If a laser printer ran backwards .... The latest in optical character-recognition systems arrives tomorrow

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Caere Corp will introduce its $10,995 Caere Parallel Page Reader, an optical character-recognition system that can recognize printed words at a rate of 2,500 a minute and convert them to electronic form with a high level of accuracy. The machine works by scanning documents fed into it by the user and then converting them into word processing or database files. It is one of the first desktop applications to use parallel processing technology, with four 16-MHz Motorola 68020 processors working in parallel. One analyst called the package a significant step forward, saying that it increases performance and decreases price by a factor of four over its rivals. The new machine is expected to appeal to government agencies, law offices, insurance companies and other businesses that deal with large volumes of paper.

Parallel processing, Optical character readers, product announcement, Computer Industry, Character Recognition, Caere Corp., CAER, Caere Parallel Page Reader (Turnkey system)

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Smaller, lighter, stronger, cheaper

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NCR Corp introduces the NCR 3170, a notebook computer that has been available for several months, but now costs less than before. The $3,425 portable machine originally had a list price of $5,399, but that price was officially reduced to the current net price due to market pressure. The NCR 3170 weighs 4.9 pounds and is powered by a 25-MHz Intel 80386SL processor. The machine comes with an 80Mbyte hard drive, 4Mbytes of system memory, an external disk drive and the MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems already installed. The product also comes with communications software that connects to AT&T and a fax modem that users can plug into cellular phones for wireless electronic mail or fax transmissions. The lack of an internal disk drive is the product's only major drawback.

NCR Corp., NCR, Laptop computers, Notebook computers, Bundled software, Price cutting, Notebook Computer, NCR 3170 (Notebook computer)

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Help in printing and scanning

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Apple Computer Inc introduces two laser printers, the Laserwriter IIg and the Laserwriter IIf, and a new scanning device, the Apple One Scanner. The products are yet another example of Apple's ongoing commitment to desktop publishing on Macintosh microcomputers. The new products are especially notable because of three new technologies: Fineprint, which enhances text or graphics, eliminating 'jaggies'; Photograde, which enables a Laserwriter IIg to do black-and-white images in 65 shades of gray; and Ofoto, a software application from Light Source Inc, Greenbrae, CA, which adds various capabilities to an Apple One Scanner.

Prepackaged software, Computers, peripherals & software, Product information, AAPL, Laser printers, Scanning devices, Optical scanners, Image scanners, Printer support software, Apple Inc., Laser Printer, Image Scanner, Light Source Computer Images Inc., Apple LaserWriter IIF (Laser printer), Apple LaserWriter IIG (Laser printer), Ofoto (Scanning software), Apple OneScanner (Flatbed gray-scale scanner)

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