No More Book Spine Damage!

Thick books with stiff spines and content that runs deep into the book fold are often damaged when copied. KIC BookEdge easily captures content well into the book fold without damaging the spine.

Black edges are automatically removed and content is straightened, producing clean, professional looking images — important for electronic reserves, course curriculum materials and research reports. These automatic image treatment functions also save a lot of faculty, administrator, and student time.

Compatible with Copy Card & Cash Systems

All KIC systems are compatible with all standard copy card and coin-op devices. Since KIC transfers images to users' computers electronically, costly expendables are avoided, even for color! The library can opt to keep all revenue it collects.

Charge for Prints Only...

or charge more for prints, less for images. When it comes to cost recovery, KIC systems have got you covered. KIC's fee administration feature lets you charge different amounts for color, B&W, 8.5 x 11" and 11 x 17" images.

Copy Card Compatibility

• ITC Systems 1010 NetLink
• ITC Systems 7010 NetLink
• Access Control Devices EX2000
• Blackboard CR1120
• Blackboard CR1122
• Blackboard CR3000
• CBord C2005
• Diebold C2005
• Comprise Smart Kiosk
• Copicard CX125

• Danyl Systems Copy terminal
• Debitek DCT Family of readers
• General Meters DCT-2
• Jamex 7110
• Pharos PS100
• Pharos Omega series terminals
• Vendapin 5500
• Vendapin 5596
• Virtual Cash Vending Terminals

Compact & Affordable

The KIC BookEdge is the perfect choice for student walk-up scanning and copying in areas where space is a premium. It makes entire library collections available in digital form. The KIC BookEdge's clever design allows users to scan pages right up to the bound margin near the spine, without damaging books. The KIC BookEdge produces beautiful, full color images at no additional cost over black & white images! Even searchable PDF's and text-to-audio (MP3 files) are a snap to create.

The KIC BookEdge was specifically designed to occupy the same space as a typical floor-standing photocopier. Replacing outmoded copiers in academic and research libraries is easy with KIC BookEdge's modern scanning, printing and interactive computerized touch screen technology. The optional ADF scanner and a printer gives the KIC BookEdge the functionality of a color copier at a fraction of the cost.

Convert Loose Paper to Digital

KIC BookEdge shown
here with ADF option ADF attachment scans 40 pages in a minute (20 sheets per minute)

Digital copiers are very mature products that certainly have their place in business and administration environments, but not the library floor. With its book edge feature that protects the spines of books, its ADF option that scans one or both sides of 20 loose-leaf pages per minute, and a generic high-speed printer, KIC gives new meaning to the phrase 'copiers are so old school.' When compared with copiers and MFC's, KIC book scanners are the only intelligent choice for the library floor.

• KIC is very agile, and allows the user to jump from just about anywhere in the touch screen system to just about anywhere else, directly and usually with a single touch. This modern, 'modeless' design is easier to use, but difficult to create.

• KIC's large buttons and controls are easy to use, even for people with unsteady hands.

• KIC gradually expands and contracts controls such as brightness, con- trast and DPI so users can easily follow their screen activity

• KIC doesn't delete original images when you clip a photo or excerpt of text unless you tell it to.

• KIC lets you output to many different destinations in a single session.

• Once you've scanned a document, you can change your mind as to where you would like it to output. For example, you may have wanted to save to USB, but learned your USB drive is full. Or you may scan so much that it exceeds your email limit. Or after scanning and collating a mass of research, you decide that you want to share the research with others.

Copiers are Outmoded

Since the first KIC was delivered to an academic library in 2004, the days of photocopiers for patron use in academic libraries and even public libraries were numbered. And now with the rapid explosion of tablet computers and electronic readers, the demand in academic libraries for electronic copies has substantially outstripped the demand for printed copies. The demand for electronic copies in public libraries is also reaching a tipping point.

The ability to capture virtually unlimited numbers of pages of research into a tablet or electronic reader and search through that material on the Internet with a tablet, eReader or notebook PC that can be used just about anywhere is highly convenient and immensely valuable. In this digital age, academic libraries are compelled to go hybrid for three reasons: 1) the high demand for digital content; 2) their existing print collections contain vast amounts of information that cannot be found on the Internet; and 3) students are receptive to the price of electronic copies - typically free.

So how do the costs of KIC systems compare with those of photo copiers? There are three main factors that keep the cost of photocopies high: 1) each copy requires paper, toner and ink; 2) photocopiers require a lot of maintenance due to the number of moving parts; and 3) all major photocopier brands use a distributed service model.

In contrast, these costs are lower for KIC because KIC has split the scan/copy functions into three separate machines, choosing the best of breed for each. As a result, KIC offers the best book scanners by themselves or with a loose-leaf paper (ADF) scanner. Virtually any off-the-shelf laser or inkjet printer can be added to any KIC system, so you can optimize costs and speeds, and offer affordable color.

This graph compares the total costs of one color KIC BookEdge system with three color copiers and with three black and white copiers. Both copiers are the kinds typically seen in academic libraries. One KIC BookEdge is compared with three copiers because its face-up operation yields well over two times the performance of a typical copier.

The costs are broken into three main areas: equipment and maintenance, consumables, and patron usage time. With KIC, electronic output is assumed to be preferred over print 90% of the time. That ratio has ranged from 75-95% electronic in 2012, but is certain to rise in the future.

KIC BookEdge Scanners vs. Copiers

A five Year Comparison at a Usage
Rate of 150,000 pages per year

Capture Area Comparison

With a large 11.8 X 17 inch capture area, the KIC BookEdge system has a maximum capture area that is 7% larger that large copiers and more that twice the size of typical consumer scanners. The image below shows the maximum scan areas of KIC products compared to copiers and other book scanners.

Thick Books... No Problem

KIC BookEdge handles thick books beautifully. Its contour finding laser allows it to flatten even the most curved books and produce text that is clear and undistorted. KIC automatically adds margins for print-ready image quality.

KIC BookEdge Scans 3 Times Faster

Statistics from five million scanning sessions across America revealed a median session length of 23 pages. So, most of the time spent during a KIC session is spent scanning. Scanning has been proven to be three times faster than face down scanning. So why is speed so important.

• It's economical. One KIC BookEdge can replace multiple copiers or other face-down scanning machines.
• It gives patrons another reason to visit your library.
• It's green. The faster it is, the more use it will get and the less the copier will be used.

Color Images are Free

In the digital world, there is no paper, toner or ink, so libraries rarely charge for images, whether black and white or color.

Color Copies for Less

Over the years, many libraries experimented with color copiers, but could never find a formulathat worked. If the fees were low, patrons would copy materials with so much color that the library would spend more on ink than the fees they were collecting. If the fees were too high, the usage would be so low that the cost of the machine couldn't be justified.

KIC calculates the amount of color in an image before it is printed. So the fee for copies with a little bit of color can be the same as the fee for black and white copies. If a copy has a lot of color, the fee can be increased in proportion to the cost of the color ink or toner. This wonderful feature should be a simple, easy byproduct of the digital age, and it is with KIC.

• Copy two face-up, full-color pages with a single touch
• Create full color electronic images and/or papers copies
• Review electronic images into proper order with your fingertip
• Select file formats such as PDF, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, even MP3(audio)
• Simply place your smart device on KIC's optional SmartDoc and with
  just two touches, you are ready very high-speed transfer
• Sending scanned images via email is also fast and easy with hot-keys
  that are pre-programmed with your institution's base email address
• Output to Google Docs / Google Apps for Education and other cloud-
  based tools can also be simplified with pre-programmed hot-keys
• Insert a USB flash memory device and KIC auto-selects USB output