{"id":19457,"date":"2015-06-16T14:09:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T13:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colortrac.com\/colortrac-large-format-scanner-generates-return-on-investment-for-independent-business-2\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:23:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T21:23:49","slug":"colortrac-large-format-scanner-generates-return-on-investment-for-independent-business-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colortrac.com\/jp\/colortrac-large-format-scanner-generates-return-on-investment-for-independent-business-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Colortrac large format scanner generates return on investment for independent business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Darbyshire started his independent business\u00a0training on AutoCAD\u00ae at Salford University. Responding to customer demand, Alan now provides a range of services from contract drafting to scanning of large format paper drawings. To enable him to offer a quality service at competitive prices, Alan invested in a Colortrac SmartLF* scanner\u00a0along with Scan2CAD\u00ae software. Together, these enabled Alan to take paper drawings into CAD in half the time of other methods.<\/p>\n<h2>Portable and affordable<\/h2>\n<p>Alan takes up the story, &#8220;My training clients frequently asked about getting their old paper drawings into CAD, so I bought a second-hand Oc\u00e9 monochrome scanner to prove the viability of that part of the business. I was also working on a project for the Houses of Parliament where I was sent full-size templates of the windows and had to create the 2D DXF\u00ae outlines for my client who used the resultant DXF file to drive laser profile cutters.&#8221; He continues, &#8220;However, after two years, it was time to change it. In any case, customers were asking for on-site A0 scanning so a portable scanner was needed. The SmartLF was that all right, and affordable. Good resolution, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>How to get the best results<\/h2>\n<p>To meet the needs of his customers, Alan needs to produce high-quality output. As he points out, &#8220;Large format scanning is about more than just pushing a piece of paper though the scanner. It is about how to get a fragile drawing through when it has been curled up for 10 or 20 years.&#8221; Alan adds, &#8220;A big Colortrac plus is that you can post-process a scan using their specialist software. That way I can promise everybody that each scan is checked for readability and that it is in the correct orientation. If it can&#8217;t be read on my scan, then it wasn&#8217;t readable on the original drawing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>An absolute return<\/h2>\n<p>Asked to summarise his experience, Alan says, &#8220;I&#8217;ve found the SmartLF to be the ideal complement to my training and 2D\/3D drafting business.&#8221; He notes, &#8220;I&#8217;ve scanned up to 3,000 drawings in a month, though 1,000 is a more normal volume.&#8221; He concludes, &#8220;Scanning is now about 25% of my business, so it does make sense for an independent like me to invest. Am I getting a return? Yes, absolutely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alandarbyshire.co.uk\/\">www.alandarbyshire.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0For all current scanner\u00a0models see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colortrac.com\/large-format-scanner-info\/large-format-scanner-overview.htm\">Large Format Scanner Overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alan Darbyshire started his independent business\u00a0training on AutoCAD\u00ae at Salford University. Responding to customer demand, Alan now provides a range of services from contract drafting to scanning of large format paper drawings. To enable him to offer a quality service at competitive prices, Alan invested in a Colortrac SmartLF* scanner\u00a0along with Scan2CAD\u00ae software. 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