Colortrac Flatbed 24120 Specifications download pdf (Page 9)

Colortrac 24120 Product Sales Guide 7

3.5 Target Market

The main market opportunity identified for this product is Fine Art Reproduction. This usually

means originators or businesses involved in the reproduction of high value art in its various

forms. Quantities are usually small and output is onto special media using inkjet printers with

specialist inks. To produce a print of a painting in small quantities first involves scanning to turn

the artwork into a digital form and then passing this to a high-quality inkjet printer. The

requirement to reproduce artwork to a high quality but in small quantity is a great opportunity for

the flatbed. Maximum optical resolution from the 24120 is 600 d.p.i. This is high enough to

provide sufficient quality for any large-format inkjet printing device on the market today. Most

experts agree that to produce a good quality copy the inkjet printing resolution should be at least

three times the resolution used in the scan.

‘Ken Wyatt uses a Colortrac flatbed scanner in his art gallery and reproduction business in

Texas, USA. Output from the original is passed to a large Hewlett-Packard inkjet printer.

Results are 100% what his buying public demand and he is extremely happy with the

performance of the scanner for this purpose.’

The Geographical Information System (GIS) market is an area where high scanner resolution

and the ability to accept strange shaped originals is of definite interest. Documents that are

larger than A2 and mounted on materials unsuitable for a sheet-feed scanner can be

accommodated easily with the flatbed. This is because the 24120 has an unobstructed scanning

area without hinges, brackets, raised edges or sides. Very large originals will need to be

carefully supported but the Image Join software enhancement in Scanworks can be used to

bring multiple partial tiles of information back together to rebuild the final image.

“Using this technique the scanning possibilities we believe are very significant” ~ Peter

de Winter-Brown, ACTion Imaging Solutions, Cambridge, UK.

Graphic showing how a large board

can be scanned on the Flatbed 24120

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Colortrac Flatbed 24120 Specifications Page 9