PARC BOOKSCANNER

Designed to scan rare and fragile books with minimal impact on the book in a production mode up to 420 pages an hour.

A 4Kx4K 2D CCD enables a scanning resolution of 300 lpi in 8 bit grayscale or 24 bit RGB color. (specifications)

Book handling and support was designed to Library of Congress specifications for handling fragile books.

The platen system is designed to hold the page surfaces at the optimal image plane. The book cradle supports the book so that all the applied pressure is perpendicular to the page surface in such a way that no stress is transfered to the binding

Patent # 6056258