Astra 2400S
UMAX Technologies, Inc., has introduced the Astra 2400S scanner, featuring a legal-size scanning bed, 36-bit color quality, 600x2400 dpi resolution and a comprehensive business imaging software bundle. The optional automatic document feeder and transparency adapter make the Astra 2400S a high-value office solution for document management and creation including fax, email, and copying, along with OCR, graphic design and image editing.
With 36-bit color quality and 48-bit color preprocessing, the Astra 2400S offers over 68 billion colors and 4,096 shades of gray. It is capable of extending its hardware resolution from 600 x 2400 dpi to a maximum interpolated resolution of 9600 dpi through UMAX Ultra View Technology.
The Astra 2400S is both PC and Macintosh-compatible, offering a SCSI-2 interface for blazing fast scans and a PCI SCSI card for Windows 98 plug-and-play compatibility. The scanning bed is 8.5"x14", allowing users to scan small and large images and documents including 35mm slides and legal-size documents.
A comprehensive software bundle includes Adobe Photoshop LE, the industry standard for photo design and production and Adobe Acrobat which converts documents and graphics into PDF format for easy file sharing. Also included are Adobe PageMill, the popular Web site creation tool and PhotoDeluxe Business Edition for Windows, a new product from Adobe that offers step-by-step support for creating business documents which include images for documents such as brochures, newsletters and letterheads. PhotoDeluxe 2.0 is provided for Macintosh users.
In addition to the Adobe software, UMAX is providing Newsoft's Presto! PageManager 98 for Windows, a powerful document management and optical character recognition tool that lets users print, copy, email, fax and convert to text scanned images and created documents. Presto! PageType is also included to give users an easy way to fill out forms using their computer. Also offered is Caere Omnipage LE OCR for Macintosh, an optical character recognition application that allows users to scan text documents, with 99% accuracy, into their favorite applications as computer-editable text. The UMAX copy utility allows documents to be scanned directly to a printer, turning the scanner into a copy machine.
For more information, contact UMAX Technologies, Inc., 3561 Gateway Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538. USA. Telephone: 510-651-4000. Fax: 510-651-8834.