Message-Id: <200110252303.f9PN3dL17440@sitelicense.arizona.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 00:01:49 +0100 From: Norbert Lossau <mailto:nl@UNIVERSITY-LIBRARIES.OXFORD.AC.UK> Subject: Re: i2S To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
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One week ago I had the french manager of I2S in my office, together
with a british distributor. They are very keen to get a piece of the
rather tight "bookscanner" market in the libraries/archives world. We
in Oxford are in particularly interested in the new B/W 10000 (10000
CCD) Bookscanner which offers us the 600 dpi resolution (and more) we
require for our digital master files (we recently ordered a Zeutschel
Omniscan 7000). I2S hopes to launch the colour version of the scanner
as well early next year.
I2S started their business from the software site and they seem to be
quite competent in this area. They are very proud on the bookcurvature
feature - we will see. There were other manufacturers in the past who
advertised this feature - unfortunately without real success. I
received a copy of their "Bookrestorer" software and we will test it in
the near future.
Promising (from the preservation point of view) is their technique to
move the camera head and the light (mounted on the column) over the
surface of the book (object). This minimises significantly the lux
intensity for the book because the light affects only a small portion
of the book surface. You don't need a glass plate to hold the page down
- so you have no pressure on the book spine/binding.
The price for the B/W 10000 camera (incl. column) here in Europe
should be about 40.000 Euro but I guess there may be some flexibility.
However: we might get one B/W 10000 camera for testing into our
reprographic studio (in November) - I keep you informed about our test
results.
Norbert
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 13:39:33 -0700 Hannah Frost <mailto:hfrost@STANFORD.EDU>
wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge of i2S, a French digital
> camera and software manufacturer? Any comments on their products, customer
> service, technical support, reputation, etc. are welcome and appreciated.
>
> Hannah
>
>
> Hannah Frost
> Media Preservation
> Stanford University Libraries
>
> Wilbur Mods A25A
> Stanford, CA 94305-6004
> tel (650) 724-4047
> fax (650) 725-0547
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