Review: ibml FUSiON 7200

Editorial Type: Review Date: 2021-04-01 Views: 1,385 Tags: Document, Scanner, Capture, Hardware, BPO, Recognition, ibml, FUSiON 7200 PDF Version:
For very high volume, very high speed scanning workloads, there has only really been one serious contender in the marketplace for a number of years: ibml.

The company's ultra-reliable 'workhorse' hardware and increasingly intelligent software products have long dominated the top end of the market, but these highly desirable solutions have sometimes felt out of reach of some potential BPO and corporate users, simply because they are so high-end. With the new FUSiON 7200 offering ibml hopes to change all that.

The newest member of the FUSiON family that supercedes ibml's ImageTrac offerings, the 7200 is essentially a 'shrunk down' version of the FUSiON scanners originally launched over a year ago, with a reduced price point and footprint, as well as simplified use and new commercial flexibility for potential buyers who want easy access to performance scanning. Make no mistake, the FUSiON 7200 remains an impressive piece of kit in terms of throughput, processing speed and reliability. It's capable of scanning 17,500 pages per hour (35,000 images per hour), and these blistering speeds are not impacted at all if a specific job requires full colour or 300 dpi scanning.

ibml knows its target market very well, and understands what drives BPOs and what matters to them - i.e. the need to maintain high throughput levels even if changing from one job to another with entirely different scan requirements, while also keeping operator interventions and slowdowns to an absolute minimum at all times. This is achieved primarily by smart design in terms of the continuous feeding, open transport mechanisms, wide feeder tracks, and intelligent error handling that literally highlights the exact location of a problem so the operator can instantly address it. Configurations can be altered with one finger: operators can switch between wildly different scan batch types in an instant using the touchscreen interface. What this all adds up to is fast and accurate delivery of high quality data, combined with an unequalled simplicity of use for operators and managers alike.

The 7200 looks the part too, which shouldn't be underestimated when it comes to generating new business. Having impressive looking equipment will help BPOs demonstrate capability and credibility to demanding prospective customers as they go through the process of selecting a scanning bureau partner.

There is no question ibml is doing all the right things at the moment in terms not just of product roadmap but the business itself: the UK operation has recently opened new offices in Farnham, offering live and virtual demos to potential users including bespoke presentations of the new FUSiON scanning a user's own document batches.

For any BPO that may have hesitated in the past about approaching ibml, the introduction of this new solution should be the push they need to contact the firm and see what they could offer. They are likely to discover that these incredibly fast and robust scanning solutions are actually easier than ever to deploy as ibml is working hard to offer flexibility and affordability - all without ever compromising on the absolute core of their business, which is reliable high speed scanning with easy management.

More info: www.ibml.com


VERDICT

This newest member of the FUSiON family offers affordability and flexible options that will open up the ibml range to users who previously might have considered their products out-of-reach for all but the really big players.