What would we actually scan on it? When we've discussed digitisation equipment before, I think it has usually been in relation to one of those scanners for books. Are there many flat works larger than A3 that we are likely to want to digitise?
This may be of interest.
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From: Emma Cavalier <ecavalier@npg.org.uk>
Date: 4 September 2012 15:09
Subject: Context A2 scanner for sale
To: MCG@jiscmail.ac.uk
The National Portrait Gallery have recently installed a brand new
photographic studio and no longer have use for their Contex CopyMate18 A2
scanner.
Rather than send the still working scanner for disposal we'd like to invite
offers from institutions who might be able to make use of it. Recommended
use would be digitising newspapers or other large documents. Monochrome
photographs required quite a bit of post-scanning processing in Photoshop
although full colour photographs were quite successful. The scanner did not
replace our A4 or A3 scanning equipment but was purchased to allow us to
digitise works larger than A3.
We are offering the CopyMate 18 scanner, usb & power cables, calibration
chart, all the scanner software (original cds and more recent downloads),
third party software and dongle from Colorado (this give us more accurate
colour output than the Contex software), plus electronic copies of
instruction manuals from Contex and basic installation, common errors and
maintenance instructions written in-house). The software is Windows only and
requires a PC with at least 3GB of RAM. The scanner was purchased in 2006
and used approximately once a week. It was last serviced, including new
lamps in April 2009 and has not been used for the last 4 months.
It measures approximately 130 x 65 x 20 cm and at least two people will be
needed to move it. It will need to be collected from the National Portrait
Gallery's administration building in Central London by the end of September.
The scanner will be sold as seen, no guarantee is given or implied. It will
be possible to view the scanner in action at the Gallery at the time of
collection. The contact details of the maintenance company we used for
servicing can be provided and we recommend that the scanner is serviced
after installing it in its final location.
Please email Emma Cavalier if you are interested.
Best regards
Emma Cavalier
Digitisation Manager, National Portrait Gallery
ecavalier@npg.org.uk
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