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Types of Scanners

The Flatbed Scanner

Scans from original artwork or photograph. Some recent equipment may come with a transparency adapter which allows for scanning slides or negatives up to 5 x 4 inches.
   
       

Film Scanner

For scanning from film or transparencies only.
Multi-format transparency scanners allow you to scan everything from 35mm slides all the way up to 4" x 5". transparencies. These scanners use CCD (charge-coupled device) technology.
       
       

Professional

A flatbed scanner that will scan up to A3 in size from original artwork. Able to scan transparencies and capable of high resolutions.
       
       

Drum Scanner

Capable of extremely high quality results, highly skilled operation. Not suitable for some original artwork as this may be damaged.
       
       

Digital Camera

The image is captured into a digital file and there is no intermediate processing stage in-between. The image can be downloaded straight onto the computer.

       
 

Scanback

All the advantages of a digital camera, but this is professional quality digital capture. It is a digital back that fits into large format camera, it scans directly onto a computer interface. For this a Photographic studio is required.