The KIC Click is a high-speed, face-up book capture system at an affordable price. Its sleek and elegant look will complement any library floor. And with its True 2 TouchTM user interface, KIC Click is as easy to use as it is beautiful. Are there any compromises? You decide.

The KIC Click captures nearly 20 book pages per minute for instant access on tablets, notebooks, smart devices and easy transfer to desktop PCs and servers. With a bed size 30% larger than its nearest competitor, it captures up to 22 x16 inch books and materials at an uncompromising resolution of 300dpi.

Photocopiers, PCs, monitors and keyboards clutter up otherwise beautiful libraries across America. The smooth but rugged black or white KIC Clicks totally reverse that trend, adding beauty to even the most beautiful libraries.

Capture Deep into the Book fold

KIC Click's Dual Cameras are Set at the Perfect Angles

Most books curve at the spine – some rather dramatically. KIC Click gets deep into the bookfold of tightly-bound volumes by capturing from two angles, and easily straightens out the worst curves, producing clear, professional quality images.

Fast, Face-Up Scanning that Captures Into the Book Fold Like No Other Machine

Thick Books...No Problem

KIC Click handles thick books beautifully. Text is clear and undistorted. KIC automatically adds margins for print-ready image quality.

Capture Area Comparison

KIC Click's ample 16 X 22 inch capture area is over 50% larger than that of 11x17 inch copiers and twice that of typical consumer scanners. It handles a large percentage of books that are too big for an 11x17 inch scan bed, scanning them two pages at a time without damage to their spines.

KIC Click's high speed is derived as much from its ultra-simple, true two-touch interface as from its face-up design that obviates the need to flip books over and over again during the capture process.

KIC Click's sleek look and elegant design put the full KIC self-serve digitization functionality into a mere 25 inch width. Its large, 22 inch touch screen and capture surface are at the perfect heights for quick, standing operation when placed on a typical table or its optional K-legs.

Capture Oversized Books

KIC Click Mini's generous 12.25 X 19.2 inch capture area is 27% larger than that of 11x17 inch copiers and about twice that of typical consumer scanners. It easily handles books that are too big for an 11x17 inch scan bed, scanning them two pages at a time without damage to their spines.

Face-up book scanning is far easier on both patrons and books and quite a bit faster than face-down scanning.

Scanning books face-up makes it much easier to keep track of what pages you've scanned. With KIC Click, Click Mini and other face-up scanners, books stay face up, so you can see what you're scanning as you scan it. This extra visibility eliminates the age old problem of skipping pages and scanning pages out of order which can occur with face-down scanners.

The following photo sequences show the reason that face-down scanning system are typically 1/3 the speed of face-up systems. The book flipping necessary to scan a book on a face-down scanner like the KIC BookEdge is shown in the photo sequence below. It's a workout both for the book and the patron.

The ergonomic design of the face-up scanning systems involves only the basic movement required to set a book down and turn a page.

• 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 photo- copies high: 1) each copy requires paper, toner and ink; 2) photo-copiers 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.

KIC Click Scanners vs. Copiers

This graph compares the total costs of one color KIC Click system with three color copiers and with three black and white copiers. Both copiers are the kinds typically seen in academic libraries. One KIC Bookeye 4 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

No More Book Spine Damage!

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

KIC automatically removes black edges, straightens content, and produces clean, professional looking images – important for electronic reserves, course curriculum materials and research reports. These automatic image treatment functions also save a lot of administrator, faculty, and student time.

Thick Books...No Problem

KIC Click & Click Mini 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 Click & Click Mini 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. Face up scanning has been proven to be three times faster than face down scanning. So why is speed so important

• It's economical. One Click 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 paper copies

• Review electronic images before saving or printing copies

• Collage by dragging 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 SmartDock and with just two touches, you are ready for 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-select USB output