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HP DesignJet 815mfp provides options in scan to print for
wide format scanners and printers in GIS and CAD
Scan-to-wide-format-printer systems are popping up everywhere.
Scanner manufacturers have not realized how much interest
exists for such a system so innovative companies such as
Vivid Image Technologies and Vidar took the lead several
years ago. As soon as the market was large enough, Hewlett-Packard
and Contex moved in. HP partnered with Contex to develop
the HP Designjet copier cc800ps.
The HP Designjet copier cc800ps was shown at tradeshows
in early 2002. I had previously inspected several scan-to-print
solutions at the Seybold '99 trade show and found the Vivid
Image setup the best. By 2001 Vidar had teamed with ColorSpan
and others for professional solutions. Then a few months
later Contex bought Vidar. Now HP and Contex continue.
Scan-to-print means you put any paper, print, or whatever
onto a scanner and reproduce it immediately on a printer.
No computer, no Adobe Photoshop, no experience required.
Vivid Image Technology was an early leader in scan-to-print
systems. They provided drivers for scanners from Agfa, Canon,
Epson, HP, Microtek, and Umax, as well as large-format scanners
such as Colortrac, Contex, and Vidar. Colortrac, ANAtech,
and Tangent merged with each other to form ACTion Imaging
Solutions. Eventually Vivid Image Technology moved into other
technologies, not as much related to wide format printers.
Thus we looked around at tradeshows to find alternative
solutions. We noticed the HP DesignJet copier cc800ps.
HP DesignJet 815mfp replaces HP DesignJet copier cc800ps
The newer hp designjet 815mfp is a sophisticated turnkey
solution if you want ease of use. This consists of an HP
800ps printer and a wide format scanner with its own monitor
and CD burner. Very handy for making digital copies of old
plans, old drawings, GIS aerial photographs, electrical and
technical drawings. This is the kind of multi-purpose machine
which would be ideal for a service provider or in-plant facility
at any large corporation, including large universities.
If you wish details, for more information on the Hewlett-Packard
scan to print solution, contact Jonathan Knecht, colorguru@ColorDNA.com or tel 888 BIG-COLR.
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All reports by Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth |
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updated September 2, 2003; previously updated August
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