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title: "Contex Insights: Large Format Scanning Guides and Cases | Document archiving"
description: Document archiving | Latest knowledge and news from Contex, experts in large format scanning.
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# Document archiving: Guides and cases
How organizations digitize large documents, plans and records for secure, searchable archives.
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## All document archiving insights
### [ Guide Scan A0, Arch E, D, ANSI and other large format documents: what to consider Which scanner width do you need for A0, A1, Arch D/E or ANSI sizes? Size charts matched to large format scanners, plus what to consider per document type. Updated October 21, 2026](https://contex.com/insights/how-to-digitize-large-documents)
### [ Guide What is large format scanning? Benefits, uses and workflows Learn what large format scanning is, how it works, and how it helps digitize maps, drawings, archives, artwork and technical documents. Updated October 21, 2026](https://contex.com/insights/what-is-large-format-scanning)
### [ Case study Secure access to large format documents a big seller for scanning services provider Image One Florida scanning provider Image One uses a Contex HD Ultra X with PaperVision.com: 300% faster processing, legible scans first time and 24/7 access. September 11, 2023](https://contex.com/insights/image-one-secure-document-access)
[The complete guideLarge document scanning with ContexRead the guide →](https://contex.com/large-document-scanner/)
### [ Case study How to speed up digital archiving at museums: Thunder Bay Museum Thunder Bay Museum replaced a photocopier with a Contex IQ FLEX flatbed scanner and has digitized 40,000 newspaper pages faster and in better quality. November 1, 2022](https://contex.com/insights/thunder-bay-museum-newspaper-archive)
### [ Case study Beating deadlines at a major records management company A records management company scanned 175,000 engineering drawings six months early with three 60-inch Contex HD Ultra X ScanStation Pro scanners. January 7, 2022](https://contex.com/insights/records-management-scanning-deadlines)
### [ Case study Capturing Canada’s storied history: Fort St. John North Peace Museum Fort St. John North Peace Museum scans its 75-year newspaper archive on a Contex HD Ultra X, cutting retrieval from weeks to seconds and protecting it from ... April 14, 2021](https://contex.com/insights/fort-st-john-north-peace-museum)
### [ Case study Reclaiming lost real estate in NYC CASO Document Management boosted scanning productivity by 400% with a 60-inch Contex HD Ultra X, helping NYC clients reclaim space lost to paper archives. February 13, 2020](https://contex.com/insights/caso-reclaiming-real-estate-nyc)
### [ Case study City of Houston rebuilds: scanning permit drawings after Hurricane Harvey After Hurricane Harvey, the Houston Permitting Center scans hundreds of building drawings a day on a Contex IQ Quattro large format scanner. August 6, 2019](https://contex.com/insights/city-of-houston-permitting-center)
### [ Case study Texas A&M University-Central Texas builds an archive from the ground up Texas A&M University-Central Texas built a new archive with a Contex IQ Quattro and IQ FLEX, raising scanning productivity by 50%. June 13, 2019](https://contex.com/insights/texas-am-central-texas-archive)
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