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AGX spotted the requirement for a bespoke imaging system for use in the forensic arena after talking to practitioners in the British Police. There were many off the shelf solutions that could have provided an answer but none of them were ideally suited to the specific police application. The precise demand was for a fast, simple, easy to use application for scanning and printing fingerprint lifts at a 1:1 ratio. AGX was able to combine Microtek Scanning technology, Dye Sublimation Printing Technology and a bespoke software package to innovate a system that is now known as LIFT-SP. LIFT-SP has been very successful and is currently in use in 20 different British Police Forces. Sussex Police were so impressed with the LIFT-SP product that they again engaged with AGX to develop a much wider application for the system. A range of new imaging products have now been developed specifically aimed at improving the workflow of crime scene imagery through to identification suites. As a result of this collaboration there are now several UK police forces using the Lift-SP solution Software to collect crime scene information and move it to headquarters for identification in just a few minutes. This has resulted in tangible efficiencies and major backlog reduction. In the Sussex Fingerprint Bureau we have found the AGX LIFT-SP Solution using FISH software to be very reliable and produce 1:1 photographs of fingerprint 'lifts' of a very high quality, quickly and easily. It has been readily incorporated into our working practices proving to be a cost-effective replacement for the obsolete Camtak Processor we previously used.The touch screen enables fingerprint officers to quickly and easily manage the scanning of lifts, to undertake the simple enhancement of different areas of ridge detail on the lifts and then print off the image on the AGX Forensic Dye-Sublimation printer. The overall time taken from scanning a lift to printing off a photographic copy is typically less than 40 seconds.We are confident that this system will continue to perform to our expectations and also provide a platform to be utilised with the remote transmission of marks from crime scenes.As Head of Bureau I have no hesitation in recommending the AGX Solution. Steve Mewett Head of Fingerprint Bureau, Sussex Police