Scanners and Document Management

News

Apr 2013

> Allied Images has been appointed as UK & Ireland trade distributor for Contex wide format scanners.  Contex A/S, based in Allroed, Denmark, is the world's largest supplier and technology leader of wide format scanners. Read the full press release or visit our Contex pages.

Feb 2013

> Allied Images images adds an Outlet Store with refurbished, ex-demonstration, pre-owned and stock clearance scanners.  All these scanners are subject to availability. Visit the Outlet Store page>>

Jan 2013

>Colortrac announces that SmartLF SC Series and SmartLF Gx+ scanners are compatible with the Windows 8 operating system environment.  For Windows 8 operation you are advised to have the latest releases of scanner driver, firmware and for the SmartLF SC Series the latest release of SC Utilities.  

SmartLF Cx, SmartLF Cx+ and SmartLF Gx scanners are not compatible.  SmartLF Ci compatibility with Windows 8 will be announced shortly.

Read more - Colortrac system requirements

>Colortrac announces availability of SmartWorks Pro 1.3.2.0 with many new features including support for new printers - Canon iPF760 & 765 - and new file format - AutoCAD DWF.

Read more - SmartWorks Pro

Dec 2012

>Allied Images announces 5% Winter Warmer discount on ROWE scan 600 available to 31st Dec 2012

Read more - ROWE Scan 600

Nov 2012

>Allied Images announces availability of SmartLF SC 25 and SC 36 scanners from Colortrac.  This announces rounds out the new series with the range now covering 25" to 42" scan widths.

Read more - SmartLF SC 25 & SmartLF SC 36

Aug 2012

> Allied Images announces distributor deal with Roth & Weber (ROWE) to distribute Scan600 large format scanners in UK & Ireland.  The scanner has an optical resolution of 2400x1200 dpi, scans up to 60" wide and offers exceptional productivity.

Read More - ROWE Scan 600

>Allied Images will take place in the Information Market Place at Archives & Record Association annual conference to be held at Grand Hotel Brighton, 29th-31st Aug. We will be showing Atiz BookDrive Mini along with software to produce final output ready for digital distribution.  Other scanning solutions will also be shown.

This is a event is only open to ARA members.

June 2012

>Allied Images announces first sales of newly launched Colortrac SmartLF SC42 scanner.  Read more - First sales for Colortrac SmartLF SC 42 wide format scanner
Read more - SmartLF SC42 scanners

May 2012

> Allied Images will exhibit at Information and Records Management Society annual conference to be held a Hilton Brighton Metropole, 27th-29th May.  We will be showing Atiz BookDrive Mini book scanner, Colortrac large format scanners and Plustek office scanners all inputting to M-Files document management software.

> Colortrac has launched SmartLF SC42 an all-new wide format scanner.  SmartLF SC42 is a robust reliable high-volume production scanner whose efficient operation, image quality, scanning speed and practical software gets more documents scanned to the highest quality every hour.

Read more - SmartLF SC42

Read the press release

April 2012

>Colortrac, a leading innovator in the field of wide format scanning technology, has been awarded the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise 2012 in the category of International Trade.

Colortrac sales of their SmartLF large format scanners and SmartWorks software achieved a substantial and sustained increase in export earnings over a three year period to a level which is considered outstanding for the products and services concerned.

Read the press release

April 2012

> M-Files has released M-Color 9.7 with support for AutoCAD 2013.  Please click here to download the latest release M-Color 9.7

March 2012

> Oracle release AutoVue 20.2 The new release features "Augmented Business Visualisation" an integration framework engineered to work with enterprise applications, solutions to visually enable the mobile workforce on devices such as tablet PCs and iPads and support for the latest MCAD, ECAD and office formats. Read more about AutoVue 20.2

February 2012

> M-Files Corporation (Motive Systems) has announced the availability of M-Files Cloud Vault 2.0.  The new release features single sign-on and hybrid deployments with Windows Azure Connect, storage capacity to handle up to 100Tb (100,000Gb) and physically distributed backup processes and point-in-time recovery. Read more about M-Files Cloud Vault 2.0.

January 2012

> Atiz releases latest versions of BookDrive Capture - v5.5 and Editor Pro - v5.0. The software has many new and enhanced features and is protected by hardware key (dongle).  For more information - click here

Customers who bought a BookDrive scanner in 2011 will receive a free upgrade.  Those who bought before 2011 can still update from their present software up to Capture v5.1 and Editor Pro 4.3 (last pre dongle releases) free of charge. A charge will apply to upgrade to the latest version - please call for details  01604 670679.

This is the first time, since initial release in 2006, that Atiz have charged for software maintenance and upgrade releases.

January 2012

> Atiz releases latest version of BookDrive Capture Pro - v5.1.  You can download the latest release here BookDrive Capture Pro v5.1

November 2011

> Colortrac announces strong financial results and 41% growth in SmartLF large format scanner unit sales. For more information - click here

October 2011

> M-Files Inc. releases latest version of its document management software - M-Files version 8.0. For more information click here

September 2011

> Allied Images adds a "Live Chat" facility to it's web site.  Just click on the link and login to "chat" to a real person.  Chat will be available 0900-1800 UK time.  If the new window doesn't appear make sure your browser pop-up blocker is OFF or add www.allied-images.com to the list of sites that are permitted to open a new window.

July 2011

> Atiz has released a new version of BookDrive Editor Pro - release 4.3.4.  You can download the latest release here BookDrive Editor Pro 4.3.4

June 2011

> Colortrac has launched Four new wide format Professional Multi-function Peripheral (MFP) solutions providing a full range of large format scan, copy, share and print capabilities for users of wide format printers. Read more about Professional MFP solutions or click on "Copiers" tab on the main menu.

> Colortrac has reduced the prices of all SmartLF scanners by 3 to 8%.  For example, Ci24 prices reduced by £100, Gx+56 prices reduced by £1,000! 

> Colortrac SmartLF Gx+28c and Gx+42c speed doubled to 2.0 ips.  Click to download the latest firmware with speed doubling.  Please note this applies to Gx+ models only and not Gx.

May 2011

> Colortrac scanner offer - get a Plustek MobileOffice S400 free.  Read full offer details and read offer press release.  This offer has now ended - 20/02/2012

> Motive Systems announce M-Color 9.6 with AutoCAD 2012 support

M-Color 9.6 with support for AutoCAD 2012 and AutoCAD LT 2012 is now available. Version 9.6.504.0 runs with AutoCAD 2012-2002 and AutoCAD LT 2012-2002 on Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2000.

To read more and download the latest version of M-Color 9.6.504.0

April 2011

> Experience 50% faster capture speed with BookDrive Capture 4.2!

Capture time for Single PC mode has been reduced from around 10 seconds per cycle down to 7 seconds. The overall scanning speed can now go over 1,000 pages per hour. We recommend that all Atiz customers use this latest release to get this benefit. 

There is virtually no reason left to use Dual PC mode. 

BookDrive Capture 4.2 can be downloaded here.

March 2011

> Oracle announce new AutoVue Enterprise Visualisation Release 20.1.  The new features and enhancements include: reinforced enterprise architecture, extended integration framework, ECAD visualisation enhancements, text extraction APIs extended to Office documents, printing enhancements and more.  Read the full release notes.

> Colortrac has released a new version of their SmartWorks Pro large format scanner software allowing customers to select from one of 10 new fully nationalised versions to suit their local needs.  Read more ScanWorks Pro with 10 languages

> Colortrac has announced the discontinuation of SmartLF All-in-One, ScanWorks and CopySmart.  These software products have been replaced by SmartWorks EZ, SmartWorks Pro Scan and SmartWorks Copier respectively.  Read more ScanWorks, CopySmart and SmartLF discontinuation.

February 2011

> Colortrac has released SmartWorks Pro Scan, Copier and Scan & Copy version 1.0.1.8.  This is the first release after the initial release and has various updates and improvements.  The software is available for licence holder download at http://www.colortrac.com/support/support_downloads.htm 

> Atiz announces a new release of BookDrive Capture, version 4, with many improvements and new functionality.  Read more BookDrive Capture 4  You can download the latest release here - BookDrive Capture version 4

January 2011

> Atiz announces BookDrive N, a performance double-page spread scanner.  BookDrive N >>

November 2010

> Colortrac SmartLF Ci24 awarded BERTL's Best Compact Size Large Format Scanner.  See certificate>>

> Colortrac expands global operations by opening of a new office in Yokohama, Japan as its strategic support centre. Read more>>

> Colortrac, an important innovator in the field of wide format scanning technology, has achieved a breakthrough in improving the scanning workflow of large format documents with the launch of the SmartWorks Pro software family. Read more>>

September 2010

> Motive Systems ahs released M-Files 7.0.  The new release provides many new enhancements and features.  Read more>>

> Allied Images to exhibit at Society of Archivists conference, Ramada Manchester Piccadilly.  Read more>>

August 2010

> Colortrac announces exceptional financial results and a 24% growth in SmartLF large format scanner sales.  Read more>>
> Colortrac has released new firmware and USB drivers for Ci and Gx+ scanner models.  Together they double Ci 40C model scan speed and add a new in-scanner Auto Size Finder on all Ci and Gx+ models.  Read more>>

July 2010

> Colortrac strengthen senior management team with appointment of Rob van Brankel as Marketing Manager.  Read more>>

May 2010

> Allied Images to exhibit at IPEX, NEC, Birmingham.  See us on stand E241, Hall 11.  Read more>>

April 2010

> Allied Images has signed an agreement with Atiz Corporation to distribute BookDrive book scanners in UK and Ireland.  Read more>>
> Oracle Corporation has announced AutoVue Release 20.0 for enterprise visualisation.  Read more>>
> BERTL rate Colortrac SmartLF Gx+ 42 and SmartLF Ci 40 large format scanners "Best in Class".  Read more>>

2009

> Very petit and affordable, the new Colortrac SmartLF Ci 24 is announced by Colortrac.  Read more>>
> Colortrac's award winning SmartLF Ci 40e large format scanner is now available with a certified ISIS driver.  Read more>>
> Motive Systems announces new M-Files partner solutions for MS SharePoint and eCopy sScan.  Read more>>
> Colortrac release next generation SmartLF Gx+ 56/Gx+ T56 extra-wide format scanners.  Read more>>