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What does OS stand for?

Optical Scanning


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  • Information technology (IT) and computers

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The all-in-one Lexmark XS60n color laser multifunction device prints and copies at speeds of up to 31 ppm, (20 ppm color) from a 50-sheet ADF; resolutions are the same for print (B/W and color, 2400 image quality) and optical scanning, 600 by 600 dpi.
Incorporates four high-res CCD cameras for optical scanning.
San Diego temporarily replaced its new $31 million touch screen voting systems with optical scanning systems after numerous malfunctions during both the primary election in March 2004 and subsequent mock elections Election officials believed that this temporary fix would end voting system problems while the kinks were worked out of the new touch screen systems.
Westwind Air Bearings makes rotary motion components and spindles for PCB drilling, semiconductor manufacturing, optical scanning and medical and arts imaging.
Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard OK, so Lane County will be the last county in Oregon to get its new optical scanning ballot machines installed, but only by a matter of weeks.
Optical scanning of paper ballots has the best track record of all the types of voting equipment in use, researchers found.
A unique optical scanning technique completely eliminates mechanical motion of the object (specimen) during the image capture process, making it significantly faster than translation stage-based approaches.
The awarding of a contract and the identification of a new location for the Lane County Elections Division (the new system requires more space) could put the optical scanning system online as early as the March 2004 special election, but not later than 2005.

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