To scan fine art requires appropriate lighting.
The lighting used during the scan is produced by white daylight lamps. These are used to create shadows and highlights of the texture of the artwork. For every scan the light is also analyzed and this information is also integrated into the image.
The original artwork is also perfectly aligned with the camera so there is no distortion or rounded edges
The scan can create a digital file containing up to 380 Mega pixels of information. A high quality scan is the essential starting place for producing high quality prints or even for creating gigantic 'blow-ups' !
There are however limitations.
No system can record all colors, although ours does record a wider range of color than traditional systems can. When the image is then displayed on a screen or sent to a printer, these can only reproduce a sub-set of the colors in the image file. But by using a calibrated leading edge 12 ink printer, we are able to print a substantial range of colors and with better likeness to the original. What we cannot (yet) print are metalized inks or fluorescent inks.
Up to 1M by 1M30 originals can be captured in one scan. Larger sizes require 2 or more scans. This is needed to maintain a high resolution image.
