Technical Details for Mustek Scanexpress 1200 ED

Mustek Scanexpress 1200 ED ... ultra-high resolution capabilities with slim styling and powerful image editing and OCR software.

The Plug-n-Scan 1200 ED features some of the highest software enhanced resolution ever seen. It has an optical resolution of 600 x 1200 dpi with a maximum software enhanced resolution of 19, 200 dpi! The ED's patented BDIT (Bit Depth Increased Technology) enhancement captures a 30-bit color image and enhances it to a brilliant 48-bit palette with over 281 trillion colors! The Plug-n-Scan 1200 ED is a TWAIN compliant scanner who gets along with his imaging friends. Through TWAIN, ED can scan directly into many supported applications.

The Plug-n-Scan 1200 ED plugs directly into the printer port on the back of your PC. Even more convenient, your printer then plugs into the back of the scanner. Users of Windows 98 need only to follow simple instructions to get ED up and scanning in a matter of minutes. ED is a svelte fellow. At only 18.5" (L) x 12.1" (W) x 3.8" (H), ED fits in comfortably on any desktop or computer table. Simply click the Direct Scan program icon in the Windows 95/98 System Tray to launch ED's Direct Scan interface. Choose the destination for your scanned document from Photo Express SE, TextBridge Pro, Fax, Print or e-mail. Press the scan button and ED will scan your image or document and help move it along to the selected location. Users who desire more control over ED's settings can disable the Direct Scan Program and use the Plug-n-Scan 1200 ED TWAIN driver instead. With the easy-to-use interface of Ulead's Photo Express SE, you can quickly turn your scanned images into greeting cards, announcements and invitations. You can incorporate your favorite images into calendars and brochures or you can just stick to the basics and use Photo Express SE's retouching tools to make all of your pictures look their best. With its "Instant Access OCR" feature, Xerox TextBridge Pro 8.0 software allows documents to be scanned for editing directly with your word processing software. TextBridge is powerful and easy to use, capable of recognizing many different fonts at various sizes, quickly and accurately converting scanned documents into editable formats.