The Digital Dungeon

Someone asked me to provide some feedback about some equipment I had used. After I sent him a reply, he suggested I put this information on the blog. So, I’ll put this out there. This review is for the I2I CopiBook from Iimage Retrieval. Performance The Scanner performs wonderfully. It has an artificial limit of 300 DPI, but can go up to 380 DPI (once the software is upgraded). The color is very accurate. We’ve been happy using the CopiBook for books, and for maps. I know people that are using it for newspapers as well and I would not hesitate to use it for newspapers as well. Marketing I actually bought the machine based on a recommendation from someone else, so I never saw the machine marketed. The machine is well made, and works wonderfully with ambient light as long as there is no overhead lights. It works off of ambient light better than some lighted machines. I know that Iimage Retrieval is selling some extra lights to buy with the equipment if a suitable location can’t

Ultrafiche is an amazingly dense version of microfiche. The images are so small that they might be the size of some small fonts (8-10 size font is probably close). We had an ultrafiche project proposed, and soon realized that none of our equipment could do it. Because the images are so small, you need something that can scan at a much greater DPI, or zoom in closer than most equipment will do. However, it’s not impossible. There are two pieces of equipment that claim they can do Ultrafiche. I haven’t seen them work in person, but I might be looking into it in the future. Here’s the links to the two machines for further reading: ScanPro 2000 ($8000) ST2000 ($95,000)