Regional Digitization Center qtvr
Equipment available at the Western Michigan University Digitization Center with prior scheduling on a cost recovery basis:
- Station 1 (SCAN_1): For B/W and Document Scanning
- Operating System: Win2k
- Hardware: 2.8 Ghz Dell Optiplex GX270, 1 gig ram, 2x120Gig disks, CD-RW, 17 in LCD display
- Software: Omnipage Pro 12 for Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Photoshop Elements, Adobe Acrobat, Fujitsu TWAIN Scanning Interface, MS Office, Easy CD creator
- Fujitsu ScanPartner 93GX high speed B/W scanner with sheet feeder
- HP Laserjet 1012 B/W for local printing
- Station 2 (SCAN_2): Oversize Scanning
- Operating System: MacOSX
- Hardware: 1.8Ghz Apple G5, 1Gig DDR SDRAM, DVD/CD-RW Superdrive, 150Gig Disk, 20 in. LCD display
- Software: Photoshop CS w/Silverfast Pro Scanning Interface, Acrobat 6
- Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL Tabloid Scanner (12" x 17") ; 48 bit color; 3200 x 1600 dpi
- Station 3 (SCAN_3): Slide and Transparency Scanning
- Operating System: MacOSX
- Hardware: 1.8Ghz Apple G5, 1Gig DDR SDRAM, DVD/CD-RW Superdrive, 150Gig Disk, 20 in. LCD display
- Software: Photoshop CS w/Silverfast Pro Scanning Interface, Acrobat 6
- Nikon LS-5000 ED Slide Scanner w/SF210 Automatic Slide Loader , 4000 dpi; 48 bit color
- Microtek ArtixScan 1800f Flatbed Transparency Scanner (8" x 14" reflective, 8"x10" film/transparency); 3600x1800 dpi; 48 bit color
- Station 4 (RBR_BOOK_SCAN): fragile book scanner, Zeutschel System
- OS: Windows 2000
- Hardware: 1.8Ghz Dell GX240, 1gig ram, 2x80G disks
- Software: Omniscan Book Scanning Software, Adobe Acrobat, MS Office, Word Perfect Office, Adobe Photoshop
- Zeutschel Omniscan 5000/5100TT, 635x435mm, max 600 dpi, 256 shades of grey
Digitization Studio qtvr
- Magnetic wall for digitizing oversize posters, maps, etc
- 3D light studio for Quicktime VR and still objects
- tripod with panorama head for quicktime vr
- Kodak DCS 760 5 megapixel Digital SLR Camera
- Nikon Flash
- 3 Nikon AF/Zoom lenses
- Canon Powershot S50, 5 megapixel zoom general purpose camera
- Olympus Camedia D-400 Zoom 1.3 Megapixel digital camera
- 2 x tripods for lighting
- iMAC Station (STUDIO)
- Operating System: MacOSX
- Hardware: 1Ghz imac G4, 768MB RAM, 1x80 Gig disks, 17 in LCD display
- Software: Kodak and Canon digital camera software, Photoshop CS
Digitization Lab qtvr
- Station 1 (SCANNER): Oversize scanning
- OS: MacOS/X and OS 9
- Hardware: 2x1.25GHZ Apple G4, 2 GB Memory, 4x70GB drives,1x9gb drive,dvdram drive, zip drive, usb media reader, 23 in LCD display
- Software: Photoshop CS w/Silverfast Pro Scanning Interface (OS/X), Portfolio (OS 9), Linocolor Scanning Software (OS9), Photoshop 7 (OS9)
- 11x17 (A3) Heidelberg Linotype CIRCON 2400x2400/14400x14400, 3.7dmax
- Station 2 (CAMERA): Leica overhead digital copy camera
- OS: MacOS 9
- Hardware: 733MHZ Apple G4, 1 GB Memory, 3x36gb drives 1x9gb drive, dvdram drive, 2gb jaz drive, 12x4x32 cd-rw drive, 23 in LCD display
- Software: Photoshop 5.5, SilverFast 5.1.0, Portfolio 5.0, toast
- Leica S1 Pro Digital Camera 5140x5140 optical resolution, 48 bit color depth
- Station 3 (PRODUCTION): Digital Production
- OS: MacOS/X
- Hardware: 2x1.25GHZ Apple G4, 2 GB Memory, 4x70GB drives,1x9gb drive,dvdram drive, zip drive, usb media reader, 23 in Cinema display
- Software: VR Works, Adobe Suite, Toast, Macromedia Suite, Office X, Corel Suite, iphoto, imagecapture, imovie, kodak and canon camera software
- Server (RIP-BU): RIP & Backup
- OS: Win2k server
- Hardware: 2x2Ghz 512 MB Dell , Powervault 120T , 2x36G drives
- Software: Retrospect Backup, BestColor PhotoXposure
- Prolite 5000 Viewer with Light Box
Visual Resources Library
Available for special needs:
- Station 1: MAC, slide scanning with loader
- OS: MacOS 9
- Hardware: 2x533MHZ Apple G4 w/1 Gig RAM, 2x80 Gig, 17in display, 100MB Zip, 2G Jaz, 12x4x32 CDRW
- Software: Photoshop w/Silverfast Scanning Interface, Portfolio
- Station 2: Dell, slide scanning with loader, normal size scanning
- OS: Windows 95
- Hardware: Dell GX200, 600 MHZ, 256MB RAM, 15 GB disk, Nvidia 16MB GPU, 19 in display, 4x4x16 CDRW
- Software: Photoshop w/Silverfast Scanning Interface, Portfolio
- Nikon super coolscan LS-2000 with SF200 autoloader, 2700dpi; 48 bit depth
- UMAX astra 1200s 8.5 x 14 in 600x1200/9600x9600 dpi flatbed
- Station 3 (VIS-RES-PRODUCTION): Digital Production
- OS: MacOS 9
- Hardware: 500MHZ Apple G4 w/1 Gig RAM, 3x18 Gig disks
- Software: Photoshop w/Silverfast HDR, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Portfolio
Archives and Regional History Collections
Available for special needs:
- Station 1: PC flatbed scanning
- OS: Win2k
- Hardware: Dell 400 Mhz GX1, CD burner
- Software: EZ-CD Creator, HP Scanning Software
- Station 2: slide scanning and flatbed scanning
- OS: MacOS 10
- Hardware: 2x533MHZ Apple G4 w/1 Gig RAM, 2x80 Gig, 17in display, 100MB Zip, 2G Jaz, 12x4x32 CDRW
- Software: Silverfast Scanning Software, Photoshop w/Silverfast Scanning Interface, Portfolio
- Nikon super coolscan LS-2000, 2700dpi; 48 bit depth