U.S. Geological Survey, Procurement and Contracts Branch, 345 Middlefield Road, Mail Stop 285, Menlo Park, CA 94025

67 -- PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT Contact Point, Warren Saul, Contracting Officer, 415/329-4168. This is a Sources Sought Notice. This announcement is a request for information for planning purposes. No solicitation is available at this time. The U. S. Geological Survey seeks businesses who can supply the following equipment. A digital integrated film recorder system. The digital film recorder must be able to plot digital data onto photographic 10 in. by 10 in. black and white film, color film, and color photographic paper. This capability will allow digital data to be translated into continuous tone photographic images. The photographic film and paper used by this machine must be an industry standard such as Kodak Tmax, Ektachrome, Vericolor, or Ektacolor. The photographic radiometric density uniformity and density repeatability must be plus or minus .05 per color. The density control calibration must be of closed-loop type, which includes a calibration process involving the film recorder, the photographic material, and the chemical processing. The geometric accuracy and plotting repeatability must be plus or minus 0.001 inch in both the X and Y directions across the entire film. The integrated film recorder system must include the recording hardware, a calibration densitometer, a UNIX or VMS computer system, and all necessary software to plot B-bit monochromatic and 24-bit Red-Green-Blue (RGB) color data files from disk to film. The color plotting of the RGB data files to film must be done simultaneously in one plotting pass in order to provide perfect registration of the Red-Green-Blue color components and increase production speed. Pixel resolution: the spot size of each 8-bit monochromatic or 24-bit RGB data value plotted onto film, must have a minimum size of 12 micrometers (2000 pixels per inch), a maximum size of 100 micrometers (250 pixels per inch), be user selectable, and have 5 to 10 other pixel size settings between 12 and 100 micrometers. A typical RGB 24-bit image of 9,000 pixels by 9,000 pixels (243 MegaBytes) plotted at 25 micrometer resolution (1000 pixels per inch) should have a plot time of 20 minutes or less. Submit digital integrated film recorder system brochures and specification sheets along with a company history profile. Businesses who believe they can furnish this equipment are invited to respond within 15 days of the publication date of this notice. All responses will be considered. Responses will be evaluated on your ability to meet the specifications. This notice is for information purposes only and may be the Government's only notice of this action. See Note 25. (017)

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