Wide Format Scanning

Wide Format scanning is the process of scanning documents that are larger than A3 size such as site plans, drawings, maps, diagrams and blue-prints then converting them into digital format such as TIFF, PDF or JPEG.

The main advantage of plan scanning or drawing scanning is to preserve ageing of single copy drawings in a secure electronic format from which they can then be easily accessed very quickly.

Drawings of various types and sizes can be scanned from a maximum of 1.3m wide and unlimited length. Scanned drawings can also be used as a template to convert documents to CAD or GIS formats.

Desktop Imaging offers a wide range of paper scanning services, which include:

• Bi-tonal (black and white) scanning of all sizes up to A0+
• Greyscale scanning of all sizes up to A0+
• Colour scanning of all sizes up to A0+
• High resolution scanning up to 4000dpi.
• Scanning of fragile or bound material up to size A0
• Output to any chosen digital format i.e. PDF, TIFF, JPEG
• Range of delivery options including CD, DVD, USB Stick, External Hard Drive, or FTP Server

Types of drawings and plans which are often scanned and archived include:

Engineering drawings Housing plans Local area maps Building/Construction drawings Technical product drawings Electrical circuit drawings Survey maps Well evaluation logs Seismic sections

Benefits to digitisation include:

• Faster retrieval of information
• Multiple points of access
• Improved response time to customer enquiries
• Minimize security risk around paper records
• Prevent loss of data with IT support via backup
• Save on unproductive storage within valuable commercial office space
• Location of misfiled records

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