LinoColor OPAL Ultra Scanner is New at Macworld EXPO.BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 1997--Macworld EXPO-- Company Also Reduces JADE Scanner to $499; Signs Distribution Agreement with Tech Data At Macworld EXPO, Linotype-Hell's LinoColor brand celebrates its first birthday with the brand-new OPAL opal (ō`pəl), a mineral consisting of poorly crystalline to amorphous silica, SiO2·nH2O; the water content is quite variable but usually ranges from 3% to 10%. Ultra scanner; an over 35 percent price reduction on the JADE scanner, to $499; and a distribution agreement with Tech Data. New! OPAL Ultra scanner. Large format of 17" X 11.4", 1400 X 2800 dpi with scaling to 600 percent, and choice of reflective or transparency originals alone make OPAL Ultra a superior scanning option -- but with the bonus of included LinoColor VisuaLab software, which is based on the same core LinoColor technology chosen by Apple and Microsoft for their operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. -- LinoColor significantly ups the ante in commercial-quality color at a desktop price of only $8650 suggested list. The value of OPAL Ultra is substantially increased with included software that costs several thousands of dollars when sold separately. Included with OPAL Ultra is LinoColor VisuaLab, full versions of either Adobe Photoshop See Photoshop. (for Macintosh) or Micrografx PicturePublisher (for Windows), Cumulus cumulus: see cloud. image database software and Linotype-Hell's popular "Fonts Just in Time" CD. "OPAL Ultra fulfills our goal in making high-end color for publishing and graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. available to desktop users," LinoColor's Vice President and General Manager, Dani Herzka, says. "OPAL Ultra delivers production quality in a unit costing well under $10,000. It's the kind of solution that can bring designers and publishers into a whole new realm of capabilities and revenues, with relatively little up-front cost." Herzka adds that LinoColor VisuaLab's built-in intelligence allows users to "get up to speed without the extended learning curve usually associated with such sophisticated color technologies." Its precise Double Lens System and trilinear tri·lin·e·ar adj. Relating to, having, or bounded by three lines. CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. for fast, one-pass scanning enable digital input of transparent or reflective originals as small as 35mm or as large as a full two-page spread. The Standard Resolution mode, for large format originals, provides optical resolution of 700 X 1400 dpi, which can be interpolated interpolated /in·ter·po·lat·ed/ (in-ter´po-la?ted) inserted between other elements or parts. to 4200 X 4200 dpi. Accommodating originals up to 5.7" wide, the High Resolution mode delivers 1400 X 2800 dpi resolution, which is more than sufficient to achieve excellent results with enlargements up to 600 percent. New pricing on JADE scanner Herzka has announced that the company's popular JADE scanner is available immediately at a new reduced price of $499 suggested list, down from $795. Macintosh- and Windows-compatible JADE is LinoColor's entry-level desktop scanner and includes Adobe Photoshop LE 4.0 for Macintosh, Micrografx PicturePublisher for Windows, as well as the company's acclaimed LinoColor VisuaLab EZ software. LinoColor VisuaLab is based on the same core technology both Apple and Microsoft have chosen for their operating system-level color solutions. The scanner's record sales and pristine reliability record resulting in significant service and support savings for the company, has allowed LinoColor to produce and support JADEs at a lower cost than forecasted. The result is the newer, reduced price to users. JADE is offered through LinoColor's 300+ dealers and via national computer equipment catalogs, both channels of which are serviced by LinoColor distributors Ingram Micro Ingram Micro, Inc. NYSE: IM a Fortune 100 company founded in 1979 and based in Santa Ana, California. It is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. and now, Tech Data. New distribution agreement with Tech Data Linotype-Hell Company and Tech Data Corp. have signed an agreement making Tech Data a non-exclusive distributor of the award- winning LinoColor line of scanners and software. Products now available to Tech Data's more than 70,000 value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. and retail dealers worldwide include: NEW! OPAL Ultra Scanner (Macintosh/Windows), JADE Scanner (Macintosh/Windows), SAPHIR SAPHIR Spectrometer Arrangement for Photon Induced Reactions SAPHIR Secure Access Portal to Hpc Internet Resources Scanner (Macintosh/Windows), JADE Transparency Adapter A device that allows a flatbed scanner to scan 35mm slides and other film transparencies. It provides a mechanism that shines light through the film. Today, most flatbed scanners support transparencies either with a removable tray or by adding or removing an attachment. , SAPHIR Ultra Scanner (Macintosh/Windows), OPAL Scanner (Macintosh/Windows), PrintProfiler Deluxe Software, LinoColor VisuaLab Deluxe Software and CaptureProfiler Deluxe Software. Tech Data joins LinoColor's expanded channel of distribution which includes Ingram Micro, local distributors and more than 300 resellers including an expanded network of Authorized LinoColor Gold VARs. Worldwide, LinoColor products are distributed in more than 140 countries. Selected LinoColor products are also offered through a variety of nationally-distributed mail order catalogs. -0- All company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Linotype-Hell Company Helene Smith, 516-821-7292 smith@linocolor.com |
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