Information Technology and Computer Support

The ESM department has a wide array of equipment available to assist your document creation, from digital photography and scanning to page layout and document creation.

Please note that these services are for ESM faculty, staff and students only.

Digital Imaging

We have the following equipment available via the technical contacts:

Olympus E-10 digital camera

Images rival 35mm
4 mega pixels
Large storage capacity
Macro mode
Photography available through Bill Ames
Please allow 1 week notice, if possible, for events
Image editing, including portrait retouching, removal of lensatic distortion, as well as color correction and other darkroom abilities

Epson 1640U scanner

Full color (42 bit) flatbed scanning
Scans slide, negatives and other transparencies
Up to 1600x3200dpi optical resolution

Xerox Document WorkCenter 480ST

High speed scanning at up to 60 pages per minute
Black and white only - no grayscale or color
Up to 11"x18"
Works very well with Optical Character Recognition
Perfect for archiving paper to CD (see tech contacts)

High Capacity Storage

Tech contacts can place your large files on a number of different media, including CD, DVD, Zip, ftp and web pages.

Please allow at least 3 days notice for DVDs. DVD media is $5.00 per 4.7gb disc.

Publishing

Page Layout

Document creation available for all types and sizes
Printing available for brochures, handouts and posters
Complete set of design tools, including Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat
Color laser from 4"x6" to 11"x17", inkjet posters up to 36"x70"
Contact Bill Ames for more information

Optical Character Recognition

Converts printed text into computer editable text
Faster than typing when original computer files are not available
Will not read equations, but text is near 100% with laser quality text