All-in-one peripheral system saves space

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Fujitsu Ltd. manufactures Image Ace IA-3000, an all-in-one peripheral system that serves as a precise and rapid sheet-feeder scanner, a portable scanner, an ink-jet printer, a color copier or a simple fax. The compact system also has a data-link feature for digital cameras and can be easily connected to a printer by cable. With the system, a user can make presentation material and original postcards by integrating the functions of a scanner and a digital camera. Retailed at $673 per unit, IA-3000 is targeted to meet annual sales of 10,000 units.

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Manufactures Image Ace IA-3000, an all-in-one peripheral system

Product information, Computer Auxiliary Eqp NEC, Computer peripherals, Fujitsu Ltd., Article

Digital printing figures in smart card market

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The digital card printer market is projected to grow as the number of plastic smart cards printed on digital color printers expandx from from 4% of all cards in 1997 to around 10% in 2002. The market is divided into two categories: the desktop models using thermal transfer or dye sublimation technologies, and the high-speed presses which employ thermal transfer, dye-sublimation or electophotography. Global sales of desktop models and high-pressed are projected to reach 28,000 units and 190 units in 2002, respectively.

Output Devices NEC, Printers (Equipment)

Scanner engineers begin addressing trends for multiple-function designs

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Business equipment manufacturers are introducing innovative, multi- function scanners aimed at cost-cutting companies. Innovations include scanners that link directly to the printer and equipped with copying functions. Examples of these are the SC-100 from QMS Inc and Image Desk from Microtek International Inc. Other models double as document feeders, such as the OptraImage 15 scanner from Lexmark Corp.

Keypunch Devices, Image scanners