A2 Scanner Price

[Consuela Ellett]

HelloI'm looking for a used Lasergraphics film scanner for a cheaper price than what I've seen on their official site. I'm looking to start an archival film service that can transfer any type of film formats. In 2012, I unsuccessfully tried to start one for just 8 and 16mm film, but due to lack of funds and proper equipment, the project was indefinitely scrapped. My spending budget is approximately no more than $500 and there's no way I'm spending $5,000 for a brand new model off the factory line. Please help. Thank you.

It think you've been misinformed about a few things. There is a low-cost brand that makes mediocre 8mm and 16mm scanners and their price range is around $5k or so for a new scanner. They are the only company I know of making scanners in the $5k price range.

Lasergraphics scanners are some of the best in the world, the director sitting right next to the Arri scanner in terms of quality in my opinion. These scanners are used in commercial post production and they use some of the newest imager technology with some of the best cleanup tools around.

You can get into a basic scanstation personal without an optical package for around $50,000 USD and the normal scanstation with an optical package is around $90,000 USD. There is not much of a used market for these machines because they're so new, very few people have bought them to begin with.

Even people who build their own scanners, wind up spending close to $5k on the camera imager alone, let alone the movement and the electronics/software to drive it. If you're looking to transfer Super 8 or 16mm film to digital files, the simplest way is to buy a 5 blade projector for whatever format you're going to shoot and a decent video camera. Then simply project against a screen and shoot with the video camera. 5 blade projectors help remove the flicker from the image and allow you to capture ok images without a scanner. Obviously the reason scanners exist is because they're better quality.

Not sure where you're seeing any pricing on their site - it's not there, you need to talk to their sales rep to get that information. Tyler's pricing is basically correct - it varies depending on the options you get. We're about $180-$200k into our ScanStation 5 years on, once you factor in all the upgrades we've done over the years (adding gauges, audio formats, upgrading the camera, support packages, etc).

I'm not aware of any used ScanStations for sale right now, and if there were, you'd be looking at a minimum of about 10x what your budget is. Maybe in 20+ years you might find a used one on ebay for $5k, like you can with old Ranks and other telecines now. maybe.

When an item is going down in price, you must reduce the price in the POS system first. Then you can reduce it in ads, shelf tags or display placards. When an item goes up in price, you must increase the price in the ads, shelf tags or display placards first. Then you can increase it in the POS system.

If you charge a customer more than the price you advertise or show, you must refund them the difference. If you charge a customer less than what you advertise, the customer pays the lesser of the two.

By law, if you use an electronic scanner in your store, you must display refund signage (see sample signage). If overcharge a customer, they have a right to a refund of the difference. Obvious and visible signage includes large signs readable from all checkout locations. It can also include individual signs at each register or service counter.

Canadian retailers are committed to accurate scanner pricing. Incorrect prices can result in poor customer relations and legal sanctions. Consequently, many retailers are now implementing a variety of procedures that were developed to help achieve and maintain accurate scanner pricing.

The Code applies to all scanned Universal Product Code (UPC), bar coded, and/or Price Look Up (PLU) merchandise sold in stores, with the exception of goods not easily accessible to the public (e.g. prescription drugs and behind-the-counter cosmetics), and individually price-ticketed items.

Best Buy

Bulkley Valley Wholesale

Canadian Tire

Co-op Atlantic

Costco Wholesale Canada

Federated Co-operatives Limited

Giant Tiger Stores

The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company of Canada Limited

The Groupe Jean Coutu (NB and ON only)

The Harry Watson Group

The Home Depot Canada

1.1 On a claim being presented by the customer, where the scanned price of a product at checkout is higher than the price displayed in the store or than advertised by the store, the lower price will be honoured; and

1.2 Where the same error recurs in scanning multiple units of a given product during a given transaction, the retailer will correct the scanning error in respect of each unit of the given product purchased, but is obliged to apply the policy set out in 1.1 (a) and (b) in respect of only one of the units.

2.2 When a retailer cannot immediately correct a scanning error in respect of a product, it will post a correction notice in a conspicuous place. Once such a notice has been posted, the Item Free Scanner Policy is no longer in effect in respect of the relevant product.

3.3 Retailers will display the sign attached hereto as Attachment 1 at all store entrances or in a conspicuous location near the store entrances. Retailers will display the sign attached hereto as Attachment 2 at each checkout station within their stores.

4.2 The shelf label (peg label, basket label) must contain an accurate description of the item and shall include the price of the item or, where the item is sold at a price based on a unit of measurement, the price per unit of measurement.

7.4 The time period for considering a particular complaint should be left to the discretion of the retailer. However, generally complaints should be resolved as expeditiously as possible and, in any event, no later than one month after the error is alleged to have occurred.

Each food store or food department with more than 5,000 square feet of retail grocery item sales space that utilizes a consumer price scanner system shall have at least one fully operational consumer price scanner for every 5,000 square feet of retail grocery item sales space or part thereof;

All consumer price scanners shall comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines, 28 CFR Part 36, Appendix A, and the Architectural Access Board regulations, 521 CMR 1.00, et seq.;

A sign shall be posted at each consumer price scanner containing contact information for the Division of Standards, so that consumers may report non-operating or otherwise defective consumer price scanners to the Division;

A food store or food department with more than 5,000 square feet but less than 20,000 square feet shall have 1 fully operational consumer price scanner capable of producing an individual item pricing tag, located at the front of the food store or food department. A food store or food department with more than 20,000 square feet shall have 2 fully operational consumer price scanners capable of producing an individual item pricing tag, with at least 1 located at the front of the food store or food department.

At all such printing scanner locations, the food store or food department shall provide the consumer with a means by which such pricing tag may be affixed or appended to the item or its packaging, such as tape or an adhesive pricing tag.

In the case of a food store or food department that uses loyalty cards or otherwise maintains a dual pricing system, the consumer price scanner displays both the loyalty card price and the non-card price if they differ;

For scanners capable of producing an individual item pricing tag, the food store or food department provides the consumer with a means by which such pricing tag may be appended to the item or its packaging, such as tape or an adhesive price tag.

The Deputy Director may, by regulation, authorize new technologies which further the intent of this section, including, but not limited to, hand held or shopping cart-attached scanners which retain in memory and itemize all scanned items. Such technologies may reduce the required number of consumer price scanners by no more than 50 percent.

Any food store or food department with more than 5,000 square feet of retail grocery item sales space that converts from an individual item pricing system to a consumer price scanner system shall within 3 months of such conversion hire or maintain not less than 2 employees whose responsibilities shall include the maintenance of all consumer price scanners within the food store or food department. Such maintenance shall include at a minimum:

daily checks of each consumer price scanner in the food store or food department to ensure that each such scanner is plugged in and operating correctly, including conducting a test scan of at least one item for each scanner to ensure that the scanner is operational;

The log shall reference the time and date of the discrepancy, the name and brand of the item and the SKU or UPS code of the item, the price charged, the price differential, the steps taken to rectify the pricing error, and the time elapsed from discovery of the error to time it is corrected;

For those errors in a food store or food department using consumer price scanners which result in providing the consumer with a free item, a discounted item, and/or additional units provided to the consumer at the correct price, the log should also reflect the quantities of free or discounted items provided.

Einstar provides a wide FOV with high luminosity makes some challenging jobs of dark color, hair scan, outdoor scanning much easier. Software with smart tracking, auto alignment, easy data editing help control the data quality. The scanner and software is easy to use, very friendly to the users even it is the first time of 3d scanning.

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