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Agfa To Exhibit Digital Imaging Solutions At MacWorld 2000; Agfa to Display the DuoScan HiD, DuoScan T2500, SnapScan e50, DuoScan T1200
Business Wire, July 17, 2000
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MACWORLD Expo NY 2000
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000
Agfa Corporation's Consumer Digital Imaging Group (USA-CDI), a leading provider of award-winning digital cameras and desktop scanners, will exhibit the newest members of its digital imaging family at MacWorld 2000, held this week in New York. Highlighting the expanded scanner line-up is the new SnapScan e50 - featuring an optical resolution of 1200 x 2400 dpi, 42-bit color depth.
"We are living in the "e" generation and consumers do not want to fuss with setting the software for specific applications," said John Phillips, Product Manager, for desktop scanners and digital cameras. "Our strategy is to design devices that do more than scan pictures. This is a scanner that lets you communicate in pictures."
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SnapScan e50
The SnapScan e50 provides 42-bit color depth at a resolution of 1200 x 2400 dpi. A "lightplate" built into the scanner cover uses a special light-diffusion process for scanning 35 mm transparencies. Agfa also includes slideholders for a 35 mm strip, and framed holders for easy handling and positioning.
With the push of a button, users can scan directly to their email application, OCR program, printer driver, or ScanWise scanning software. The four buttons are located at the front of the scanner for easy access.
The SnapScan e50 also features interchangeable colored handles and button covers in translucent orange, translucent blueberry and translucent graphite, so users can change the scanner colors based on personal preference or to match their computer or room decor. Agfa introduced interchangeable color handles to the SnapScan Touch in 1999. Agfa's decision to feature them on the "e" series scanners was based on the consumers' favorable response to the translucent handles of the SnapScan Touch.
Pricing and Availability
The SnapScan e50 is currently available in the U.S. for the suggested price of $199.
DuoScan HiD
The newest member of the DuoScan family, the DuoScan HiD, features an optical resolution of 1000 x 2000 dpi, 42-bit color depth and Agfa's patented TwinPlate(TM) technology. The DuoScan HiD is designed for professionals who need to capture great color detail within a wide density range - such as photographers, graphic illustrators, photo banks, museum archives, specialty publishers and commercial printers.
With a true 14-bits-per-color depth and a wide dynamic range of 3.7D, the DuoScan HiD scanner captures a high level of image quality, especially in the darkest areas of negatives or positive slides where detail is difficult to capture. The DuoScan HiD also captures even the most difficult colors such as deep reds and blues with remarkable accuracy.
Pricing and Availability
The DuoScan HiD is currently available in the U.S. for the suggested price of $2,895.
DuoScan T2500
The DuoScan T2500 is a 36-bit (12 bits per color) flatbed scanner with a maximum true optical resolution of 2500 x 2500 ppi, interpolated to 5000 ppi. Dynamic range is 3.4 with a 3.5 Dmax. Maximum scanning area is 8" x 12" (200 x 300 mm) for transparencies and 8" x 14" (200 x 350 mm) for reflective originals.
The DuoScan T2500 comes with a unique set of scanning, image-editing and color-management software. They combine to expand the scanner's operational simplicity and unprecedented versatility. In "output" mode, for example, FotoLook 3.0 automatically resizes an image and sets the correct resolution based on the users selected output requirements. The preview mode is completely interactive, giving the user full control over the scanning process, and the ability to view a screen proof at any time during the process. And users can access ColorTune color profiles, as well as ICC profiles, directly from FotoLook to specify color spaces for the different system components.
Agfa's exclusive Total Film Scanning (TFS) technology improves the quality of color negative scans. Users select from a list of film brand names and types or create a specific film profile. This allows the software to make adjustments for a specific film's characteristics, greatly improving the quality of the scan.
A "fail safe" batch scanning feature saves scan settings automatically, which is particularly important in a high-volume environment. If the scanning is interrupted for any reason, the user does not have to reset the scanning parameters.
Price and Availability
The DuoScan T2500 is currently available in the U.S. for the suggested price of $5,175.
DuoScan T1200
The DuoScan T1200 is a true 36-bit, 8.5 x 14 inch flatbed color scanner, with 600 x 1200 ppi optical resolution and a maximum output resolution of 2400 ppi for color and 3600 ppi for line art. The scanner offers a Dmax of 3.0 and maximum transparency size is 8 x 10 inches.
Agfa's award-winning TwinPlate technology provides separate beds for scanning transparencies and reflective images to deliver the optimum results for each type of original. TwinPlate technology ensures better control over the optical path and results in very sharp scans and high color quality, a significant advantage over competitive scanning systems.
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