Friday, September 30, 2011
Getting Your Microfilm Conversion Started
Identify the media for microfilm conversion. http://chilp.it/8e6cab
Identify the media for microfilm conversion. http://chilp.it/8e6cab
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Our Florida microfilm scanning company was used to resolve a microfilm scanning need for a local government... http://chilp.it/7a1da2
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Is hard to believe that so many companies still use microfiche cards for archiving. http://chilp.it/d7ed92
Finding information from libraries collection of articles that are stored on microfilm can be time consuming.... http://chilp.it/fbc08f
Aperture cards that have been used to store drawing and building plans for years, can be transfer to digital.... http://chilp.it/d4378d
Ever need to search large piles of documents? Records scanning can change that. http://chilp.it/74db38
A microfilm conversion is another term for microfilm scanning, roll film scanning, and microfilm digitizing.... http://chilp.it/8437dc
Facts About 35mm Microfilm Conversion- 35mm reels usually contain newspapers, books, engineering drawings, maps,... http://chilp.it/277073
Monday, September 26, 2011
Facts About 35mm Microfilm Conversion
Facts About 35mm Microfilm Conversion
- 35mm reels usually contain newspapers, books, engineering drawings, maps, blueprints, and other large format documents, but the truth is anything that has ever been on paper can be on 35mm, including 8.5 x 11 A-Sized documents.
If you have any experience in the micrographics industry or a knowledge of ANSI standards, you would think that document imaging guidelines are enforced, but they are not. If, for some reason or another, a microfilming company wanted to reduce documents to 12x or 16x reduction ratio, it would be on 35mm.
- The number of frames on 35mm roll film varies, but generally speaking a 35mm microfilm scanning results in around 500 images per reel. Since there were no standards, however, theoretically a reel could contain anywhere from 1 image to 1200+ images. Most of them are 100 feet.
- The price of a 35mm microfilm scanning is slightly higher than a 16mm microfilm conversion due to the size of the images and number of frames on a reel.
- A 35mm microfilm conversion can result in a bi-tonal or greyscale image (Group IV uncompressed, LZW, or other compressions). The images can be named or indexed anything. Typical file formats are PDF, TIFF, or JPEG.
- A microfilm conversion is not the same as a microfiche conversion, as those terms are commonly confused. Part of the confusion is that there are 35mm jacketed microfiche, which were at one time on roll film.
- The reels are usually converted at 200DPI, 300DPI, or 400DPI. (DPI = dots per inch/scanning resolution)
- Please contact us for a microfilm conversion price quote.
- 35mm reels usually contain newspapers, books, engineering drawings, maps, blueprints, and other large format documents, but the truth is anything that has ever been on paper can be on 35mm, including 8.5 x 11 A-Sized documents.
If you have any experience in the micrographics industry or a knowledge of ANSI standards, you would think that document imaging guidelines are enforced, but they are not. If, for some reason or another, a microfilming company wanted to reduce documents to 12x or 16x reduction ratio, it would be on 35mm.
- The number of frames on 35mm roll film varies, but generally speaking a 35mm microfilm scanning results in around 500 images per reel. Since there were no standards, however, theoretically a reel could contain anywhere from 1 image to 1200+ images. Most of them are 100 feet.
- The price of a 35mm microfilm scanning is slightly higher than a 16mm microfilm conversion due to the size of the images and number of frames on a reel.
- A 35mm microfilm conversion can result in a bi-tonal or greyscale image (Group IV uncompressed, LZW, or other compressions). The images can be named or indexed anything. Typical file formats are PDF, TIFF, or JPEG.
- A microfilm conversion is not the same as a microfiche conversion, as those terms are commonly confused. Part of the confusion is that there are 35mm jacketed microfiche, which were at one time on roll film.
- The reels are usually converted at 200DPI, 300DPI, or 400DPI. (DPI = dots per inch/scanning resolution)
- Please contact us for a microfilm conversion price quote.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Aperture card scanning is the process of digitizing PC cards that contain a rectangular cutout with film pasted... http://chilp.it/735ff8
Records scanning can transfer records from microfiche cards to PDF or Jpeg files. http://chilp.it/4f3063
Records scanning can be the solution a a number of issues with your microfilm or microfilm system. http://chilp.it/b8614a
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Records Scanning Your Microfilm Rolls
The amount of information stored in microfilm is huge. Records scanning
will help digitize all these records to store them on computers. For
example, a resent article publishes mention that the Mormons have
collected billions of records on microfilm. All this information will
probably find its way through a records scanning process to digitize it
all. The end result will be a storage and retrieval system capable of
holding all of the documents in a single location.
Records scanning can be very useful in terms of its capabilities to save records from destruction. There are numerous events pointing to the possible lose of data from microfilm. When you solely rely on microfilm to store valuable information, and on top of that people have access to the use of it, eventually things can go wrung. Records scanning can protect that data against accidental scratching, misplacing, or other damages. Records scanning does not mean you lose the microfilm. You can retain the microfilm and also use the images in a more effective way.
As technology continues affect a grater part of our lives, records scanning allows the flexibility to bring microfilm information to current technology standards. Records scanning allows you to use your own computer to access the information without having to rely on microfilm viewers. You don't even need to be sitting in a library because images can be shared over the internet. Taking advantage of records scanning opens the doors to a world of opportunities.
Records scanning can be very useful in terms of its capabilities to save records from destruction. There are numerous events pointing to the possible lose of data from microfilm. When you solely rely on microfilm to store valuable information, and on top of that people have access to the use of it, eventually things can go wrung. Records scanning can protect that data against accidental scratching, misplacing, or other damages. Records scanning does not mean you lose the microfilm. You can retain the microfilm and also use the images in a more effective way.
As technology continues affect a grater part of our lives, records scanning allows the flexibility to bring microfilm information to current technology standards. Records scanning allows you to use your own computer to access the information without having to rely on microfilm viewers. You don't even need to be sitting in a library because images can be shared over the internet. Taking advantage of records scanning opens the doors to a world of opportunities.
Aperture Card Scanning Services
Generation Imaging offers Florida aperture card scanning services. Aperture card scanning is the process that converts old PC cards to digital images, such as PDF, TIFF, or JPEGs. Images can be multi-page documents or single page. The digital output can be greyscale or bi-tonal.
Aperture card scanning enables an analog media to be electronically acceptable and digitally distributed. Images can be copied, stored on various devices such as multiple computers, servers, CDs, DVDs, USBs, external hard drives, and more. Images can be printed, e-mailed, put on the internet and your company's intranet. You can easily search for specific drawing numbers with your keyboard or mouse, as opposed to hunting through file cabinets and thousands of pink, yellow, white, and blue files.
Aperture card scanning has so many obvious benefits that it just doesn't make logical sense to continue to use PC cards in your organization. Without an emergency backup plan, those PC cards can be lost and the data cannot be replaced. At least with digital images you have the opportunity to have backup storage without the cost of getting the aperture cards physically duplicated and put in some warehouse.
When it comes to workplace efficiency and storage space, aperture card scanning is the ultimate solution.
Yes, everything must be budgeted and quite frankly money is the number one reason why companies choose note to convert aperture cards to digital image. However, Generation Imaging is open-minded about working with you on price and perhaps digitizing only a certain amount of apertures per quarter or month. Please contact us today about your aperture card scanning project and we can help.
Aperture card scanning enables an analog media to be electronically acceptable and digitally distributed. Images can be copied, stored on various devices such as multiple computers, servers, CDs, DVDs, USBs, external hard drives, and more. Images can be printed, e-mailed, put on the internet and your company's intranet. You can easily search for specific drawing numbers with your keyboard or mouse, as opposed to hunting through file cabinets and thousands of pink, yellow, white, and blue files.
Aperture card scanning has so many obvious benefits that it just doesn't make logical sense to continue to use PC cards in your organization. Without an emergency backup plan, those PC cards can be lost and the data cannot be replaced. At least with digital images you have the opportunity to have backup storage without the cost of getting the aperture cards physically duplicated and put in some warehouse.
When it comes to workplace efficiency and storage space, aperture card scanning is the ultimate solution.
Yes, everything must be budgeted and quite frankly money is the number one reason why companies choose note to convert aperture cards to digital image. However, Generation Imaging is open-minded about working with you on price and perhaps digitizing only a certain amount of apertures per quarter or month. Please contact us today about your aperture card scanning project and we can help.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Computer Output Microfilm COM is the most tricky type of 16mm roll film to convert to digital image. http://chilp.it/edaecc
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Computer Output Microfilm is THE most advanced, most difficult, and most technical roll film to scan. http://chilp.it/f60e8b
Computer Output Microfilm is the rarest of 16mm roll film types ironically Computer Output Microfilm is a very... http://chilp.it/aa60b7
How to Scan Computer Output Microfilm
Computer Output Microfilm is THE most advanced, most difficult, and most technical roll film to scan. Why? For normal roll film, high production microfilm scanners capture each frame based on edge detection algorithms, which include setting sense areas and black/white pixel formulas. It helps if the frames are fixed, but variable length frames can be captured with no problems.
However, for Computer Output Microfilm there may be no edges of frames. Indeed, the scanner operator will be lucky to find a consistent and detectable edge (YES, even with ribbon scanning- don't believe the hype from scanner manufacturers). The easiest way out of this jam is if the Computer Output Microfilm has blips for each frame. Then, the scanner could be set up to detect on the blip.
So as you can see there are at least three general types of Computer Output Microfilm in roll film scanning, and one of them requires post-processing: the images would have to be scanned as strips- with a backup overscan- and then the frames would have to be manually cropped/clipped. Suffice to say the costs are very high to digitize Computer Output Microfilm in this way.
Therefore it is very important for you to know and identify if you have this type of film instead of standard 16mm roll film. Generation Imaging is a scanning company that can these types of roll film conversions. Please contact G.I. if you need to have COM reels converted to digital image. Generation Imaging will perform a sample for you.
However, for Computer Output Microfilm there may be no edges of frames. Indeed, the scanner operator will be lucky to find a consistent and detectable edge (YES, even with ribbon scanning- don't believe the hype from scanner manufacturers). The easiest way out of this jam is if the Computer Output Microfilm has blips for each frame. Then, the scanner could be set up to detect on the blip.
So as you can see there are at least three general types of Computer Output Microfilm in roll film scanning, and one of them requires post-processing: the images would have to be scanned as strips- with a backup overscan- and then the frames would have to be manually cropped/clipped. Suffice to say the costs are very high to digitize Computer Output Microfilm in this way.
Therefore it is very important for you to know and identify if you have this type of film instead of standard 16mm roll film. Generation Imaging is a scanning company that can these types of roll film conversions. Please contact G.I. if you need to have COM reels converted to digital image. Generation Imaging will perform a sample for you.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Fire damages to the State Historical Research Center in the University of Missouri library could have damage... http://chilp.it/e0cc0f
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Computer Output Microfilm is the process for transferring data from electronic media stored on computers to 16mm... http://chilp.it/faedd8
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Computer Output Microfilm is a system that converts stored data directly to microfilm or microfiche. http://chilp.it/24bfef
Microfiche scanning is a technique to digitize analog fiche that contain owner manuals, parts manuals, repair... http://chilp.it/edb134
Reselling microfiche scanning services is an excellent way for your company, organization, or you to have access... http://chilp.it/2fbe26
The Library of congress has a highvolume of microfiche and microfilm and is awarding a contract for acompany do... http://chilp.it/e876f3
The Library Of Congress In Line To Digitize Negatives
The Library of congress has a high
volume of microfiche and microfilm and is awarding a contract for a
company do digitize negatives from these microforms. According to the
federal business opportunity report, the process to digitize
negatives needs to be done at a high quality level. The purpose to
digitize these negatives by the Library Service Preservation Division
is to at least produce a digital file of the documents.
There are many reasons to believe that
digitize negatives will help. For one, digitize negatives will help
the library of congress offer better service in terms of providing
faster search alternatives. Then there is the issue of additional
preservation benefits. Digitize negatives can be duplicated endless
times and backed up for safety reasons. There are many other
associated benefits of digitize negatives from microfilm or
microfiche and the end users stand to gain from this.
As we move forward, I suspect that more
libraries will digitize negatives from microfiche or microfilm in
order to get their records into an electronic format. It only makes
sense from a practical view, that all of these institution digitize
negatives of archives that can only be found on microfilm at the
present time. In cases where cost has been an issue, we can digitize
negatives from microfilm, microfiche, aperture cards, and other
formats, for a very low microfilm price.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Seems like everyday, another organization makes a move to digitize negatives to preserve historical records. http://chilp.it/349d00
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Many small and giant insurance companies or organizations that provide or manage insurance benefits to workers... http://chilp.it/e56196
MIcrofiche Scanning and Insurance Policies
Many small and giant insurance companies or organizations that provide or manage insurance benefits to workers (such as governments and unions) keep their records on microfiche. This used to be the standard, and in fact, many organizations to this day still work with the fiche as opposed to using a microfiche scanning solution, which would digitize the entire collection.
There are many benefits in which microfiche scanning can help such organizations:
- Microfiche scanning would use less labor to accomplish the same tasks.
- Microfiche scanning allows more productive use of employee time
- Microfiche scanning reduces office filing space
- Microfiche scanning enables cost savings by eliminating a storage warehouse or paying a company to store and retrieve your fiche (you know who they are).
Most insurance fiche I've seen contain policy number, name, and sometimes social security number. A policy holder may have records covering more than one individual fiche. Generally speaking most retrieval systems use a multi-page tiff or multipage pdf named by policy number and/or name. Other final file formats include single page files linked to a load file or database.
The first reaction of an organization with insurance records on fiche is to buy their own scanners. Once they realize how large the pricetag is, they may settle for a cheap scanner or reader printer and simply digitize the fiche on an "as-needed" basis. However the most ideal scenario is to simply send the fiche to Generation Imaging to convert the backfile and ongoing requests. This solution is the one which many companies have told us they regretted not doing first.
There are many benefits in which microfiche scanning can help such organizations:
- Microfiche scanning would use less labor to accomplish the same tasks.
- Microfiche scanning allows more productive use of employee time
- Microfiche scanning reduces office filing space
- Microfiche scanning enables cost savings by eliminating a storage warehouse or paying a company to store and retrieve your fiche (you know who they are).
Most insurance fiche I've seen contain policy number, name, and sometimes social security number. A policy holder may have records covering more than one individual fiche. Generally speaking most retrieval systems use a multi-page tiff or multipage pdf named by policy number and/or name. Other final file formats include single page files linked to a load file or database.
The first reaction of an organization with insurance records on fiche is to buy their own scanners. Once they realize how large the pricetag is, they may settle for a cheap scanner or reader printer and simply digitize the fiche on an "as-needed" basis. However the most ideal scenario is to simply send the fiche to Generation Imaging to convert the backfile and ongoing requests. This solution is the one which many companies have told us they regretted not doing first.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
The National Archives hold information military service, family information, a personal history questionnaire,... http://chilp.it/92b070
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Becoming a reseller for Florida microfilm scanning services is a great way to generate revenue. http://chilp.it/5a4ae8
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Become a Florida Microfilm Scanning Reseller
Becoming a reseller for Florida microfilm scanning services is a great way to generate revenue. In this current economy money is hard to come by, so every avenue should be explored. Generation Imaging has a very open-minded Florida microfilm scanning reseller program. Our pricing is so low that you can mark up your own commission. This is because we are Florida microfilm scanning wholesalers with no middle-men. The employees at Generation Imaging have scanned thousands of different types of Florida microfilm scanning projects and the bulk of our clients have been resellers over the decades.
If you can get the leads, you can resell the project to us. You can be an individual, have an LLC, or work for an organization and go through them. You need to be motivated and always keep your eyes open for roll film. You need to network. We can help with information and what questions to ask.
There are two main ways for you to resell Florida microfilm scanning:
1) You can work the deal on behalf of yourself or your company and subcontract it to us. In this case, Generation Imaging would be the "silent partner" and your end-user would believe you are responsible for the roll film conversion. Generation Imaging would not "go around" you to steal the client. We can also assist you in closing the deal with our roll film conversion expertise. Ask us for a Florida microfilm scanning quote and you can either mark it up or get a percentage. Since you are the reseller, you would get invoiced by us and you would be responsible for payment to us.
2) You can simply refer the client to us and we would give you a commission. Again, written agreements between us will ensure than we do not steal your client.
Other Florida microfilm scanning companies are not as open-minded about reselling services. In fact, standard operating procedure for some of these businesses is to go after your client and bill your client direct. You would lose out on any future deals with the client. In some cases Option #2 may be up your alley so you don't have to deal with technical support or invoicing or it could be a one-time client, but at least we give you the option!
If you can get the leads, you can resell the project to us. You can be an individual, have an LLC, or work for an organization and go through them. You need to be motivated and always keep your eyes open for roll film. You need to network. We can help with information and what questions to ask.
There are two main ways for you to resell Florida microfilm scanning:
1) You can work the deal on behalf of yourself or your company and subcontract it to us. In this case, Generation Imaging would be the "silent partner" and your end-user would believe you are responsible for the roll film conversion. Generation Imaging would not "go around" you to steal the client. We can also assist you in closing the deal with our roll film conversion expertise. Ask us for a Florida microfilm scanning quote and you can either mark it up or get a percentage. Since you are the reseller, you would get invoiced by us and you would be responsible for payment to us.
2) You can simply refer the client to us and we would give you a commission. Again, written agreements between us will ensure than we do not steal your client.
Other Florida microfilm scanning companies are not as open-minded about reselling services. In fact, standard operating procedure for some of these businesses is to go after your client and bill your client direct. You would lose out on any future deals with the client. In some cases Option #2 may be up your alley so you don't have to deal with technical support or invoicing or it could be a one-time client, but at least we give you the option!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Microfilm scanning standards are often set by the end user, mainly the customer. http://chilp.it/f25d96
Generation Imaging is a Florida microfilm scanning service bureau that converts 16mm roll film, 35mm roll film,... http://chilp.it/285064
Many county clerks turned to microfilmscanning for updating their records system. http://chilp.it/d559b6
If you need to Digitize Negatives from microfiche cards, there are options available for you. http://chilp.it/284041
Monday, September 5, 2011
Microfilm Scanning Performs Florida County Clerk
Many county clerks turned to microfilm
scanning for updating their records system. An article from one of
Florida's county reported the microfilm scanning conversion and
credited the current clerk who is running for re-election. The
microfilm scanning project add a great deal of functionality and cost
effective benefits.
County records have been undergoing the
process of microfilm conversion for counties around the nation. This
is not a new trend but it is one that many counties still look
forward to. The microfilm scanning of records is not necessarily
expensive but counties generally need to budget ahead of time to
allocate funds. Compare to years ago, microfilm scanning is less
expensive, faster and superior in quality.
For the best customer service and most
efficient document and imaging retrieval system, microfilm scanning
is the way to go. Turning microfilm with documents of any type and
any age, into digital images will facilitate an electronic system
that can serve well for years to come. The microfilm scanning
procedure that best fits your requirements can be easily identified.
And the cost of the actual microfilm scanning conversion can also
surprisingly low.
For clients or organizations that prefer to travel or do business with local companies for Florida microfilm... http://chilp.it/40f873
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
News articles describing modern time libraries talk about the roll they serve in today’s technological... http://chilp.it/850400
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Scanning microfilm to digital image has helped numerous genealogists, families, researchers, and hobbyists bring... http://chilp.it/0f0f55
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