It was developed and built by Scangraphic, a division of Dr. Böger Duplomat Apparate GmbH & Co. KG, based in Wedel near Hamburg, Germany.
The Scantext 1000 system comprised a CPU with multiple 8" disk drives, keyboard and monitor, the latter displaying coordinates and codes defining a page layout.
The 2000 Commander also implemented the incorporation and display of bitmap images in conjunction with the optional flatbed scanner.
The system was completed by the filmsetter unit, a drum-based laser imagesetter with a (then massive) 10Mb hard drive.
The Scantext system possessed the then-unique capability to generate EAN/UPC-compliant barcodes in position on the imaged page.
This was accomplished by the use of a proprietary EAN/UPC (5-numbered non-proportional) font which assigned elements of the upper and lower halves of the barcode to specific positions on the Scantext keyboard.