Contex HD Ultra: Stand Alone Scanner 36″/42″ Wide

The HD Ultra Series – The World’s Best Large Format Scanner

Designed to meet the needs of high-productivity archiving teams, scanning professionals and reprographics departments, the HD Ultra is simply the best large format scanner available. Combine the HD Ultra with our awarded Nextimage software including SnapScan to scan – enhance – save.

Scan your documents three times faster and enhance the file in AutoCAD, ESRI and other document workflows

The HD Ultra delivers the best quality image in the world today. No matter whether you scan maps, drawings, posters or fine art, you’ll always capture every detail, on the first try. Designed to meet the needs of technical experts, graphic professionals and reprographics departments, the new HD Ultra is simply the best large format scanner available.

36 inch or 42 inch scanner

Choose between 36 or 42 inches width, each in three different configurations to fit your needs for productivity and image quality. A space-saving MFP version is also available.

The ultimate standard for your digitizing needs

With Contex-enhanced CCD imaging, archiving and productivity-boosting features, you get best-in-class image quality and the fastest and most efficient way to scan, copy, file and archive wide format images, drawings, documents and records.

Accelerates workflows

The HD Ultra is built for productivity, and the key to productivity for high-volume applications is speed. Not just “inches per second” but actual throughput. Able to scan three times as many documents in a day as any other scanner and designed to improve document management, the HD Ultra is all about helping you win projects, boost productivity and lower costs.

Fits in your digital workflow

Compatible with AutoCAD®, ESRI® and other software and printers like HP, Canon, Epson etc., the new HD Ultra is astonishingly versatile. Automated paper thickness control, intelligent document size detection, and the ability to handle challenging documents effortlessly mean you can just keep scanning, boosting productivity, winning new business, and ensuring a fast return on your investment.

The Contex scanner has great texture detail and color accuracy. It allows us to capture materials of varying thickness and provide our clients with a high-quality product. Time savings is a big benefit, too.

There are numerous applications with a scanner such as this, not only can you scan regular documents but also thicker materials and boards.

Thick media scanning The HD Ultra scanners can scan up 15 mm thick originals such as posters mounted on foam boards, Gator Boards, and all other kinds of mountings.The unique Automatic Thickness Adjustment Control (ATAC) makes large and bulky documents easier to handle with the touch of a button.
	Funnel-shaped paper feed Fail-proof funnel-shaped paper feed for ease of paper insertion. Load curled and damaged documents just as fast and easy as crisp new originals
Paper pressure adjustment Use the right pressure for different document types and get an optimal result every time. Decrease pressure to scan old, fragile originals and increase pressure for new, crisp documents.
	Paper return guides The HD Ultra scanner includes 2 paper return guides for easy operation. Have documents returned to the operator or simply remove to have document placed in the document basked included with the stand.
Fast paper width sensors Sensors in the HD Ultra scanner detects the media width of stand size document as they are loaded in the scanner.
	Right side loading For easy loading, the HD Ultra is designed with right side loading guide. Slide the document along the guide for fast and accurate document loading

Stand Alone Scanner 36/42 inches

Advantages of 64-bit hardware and software

More physical memory for large image files

A 32-bit system architecture can directly address only a 4-GB address space. Windows 10 that is running a 64-bit can support up to 2TB of physical memory.

Faster bus architecture
A 64-bit architecture provides more and wider general-purpose registers, which contribute to greater overall application speed. Function calls are also faster in a 64-bit environment because as many as four arguments at a time can be passed in registers to a function.

Full 64-bit solutions

All contex applications are full 64 bit. Nextimage, Nextimage TWAIN, WIDEsystem drivers and the SDK all have been updated to a full 64 bit architecture.

Key technologies in Contex HD Ultra series scanners

As the world’s largest developer and producer of wide format imaging solutions, Contex leads the market with innovative technology and advanced scan and copy software solutions. The HD Ultra series of scanners utilizes a long list of key technologies unique to a Contex scanner.

CCD technology

The HD Ultra series scanners capture all details with advanced 48-bit CCD technology. By combining CCD with Contex Natural Light and high-quality camera optics you have ensured the best possible results in every scan.

Fujifilm lenses

Like photography, scanned image quality depends heavily on lens quality. Using lenses that are specifically designed for the scanning resolution will ensure against various problems, from uneven sharpness to chromatic errors and color fringing (black lines show up in color). This is why Contex uses custom Fujifilm lenses in all CCD based scanners.

Full 48 bit workflow

To get the best results, your scanner and software should work with full 48-bit data. Where other scanners ignore some of this data, the HD Ultra is the world’s only wide format scanner with true 48-bit.

X-Rite ICC profiles

Using X-Rite generated profiles ensures the highest possible color accuracy for the demanding customers. X-Rite is the global leader in color science and technology.
Adobe RGB, Device RGB and sRGB

Contex HD Ultra scanners have several different options for color space. In addition to the common sRGB the HD Ultra also offers color spaces with wider gamut as preferred by color specialists.

Adobe RGB and Device RGB has a larger colour gamut than sRGB, hereby allowing differences in very bright and saturated colours to be maintained in the file.

Contex Natural Light

The light source is custom fluorescent with a high Color Rendering Index (CRI > 95) to produce the most accurate colors possible. The CCD itself is high resolution and capable of capturing 48-bit color, but Contex have the unique ability to process the entire 48-bit color data – resulting in the most accurate color images you can get from a scanner today.

xDTR2

Delivering 3 times the bandwidth of USB2, our unique Gigabit Ethernet implementation with xDTR2 is lightning fast and accelerates workflows even further via network sharing, where scans can be controlled from any computer.