Contex HD Apeiron/42

Category: Wide Format scanner

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List Price: $48,490.00

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Contact-Free Scanning of Detailed Originals and Fine Art

The HD Apeiron/42 is a flexible scanner with natural light LEDs that do not compromise on scan quality and reliability when digitizing original artwork and fine art.

Perfect For:

  • Fine art
  • Artwork
  • Posters and prints
  • Interior design materials
  • Textiles
  • Delicate documents
  • And much more

CCD Technology

Contex uses All-Digital cameras with advanced point-of-origin capture and onboard digital conversion, ensuring minimum noise and an extended dynamic range. The unique four-linear CCD technology, with a special panchromatic line, ensures that no colors are lost when scanning monochrome. Quality colormatched LED lighting upholds the market's highest standards for color correctness.

Fujifilm Lenses - A Contex CCD Technology

Like photography, scanned image quality depends heavily on lens quality. Using lenses specifically designed for the scanning resolution helps prevent issues such as uneven sharpness, chromatic errors, and color fringing (black lines appearing in color). All Contex CCD scanners use high-quality custom Fujifilm lenses to deliver the best possible output.

X-Rite ICC Profiles

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

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Model Contex HD Apeiron/42
Suitable for (among many others) Fine art, artwork, posters and prints, interior design materials, textiles, delicate documents
Media Loading Contact-free face up scanning
Scan Size (WxL) Maximum: 42x60 in (1067x1524 mm). Minimum: 1x1 in (24.5x24.5 mm).
Media Size (WxL) Maximum: 43.8x64 in (1113x1625 mm). Minimum: Media smaller than the min. scan size can be cropped in the software.
Maximum Focus Plane Above Table 5.1 in (130 mm). Maximum clearance height: 10 in (254 mm)
Maximum Focus Depth +/- 10 mm
Maximum Weight on Scanner Table Up to 44 lbs (20 kg), evenly distributed
Scanning Speed (inches/second) 300 dpi, 24-bit color
Plane surface: 6 ips
Uneven surface: 5.5 ips
3D surface effect: 2.75 ips
Scanning Speed (inches/second) 600 dpi, 24-bit color
Plane surface: 1.5 ips
Uneven surface: 1.38 ips
3D surface effect: 0.69 ips
Scanning Speed (inches/second) 1200 dpi, 24-bit color
Plane surface: 0.12 ips
Uneven surface: 0.28 ips
3D surface effect: 0.11 ips
Optical Resolution 1200 dpi (maximum 9600 dpi, interpolated)
Total Number of Pixels 256,320 pixels
Accuracy 0.1% +/- 1 pixel
Data Capture Color Depth 48-bit color / 16-bit monochrome
Image Types 24-bit color, Indexed color, 8-bit grayscale, 1-bit black/white, Fine lines and fills, Fixed threshold, Dither
Color Spaces sRGB, Adobe RGB, Device RGB
Color Profile ICC color management powered by X-Rite
Cameras 6 CCD cameras with Fujifilm lenses and quad-linear Toshiba color CCDs (RGB and grey)
Height Adjustment and Focus Detection Yes. By lasers in the scan module. (Patent pending)
Light Sources 2 LED lamps with dual LED strips, mounted in elliptical reflectors. LED spectrums: 2700K, 5000K, 6500K
Light Exposure No unnecessary light exposure. Scanning light is narrowly projected to the scan line only.
Lamp Specifications No UV/IR radiation. No warm-up time. Lifetime = scanner lifetime.
Lamp Angles Four options for different angles of lighting
3D Surface Effect Yes. Post-scanning option in the software to slide for desired 3D surface effect
Table Conveyance System Precision timing belt transmission with triple-point direction control system
Movement Controls via Software Scan module: Up/down. Table: Forward/reverse
Red Emergency Stop Button Yes

Our contact-free art scanner, HD Apeiron/42, uses unparalleled technology to accurately digitize media. With the market's most realistic image quality, full light control, and a unique ability to emphasize details, this scanner is ideal for fine art, fragile originals, and more. It is especially suited for museums, copy shops, material manufacturers, and others who now have a powerful new way to enhance the quality of detailed and delicate originals with unprecedented accuracy.

The clearance height of 10 inches (254 mm) and an optimal focus plane of up to 5.1 inches (130 mm) enable the scanning of thicker media, such as framed artwork.

Six cameras with Fujifilm lenses and quad-linear Toshiba color CCDs capture all details in up to 1200 dpi optical resolution.

The lamps in HD Apeiron/42 recreate the natural daylight spectrum using cutting-edge LEDs with TRI-RTM technology. This, combined with the clever design of LED strips mounted in elliptical reflectors, results in correct and uniform colors - and no distance fading.

Creating expressive shadows and highlights to add lifelike 3D surface sensations is also easy. HD Apeiron/42 offers four different lamp positions. The museum-correct light with no UV/IR radiation conserves the art.

HD Apeiron/42 is the fastest contact-free large format scanner on the market. As a flexible solution, it improves workflows while ensuring superior quality. The hardware is designed to support correct ergonomics for the operator, including an adjustable arm with a large 22" touchscreen.

A customized and easy-to-operate version of our award-winning Nextimage software, Nextimage Apeiron, is included. All required parameters are readily accessible on the touchscreen rather than hidden behind tabs or dropdown menus. A variety of post-scanning options also allow the user to adjust parameters and effects, if desired.

HD Apeiron/42 is a flexible product that enhances existing workflows when digitizing original artwork.

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  • Contex HD Apeiron/42
  • Power cable
  • 22" touchscreen (VESA mount 75x75 mm and 100x100 mm) with adjustable position for optimal ergonomics
  • Included software: Nextimage Apeiron (available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Korean, Chinese (simplified), Japanese)
  • User documentation

Standard Warranty: 24 months parts only.
Extended Spare Parts Warranty

DescriptionMfg#PriceCart
1 Year Warranty Extension for Spare Parts
Extends spare parts warranty to 3 years. Must register scanner within 3 months of delivery.
CS2861A101 $3,370.00
3 Years Warranty Extension for Spare Parts
Extends spare parts warranty to 5 years. Must register scanner within 3 months of delivery.
CS2861A102 $8,485.00
1 Year Warranty Extension for Spare Parts - POST (within factory warranty)
Extends spare parts warranty to 3 years. Must register scanner within factory warranty.
CS2861A103 $5,560.00
3 Years Warranty Extension for Spare Parts - POST (within factory warranty)
Extends spare parts warranty to 5 years. Must register scanner within factory warranty.
CS2861A104 $11,920.00
1 Year Warranty Extension for Spare Parts - POST-EX (within extended warranty)
Extends spare parts warranty from 3 to 4 years. Or from 4 to 5 years. Must register scanner while in a current extended warranty.
CS2861A105 $6,750.00