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Epson's Scanner Option Kit, $300, is a printer-mounted scanner which turns EX-800, EX-1000, and LQ-2500 dot matrix printers into image scanners for IBM PC-compatible microcomputers. The kit's scanning head replaces the printer's ribbon cartridge and reads artwork passed through the paper feed. The system produces images of 72 or 144 dots per inch, which can be manipulated and controlled with the Inset image-editing or Epscan scanning software with which it is bundled. The kit is easy to install, and is considered an excellent investment for users of Epson printers.
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Canon (Lake Success, NY) and Kentek (Allendale, NJ) will release laser printers equipped with PostScript-compatible controllers early in 1988. Other PostScript-compatible equipment can be expected from other manufacturers. For example, Conographic (Irvine, CA) will provide its Conodesk 6000 controller with a PostScript clone called Conoscript. Another company, Custom Applications (Sudbury, MA), has added Compugraphic's Intellifont capability to its PostScript-compatible controller.
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Microcomputer-based facsimile expansion boards are ideal for fast, low-cost, easy transmission of graphics and text. Roughly 250,000 facsimile machines will be sold during 1988. A facsimile board that costs $1,000 provides a low-cost alternative to a facsimile machine that sells for between $2,000 and $5,000. An add-on facsimile board is ideal for occasional desktop publishing use.
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