LONG BEACH, Calif., June 3, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Epson America, Inc. today announced the Epson GT-20000, a new color document imaging scanner designed for business workgroups and departmental segments, providing monochrome, grayscale and color large-format scans at up to 11.7" x 17" in size, and fast scan speeds with no warm-up time required. The Epson GT-20000 offers high-quality 48-bit color scans at resolutions up to 600 x 1200 dpi, with new text and color enhancement features for bright, accurate results.
"Continuing Epson's ongoing commitment to meet businesses' high-end scanning requirements, the GT-20000 is the perfect combination of the high-quality document imaging and performance needed for efficient document management and increased productivity in any business environment," said Grace Huang, senior product manager, Professional Imaging, Epson America Inc. "The new color and text enhancement features ensure sharp, clear scans, and its large-size format can quickly accommodate a variety of documents, creating a versatile document imaging solution."
The Epson GT-20000 provides several features for increased productivity, including automatic document size detection, an optional 100-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF) and an optional network-ready card that allows it to be shared with other workgroup members over LAN. The optional ADF enables fast scan speeds at 23 pages per minute (ppm) in monochrome and 15 ppm in color at 200 dpi(1). In addition, the Epson GT-20000 features a four-line CCD sensor for the red, green, and blue color channels with a black CCD line for fast monochrome scans without sacrificing quality. The Epson GT-20000 also features a bright Xenon cold cathode fluorescent lamp that allows the scanner to achieve maximum brightness with no warm-up time.
The Epson Scan software included with the GT-20000 offers new text enhancement features that sharpen text characters, and enhance recognition when scanning documents. In addition, new color enhancement settings allow users to select and improve a color out of the RGB color channel, and the new color dropout feature allows users to remove a color from the RGB color channel on the scan.
The Epson GT-20000 also features additional software applications for greater productivity with document imaging including ABBYY(r) FineReader(r) Sprint Plus OCR, for creating editable text from scans, ScanSoft(r) PaperPort(r), for organizing and sharing documents and the EMC Captiva ISIS driver for interfacing with a variety of document management applications. The Epson GT-20000 is pending certification with Kofax, an industry leader in business-critical information management. The scanner offers Hi-Speed USB 2.0 connectivity for fast data transmission, and is compatible with a variety of operating systems including Windows(r) 2000 Professional, Windows XP, Windows Vista(r), and Macintosh(r) OS X 10.2.8 to 10.5.
The Epson GT-20000 is $1,499.99 (estimated street price) through Epson authorized dealers, mail order, distribution and on the Epson Store Web site (www.epsonstore.com). The optional ADF ($1,299 estimated street price) and Epson Network Image Express Card ($349 estimated street price) are available on the Epson Store Web site. The Epson GT-20000 comes with a one-year limited warranty with optional extended warranty and warranty exchange plans available. More information about the Epson GT-20000 and other Epson scanners is available at www.epson.com or 1-800-GO-EPSON (1-800-463-7766).
About Epson America Inc.
Epson offers an extensive array of award-winning image capture and image output products for the consumer, business, photography, and graphic arts markets. The company is also a leading supplier of value-added point-of-sale (POS) printers and transaction terminals for the retail market. Founded in 1975, Epson America Inc. is the U.S. affiliate of Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, a global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality technology products that meet customer demands for increased functionality, compactness, systems integration and energy efficiency. Epson America Inc. is headquartered in Long Beach, Calif.
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(1) A4 size, Speed Priority Scanning mode, simplex