Fujitsu Computer Products of America Offers Kofax VirtualReScan Option On Its Production Scanners.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2001 Lab Tests Confirm VRS (Video Relay Service) A communications service for the hearing or speech impaired. A VRS is the video counterpart of a TTY relay service, in which the user types on a terminal, and the relay operator speaks the messages to the recipient (see TDD/TTY). Improves 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. Results Automatically and Can Produce More Readable Images Than Originals Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA FCPA Foreign Corrupt Practices Act FCPA Fairfax County Park Authority (Virginia) FCPA Fujitsu Computer Products of America FCPA Fair Campaign Practices Act FCPA Fellow of CPA Australia FCPA Florida Concrete & Products Association ), the market leader in document imaging scanners, today announced the availability of ScanRight VirtualReScan (VRS) for two of its newest scanners, the M4097D and the M4099D. Both scanners offer duplex scanning at fast speeds with unmatched paper-handling capabilities. Co-developed by Kofax Image Products and Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., this is the second-generation of VRS. Thanks in part to new Kofax Iridium iridium (ĭrĭd`ēəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Ir; at. no. 77; at. wt. 192.22; m.p. about 2,410°C;; b.p. about 4,130°C;; sp. gr. 22.55 at 20°C;; valence +3 or +4. (TM) ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. technology, all of the functionality of the original VRS 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 adapter -- plus several enhancements -- have been squeezed onto a single chip. This increases speed as well as lowering cost. Second-generation VRS now uses a wide SCSI A SCSI interface that transfers 16 bits in parallel rather than 8 bits. See SCSI. (hardware, standard) Wide SCSI - A variant on the SCSI-2 interface. It uses a 16-bit bus - double the width of the original SCSI-1 - and therefore cannot be connected to a SCSI-1 bus. III scanner-to-PC interface, which combines the high-speed data transfer of a video interface with the widely adopted 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. standard. Together, Fujitsu's new M4097D and M4099D scanners with the ScanRight VRS option offer state-of-the-art 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 and increased productivity. The original version of VRS earned Imaging and Document Solutions Magazine's Best of Show Award at AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management International, Silver Spring, MD, www.aiim.org) A membership organization founded in 1943 devoted to creating industry standards and disseminating information about the document management industry. '99 for its ability to automatically create unrivaled document image quality and eliminate trial-and-error scanner adjustments. Multi-part forms such as shipping air bills, or any documents that are difficult to scan effectively, benefit most from VRS. A comparison of such documents scanned with and without VRS clearly shows that scans produced by VRS for on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. review and workflow are obviously easier to read than non-VRS images. In fact, non-VRS scans of common forms often result in solid black images. VRS is a combination of hardware and intelligent software that allows scanners to produce the highest quality images with minimum effort and small file sizes. ScanRight VRS features intelligent brightness, background removal, and edge detection. VRS corrects documents that are highly skewed skewed curve of a usually unimodal distribution with one tail drawn out more than the other and the median will lie above or below the mean. skewed Epidemiology adjective Referring to an asymmetrical distribution of a population or of data and can auto-compensate for poor contrast. Other features include automatic document cropping, which is useful when scanning batches of mixed sized documents, character smoothing, and accelerated scan mode. "Together, ScanRight VRS and Fujitsu scanners deliver unprecedented image quality," said Don McMahan, Senior Director of Sales and Product Management for the Imaging Products Group, FCPA. "The option of VRS on our production level scanners highlights our commitment to serving customers what they want -- advanced image processing and high-quality document solutions." "Fujitsu has once again demonstrated its commitment to unsurpassed image quality and efficient customer solutions with its latest implementation of VRS. Kofax is proud to have played a role in the success of the new 4000-series scanners," said Rick Murphy, general manager of the Image Processing Division at Kofax. Production Scanners from Fujitsu The M4097D and M4099D are high-quality production scanners from Fujitsu with duplex capabilities and outstanding paper handling. The M4097D-VRS offers landscape-scanning speeds up to 54ppm simplex/120ipm duplex and flexible paper handling functions, including an 11.7 x 17-inch flatbed and 100-page ADF (1) (Application Development Facility) An IBM programmer-oriented mainframe application generator that runs under IMS. (2) (Automatic Document Feeder) A paper stacker that feeds one sheet of paper at a time into the unit. . The M4097D scanner also offers scanning output resolutions of up to 600 dpi (VRS up to 400dpi), selectable black or white background and has a standard SCSI interface. The M4099D-VRS, a mid-volume production-level scanner, offers fast throughput landscape speeds of up to 107ppm/206ipm and a 1,000 page ADF. The scanner offers red, green, blue color dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human and comes standard with a dual SCSI and video interface. Both scanners accommodate a wide variety of documents and paperweights in the same batch. Their duplex capabilities provide simultaneous scanning of both sides of a document using dual CCDs while the infrared double feed detection feature reduces downtime by alerting the user of a misfeed. Other features include long page scanning support, both TWAIN and ISIS support, and 10-bit internal grayscale processing (8-bit output). The ScanCare Preventative Maintenance Program FCPA's ScanCare preventative maintenance program provides a comprehensive customer service and support program minimizing customer downtime and reducing maintenance costs. The ScanCare program, FCPA's only factory-authorized preventative scanner maintenance program, is an easy, affordable way to extend the life and performance of FCPA scanners. The ScanCare program offers 12 months of on-site service, scheduled deliveries of scanner consumable parts, two scheduled on-site field engineer visits for cleaning, and a valuable reference guide for maximizing scanner maintenance and output quality. The ScanCare program highlights FCPA's dedication to bringing maintenance issues to the forefront of the industry. Availability and Pricing The M4097D-VRS has a list price of $8,995 and the M4099D-VRS has a list price of $22,995, both scanners will be available through Fujitsu authorized resellers in January. The VRS upgrade kits for the M4097D and the M4099D will be available in February, and have a list pricing of $2,495 and $3,495 respectively. Further information can be obtained by calling 800/626-4686 or visiting our Web site at www.fcpa.com. About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. Fujitsu Computer Products of America is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Fujitsu Limited, an international leader in information technology, telecommunications, semiconductors and other electronic devices. The Fujitsu Group of over 400 technology, software and service companies posted global revenues of almost $50 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000. Benefiting from Fujitsu Ltd.'s $3 billion annual investment in research and development, Fujitsu Computer Products provides innovative solutions for the U.S. marketplace. Current product offerings include: high performance hard disk drives, tape drives, magneto-optical drives, high performance scanners and printers. The company of more than 700 employees encompasses research and development operations in Longmont, Colo.; manufacturing in Hillsboro, Ore.; engineering and marketing in San Jose, Calif.; and sales operations throughout the United States. Fujitsu Computer Products of America is based in San Jose, Calif. and is located at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, Calif. 95134. For more information about Fujitsu products and services, use our Internet Web site at http://www.fcpa.com. The company can be reached by phone at 800/626-4686 or 408/432-6333. About Kofax Kofax Image Products (http://www.kofax.com), a division of the DICOM (medical, standard) DICOM - (From Digital Imaging and COmmunications in Medicine) A standard developed by ACR-NEMA (American College of Radiology - National Electrical Manufacturer's Association) for communications between medical imaging devices. Group plc, is a leading developer of application software and image processing products for the Electronic Data and Document Capture (EDC EDC See: Export Development Corp. ) market. EDC is essential to helping paper-intensive organizations economically, reliably and securely incorporate paper-based information into their electronic business processes. Note to Editors: Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are registered trademarks of Fujitsu Limited. ScanRight and ScanCare are service marks of Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. VirtualReScan is a trademark of Kofax Image Products, Inc. Adrenaline, ImageControls and Kofax are registered trademarks of Kofax Image Products, Inc. ISIS is a registered trademark of Pixel Translations, a division of ActionPoint Software, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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