Hard
Copy Service will Remain Available at CSC
By
Joe Lee
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The
Hard Copy Centre was founded in February 1994 to mainly provide
colour output services to staff and students of the university.
It was then combined with the Design and Production team of
MPU to form the Media Production Service (MPS) in September
1998. According to the recent management re-organisation,
the MPU (including the MPS) was merged with the University
Press and was moved to the Festival Walk Office on 1 March
2003. In order to provide multimedia production services to
users, the Computing Services Centre (CSC) resumes the original
functions of the Hard Copy Centre under the name of Hard Copy
Service (HCS).
Why
we have the HCS?
Nowadays,
with software like CorelDraw, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia
Freehand, Microsoft PowerPoint and many others, users can
easily create high quality and attractive documents and presentation
materials on their desktop computer. However, with ordinary
colour printers, it is not easy to produce the desirable printouts.
Also, it always takes users two hours or more to print just
a few pages of printouts and/or transparencies of photo-quality.
Furthermore, users may experience difficulties when they want
to
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include
some photos, slides or negative film in their presentations,
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print
a poster as large as 4' x 12',
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capture
video and sound from DV/video tape,
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print
plastic name badge for their department or conference,
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duplicate
a large number of CD-ROMs.
To help
staff and students overcome these difficulties, the HCS has
equipped with advanced input and output devices, which are
usually found in professional print shops. These devices include
a 5000 dpi color scanner, 600 dpi color laser copier / printer,
60" width plotting device, CD duplicator and so on.
Scope
of Services
The followings
are provided by the HCS:
-
Printing
Services
- Scanning
/ Capturing Services
- Color
Image Scanning (including slides, negative films, and photos)
- Sound
Capturing
- Video
Capturing
- Other Services
- Color
Laser Photocopying
- CD-ROM
recording
- Foam
board mounting
For more
information, please call the HCS at 2788 8257.
Future
Direction
In addition
to providing multimedia production services, the Hard Copy
Service will assist staff and students to create high quality
and attractive presentation materials. In the past, the HCS
launched the Clip Art Library and the CityImage, which provide
users with attractive clip arts and photos for enhancing their
presentations easily.
The HCS
will constantly review its production processes, services,
and equipment to meet users' needs.
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