MGT 7-1.indd - KMI Media Group
MGT 7-1.indd - KMI Media Group
MGT 7-1.indd - KMI Media Group
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LARGE-FORMAT PRINTERS AND<br />
SCANNERS ARE KEY TOOLS FOR<br />
MEETING GEOSPATIAL USERS’<br />
NEEDS FOR PRECISE AND<br />
ACCURATE IMAGING.<br />
BY ERIN FLYNN JAY<br />
<strong>MGT</strong> CORRESPONDENT<br />
For geospatial analysts and users, the ability to move smoothly between<br />
the worlds of electronic and physical images—to produce high-quality prints<br />
from complex and detailed digital images, and vice versa—is essential. To meet<br />
those needs, a wide range of printers and scanners using advanced technology<br />
is available.<br />
The industry uses large-format printers to produce quality and accurate<br />
color maps, charts and high-resolution imagery from satellites and aircraft.<br />
Scanners are used for electronically capturing maps and charts, and map<br />
overlay for geographical analysis.<br />
High-color fidelity is important when scanning difficult GIS maps containing<br />
light or dark shades of color. Users may be working with old or fragile<br />
documents or maps that have folds or imperfections, so it’s also important to<br />
use scanning technology that can scan and capture images properly.<br />
3-D printers, meanwhile, enable customers to produce quality terrain,<br />
urban and subsurface maps quickly. When used to print GIS data, they provide<br />
a color terrain map, not just a 2-D image.<br />
One company that is heavily involved in this field is HP, which offers a broad<br />
portfolio of large-format color printing technologies and solutions. There are<br />
a number of HP solutions available to meet the<br />
needs of professionals working in the geospatial<br />
industry.<br />
“These solutions should be selected based<br />
on the size of the work group and the volume<br />
of printing that needs to be fulfilled as well as<br />
the type of printing applications that will be<br />
produced,” said Eric DuPaul, U.S. federal government<br />
Designjet specialist, HP Imaging and<br />
Printing Division.<br />
HP Designjet printers are being used by the<br />
Eric DuPaul<br />
geospatial community to produce high-quality,<br />
eric_dupaul@hp.com highly accurate color maps, plats, charts and<br />
high-resolution imagery from satellites and aircraft. “With the federal government<br />
moving to a ‘distribute and print as needed’ model from a ‘print and<br />
distribute’ model, HP Designjet printers are helping to cut costs and reduce<br />
waste with quick print-on-demand capabilities,” DuPaul said.<br />
With built-in technology designed to allow geospatial users to easily print<br />
from applications such as ESRI ArcMap and Adobe PDF, HP Designjet printers<br />
do not require special modifications to meet the needs of the geospatial<br />
community. Such features as an easy-to-use print driver, built-in job management<br />
tools, user-changeable supplies and HP’s<br />
Advanced Profiling Solution ensure a great customer<br />
experience right out of the box, he said.<br />
After working with the federal geospatial<br />
community for more than a decade, HP has carefully<br />
considered this customer group’s needs<br />
when designing its printers. For example, all<br />
HP Designjet printers that include hard drives<br />
support HP Secure Disk Erase and Secure<br />
Sanitized Erase, as required under the Department<br />
of Defense’s 5220-22.M specification.<br />
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