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PR: Solution Technology Releases A True TWAIN 1.6 for OS/2 System
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leon D. Zetekoff)
Fri Mar 7 07:57:36 1997
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Date: 23 Feb 1997 04:24:59 GMT
From: solution@gate.net (Leon D. Zetekoff)
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Date: February 21, 1997
Solution Technology, Inc.
1101 South Rogers Circle Suite 14 Boca Raton, FL 33487
Voice: 561-241-3210 Fax: 561-997-6518
E-mail: solution@gate.net Web Site: http://www.gate.net/~stidev
Contact: Leon D. Zetekoff, N.C.E. (solution@gate.net)
Solution Technology Releases A True TWAIN 1.6 for OS/2 System
Boca Raton, Florida Solution Technology, a developer of image recognition and
forms processing systems, has released its newest update of its TWAIN for OS/2
32 bit image acquisition driver subsystem. The system components include a
Software Developers Kit (SDK), a multi-user TWAIN source manager, a Device
Driver Kit (DDK) and drivers for many different imaging devices, cameras, and
scanners.
Device drivers based on the new TWAIN for OS/2 DDK are faster and consume less
processor resources than any other driver system. The DDK allows you to
implement continuous, one shot and sheet feed image acquisition in black and
white, gray scale, and 8 bit palette to 24 bit true color.
The new driver DDK implements the TWAIN Release 1.6 Specification and is
designed to relieve the developer from worrying about specification
compliance. The developer needs only be concerned with the actual mechanics
of getting the images into memory. TWAIN for OS/2 DDK handles nearly
everything else.
"We used our experience with both high speed production scanners and color
scanners to create a driver system which generates drivers that work and meet
the TWAIN specifications. Our new DDK can handle any thing; hand scanners,
digital cameras, color separation drums, film scanners, or high speed
production scanners like the Kodak 500. We can scan any size image in black
and white, gray scale or full 24 bit color at full speed." said Mr. Lawrence
Packer, Vice President of Engineering for Solution Technology.
What about TWAIN for OS/2 applications? Solution Technology has developed
APPLAUSE , Genie Forms Processing, ReView , and a scanning plug-in to
ColorWorks a high-end 24 bit color imaging package. Solution Technology's
newest stable mate is the OS/2 version of Image Edition an Imaging Magazine
Product of the Year for 1996. Other TWAIN for OS/2 enabled applications
include PMView with more coming like Photo>Graphics, Star Office, and
Copyshop/2. The TWAIN for OS/2 SDK is available from STi, (which includes full
support, a driver pack, etc.) or you get the SDK (with basic support only) off
of any IBM Developers Connection CDROM starting with DEVCON Volume 12 released
at the end of 1996.
STi is currently updating their TWAIN for OS/2 drivers which include:
Hewlett-Packard, Epson, Microtek, Fujitsu, Mustek, Kodak, IBM, and Bell &
Howell SCSI scanners as well as the Logitech ScanMan 256 hand scanner. A
number of developers are using the new DDK to build additional device drivers
for devices like the Connectix Quickcam, Kodak DC40, Polaroid SprintScan,
Kodak RFS2035 Film Scanner, and Epson PhotoPC.
STi has cooperative development and distribution agreements with True Spectra
of North York, Ontario, Canada and other developers. All drivers developed
will be available from STi in the form of driver packs. TWAIN for OS/2 Driver
Packs are divided along the lines of Consumer Drivers, Medium Speed Drivers,
and High Speed Drivers and may contain one or more installable drivers of
that type.
TWAIN for OS/2 driver packs as well as TWAIN enabled products are available
from Solution Technology through distributors like J3 Computer Technologies,
Indelible Blue, Simply Intelligent, House of Technology, SBT Information
Systems Pty Ltd, Blueware, Mensys, and other fine OS/2 resellers.
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