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Welcome to Colortrac's Quarterly large format scanner & scanning software solutions newsletter

Despite the global economy, Colortrac's wide format scanner sales grew by 27% in 2009

In 2009 Colortrac sold more wide format scanners than at any time in our history, achieving a 27% increase in unit sales and an even bigger increase in market share.

With the difficult trading conditions in many parts of the world, our growth in unit sales is testament to the quality and performance of the SmartLF large format scanner range and the dedication and hard work of our employees and sales partners throughout the world.

Colortrac supplies the world's best scanners!

Colortrac is now recognised as the leader in cost-effective CCD and CIS-based color and monochrome wide format scanners for a range of professional markets. BERTL now rates both Colortrac's CCD and CIS SmartLF large format scanners as "Best in Class".

Colortrac is the only large format scanner manufacturer to achieve this distinction.

The SmartLF Gx+ 42 is a new generation professional graphics scanner providing unrivalled color capture. As Colortrac's 6th generation of CCD large format scanners and the most innovative and accomplished to date, it bristles with productivity-enhancing, energy saving technical advances unavailable in CCD devices from well-known industry brands.

The new SmartLF Ci series is Colortrac's 4th generation of CIS wide format scanners. These low-cost, high productivity devices have a uniquely practical front-exit media path which distinguishes them from every other technical document scanner. Ideal for quick walk-up scanning across office networks, the SmartLF Ci 40 and Ci 24 can be placed flush against a wall in crowded offices or run on a desk with NO inconvenience to the user, something NO other wide format desktop scanner can claim.

ScanWorks and CopySmart software add powerful, flexible and easy-to-use image capture and enhancement tools ideal for standalone or Gigabit network scanning and printing. Colortrac is also the only large format scanner manufacturer to support ISIS, the Image and Scanner Interface Specification standard. Because ISIS solutions share a common interface and are tested for compliance, SmartLF scanners are now the first choice of EDM (Electronic Document Management) professionals wanting a quick and reliable way of scanning direct from a popular EDM software solution.

It's no wonder that Colortrac's large format scanner sales are growing!

IRAQ - Al-Badri Information Technology

   AITC at the Baghdad Fair 2009

One of the reasons for Colortrac's 2009 success was a growth in sales in the Middle East, including troubled areas like Iran and Iraq. In Iraq Al-Badri Information Technology (AITC) has been an effective sales partner.


The Al-Badri Information Technology
Booth at Baghdad Fair, November 2009.

At the Baghdad Fair in November 2009, AITC showed Colortrac scanners working with Canon printers. According to Bara'a Baghdadi, "Colortrac products captured the attention of visitors to the exhibition. The result was that we sold two Colortrac SmartLF scanners direct at the Fair." We thank our Iraqi partner for its contribution to our success and wish them a profitable and especially a peaceful future.

UK - Allied Images

   Allied Images promote desktop scanning


Allied Image's Business Development Manager, Phil Hassell, shows how the SmartLF Ci 24 redefines portable desktop scanning.

The SmartLF Ci 24 occupies no more desk space than its footprint. See the empty desk space behind it, (above). Rival desktop scanners use a rear exiting media path which feeds paper out the back and all over the desk! The light and potable SmartLF Ci 24's unique front exit paper path allows it to work in limited spaces just about anywhere!

   Take the SmartLF Ci 24 to the documents, says the USA's GEI!

"The SmartLF Ci 24 is our most compact technical document scanner ever!" says GEI, the US distributor of Colortrac scanners.

GEI have come up with engaging image, right, to show the SmartLF Ci 24's lightweight and rugged, go-anywhere design. GEI says the Ci 24 "moves easily from jobsite to jobsite or sits comfortably on your desktop measuring just 32 inches wide and weighing just 38 pounds. It boasts the same fast, accurate scanning technology as the larger SmartLF Ci 40. Its benefits are 24" scan width, front exit paper path, fast 10ips monochrome scanning - and NO warm-up."

Colortrac Distributors

Asia / Australasia

Colortrac Ltd

Tel: +44 (0) 1189 762209

Email: c.white@colortrac.com

www.colortrac.com

China

Colortrac Imaging Systems (Beijing)

Tel: +86 (0) 10 62124936

Mob: +86 13 801187193

Fax: +86 (0) 10 62124770

Email: jpdong@szcolortrac.com

www.colortrac.cn

Europe, Middle East, Africa:

Colortrac Ltd

Tel: +46 (0) 709 709 301

Email: p.sandberg@colortrac.com

Skype: peter_from_colortrac

www.colortrac.com

Japan:

Colortrac Japan

Tel: +81 (0) 45 801 0076

Mobile: +81 (0) 90 9819 7157

Email: e.ichikawa@colortrac.com

www.colortracjapan.jp

The Americas:

Colortrac Inc

Tel: +1 703 717 5631

Email: m.lane@colortrac.com

www.colortrac.com

Colortrac Head Office (UK):

Colortrac Ltd

Tel: +44 (0) 1480 464 618

Email: contactsales@colortrac.com

www.colortrac.com

Top Award for Top Scanners

BERTL now rates the Colortrac SmartLF Gx+ 42 & SmartLF Ci 40 the "BEST IN CLASS"

Previously, we reported that Colortrac is the first large format scanner manufacturer to achieve a BERTL (Business Equipment Research Testing Labs) 4.5 Star "OUTSTANDING" rating for both its CCD (SmartLF Gx+ T42) and CIS (SmartLF Ci 40) wide format scanners.



BERTL has now upgraded the rating to "Best in Class". BERTL believe SmartLF Gx+ T42 and SmartLF Ci 40 scanners are significantly better than similar CCD Graphics and CIS scanners!

To Read More / Download BERTL Reports

ISIS for EDM
An image capture standard unique to Colortrac in large format scanning



The ISIS standard is widely used in EDM (Electronic Document Management) because, unlike TWAIN, it guarantees reliable data transfer between a scanner and EDM image acquistion software. At present, only SmartLF wide format scanners support ISIS.



The SmartLF Ci 40e large format scanner has received full ISIS (Image and Scanner Interface Specification) certification from EMC Captiva, the specifier and regulator of the ISIS standard. All other SmartLF large format scanners have proven and reliable support for ISIS but are not yet certified. Many SmartLF users already use this proven ISIS scanning solution to maximize their scan-to-EDM productivity.

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See Colortrac Inc demo ISIS at AIIM Expo - get a chance to win a new HP touchscreen monitor.

Colortrac Inc will demonstrate the award-winning SmartLF range with ISIS support for EDM applications at the AIIM Expo.

  • Booth 2319,
  • AIIM Expo,
  • Pennsylvania Convention Center,
  • Philadelphia, PA, USA.
  • DATE: April 20-22, 2010.

At AIIM, Colortrac will participate with other leading vendors in EMC's Passport Program which offers visitors a chance to win several high tech prizes. Qualifying Passport holders visiting Colortrac's booth will be entered into a draw for an HP L2105tm Win7 multi-touch monitor. To qualify for the draws, Passports must be stamped after receiving a demo or having a conversation on a participating booth.

TRADE SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS

   GEI Worldwide at Laserfiche Document Management Solutions

2010 begun in the BEST possible way for Colortrac - with huge interest being shown in the SmartLF range with ISIS driver support!


Lee Paolini of GEI Worldwide, Colortrac's US
distributor, talks to a Laserfiche user.

Fred Pagani, Colortrac Inc's North American Service Manager, supported GEI with product demos at the Laserfiche Institute Conference 2010 in Los Angeles, CA.

Fred sent us an encouraging report about Laserfiche users' reaction to the SmartLF Series. "As GEI were exhibiting the ONLY wide-format scanners with ISIS drivers we expected a good response. Even so, we were surprised."

"We heard many Laserfiche users say "I've been waiting for a wide-format scanner which I can run from my Laserfiche Scan Connect software," (typically used for small format document scanning). The big attraction of the SmartLF with ISIS driver for Laserfiche users, indeed for every EDM user, is that they can now scan large format technical documents using the same EDM software they already own and use to scan small format documents!"

"Others said how pleased they were that "at last, I don't have to go through the process of Importing wide format raster files into my Lasefiche system. Now, I can scan directly with the added bonus of associating properties and attributes to the scan when saving to my Repository – WOW! This is really useful!"

OFFICES & PEOPLE

   Colortrac's Beijing office relocates.

Our Beijing office has relocated to new premises. The new address for JP Dong, MD Colortrac Limited China, (above), is:

Colortrac Imaging Systems (Beijing)

Room 1208,

ZhongGuanCun Technology Development,

Building C,
No.34 Zhong Guan Cun South Street,
HaiDian District,
Beijing, 100081,
P.R. China

Colortrac Imaging (Suzhou) celebrates the Year of the Tiger


Graham Tinn, Colortrac MD, and Peter
de Winter Brown, Sales Director, enjoy
festive Year of the Tiger celebrations.

Colortrac's staff, key suppliers and senior management celebrated the Chinese New year together. "It was a really joyous occassion" said Peter de Winter Brown, Colortrac's Sales and Marketing Director. Entertainment was provided by Colortrac's Suzhou staff; suppliers offered raffle prizes; management provided bonuses in lucky red letters and a slap-up meal. Our hope for the Year of the Tiger is that we all work more closely to prosper and share in the fruits of Colortrac's growing success!

Colortrac, Large Format Scanner Manufacturer