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COUGAR Tx 36" Wide Format Color Scanner

Base Version	Plus Version

Specification Chart

Scan
Photo-realistic vivid colors; Crisp, clear black-and-white; Thick originals - up to 0.6"; 42 bit color capture for photo-realistic vivid colors; 14 bits graytone capture; Flexible connectivity - FireWire Plug 'n' Play and SCSI; All-Wheel-Drive with contour adjustment; 3C Automatic Maintenance System

Copy
Color matching to printer & media; Advanced options for printing of grayshades; Built-in calibration - Black/White points; Built-in Precision Color calibration

Available in Plus model and Basic model with upgrade option (see specifications).

The Contex Cougar Tx 36” wide-format color scanners incorporate the latest in imaging technology for high-quality full color scanning and copying. The Cougar Tx 36”, with its full A0/E-size imaging area, handles large color posters, architectural sketches, detailed maps, drawings and fine art. This scanner offers a cost-effective solution for reprographics, graphic arts, GIS and CAD professionals worldwide. The COUGAR Tx 36" opens new possibilities for Sign companies, Pre press shops, Pre-press labs, Copy shops, POP/Exhibit/Display providers, Mapping, Architect and Engineer offices.

Scanning Superiority
Color is captured at 42 bits for maximum color precision, passing the best 24 bits of color data to the computer to enhance color fidelity. Graytones are captured at 14 bits for maximum precision, passing the best 8 bits of graytone data to the computer. The COUGAR uses all digtital camera technology with advanced point-of-orgin color capture ensuring low noise. Quality color flourescent lamps ensure the market's highest standards for color correctness.

Pricing
Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for COUGAR Tx 36" is $17,900.00 and an UPGRADE from COUGAR to COUGAR PLUS is $2,000.00. For your Special CONTEX Scanner Solution Price, please call Andrew Goggin at 888-IMAGE-65 (888-462-4365) ext. 262

Care for your original
The COUGAR protects your document and scanning results with the ALL Wheel Drive document path system. Precision soft-friction rollers and contour adjustment ensure a straight scan path without applying unnecessary force so you avoid distortion and damage to your originals.

Image Enhancement Power
With Dual 2D-Adaptive enhancement processing is performed simultaneously and in real-time on individual aspects of the original. Enhancement includes ADL+ error diffusion halftoning, 2D-Adaptive foreground thresholding, 2D-Adaptive background suppression and 2D-Auto edge enhancement. Equipped with this image enhancement power you can always produce clean, crisp scans even from poor quality drawings.

Precision color
Contex color scanners are the markets only wide format scanners that can be user-calibrated to output color in accordance with international color standards (NTSC, sRGB color spaces). The unique Precision Color System lets you calibrate in the field at any time ensuring stabile and predictable color output.

Automatic Scanner Maintenance
The COUGAR scanner is designed to let you concentrate on your work and take optimal scanner performance for granted. The scanner incorporates the 3C Auto-Maintenance system that keeps your cameras perfectly aligned, adjusted and calibrated for optimal image quality. Once the scanner has been fine-tuned, it performs a number of basic tasks on its own, removing those tedious chores required with other scanner systems. Using patented Contex technology, camera stitching and black-white-points are constantly monitored and corrected while your scanner is running.

One Touch Scanning
The scanner's operator's panel is designed with convenient programmable action buttons for initiating frequent tasks directly from the scanner. Each button immediately activates a scan and opens the image in an appropriate application and format. The scanner comes with buttons for scanning, copying and e-mailing loaded originals.

Advanced Power Management
Running the right internal temperature is of utmost importance with high quality scanning. The scanner's advanced Power Management rapidly brings the scanner to its optimal working temperature after which the temperature is monitored for lowest CCD noise. The system also lets you program the scanner to power-up automatically in the early morning hours so that it stands ready to scan when you arrive at the office.

Flexible Connectivity
The COUGAR Tx 36 scanner lets you fit the connection to your immediate needs by offering two interface options - the highly efficient convenient Plug and Play (PnP) FireWire connection and the industry standard SCSI interface.