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Film Scanners - for Aperture Cards Only
(See Also Film Scanners - Universal)

Aperture Card Scanners
The data sheets in this section only relate to equipment specifically designed for the scanning and digitising of microfilm in aperture cards. Multi-purpose units are also available which can digitise other microformats in addition to aperture cards - they are covered by data sheets in our Film Scanners - Universal section.

Those who are already familiar with aperture card scanning should find the information they require in the following data sheets. Those requiring a little impartial advice may find the section on Input in our Guide helpful.  more..

Products offered by companies sponsoring this site

Supplier: Microbox     Model: Polyscan 400
Input Accepted: Aperture cards      Film Reduction: 7.5X - 37X zoom
Film Transport: Motorised
Output Formats:  CCITT, TIFF    Scan Speed: 3.3 images/min
Max Resolution:  400 dpi    Screen Size: PC monitor
Connector Type(s): USB 2       
Dimensions & Weight: H  650    W  1000     D  750     Weight  45
Description:  500 card hoppers. Single card or batch processing. Hollerith code interpretation. Silver or diazo input. Two output hoppers for good scans and rescans. Scan area is 31.2 X 42 mm. Windows NT computer is integrated.
Options Include:  Auto deskew. Cropping.
Available from: Microfilm Shop 


 
 
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Supplier: Wicks and Wilson     Model: CS 500 Scanstation
Input Accepted: Aperture cards      Film Reduction: 7.5X - 36X zoom
Film Transport: Motorised
Output Formats:  TIFF, CALS    Scan Speed: 8.3 images/min
Max Resolution:  400 dpi    Screen Size: PC monitor
Connector Type(s):        
Dimensions & Weight: H  451    W  882     D  388     Weight  40
Description:  500 card hopper. Image rotation. Hollerith code interpretation. Silver or diazo input. Smartcode image processing software.
Options Include:  Digital microfilm printing facility. OCR naming. Auto deskew and centring. Review and reject output hopper.
Available from: Wicks & Wilson


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Supplier: Wicks and Wilson     Model: CS750 Scanstation
Input Accepted: Aperture cards      Film Reduction: 7.5X - 36X zoom
Film Transport: Motorised
Output Formats:  TIFF, CALS    Scan Speed: 10.3 images/min
Max Resolution:  600 dpi    Screen Size: PC monitor
Connector Type(s):        
Dimensions & Weight: H  451    W  882     D  388     Weight  40
Description:  500 card hopper plus 150 card review and reject hopper enabling doubtful cards to be separately stacked for checking. Image rotation. Hollerith code interpretation. Silver or diazo input. Smartcode image processing software.
Options Include:  Digital microfilm printing facility. OCR naming. Auto deskew and centring. Greyscale output in JPEG, BMP and RAW TIFF file formats
Available from: Wicks and Wilson


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Supplier: Wicks and Wilson     Model: C-400 & C-Drive X
Input Accepted: Aperture cards      Film Reduction: 7.5X - 40X zoom
Film Transport: Motorised
Output Formats:  TIFF, CALS, PNG, PDF, JPEG, BMP    Scan Speed: 6 images/min
Max Resolution:  400    Screen Size: PC monitor
Connector Type(s): USB       
Dimensions & Weight: C-400 =  H  210    W  170     D  460     Weight  5.8
C-drive X = H  200    W  150     D  90     Weight  1.9
Description:  C-400 has 150 card automated batch feed with Hollerith code interpretation facility. C-Drive X is for on demand scanning of single cards. Images can be digitally zoomed and reviewed prior to printing to any network or plotter.
Options Include: 
Available from: Wicks and Wilson


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Products offered by companies not yet sponsoring this site

Supplier: Oce     Model: 3050
Input Accepted: Aperture cards      Film Reduction: 5X - 36X zoom
Film Transport: Motorised
Output Formats:  TIFF, CALS    Scan Speed: 5.5 images/min
Max Resolution:  400 dpi    Screen Size: PC monitor
Connector Type(s):        
Dimensions & Weight: H  415    W  715     D  315     Weight  31
Description:  Outputs to screen, disk or printer. Full Hollerith code support. Auto cleanup. 250 card input and output hoppers.
Options Include:  Oce view station for editing and enhancement.
Available from: Oce (UK)      
 

Supplier: Solar Microfilm Equipment     Model: Aperture Card Scanner
Input Accepted: Aperture cards      Film Reduction: Full frame
Film Transport: Manual
Output Formats:  RAW, JPEG    Scan Speed: 0.5 secs/card
Max Resolution:  12 megapixels    Screen Size: PC monitor
Connector Type(s): USB 2       
Dimensions & Weight: H  330    W  260     D  300     Weight   
Description:  Auto focus. Cold cathode fluorescent lighting. Simple operation via mouse click.
Options Include: 
Available from: Solar Microfilm Equipment

 
Supplier: SunRise     Model: SpeedScan APC
Input Accepted: Aperture Cards      Film Reduction: 7X - 72X zoom
Film Transport: Motorised
Output Formats:  TIFF, JPEG, PDF, LZW    Scan Speed: 600 cards/hr
Max Resolution:  600    Screen Size: PC monitor inc.
Connector Type(s): USB 2       
Dimensions & Weight: H  688    W  368     D  673     Weight  43.5
Description:  Integrated computer runs Windows XP. Bitonal and up to 12-bit greyscale. Skips blank roll frames. Simultaneous bitonal and greyscale scanning. (Dimensions relate to base unit only).
Options Include:  Hollerith code reader
Available from: Sunrise Imaging (EMEA) 
 
Supplier: SunRise     Model: TurboScan APC
Input Accepted: Aperture Cards      Film Reduction: 7X - 72X zoom
Film Transport: Motorised
Output Formats:  TIFF, JPEG, PDF, LZW    Scan Speed: 700 cards/hr
Max Resolution:  600    Screen Size: PC monitor inc.
Connector Type(s): USB 2       
Dimensions & Weight: H  688    W  368     D  673     Weight  43.5
Description:  Integrated computer runs Windows XP. Bitonal and up to 12-bit greyscale. Skips blank roll frames. Simultaneous bitonal and greyscale scanning. (Dimensions relate to base unit only).
Options Include:  Hollerith code reader
Available from: Sunrise Imaging (EMEA) 
 

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