Visioneer Announces Strobe XP 470 GSA-Compliant Scanner; New Duplex Scanner Offers Government Buyers OneTouch Scanning at Speeds up to 66 Images per Minute for Under $1,200.PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Visioneer, Inc., a leader in intelligent imaging solutions, today announced the Visioneer Strobe XP 470, the company's first GSA-compliant color sheetfed document scanner An optical scanner geared to office documents rather than photographs. Also called "office scanners," "enterprise scanners" and "business scanners," desktop models have automatic document feeders that can scan in the range of approximately 15 to 100 pages per minute. . It scans up to 66 images per minute (ipm) in duplex mode and has the ability to automatically scan documents into searchable PDF files -- all for under $1,200. The Strobe XP 470 was designed specifically for desktop use and incorporates OneTouch technology for eliminating multiple steps in sending scanned documents to predetermined pre·de·ter·mine v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines v.tr. 1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: applications or devices. The scanner will also include Kofax VirtualReScan(TM) 4.0 software providing excellent image quality and superior 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. accuracy. "Quality Associates, Inc. (QAI QAI Quality Assurance International QAI Quality Assurance Institute (Orlando, Florida) QAI Quality Assurance Inspection QAI Quality Auditing Institute QAI Quantitative Analytics Inc. QAI Quality Assurance Instructions ) is excited to offer this new duplex, color scanner with easy to use functionality to our clients. The Strobe XP 470 opens a new category of desktop scanners previously unavailable to the federal & state government. Adding new products to our GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. Schedule, such as the Visioneer Strobe XP 470 enables QAI to leverage innovative technology to provide streamlined and easy-to-use solutions. We are pleased about this new low cost, high-impact scanner that improves upon our current product offerings," said Scott Swidersky, Director Information Systems Division of QAI. "The Strobe XP 470 offers government agencies OneTouch ease-of-use in converting documents into searchable PDF file formats," said John Capurso, vice president of marketing at Visioneer and member of the ISO Standards This is a list of ISO standards that are discussed in Wikipedia articles. For a list of all the more than 16,000 ISO standards (as of 2007), see the ISO Catalogue. About 300 of the standards produced by ISO and IEC's Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1) have been made freely/publicly Committee for PDF/A PDF/A Portable Document Format Archive . "The Strobe XP 470 includes a software bundle that allows users to automatically scan to image-over-text searchable PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. with OneTouch technology. Searchable PDF maintains the visual integrity of the original document, with the text portions of the image converted via 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. for search purposes and stored in a separate layer. This allows for low-cost conversion from paper to PDF, while permitting easy distribution and ability to search, link, select/copy and index the text." OneTouch technology also allows users to easily set the "destination" of their scanned documents by pressing a button and selecting one of nine pre-programmed (or user-customizable) scan settings. "Destination" examples include scan to searchable PDF, scan to print, scan to archive, scan to network, scan to OCR and scan to e-mail. Strobe XP 470 Color Duplex Workgroup Scanner The Visioneer Strobe XP 470 processes documents at 33ppm/66ipm at 200 dpi monochrome and 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 . It also has one of the smallest footprints of any automatic document feed scanner on the market. It offers an optical resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi, 48-bit internal color, a hi-speed USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 interface (USB 1.1 compatible), and a suite of more than $800 in bundled software applications, utilities and drivers. These include TWAIN and ISIS(R) certified drivers, Kofax 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). 4.0 software(1), ScanSoft(R) PaperPort Pro Office, ScanSoft OmniPage Pro, Pixel Translations QuickScan Version 3.5, and ArcSoft PhotoImpression 5.0. The user-friendly 50-page capacity 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 handle paper and photos from business cards up to legal-size documents. Kofax's award-winning VRS (Virtual ReScan(TM)) software improves image quality and increases overall efficiency of the scanning process for document management applications. Kofax VRS provides such capabilities as autoexposure, autocropping and wide-angle deskew. It also improves the accuracy of recognition software, thereby reducing the need for manual correction of problematic intelligent character recognition In computer science, intelligent character recognition (ICR) is an advanced optical character recognition (OCR) system that allows fonts and different styles of hand writing to be learned by a computer during processing to improve accuracy and recognition levels. and/or OCR results. (1)Registered users can download VRS 4.0 at no additional charge on-line at www.visioneer.com or may request a CD for a small shipping and handling fee as soon as it is available. ScanSoft's PaperPort Pro Office enables PDF files to be created from any Microsoft Windows application, without the need for additional PDF creation, editing or viewing software. ScanSoft's OmniPage Pro is a powerful optical character recognition productivity tool that delivers accurate and precise document conversion. Pricing, Availability Priced at $1,195, the Strobe XP 470 is currently shipping in the United States through distributors such as Ingram Micro, Tech Data, NewWave, D&H, solution providers (VARs) and online retailers. Visioneer offers VARs government and educational discounts for sales to authorized agencies. For product support and more information on Visioneer scanners, visit www.visioneer.com. Visioneer is proud to offer both its Visioneer-branded and Xerox-branded products under a single reseller partners program. The 20/20 Perfect Vision program optimizes VAR margins and sales opportunities through volume incentive rebates, sales support, marketing tools, access to the 20/20 Perfect Vision extranet and blog. Additional information can be found at www.visioneer.com/2020. About Visioneer Visioneer's high-performance business scanners and imaging software solutions have always offered business users speed, quality, and advanced paper handling options. In 2003, Visioneer combined its leading scanner technology with the Xerox brand recognition to develop the Xerox DocuMate series of workgroup scanners. In 2004 and again in 2005, the Xerox DocuMate 252 and DocuMate 272, respectively, were ranked by 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. as best desktop document scanner. In 2005 the Xerox DocuMate 262 was given an Editors' Choice Award from PC Magazine for its price/performance, ease-of-use and best document management software. For additional information on Visioneer and Xerox scanning solutions, please visit www.visioneer.com or www.xeroxscanners.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: The Visioneer brand name and logo are registered trademarks. ScanSoft, PaperPort, OmniPage FormTyper, and TextBridge are trademarks or registered trademarks of ScanSoft, Inc. All other companies and products mentioned may be trademarks of their respective holdings and are hereby recognized. |
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