Wider documents can be scanned in multiple passes, creating multiple images. Oversized documents can be scanned in either black and white or color. We also scan standard-sized color images, using flatbed scanners. We typically scan oversized documents at 300 dpi, which results in standard image quality. When exceptional clarity or fine detail resolution is needed, we scan at 600 dpi.
Oversized images require much more storage space than standard images.
For example, a 24 x 36 inch color image, scanned at 300 dpi may require 1 megabyte or more of storage space. Some complicated, large images require several hundred megabytes. CD-ROMs may store anywhere from only one or two very large oversized images to several hundred relatively small oversized images. Once scanned, images can be burned onto CD-ROMs or printed. If you are using a database package that allows you to view images and documents simultaneously, such as CIS-FT or Concordance , we will place the oversized images into directory structures and provide indices so that the new oversized images will be integrated into the imagebase of the standard documents for a case.