Large Format Scanners and Their Uses

The most common scanners being sold in the market are good for the paper sizes they were designed for. But if you needed to scan larger documents of larger sizes, you’d either have to go about scanning two halves of the document and then manipulate the resulting two files into one whole image or document or purchase large format scanners.

Of course there are entire industries that rely on large paper, documents, and images. Engineering designs, architects, artists, and old photograph and document restorers would have a difficult life if they had to resort to combining pieces of the scanned images.

Thankfully large format scanners resolve this dilemma.

Architects

Architects create drawings for all of their plans, and storing those drawings properly is crucial.
While the paper sizes vary greatly (from the Arch A’s 9 in x 12 in to the Arch E’s 36 in x 48 in), large format scanners make the process of scanning these large and wide documents much simpler. (Of course, the more often you use a wider sized paper, the more economic it would be to purchase a scanner size suitable for it.)

If you rely mostly on Arch A and B-sized paper, then Mustek’s A3 scanners would be the best choice and offer the most suitable size for your work.

Engineers

Standard US sizes for engineering drawing paper also come in a wide range, from the ANSI A’s 8.5 x 11 in to the ANSI E’s 34 x 44 in. Large format scanners can also make a huge difference in efficiency when it comes to the scanning and saving of digital copies of these drawings.

And if your company requires constant and frequent scanning of ANSI A and B sized documents, Mustek’s large A3 scanners can handle those needs perfectly.

Artists

Artwork today deserves and needs to be saved digitally. And not all artwork comes in sizes that fit the common household digital scanner.
Large scanners with suitable resolutions provide the best solutions for saving digital copies of artwork beyond the typical letter-sized (A4) piece of art. For artwork within the A3-sized range (11.7 x 16.5 in), Mustek offers a perfect selection in terms of resolution and scanning speed.

Historians

Centuries old documents, paintings, and maps require high performance scanners that provide excellent resolution for proper digital restoration and study. These pieces of history, if they are large in size, require large format scanners that scan the whole piece once, rather than scanning segments only to patch it up again digitally.

Mustek Large Format Scanners

Mustek’s A3 large format scanners provide superb resolution and excellent scanning speeds to provide you with efficiency and quality scanned images and documents to enhance your workflow and improve your results.

To learn more about Mustek’s large format scanners and to find the right one for you, click here.