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COM Recorders (Digital to Film Converters)

If you are already familiar with digital to film conversion the data sheets immediately below should suffice, but if you need a little help the Output section of our Guide may be of value. More...
 

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Supplier:  Microbox    Model: CADMIC
Output Formats:  Aperture Cards   Film Reduction: To fit frame.
Output Speed: 1 card/min   

Max Resolution:
    
Connector Type(s):
      
Dimensions (mm) & Weight (kg) H 1255   W 1680   D 700      Weight  350:
Description:  500 card hopper. Automatic density control, OCR and Hollerith indexing. Uses silver halide film as CADMIC or dry silver film as CADMIC DRY COM. 3 chamber processing for wet film, thermal processor for dry film.  

Options Include:
Alternative file formats. Facility to operate on-line.
Available from: Microfilm Shop


 
 
More information
 
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Supplier:  Microbox    Model: Polycom MicroPrinter
Output Formats:  35mm roll   Film Reduction: 1, 16 or 64 images per frame.
Output Speed:  

Max Resolution:
 400 dpi 
Connector Type(s):
      
Dimensions (mm) & Weight (kg) H 260   W 350   D 630      Weight  36:
Description:  Film is recorded by a laser. Indexing in OCR characters at start and end of film, also machine-readable barcode under frames with frame number, length of section, reduction and positioning of images. 

Options Include:
TIFF 8-bit greyscale or PostScript level 3 file format input.
Available from: Microfilm Shop


 
 
More information
 
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Supplier:  S M A    Model: Model 51
Output Formats:  16 & 35mm roll   Film Reduction: Variable to record A5 to A2 input
Output Speed: 60 ipm   

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Connector Type(s):
LAN interface      
Dimensions (mm) & Weight (kg) H 1050   W 1200   D 900      Weight  80:
Description:  A1 images can be recorded as 4 frames. Uses normal camera microfilm. 1, 2 or 3 level retrieval blips. Frame numbering. Facility to record file name below each frame. Polarity of images can be reversed. 

Options Include:
 
Available from: Microfilm Shop  


 
 
More information
 
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Supplier:  S M A    Model: Model 105
Output Formats:  Fiche   Film Reduction: 24X (98 frame)
Output Speed:         

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Dimensions (mm) & Weight (kg) H 1200   W 2000   D 900      Weight  180:
Description:  File formats accepted include TIFF, JPEG, PDF, Doc and XLS. Originals can be up to A1 size. Integral film processor does not require plumbing.   

Options Include:
Alternative reduction ratios available.
Available from: Microfilm Shop  


 
 
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Supplier:  Staude    Model: Digi-Fiche
Output Formats:  Fiche   Film Reduction: 24X (98 frame)
Output Speed: 41 ipm   

Resolution:
    
Connector Type(s):
Network compatible      
Dimensions (mm) & Weight (kg) H 1100   W 1320   D 950      Weight  :
Description:  Automatic batch conversion or selective image writing. Integral film processor delivers fully processed fiche. Accepts originals up to A3. Fiche are cut from 60m rolls of 105mm width. Records images and fiche titles with up to three lines of eye legible text, company logo and fiche number.   
Options Include: 16/35mm converter for producing roll output.
Available from: Microfilm Shop  


 
 
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Supplier:  Wicks and Wilson    Model: ACO-2
Output Formats:  Aperture Cards   Film Reduction: 30.66 X 41.28 max image area
Output Speed: 35 cards/hr   
Max Resolution: 400 dpi 
Connector Type(s):
Via PC running Windows 98, NT or 2000.      
Dimensions (mm) & Weight (kg) H 650   W 1280   D 530      Weight  105:
Description:  12 row 80 column Hollerith punching, 60 or 80 position printing for indexing. 250 card capacity hopper. Imaging using laser technology. Accepts digital image data from a CAD system or document management system and plots to fully processed aperture cards. Raster or vector input.  

Options Include:
 
Available from: Wicks and Wilson


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Supplier:  G I D Quantor    Model: Model 6880
Output Formats:  Fiche   Film Reduction: 24X, 42X, 48X, 72X
Output Speed:  

Max Resolution:
 240 dpi
Connector Type(s):
On-line or Off-line      
Dimensions (mm) & Weight (kg) H 1030   W 1680   D 840      Weight  469:
Description:  Accepts alphanumeric and image data and outputs to fully processed cut fiche. Electronic soft forms outline. 4 international soft fonts in 9 sizes. CRT imaging. Direct positive (green) film.  

Options Include:
300 dpi resolution. Stacker. Duplicator. Collator. Packager.
Available from: G I D Quantor

Supplier:  Information Imaging    Model: ArchiveImage Writer
Output Formats:  16 & 35mm Roll   Film Reduction: Variable to record up to A0 input.
Output Speed: 1.2 secs/A4 frame        

Max Resolution:
 150 line pairs/mm   
Connector Type(s):
Network compatible      
Dimensions (mm) & Weight (kg) H 1219   W 914   D 660      Weight  533:
Description:  Extra high definition images - bitonal, greyscale or colour.  Extensive metadata program choices. Electronic indexing of all data recorded on film. Output up to 14,000 frames/day.    

Options Include:
 
Available from: Information Imaging  

Supplier:  Kodak    Model: i9600 Series
Output Formats:  16mm roll   Film Reduction: 24X, 40X
Output Speed: 85 - 170 ipm 

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Dimensions (mm) & Weight (kg) H 1196   W 615   D 810      Weight  159:
Description:  Accepts 2 film cassettes for simultaneous production of two sets of output with no reduction in speed. Text file index can be merged into an enterprise database. 

Options Include:
Model 9610 with output speeds of 85 ipm at 24X and 200 ipm at 40X. Model 9620 with output speeds of 170 ipm at 24X and 400 ipm at 40X.
Available from: Kodak

 

Supplier:  Zeutschel    Model: OP 500
Output Formats:  16 & 35mm roll   Film Reduction: Variable to record up to A0 input. 1 - 64 images per frame
Output Speed: 20 ipm 

Max Resolution: 11520 X 7200 pixels - up to 900 dpi   
Connector Type(s):
Network compatible      
Dimensions (mm) & Weight (kg) H 1500   W 1280   D 780      Weight  190:
Description:  Can record in colour in addition to black and white using standard microfilm. Film density 1.0, resolution more than 120 l/mm. Automatic fade-in of meta data. Up to 3-level blip coding. Automatic page numbering. Variable mask and film step. Automatic film cutting at job end. Automatic processing tools for image and batch conversion.

Options Include:
 
Available from: Best-Tec 

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