Over the course of more than two decades, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners has helped digitize billions of documents — medical records, government records and court records, to name a few. Now the document scanner company seeks to capture a record of a different sort. BBH Scanners will attempt to establish the Guinness World Record for the longest document scanned on Monday, Feb. 25 at the 2008 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, Fla. HIMSS is the healthcare IT industry’s largest yearly event.
BBH employees will attempt to scan a paper document roughly one-half mile long — the equivalent length of 2,880 standard, 8.5 x 11-inch sheets laid end to end. They will try for the record using the award-winning Trūper 3600 low-volume production scanner. If successful, the single, continuous scan could last up to two hours.
An official Guinness World Records adjudicator will travel to Orlando from London to validate BBH’s record. The adjudicator will verify that the attempt meets the criteria set forth by Guinness World Records, including that the scanned document is a continuous file in one single page and that the original document is made out of paper.
“As an imaging industry pioneer, BÖWE BELL + HOWELL has a long history of document scanning firsts,” said Mandy Lewis, senior product manager at BÖWE BELL + HOWELL. “We’re pleased to have the opportunity to add another BBH milestone to the record books.”
“Guinness World Records is honored to be a part of this monumental day in BÖWE BELL + HOWELL history,” said Gareth Deaves of Guinness World Records. “We congratulate everyone involved in this remarkable achievement in setting the record for the ‘Longest Scanned Document.’ ”
Document Scanner Goes to Great Lengths
A feature called “long document handling” will allow the Trūper scanner to scan the half-mile document without interruption. BBH introduced the feature on its Trūper Series scanners in late 2007 to give healthcare organizations the ability to scan long, vital medical records, such as fetal monitoring strips and EKG printouts.
“Usually, healthcare workers have to cut long patient records into measured sections or mount them on standard size sheets to scan,” Lewis said, “but with Trūper, these professionals can scan documents of unlimited length with ease. This has the potential to save healthcare organizations significant time and money.”
Long document handling on Trūper is user-selectable, which means users can switch easily between long and regular page modes.
HIMSS 2008 attendees can witness BBH’s attempt to make scanning history on Feb. 25 between 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, at exhibition booth #4476.
Source : bbhscanners.com
