Polaroid Announces the Fastest, Highest Resolution Slide Scanner On the Market

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 16, 1999--Polaroid Corporation today introduced the world's first 4000 dots per inch (dpi) film scanner that produces scanned images in under one minute. As an addition to Polaroid's award winning SprintScan line, the SprintScan 4000 is a high-performance scanner that scans professional quality 35-millimeter slides, filmstrips and Advanced Photo System (APS) film formats without compromise.

The SprintScan 4000 produces high quality output with a true optical resolution of 4000 dpi and an optical density of 3.4, making it the highest resolution and most productive scanner on the market. While competing products deliver a 2700 dpi image with a 3.2 optical density in under a minute, the SprintScan 4000 will deliver a 4000 dpi image with a 3.4 optical density in under a minute -- twice as much information without compromising the speed.

The SprintScan 4000 will be available in the US in March through authorized Polaroid dealers and catalogs. The optional APS adapter will be available in June. For the Windows environment, the scanner software includes a PCI based SCSI card. The suggested US list price of the new scanner is ,495. International prices may vary, and can be determined by contacting the regional Polaroid office.