Why Digital Copying Technology?
by admin | January 11, 2010 | In Copiers | No Comments
Why digital copiers?
Digital copier technology is designed to streamline the entire document imaging process.
Unlike the complex mechanical paper handling systems of conventional analog models, digital copiers have a built-in scanner which reads the image of an original, converts it into a digital electronic signal, then reproduces it from memory.
The result is digitally-produced text and photos as a rule appear more accurate and have greater consistency than analog copies.
Scan Once Print Many
A copier with the ‘Scan Once Print Many’ feature allows users to leave the copier with their original after it has been scanned once by the copier, regardless of how many copies the machine has been programmed to make. Each page that crosses the copier glass is scanned into memory.
The copies are then printed from the image held in memory, not the actual document. Not only does this free users from having to wait the copier while their originals are tied up, but it also allows the copier to handle each page only once, minimizing damage to the original documents.
Electronic Sorting
Most digital copiers also support electronic sorting, so sorter bins are not required to make collated sets of documents. The documents are sorted in memory before printing.
Reliability
By nature of their technology, digital copiers require fewer moving parts, and so are less likely to jam or break down.
Quite operation
Because of these fewer moving parts, digital copiers also have a reputation for being less noisy than analogs.
Quality
The quality of copies, when reproducing text, graphics or photos, is more accurate and has a greater consistency than analogue.
Digital copier as printer
Add a printer module to a digital copier and it can double as a printer, outputting high-quality laser printouts at the same speed it makes copies.
Digital copier as fax
With the addition of a fax module, you can send faxes right from the copier glass, or through the document feeder. This is particularly helpful if you need to fax part of a bound document.
