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Subject:        Re: Scanner & Printer for Map Collections/GIS Services
Date:   Mon, 14 May 2007 14:56:25 -0400
From:   John Olson <[log in to unmask]>
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We have an HP 1055cm plotter in our lab and it's been a good steady
reliable workhorse for 6 years too. We've only had to replace pint heads
and ink. For scanners. We have 2 Epson GT-1000 11x17 scanners. Epson has
an upgraded scanner from these now 1000xl. But these scanners are
extremely popular with our students because you can lift the lid
completely off and place larger format materials (maps) if you need to
only scan a section that's in the center of the sheet. These scanners
also can scan up to 4800 dpi and interpolate up to 9600dpi.

Hope this helps.
john

John A. Olson
Librarian
Maps/GIS/Human Geography
358 Bird Library
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13244
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Subject:        RE: Scanner & Printer for Map Collections/GIS Services
Date:   Mon, 14 May 2007 11:54:46 -0400
From:   Joe Aufmuth <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Salim,

We recently had to purchase a new printer/plotter because the old one
finally gave out.  Our first purchase was an HP 1050C, that lasted 6
years with no major maintenance accept changing print heads.  Our new
design jet is the 5500 model, 42 inches size for about the same price as
the old 1050c.  Hopefully this lasts as long.  If you are looking at an
11x17 scanner, I might suggest the microtec models, 1000 series or the
9000 series.  Great image fidelity and production work.

Joe

Joe Aufmuth
Head Spatial Information Services Unit
Assistant Chair Documents Department
GIS coordinator
George A. Smathers Libraries
Government Documents
University of Florida
P.O. Box 117001
Gainesville, Florida 32611-7001
352-273-0367
Fax: 352-392-3357
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Scanner & Printer for Map Collections/GIS Services
Date:   Fri, 11 May 2007 13:52:57 -1000
From:   G. Salim Mohammed <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Everyone-

We are considering purchasing a large format scanner/printer.  I looked
through maps-l archives for the
last 3 years and found one helpful post by Joe Aufmuth, its focus was a
reply to scanner specifications that might work for Map Collections, and
he recommended Contex and Colortrac as two major possibilities.

 From what I see from other map collections, it sounds like you need to
purchase a scanner and a printer separately.  If anybody has purchased a
scanner and printer recently or has done some research on this, I would
appreciate it.  We are looking for equipment that will help us both scan
as well as print.  Please post to the list.

Thanks very much, Salim

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G. Salim Mohammed, Maps/GIS Librarian
University of Hawai'i at Manoa Library
2550 McCarthy Mall, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

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