Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/20
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Did this get posted to the LUG?
It was on the Stockpoto list anyway:
Here's the full press release from Polaroid regarding the new SprintScan
4000. The product is not yet on their website.
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BW1201 FEB 16,1999 5:13 PACIFIC 08:13 EASTERN
( BW)(MA-POLAROID-CORP)(PRD) Polaroid Announces the Fastest, Highest
Resolution Slide Scanner On the
Market; SprintScan 4000 Delivers Twice as Much Image Information in Less
Time
Business Editors and High-Tech Writers
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 16, 1999--Polaroid
Corporation (NYSE: PRD) today introduced the world's first 4000 dots per
inch (dpi) film scanner that produces scanned images in under one
minute. As an addition to Polaroid's award winning SprintScan line, the
SprintScan 4000 is a high-performance scanner that scans professional
quality 35-millimeter slides, filmstrips and Advanced Photo System (APS)
film formats without compromise.
The SprintScan 4000 produces high quality output with a true optical
resolution of 4000 dpi and an optical density of 3.4, making it the
highest resolution and most productive scanner on the market. While
competing products deliver a 2700 dpi image with a 3.2 optical density in
under a minute, the SprintScan 4000 will deliver a 4000 dpi image with a
3.4 optical density in under a minute -- twice as much information without
compromising the speed.
"The unprecedented specifications on the SprintScan 4000 bring a
magnitude of improvement and technological advancement over current
scanners in
the market," said Steve Furstenau, senior product marketing manager,
Polaroid Corporation. "Customers will be extremely pleased with the
SprintScan
4000's high resolution, speed, and automatic film handling, sharpening,
focus and color correction for professional quality at an affordable
price."
For fast and easy film handling, the SprintScan 4000 provides a
system designed for automatically managing multiple images. A user can
utilize the automatic advancement of a six-image position filmstrip or the
four-image position mounted slide holder. In addition, an optional APS
roll film handler provides APS and unattended batch scanning of up to 40
images. These automated film handling features augment the scanner speed
to give users the most productive scanner on the market.
PolaColor Insight Pro Software
The SprintScan 4000 is bundled with PolaColor Insight Pro software.
This innovative software provides a simple user interface that is ideal
for basic and advanced scanning tasks. It automatically removes and
eliminates surface flaws such as dust, scratches and fingerprints, and
features split screen preview and automatic image sizing and saving scan
settings. In addition, the automatic enhancement controls, combined with
the power of full professional image adjustment tools, allow the user to
get optimum brightness, shadow detail and overall color from a scanned
image.
With PolaColor Insight Pro software, users can save images on the PC
in .Tif and/or .BMP or on the Macintosh in TIFF, PSD and/or JPEG file
formats.
In addition to PolaColor Insight Pro software, the SprintScan 4000 is
bundled with Adobe PhotoDeluxe.
Availability, Compatibility and Pricing
The SprintScan 4000 will be available in the US in March through
authorized Polaroid dealers and catalogs. The optional APS adapter will be
available in June. For the Windows environment, the scanner software
includes a PCI based SCSI card. The suggested US list price of the new
scanner is $2,495. International prices may vary, and can be determined by
contacting the regional Polaroid office.
To obtain more information on the SprintScan 4000 or other Polaroid
scanners, customers may call 1-800-816-2611, extension D001, or access the
web site at www.polaroid.com.
About Polaroid
Polaroid, with annual sales of more than $1.8 billion in 1998, is the
worldwide leader in instant imaging. Polaroid supplies instant and digital
cameras and films; digital imaging peripherals, software, media and
systems solutions; medical diagnostic imaging media; secure identification
systems; graphics imaging systems; sunglasses and polarizers to markets
worldwide.
"Polaroid", "PolaColor" and "SprintScan" are trademarks of Polaroid
Corporation, Cambridge, Mass. All other trademarks may be the property of
their respective owners.
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or
Polaroid Corporation
Kim Reingold, 781/386-2000
reingok@polaroid.com
www.polaroid.com
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