We have access to the largest scanning facility of its kind in Europe. This Very Large Format equipment is capable of digitising items ranging in size from A0 (119cm x 84 cm) up to approximately 2.5 x A0 (280cm x 180cm).
WHAT IS OUR VERY LARGE FORMAT EQUIPMENT USED FOR?
This equipment is capable of digitising all manner of materials from paper to board, from canvas to textiles.
This equipment can be used to digitise:
- large maps
- large paintings
- large posters
- large drawings
- murals
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- oversized plans
- large banners
- long wallpapers
- large flags & textiles
- large tithe maps
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CONCERNED ABOUT TRANSPORTING YOUR ITEMS?
We are happy to come to your premises with our own staff and vehicles to personally collect and return your items.
Whilst your large format items are in our possession they will be stored within rooms that both meet the National Archives Standard for Record Repositories (2004) and also BS5454 (2000).
FILE FORMATS & ACCESSING THE IMAGES
We will generally produce image files at 300dpi in tiff and jpeg formats, although we can produce other file formats such as pdf, bmp etc. Images can be produced in full colour or greyscale and we can enhance or graphically restore them too.
We can supply our software to view and add meta-data to the images. This software is web based which means you can access it from anywhere that has an internet connection. Find out more about our ARCVIEW SYSTEM.
If you are interested in displaying your images online for the public to view then we can build websites or web pages (that sit within your existing website) that incorporate search engines and payment gateways so that the public can find and then pay for your images to be downloaded. Find out more about our WEB & SOFTWARE SERVICES.
FLAT-BED EQUIPMENT
We never use roll-feed equipment. All of our equipment is flat-bed. Why?...
The historical items that we handle are often fragile and deteriorating. Using flat-bed equipment ensures that no physical contact is made with the original which eliminates the risk of further damage.
Flat-bed equipment also ensures that we can digitise almost any kind of material including paper, board, tiles, wood, textile, canvas, bound books etc.
WOULD YOU LIKE FURTHER INFORMATION?
If you would like to learn more about our services then please feel free to contact us by phone (0870 7558506) or email.
You can also request a FREE QUOTATION.
These items tend to have varying and unusual qualities:
- Old Items of Significant Importance
- Rare or Irreplaceable Items
- Fragile or Deteriorating Items
- Very Small, Large or even Very Large Items
- Items made from Unusual Material
- Items that are not very Accessible
These items might range from old bound magazines, newspapers, manuscripts and books to paintings, plans, maps and drawings. They might also include items that have already been archived or preserved but are not very acessible such as microfiche, microfilm, slides, glass negatives, cine film or vhs video tapes.
CONCERNED ABOUT TRANSPORTING YOUR ITEMS?
No problem. We are happy to come to your premises with our staff and equipment to perform the digitisation on site. Find out more about on site and off site digitisation.
We are also happy to come to your premises with our own staff and vehicles to personally collect and return your items.
EQUIPMENT
We only use FLAT BED equipment which means that no contact is made with the original item and we only use high frequency, diffused and non heat producing lighting - thus eliminating any risk of damage to the precious originals.
OPERATORS
Our digitisation team are specifically trained in the handling of historial items and will use cradles, book rests and a 'white gloves' approach whenever required.
ONE-OFF ITEMS, FULL PROJECTS & CONSULTANCY
We are happy to digitise any number of items from one-off objects to full large scale projects. We also provide a project management and consultancy service to help with the compilation of a digitisation strategy or to simply manage an internal or external digitisation project. We can help and advise on the purchase of specialist digitisation equipment too.
PROJECT INFORMATION
If you would like to discuss any specific digitisation projects then please feel free to contact us by phone (0870 7558506) or email.
You can also request a FREE QUOTATION.
