Apple Computer Inc today announces a low-cost 300 dot-per-inch desk-top scanner for the Macintosh, and has also signed an agreement with Interleaf Inc, which allows the Cambridge, Massachusetts company to bundle its Interleaf Publisher document processing system with the Macintosh II computer and sell it as a turnkey system. Interleaf Publisher was written to run on engineering workstations, but the 68020 power of the Macintosh II enables the program to run on the new Apple personal computer. Interleaf is aiming the product, which will be out in November, at corporate publishing departments producing manuals and similar documents. The software for the Macintosh II costs $2,495 and a complete system with the computer and Apple Laserwriter will be $15,900. Without the printer, the bundled system is $10,900. Few details were available of the scanner, which is designed for entering text and graphics into the computer, but some observers look for a price as low as $1,500, although others go for between $2,000 and $2,500. The scanner and Interleaf announcements are scheduled for late this afternoon at the Seybold Desktop Publishing conference in San Francisco, opening today.
