Logitech Introduces ScanMan EasyTouch Boardless Hand-Held Grayscale Scanner


"Next Generation" Scanner Features Parallel Port Interface, New Case
Design; Includes Caere's OmniPage Direct AnyFont OCR Software for
Logitech

Fremont, Calif. -- June 28, 1993 -- Logitech is announcing ScanMan
EasyTouch, a boardless, 256 grayscale, Windows-based hand-held scanner.
Available in late August at a list price of US$399, the ScanMan EasyTouch
package includes Logitech's FotoTouch Version 1.2 Color Image Editing
Software and OmniPage Direct AnyFont OCR Software for Logitech, developed
by Caere for Logitech scanners and tailored to the special needs of
hand-held scanning. The parallel port interface of ScanMan EasyTouch makes
scanning available to all users, including those with laptop machines and
others who do not wish to open their machines to install hardware.

ScanMan EasyTouch features a totally redesigned case, which reflects
Logitech's continuing concern with ergonomic design. Users hold the unit
with the hand extended straight out from the wrist, a position which is
more natural and comfortable. To facilitate straight, smooth scanning, the
main roller is now made of a polycarbon material which can be more
precisely machined to perfect roundness.

ScanMan EasyTouch plugs directly into the parallel port of a computer. A
special pass-through adaptor permits the user to operate a printer through
the same parallel port without disconnecting the scanner. Programmability
of the scanner head enables the setting of resolution, scan mode, and
contrast through software, resulting in a near-buttonless head (start/stop
button only).

The TWAIN-compliant scanning software included with ScanMan EasyTouch
contains Logitech's AutoStitch feature, which automatically merges
multiple strips to produce images up to 15 inches wide. In addition, this
and all other Logitech software for Windows, including FotoTouch Color and
OmniPage Direct AnyFont OCR Software for Logitech, now feature an online,
context-sensitive graphical help system.

Logitech has announced it will bundle FotoTouch Color Image Editing
Software with all its Windows-based scanners. This application, which
evolved from the original award-winning FotoTouch software, is both
TWAIN-compliant and an OLE (Object Linking and Embedding) server. It
features an extensive set of basic editing tools, selection effects, and
the ability to open multiple images onscreen and cut and paste among
these. In addition, a new feature, printer profiles, has been added.
Through printer profiles, FotoTouch Color optimizes tone and contrast for
specific printer types and brands.

"Today, only two percent of the installed base of personal computer users
own a scanner, so there's a tremendous untapped market out there," says
Molly Carlson, Logitech product manager. "We believe the ability to easily
integrate images into a document without having to open up their computers
or worry about DMA channels and interrupts will help to bring scanning
into the mainstream of personal computing. Moreover, the other main market
for this product, portable computers, promises to grow at an extremely
healthy rate over the next few years."

System Requirements for ScanMan EasyTouch include an IBM-compatible AT with
a 386SX processor or above, 4 MB RAM, 5 MB free disk space, DOS 3.1 or
higher, a VGA or better graphics card, Microsoft Windows 3.1, and a
Logitech or compatible pointing device.

Logitech manufactures and markets "Senseware" -- products designed to give
"senses" such as sight, sound, and touch to the computer, making
human-to-computer communication more intuitive and natural. Logitech
International, the financial holding company for the Logitech Group, is
traded publicly in Switzerland on the Zurich and Geneva exchanges. With
operational headquarters in Fremont, Calif., the group maintains
manufacturing facilities in Fremont, California; Hsinchu, Taiwan;
Shanghai, China; and Cork, Ireland; and offices in major cities in the U.
S., Europe, and the Far East.

Logitech Inc, 6505 Kaiser Dr, Fremont, CA 94555
510-795-8500;  fax: 510-792-8901

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