Pacific Image Electronics Press Release

PACIFIC IMAGE ELECTRONICS FIRST TO MARKET WITH ONE-OF-A-KIND MAGAZINE-FED SLIDE SCANNER

Torrance, CA, January 4, 2005…..Pacific Image Electronics’ PowerSlide 3600 is a one-of-a-kind scanner that batch scans mounted slides automatically, creating high-quality digital files that can be stored to hard disk, zip drive, CD-R, CD-RW or any other storage media. The PowerSlide turns all your slides into a digital format, allowing your slide shows to be viewed on your living room TV, LCD projector, computer monitor, e-mail or web site. Heavy and bulky slide projectors are no longer needed.

The PowerSlide 3600 slide tray, included with the product, allows the user to scan up to 50 2” x 2” slides per batch run. It operates at 3600dpi optical resolution, which produces a digital image of approximately 28-mega pixels. Also included is a view window built into the scanner allowing the user to see what is being scanned.

Dynamic Range of 3.8
The PowerSlide 3600’s 3.8 dynamic range accurately reads the full scale from white to black that can be recorded by film. Its 48-bit data conversion capability records 16 bits of information for each of the three colors (red, green and blue), translating into the ability to record more than 279 trillion distinct colors.

The PowerSlide 3600 is Both USB and FireWire Compatible
The PowerSlide 3600 includes USB 1.1 and 2.0, as well as FireWire (IEEE 1394) compatibility for Windows and Macintosh systems to ensure high speed scans for all computers.

The PowerSlide 3600 is compatible with all TWAIN compliant software such as the renowned Adobe Photoshop and other popular image editors. Photoshop Elements is included with the PowerSlide 3600, and includes everything needed for retouching and embellishing digital images. CyberView X, Pacific Image’s proprietary scanning software packaged with the PowerSlide 3600, includes an image adjustment tool that allows users to select color variations from nine settings and view the changes in realtime.

The PowerSlide’s feature set includes:
Magazine-fed Auto Slide Loader
Scans up to 50 mounted slides per batch
Dynamic Range, 3.8
48-bit color conversion
USB 2.0, USB 1.1 and FireWire compatible

The PowerSlide 3600 launches with an MSRP of $699.00.

About Pacific Image
Pacific Image designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells innovative desktop color imaging products that consistently break performance/price barriers and provide all levels of users with practical and affordable desktop office productivity tools. From entry level flatbed scanners to high-end professional quality slide and film scanners, Pacific Image’s products satisfy the needs of users ranging from novices to graphics and desktop publishing professionals. Pacific Image is the market share leader for film scanner units sold.

Pacific Image products are available at photographic specialty and major retailers throughout the United States and Canada, including Costco.com, BestBuy.com, RadioShack.com, Costco Warehouses in Canada, CompUSA, Micro Center, Fry’s, B&H Photo, Tiger Direct, Vstore, Technobrands, and Cendant’s Club.

For additional information, please contact Pacific Image Electronics Inc., 1830 West 208th Street, Torrance, CA 90501. Phone: 310/618-8100. Fax: 310/618-8200.
Email: [email protected]. Web site: http://www.scanace.com.