Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME for Book plus Large Format and Fragile Document Scanners plus all things Micrographic Scanning and Imaging Equipment servicing the Australian, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea & Oceania market.
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME is pleased & VERY EXCITED to be able to announce that the installation of the SMA Electronic Document GmbH Scan Master model 4838 A0 Plus Book & Large Format Document Scanner has been completed at the Digitisation Section of the Queensland University Library earlier in December 2018.
SCAN MASTER model 4838 A0 Plus Book & Large Format Document Scanner
Bigger. Better. Faster.
SMA ROBO SCAN 0 – the only fully automatic A0 book scanner in the world!
The SMA model SCAN MASTER model 4838A0 Plus Book & Large Format Document Scanner is the latest addition to the SMA Electronic Document GmbH family of Book & Large Format Document Scanners
The new SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 is an alternative to the well-known SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 3650.
With a scan orientation like the SCAN MASTER 2 and SCAN MASTER 1 scanning from back to front and vice versa the new SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 achieves a higher productivity than the SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 3650.
Moreover the new SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 is able to be upgraded to Robotic Scanning.
With a scanning range of 48 x 38 Inches or 1219 x 965 mm the new SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 scans longer and wider than its successful sibling SMA model VERSASCAN 3650.
This Double A0 scanner opens news doors as it can scan oversize originals in one go without the need of stitching serval scans together.
Further the SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 offers outstanding productivity.
A high resolution scan of 600 X 1,200 PPI True Optical & 1,200 X 1,200 PPI Interpolated over the entire scanning range can be performed in about 18 seconds only!
Of course the SMA model SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 is equipped with our new V3D technology.
Full details on the range of SMA Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference & Archive Book & fragile document scanner/s for use in Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference, Archive, Heritage, Records Management, Information Management, Preservation, Conservation, Public History, Local Studies, Local History & Family History, Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference, Local Government, Museum plus Genealogy & Engineering Drawing applications is available online as detailed below @
For any form of microfilm aperture card, jacket, microfiche, microfilm – 16 / 35 mm Roll, micrographic & microform requirements, no matter how small or complex, please contact us via the Contact Us @ DME facility at this website or email Laurie Varendorff of Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME– Email: Laurie Varendorff & we will do everything in our power to fulfil your requirements.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging for your project from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of DOUBLE A 0 Plus or 2,540 mm in width x 915 mm in height = ( 100 x 36 inches ) for Newspaper/s, Photograph/s, Map/s, Plan/s & Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s and other original/s or Book/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
2018-DECEMBER: METIS model DRS 2000 DCS installation in Sydney
DS & ME wish to advise that a METIS model DRS 2000 DCS Extra Large Format Scanner has been installed with
located at 277 Parramatta Road Leichhardt, NSW 2040
Phone: 02 9568 6855
Should you or your organisation have a requirement to scan any material be it Fine-Art, Decor, Drawings, Maps & Plans or Professional Cartography the METIS model DRS 2000 DCS Extra Large Format Scanner can scan material of any type up to 2000 x 1210 mm or 2 Metre by 1,21 Metre in size with a depth of field of up to 500 mm or 0.5 Metre.
Scanning of the Leonardo da Vinci Codex Atlanticus with a METIS DRS model 5070 Book Scanner
Here is the METIS YouTube Video showing the Digitisation of the Leonardo da Vinci Codex Atlanticus on the METIS DRS model 5070 Book Scanner
The METIS SYSTEMS Group of Italymanufactures a Range of Scanners for the quality scanning of Oversize Material such as Large Format – Fragile Engineering & other types of Drawing/s, Map/s, Plan /s, Papyrus, Painting/s, Photograph/s, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas / s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications from the Lower Cost Entry Level METIS – EDS Planetary Book Scanner family ( Easy Digital Scanner ) portable ALPHA unit for A 3 – A 2 desktop planetary book scanning up to 300 mm = ( 11.81 Inches ) thick up to the High End Top of the Range for Professional Applications METIS – DRS Family of Scanners which can scan material up to a Maximum of 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches ) or over DOUBLE A 0 + in size & up to 200 mm = ( 7.874 Inches ) thick.
The METIS Range of METIS – DRS models of Scanners for Books & Large Format Documents all of which integrate a ( Patent protected technology ) the DC SynchroLight – The perfect merging between extreme quality and productivity for the most demanding market. Designed for the quality scanning of Oversize Material such as Large Format – Fragile Engineering & other types of Drawing/s, Map/s, Plan/s, Papyrus, Painting/s, Photograph/s, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications.
The new Metis Superscan PM3D – The revolution in surface scanning
The METIS model MP3D TRIPLE A0 Flat Bed Planetary Scanner – Showing off with the Marketing Team
As used by the USA LOC – Library of Congress Washington DC Plus Numerous Museums located in China plus a Cartographic Institute in Spain plus an installation in Germany
Since the 1990’s, LOC – The Library of Congress USA has been digitizing its collections to make them accessible on the web.
Large format materials have presented special digitization challenges, including their unwieldy size and the time required to scan.
LOC is interested taking advantage of technology advances to produce high quality digital duplicates of oversize originals in an efficient manner with a minimum of handling.
Of particular interest in the context are the LOC’s large collections of oversized cartographic materials.
LOC currently uses the Metis DRS 2000 DCS Extra Large Format Drawing – Map & Plan Document pus Art Material Scanning System, which is capable of efficiently and accurately capturing oversized reflective originals of various formats and sizes up to 52 x 78 Inches = 1,321 x 1,981 Millimetres.
This scanning system is capable of capturing a digital image, regardless of the technology and engineering approach employed, as long as it meets the requirements of LOC.
The scanning system provides high levels of throughput, and will lend itself to incremental updates over time to take advantage of improved technologies.
LOC has established both information capture and imaging performance levels for the preservation digitization of these photographic originals.
The LOC has in August 2014 recently called for Solicitations for the installation of a Second Metis DRS 2000 DCS Extra Large Format Drawing – Map & Plan Document pus Art Material Scanning System, which includes a scanner, computer workstation (s), and related software for image capture and image processing for creating high-resolution, high-quality digital images of oversized originals.
The METIS – DRS model 2000 DCS Planetary Scanner for the quality scanning of up to a Maximum Size of 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) or over DOUBLE A 0 in size & up to 200 mm = ( 7.874 inches ) thick & features a 2,500 x 1,400 mm = ( 98.425 x 55.118 inches ) holding table.
As used by the USA LOC – Library of Congress Washington DC Numerous Museums located in China plus a Cartographic Institute in Spain plus an installation in Germany
The METIS DRS 2000 DCS – Large Format Scanner for Fine-Art and Industry ( +3D )
Metis DRS 2000 DCS Extra Large Format Drawing – Map & Plan Document pus Art Material Scanning System, is capable of scanning originals up to 200x133cm and up to 50cm thick.
Optical resolution can be set at up to 1000 PPI = Pixels Per Inch.
Include the patented DC SynchroLight technology, unique METIS SuperScan mode and the METIS Light Inspector software.
The METIS – DRS model 2000 DCS Planetary Scanner is designed for the quality scanning of Oversize Material such as Drawing/s, Map/s, Papyrus, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications.
The METIS – DRS model 2000 DCS Planetary Scanner incorporates the new “DC SynchroLight” Lighting System which is LED based, ( Infra-Red – IR – Ultra Violet – UV free ) active only during the scanning process which provides for thousands of different light schematics for the Fine-Art scan mode: 3D image, post-scan light changes.
The METIS – DRS model 2000 Scanner incorporates the innovative DC SynchroLight lighting system ( Dynamically Controlled Synchronized Light ) which incorporates a new technology developed by METIS & covered by patents deposited in January 2010, which allows dynamic control of the light in the scanning area.
METIS Light Inspector Software 3D
This video show some of the features of the METIS Light Inspector software such as post-light processing, 3D Depth MAP and 3D Gradient generation.
A Brochure for the Metis DRS 2000 DCS for up to Double A 0 Plus Extra Large Format Drawing – Map & Plan Document pus Art Material Scanning System,for the quality scanning of up to a Maximum Size of 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches ) or over DOUBLE A 0 in size & up to 200 mm = ( 7.874 inches ) thick & which features a 2,500 x 1,400 mm = ( 98.425 x 55.118 inches ) in size holding table for the scanning of Oversize Material such as Large Format – Fragile Engineering & other types of Drawing/s, Map/s, Plan/s, Papyrus, Painting/s, Photograph/s, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications Document Scanner is available for download @ METIS DRS 2000 DCS PLANETARY SCANNER
The METIS – DRS model 1600 DCS Planetary Scanner for the quality scanning of up to a Maximum Size of 1,600 x 1,030 mm = ( 62.99 x 40.55 inches ) & up to 200 mm = ( 7.874 inches ) thick & features a 2,100 x 1,280 mm = ( 82.68 x 50.39 inches ) holding table.
As used by the Vatican State – Rome – Italy Plus a Graphic Organisation located in China plus the National Library in Spain plus the Russian State Library
The METIS – DRS model 1600 DCS is designed for the quality scanning of Oversize Material such as Drawing/s, Map/s, Papyrus, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications. The METIS – DRS model 1600 incorporates the new “ DC SynchroLight ” Lighting System which is LED based, ( Infra-Red – IR – Ultra Violet – UV free ) active only during the scanning process which provides for thousands of different light schematics for the Fine-Art scan mode: 3D image, post-scan light changes. The METIS – DRS model 1600 incorporates the innovative DC SynchroLight lighting system ( Dynamically Controlled Synchronized Light ) which incorporates a new technology developed by METIS, & covered by patents deposited in January 2010, which allows dynamic control of the light in the scanning area.
The METIS – DRS 1600 DCS Planetary Scanner – shown Scanning a Painting
A Brochure for the METIS – DRS 1600 DCS Planetary Scanner for the quality scanning of up to a Maximum Size of 1,600 x 1,030 mm = ( 62.99 x 40.55 inches ) & up to 200 mm = ( 7.874 inches ) thick & features a 2,100 x 1,280 mm = ( 82.68 x 50.39 inches ) in size holding table for the scanning of Oversize Material such as Large Format – Fragile Engineering & other types of Drawing/s, Map/s, Plan/s, Papyrus, Painting/s, Photograph/s, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications Document Scanner is available for download @ METIS DRS 1600 DCS PLANETARY SCANNER
The METIS – DRS 1600 DCS Planetary Scanner – Touch Table and Pressure Sensors
The METIS – DRS 1600 DCS Planetary Scanner – showing Resolution and Thickness adjustment
The METIS – DRS 1600 DCS Planetary Scanner – showing Various applications ( Fine Art – Material – Cartography – Decor ETC. )
The METIS – DRS model 1300 for the quality scanning of Oversize Material such as Drawing/s, Map/s, Papyrus, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications up to a Maximum Size of 1,300 x 910 mm = ( 51.18 x 35.827 inches ) & up to 500 mm = ( 19.685 inches ) thick.
As used by the Vatican State – Rome – Italy Plus Numerous installations in China plus installations in Japan, France & Slovakia
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METIS DRS 1300 DCS Large Format Scanner with integrated Book Cradle
The METIS – DRS model 1300 has an Automatic Book Cradle for books up to A 0 in size and 500 mm = ( 19.685 inches ) thick with fine pressure adjustment which is fully adjustable and user customisable.
The METIS – DRS model 1300 is a Modular system can be easily assembled – disassembled in small parts for easy transportation.
The METIS – DRS model 1300 DCS Planetary Scanner – New patented lighting technology ! The METIS – DRS model 1300 DCS Planetary Scanner was previously identified as the METIS – DRS A0. A Brochure for the METIS – DRS model 1300 DCS Planetary Scanner for the quality scanning of up to a Maximum Size of 1,600 x 1,030 mm = ( 62.99 x 40.55 inches ) & up to 500 mm = ( 19.685 inches ) thick & features a 2,100 x 1,280 mm = ( 82.68 x 50.39 inches ) holding table in size for Oversize Material such as Large Format – Fragile Engineering & other types of Drawing/s, Map/s, Plan/s, Papyrus, Painting/s, Photograph/s, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications Document Scanner is available for download @ METIS DRS 1300 DCS PLANETARY SCANNER
The METIS – DRS model 750 for the quality scanning of Books & Large Format Documents up to a Maximum Size of 750 x 500 mm = ( 29.528 x 19.685 inches ) & up to 300 mm = ( 11.81 inches ) thick with fine pressure adjustment plus a motorized glass lifter which is fully adjustable and user customisable.
As used by the Vatican State – Rome – Italy Plus Numerous installations in China plus installations in Switzerland, Spain & France.
The METIS – DRS model 750 is a Modular system can be easily assembled – disassembled in small parts for easy transportation.
Metis DRS 750 DCS Book Scanner
NOTE: The METIS – DRS model 750 DCS Planetary Scanner was previously identified as the METIS – DRS 5070
A Brochure for the METIS – DRS model 750 DCS Planetary Scanner for the quality scanning of up to a Maximum Size of 750 x 500 mm = ( 29.528 x 19.685 inches ) & up to 300 mm = ( 11.81 inches ) thick for Oversize Material such as Bound Books, plus Large Format – Fragile Engineering & other types of Drawing/s, Map/s, Plan/s, Papyrus, Painting/s, Photograph/s, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. applications Document Scanner is available for download @ METIS DRS 750 DCS PLANETARY SCANNER
On reviewing the information listed below related to this product you may find that you wish to request a Quotation for evaluation. If you require a written quotation then please Contact Us @ DS & ME should you require a Quotation and we will respond to your request at the earliest opportunity.
For any form of microfilm aperture card, jacket, microfiche, microfilm – 16 / 35 mm Roll, micrographic & microform requirements, no matter how small or complex, please contact us via the Contact Us @ DS & ME facility at this website or email Laurie Varendorff of Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME via Email @ Laurie Varendorff & we will do everything in our power to fulfil your requirements.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging for your project from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of DOUBLE A 0 or 2,540 mm in width X 915 mm in height = ( 100 X 36 inches ) for Oversize Material such as Fragile Document/s, Map/s, Plan/s, Engineering or other types of Drawing/s or Book/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
In addition to the Low Entry Level METIS EDS Range of ALPHA & GAMMA Book & Flat Bed Scanners the METIS Range also includes the TOP OF THE LINE for Professional Applications METIS – DRS models of Flat Bed Scanners for Book/s & Large Format Documents which can scan material up to a Maximum of 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches ) or over DOUBLE A 0 + in size & up to 200 mm = ( 7.874 inches ) thickall of which integrate a ( Patent protected technology ) the DC SynchroLight – The perfect merging between extreme quality and productivity for the most demanding market. Designed for the quality scanning for Digitisation Projects of Oversize Material such as Drawing/s, Map/s, Papyrus, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications.
In addition the METIS Systems Group now have added the METIS SUPERSCAN PM3D the first industrial scanner able to acquire Colour and 3D surface embossing based on new METIS PM3D® technology ( Patent protected ).
The SUPERSCAN PM3D ® is the first scanner to breach the resolution limits caused by the number of pixels in the imaging sensors thanks to an innovative opto-mechanical design that allows a native optical resolution of 1200PPI on the full scanning area ( 2,000 x 1,300 mm ).
Thanks to the Scan Merge tool scanning very large originals (exceeding the scanning area) is now also possible with perfect results. The SUPERSCAN PM3D ® adopt the new METIS Scan Director software that have been designed specially to fulfil the requirements of the industrial, fine-arts and decorative markets and for handling 3D data.
Since April 2004 Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME has been supplying its Clients located across Australia, New Zealand, PNG & Oceania with the Best of Breed Solutions in both Micrographic & Book plus Large Format Fragile Document Scanners to meet our Client specific & individual requirements.
DS & ME only survives & prospers based on it clients belief in the level of the actuality of the professional services provided plus the continuing provision of a superior level of equipment quality with unrivalled reliability plus the provision of an ongoing high level of quality of service & support to its client base which extends back FORTY ONE – 41 years in this industry.
Many of DS & ME’s clients have returned AGAIN & AGAIN to purchase additional units of Micrographic & or Book & Large Format Scanners from us since 2004.
DS & ME wish to advise that a METIS model DRS 2000 DCS Extra Large Format Scanner
has been installed with
located at 277 Parramatta Road Leichhardt, NSW 2040
Phone: 02 9568 6855
Should you or your organisation have a requirement to scan any material be it Fine-Art, Decor, Drawings, Maps & Plans or Professional Cartography the METIS model DRS 2000 DCS Extra Large Format Scanner can scan material of any type up to 2000 x 1210 mm or 2 Metre by 1,21 Metre in size with a depth of field of up to 500 mm or 0.5 Metre.
The METIS model MP3D TRIPLE A0 Flat Bed Planetary Scanner – Showing off with the Marketing Team
METIS DRS Book & Flat Bed Planetary Scanners models up to Double A0+ in Size
Italian Hydrographic Navy Institute – Genova DRS A0 DCS
University “Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa” – Napoli n.2 DRS 1300 DCS
University “Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa” – Napoli n.2 DRS 750 DCS
Monteponi Mineral Center – Iglesias DRS 2xA0
Poligrafico – (Government Printing Office and Mint) – Roma DRS 5070 Book
Cultural Institutes:
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Istituto Max-Planck –Roma DRS 1300 DCS
State Archive of Trieste DRS A1 Plus Book
State Archive of Trieste n 2 (due) DRS 5070 Book
State Archive of Venezia DMC + SynchroLight
State Archive of Venezia DRS 5070 Book
State Archive of Torino DRS 3xA0
State Archive of Torino DRS A1 Plus Book
State Archive of Genova DRS A1 Plus Book
State Archive of Padova DRS A1 Plus Book
State Archive of Lucca Digital CameraBack
State Archive of Firenze Digital CameraBack
State Archive of Roma DRS 2xA0
State Archive of Roma Digital ScanBack
State Archive of Milano Digital ScanBack
State Archive of Oristano DRS 5075 DCS
State Archive of Palermo DRS A1 Plus Book
State Archive of Palermo DRS 5070 Book
ICPAL (Central Institute for Archival and Library Restoration)- Roma DRS A1 Plus Book
ICPAL (Central Institute for Archival and Library Restoration)- Roma Digital ScanBack
Intronati Library – Siena DRS 5070 Book
Lancisiana Library – Roma DRS A1 Plus Book
Historical Archive of Trieste DRS A1 Plus Book
Historical Archive of Sassari DRS 5070 Book
Graphic Printing Service bureau:
STCC di Carlo Colombo- Roma DRS 5075 DCS
Digital Service bureau:
GAP – Roma n. 2 DRS A1 Plus Book
GAP – Roma DRS 5070 Book
GAP – Roma DRC 8K
GAP – Roma DRC 10K
SIA – Roma DRS A1 Plus Book
SIA – Roma DRS 5070 Book
Italarchivi – Roma DRS 5070 Book
ATS Italia Editore – Roma DRS 5070 Book
Digipress – Aosta DRS A1 Plus Book
Createch – Torino DRS 5070 Book
Opendoc – Milano DRS 5070 Book
MIDA – Bergamo DRS A1 Plus Book
MIDA – Bergamo n. 2 DRS 5070 Book
MIDA – Bergamo DRS A0
Trident – Bologna DRC 14K
BASSNET Bassilichi – Firenze DRC
Record Data -Pesaro DRS 5070 Book
Gallo Pomi – Padova DRS A1 Plus Book
Gallo Pomi – Macerata DRS 5070 Book
Polidoro – Sessa Aurunca DRS 5070 Book
Microsystem – Cagliari DRS A1 Plus Book
Gestione Archivi – Catania n. 2 DRS 5070 Book
Japan
Comtecs – Osaka DMC
Taika –Decor Industry – Tokyo DRS 1300 DCS
Mexico
Archivo General de Mexico – Mexico City DRS 1600 DCS
Archivo General de Mexico – Mexico City DRS 1300 DCS
Archivo General de Mexico – Mexico City n.2 DRS 750 DCS
Russia
Russian State Library of Moscow DRS A0 DCS
Ministry of Defence (Museum) DRS 1300 DCS
Rosarchive – Moscow DRS 1300 DCS
Slovakia
Slovak National Gallery – Zvolen DRS 1300 DCS
Galéria Miloša Alexandra Bazovského -Trenčín DRS 1300 DCS
Tender Media Group – Bratislava DRS 1300 DCS
Digitalware – Bratislava DRS 1300 DCS
Switzerland
Foundation Bing – Lugano DRS 5070 Book
Encke Sa – (Digital Service bureau)- Lugano DRS A1 Plus Book
Spain
Spanish National Library – Madrid DRS 5070 Book
Spanish National Library – Madrid DRS A0 DCS
Spanish National Library – Madrid DRS 750 DCS
Institute Cartografhic of Catalunya – Barcelona DRS 2xA0
Decotec Printing – Industry – Tordera (Barcelona) DRS 2000 DCS
Thailand
National Archive of Thailand – Bangkok DRS 1300 DCS
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff @ email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of over Double A 0 = 1189 mm plus in width by 841 mm plus in height for books or Fragile Document/s, Map/s, Plan/s or Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
In addition to the Low Entry Level METIS EDS Range of ALPHA & GAMMA Book & Flat Bed Scanners the METIS Range also includes the TOP OF THE LINE for Professional Applications METIS – DRS models of Flat Bed Scanners for Book/s & Large Format Documents which can scan material up to a Maximum of 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches ) or over DOUBLE A 0 + in size & up to 200 mm = ( 7.874 inches ) thickall of which integrate a ( Patent protected technology ) the DC SynchroLight – The perfect merging between extreme quality and productivity for the most demanding market. Designed for the quality scanning for Digitisation Projects of Oversize Material such as Drawing/s, Map/s, Papyrus, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications.
In addition the METIS Systems Group now have added the METIS SUPERSCAN PM3D the first industrial scanner able to acquire Colour and 3D surface embossing based on new METIS PM3D® technology ( Patent protected ).
The SUPERSCAN PM3D ® is the first scanner to breach the resolution limits caused by the number of pixels in the imaging sensors thanks to an innovative opto-mechanical design that allows a native optical resolution of 1,200 PPI on the full scanning area ( 2,000 x 1,300 mm ).
Thanks to the Scan Merge tool scanning very large originals (exceeding the scanning area) is now also possible with perfect results. The SUPERSCAN PM3D ® adopt the new METIS Scan Director software that have been designed specially to fulfil the requirements of the industrial, fine-arts and decorative markets and for handling 3D data.
DS & ME wish to advise that a METIS model DRS 2000 DCS Extra Large Format Scanner
has been installed with
located at 277 Parramatta Road Leichhardt, NSW 2040
Phone: 02 9568 6855
Should you or your organisation have a requirement to scan any material be it Fine-Art, Decor, Drawings, Maps & Plans or Professional Cartography the METIS model DRS 2000 DCS Extra Large Format Scanner can scan material of any type up to 2000 x 1210 mm or 2 Metre by 1,21 Metre in size with a depth of field of up to 500 mm or 0.5 Metre.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging for your project from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of DOUBLE A 0 or 2,540 mm in width X 915 mm in height = ( 100 X 36 inches ) for Oversize Material such as Fragile Document/s, Map/s, Plan/s, Engineering or other types of Drawing/s or Book/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME are the official Australian Distributors for the A&P International range of Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s for general & specialised Scanners.
No matter what size of equipment you have installed we can provide Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s ranging in size from as small as 89 X 102 mm to as large as 812 X 1219 mm.
Standard Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s in the approximate DIN sizes of A4 – A3 – A2 – A1 – A0 are also available as stock items ex our USA production centre.
Any organisation or end user who wishes to meet Quality Assurance, Archival and possibly Legally Admissible images of scanned – imaged information will undoubtedly want to guarantee that the images produced meet these exacting standards and to have the recorded data to prove that the equipment utilised meet these standards by testing via the use of Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s to meet designated International Standards.
Any organisation subcontracting work that has a requirement to meet any of the above would be placing themselves in a potential position of non compliance if they do not stipulate in their Requests for Quotation or Tender – RFQ or RFT documentation a clause stipulating that work subcontracted or outsourced meets these International Scanning – Imaging Standards.
All equipment is calibrated in accordance with relevant international standards and calibration checks are undertaken at regular intervals, such as monthly or annually, depending on the quantity of digitization undertaken. A master calibration target should be maintained for the life of the digitization equipment, and calibration checks should be measured against this target by a second person.
SPECIAL NOTE:
The Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s for Scanning – Imaging Quality Assurance Calibration & Testing, legal & statutory compliance & peace of mind from the Varendorff Records Management Consultancy – TVC – meet or exceed the requirements for the Calibration of Scanning Equipment as set down in the State Records Office of Western Australia’s – General Disposal Authority for Source Records – RD 2009027 – Published July 2009.
A&P Scanner Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s No matter what size of equipment you have installed we can provide Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s ranging in size from as small as 89 X 102 mm to as large as 812 X 1219 mm.
Standard Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s in the approximate DIN sizes of A4 – A3 – A2 – A1 – A0 are also available as stock items ex our USA production centre. Any organisation or end user who wishes to meet Quality Assurance, Archival and possibly Legally Admissible images of scanned – imaged information will undoubtedly want to guarantee that the images produced meet these exacting standards and to have the recorded data to prove that the equipment utilised meet these standards by testing via the use of Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s to meet designated International Standards.
A&P Scanner Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s – Quality Control History Thirty years ago back in the 1970’s A & P International entered the Microfilm Resolution field with an array of some 22 distinct photographically produced Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s. All our Microfilm Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s meet or exceeded the industry standards of NIST 1010a, ANSI/ISO, AIIM & supporting ARMA’s policies.
Happily A & P International exposure is worldwide both directly and via its dealer network. Through the years a number of A & P International’s standards qualities for Scanning – Imaging Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s have been tailored for specific manufacturer’s cameras e.g. Kodak, Minolta & Zeutschel, to name a few. More recently, Scanner Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s have been brought to the attention of scanner users due to Legal requirements.
A & P International’s PM-189 Scanner Resolution Calibration Test Target/s – Chart/s – Pattern/s – Image/s operate within a range of 50 to 2,500 Pixels per Inch – PPI for use with facsimile machines and digital image scanning systems.
A & P International’s PM-189 Scanner Resolution Test Target – Chart is a photographically produced target – chart with a 95% reflectance. The PM-189T Scanner Resolution Test Target – Chart is a photographically produced transmission film positive on transparent film @ .004 mil in thickness.
Sizes range from 8.5 x 11 inch or American A size = approximately A4 DIN size and up to 36 x 48 inch or American E size = approximately A0 DIN size. The flawless way to convert scanned images ( for verifiable Quality Control ) for acceptable archival longevity is to capture the PM-189 image from the document-run and transfer it to ( 16 or 35 mm microfilm ) via an Archive Writer which are available from a number of manufacturers!
A & P International’s standard PM-189 ( A-size ) 8.5 x 11 inch = approximately A4 DIN size Scanner Resolution Test Target – Chart contains Highly Improved versions of all resolution images specified in ANSI/AIIM MS44-1988 (Updated 1993) Standard.
PM-189 Scanner Resolution Test Target – Chart users find quality and consistency have become true bench-marks for measuring the performance ( & change in performance ) of scanners, monitor displays and printers.
Years ago the Rochester ( USA ) Institute of Technology – RIT sold a Process Ink Gamut Chart but ceased it distribution. A & P International recently secured exclusive rights to print the 8.5×11 inch = approximately A4 DIN size RIT chart. A & P International now provides this Colour Chart free of charge with all PM-189 Scanner Resolution Test Target – Chart orders!
WHY USE SCANNER RESOLUTION CALIBRATION TEST TARGETS?
A Preface to PM-189, PM-189T AND PM-189II SCANNER RESOLUTION CALIBRATION TEST TARGETS
The purpose of an imaging test chart associated with any image transfer system is to give the user the ability to measure the image transfer quality in terms of numbers, which is necessary in order to eliminate wide differences of quality assessment that may result from subjective evaluations. This is true whether the image transfer system is lenses, television, facsimile, copy machines, or digital document storage.
The PM- 189 and PM-189T test charts are designed as standard measuring tools that give a user that capability. The PM-189 and PM-189T give the user the ability to measure in lines per inch. The image resolution that results from a scanner with a certain Pixels per Inch – PPI scanning specification. These test targets are applicable for use on all type image scanner systems that operate within a range of 50 Pixels per Inch – PPI. to 2500 Pixels per Inch – PPI; examples are facsimile machines and digital image storage systems.
The PM-189 and PM-189T test targets exceed all the black and white specifications as recommended by AIIM in their MS44-1988 proposal except as explained in the following:
1. Because it is nearly impossible to maintain consistent grayscale levels at the same time that high resolution images are maintained on the same paper, we elected to keep the high resolution precision as reflected in all characters and patterns on the PM-189 and provide as an option, a 37 step paste-on density scale. The PM-189D designates a PM-189 test chart with the grayscale add-on.
2. The examples of typewriter characters, hand writing, different size type characters, and different size mesh half tones are photographic reproductions instead of printed reproductions. The photographic reproductions were purposely used because we believe that a good reference standard should incorporate the sharpest images possible, which would not be the case with printed material. The photographic process, in this case, also assures identical patterns from one test target to the next, which is an important consideration in any standard reference.
The quality and consistency from one test chart to the next is guaranteed by the individual inspection that is given to each target.
Each target is certified by a live signature, which attests to the inspection and guarantee.
In addition, the live signature makes it readily apparent to the users whether they have an original chart or an inferior copy. We believe the users will find the PM-189 and PM-189T targets to be true “bench marks” for measuring the performance and changes in performance of their scanner, monitor display, and printer.
It is these precision measuring tools that other targets will be compared against.
For any form of scanning – imaging requirements, no matter how small or complex, please contact us via the Contact Us @ DS & ME facility at this website or email Laurie Varendorff at – Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME – Email: Laurie Varendorff & we will do everything in our power to fulfil your requirements.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff @ email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of over Double A 0 = 1189 mm plus in width by 841 mm plus in height for books or Fragile Document/s, Map/s, Plan/s or Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME is pleased & VERY EXCITED to be able to announce the receipt of a Purchase Order from a Queensland University for an SMA Electronic Document GmbH Scan Master model 4838 A0 Plus Book & Large Format Document Scanner for deliver later in 2018.
SCAN MASTER model 4838 A0 Plus Book & Large Format Document Scanner
Bigger. Better. Faster.
SMA ROBO SCAN 0 – the only fully automatic A0 book scanner in the world!
The SMA model SCAN MASTER model 4838A0 Plus Book & Large Format Document Scanner is the latest addition to the SMA Electronic Document GmbH family of Book & Large Format Document Scanners
The new SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 is an alternative to the well-known SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 3650.
With a scan orientation like the SCAN MASTER 2 and SCAN MASTER 1 scanning from back to front and vice versa the new SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 achieves a higher productivity than the SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 3650.
Moreover the new SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 is able to be upgraded to Robotic Scanning.
With a scanning range of 48 x 38 Inches or 1219 x 965 mm the new SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 scans longer and wider than its successful sibling SMA model VERSASCAN 3650.
This Double A0 scanner opens news doors as it can scan oversize originals in one go without the need of stitching serval scans together.
Further the SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 offers outstanding productivity.
A high resolution scan of 600 X 1,200 PPI True Optical & 1,200 X 1,200 PPI Interpolated over the entire scanning range can be performed in about 18 seconds only!
Of course the SMA model SCAN MASTER 0 plus model 4838 is equipped with our new V3D technology.
Full details on the range of SMA Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference & Archive Book & fragile document scanner/s for use in Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference, Archive, Heritage, Records Management, Information Management, Preservation, Conservation, Public History, Local Studies, Local History & Family History, Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference, Local Government, Museum plus Genealogy & Engineering Drawing applications is available online as detailed below @
For any form of microfilm aperture card, jacket, microfiche, microfilm – 16 / 35 mm Roll, micrographic & microform requirements, no matter how small or complex, please contact us via the Contact Us @ DME facility at this website or email Laurie Varendorff of Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME– Email: Laurie Varendorff & we will do everything in our power to fulfil your requirements.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging for your project from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of DOUBLE A 0 Plus or 2,540 mm in width x 915 mm in height = ( 100 x 36 inches ) for Newspaper/s, Photograph/s, Map/s, Plan/s & Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s and other original/s or Book/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
Laurie Varendorff of Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME is a veteran of the Imaging Industry both Analogue & Digital.
Laurie’s first introduction to the Imaging Industry was back in 1974 when he was appointed Manager of the Rank Xerox CopieCentre located in Perth Western Australia.
At that time Rank Xerox had one of [ if not the FIRST Plain Paper Reader Printers ] in the market Worldwide. The model 1824 had the ability of producing 18 x 24 inch Imperial = A2 420 x 594 mm Plain Paper Prints from 35mm Engineering Aperture Cards.
1974 was the fist time that Laurie had encountered the terms Resolution & Density as related to Micrographics.
Fast Forward to 2018
Now with the SMA Electronic Document GmbH range of Book & Flatbed Scanners the creation of Digital Images with Extremely High Resolution @ up to 1,200 x 600 PPI TRUE OPTICAL – Not Interpolated the value of Resolution Test Targets come to the fore.
You can view below a resized Low Resolution Image of an OVERSIZE A0 PLUS = 1,189 X 841 MM PLUS MAP with FIVE-5 Test Targets superimposed scanned on an SMA A0 PLUS Scanner @ 600 X 600 PPI as shown below which was a 245MB file in size as the ORIGINAL
We can email you a full size image on request via WeTransfer if requested
For clients who are unfamiliar with Resolution Test Targets specifically for Scanners these are a continuation of the earlier Quality Assurance Testing of the imaging filming & developing process for Microfilm which was mainly introduced commercially in 1928 with use in the Banking Industry & then Microfilm Applications developed in leaps & bounds during the Second World War for documentation plus Engineering Drawings & then in the 1960 with Computer Output Microfilm – COM which is still used today in 2018 predominately for Archival Applications & in particular in North America followed by Russia & then Europe.
Resolution Test Targets utilised targets with FIVE-5 sets of Vertical & Horizontal parallel lines with equivalent gaps calibrated from low @ 2.0 to high @ 9.0 as shown below.
With the setting up of engineering drawing Microfilm Cameras the Australian Standard 1203-1972 advises in section 13: TECHNICAL QUALITY OF MIROFILM that in Item 13.1 The Minimum Image Resolution shall be that for the various size documents that the resolving power will be for:
A2 = 420 x 594 mm size drawings @ 7.1 times the reduction ratio @ 14.8 times = 105 Lines Per Millimetre – LPM
A1 = 594 x 841 mm size drawings @ 5.6 times the reduction ratio @ 21.2 times = 119 Lines Per Millimetre – LPM
A0 = 841 x 1,189 mm size drawings @ 4.5 times the reduction ratio @ 29.7 times = 134 Lines Per Millimetre – LPM
The operator testing the system utilised a 100x Magnification Microscope to view the Test Target & be able to view clearly the gaps separating the FIVE-5 Vertical & Horizontal lines so as to establish the actual resolution.
FAST FORWARD to today & we now no longer utilise a 100x Magnification Microscope to view the Test Target but view the resultant image on a PC Monitor which has a very poor resolution itself @ around 108.8 PPI for a 27 inch screen with a 2560 x 1440 resolution & TV’s are even less effective.
NOTE: Pixels per inch – PPI or pixels per centimetre – PPCM
What does all this mean?
Well if we view the Original Image of the A0 PLUS Image as show above we can observe a Lines Per Millimetre – LPM image @ 9.0 LPM which is double the recommend image resolution for 35 mm Microfilm.
Is the Original Image of A0 PLUS Image as show above a clearer image that that as produced via a 35mm Microfilm Camera – YOU BET!!!
Is the Original Image of A0 PLUS Image as show above the BEST IMAGE capable of being produced by any commercial A0 scanners available from any Scanner Manufacturer World Wide – YOU BET!!!
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff @ email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of over Double A 0 = 1189 mm plus in width by 841 mm plus in height for books or Fragile Document/s, Map/s, Plan/s or Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME for All Things Micrographic plus Book & fragile Archival Document Scanning, Digitising & Imaging services the Australian – New Zealand – Papua New Guinea & Oceania Market which includes all states & territories of Australia including Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, the Northern Territory plus New Zealand – NZ plus surrounding areas in Oceania where our Business Partners provide us with the authority to promote, install & to provide ongoing technical support for their nominated equipment range.
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME is pleased & proud to be able to advise our current & prospective clients of the recent announcement by SGIA – Specialty Graphic Imaging Association of the USA – that SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany’s SMA – VERSASCAN Large Format Flatbed Scanner has been awarded the Product of the Year for 2018 by SGIA for
Category 215: Large Format Scanners – Flat or Roll Devices
The SGIA – Specialty Graphic Imaging Association competition highlights digital imaging products that keep the specialty imaging industry moving forward.
SMA E-Document GmbH is a German based manufacturer founded on innovation in 1966.
SMA is the industry leader in the manufacturing of Large Format Flatbed Scanners.
SMA Provides the highest resolution Large Format Flatbed Scanners worldwide to safely digitize all flat originals.
Featuring the V3D – Virtual 3 Dimension Scan Head to capture texture and dimension of your originals.
This V3D Feature makes the VERSASCAN Range of highest resolution Large Format Flatbed Scanners ideal for art, decor, quality control, and many other industries.
SMA Range of VERSASCAN Scanners
VERSASCAN 4870 48″ X 70″ Flatbed Scanner
VERSASCAN 4870 Flatbed Scanner Bigger. Better. Faster. The new VERSASCAN 4870 is the latest addition to our family of flatbed scanners. With a scanning range of 1219 x 1778 mm it scans longer and wider than its successful sibling VERSASCAN 3650.
This double A0 scanner opens new doors as it can scan oversize originals in one go without the need of stitching several scans together. Further it offers outstanding productivity.
A high resolution scan of 600 ppi over the entire scanning range can be performed in about 30 seconds only! Of course the VERSASCAN 4870 is equipped with our new V3D technology.
VERSASCAN 2550 25″ x 50″ Flatbed Scanner
Never has a scanner been more VERSATILE!
A Revolution in Large Format Scanning!
The SMA VERSASCAN 2550 is a unique 25″ x 50″ large format flatbed scanner with Visual 3D capabilities capturing the structure, depth, and details of originals.
SMA proudly presents VERSASCAN and V3D (Visual 3D) – a new scanning technology that allows users to scan many different types of originals.
V3D offers you the capability to digitize structured surfaces such as wood, rubber, plastic, fabrics, carpet, and many more. In addition, the VERSASCAN continues to offer superior digitization of large, fragile, single sheet documents such as newspapers, photographs, maps, architectural drawings and other originals that do not require a book cradle and cannot be put into a sheet feeder scanner.
VERSASCAN 3650 36″ x 50″ Flatbed Scanner
Never has a scanner been more VERSATILE!
A Revolution in Large Format Scanning!
The SMA VERSASCAN 3650 is a unique 36″ x 50″ large format flatbed scanner with Visual 3D capabilities capturing the structure, depth, and details of originals.
SMA proudly presents VERSASCAN and V3D (Visual 3D) – a new scanning technology that allows users to scan many different types of originals.
V3D offers you the capability to digitize structured surfaces such as wood, rubber, plastic, fabrics, carpet, and many more.
In addition, the VERSASCAN continues to offer superior digitization of large, fragile, single sheet documents such as newspapers, photographs, maps, architectural drawings and other originals that do not require a book cradle and cannot be put into a sheet feeder scanner.
VERSASCAN 36100 36″ x 100″ Flatbed Scanner
Never has a scanner been more VERSATILE!
A Revolution in Large Format Scanning!
The SMA VERSASCAN 36100 is a unique 36″ x 100″ large format flatbed scanner with Visual 3D capabilities capturing the structure, depth, and details of originals.
SMA proudly presents VERSASCAN and V3D (Visual 3D) – a new scanning technology that allows users to scan many different types of originals.
V3D offers you the capability to digitize structured surfaces such as wood, rubber, plastic, fabrics, carpet, and many more.
In addition, the VERSASCAN continues to offer superior digitization of large, fragile, single sheet documents such as newspapers, photographs, maps, architectural drawings and other originals that do not require a book cradle and cannot be put into a sheet feeder scanner.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches ) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Since the exposure of the SMA E-Document GmbH model SMA VERSASCAN A1 to A0 plus in size & Double A0 Flatbed Scanners at the West Coast Art & Frame Expo and National Conference in January 2019 & 2018 at the Paris Las Vegas, Las Vegas, USA
The North American Distributor for SMA E-Document GmbH – Analogue Imaging – SMA North America has been extremely busy installing numerous SMA E-Document GmbH model SMA VERSASCAN A1 – A0 & Double A0 Flatbed Scanners across the USA & Canada.
WHY all the interest in the SMA E-Document GmbH model SMA VERSASCAN A1 to A0 plus in size & Double A0 Flatbed Scanners ?
Have a look at the images produced below of sections of a number paintings scanned on the SMA E-Document GmbH model SMA VERSASCAN A1 – A0 & Double A0 Flatbed Scanners with the first image scanned at 600 x 600 PPI & then saved as a .TIFF uncompressed image which equate to the following details:
Dimensions: 33322 x 25528 Pixels
Width: 33322 Pixels
Height: 25528 Pixels
Horizontal Resolution: 600 PPI
Vertical Resolution: 600 PPI
Bit Depth: 24
Compression: Uncompressed
Resolution Unit: 2
File Size: 2,492,125 KB
These images are section of A3 Images at 600 c 600 PPI produced from the above . TIFF uncompressed images so the full effect may not be able to be appreciated.
Should you like to see the full uncompressed .TIFF image with a File Size: 2,492,125 KB for image 0. or any of the samples below then please advise us & we will arrange for a sample image fully uncompressed .TIFF image with a File Size: 2,492,125 KB to be made available.
The SMA E-Document GmbH model SMA VERSASCAN A1 – A0 & Double A0 Flatbed Scanners plus the A2-A1 & A0 Book Scanners all have a Scanner Head that has TWO-2 Light Sources.
Theses TWO-2 Light Sources can be setup to run together or they have the ability to switch one off & be set at an angle of up to 90 degrees in stems from 1-499 Plus or Minus.
With this ability the SMA E-Document GmbH model SMA VERSASCAN A1 – A0 & Double A0 Flatbed Scanners plus the A2-A1 & A0 Book Scanners can produce a Virtual 3D image with one light source in one scan.
In addition the SMA E-Document GmbH model SMA VERSASCAN A1 – A0 & Double A0 Flatbed Scanners plus the A2-A1 & A0 Book Scanners with TWO Scans with 1. being scanned, say at a setting of minus -250 with the Left Light source & then a second image 2. being scanned say at a setting of plus +250 with the Right Light source.
Each of these images produce a Virtual 3D effect with 1. shadows on the RIGHT side where the surface is rippled or has heavy brush stokes.
The second image 2. then has shadows on the LEFT side where the surface is rippled or has heavy brush stokes.
By combining both images 1. & 2. in Photoshop the shadows eliminate each other & this produces an even more detailed Virtual 3D effect.
We have been advised that one of the current practices in the Fine Art & Framing Profession is to scan large format images of A1 or A0 in size utilizing A3 Scanners & then stitching the various images together to produce a final image which takes up to FIVE-5 YES FIVE hours of staff time to produce.
With the SMA E-Document GmbH model SMA VERSASCAN A1 – A0 & Double A0 Flatbed Scanners the scan time to scan an A0 size original is approximately 60 SECONDS at 600 x 600 PPI which not only is a fantastic saving in time but the quality of image produced is of a much HIGHER quality.
The images below have only been scanned on one side e.g. 1. at a minus -220 setting of the LEFT Light.
2018-08 0 SMA V3D PART OF IMAGE SHOWING BRUSH STROKES of an A3 .PDF IMAGE OF A .TIFF ORIGINAL SCAN @ 600 PPI
2018-08 2 SMA V3D PART OF IMAGE SHOWING BRUSH STROKES of an A3 .PDF IMAGE OF A .TIFF ORIGINAL SCAN @ 600 PPI
2018-08 3 SMA V3D PART OF IMAGE SHOWING BRUSH STROKES of an A3 .PDF IMAGE OF A .TIFF ORIGINAL SCAN @ 600 PPI
2018-08 4 SMA V3D PART OF IMAGE SHOWING BRUSH STROKES of an A3 .PDF IMAGE OF A .TIFF ORIGINAL SCAN @ 600 PPI
2018-08 5 SMA V3D PART OF IMAGE SHOWING a 50 EURO NOTE pus woven jute of an A3 .PDF @ 600 PPI
Penny Imaging Exchange of Bohemia – New York – USA installs One of The Largest Flatbed Scanners in the World the VERSASCAN 4870 Flatbed Scanner that scans over-sized items up to 48 inches x 70 inches or 1,219 mm x 1,778 mm manufactured by SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany & equipped with their new V3D = VIRTUAL 3D Image Technology.
One of The Largest Flatbed Scanners in the World
New Opportunity: Scan Super Sized Documents with High Detail
The new VERSASCAN 4870 is the latest addition to the SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany family of flatbed scanners.
With a scanning range of 1219 x 1778 mm it scans longer and wider than its successful sibling VERSASCAN 3650.
This DOUBLE A0 scanner opens news doors as it can scan oversize originals in one go without the need of stitching serval scans together.
Further the new VERSASCAN 4870 offers outstanding productivity.
A high resolution scan of 600 ppi over the entire scanning range can be performed in about 30 seconds only!
Of course the VERSASCAN 4870 is equipped with SMA Electronic Document GmbH’s new V3D = VIRTUAL 3D Image Technology.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging for your project from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of DOUBLE A 0 Plus or 2,540 mm in width x 915 mm in height = ( 100 x 36 inches ) for Newspaper/s, Photograph/s, Map/s, Plan/s & Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s and other original/s or Book/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME in conjunction with Micrographic Engineering Services – MES is pleased to be able to announce the completion of the installation of the SMA Electronic Document GmbH VersaScan model 4870 Double A0 Plus Flatbed Scanner with a New South Wales – NSW Organisation in MARCH 2018.
VERSASCAN 4870 Flatbed Scanner
Bigger. Better. Faster.
The SMA model VERSASCAN 4870 is the latest addition to the SMA Electronic Document GmbH family of flatbed scanners.
With a scanning range of 48 x 70 Inches or 1219 x 1778 mm it scans longer and wider than its successful sibling SMA model VERSASCAN 3650.
This Double A0 scanner opens news doors as it can scan oversize originals in one go without the need of stitching serval scans together.
Further the SMA model VERSASCAN 4870 offers outstanding productivity.
A high resolution scan of 600 ppi over the entire scanning range can be performed in about 30 seconds only!
Of course the SMA model VERSASCAN 4870 is equipped with our new V3D technology.
The SMA VersaScan Model 3650 in Operation
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & MEare the Australian – New Zealand – PNG & Oceania Distributors of the SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany range of Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference & Archive Book & Fragile Document Scan & Copy Systems for colour or black and white scanning, digitising, or imaging to a digital file format of your choice.
The SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany manufacture a range of scanner/s to scan, digitise, or image Book/s and or Fragile Document/s, Plan/s, Map/s & or Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s from a minimum of A 4 = 210 mm by 297 mm in size up to a maximum of Double A 0 Plus @ 1219 x 1778 mmor 48 x 70 Inches with the SMA model VERSASCAN 4870 or 2540 x 915 mm or 100 x 36 Inches with the SMA model VERSASCAN 36100 in size to a digital file format of your choice.
Full details on the range of SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference & Archive Book & fragile document scanner/s for use in Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference, Archive, Heritage, Records Management, Information Management, Preservation, Conservation, Public History, Local Studies, Local History & Family History, Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference, Local Government, Museum plus Genealogy & Engineering Drawing applications is available online as detailed below:
For any form of microfilm aperture card, jacket, microfiche, microfilm – 16 / 35 mm Roll, micrographic & microform requirements, no matter how small or complex, please contact us via the Contact Us @ DME facility at this website or email Laurie Varendorff of Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME– Email: Laurie Varendorff & we will do everything in our power to fulfil your requirements.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging for your project from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of DOUBLE A 0 Plus or 2,540 mm in width x 915 mm in height = ( 100 x 36 inches ) for Newspaper/s, Photograph/s, Map/s, Plan/s & Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s and other original/s or Book/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
If there is a problematic book that the robotic arm can‘t handle, the robotic function can be disabled and the pages can be turned manually.
Flat Originals
In fact the ROBO SCAN V2 is three scanners in one! It is also possible to change the book cradle from a V-Shape to a flat area scanner up to A2 in size 297 x 420mm in order to scan magazines, photographs, maps or any other single flat sheet originals.
The Batch Scan Wizard is a fast and easy to use software solution for professional management of large scanning volumes
and jobs.
The software increases data throughput and reduces operational tasks substantially.
The Batch Scan Wizard is ideal for processing large volume scanning jobs but is just as useful for smaller volumes in which more advanced
operations like page splitting or extracting specific areas on a document is required.
The operator creates a job and configures a template for the job. Then, all images scanned are collected in the job until the job is closed by the operator.
In addition to the standard scan parameters like brightness, contrast, colour mode or file format Batch Scan Wizard lets operators predefine specific areas of a document to extract, scan and save as separate images.
Nothing is lost, because you can reopen a stored scan job and change it with the features cut, delete, insert and replace for any selected image in the job.
You can also change the filename or directory location of the job.
Batch Scan Wizard supports all Scan2Net® scanners and their functions.
Using Batch Scan Wizard’s rescan function, a previously scanned image is held in memory.
Colour mode, file format, rotation, mirror and camera settings can be modified without having to rescan.
The new settings will affect the image immediately, without having to physically rescan the document.
When you have optimized your scan parameters, you can save the new images or replace an image in your batch.
The new, freely configurable workflow tracking in Batch Scan Wizard supports you with information about your files in
each scanning job.
This record includes date and time for each image scanned, the scanning parameters used, the PC used and the location of your images.
Batch Scan wizard scan job indexing will help with the compilation of individual variables and/or combinations of variables for the automatic creation of file and directory names and their directory structures.
New Features in Version 5.0:
– Indexing scan jobs
– Create multipage PDF files
– Create multipage TIFF files
– New keyboard shortcuts, file menu and mouse context menus
– Integrated full-screen display
– New tools and features to configure templates
– Supports all functions in Scan2Net® version 5.80 and higher.
Batch Scan Wizard Functions:
– Create custom templates for specific scanning parameters, file naming conventions and directory locations
– Automatic generation of file and directory names and directory structures using individual variables or combinations
of variables
– Freely configurable file, directory, and scan template names (via manual input, barcode or using variables)
– Configurable keyboard shortcuts to optimize processing speed
– Supports all Scan2Net® functions as well as page splitting, page region extractions, zoom, rotate, invert and mirror
– Interface allows operators to select a variable number of image windows
– Individual image scaling horizontally, vertically or adapted to the window size
– Cut, delete, replace and insert a selected image into a previously generated job
– Multiprocessor and hyperthreading support
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & MEare the Australian – New Zealand – PNG & Oceania Distributors of the SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany range of Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference & Archive Book & Fragile Document Scan & Copy Systems for colour or black and white scanning, digitising, or imaging to a digital file format of your choice.
The SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany manufacture a range of scanner/s to scan, digitise, or image Book/s and or Fragile Document/s, Plan/s, Map/s & or Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s from a minimum of A 4 = 210 mm by 297 mm in size up to a maximum of A 0 = 841 mm by 1,189 mm in size to a digital file format of your choice.
Full details on the range of SMA Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference & Archive Book & fragile document scanner/s for use in Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference, Archive, Heritage, Records Management, Information Management, Preservation, Conservation, Public History, Local Studies, Local History & Family History, Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference, Local Government, Museum plus Genealogy & Engineering Drawing applications is available online as detailed below:
For any form of microfilm aperture card, jacket, microfiche, microfilm – 16 / 35 mm Roll, micrographic & microform requirements, no matter how small or complex, please contact us via the Contact Us @ DME facility at this website or email Laurie Varendorff of Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME– Email: Laurie Varendorff & we will do everything in our power to fulfil your requirements.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging for your project from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of DOUBLE A 0 Plus or 2,540 mm in width x 915 mm in height = ( 100 x 36 inches ) for Newspaper/s, Photograph/s, Map/s, Plan/s & Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s and other original/s or Book/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME in conjunction with Micrographic Engineering Services – MES is pleased & VERY EXCITED to be able to announce the receipt of a Purchase Order from a New South Wales Organisation for an SMA Electronic Document GmbH VersaScan model 4870 Double A0 Plus Flatbed Scanner for deliver in MARCH 2018.
VERSASCAN 4870 Flatbed Scanner
Bigger. Better. Faster.
The SMA model VERSASCAN 4870 is the latest addition to the SMA Electronic Document GmbH family of flatbed scanners.
With a scanning range of 48 x 70 Inches or 1219 x 1778 mm it scans longer and wider than its successful sibling SMA model VERSASCAN 3650.
This Double A0 scanner opens news doors as it can scan oversize originals in one go without the need of stitching serval scans together.
Further the SMA model VERSASCAN 4870 offers outstanding productivity.
A high resolution scan of 600 ppi over the entire scanning range can be performed in about 30 seconds only!
Of course the SMA model VERSASCAN 4870 is equipped with our new V3D technology.
The SMA VersaScan Model 3650 in Operation
The SMA VersaScan RANGE of A1 – A0 & Double A0 size Scanners in operation with our UK Business Partners Genus Archive Digitise
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & MEare the Australian – New Zealand – PNG & Oceania Distributors of the SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany range of Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference & Archive Book & Fragile Document Scan & Copy Systems for colour or black and white scanning, digitising, or imaging to a digital file format of your choice.
The SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany manufacture a range of scanner/s to scan, digitise, or image Book/s and or Fragile Document/s, Plan/s, Map/s & or Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s from a minimum of A 4 = 210 mm by 297 mm in size up to a maximum of Double A 0 Plus @ 1219 x 1778 mmor 48 x 70 Incheswith the SMA model VERSASCAN 4870 or 2540 x 915 mm or 100 x 36 Inches with the SMA model VERSASCAN 36100 in size to a digital file format of your choice.
Full details on the range of SMA Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference & Archive Book & fragile document scanner/s for use in Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference, Archive, Heritage, Records Management, Information Management, Preservation, Conservation, Public History, Local Studies, Local History & Family History, Library – Public, University, Special Purpose & Reference, Local Government, Museum plus Genealogy & Engineering Drawing applications is available online as detailed below:
For any form of microfilm aperture card, jacket, microfiche, microfilm – 16 / 35 mm Roll, micrographic & microform requirements, no matter how small or complex, please contact us via the Contact Us @ DME facility at this website or email Laurie Varendorff of Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME– Email: Laurie Varendorff & we will do everything in our power to fulfil your requirements.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging for your project from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of DOUBLE A 0 Plus or 2,540 mm in width x 915 mm in height = ( 100 x 36 inches ) for Newspaper/s, Photograph/s, Map/s, Plan/s & Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s and other original/s or Book/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
It is with great pleasure that Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME are pleased to announce the delivery these coming weeks of a METIS model EDS Gamma A4 to A0 Size Book Scanner with an Auckland based Commercial Scanning Bureau – Heritage Studios – previously AP Digital Consultancy Ltd.
With this latest installation of this METIS model EDS Gamma A4 to A0 Size Book Scanner with an Auckland based Commercial Scanning Bureau – Heritage Studios – previously AP Digital Consultancy Ltd, Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME continue their ongoing successful relationship in the installation of our Commercial Range of Book plus Large Format Fragile Document Scanners from several manufactures in Austria, China, Germany & Italy, up to TRIPLE A0 in Size in the Australian, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea & Oceania market. This latest installation of this METIS model EDS Gamma A4 to A0 Size Book Scanner with an Auckland based Commercial Scanning Bureau – Heritage Studios – previously AP Digital Consultancy Ltd this brings the number of METIS model EDS Gamma A4 to A0 Size Book Scanner in the Australian, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea & Oceania market to THREE-3 units.Heritage Studios – previously AP Digital Consultancy Ltd located in Auckland New Zealand – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit 2017-DECEMBERThe National Archives of the Solomon Islands – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit 2017-JULYThe South Australian Police Historical Society – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit 2014-JUNE
The image above shows the METIS model EDS – GAMMA – A 1 to A 0 size Flat Bed plus Book & Large Format Document Desktop Planetary Scanner
The METIS – EDS Planetary Book & Flat Bed Scanner model GAMMA Innovative UP TO A 1 Desktop Planetary Scanner in operation Showing the Software’s – Document Finger Holding Deletion Feature
With the total number of GAMMA installations worldwide @ NINETY EIGHT – 98 UNITS in 2016.
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei ( Roma ) – (national academy of art) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Archivio Diocesi di Caserta – (diocese archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Archivio di Stato di Campobasso – (state archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
ASL di Sassari – (health insurance archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit Ass. Senza frontiere Marino – (cultural association archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Azienda Regionale Per L’Edilizia Abitativa Cagliari – (regional archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
BIBL.CIVICA “ANGELO MAI” Bergamo – (city library) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
BLK Printing Company – Vilnuis – Lithuania – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
CNR IIT – Ist. Informatica e Telematica di Rende – (national research centre) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
CNR ( National Research Center ) in Rome ITALY – FOUR 4 EDS GAMMA unit
COMUNE DI LATINA – (city archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
CONGREGAZIONE ARMENA MECHITARISTA – (armenian asociation archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
CRA –CMA La Meterologia applicate all’Agricoltura – (metereological archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Curia Generalizia Domenicani – Convento Santa Sabina – (convent archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Fondazione Ermenegildo Zegna – (fashion industry archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
GAP S.r.l. Rome ITALY – TWELVE – 12 EDS GAMMA units –For the project of the digitization of the Cadastral Registers of the Italian Territory Agency, GAP S.r.l Rome used TWELVE 12 EDS GAMMA Scanners progressively located at SIXTY FOUR 64 different locations and GAP captured a total of around FIFTEEN 15 million pages. The maximum production GAP produced per day with one GAMMA Scanner was 11,000 images = ( 22,000 pages ) in a TEN 10 hour shift. The daily average number of scans produced, over the capture project, was of around 7,000 images = ( 14,000 pages ) per GAMMA unit per TEN 10 hour shift.
L’Intreccio Società Coop. Sociale di Massa – (outsourcing service bureau) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Memo (Roma) – (outsourcing service bureau) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Politecnico di Milano – (university) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Tecnografica srl di Trivento (CB) – (outsourcing service bureau) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Università DI ROMA SAPIENZA C.I.S.T.E.C. Unità di Ricerca per la Climatogia – (university) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa (UNISOB) di Napoli – (university) – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Università degli Studi di Trieste – (university) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Vitale Barberis Canonico – (fashion industry archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff @ email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of over Double A 0 = 1189 mm plus in width by 841 mm plus in height for books or Fragile Document/s, Map/s, Plan/s or Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements. Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME for Book & fragile Archival Document Scanning plus All Things Micrographic for Digitising & Imaging services the Australian – New Zealand – Papua New Guinea & Oceania Market which includes all states & territories of Australia including Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, the Northern Territory plus New Zealand – NZ plus surrounding areas in Oceania where our Business Partners provide us with the authority to promote, install & to provide ongoing technical support for their nominated equipment range.
In addition to the Low Entry Level METIS EDS Range of ALPHA & GAMMA Book & Flat Bed Scanners the METIS Range also includes the TOP OF THE LINE for Professional Applications METIS – DRS models of Flat Bed Scanners for Book/s & Large Format Documents which can scan material up to a Maximum of 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches ) or over DOUBLE A 0 + in size & up to 200 mm = ( 7.874 inches ) thickall of which integrate a ( Patent protected technology ) the DC SynchroLight – The perfect merging between extreme quality and productivity for the most demanding market.
Designed for the quality scanning for Digitisation Projects of Oversize Material such as Drawing/s, Map/s, Papyrus, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications. In addition the METIS Systems Group now have added the METIS SUPERSCAN PM3D the first industrial scanner able to acquire Colour and 3D surface embossing based on new METIS PM3D® technology ( Patent protected ). The SUPERSCAN PM3D ® is the first scanner to breach the resolution limits caused by the number of pixels in the imaging sensors thanks to an innovative opto-mechanical design that allows a native optical resolution of 1,200 PPI on the full scanning area ( 2,000 x 1,300 mm ).
Thanks to the Scan Merge tool scanning very large originals (exceeding the scanning area) is now also possible with perfect results. The SUPERSCAN PM3D ® adopt the new METIS Scan Director software that have been designed specially to fulfil the requirements of the industrial, fine-arts and decorative markets and for handling 3D data.
It is with Great Pleasure that Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME in conjunction with Micrographic Engineering Services – MES is able to announce the installation this week of a UnioNOVO model CN1 – A2 Book Scanner with a Sydney based Commercial Scanning Bureau – W & F Pascoe Pty Ltd located in Balgowlah New South Wales – NSW.
With the installation of this UnioNOVO model CN1 – A2 Book Scanner with a Sydney based Commercial Scanning Bureau – W & F Pascoe Pty Ltd located in Balgowlah New South Wales – NSW, Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME in conjunction with Micrographic Engineering Services – MES continue their ongoing successful relationship in the installation of our Commercial Range of Book plus Large Format Fragile Document Scanners up to TRIPLE A0 in Size in the Sydney Greater Geographic Region.
The UNIONOVO CN1
The UNIONOVO CN1V-Cradle Book Scanner is ideal for large scale digitisation projects thanks to its innovative design.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then contact Laurie Varendorff @ email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of over Double A 0 = 1189 mm plus in width by 841 mm plus in height for books or Fragile Document/s, Map/s, Plan/s or Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements. Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME for Book & fragile Archival Document Scanning plus All Things Micrographic for Digitising & Imaging services the Australian – New Zealand – Papua New Guinea & Oceania Market which includes all states & territories of Australia including Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, the Northern Territory plus New Zealand – NZ plus surrounding areas in Oceania where our Business Partners provide us with the authority to promote, install & to provide ongoing technical support for their nominated equipment range.
It is with Great Pleasure that Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME is able to announce the delivery this week of a METIS model GAMMA – EDS [ Easy Digital Scanner ] Book Scanner to the National Archives of the Solomon Islands.
The image above shows the METIS model EDS – GAMMA – A 1 to A 0 size Flat Bed plus Book & Large Format Document Desktop Planetary Scanner
With this latest installation of this latest METIS model EDS Gamma A4 to A0 Size Book Scanner with an Auckland based Commercial Scanning Bureau – Heritage Studios – previously AP Digital Consultancy Ltd, Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME continue their ongoing successful relationship in the installation of our Commercial Range of Book plus Large Format Fragile Document Scanners from several manufactures in Austria, China, Germany & Italy, up to TRIPLE A0 in Size in the Australian, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea & Oceania market.
This latest installation of this METIS model EDS Gamma A4 to A0 Size Book Scanner with an Auckland based Commercial Scanning Bureau – Heritage Studios – previously AP Digital Consultancy Ltd this brings the number of METIS model EDS Gamma A4 to A0 Size Book Scanner in the Australian, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea & Oceania market to THREE-3 units.
Heritage Studios – previously AP Digital Consultancy Ltd located in Auckland New Zealand – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit 2017-DECEMBER
The METIS – EDS Planetary Book & Flat Bed Scanner model GAMMA Innovative UP TO A 1 Desktop Planetary Scanner in operation Showing the Software’s – Document Finger Holding Deletion Feature
The National Archives of the Solomon Islands will utilise the METIS model GAMMA – EDS [ Easy Digital Scanner ] Book and Large Format Fragile Material Flatbed Scanner to capture the Historical Documentation both in Book & Large Format Fragile Material from A4 = 210 x 297mm to A0 = 841 x 1,189mm in size.
The METIS modelGAMMA A4 to A0 Scanner was delivered in July 2017 and installed by our Auckland NZ representative Andrew Pettengell of Heritage Studios – previously AP Digital Consultancy Ltd in early August 2017.
The people at the National Archives of the Solomon Islands are very pleased with the installation.
In addition Andrew Pettengell who had not had any previous hands on experience with the METIS modelGAMMA A4 to A0 Scanner prior to carrying out the installation & the training of personnel at the National Archives of the Solomon Islands had this to say about the METIS modelGAMMA A4 to A0 Scanner once he had completed the installation & training.
WOW, I have to say, that METIS model GAMMA is an awesome piece of Book & Large Format Scanning KIT !!
Needless to say DS & ME is most pleased with this assessment from Andrew Pettengell of Heritage Studios – previously AP Digital Consultancy Ltd.
With the delivery of the METIS model GAMMA – EDS [ Easy Digital Scanner ] Book and Large Format Fragile Material Flatbed Scanner to the National Archives of the Solomon Islands to TWO-2 Book and Large Format Fragile Material Flatbed Scanners in the Oceania Region along with the SMA Electronic Document GmbHLarge Format A 2 Plus Oversize Material Book Scanners the SMA model SCAN MASTER 2 installed with the Cook Islands Governments – Ministry of Justice at Avarua, Rarotonga in February 2012.
Ralph Fuchs the Director of SMA Electronic Document GmbH is seen here providing operator training on the SMA model SCAN MASTER 2 Large Format A 2 Plus Oversize Material Book Scanner at the Cook Islands Governments – Ministry of Justice at Avarua, Rarotonga – the Cook Islands.
With the total number of GAMMA installations worldwide @ NINETY EIGHT – 98 UNITS in 2016.
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei ( Roma ) – (national academy of art) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Archivio Diocesi di Caserta – (diocese archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Archivio di Stato di Campobasso – (state archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
ASL di Sassari – (health insurance archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Ass. Senza frontiere Marino – (cultural association archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Azienda Regionale Per L’Edilizia Abitativa Cagliari – (regional archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
BIBL.CIVICA “ANGELO MAI” Bergamo – (city library) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
BLK Printing Company – Vilnuis – Lithuania – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
CNR IIT – Ist. Informatica e Telematica di Rende – (national research centre) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
CNR ( National Research Center ) in Rome ITALY – FOUR 4 EDS GAMMA unit
COMUNE DI LATINA – (city archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
CONGREGAZIONE ARMENA MECHITARISTA – (armenian asociation archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
CRA –CMA La Meterologia applicate all’Agricoltura – (metereological archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Curia Generalizia Domenicani – Convento Santa Sabina – (convent archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Fondazione Ermenegildo Zegna – (fashion industry archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
GAP S.r.l. Rome ITALY – TWELVE – 12 EDS GAMMA units –
For the project of the digitization of the Cadastral Registers of the Italian Territory Agency, GAP S.r.l Rome used TWELVE 12 EDS GAMMA Scanners progressively located at SIXTY FOUR 64 different locations and GAP captured a total of around FIFTEEN 15 million pages.
The maximum production GAP produced per day with one GAMMA Scanner was 11,000 images = ( 22,000 pages ) in a TEN 10 hour shift.
The daily average number of scans produced, over the capture project, was of around 7,000 images = ( 14,000 pages ) per GAMMA unit per TEN 10 hour shift.
L’Intreccio Società Coop. Sociale di Massa – (outsourcing service bureau) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Memo (Roma) – (outsourcing service bureau) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Politecnico di Milano – (university) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Tecnografica srl di Trivento (CB) – (outsourcing service bureau) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Università DI ROMA SAPIENZA C.I.S.T.E.C. Unità di Ricerca per la Climatogia – (university) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa (UNISOB) di Napoli – (university) – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Università degli Studi di Trieste – (university) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
Vitale Barberis Canonico – (fashion industry archive) ITALY – ONE 1 EDS GAMMA unit
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then please contact us via the Contact Us @ DS & ME or Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of over Double A 0 = 1189 mm plus in width by 841 mm plus in height for books or Fragile Document/s, Map/s, Plan/s or Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME for All Things Micrographic plus Book & fragile Archival Document Scanning, Digitising & Imaging services the Australian – New Zealand – Papua New Guinea & Oceania Market which includes all states & territories of Australia including Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, the Northern Territory plus New Zealand – NZ plus surrounding areas in Oceania where our Business Partners provide us with the authority to promote, install & to provide ongoing technical support for their nominated equipment range.
In addition to the Low Entry Level METIS EDS Range of ALPHA & GAMMA Book & Flat Bed Scanners the METIS Range also includes the TOP OF THE LINE for Professional Applications METIS – DRS models of Flat Bed Scanners for Book/s & Large Format Documents which can scan material up to a Maximum of 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches ) or over DOUBLE A 0 + in size & up to 200 mm = ( 7.874 inches ) thickall of which integrate a ( Patent protected technology ) the DC SynchroLight – The perfect merging between extreme quality and productivity for the most demanding market. Designed for the quality scanning for Digitisation Projects of Oversize Material such as Drawing/s, Map/s, Papyrus, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications.
In addition the METIS Systems Group now have added the METIS SUPERSCAN PM3D the first industrial scanner able to acquire Colour and 3D surface embossing based on new METIS PM3D® technology ( Patent protected ).
The SUPERSCAN PM3D ® is the first scanner to breach the resolution limits caused by the number of pixels in the imaging sensors thanks to an innovative opto-mechanical design that allows a native optical resolution of 1,200 PPI on the full scanning area ( 2,000 x 1,300 mm ).
Thanks to the Scan Merge tool scanning very large originals (exceeding the scanning area) is now also possible with perfect results. The SUPERSCAN PM3D ® adopt the new METIS Scan Director software that have been designed specially to fulfil the requirements of the industrial, fine-arts and decorative markets and for handling 3D data.
Penny Imaging Exchange of Bohemia – New York – USA installs One of The Largest Flatbed Scanners in the World the VERSASCAN 4870 Flatbed Scanner that scans over-sized items up to 48 inches x 70 inches or 1,219 mm x 1,778 mm manufactured by SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany & equipped with their new V3D = VIRTUAL 3D Image Technology.
One of The Largest Flatbed Scanners in the World
New Opportunity: Scan Super Sized Documents with High Detail
The new VERSASCAN 4870 is the latest addition to the SMA Electronic Document GmbH of Germany family of flatbed scanners.
With a scanning range of 1219 x 1778 mm it scans longer and wider than its successful sibling VERSASCAN 3650.
This DOUBLE A0 scanner opens news doors as it can scan oversize originals in one go without the need of stitching serval scans together.
Further the new VERSASCAN 4870 offers outstanding productivity.
A high resolution scan of 600 ppi over the entire scanning range can be performed in about 30 seconds only!
Of course the VERSASCAN 4870 is equipped with SMA Electronic Document GmbH’s new V3D = VIRTUAL 3D Image Technology.
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then please contact us via the Contact Us @ DS & ME or Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Laurie will be able to advise if DS & ME has the specialised equipment available for the Scanning, Digitising, & or Imaging from a minimum size of A 6 = 148 mm in width by 105 mm in height up to a maximum size of over Double A 0 = 1189 mm plus in width by 841 mm plus in height for books or Fragile Document/s, Map/s, Plan/s or Engineering, Architectural plus other types of Drawing/s required to meet a prospective client’s individual requirements.
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME for All Things Micrographic plus Book & fragile Archival Document Scanning, Digitising & Imaging services the Australian – New Zealand – Papua New Guinea & Oceania Market which includes all states & territories of Australia including Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, the Northern Territory plus New Zealand – NZ plus surrounding areas in Oceania where our Business Partners provide us with the authority to promote, install & to provide ongoing technical support for their nominated equipment range.
Rob is the Digital Marketing Co-Ordinator at the Genus UK Head Office
Metis Systems
From the moon to leading the digital wood décor revolution
Metis Systems is an Italian company that specialises in designing and manufacturing high quality scanners for the reproduction industry.
Massimo Colagrande, his brother Lorenzo and sister Silvia are Metis Systems owners and at the Decorative Surfaces Conference in Leipzig Massimo presented their revolutionary scanning technology for industrial digital decoration.
The company was started by their father Claudio and to this day he still supervises it while Massimo, Silvia and Lorenzo are respectively in charge of design, management and production along with highly skilled and experienced team of people. Massimo Colombo is Metis System’s sales director and was also present at the conference.
So Massimo ( Colagrande ), what do you do for the company?
“My role is to run the software, optical and electronic design. I am also responsible for designing the scanner together with my brother and the support of an electronics team and a mechanical team.
We have accumulated a high level of experience over many years working with digital satellite imagery and by working within the photographic industry.
This experience has been useful because Metis Systems now have a wide spectrum of knowledge in multiple disciplines related to digital imaging that places us in a unique position.
For instance, we now know about imaging sensors and not only confined to the visible colour range.
We also have knowledge in the multispectral and hyperspectral range.
We also have a deep understanding of lighting and optical laws that are required in order to be able to design top level digital cameras and scanners and are strong in image processing ( all Metis Systems software is made in-house ).
Just recently, the combination of all of this experience allowed us to design a unique Photometric Stereo algorithm that allowed our scanners to generate 3D data from colour images coming from our digital camera.
Photometric Stereo 3D is a sophisticated technique to derive 3D information from 2D information ( colour images ); its origin is from the early development of satellite imaging back in the 60’s. Work that had the aim of mapping the surface of the moon to aid the first satellite probes and ultimately the landings.”
So your business has a history light years away from digital printing?
“Yes! At the start of the space race NASA and the Soviet’s did not have the technology to be able to 3D scan the surface of the moon. To understand the surface and ultimately help exploration this was obviously important work.
They could not acquire 3D data directly so they tried to interpret colour or even grayscale images and then calculate 3D data from them and it was not simple or easy in anyway.
The first technique, from which later the Photometric Stereo was derived, was called Photoclinometry which in short is the ability to create a shape from shading and therefore calculate elevation data ( 3D data ) by analysing the shadows in the image.
Photometric Stereo is much more complicated than just shape from shading as it’s based on the idea of combining reflectivity information coming from different images acquired with different light direction ( i.e. different position of the sun ).
But because Photometric Stereo results were very dependent on the ability of controlling light direction and intensity, to be perfectly honest, it was not that effective while used on satellite imagery because it was of course not possible to control the position of the sun.
Furthermore, the mathematics behind it was hellish especially considering the computer processing power available at that time.
Then along came 3D dedicated devices and other techniques were introduced into satellite probes, and photometric stereo was kind of left in limbo as it became a bit redundant.
To compound this further, there was no real commercial application for Photometric Stereo 3D; one of the main reasons for this is the need for a strong control of the light source itself, therefore doing 3D outdoor using Photometric Stereo was virtually impossible and anyway indoor applications were also very limited because of the underlying mathematical model which is extremely complicated.
But in our case it was different. In our colour scanners we wanted to be able to do 3D and we had already a very sophisticated lighting and a good understanding of the principle behind the Photometric Stereo technique.
We also tried many other 3D techniques, utilising multi-stereo for example but the resolution was very poor. So I personally worked on developing our custom Photometric Stereo technique for ONE-1 and half 1/2 years as there wasn’t any good mathematical equations available and the few academic papers in existence didn’t really apply to us – think of the difference between sunlight and scanner light.
So the maths took some time. Finally after a year and a half we started having good results.”
So now you can successfully deal with mapping and then printing a 3D surface using industrial inkjet?
“Yes. Our scanning technology works really well by creating a 3D replica of a surface – the camera point of view does not change during the superscanning process and therefore we get 2D colour data, we calculate 3D data from it and can provide color+3D perfectly in register.
Furthermore, the resolution is amazing, in both colour and 3D, as we wanted to be able to see every fine detail of the surface and this is what the digital printing and decoration market needs.
To get perfect results, we had of course to fine control the lighting of the scanner but this this was relatively easy as in 2010, before even developing our 3D photometric stereo technique, we created and patented the DC SynchroLight technology and with this invention we could precisely control the amount and direction of the lighting in the scanning area; the SynchroLight was in fact mainly designed in order to provide 3D appearance to the scanned images, but it proved to be fundamental when we moved to real 3D.”
So why is it important to be able to print 3D for wood printing?
“Largely due to the value – a wood décor image must look great but then also feel good too. If you only have one of the two the value is not as high.
The haptic properties and the visual appearance are both important and I think we have really achieved a great result with this scanning technology.
To be honest in everything else I see on the market the quality and resolution our system provides is outstanding.
You could compare the 3D finish with that from a top 3D laser scanner.
Laser would be marginally more accurate, however it would take many hours or even days to 3D scan a wood, compared with ours which takes only a few minutes plus with ours you get full colour.
With our system you get calculated 3D, not measured, and the accuracy is very good at replicating surfaces but not so good into mapping real 3D objects.
It’s therefore designed for surface scanning not object scanning and is excellent in dealing with wood planks, stones, concrete, wallpaper, textile but also with difficult materials as metal parts, coins, glossy originals that you simply cannot acquire on a traditional 3D laser scanner.
How important is the ink?
In order to take this technological innovation onto another level it took a meeting of minds. Massimo Colombo, the sales director of Metis Systems met Giorgio Macor who runs Italian based ink innovator Kuei at an exhibition and Giorgio immediately saw the potential in developing a new ink for digital wood decoration. Macor explains, “We launched our Haptink last year at InPrint 2015 and the interest has been really amazing.
The demand for this kind of technology is increasing in line with the growth for customised production.
These days the requests have increased significantly for the ability to print 3D so you need something that is real 3D and for that you must have the right ink as well as software and scanning. We saw that potential very early. The 3D effect is one thing but with our ink you can also print colour which adds even more value.”
Massimo Colagrande continues, “What we have achieved with Kuei is a solution that can provide a very strong 3D visual and tactile impact which is of course very important.
What we do is flatten and optimise the 3D data so as to print just using the information that we want to sense. We therefore print embossing and colour information on top of it.
But if you print just a normal flat colour image it really doesn’t look optimal.
Therefore, best results are obtained printing a colour image with some level of 3D appearance on top of the embossing.
The visual appearance of the image is important because of the somehow limited embossing thickness, therefore from distance you already have a 3D feedback of the original then you go closer and you touch it and you get the feeling of it too.
But you need both, visual 3D and embossing ( real 3D ) to have the correct feeling and sensation of the material, this was the challenge and this is what we think we have solved on an industrial level.
“For digital printing there are not so many ink options.
Haptink is the first solution for this – we are talking about fast printing – single pass or fast multi-pass.
The embossing lays down one or two layers very thickly which is industrial quality and speed.
You could use another ink but the speed and quality of Haptink is just not comparable.
They would be OK for proofing but not for proper industrial digital speed.
And the good news is that the quality is improving all of the time as well. If you remember when digital photography came out the quality was not as good, but now it is excellent.”
So what does the future hold?
“We see increasing demand for high quality colour images and synchronised 3D data and this should come together more and more for surface decoration, not just 3D printing.
We saw a lot of people who were very excited as not everyone knew it was available.
And not only for the fact that it is possible but also because of other applications that may need that.
There was in fact also interest from people who come from other print aspects such as detecting defects or deterioration on print press plates as well as for other quality inspection purposes.
We also got requests from companies who are interested into using our Light Inspector software as a standalone and therefore in a more creative way for separating the scanning process from the optimisation of colour and 3D data ( probably to complete this crucial phase directly within their graphic/printing department ).
We already do that now, as for example when we send scan samples to Giorgio in order to make a print test, he gets a Metis Systems SuperScan file which he edits using our software to change the light direction and 3D appearance and of course also in order to optimise the 3D data before printing.
If he’s looking for a specific result we don’t have to rescan the original as the SuperScan file contains already all the needed information and this is very important and it makes things very easy, by helping not only to get a much better quality and visual/haptic impact but also to provide more variety to show to the customers.”
So from the moon to wood decoration, Metis Systems has evolved over time, and this innovative technology looks set to continue to evolve and develop revolutionising wood decoration and a host of other industries that are looking for customised surfaces for decoration.
In addition to the Low Entry Level METIS EDS Range of ALPHA & GAMMA Book & Flat Bed Scanners the METIS Range also includes the TOP OF THE LINE for Professional Applications METIS – DRS models of Flat Bed Scanners for Book/s & Large Format Documents which can scan material up to a Maximum of 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches ) or over DOUBLE A 0 + in size & up to 200 mm = ( 7.874 inches ) thickall of which integrate a ( Patent protected technology ) the DC SynchroLight – The perfect merging between extreme quality and productivity for the most demanding market. Designed for the quality scanning for Digitisation Projects of Oversize Material such as Drawing/s, Map/s, Papyrus, Scroll/s, Parchment/s, & also Book/s, Atlas/s, etc. plus Fine – Art, Decor and Professional Cartography applications.
In addition the METIS Systems Group now have added the METIS SUPERSCAN PM3D the first industrial scanner able to acquire Colour and 3D surface embossing based on new METIS PM3D® technology ( Patent protected ).
The SUPERSCAN PM3D ® is the first scanner to breach the resolution limits caused by the number of pixels in the imaging sensors thanks to an innovative opto-mechanical design that allows a native optical resolution of 1,200 PPI on the full scanning area ( 2,000 x 1,300 mm ).
Thanks to the Scan Merge tool scanning very large originals (exceeding the scanning area) is now also possible with perfect results. The SUPERSCAN PM3D ® adopt the new METIS Scan Director software that have been designed specially to fulfil the requirements of the industrial, fine-arts and decorative markets and for handling 3D data.
Hayley Kilmurry is the Sales and Marketing Co-ordinator at the Genus UK Head Office
How is Germany protecting its cultural heritage from war and natural disasters? – Microfilm, of course !!!!!
German Archives Underground Vault 1
With the increase in digital storage media and formats and the need for archives to be accessible, lots of organisations had begun to see microfilm as an old-fashioned medium for storing documents but as time moves on we are seeing ever more organisations reverting back to storing important data on microfilm.
Claus Peter-Iff, Export Manager at the Genus Offices in Germany, recently informed us of a report on ZDF news on how The German Archives are storing their precious documents in a unique way, but on a not so unique format – good old microfilm.
100m below the “Schauinsland” mountain in the Black Forest near Freiburg you will find Barbarastollen, also called Oberried tunnel or Oberrieder tunnels.
This once disused supply tunnel is now an underground archive to preserve Germany’s cultural heritage.
The Barbarastollen tunnel is the only cultural property in Germany under the protection of the Hague Convention of UNESCO. It is named after Saint Barbara.
The rolls of microfilm have been stored securely since 1975, in 1,500 containers made of stainless steel, and hold about 900 million images from German Archives and Museums.
Among the documents stored are
1. The Treaty text of the Peace of Westphalia,
2. The Coronation document of Otto I,
3. Documents of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
4. The original building plans for the Cologne Cathedral and most recently,
5. the original version of the German Constitutional Law.
The documents are held on Microfilm at the German National Archives where they have been captured and reduced twelvefold.
All the files have been provided by the Federal Archive in Berlin to the German Bundestag ( The National Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany ).
A total of 2.6m files have been processed and are now securely stored for the next 500 years and this only amounts to about 5% of the German archives.
German Archives Underground Vault 2
The entire complex is buried under 400 meters of rock and is intended to survive a nuclear war.
It is estimated that its contents should survive for at least 500 years without any serious damage, neither war, natural disaster nor water, dust or fluctuation in temperature can harm or damage the cultural assets.
As more and more of our information is stored digitally on hard drives and the cloud, it is easy to suggest that microfilm has become an obsolete medium but these digital files are still at risk of malicious hackers, human error, and media formats becoming obsolete.
Mini-discs, VHS, and the humble floppy disks have become outdated “but a slide back into the technological dark ages is not beyond comprehension.”
In a recent article I read on The Memory of Mankind project “The Worlds Knowledge is being buried in a salt mine” The project aims to save our most precious documents from an “apocalypse”.
Their plan is to gather together the accumulated knowledge of our time on microscopic engravings – “ceramic microfilm” and store it underground in caverns carved out in one of the oldest salt mines in the world, in the mountains of Austria’s picturesque Salzkammergut.
In this article Martin Kunze, an Austrian ceramist, and researcher who invented them, made a good point, “At a conference of space weather scientists, together with officials from NASA and the US Government”, earlier this year warned of the fragile nature of all this digital information.
Charged particles thrown out by the sun in a powerful solar storm could trigger electromagnetic surges that could render our electronic devices useless and wipe data stored in memory drives. ” The point being that these methods are not always fail-safe”.
Microfilm in whatever form is human readable, even with no power the microfilm can still be viewed using a simple light source such as a candle and a magnifying glass and if stored in the right conditions such as the Babarastollen bunker can last up to 500 years.
As stated by the Managing Director of Genus – Paul Negus “More and more organisations are going back to the future and using digital microfilm.
What many thought of as an obsolete medium is now being reinvented.
No longer do you have to worry about chemicals and a manual photographic process.
Now digital files can be written directly to a microfilm drive for automatic conversion of digital files into an analogue version on machine readable microfilm.
Microfilm has an official Life Expectancy rating of 500 years, using ISO 10602:19952 and ISO 18901:20103”
So is Microfilm becoming a new and exciting trend in digital preservation?
Will other organisations follow in the footsteps of the German National Archives and decide to convert to microfilm to ensure their digital files have a backup? It certainly makes sense in order to preserve our heritage.
2016-OCTOBER: Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME – SMA VersaScan Large Format Flatbed Scanner Model 3650 in Operation
You may be interested in evaluating the
SMA VersaScan Large Format Flatbed Model 3650 Scanner with a Scanning Range @
1,270 x 915 mm = 50 x 25 inches in Operation
The SMA VersaScan Large Format Flatbed Scanner Model 3650 in Operation
SMA VERSASCAN 3650 – Simply the Best Flatbed Scanner in the World!
Other models in the SMA VersaScan Range of Large Format Flatbed Scanners
VERSASCAN model 2550
Scanning Range @ 1,270 x 635 mm = 50 x 25 inches
VERSASCAN model 36100
Scanning Range @ 2,540 x 915 mm = 100 x 36 inches
VERSASCAN model 4870
Scanning Range @ 1,778 x 1,219 mm = 70 x 48 inches
VERSASCAN model ILV 4860
Scanning Range @ 1,219 x 1,524 mm = 48 x 60 inches
For any book, drawing, map or plan plus archival document or fragile material no matter the size – e.g. less than A 5 = 148 x 210 mm = ( 5.83 x 8.27 inches ) or up to Double A 0 Plus = 2,000 x 1,210 mm = ( 78.7 x 47.64 inches) – which requires Scanning, Digitising = Digitizing & or Imaging for your Digitisation Projects, no matter how large or small then please contact us via the Contact Us @ DS & ME or Laurie Varendorff via email @ Laurie Varendorff ARMA; or Phone: Australia @ 0417 094 147 – International @ +61 417 094 147 at Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME.
Digital Scanning & Microfilm Equipment – DS & ME for All Things Micrographic plus Book & fragile Archival Document Scanning, Digitising & Imaging services the Australian – New Zealand – Papua New Guinea & Oceania Market which includes all states & territories of Australia including Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, the Northern Territory plus New Zealand – NZ plus surrounding areas in Oceania where our Business Partners provide us with the authority to promote, install & to provide ongoing technical support for their nominated equipment range.
How does one know if ones scanner is doing its thing, correctly?
How does one know that the courts will accept ones scanned images if one is not keeping a daily record of the scanners performance?
How does one know that the images scanned are a true facsimile of the original?
Since 1988, YES 1988!
There has been a standard for the evaluation of Document Image Scanners.
That standard is the ANSI/AIIM MS44-1988 – Recommended Practice for Quality Control of Image Scanners, a 19 page document which, on my reading may be getting a little dated 13 years out from its inception, but still a CRITICAL document.
Who were involved with the creation of this standard?
Access Corp, AT&T Bell Labs, Bell &Amp; Howell, Canon USA Inc, Eastman Kodak, File Net Corp, Library of Congress, 3M Company, Nara-National Archives & Records Administration, Smithsonian Archives, Unisys, US Army, Wang Lab, Crowley – Wicks & Wilson & The Xerox Corporation.
These are only some of the parties represented, the lists goes on & on.
Why is it that some 13 years after the creation of this standard that I hear laughter when I advise people of the availability of a Resolution Test Target for Scanners that I am marketing to the Australian Market?
I hear this laughter from people who should know better.
How can one possible prove that the processes that one uses every day in ones capture of incoming correspondence if one does not have in place a process to check on the operation of ones scanner and to document that process for future needs should one be required to prove the validity of ones scanned images.
The Australian Standard AS4390 calls for a record to be inviolate; section 5.3 Full and accurate records: Records should be full and accurate to the extent necessary to- (viii) Inviolate Records must etc. and that; No information in a record should be deleted, altered or lost once the transaction that it documents has occurred.
How can one possibly meet this AS4390 requirement if one is uncertain that the information scanned into the organisations records and information system is not checked so as to be certain that no data is lost at the point of input at the scanner and a detailed record of the process recorded as required by MS44-1988?
On the day in question was my scanner up to scratch? Was it running on two cylinders instead of the required eight?
Had the settings been altered down to 75 X 75 DPI without my knowledge from my usual 300 X 300 DPI?
Has the lamp been deteriorating over time and is now at a point where the image looks OK on a monitor but looses data when I print it out?
The list of possible variability’s and potential failures goes on ad infinitum.
Laurie Varendorff ARMA
The Author
Laurie Varendorff, ARMA, a former RMAA Western Australia Branch president & national director, has been involved in records management and the micrographic industry for 37 years.
Laurie has his own microfilm equipment sales & support organisation – Digital Microfilm Equipment – DME – and a – records & information management – RIM – consulting & training business – The Varendorff Consultancy – TVC – located near Perth, Western Australia, & has tutored & written course material in recordkeeping & archival storage & preservation for Perth’s Edith Cowan University – ECU. Phone: +618 9286 3705; mobile: +61 417 094 147; email @ Laurie Varendorff
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