Plustek Introduces $799 Desktop Multifunction Device With Smart Peripheral
Integration

Plustek's ScanFX provides color faxing, color copying, color scanning and
OCR solutions for PC users by "borrowing" other peripherals'
capabilities.

Sunnyvale, CA, May 16, 1994 - Plustek, the leading manufacturer of sheetfed
scanners, today announced the shipping of ScanFX, a multifunction device
that offers both black & white and color faxing, copying, TWAIN-compliant
color scanning, and OCR capabilities. ScanFX is priced at $799 retail.

The software bundle includes Micrografx' Picture Publisher LE and WordScan
OCR 3.0 by Calera. A TWAIN driver, DEVICE driver and installation software
is also included.

This award-winning device (Best of BYTE, COMDEX/Spring `94) also offers a
unique interface: a real, physical front panel that eliminates the need to
use the keyboard or mouse to perform a function. The front panel resembles
a fax machine, so it's intuitive for most users. To make a color copy,
just press the COPY key. To send a fax, just dial the number and press the
FAX key.

The OCR capabilities of ScanFX are similarly designed. To begin the OCR
process, a user simply presses one of the OCR keys. ScanFX scans the
documents, converts them to text, and automatically launches a
user-selectable word processor with the converted text open and ready to
use.

Yet ScanFX is different than most "multifunction" devices -- it contains no
printing or faxing hardware. Instead, it "borrows" from a user's existing
printer and fax/modem. Document copies, for example, are automatically
routed (in the background, naturally) to the printer for output.

Faxes go through the user's existing fax/modem. The result is an affordable
integration solution that's easy to upgrade.

And in helping with office automation, ScanFX feeds up to ten pages
automatically. Its Auto-Align hardware feature helps straighten misaligned
pages, too. So users can fax, copy, scan or OCR multiple-page documents
easily.

BIS Strategic Decisions' Kristy Holch, Director of Scanning Marketing
Strategies, describes ScanFX as, "... a low-cost, flexible device that
provides add-on value without making users pay for duplicate components." 
And, "Plustek has introduced a revolutionary, but eminently practical,
solution for document input."

ScanFX is available now through Merisel, COMP-USA, and other distributors.

Plustek USA, Inc.
Tel: (408) 745-7111   Fax: (408) 645-7562   
CompuServe: 75022,3451

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