VIDAR Systems Corporation is now offering three new scanners - the Surveyor, the Select Pro and the Designer 1600 - represent the latest advances in scan-to-print and scan-to-archive technology for today's GIS/Mapping, CAD engineering, reprographics, in-house production and graphics environments. Each is designed to provide demanding professionals immediate benefits in performance, productivity, and cost containment with new state-of-the-art features to meet the most critical applications.

TruScan Surveyor - the first large format, sheet-fed scanner to deliver flatbed accuracy for GIS and mapping applications. The Surveyor provides the superior image capture accuracy and precision required for the scanning, archiving and copying of the most complex maps, renderings and drawings. With precise resolution up to 800 dpi, the Surveyor is accurate to the point of ±0,05% (±1 pixel) and it has an exclusive 4-wheel drive active roller system that keeps flexible drawings safe and straight during the scanning process. Compatible with today's high-quality printers, the Surveyor's pinpoint precision offers a unique combination of large format scanning and exceptional image quality, speed and accuracy.

TruScan Select Pro - a highly affordable, high-volume black-and-white scanner that delivers speedy, superior quality results for CAD engineering, reprographics or in-house scanning applications. With its advanced imaging tools and remarkable speed, the Select Pro makes it easy to economically take control of important data-intensive documents. And, with the ability to scan E/A0-sized documents in just 7,5 s, the Select Pro is fast enough to work alongside any high-speed printer. This speed, combined with its ability to store and deliver high-accuracy files quickly and easily, makes Select Pro ideal for fast-paced, high-turnaround environments.

TruScan Designer 1600 - VIDAR presents outstanding value in this revolutionary, compact, affordable sheet-fed scanner that delivers high-resolution colour and monochrome output for graphic design, trade show production, in-house graphics, and sign/quick copy/pre-press shops. The labour saving Designer 1600 offers high bit-depth capture and superior resolution (up to 1600 dpi) for display-quality graphics at an affordable price. At the touch of a few buttons, a scan of virtually any photo or artwork can be blown up to display-quality size – with little time spent fine-tuning or reworking images. This means more profit opportunities, with faster reproduction and return on investment.

"These exciting additions to Vidar's already substantial product line provide powerful new tools that increase production performance, efficiency and cost containment - while carrying on the VIDAR tradition of reliability and quality," stated Don Yates, First Graphics' General Manager. "To enhance these new scanning products even further, Vidar offers a range of advanced software - such as CopySystems - a high-volume scan-to-print software option that converts any of these scanners into high-speed copiers when paired with a printer."

First Graphics, a leading supplier of equipment, technology and consumables to the printing industry, is the sole local distributor of Vidar products.

First Graphics

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