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News Release from: Imacon | Subject: Flextight 949 Scanner
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 April 2004
Imacon Sheds Light On New Scanner Launch
At Drupa
Danish manufacturer Imacon has announced the introduction of the latest addition to its range of Flextight scanners, the Flextight 949.
Danish manufacturer Imacon has announced the introduction of the latest addition to its range of Flextight scanners, the Flextight 949 The new scanner, which will have its first exhibition showing at Drupa 2004 will join the Flextight 848, 646 and 343, completing what Imacon believes is now the most powerful family of high-end CCD scanners in the world
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 6 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Christian Poulsen, founder and managing director of Imacon said: "We have listened to the market and made a number of significant technological advances with the 949 model.
We have improved the brightness of the light source in the scanning process, enabling the user to scan 200Mb per minute - double that of the Flextight 848.
That also means better exposure and a stronger signal-to-noise ratio promoting a wider dynamic range." He added that the improved light source has also been redesigned to provide more diffusion, helping to minimise the visibility of dust, grain and scratching to reduce retouching time.
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As with all scanners in the Flextight range, the 949 scanner incorporates Imacon's virtual drum design.
The 949 offers non-interpolated optical resolutions of up to 8,000dpi and true 16-bit colour with a 4.9 Dmax possible in a single pass.
The scanner has the ability to scan 200 Mb of data per minute and can handle positive and negative film originals from 35mm to 12 x 24.5cm, plus reflective copy up to A4.
The new scanner also incorporates a computer controlled active cooling facility.
That means a considerable reduction in noise and an improvement in colour stability.
Other features incorporated within the Flextight 949 include an automatic focus facility, automatic frame detection and an extended magnification range of up to 3,800%.
The maximum file size possible is 1.2Gb, with scan modes including RGB (24 and 48 bit), CMYK (32 bit), greyscale (8 and 16 bit) and Line Art.
Imacon will also be introducing new mounted slide feeder options for the 949.
"We have developed a mounted slide feeder specifically for operation with the 949, capable of batch scanning up to 50 slides at up to 5000ppi," continued Poulsen.
"In addition, the batch feeder option we offered with the Flextight 848 has proven to be so popular we have designed this model to fit the 949." As with all members of the Flextight family, the 949 utilises Imacon's Flexcolor software and 3f - Flexible File Format - digital data management system.
Flexcolor is compatible with Mac OSX+; Windows 2000 and XP.
Interface is via a Firewire.
The Imacon stand at Drupa will be in Hall 4, stand C11.
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