High Speed, High Fidelity Scan to Print System

This company's 50-in. Wide Color ScanCENTRAL is a production-oriented, high speed, high fidelity scan to print system for scanning, printing, and copying of large format originals including photographs, color renderings, posters, and artwork.

The system operates in the Lab/CIE color space and uses the ICC device profiles to ensure precise color control. It integrates hardware and software designed for corporations, in-house service bureaus, reprographic service bureaus, and photo labs targeting the print for pay market.

Compatible with PCs and Macs, the system consists of a 50-in. wide, 24 bit RGB color scanner with a high speed scan to print controller that performs all the calculations for color management by matching color for color from scan to print. In addition, the system can be used stand-alone or over the network printing to multiple inkjets individually, in mass, or to user defined groups. Users can scan a 30- × 42-in. color original to most of the popular large format printers in less than 90 seconds.

The system also features:

• User definable templates to store the most often used settings for photographs, maps, or color renderings.
• Filter pipelines for special effects.
• A preview function for quick color-proof.
• Three operating modes including scan to print on the fly, background printing, and print from file.
• Compatibility with all of the leading large format plotters.

In addition, the system can be integrated with the manufacturer's Digital Container, a browser-based web archive management system that allows all drawings and documents to be stored in one location for easy retrieval and online soft proofing.

IDEAL Scanners & Systems, Inc., l1810 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, MD 20852. Tel: 301-468-0123. Fax: 301-230-0813.