Negatives, Slides, and Photographs
Digitize Photographic Memories
Are you protecting your negatives, slides, and old photographs from damage? Improper storage can expose these valuable materials to heat, humidity, temperature changes, chemical decay, and acidic conditions. Over time, these factors can cause fading, discoloration, and loss of image detail.
Digitizing your photographic collection helps preserve its visual content in digital formats. With the right scanning equipment, you can capture fine details, retain color information, and create digital copies for easier access and long-term management.
Microtek ScanMaker and ArtixScan Professional Scanners
A3 Flatbed scanners that provide high-resolution scanning for photographic materials, film, slides, X-rays, and documents. These scanners support 48-bit color scanning and offer features for professional imaging, prepress production, and detailed image capture.
High Optical Resolution and Dmax Density
The exceptionally high resolution of the ScanMaker & ArtixScan scanners lets you scan even postage-size images and enlarge them with amazing clarity, with little loss of detail. The scanner’s 4.2 maximum optical density allows it to capture a wide range of tones approximating real-life color and hues.
Precise CMYK Rescanning
Accurate image alignment matters in professional prepress workflows. ScanMaker and ArtixScan scanners support high-precision rescanning for CMYK color separation and image compositing. Coordinate variation of no more than three pixels at 1200 dpi supports consistent alignment when scanning images for these applications.
Transparent Media Adapter for Negatives & Films
With the use of the TMA, users can scan X-rays, positive transparencies, and negative film. The included templates accommodate a variety of film sizes, including 35mm slides, 35mm filmstrips, 4″ x 5″ film, and medium format film from 6 x 4.5-cm up to 6 x 22-cm panoramic film.
SilverFast Ai Studio Scanning Software
SilverFast Ai Studio is regarded as the best scanner software in the world, includes the full functionality. The patented and award-winning SilverFast Multi-Exposure increases the scanner’s dynamic range, removes natural image noise and provides more details.
PictuRescue Technology for Faded Photographs
Photographs and film can lose color over time. Microtek’s PictuRescue system includes ColoRescue one-click, a color restoration feature designed to recover faded colors in photographs and film.
Choose a Scanning Solution for Your Photographic Collection
Preserving negatives, slides, and photographs starts with selecting equipment that matches your materials and scanning needs. Explore the available Microtek scanner models to identify the resolution, media support, lighting configuration, and software features that best fit your requirements.