Florida Microfilm Scanning Bureau

If you have an opportunity for a microfilm conversion or need to convert microfiche to PDF or TIFF, you should know that Generation Imaging is a scanning bureau that offers a wide-range of micrographics processes, microfilming, and film scanning services, such as:

Microfilm conversion services: 16mm microfilm scanning and 35mm microfilm scanning using a NextScan digital microfilm scanner and other high-quality, high-speed microfilm scanners.

Microfiche scanning services: Generation Imaging can convert microfiche to PDF, TIFF, JPEG and other file formats. G.I. can scan different microfiche types, like COM microfiche conversions, jacketed microfiche scanning, 35mm microfiche digitization, step-and-repeat microfiche conversions, and more.

Aperture card scanning: G.I. offers rock bottom aperture card scanning pricing. Generation Imaging can scan high volume aperture card projects, which are usually contain blueprints, maps, drawings, engineering schematics, nuclear power plants, and county records.

• microfilming
• archive writing
• Florida document scanning
• high volume Kodak color 35mm slide scanning, including scanning 35mm negatives
• data entry and indexing
• image processing (PDF, TIFF, OCR digital imageconversions)
• Paper blowbacks (printing)
• Document scanning equipment

Generation Imaging is a scanning company is that excited about providing film scanning and other microfilm scanning services for you even if you have your own microfilm equipment. There are cases where it is more cost-effective or quicker to subcontract work to Generation Imaging. Additionally, G.I offers competitive scanning prices for RFP government bids.

As the experts in microfilm conversions, the founders of Generation Imaging have an excellent track record, testimonials, and experience from hundreds of the world’s largest and most notable organizations who subcontract microfilm scanning or need in-house digital conversions. Co-founders Dan and Damian have completed numerous complex and detailed microfilm scanning projects, totaling one billion images +. This microfilm scanning company stands ready to give you a microfilm scanning price quote, and would be ready to begin conversion right away.

Using the best microfilm equipment and proprietary indexing , QC, and image processing software, our digital imaging processes include microfilm scanning services, microfiche scanning, aperture card conversion, document imaging, OCR, autocrop, manual crop, deskew, TIFF to PDF, multi-tiff, multi-pdf, CSV files, txt files, duplex image splitting, fully-customizable imaging processes, and much more.

Generation Imaging is microfilm scanning company that can digitize all types of microform, like 16mm roll film, 35mm roll film, 16mm 3m or Kodak cartridges, 16mm COM film, duplex film, aperture cards, source document jacketed fiche, 35mm fiche, hollerith punch cards, different aperture card drawing sizes, and other media.

Microfilm Scanner Maintenance

Check the maintenance program for microfilm scanning equipment and you may be surprised at how expensive it can get to keep these systems serviced.

If you have a Sunrise, Wicks and Wilson, NextStar, or Mekel roll film scanner, one question you will soon be asking is "Where can I get microfilm scanner maintenance?" The problem is that microfilm scanning technology breaks down, and if you don't the original service agreements with the manufactures, service from other vendors is difficult to get. If you don't follow procedures, and let your microfilm scanner service agreement lapse, you will be paying thousands of dollars to replace parts, fix, and repair these machines.

It's one of the horrors of trying to be in the microfilm scanning business if you don't have the experience and technical know-how, like Scanning Depot has. If you have microfilm that needs to be digitized, contact Scanning Depot for a microfilm scanning quote and price estimate today. They can also do a test run for you for free, and the information they will share with you can also help you with your microfilm conversion project.

Buying a microfilm scanner?

With so many microfilm scanners on the market to perform document imaging, before you go out and invest hundreds of thousands of dollars on scanning equipment (or buy used document scanners on ebay with no warranty), you should consider the cost effectiveness of having a microfilm scanning company perform the digital conversion. Scanning rolls of microfilm requires expensive equipment and knowledge.

If your organization or company has 16 mm roll film or 35 mm roll film, it is generally cheaper and quicker to have Scanning Depot convert the microfilm than it is to invest in Sunrise, NextStar, Wicks & Wilson, or Mekel scanners. These microfilm scanning equipment are expensive to buy.

You may feel that spending money on microfilm scanners is a quick solution, but it's not. Consider labor, scheduling, training, and maintenance. Also consider what you want to do with the microfilm scanners after you complete the digital conversion. Do you want to get into the niche market of digital microfilm conversion? Or will your microfilm scanners sit and depreciate in value?

Trust me, learning how to digitize microfilm in a production environment is not as easy as you may think, especially when you have to supervise and manage the document imaging processes. When you include the hours of labor to the cost of scanning hardware and software, you are not looking at a profit.

That's why companies and individuals send their microfilm to Scanning Depot. Even microfilm scanning companies with their own scanners send film to Scanning Depot because of the time and cost benefits.

Microfilm scanner

The first microfilm scanner I ever used was an old DOS Sunrise microfilm scanner. There was no Windows GUI- it was all keyboard, and mouse commands were limited. As cumbersome as all of this sounds, it was a great way to learn the fundamentals of microfilm scanning 16 mm and 35 mm roll film.

As technology advanced, so did the scanner displays and microfilm scanning; instead of just typing numbers in DOS, the microfilm scanner operators were able to see visual graphs of the microfilm roll frames, edge detection parameters, re-arm distance, reduction ratio, and quality enhancements, in real time.

Perhaps the biggest leap was from Sunrise DOS to Sunrise NT microfilm scanners for 16 mm microfilm rolls and 35 mm microfilm rolls.

Older Wicks & Wilson roll film scanners had a very user friendly software interface, as well. But they also had their share of issues for microfilm scanning 16 rollfilm and 35mm rollfilm.

With so many leaps and bounds, it's natural for NextScan to kinda rewrite the book on roll film digitizing. With their NextStar software, the operator simply scans strip ribbons of the roll, an another worker confirms that the individual frames separated correctly, after the detection settings are created. Microfilm scanning is now faster and better for operators and customers.

In general, 16mm roll scanners and 35mm roll scanners are better, faster and the service is better also.

How Do I Transfer Microfilm to Digital Format? Roll film Scanning

"How do I transfer microfilm to digital format?" is a question that comes up a lot. The answer is that a only a roll film scanner can convert microfilm to digital image. The good news is that 16mm and 35mm roll film scanning costs have dropped dramatically in the last five years in the microfilm scanning industry due to advanced technology, competition between microfilm scanning companies, and the recession.

Scanning Depot is a top microfilm scanning service company in terms of pricing, quality, and turnaround time. Scanning Depot can digitally convert all types of microform, such as 16mm roll film, 35mm roll film, 16mm 3M or Kodak cartridges, 16mm COM film, duplex film, aperture cards, Kodak color slides, 35mm jacket microfiche, duo roll film, and much more.

There are many microfilm scanning companies, but Scanning Depot is focused on customer satisfaction.