Manchester, CT - March 16, 2006 - Scan-Optics, LLC, an internationally acknowledged innovator and provider of information capture and recognition solutions, today announced a partnership with 4Site Systems, Inc., a value added reseller of software, hardware, equipment and services related to process workflow solutions. Under the terms of the agreement, 4Site Systems will resell Scan-Optics' SO Series of high-performance production scanners to compliment their existing line of products and services for the graphic arts industry. As a result, the partnership will extend Scan-Optics' product line into the Minneapolis, Minnesota region, as well as into banking, healthcare and insurance markets. "Scan-Optics' SO Series presented the clearest choice for our enterprise customers' needs when it comes to high-volume, ultra-high-speed scanning," said Steve Martin, president and CEO of 4Site Systems. "In addition, it is one of the few scanners on the market that will allow our customers to upgrade from image only to full OCR without having to completely replace equipment." As a specialist in the sale and integration of software, hardware and equipment required for the delivery of digital information, 4Site Systems needed a production-grade scanning solution that exceeded the performance of their existing capture equipment while meeting the high demands of their enterprise customer base. At 240 pages per minute, the SO Series was the clear choice, allowing organizations to enjoy one of the fastest high-volume scanners available, at the lowest price, with a low overall cost per image capture. The SO Series renders high quality color images by blending the best in optics, illumination, paper transport and image output technologies and easily captures a wide range of document sizes and weights. The SO Series is an ideal fit for any organization automating a document intensive process. A number of industry sources suggest that the market for image capture solutions is growing towards a $27 billion market with growth of 7-9 % year over year. In addition, the highest demand is projected to come from the government, manufacturing and data processing markets in addition to financial services and insurance industries.