Features and Benefits
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Contex SD4400
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NEXTIMAGE
Nextimage has a completely new design and replaces
Contex’s older Wideimage
NET
and JETimage
NET
scanning
and printing software.
Nextimage can operate in three different modes, which
are selected on the Task bar:
Scan
Copy
File
On the top left is the Menu bar for setting default options
and printer options. The top right has the Undo/Redo
buttons. Then to left are the preview tools’ buttons like
Zoom, Measure, and Reposition the frame. To the right is
the Settings panel, in the lower left are the Overview
window and Detail view of the image, and finally in the
lower right are the main action buttons for scanning: Batch
Scanning, Previewing, Canceling, or Printing.
As with all current software, the trend is to avoid pop-up
dialog boxes for common settings and instead have
collapsible and expanding menu choices, as seen in the
panel settings to the right, to reduce screen clutter and
allow the users to view the preferred settings.
Although we only tested the Nextimage scanning
software, Contex does offer a copy option for scan-to-print
functionality, which is sold as Nextimage SCAN+COPY for
$1,500. This copy option is seemingly integrated in to the
same user interface as Nextimage.
Tools->Options is where you set the default unit of
measurement and the default paper types you want to
see, such as ISO A & B, ANSI or ARCH, or both.
The Options dialog box is one of the few dialog boxes in
the software, and it is used to set the default options for
the operations of Nextimage.
Nextimage Scanning
The Scan mode of Nextimage operates all scanning
activities. The Settings panel changes to accommodate all
available settings while scanning.
The scan parameters are logically divided into four areas:
Preset
Scan
Image
Adjustment
Output
File
Preset
contains a previous defined preset for a list of
common documents types, e.g., B/W line drawing, Color
CAD and MAP, Color Poster, etc. Initially Contex provides
six preset defaults; however the operator can add new
presets at his or her discretion. This feature is handy for
creating a uniform and standardized scanning operation.