The Digital Dungeon

The Copibook is an overhead scanner from a company in France called i2s. It's sold here in America by iimage Retrieval . Although they have many fine products, I am only reviewing the CopiBook. The machine runs off of an internal computer and can output to a network, to another computer, or to a flash drive. The equipment is easy to use, and easy to train. I can get someone working on it in 5 minutes for simple stuff, and 10 minutes for more complex items. The CopiBook is designed to work with ambient light. It does this by making a “light map” of the whole scanning area. If there is a shadow, it will adjust the brightness of the scan in that area. If there is excessive light in another area, it will lower the brightness in that area. So, you get a very clean flat image. For people who have problems with lighting, you can add light to the machine as needed or move the machine to a better light location (where the light is more consistent etc.) The image quality is wonderful. At 300...

Let’s start with the basics. In order to understand digitization, first you have to have at least a glancing understanding of the basic technology involved. Why? Because the individual parts of a computer can make the difference between a smooth workflow and a choppy one. Trying to do massive amounts of computations by processing hundreds of images at once can be annoying if your RAM is insufficient or if your network can’t handle the load. You can get a great overview by checking out the following articles from howstuffworks.com . Don't forget to check out all the links at the top of the article to see more. How PC's work How Scanners work How Digiatal Cameras work How Servers work How Networks work