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MacWorld Sweden Edition 8-98
ScanMaker 5 excels!
Microtek ScanMaker 5 has won both the Best Product and the Best Buy Awards. In spite of
being the most expensive scanner at the time, it is so good in comparison to the
competition that it beats them on almost every point. The ScanMaker 5 noiselessly
registers a plethora of information and has a high colour depth.
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| Description |
Target group
The high resolution, multi-format ScanMaker 5 is
designed for graphic designers, publishing and prepress professionals offering
professional quality scans at a fraction of the cost of a drum scan.
Technical
This state-of-the-art scanner is a flatbed scanner with an integrated slide mechanism. To
produce scans of high-end quality the Scanmaker 5 is equipped with some special features.
Starting with an 8000 element CCD, this scanner is capable of both 36 bit input and output
and has a dynamic range approaching 3.5 for capturing every detail in highlight and shadow
areas.
EDIT
Another advanced feature is Microtek's patented Emulsion Direct Imaging Technology (EDIT).
It's a professional system for slide scanning that enables the CCD lens to read directly
from the emulsion side of the film without scanning through glass, thus, eliminating
possible newton-rings and resulting in crisp, razorsharp scans. The ScanMaker 5 sets a new
standard in flatbed-scanning quality.
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| Features |
- EDIT Technology and dual plate design enables the user to place transparent media into
specially designed film holders that snap onto a plate that slides into the scanner. There
are no mirrors in the optic path, allowing the light source to scan directly through the
transparent media for scans of extremely high quality.
- SnapTrans Templates - Five film holders designed to slide into the scanner to accomodate
a variety of film sizes, positives or negatives, colour or black/white. Can even handle
irregular shaped film without distortion.
- Multiple Image (Batch) Scanning - the dual plate design and templates, along with
ScanWizard, the scanner controller software, allows for scanning up to four 2,25" and
two 4"x5" transparencies as well as twelve 35 mm slides and two filmstrips of
six images each.
- DCR Colour Calibration System - Industry standard IT8 Target ensures accurate colour
output that matches the original.
- Intelligent Scanner Controller System - Microtek's ScanWizard magnifies the preview
image in high resolution, and stores and saves gamma curve settings for future
application.
- SilverFast - Professional scan software, that
maximises high end scanners. Convert directly into RGB, CMYK or CIE-Lab colour space and
optimises seperations.
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