Fujitsu broadens scanner line; affordable high-performance scanners offer speed and color.WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1994--Building on its leadership in the exploding imaging market, Fujitsu Tuesday announced two color scanners and three high-performance monochrome scanners for graphics, document imaging and high-volume production applications. Fujitsu's line of document imaging products now extends from single-user/entry-level applications to enterprise-wide installations. "Fujitsu has the broadest line of high-speed scanners on the market today and has a leading reputation for quality," said Kristy Holch, industry analyst at BIS Strategic Decisions of Norwell, Mass. Along with the new scanners, Fujitsu announced Enhancement Technology (ET), which are state-of-the-art scanning options such as 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 circuits (IPC (1) (InterProcess Communication) The exchange of data between one program and another either within the same computer or over a network. It implies a protocol that guarantees a response to a request. II) for automatic discrimination, dynamic thresholding, zooming, spot noise removing and more. "It's critical to get the basics right and capture the best image of a document on the first scan," noted Mary Ann Burns, marketing manager for Fujitsu's imaging products. "The readability of an image, the accuracy of 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. (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. ), and the integrity of the entire imaging system depend on it," she added. Color ScanPartner 10 With a list price of just $1,695, the 24-bit ScanPartner 10 gives businesses the speed, resolution and color they need at a competitive price. The ScanPartner 10, designed for small workgroups, has a fast 10 pages-per-minute (ppm) throughput, 300 dots-per-inch (dpi) resolution, 24-bit color, a standard 50-sheet automatic document feeder In multifunction or all-in-one printers, fax machines, photocopiers and scanners, Automatic Document Feeder or ADF is a feature which takes several pages and feeds the paper one page at a time into the scanner, allowing the user to scan (and thereby copy, print, or fax) (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. ) and a SCSI interface SCSI interface - SCSI adaptor . Designed for DOS/Windows, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Macintosh environments, the color ScanPartner 10 uses flatbed or automatic document scanning and accepts both letter- and legal-size documents. The product is one of the most feature-rich, competitively priced scanners in its class, offering the speed, resolution, 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 , color and ADF capacity to handle a wide range of applications. The ScanPartner 10 comes standard with both ISIS and TWAIN (Technology Without An Interesting Name) A programming interface that lets a graphics application, such as an image editing program or desktop publishing program, activate a scanner, frame grabber or other image-capturing device. color drivers, ensuring compatibility with a wide range of popular document management and business application packages. Concurrent with the announcement of the color ScanPartner 10, Fujitsu reduced the list price of the monochrome version of the product to $1,495 from $2,095. Color M3296G Fujitsu's 24-bit color M3296G scans documents up to 11" x 17", making it appropriate for large-format document imaging and desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, applications. The M3296G's color compensation circuit has the ability to produce more than 16 million colors, with sharp images and variable resolutions up to 400 dpi. The product has a built-in 50-sheet ADF that allows for easy, continuous scanning. The M3296G scans at an average speed of 17.4 seconds per page in 200 dpi. M3096EX The M3096EX comes with an IPC II image enhancement See image editing. option board slot as well as a third-party options slot that allows independent hardware vendors to develop products for value-added capabilities, such as allowing the scanner to be connected to a network. "Networked scanning gives paper the same freedom and instant mobility that electronic documents enjoy," said Burns. "Scanners will soon become a commonly shared peripheral, just as printers are today, allowing direct network scanning to e-mail and fax capabilities." In addition to networking capabilities, this monochrome scanner has variable resolutions to 400 dpi, with grayscale, and scans at a fast 20 ppm. The M3096EX has an optional IPC II board for advanced image enhancement, and a 50-page ADF that can easily handle large volumes of paper, including up to 11" x 17". The M3096EX is list-priced at $5,995. M3099A The superfast M3099A scans at a rate of 55 ppm in simplex mode, 100 images-per-minute in duplex mode. The product has a 500-page ADF, with 64-step Dither dith·er n. A state of indecisive agitation. intr.v. dith·ered, dith·er·ing, dith·ers To be nervously irresolute in acting or doing. and resolutions up to 400 dpi. The M3099A requires only a single video interface board and is list priced at $24,995. M3099G(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. ) The M3099G(SCSI) has the same features as the M3099A with an internal SCSI connection. This allows the scanner to interface directly with a PC via a SCSI II. This dedicated, high-speed, high-volume document imaging scanner is list priced at $26,995. M3099A+, M3099G+ With two IPC II boards pre-installed, the Fujitsu M3099A+ and M3099G+ scanners represent the latest in imaging technology. With Fujitsu's Enhancement Technology, the IPC II option boards significantly improve the contrast of scanned images, providing image-edge enhancement and zooming, as well as automatic discrimination, enabling the scanners to switch between text and photos in a single pass. Furthermore, the IPC II noise removal function eliminates stray marks on copied or faxed documents prior to OCR processing, greatly reducing the possibility of errors. The result is crisp, clean scanning. The M3099A+ is list priced at $25,995. The Fujitsu M3099G+ has the same features of the M3099G series, with two IPC II boards. The M3099G+ is list priced at $27,995. Shipping and Availability All Fujitsu's new scanners will ship by January 1995. They will be available through distributors and local Fujitsu representatives. Fujitsu Computer Products of America Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. is part of $30 billion Fujitsu Limited, the world's second largest computer company. Primarily responsible for input, storage and output solutions 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. , Fujitsu Computer Products is part of Fujitsu's worldwide design, development, manufacturing and marketing operations. The company encompasses research and development operations in Longmont, Colo.; manufacturing in Hillsboro, Ore.; marketing in 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.; and sales operations throughout the United States. Fujitsu Computer Products of America is headquartered at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95134. Telephone (408) 432-6333. -0- Note to Editors: All product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. See Fujitsu at Booth 325 at the Federal Imaging '94 Tradeshow. CONTACT: Fujitsu Computer Products
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