Enhance Your Digitization Setup
The Crowley Company offers a full suite of professional accessories to complement our line of scanners and digitization systems. From precision imaging targets to custom-built book cradles and stable scanning tables, each accessory is designed to help you achieve the highest image quality, improve operator comfort, and streamline your digitization workflow.
Whether you’re working with microfilm, bound materials, or oversized documents, Crowley accessories are built to support accuracy, repeatability, and efficiency—ensuring that every scan meets the standards of your preservation or production goals.
Imaging Targets
Precision You Can Trust.
Color accuracy and resolution performance are key to a successful digital capture process. Crowley provides a range of imaging targets that help operators and quality control teams verify, calibrate, and maintain consistent results across imaging projects.
Our targets are designed and manufactured in partnership with trusted industry leaders, including Image Science Associates (ISA), ensuring compliance with international standards such as ISO 12233, ISO 16067, Metomorfoze and FADGI guidelines.
Available for a wide range of imaging applications, these targets include:
- Color and tone targets: Verify color balance, exposure, and tonal response.
- Resolution and spatial frequency targets: Measure sharpness, edge response, and optical performance.
- Miniaturized targets: Perfect for camera and scanner setups with limited capture space.
Imaging targets are a crucial component of any digitization workflow—particularly for cultural heritage institutions, libraries, archives, and service bureaus that must ensure consistent, measurable image quality over time.
Book Holders and Cradles
Gentle Support for Bound Materials.
Digitizing books, ledgers, and bound volumes requires both precision and care. Crowley offers a range of book cradles designed to support fragile or valuable materials during the scanning process.
Our adjustable cradles help minimize strain on book spines and bindings while maintaining optimal page alignment for capture. These cradles are compatible with many of Crowley’s overhead and planetary scanners, including the Zeutschel, OS Q, and OS C-Series systems.
Key features include:
- V-shaped and flat cradle options: Accommodate different book structures and scanning angles.
- Glass plate integration: Ensures even page contact for clear, distortion-free images.
Whether digitizing rare manuscripts or modern reference materials, Crowley’s book cradles combine mechanical precision with archival sensitivity—making them an essential part of any book scanning setup.
Copyboard Systems
Flexible Scanning for Unique Materials
Crowley offers a range of copyboard systems—interchangeable scanner beds designed to accommodate a variety of collection types and unique handling needs. These systems provide the flexibility to digitize bound volumes, oversized documents, or delicate materials with precision and care.
Available options include:
- Motorized book cradles: Automatically adjust to provide optimal page support and protect book spines.
- Glass plates: Ensure flat, distortion-free scans.
- Vacuum suction: Secure fragile or irregular materials during capture.
- Back or top lighting: Enhance image clarity for translucent or delicate media.
- Custom configurations: Tailored setups to meet specialized scanning workflows.
Crowley partners with leading manufacturers, including Zeutschel GmbH, to provide high-quality copyboard systems trusted by libraries, archives, and digitization professionals. With decades of experience behind their design, these systems offer versatile, reliable solutions that integrate seamlessly into your scanning workflow.
Scanning Tables and Stands
Stable Foundations for Every Scan.
A scanner performs best when it rests on a solid, ergonomic foundation. Crowley offers a range of scanner tables and stands designed to improve operator comfort, reduce vibration, and optimize workspace efficiency.
Features include:
- Heavy-duty construction: Minimizes vibration and maintains precise scanner alignment.
- Adjustable heights: Supports both seated and standing operators.
- Cable management: Keeps cords organized and reduces tripping hazards.
In production or archival environments where long scanning sessions are common, the right table setup can dramatically improve productivity and operator comfort—ensuring that focus stays on image quality, not equipment strain.
Why Crowley Accessories?
All accessories offered by Crowley are carefully selected from trusted manufacturers to complement our scanners and provide reliable, professional-grade performance. By integrating imaging targets, book cradles, copyboard systems, and stable tables into your workflow, you can achieve consistent results while protecting your materials and supporting operator efficiency.
Our team is ready to help you select the right combination of products to meet your specific workflow, media type, and imaging standards. From preservation-focused archives to high-volume production environments, Crowley provides solutions designed to keep your digitization projects running smoothly and reliably.
Talk to a Crowley Expert
Every digitization project is unique. Contact Crowley to discuss the accessories that best complement your scanners and workflow goals. Our specialists can help recommend imaging targets, cradles, copyboards, tables, and more—ensuring your digitization setup delivers consistent, high-quality results.
Contact us today to explore our full accessory offerings.