Business Case Studies
To learn more about how other companies and customers have implemented Contex wide format scanners and software in their business, please read on. The stories here span across a wide selection of client business focuses and industries. Enjoy reading!
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ABC Imaging, German-American Museum
"High-quality reproductions of delicate, historical documents was essential"
When the German-American Heritage Foundation (GAHF) planned to open an interactive museum to promote appreciation of the contributions of German-Americans in the United States, ABC Imaging’s Grand Format division bid on and won the monumental project.
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Viz-It LLC
"Reproduction of Precise Textile Details in High Quality Images"
North Carolina-based Viz-it LLC delivers precise digital representation of interior design textiles for leading furniture manufacturers. These images allow prospective customers to zoom in to view the color, design, and texture of each textile with accuracy when researching major furniture purchases.
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I.D.E.A. engineering consulting firm, India
"Speeds up processes and improves customer service"
The engineering consulting company I.D.E.A. uses a Contex wide-format scanner to help improve the efficiency of their business. By saving time and money on outsourced scanning jobs they are able to provide better service for their clients and increase their competitive advantage read store.
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ELTRA, Russia
"Substantial time savings with electronic archival"
The company ELTRA scans drawings in seconds with Contex SD4410 for the huge Russian automotive industry. “We have given designers and engineers remote access to the archive and reduced their time searching for drawings significantly.”
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US National Park Service (USNPS)
"Scanner reveals previously invisible details on historic map"
Five minutes of scanning helped locate historical land demarcations that might otherwise have taken months to discover. “The scan is incredible. We can actually see the grain in the linen and the weave of the fabric. But when we saw the monuments, we weren’t 100% convinced. These had never been spotted before. So we went to check the area – and there they were.”
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Brandywine CAD Design Inc. (B-CAD)
“No more hassels for B-CAD with Contex's HD4250 large format scanner solution”
After testing and comparing every available large format scanning solution on the market, B-CAD found that Contex HD4250 performed the most efficiently – and gave the best, most consistent scanning results. This 42” large format scanner combines exceptional 600 dpi image quality and rapid scanning. Built for high-speed monochrome and color archival and reprographics, this machine was just right...
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Universal Studios, Orlando Florida, USA
“Contex advanced digital technology helps restore movie set to former glory”
Universal’s objective was to make the set to look as much like the original buildings – without rebuilding the façade. This meant recreating original artwork, transferring the images to digital format, and printing with weatherresistant, matte-finished synthetics and UV-resistant inks and emulsions. It had never been done before...
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Mikro-Tegn A/S
“HD5450 scanners prove great investment for scanning company”
Mikro-Tegn won a large government contract to scan and digitize more than 40,000 old maps – maps which are drawn and printed on old canvases. The maps are often very delicate and fragile, necessitating great care in handling and processing. The client only wants the highest resolutions, which means large 1 GB files and makes scanner speed a prime issue..
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Wichita Falls, Texas Oil Library
“Contex scanning solution brings the Texas Oil Library into the future”
“We were blown away by the Contex scanner,” Philips says, “especially when we gave Contex an antique map that was so old the background had turned yellow and the print, which had turned brown, was mostly unreadable. The quality of the scanned image was so good that we could read the date on the map – 1932 – which we’d never been able to read on the original. The Contex HD4230 scanner made the image clearer by removing distortion and yellowing, and bringing the
print forward. Again, we were just blown away.”...
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“Contex Helps Celina Historical Society Preserve a Century of News”
The Celina Area Heritage Association wanted to preserve old and fragile newspapers so that people researching the town’s history or creating family trees could find the information they needed without damaging the fragile newspapers....
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Simcoe County Archives, Ontario, Canada
Contex COPYmate® 18-inch Scanner Helps Ontario County Archive Preserve Valuable Historical Records
Simcoe County Archives is a county archive that collects, preserves, and provides access to historical records documenting 200 years of local history. The challenge for them is converting collections of large, fragile, one-of-a-kind original documents to digital format to create an accessible electronic archive.
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