Microfilm scanning techniques, part 1

Billions of paper documents have been converted to some type of microfilm over the years. This process has served the industry well for various reasons. For one, it serves to protect the documents from loss due to paper damage. It also helps to store large quantities of information in an organized fashion.

Over the past few years however, organizations around the world have taken advantage of newer technology and have converted previously microfilmed documents to digital images. The advantages of eliminating storage cost, instant retrieval of information, ability to transfer data anywhere, etc. have made it easy for such organizations to make this microfilm conversion decision.

If you are an individual with one 16mm roll or microfiche, or an organization with thousands of reels of microfilm or fiche cards, or other film format, you also stand to benefit from this technology. To begin this process you first need to understand some concepts of microfilm scanning, imaging, and microfilm.