Logitech Announces ScanMan PowerPage

Compact, Full-Page Scanner Offers Complete Boardless Scanning
Solution; Powerful Integrated Software

Fremont, Calif. -- November 8, 1993 -- Logitech Inc computer mouse pioneer
and world-wide market leader in hand-held scanners and imaging solutions
has announced ScanMan PowerPage, a compact, boardless, 256-grayscale,
full-page scanner featuring motorized control and sheet-fed or hand-held
scanning options Powerful integrated software included with the package
offers image capture and editing? optical character recognition fax
interface, and a copy utility. Positioned as a complete scanning solution
at an affordable price point Scan-Man PowerPage will be available through
Logitech dealers and distributors in early 1994 at a suggested retail
price of $799 (US).

Software applications shipping with ScanMan PowerPage include Logitech's
Foto-Touch Color image editing software Caere's OmniPage Direct AnyFont
OCR software for Logitech, WinFax LITE faxing software by Delrina, and a
copy utility that produces high-quality gray-scale copies using a printer
All of these tools immediately appear onscreen in the PowerPage "Control
Center" when the scanner is activated upon contact with a document,
offering the user a complete set of scanning tools.

ScanMan Power Page is easy to install and compatible with all systems,
including portables since it communicates with the computer by means of
the parallel port and requires no interface card. It can be used as a
sheet-fed full-page scanner or in hand-held mode, with the motorized
scanning head detached from its base An optional document feeder is
available through Logitech

Additional product features include:

* TWAIN and Microsoft OLE compliance for direct scanning into 
  a variety of software applications
* Buttonless software-controlled communication between computer
  and scanner head
* 25 - 400 dpi resolution (for all source documents, from "quick
  & dirty" scans to optical character recognition of small font
  sizes)
* Optional portable accessory kit with battery pack available
  from Logitech
* Special thresholding and dithering features to automatically
  adjust contrast for text and images for producing high-quality
  copies and faxes

"With ScanMan PowerPage we are defining a new scanning product category "
says Patricia Smith product marketing manager "It offers the control and
full-page capability of a flatbed scanner while retaining the flexibility
of a hand-held unit Its small form factor means it is ideal as a personal
unit for both desktop and travel while the software included makes it a
truly complete 'plug-and-play' solution "

BIS Strategic Decisions, Massachusetts-based industry analyst firm, sees a
great potential for growth in the scanner market. According to Kristy
Holch Vice President of Scanning Services "the scanner market is poised to
take off again with the advent of new form factors and more complete
integration of powerful software Given the increased number of options, we
expect scanner sales to reach more than one million units in 1994"

Logitech designs, manufactures and markets "Senseware" -- products intended
to give human-like "senses" such as sight, sound, and touch to the
computer, making human-to-computer communications more intuitive and
natural Retail and OEM products of the company and its affiliates include
pointing devices (such as mice and trackballs), hand-held scanners,
digital cameras, pen digitizers, joysticks, sound products, and related
software applications for IBM, Macintosh and other platforms 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; and Cork
Ireland; Shanghai China; and offices in major cities in North America,
Europe and the Far East.

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

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