June 26
HP Ships Mac USB Scanner
1,299 DPI 5370C sells for $299

by David Nagel
Executive Producer

Hewlett-Packard Co. has announced a new scanner in its Macintosh line. The ScanJet 5370C offers 1,200 DPI optical scanning with 42-bit color depth. It includes USB connectivity and the ability to scan and upload images to the Web. The Scanner also includes a transparency adapter that supports 35 mm slides and negatives and 5" x 5" transparencies.

It ships with the following software:

• HP PrecisionScan Pro 1.3 scanning software ;
• ReadIRIS OCR software;
• Corel Photo-Paint8 image editor and management software;
• Scansoft Paperport document-management software;
• HP ScanJet Copy Utility.

The ScanJet 5370C sells for $299. It requires a USB-equipped Macintosh running Mac OS 8.5 or above. For more information, visit http://www.scanjet.hp.com.