Specifications

Colortrac 24120 Product Sales Guide 2
2 Product Introduction & Overview
2.1 Product Introduction
The Colortrac 24120 Flatbed Scanner builds on the highly successful technology used in the
Series 4 ‘sheet-feed’ scanners. The 24120 scanner is aimed at the Fine Art Reproduction,
Image Capture and Archive markets where there is a need for a scanner which does not ‘pinch’
the original in order to scan it. A clear advantage of the flatbed concept is that the original
doesn’t need to be rectangular or more importantly of uniform thickness. The document doesn’t
have to meet the requirements of the scanner transport system because unlike a sheet feed,
originals do not need to move. The optics inside the 24120 scanner move instead.
This immediately removes the risk and the nagging question which many a scanning operative
ask themself when attempting to use a sheet-feed scanner for specialist work. “ Will my original
be damaged by the scanning process ?” Sheet-feed scanners are used everyday to digitise
paper drawings and convert them into a digital form which can be accessed across computer
networks, allow them to be stored and retrieved and permit them to be reproduced on paper or
viewed on a screen. These documents may not be especially valuable in themselves but their
value is often enhanced once they become ‘digital’.
Many fragile and valuable documents cannot be scanned using sheet-feed scanner technology
in case they are damaged. Other items are not scanned or copied because it is physically
impossible to get them into a sheet-feed scanner. These are the areas of opportunity for the
Colortrac 24120.
Example of an architectural paper drawing
before scanning. Discoloured and cumbersome
drawings like these take up a lot of storage
room. To distribute or copy these can be very
time consuming
Example of part of the same drawing as a digital
black and white file ready for archiving or CAD
conversion. The electronic form is small (less
than 500kb) and can be emailed or printed with
ease