Apple Scanner

The Apple Scanner was a flatbed image scanner released by Apple Computer in August 1988.^[1] It was Apple's first scanner, capable scanning A4 (8.5 in × 14.0 in) paper at a bit depth of 4 bits (16 levels of grey) at a maximum resolution of 300 dpi.^[2]

Apple Scanner attached to a Macintosh SE

Overview

The scanner could complete a full scan in 20.4 seconds.^{[citation needed]} It shipped with a SCSI connection^[3] with an unused serial port.

To control the scanner, it came with both AppleScan and HyperScan, the latter allowed users to scan directly from within HyperCard.^[4][5] Later, only AppleScan was offered.^[3]

Many internal components are branded "Toshiba" and "TEC",^[6] suggesting that the OEM of the Apple Scanner was Toshiba TEC.

The scanner was upgraded to the short-lived Apple OneScanner in 1991 with 256 levels of grey.^[7]

See also

• Drum scanner