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nextScan has successfully completed our latest version of 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. This unique feature allows the user to verify that all images were captured, and NextStar identifies any image detection and density problems automatically. With NextStar software, there is no processing during the scan phase, allowing the scanner to run at full rated speed – there is no sacrifice of capture capability. Scanned images are sent to different workstations for review, and can be shared among multiple operators, even remotely. NextStar delivers unmatched image quality, and outputs images that actually match your database. NexStar supports multiple film and fiche formats for scanning, from 16 and 35mm microfilm, to jacketed or COM microfiche, just to mention some. NextStar has digital image output capabilities in multiple formats as well, to include TIFF, PDF and JPG among others. NextStar allows the user to manage the end-to-end conversion process. Set up and scanning are easy, little operator training is required and it is modular and expandable to operate within multiple environments. The latest version of NextStar will be available soon, and further enables:
In addition to the new version of NextStar, nextScan is looking forward to some very exciting new developments to further meet market demand, and we encourage you to visit our booths at upcoming shows in your area for new product demonstrations and information about future product and corporate developments. We also invite you to visit our website, for more 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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UPGRADE YOUR SOFTWARE TODAY!As a special offer to users of nextScan’s Eclipse scanners running Fusion processing software, we would like to offer you special pricing on an upgrade to the latest version of NextStar software, for enhanced film processing capabilities. Take your film scanning projects to the next level with NextStar’s revolutionary Ribbon Scanning capabilities. The opportunity is available for a limited time only, so please contact your sales representative today sales@nextscan.com.
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Feature Case StudynextScan 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.
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.
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In today's competitive marketplace, being good isn't enough. You have to be better. Better business demands better records and information management. The heat is on as organizations are bombarded with new and changing regulations, escalating litigation costs associated with e-discovery, threats to their data's security and clients' privacy, and the challenge of training employees enterprise-wide. These are the realities of information management. Are you ready to take your organization to the next level? Find out what it takes at ARMA International's 2008 Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, Oct 20-23. Join your colleagues from around the world in finding new and better ways to manage your organization's information. Click here for more information
AIIM's Document Management Service Providers Executive Forum provides owners and senior managers in document imaging/ conversion/ preservation services with highly educational and vendor-neutral instruction. As an ideal peer-to-peer networking event, the Forum fosters mindshare to compare past experiences and ideas for future business development. Click here for more information
Begun in 1972, MARAC is a volunteer, regional consortium of archivists who live and work in the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia, and in the District of Columbia. Join nextScan for this gathering of some 300 archvists from these states. Click here for more information
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