New Brunswick Provincial Archive increases its SMA portfolio
In spring 2017 the New Brunswick Provincial Archive purchased a SMA SCAN MASTER 0 4838. About a year later the portfolio was expanded. They were so satisfied with the quality and performance of their SMA scanner that hey decided to purchase more SMA equipment. A VERSASCAN 4870 for large single sheet originals and a SCANRead More…
North Carolina Department of Cultural & Natural Resources goes with SMA
The North Carolina Department of Cultural & Natural Resources has been a long-term client of SMA. They invested already in SMA equipment approx. 10 years ago. In 2017 they bought a non SMA large format book scanner which they had to retire only after one year due to very poor performance. Because of their goodRead More…
VERSASCAN 4870 wins SGIA Product of the Year Award!
We are proud to announce that our double A0 flatbed scanner VERSASCAN 4870 won the Product of the Year Award at SGIA 2018. Every year this award is given to products in different categories. Our scanner won the award in the category “Large Format Scanners (Flat or Roll)”. We are extremely proud of this asRead More…
Maryland State Archive continous with SMA Products
Back in 2012 the State Archive Maryland, USA already bought a SCAN MASTER 0 3650. In 2018 another book scanner was bought. This time they opted for the SCAN MASTER 0 4838 – the other SMA A0 book scanner. The high optical resolution of 1200 x 600 ppi is the same in both units. TheRead More…
SMA gains momentum in the Robotic Book Scanning Market
After years of development the SMA line of robotic book scanners has finally taken off. Several units of the ROBO SCAN 0 and ROBO SCAN 1 have been installed in North America, Asia and Europe. At CeBIT this year a new robotic scanner was introduced: The ROBO SCAN V2 is able to scan books upRead More…
University Mainz, Germany buys SMA SCAN MASTER 1
At the beginning of the year 2018 a SMA SCAN MASTER 1 was installed at the Service-Center Digitization and Photo Documentation (SDF) of the Johannes Gutenberg University Library (JGU) Mainz. The decision for this system which should replace an old ProServ book scanner was influenced by several different parameters: Longevity, productivity, flexibility and capability. TheRead More…
National Museum for Pacific War convinced by SMA Quality
The National Museum for Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas was looking for a solution to scan their historical photos, maps, posters and paintings. After evaluating all available options in the market they decided to buy the SMA VERSASCAN 2550. They found this model to be significantly better in quality and higher in productivity compared toRead More…
