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Document ID: VLAR-3ZNPMM

IdeaScan Color Flatbed Scanner - Product Overview

Applicable to: World-Wide



General Information
The IBM IdeaScan Color Flatbed Scanner provides leading-edge functionality that enables you to work faster and easier. It incorporates six easy-access buttons to start the following scanner applications: Preview, Color scan, Optical character recognition (OCR), Fax (requires fax modem and fax application), Copy (requires printer), E-mail (requires MS Exchange). (Note: Scanned images may also be attached to other e-mail applications by using mouse/keyboard commands.)

The IdeaScan Color Flatbed Scanner comes with the PhotoStudio Suite and Textbridge Classic 2.0 OCR software needed to scan images and convert pages to text. The PhotoStudio Suite software includes: PhotoStudio SE 2.0 (imaging editing application), PhotoFantasy (fun application to merge images), PhotoBase (image management, photo-album-like tool), PhotoPrinter (enhances image printing).

Warranty: 1 year limited Customer Carry-In Exchange

This product replaces:
None

This product was replaced by:
Not Applicable

Packaging:
One box containing...


Marketing and FRU Part Numbers
Canada, Latin America, United States...



Europe/Middle East/Africa...



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Note:
This product is not yet available in Mexico.
This product is not yet available in Japan.
The scanner is not supported in Sweden.

Additional Part Numbers
Part number(s) for ordering multiple quantities:
None

Associated FRU Part Number(s):
Power Adapter



Scanner Cable



Product Dates
World Wide...



Technical Specifications
Performance Specifications as known at time of announcement:
Color resolution: 36-bit color (24 bit to PC)

Enhanced resolution: 9600 x 9600

Grayscale resolution: 12-bit/pixel grayscale (8 bit to PC)

Interface type: Parallel port interface (EPP), printer pass-through

Optical resolution: 600 x 1200 dpi

Technology: Flatbed scanner, Removable flatbed cover

TWAIN Compliant: Yes

Physical, Environmental, and Compatibility Specifications as known at time of announcement:
Weight: 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg) including adapter
Height: 3.8 inches (95.5 mm)
Width: 11.6 inches (295.2 mm)
Depth: 17.5 inches (445.2 mm)

Operating Temperature:


Relative Operating Humidity: low of 15% to a high of 80%
Agency Approvals:



ENERGY STAR-Compliant: *. The ENERGY STAR emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service.

Hardware Requirements for IBM systems:
The IdeaScan Color Flatbed Scanner is supported on all models of the following platforms:



Hardware Requirements for Non-IBM systems:
No information available

Supported Operating Systems:



Compatibility:
Minimum Requirements:



Languages Supported:



Limitations: This scanner is not compatible with the Cannon BJC-620 printer.

Supported Software: Not Applicable

Other: Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC): Immunity to lightning strikes, power line transients, radio frequency susceptibility, power line disturbance, and radio frequency emissions.


Document Note(s):

  1. The symbol * is used to denote that the information is currently unavailable for this product.
  2. All dates are represented in the US English format of mm/dd/yyyy (where mm=month, dd=day, yyyy=year).
  3. FRU stands for Field Replacement Unit. It is the part number used for ordering service/replacement parts.
  4. Effective Withdrawal means that on the given date IBM will have withdrawn the products from marketing. After that date, the product can not be obtained directly from IBM.


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Date Created

27-10-98

Last Updated

25-05-99

Revision Date

26-05-2000

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