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BOOK & BOUND MATERIAL SCANNING

 

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Scan to PDF, TIFF & JPEG

WHAT WE CAN DIGITIZE​​​​

  • Bound Books

  • Yearbooks

  • Notebooks

  • Ledgers

  • Scrapbooks

  • Magazines

  • Rare Documents

  • Fragile Documents 

  • Manuscripts

  • Photographs

  • Newspapers

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Compliant with FADGI, Metamorfoze and ISO 19264

V shape book cradle artwork

Can scan without removing, harming, stressing, or cutting the binding

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Output to a variety of options such as PDF, JPEG, TIFF

Scanning Options

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  • Color depth: 24-bit full color, 36-bit “deep color” TIFFs available for special projects, greyscale or bitonal

  • Resolution: true optical 200-600dpi, downscaling available for lower resolution files

  • Image types: TIFF, JPEG, JPEG2000, PDF (both searchable and image only), GIF, PNG and all other standard image formats

  • OCR file output for compatibility digital collection management software

  • Image compression derivatives for small file size

  • Geometric curvature correction  

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Old books in stack

Bound Books​

 

When it comes to scanning bound books to PDF, TIFF, JPEG and more, Image Retrieval has decades of experience with all kinds of bound material, including tight bindings, rare & fragile and oversized. IIRI is FADGI compliant and meet the guidelines set by the Library of Congress and the National Archives & Records Administration so you are guaranteed to get full scans with faithful reproduction.

  • Resolution up to true optical 600dpi – you won’t get a scaled up image

  • Optional OCR recognition capability to make your documents easier to search

  • Post-processing included so you get high quality output

Rare and Fragile Documents

 

With over 30 years of experience, Image Retrieval is capable of handling rare & fragile documents with even strict requirements, such as books that can only partially open or aging documents that require extra care.

  • LED lighting with no UV or infrared

  • Vacuum table to use gentle suction to hold items flat

  • 200-600dpi true optical resolution

  • UP to 36-bit “deep color” TIFFs

  • Output to most standard formats

  • Trilinear CCD sensor

Fragile pages and documents

To place an order or for more information 

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Photographs​

 

Whether your photographs are in a bound collection or loose, Image Retrieval can faithfully reproduce the color, clarity and detail of your collection with our 36 – bit deep color TIFFs that capture exactly what is on your photograph.

  • Faithful color capturing with up to 36 – bit deep color TIFFs

  • Digitizes photographs up to 24” x 36”

  • We offer high resolution master files and accompanying derivatives

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