electronics is a specialty retailer of software, consumer electronics, computer hardware and household appliances with a chain of superstores headquartered in Silicon Valley. Starting with one store located in Sunnyvale, California, USA, the chain now boasts sales of $2. will carry the SnapScan 1212p -- a high-performing 36-bit, parallel-port, 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 environments. Offering plug-and-play operation, and no-guess, intelligent software, the SnapScan 1212p will be available at all Fry's locations by the end of this month. "The combination of quality, speed and price make the SnapScan 1212p a sure bet," said Peter Spollett, national sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → , USA-DTP. "We are excited to offer Fry's customers the opportunity of choosing the SnapScan 1212p and we are thrilled to have our scanners on the shelves of such a well-respected computer retailer." About the SnapScan 1212p The SnapScan 1212p, with Agfa's Enhanced Parallel Port See EPP. (hardware) enhanced parallel port - (EPP) A parallel port that confirms to the IEEE's EPP standard. An EPP is actually an expansion bus that can handle 64 disk drives and other peripherals. ["PC Magazine", 1996-01-09, p. 262]. , is a true plug-and-play scanner. There are no internal controller cards to install. The user attaches the parallel cable, plugs it in and loads the software -- the SnapScan is ready to use in just seconds. For computers with only one parallel (printer) port, the SnapScan 1212p has a second parallel port, so the user can daisy-chain the connection--from computer to scanner, then scanner to the printer. The Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP (1) (Enhanced Parallel Port) See IEEE 1284. (2) (Ethernet Packet Processor) A chip from Kalpana, Inc., Santa Clara, CA that doubles speed of Ethernet transmission to 20Mbits/sec. In 1994, Kalpana was acquired by Cisco. ) interface ensures reliable connectivity. The SnapScan EZ (introduced in April, 1998) was the first Agfa model to offer the EPP interface. The Enhanced Parallel Port has proved to be exceptionally reliable. The software bundled with the SnapScan 1212p is easy-to-use and gives less experienced users the ability to incorporate color images in everyday documents. Home users can create greeting cards, send digital photos via email to family, friends and colleagues; as well as produce attractive reports or newsletters for school or work. The space-saving, compact design accommodates originals up to 8.5 X 11 inches, while the cover features an adjustable hinge for scanning oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. items such as books or photo albums. Performance Features The SnapScan 1212p features true optical resolution of 600 X 1200 ppi (pixels per inch “Ppi” redirects here. For other uses, see PPI. Pixels per inch (PPI) or pixel density is a measurement of the resolution of a computer display, related to the size of the display in inches and the total number of pixels in the horizontal and ) which can be interpolated interpolated /in·ter·po·lat·ed/ (in-ter´po-la?ted) inserted between other elements or parts. to 9600 ppi, 36-bit color depth (12 bits per color), and an Enhanced Parallel Port interface. Agfa's Enhanced Parallel Port interface includes the unique OptiSpeed module that automatically sets the scanner to its maximum speed regardless of the computer's limitations. This allows the SnapScan 1212p to operate at the same speed as scanners with faster 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. connections. Through OptiSpeed and other software embedded in this parallel port scanner, the SnapScan 1212p is one of the market's most user-compatible scanning solutions. The SnapScan 1212p offers scanner driver software that responds to all needs and experience levels. With an intuitive easy-to-use user interface, FotoSnap is ideal for the inexperienced user. The software reads the image on preview and automatically selects the best setting for the final scan. As the users' experience and skill level increases, FotoLook lets them adjust scanner parameters to correct or enhance characteristics of the original. Additional bundled software includes iPhoto Express, which lets the user manipulate photos and create images for a variety of creative applications, and Caere's OmniPage Limited Edition 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. (Optical Character Recognition optical character recognition (OCR), method for the machine-reading of typeset, typed, and, in some cases, hand-printed letters, numbers, and symbols using optical sensing and a computer. ) software. OCR software scans and converts hard-copy text into a writable format. In addition, the software bundle includes the popular Visioneer PaperPort document management software for sending, filing, copying and locating scanned documents. The maximum scanning area is 8.5 X 11.7 in. The SnapScan 1212p supports Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT. Minimum system requirement is an IBM compatible with a Pentium processor. Pricing and Availability In the U.S., the SnapScan 1212p is currently available in at the manufacturer's suggested price of $99. Agfa offers a $20 mail-in rebate for customers who purchase a SnapScan 1212p between now and June 1, 1999. (Rebate forms can be obtained from all point of purchase locations, or from Agfa's Web site, www.agfahome.com.) About Agfa Agfa Corporation is part of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, a leading worldwide manufacturer of imaging products and systems, with annual sales of over $5 billion. Agfa-Gevaert manufactures and markets products and systems for the photographic and digital graphic communications markets, medical and technical diagnostic markets, and amateur and professional photographic markets. Agfa-Gevaert is headquartered in Europe. In the United States, 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. 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 Ben Abbatiello (of Agfa DTP See desktop publishing. DTP - desktop publishing ) at 978/658-5600, ext. 5545 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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