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FlexScan 2 in 1 Scanner for Rollfilm and Microfiche

The FlexScan 2 in 1 scanner with NextStar High Performance Workflow Software is designed to offer a complete package for users with rollfilm and microfiche scanning requirements on a limited budget.

Each FlexScan unit comes with your choice of scanning modules, exclusively designed by nextScan.

FlexScan with NextStar can scan rollfilm up to 240 pages per minute or microfiche up to 125 images per minute. FlexScan with NextStar can also scan aperture cards and oversized fiche.  The NextStar High Performance Workflow Software that comes with the FlexScan 2 in 1 scanner incorporates an innovative processing methodology called Ribbon Scanning.  Ribbon Scanning captures all images in raw, uncompressed form using true optical dpi.  With NextStar, speed is measured by the amount of time required to scan an entire roll of film or jacket of fiche.  For a full standard roll of film with office document images, at 200 DPI and 24X, FlexScan with NextStar can process the entire roll in 13 minutes, yielding a true speed of 240 ppm.  NextStar eliminates the need for rescans, maximizing the FlexScan scanner utilization and productivity.

The FlexScan 2 in 1 scanner features a unique, advanced light line illumination system developed exclusively by nextScan called LuminTec.  LuminTec effectively increases overall image resolution, even at very high conversion speeds, without increasing file size.  Environmentally friendly LuminTec uses 1/10 the power of conventional incandescent light systems.

The FlexScan 2 in 1 scanner comes with a specially designed Ribbon Storage Device (RSD) to enable simultaneous capture and output, maximizing scanner throughput and allowing for QA/Audit during or after the scan, even from multiple workstations.

Enjoy all of the features in FlexScan you are accustomed to having in a nextScan product, now with the ability to scan rollfilm, microfiche and aperture cards in one unit, while moving your film conversion projects into the 21st Century with the new NextStar  and LuminTech technologies.

NextStar Software Functionality

FlexScan combined with the new NextStar software introduces an innovative processing methodology called Ribbon Scanning. An entire roll of film or jacket of microfiche is digitized from top-to-bottom and end-to-end in grayscale and stored as a single ribbon file.

Ribbon Scanning solves many of the challenges encountered today in the conversion process from microfilm or microfiche to digital images. NextStar software, with its innovative Ribbon Scanning, was designed to reduce conversion costs while boosting productivity.  NextStar allows the user to verify that all images were properly captured, and identifies any image detection or density problems.  NextStar then allows the operator to correct those issues in a post-scan audit environment.  NextStar eliminates the need for rescans resulting from density or frame detection problems, maximizing scanner utilization and productivity.  With NextStar’s superior image quality, handling any density and filming related issues commonly faced in conversion processes is easy, outputting images that actually match your database.

NextStar enables the user to manage the end-to-end conversion process.  It is modular and expandable.  From basic set-ups where all components run on the FlexScan scanner, to large distributed production systems, the software components communicate between multiple platforms and work is scheduled and shared between many operators.

For applications with the very highest image quality for archival requirements such as the scanning of degraded historical documents or newspapers, NextStar High Definition (HD) is an option.  The HD version of NextStar includes all of the features of the regular NextStar software, plus can provide up to 12 bit uncompressed output images, which enables even higher OCR accuracy for projects where this is a must.

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