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KODAK i280 Scanner Steams into i200 Series Flagship Role for Desktop Production Applications
ROCHESTER, N.Y., October 3, 2004 — Launched in January, with advanced image processing and paper-handling features suitable for the most challenging applications, the KODAK i280 Scanner quickly won fans among Kodak’s reseller network for its significant performance and productivity improvements. The i280 Scanner is the third in Kodak’s i200 Series Scanners, first launched in late 2002 with the i250 and i260 Scanner models, and is the most advanced of the series in features, capabilities and throughput.
“The KODAK i280 Scanner’s innovative, inspirational design is the perfect housing for its exceptional standard- and long-sheet feeding capability,” comments Tim Nissen, marketing director of the document imaging software provider, DocuLex. “The price-performance ratio is ideal for those seeking a reliable mid-volume, daily-use document scanner. We highly recommend it for use with DocuLex’s PDF.Capture document scanning/capture, content indexing and PDF conversion software.”
The duplex i280 Scanner delivers color, bitonal, and grayscale images at full-speed—offering the fastest color scanning speeds available in its segment at up to 62 pages per minute (ppm) or 124 images per minute (ipm) and up to 248 ipm with simultaneous output of color and bitonal images. The i280 also features Perfect Page with iThresholding delivering clean, sharp images at rated speed. This reduces pre-sorting, rescans, and post-image processing to improve overall operator productivity.
“Kodak's i280 Scanner provides robust features and functionality at a competitive price point,” said Ken Chin, Gartner vice president and research director, in January. “The capability to can color, bitonal, and grayscale images at the identical speeds is significant for enterprises moving beyond black-and-white applications. Overall, it is a strong addition to Kodak's line of scanners.”
Like all the scanners in the i200 Series, the i280 can be converted to a sheet-fed unit via the industry’s first-in-category A3 dockable flatbed accessory, which easily snaps into the scanner for documents that need special handling. Other options include a post-scan imprinter.
New in 2004 for all the i200 Series Scanners is brightness and contrast control to customize color output for different applications. These scanners also feature:
• 3-D Ultrasonic Multi-Feed detection
• An IEEE-1394 (FireWire) interface to speed setup and image transport
• Energy Star compliance
• VRS compatibility to offer more imaging options and convenience
The i200 Series Scanners are delivered with ISIS and TWAIN drivers, FireWire card and cable and KODAK Capture Software Lite, which supports all innovative features of the scanners. The full production version of KODAK Capture Software is available as an upgrade. KODAK Service & Support is available worldwide with an all-inclusive service offering to meet every business need. Available in the U.S. and Canada, Performance Plus Service for the KODAK i280 Scanner includes: three years of on-site service coverage, with priority response and one extra year of coverage if none is claimed during the first three years; operator training by a Kodak factory-trained engineer; and the KODAK Extra-Large Feeder Consumables Kit.
About Eastman Kodak Company and infoimaging
Kodak is the leader in helping people take, share, print and view images – for memories, for information, for entertainment. The company is a major participant in infoimaging, a $385 billion industry composed of devices (digital cameras and flat-panel displays), infrastructure (online networks and delivery systems for images) and services & media (software, film and paper enabling people to access, analyze and print images). With sales of $13.3 billion in 2003, the company comprises several businesses: Health, supplying the healthcare industry with traditional and digital image capture and output products and services; Graphic Communications Group, offering on-demand color printing and networking publishing systems consisting of three wholly owned subsidiaries: Encad, Inc., NexPress Solutions, and Kodak Versamark; Commercial Imaging, offering image capture, output and storage products and services to businesses and government; Display & Components, which designs and manufactures state-of-the-art organic light-emitting diode displays as well as other specialty materials, and delivers imaging sensors to original equipment manufacturers; and Digital & Film Imaging Systems, providing consumers, professionals and cinematographers with digital and traditional products and services.
Posted by Darren in our Scanners category on October 03, 2004