Image Access is a manufacturer specializing in large format scanning solutions, with a product portfolio that includes overhead, sheet feed, and flatbed scanners. The company, founded in 1993 in Germany and the USA, has developed multiple innovative scanning technologies over the years, including the world's first wide format duplex scanner. Headquartered in a major industrial area in Europe, Image Access focuses on high-quality production and R&D, employing over 50 people and generating revenues of €10 million in 2011.

1. Image
Access
Crea%ve
Technology.
Fast
Scans.
Brilliant
Results.

2. 2
Image
Access
is
a
unique
manufacturer
of
large
format
scanning
solu3ons
because
we
capture
all
of
the
three
scanning
methodologies
in
our
product
por9olio:
• Overhead
scanners
-­‐
Bookeye
3
and
Bookeye
4
for
books
in
formats
up
to
A1
(24
x
36)
• Sheet
feed
scanners
for
document
widths
ranging
between
36
and
48
inches
-­‐
WideTEK
36,
WideTEK
42,
WideTEK
48
and
WideTEK
36DS,
WideTEK
36C
• Flatbed
scanners
-­‐
WideTEK
25
for
formats
up
to
A2
(18
x
24)

3. 3
1993
Company
founded
in
Wuppertal,
Germany,
and
in
Boca
Raton,
USA.
1994
Development
of
HiRES
graphic
cards
and
scanner
interface
cards
DPU-­‐16.
1995
Development
of
first
genera3on
Bookeye®
planetary
scanner.
1998
Development
of
color
flatbed
scanners.
Birth
of
the
Scan2Net®
technology.
2001
Distribu3on
of
the
Scan2Net®
scanners
worldwide
under
our
own
brand.
2005
Introduc3on
of
the
1st
genera3on
of
wide
format
scanners,
WT36.
2006
All
scanners
comply
with
CE,
UL,
cUL,
WEEE,
RoHS,
Energy
Star.
2008
Largest
product
launch
in
the
company’s
history.
2009
Development
of
the
world’s
first
wide
format
duplex
scanner,
WT36DS.
2010
Launch
of
Bookeye
4,
the
only
scanner
that
scans
V-­‐shaped
and
flat.
2011
Introduc3on
of
the
wide
format
CIS
scanner
WT36C,
fastest
in
its
class.

4. 4
Our
headquarters
is
in
the
center
of
the
largest
industrial
area
in
Europe.
Less
than
one
hour
from
Düsseldorf
Airport
and
less
than
5
minutes
from
the
next
highway
A46
Facts:
Company
size:
3,200
m²
Employees:
>
50
in
Europe
Research
&
Development:
20
engineers
Produc3on
of
cameras:
4,500
p.a.
Revenues
2011:
€
10M,
$15M
Future:
Construc3on
of
a
new
distribu3on
center
with
1,000m³
storage
capacity.

5.
5
Electrical
Mechanical
We
develop
our
products
ourselves
-­‐
from
Mechanical
engineers
develop
a
3D
model
of
printed
circuit
boards
to
integrated
electronics
parts
and
assemblies
on
state
of
the
art
CAD
u3lizing
automated
quality
test
systems.
worksta3ons
(SolidWorks).

6.
6
Laser
Culng
SMT
Assembly
Mechanical
components
are
manufactured
by
Fully
automated
produc3on
of
PCBs
is
achieved
laser
guided
milling
cumers.
The
6KW
laser
with
SMT
assembly
machines
equipped
with
assures
highly
precise
sheet
metal
parts.
high
quality
vision
systems.

7.
7
In
the
final
assembly
of
large
format
scanners,
Due
to
the
higher
number
of
individual
parts,
all
parts
and
assembled
components
are
produc3on
of
the
Bookeye
planetary
scanners
is
brought
together
in
each
device
which,
more
complex.
The
A2
and
A1
Bookeye
models
depending
on
its
size,
can
contain
up
to
four
with
electrical
book
cradles
require
a
level
of
individual
camera
systems.
complexity
in
produc3on.

9. WideTEK
25
• World’s
only
18
x
24
flatbed
produc3on
scanner
WideTEK
36
• World’s
fastest
full
color
produc3on
wide
format
scanner,
8.5
ips
at
300
dpi
WideTEK
42
and
48
• Scanner
hardware
is
the
same
size,
upgrade
to
widest
width
with
sooware
WideTEK
36DS
• World’s
first
wide
format
duplex
scanner
WideTEK
36C
• Produc3on-­‐level
scanning
at
an
entry-­‐level
price
point

10. Tradi3onal
Scanner
Host
PC
Gain
CCD
A/D
36b
Memory
24b
USB
24b
Offset
18b
JPEG
18b
File
Gamma
CCD
element
Converts
analog
Scan
line
Scanner
PC
driver
JPEG
Final
output
-­‐a
converts
voltages
to
memory
used
connects
to
corrects
gain,
compression
file
wri?en
to
photons
to
digital
signals.
as
a
buffer.
host
PC
via
USB
offset,
gamma,
with
adjustable
an
arbitrary
voltages.
port
or
SCSI.
illumina%on.
quality
level.
storage
media.
Scan2Net
Scanner
Host
PC
Gain
TCP/IP
CCD
A/D
36b
Offset
24b
Memory
24b
JPEG
24b
HTML
24b
File
Gamma
FTP
CCD
element
Converts
analog
Gain,
Offset,
Memory
holds
JPEG
engine
Standard
IP
Final
output,
converts
voltages
to
Gamma,illumin-­‐ one
full
scan
for
tailored
to
the
protocols
over
file
stored
on
photons
to
digital
signals.
a%on
correc%on
real
%me
proper%es
of
100Mb/1Gb
any
drive,
FTP
voltages.
in
hardware.
processing.
the
CCD.
network.
SMB
or
printer.

11. Scan2Net
Scanner
Tradi3onal
Scanner
• Same
API
across
all
scanners
from
DIN
A2
• Various
vendor
specific
API´s,
TWAIN,
ISIS
flatbed
scanners
to
48”
large
format
scanners.
drivers.
None
covers
the
full
range
of
scanners.
• Seamless
integra3on
into
exis3ng
network
• Some
scanners
need
special
interface
boards,
infrastructure
without
special
drivers.
all
need
vendor
or
third
party
supplied
drivers.
• The
customer
is
the
integra3on
specialist.
• Connec3ng
a
scanner
to
a
PC
can
be
a
Assign
a
valid
IP,
start
your
browser
and
go.
painstaking
task.
Even
your
network
guru
has
Ask
your
network
guru,
he
will
love
it!
to
read
the
manual
to
do
the
job.
• Remote
diagnos3cs
via
Intranet,
automated
• Most
scanners
have
some
form
of
limited
emails
with
error
reports
lead
to
very
high
build-­‐in
diagnos3cs.
Troubleshoo3ng
requires
up3me
despite
the
low
maintenance
effort.
a
technician
to
show
up
on-­‐site.
• Sooware
op3ons
and
enhancements
can
be
• Limited
or
no
firmware
update
capability.
Best
purchased
through
the
Internet
and
installed
case
scenario
is
the
execu3on
of
a
service
remotely.
program
at
the
scanner
loca3on.

13.
13
WEEE