The Wicks & Wilson CS-500 aperture card scanner offers high productivity and excellent image quality. This scanner is suitable for highly dependable scanning of microfilm document collections, preserving microfilm quality.
Image quality
The Wicks & Wilson CS-500 can scan at an image quality of 100 to 400 dpi. Wicks & Wilson SmartScan technology allows you to obtain high-quality scanned images, suitable for direct processing on a plotter. It features two image processing levels: the "basic" level offers good results for any user via simplified settings and automatic image enhancement. The "advanced" level enables experienced users to optimise image quality with precise, detailed settings. The bundled ScanCard software offers image processing features such as rotation, repositioning, cropping and deskew in B&W mode. High-quality images are obtained, suitable for processing on a plotter. The Wicks & Wilson CS-500 features a reduction ratio of 7.5 to 36x (variable).
Features
Scanners connected to a wide-format plotter offer users a "Scan To Print" package with a number of applications:
- A0 output aperture card reader-printer function,
- aperture card scanning for EDM system integration,
- printing of existing CAD files.
The Wicks & Wilson CS-500 offers the following output formats: TIFF and CALS.
Performance
The Wicks & Wilson CS-500 is suitable for B&W scanning at a speed of 500 aperture cards per hour at 200 dpi and 350 aperture cards per hour at 400 dpi. Its feeder has a capacity of 500 cards.
The "Hollerith" punch reading feature automatically configures the document format to be reproduced on the plotter. The simplified control software allows you to use the scanner-plotter assembly as a self-service reader-printer. The Wicks & Wilson CS-500 features optional "review" and "reject" output hoppers.