Lizard

Preservation-grade digitization meets industrial productivity

The book2net Lizard can easily cope with large formats. This scanning system combines the highest quality of imaging with enormous productivity. What’s more, the Lizard is designed to prevent damage to the large and often sensitive and valuable books that it transforms into the digital world.

Especially for old, bulky books with a binding and page curvature that require a reduced opening angle, the user has a variable V-shaped book support at their disposal, the plates of which can be adjusted between 80 and 120 degrees if required. To ensure that nothing goes wrong in the critical area of the book fold, the scanner also provides a spine exemption with a width of up to ten centimeters, optionally up to 20 centimeters, and a depth of up to eight centimeters. There is also a height-adjustable spine support to ensure that the book does not slip downwards.

To match the V-book cradle, the Lizard is equipped with a V-shaped 110° glass plate that can be controlled manually to gently smooth the book pages and thus achieve the best scanning results. It goes without saying that the plate is made of special non-reflective glass, so there are no negative effects on the scans.

This also applies to the uniform illumination of the book pages and the equally high scanning quality at every point on the surface, ensured by the CMOS area sensor technology, the Schneider-Kreuznach precision lens and the double illumination unit consisting of cold light LEDs. You can choose between the M70 and the M150, both from MICROBOX, as the camera for the Lizard. Particularly with large-format originals, such as old atlases, the distance between the book fold and the lens is significantly greater than from the page edges to the lens. However, the unique double camera technology guarantees that the entire surface of the original is precisely captured and reproduced in perfect sharpness. The lighting is also of particular importance in this context, as the software is already set at the factory so that the most intense light shines in the direction of the book fold in order to precisely compensate for the long distance.

Brilliant color accuracy, perfect linearity, no distortions – the book2net Lizard achieves the highest quality. At the same time, the books to be digitized are optimally protected without compromising productivity. The scanning time of just 0.3 seconds and the processing time, i.e. from scanning to saving, of 3.5 seconds are more than impressive.

These are ideal conditions for tackling large and important projects. For example, when working with the National Library of Poland, where 652,000 very different objects are being digitized with the Lizard, including 305 particularly valuable atlases, the oldest of which dates back to 1522. A high level of responsibility towards all these works is required here, as well as outstanding efficiency to cope with this enormous volume. A project made for the book2net Lizard.