Ngenuity's innovative white LED illumination system requires no warm up time which means exceptional image quality as soon as you turn on the scanner. This means consistent image quality and fewer camera calibrations (only 1-2 per year).

600,000 scans on bond paper. 250,000 scans on NCR paper. Skimmer tires are now replaceable rather than the whole assembly. Tires and rollers are the only consumables on Ngenuity, reducing your cost of ownership.

Color images may look different on Ngenuity when the operator uses the same settings on VRS as they did with Spectrum. Operators may need to adjust their settings with Ngeunity.

UPDATED 11-NOV-2009

The information contained in this FAQ, can also be applied to the Spectrum XF series.

The Ngenuity scanner is equipped to accommodate a SCSI connection for communication between the scanner and the host PC. The optional SCSI connection can be used in lieu of the standard USB connection.

NOTE: The SCSI and USB connection types cannot be used simultaneously.

To use a SCSI connection, a SCSI card and cable is required. BBH does not provide a SCSI card or cable with the Ngenuity scanner; therefore, these items must be purchased separately. Adaptec's AHA-29160 LP (low profile) KIT* or regular profile card is compatible with Ngenuity scanners. The SCSI cable must be a D68-pin SCSI-3 to LVD cable.

KIT*: The kit should come with a SCSI PCI-2 card, several external cables that are LVD,, VHDCI68M to SCSI-3 D68M, a low profile and standard face or mounting plate.

Ngenuity SCSI Cable Search using the Google search engine: "LVD VHDCI68M"

Download the drivers for the Adaptec 29160LP

Click here to view Adaptec's item description and accessories

IF Win XP's plug and play does not install the driver automatically, follow these instructions.

1. Check the Win Device Manager for the 29160 install under SCSI and RAID controllers.
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3. If not installed, or if a yellow exclamation or question mark is in the device manager, go to Win Start>Control Panel>Add New Hardware. Make sure to select the highlighted item sbelow when you proceed.
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5. This file is located in c:/adaptec29160\WinXP.
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7. Select the 29160LP
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9. If you do not see this screen after the install completes, then you have chosen the wrong driver.
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11. Select YES.
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13. After reboot, you should see the 29160 in the Device Manager like this -
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15. Installation complete.

In very long document mode your images will be segmented at 18 inches in length maximum.

Very long document mode should be used for documents over 40 inches.

Updated 30-SEP-2009

Ngenuity Operator Utilty, Ngenuity Service Utility

If PC/Windows errors occur after installing and running the Ngenuity NOU or NSU, make sure that the scan station PC has Microsoft .Net installed to at leat v2.0.

Start>Control Panel>Add Remove Programs, scroll down to-

This information can be found in the Ngenuity User's Guide