CRUSE

Company in Germany

For other uses, see Cruse.

Cruse scanner in operation

CRUSE Spezialmaschinen GmbH is a German manufacturer of scanning devices, based in Wachtberg, North Rhine-Westphalia.

The firm produces high-end scanners, most of which are sold to government institutions, museums and archives such as the Smithsonian, the Guggenheim, the V&A Museum and the Vatican Secret Archive. Their scanners are large and specialised,[1][2][3] and capable of scanning large pieces of artworks in one go.[4] The machines create digital images without physically contacting the artworks. A company in Michigan, the United States has used the scanners for works of fine art up to 60- by 72-inches.[5] With a fixed light source and scan head, and a moving vacuum table, the scanners provide even illumination over the whole surface of the original copies, while exposing the copies to very little light.[6]

A study published in IS&T (digital) Archiving Conference in 2012 investigated the color accuracy of five camera systems used for museum image-archiving applications: Phase One IQ 180, Leaf Aptus 75, Hasselblad H4D-50, Cruse scanner, and a Sinar 75H modified to incorporate the RIT Dual-RGB approach. A Betterlight Super 8K was also used in the test as a benchmark. The study found that only the Sinar and the Cruse systems were optimized for archival imaging, and their results were acceptable. The Hasselblad and the Phase One systems needed significant visual editing to make archival color images.[7]

## References

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1. ^ Jacobs, Emma (2015-06-01). "This private library in Philly scans some of the world's most prized documents". Technical.ly Philly. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
2. ^ "Printing in Hong Kong 2013: Bright Arts on the Color-Separation Industry". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
3. ^ "Digitalizzare ed elaborare le fotografie" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-09.
4. ^ "Getty Museum's Open Content lets public download high-res art for free". Digital Trends. 2014-01-19. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
5. ^ Kammerer, Ann (February 11, 2015). "RCP offers high-end scanning and printing to Michigan artists". Capital Gains. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
6. ^ "Washington State Archives – Large Format Document Scanning". www.sos.wa.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
7. ^ Berns, Roy S.; Smith, Stanley (2012-01-01). "Analysis of Color Management Default Camera Profiles for Museum Imaging Applications". Archiving Conference. 2012 (1): 111–115.

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