Image Access WideTEK® 36ART fine art scanner: Perfecting the Art of Art Scanning

The WideTEK® 36ART-600 enables contact-free scanning of works of art like oil and acrylic paintings, watercolours, charcoal and pastel drawings, mixed media collages and antique works of art, with or without frames, gently and in high resolution.

With its patent-pending laser focusing, the WideTEK 36ART captures all surface textures, from the finest stroke of the brush to gouache painting techniques. Originals are scanned with up to 600 x 600 dpi optical resolution and ICC profiles can be easily used with the scanner to guarantee truly correct colors in the scanned image.

Objects being scanned are driven fully automatically under the CCD scan lines, without the surface of the objects coming into contact with the scanner. Due to this scanning technique, the WideTEK® 36ART digitises surfaces up to 100 mm high, whereby the scan objects can be up to 200 mm in total. A framed work of art can be scanned directly without taking it out of the frame first. A painting can be scanned even if it is still wet, as long as it is framed or the sides are dry enough to place the artwork on the scanning bed. Cool UV and IR-free LED illumination also protects valuable art from colour distortion or damage due to excessive exposure to light. Optionally, a scan table extension of 700 mm is possible which allows originals up to a length of 2224 mm (87.6 inches) to be scanned. A special laser focus helps the user to set the optimal position of the scan head.

In cooperation with large format printers from HP, Canon and EPSON, the WideTEK® 36ART-600 fine art scanner brings the basis for professional art reproduction. Native printer drivers installed on the scanner make colour accuracy on the resulting image even higher.

The WideTEK® 36ART-600 was designed for archiving and reproduction of works of art. Museums can digitise their own collection for sale as a print or for publication on the internet or in catalogues. Reprography specialists can offer fine art digitisation as a service, which has already proven to be a lucrative market.

Image Access WideTEK® 36ART Further highlights

• Output formats: PDF, PDF/A, JPEG, TIFF, PNM, multipage PDF and TIFF, DICOM and many more
• Authenticity of colours
• UV and IR-free LED lighting
• Geometrical accuracy
• Large colour space: supports sRGB, Adobe RGB, native
• ICC colour profile
• Scan2USB – Walk up scanning to a USB device
• Scan2Network – Output to network resources, SMB, FTP
• Virus resistant Linux – OS
• Remote maintenance and analysis
• Firmware updates via web interface

Image Access WideTEK® 36ART Markets

• Scanning artwork of all types and textures
• For museums, art dealers, auction houses, archives and libraries
• Scanning and texture recognition of surfaces for the industrial sector