HP introduces affordable sheet-fed scanner for consumer, small-business market; ScanJet 5s scanner creates professional-looking documents at affordable price.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1997-- Hewlett-Packard Company today introduced the most affordable scanner it has ever offered: the HP ScanJet 5s scanner, expected to be available for about $249 (U.S.). The ScanJet 5s color/grayscale sheet-fed scanner A scanner that allows only paper to be scanned rather than books or other thick objects. It moves the paper across a stationary scan head. Contrast with flatbed scanner, handheld scanner and drum scanner. offers the versatility 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. ), quick and easy image input and simple electronic communications. The ScanJet scanner can convert paper documents easily into electronic format for e-mail, faxing, editing and World Wide Web applications, and it can scan photos, text and graphics for use in a variety of projects. It's as simple as scanning a document or image, then dragging and dropping the file into a chosen application. "The ScanJet 5s scanner is easy enough for beginners to use and is an affordable way to increase the efficiency and productivity of your home- or small-office business," said Phil Faraci, general manager of HP's Greeley Division. "Consumers can scan in documents or images easily and quickly, edit and distribute critical information across the hall or around the world in minutes." The ScanJet 5s scanner is designed to enable users to automate key tasks such as mailing, faxing, filing, digitizing text, copying and annotating an·no·tate v. an·no·tat·ed, an·no·tat·ing, an·no·tates v.tr. To furnish (a literary work) with critical commentary or explanatory notes; gloss. v.intr. To gloss a text. forms, as well as making professional-looking brochures, letterhead, flyers, newsletters and World Wide Web pages. Consumers also can produce a variety of original materials, such as flyers, newsletters, calendars, cards, electronic photo albums and recipe books. SCANJET 5S SCANNER SPECIFICATIONS The ScanJet 5s scanner is a 24-bit color and 8-bit 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 scanner offering 300-dots-per-inch (dpi) optical and 600-dpi enhanced scanning for high-quality images and text. The ScanJet 5s scanner is compatible with Microsoft(R) Windows 3.1, Windows(R) 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. 4.0. The ScanJet 5s scanner scans any black-and-white or color text, photos or line art, from something the size of a business card to 8.5 inches x 30 inches. It works with any standard Windows printer, attaches through the parallel port, comes with a parallel pass-through interface and links with many popular applications with drag-and-drop ease. The 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) can scan up to 10 pages at a time, depending on paper type and thickness. SCANJET 5S SCANNER SOFTWARE The ScanJet 5s scanner comes with PaperPort software for HP by Visioneer, Inc. With the touch of a button, users can mail, fax, organize, edit and copy files and launch more than 100 applications. The addition of Caere OCR OmniPage software makes it easy for users to drag scanned pages into such text-based applications as Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , Word Perfect and Excel, for automatic conversion to editable text. CUSTOMER SUPPORT The ScanJet 5s scanner comes with a one-year limited warranty Limited warranty A warranty with certain conditions and limitations on the parts covered, type of damage covered, and/or time period for which the agreement is good. . HP provides U.S. customers with a 24-hour limited Express Exchange Warranty. Express Exchange provides customers with a replacement unit within one business day. HP SupportPack extends Express Exchange service for an additional two-year period. HP provides free live technical support for one year after purchase; extended-hour and Saturday support is also available as an option. Online technical support is available for all customers though HP's Web site, http://www.hp.com, or through HP FIRST, a fax-back service that provides detailed product and support information. HP's scanner-specific website can be found at http://www.hp.com/go/ScanJet on the World Wide Web. HP is the world's leading supplier of hardcopy products that set the standard for technology, performance and reliability. HP's market-leading products include LaserJet and DeskJet printers, DesignJet large-format printers, ScanJet scanners, OfficeJet printer-fax-copiers and CopyJet color printer-copiers. Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 112,800 employees and had revenue of $38.4 billion in its 1996 fiscal year. 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If you review this product, your readers will receive the fastest response by mailing their inquiries to: Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Direct Marketing Organization, P.O. Box 58059, Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. 95051-8059. CONTACT: Hewlett-Packard Company Kara Kara (kär`ə), river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian Russia. It is navigable in its lower course. Lakkees, 360/212-6692 kara_lakkees@hp.com or Copithorne & Bellows for HP Alison Evans, 415/284-5200 alison.evans@cbpr.com |
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