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nextScan is appreciative of your support for our innovative microfilm and microfiche conversion approach for the 21st century. As a result of this support, nextScan’s presence and customer base has been growing in the European marketplace at a steady rate. To further this growth and equip nextScan customers with only the best in film and fiche conversion technology, we would like to introduce to you NextStar, a revolutionary approach to film and fiche scanning that reduces conversion costs by optimizing equipment utilization and operator productivity. With NextStar’s unique “Ribbon Scanning” approach, the software digitizes an entire roll of film or jacket of fiche from top-to-bottom and end-to-end in grayscale, and stores it as a single file, solving most of the problems encountered from density and filming related issues while eliminating the need for costly and time consuming rescans. To understand further how NextStar can benefit your conversion efforts, please view a detailed description of NextStar’s functionality below. nextScan is looking forward to some very exciting new developments to further meet European market demand, and we encourage you to visit our stand at the upcoming DMS show in Germany for more information about future technology and corporate developments. We also invite you to visit our website, featuring enhanced ease-of-use and functionality for those seeking information about nextScan products, successful case studies that illustrate the Ribbon Scanning and its potential, services, promotions, news and upcoming events.
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Feature TechnologyNextStar with “Ribbon Scanning” This revolutionary approach to film and fiche scanning reduces conversion costs by optimizing equipment utilization and operator productivity. “Ribbon Scanning” digitizes an entire roll of film or jacket of fiche from top-to-bottom and end-to-end in grayscale, and stores it as a single file called the Ribbon File. Ribbon Scanning has been incorporated into the latest film and fiche processing software called NextStar. NextStar features, combined with the Ribbon Scanning approach, solve most of the problems resulting from density and filming related issues. It eliminates the need for rescans. NextStar is modular and expandable, and the software components communicate between multiple platforms, allowing work to be scheduled and shared between many operators. NextStar allows the user to verify that all images were properly captured and identifies any image detection or density problems, then it allows the operator to correct those issues in a post-scan audit. All image data is captured initially in grayscale, then any images that need attention are highlighted. Any special image enhancements can be performed at the audit station, enabling optimum scan time and speed, optimum quality of output, and accuracy of the overall process. NextStar eliminates the need for rescans, delivers unmatched image quality, and outputs images that actually match your database. NextStar enables the user to manage end-to-end film conversion processes, and it is modular and expandable. From basic configurations, to large distributed production systems, the software components communicate between multiple platforms so that work can be scheduled and shared between many operators, even operators located remotely. To read more about NextStar with “Ribbon Scanning”, click
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A nextScan Success Story…nextScan Helps Preserve and Disseminate Canadian History The Library and Archives Canada (LAC) collects and preserves Canada's documentary heritage, and makes it accessible to all Canadians either online or at the Archives headquarters. This heritage includes publications, archival records, sound and audio-visual materials, photographs, artworks, and electronic documents such as websites. As part of its mandate, LAC works closely with other archives and libraries to acquire and share these materials as widely as possible. The Library and Archives Canada’s mission is to:
LAC provides services to members of the public who wish to consult documents of its collection or order photocopies and reproductions.
The Challenge LAC is committed to making available online as much of its collection as possible to the public. Any individual can search LAC’s website database to find references to a large number of its documents. A good portion of the LAC documents are archived on microfilm, with many of those film images being census records. Unfortunately, although microfilm is the ideal medium for preservation and archival, it is not easy to disseminate this information contained on the microfilm upon request, furthering LAC’s mission of making as much Canadian historical information available to the public online. To do this, the documents and historical images on microfilm must be scanned with special equipment that will convert the microfilmed image to a digital format such as PDF, TIFF or JPEG - a format generally used online to view documents.
The Solution With millions and millions of documents preserved on film in variable
conditions, possibly in need of multiple types of image enhancement
treatments, LAC needed to find a way to convert these images quickly,
accurately and efficiently. With the careful guidance and expert
knowledge of Ristech Company, a leading distributor of document management
and micrographics solutions for the Canadian and US Markets, LAC evaluated
and then purchased three high production Eclipse 300 microfilm scanners,
made by nextScan. To View a PDF Version, click here |
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With its focus on electronic information, document and storage management, as well as on technical documentation, DMS EXPO is the world’s only trade fair of its kind. In 2007, the Cologne event was more successful than ever before in its twelve-year history. More than 20,200 highly qualified visitors and 385 exhibitors demonstrated that DMS has a great concept.
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