Thursday, July 29, 2010

Lowest Microfilm Scan Price

Microfilm Scan Price Discount- Claim your microfilm scanning price coupon offered by Generation Imaging. Your 16mm roll film conversion of microfilm to digital images may qualify for the $0.0075 per image Summer Special. There are various other discounts for 35mm microfilm reels, and digitizing microfiche.

Lock your discount now, by submitting your microfilm scanning pricing quote. Schedule your project in early before the number of microfilm and microfiche discount slots disappear. Summer capacity is filling up, and Generation Imaging has created a rain check system as well, but with limited spots available.

Generation Imaging is truly your one-stop destination for a microfiche scanning service and microfilm scanning bureau. G.I. has converted numerous scanning jobs for schools, resellers, researchers, and many other organizations that need to digitize microfilm rolls.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Scanning Military Records from Microfiche or Microfilm

We can help you find some military records that have been archived on microfiche or microfilm or guide you to where you can find them on your own. Historical records within public archival systems may have information you may be interested in, such as your army, navy, air force, marine, or other military service record. In addition, the national archive system has an unbelievable amount of records dating way back and contains information on early military activities. If you are interested in finding information about you or someone you know, you can study some of these archive system or contact us for more information.

Finding the records that you are interested in is the first step. The next step is to request a copy of the files for your use. There is an enormous amount of records stored in microfiche and on microfilm rolls. Many times the government has your military record or of someone you know on microfiche. We can convert records from microfilm or microfiche to digital format once you attain those records. Scanning microfiche will make it achievable to store images on your computer, e-mail them, upload them to the web, or print documents from your computer. Reading information from a digital image can be preferable than trying to read the information from the microform itself.

In addition to scanning and digitizing the microfilm, we can OCR the information on the images. OCR enables the information on the documents to become searchable. Let's say there are hundreds of names in the records you have, and you like to hunt for one specific name. When we perform OCR on the documents, all you have to do is to perform a Find/Search in a free PDF viewer (like Adobe Acrobat or Foxit) for the name you are looking for, and the software will locate all the documents where the name is found, and also highlight the name for you. This takes seconds and can be much more accurate that finding the name manually.

We have converted millions of records from 16mm microfilm, 35mm microfilm, and from microfiche cards. Military records that are kept on microfilm can be converted to digital format. We are specialists at converting microfilm records. We like to help you convert your microfiche or microfilm records to digital format. We can digitize your military records and OCR the images using state of the art equipment. Let us know if we can help you situated the records you are interested in.

The compilation of military records and other historical events is very considerable. If we can help with the conversion step or in some other way, just let us know and we will be delighted to assist you. Once you identify military records or other historical records that you want to process, we can transfer the information from a microfiche or microfilm roll format to digital format, and return the final information to you on a CD. From there, you can load the historical records into your personal computer and make as many searches on it as you like. This optional OCR process is an additional procedure that can further enhance your ability to find information within the records faster and at a higher success rate.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Scan One Roll of Microfilm or Scan a Few Microfiche

Scanning a Roll of Microfilm or A Handful of Microfiche Cards

Generation Imaging is a full service microfilm conversion company, but that does not impede us from taking the time to service the customers with one roll of microfilm to digitize, or a handful of microfiche to scan. Any number of microfiche cards or rolls of microfilm is ok with us, we will provide great service either way.

The need for people to convert one roll of microfilm or one microfiche card exists, and is difficult for them to find a vendor. Most companies will not provide this service because they do not want to deal with very small microfilm conversion jobs. Converting a few microfiche for a customer requires a lot of awareness and companies plainly do not want to take the time. Additionally, scanning one roll of microfilm usually means that someone needs to stop more productive work to cope with the scanning of one roll of microfilm. Contact us if you need to digitize a small job or a super big job.

We value all of our customers equally and have always promise to provide the same level of service whether you have two rolls of microfilm to digitize or one microfiche card to scan. With us, your project will receive good service because we know you deserve it. Additionally, we make sure priorities and commitments to you are met so your project will be completed on time. Small scanning jobs are not as profitable as big scanning jobs and we make sure that this fact does not interfere with job priority.

Our priority is customer satisfaction. This is why is it never a problem for Generation Imaging to treat your one roll of microfilm or your hand full of microfiche to scan and turn it around within days. Also, we can also index the images we scan for you from one roll of microfilm. Regardless of how many microfilm rolls you have, we can provide high service.

It is typical that a very small microfiche conversion job requires a very fast delivery. We have completed this task many times by converting a few microfiche cards or one or two rolls of microfiche and sending the final images via the internet. This process is easy and can be very secure. Consequently, you don't have to worry because we take care of you job.

If you have one microfiche cards or one microfilm roll to scan or larger amounts, give us a call or email us. Your project will be returned in a very short time. Customer satisfaction drives us to commitment and this means your microfilm conversion project is important to us.  We have converted projects from one microfiche card to many millions of images and we know that any size project requires the same commitment.  As a clients, you will never need to worry if you can have your one roll of microfilm scanned, just let us know what you need and we will make it happen.

Contact us for a price quote or any questions.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

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.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Are You In Search Of a Microfiche Reader?

Microfiche readers project images on to a screen for easy viewing. You can view and read the contents on a microfiche cards when you enlarge the information by projection. The microfiche reader allows you to read information that is not seen with the naked eye.  A dual slot microfiche reader is even more suitable. If you need to compare something on a microfiche card to something on a second microfiche, you can load both.

Microfiche readers have been a very helpful tool for reading microfiche cards. Microfiche readers were once the most efficient way to read the information on microfiche cards. Without a microfiche reader, you would have had to use a magnifying glass on top of a light table to read something on the microfiche. Microfilm readers are not needed as much now because there are better ways to read the microfiche cards.

We can convert the information on your microfiche cards to digital images. Digital files are stored on a computer for easy viewing. After the scanning process, you can use your computer as your only source for viewing the information. You can do many things with a computer file that you were not able to do efficiently with the microfiche cards. What is even better, is the convenience of finding the images you need at lighting speed, and you won't have to worry about misplacing microfiche cards ever again. If you still want a microfiche reader, let us know, and if you want to convert the microfiche to digital images,  we can do that very efficiently for you, and is fast.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Digitize Source Documents From Microfiche Jackets

Scanning Depot is still the best in the microfiche scanning industry when it comes to service, quality, and microfiche scanning price. We uses the best scanners, and performs in-house quality control and indexing. It's no surprise why so many other service bureaus use Scanning Depot for their digital image conversions.

If you are looking for the best microfilm scanning price for your microfilm, and you need a microfilm conversion company you can trust, contact Scanning Depot. We have many years of experience in the microfilm and microfiche conversion industry, and we will make sure you get the best possible service.

Microfiche Conversion

There are many types of microfiche cards used to store information. Regardless of what type you have, Scanning Depot can make digital images of all of your records and put them if a format that you can load on your computer system for easy viewing.

Microfiche cards can be made of COM image. They may be Jacket microfiche cards or they may be step and repeat. Contact Scanning Depot for all the information you need on microfiche cards or microfilm. We can help you analyze and give you the best solution for your microfiche or microfilm conversion project.

With many years of experience converting microfiche cards to digital images, you will find the best service and price in the industry.

Best microfilm Scanning Format: PDF, TIFF, JPEG


Which microfilm scanning format is the best? Well, like many things...it depends. Microfilm to TIFF is the industry standard, and these types of files are very flexible to manipulate and enhance. Microfilm to JPEG is a great option for grayscale scanning. Microfilm to PDF is being requested more and more as organizations use the Internet to upload archives.

Ultimately the choice is yours. Scanning Depot are the experts in microfilm conversion to digital images, and can create any format you require. Contact us for a microfilm scanning quote today. We can provide samples for you for free.

Convert Roll Film To Digital Images

At Scanning Depot, we have been busy scanning 16mm roll film cartridges, 35mm microfiche jackets, and 16mm school records. We are also working on a government bid that requires us to invest time and effort to put together for them.

In our case, it looks like the first microfilm trend to hit (Obama bailout money) was school records. We can only comment from our own experience and others may feel differently, but from our stand point, we have seen a trend of microfilm school records converted to digital format.

Microfilm Scanning And Microfilm Scanners

If you have microfilm that needs to be digitally converted, send it to Scanning Depot; you don't have to worry about buying microfilm scanners from ebay or direct-We will convert the 16mm or 35mm roll film for you at a cheap price. You don't have to worry about anything because we have service many customers that are completely satisfied with our service and price.

Scanning Depot has experience using the best microfilm scanning equipment in the industry and will make sure that your microfilm is processed correctly the first time. You can expect that your scanned images in TIFF or PDF format will be optimum. If you prefer gray scale images, we can convert your microfilm directly to the file type you need.

Convert Fiche To Image Cost

Pricing for microfiche scanning digitizing varies. If you are working on a government bid or if one of your clients has COM fiche, jacketed microfiche (16mm or 35mm), or step-and-repeat fiche, and would like to partner with us, please contact us for a quote today.

Scanning Depot offers many years of experience with a team of experts that have converted many millions of images from microfiche. You can count on Scanning Depot to service your microfiche conversion needs from beginning to end. We will help you put together any documentation you may need for the conversion process. We have worked with many government agencies before and we have the experience needed to assist you every step of the way.

Digitizing Microfiche: Managing Expectations

The process of digitizing microfiche offers challenging situation for many operators. Depending on the quality of the source microfiche and the scanning equipment in use, the image output can differ from situations.

Even with the latest microfiche scanning technology from NextScan, some people have different expectations about image output. Transferring microfiche to digital images is a mass production process, and generally at 200-300DPI and using the different scanning software algorithms like edge enhancement, deskeckle, deskew, autocropping, smooth, and gamma correction should create a usable product. For poor quality images, greyscale images can be created (4-bit, 8-bit, LZW, JPEG etc.) However, if the jacket fiche or COM fiche is not ideal an exact duplication from fiche to image is not realistic.

In order to achieve the best possible quality in any situation, it is best if the microfiche conversion process  is performed by a professional operator. This would be someone with many years of experience using various equipment that has converted similar microfiche with similar quality standards.

Putting microfiche in an Eyecom fiche reader or making individual manual adjustments on a Cannon reader printer is 100% different than microfiche scanning using a NextScan microfiche scanner or other systems.

Microfilm Scanning: Lowest Microfilm Scanning Price

Scanning Depot is the best when it comes to scanning your microfilm. With updated microfilm scanners, Scanning Depot can scan all types of microfilm, such as 16mm roll film, 35mm roll film, 16mm 3m cartridges, 16mm COM film, duplex film, aperture cards, and more.


Scanning Depot strives to have the lowest microfilm scanning prices in the industry. When it comes to service and price, you will not find another company like Scanning Depot.  If you have already experienced the efficiency offered by the staff of Scanning Depot, then you know first hand, but if you have not given us an opportunity before, I guarantee you will be 100% satisfied.

Microfiche Scanning

Scanning Depot is the number one in the microfiche scanning industry. We use the latest in microfiche scanning technology, and can scan all types of microfiche, such as COM fiche, jacketed fiche, step and repeat fiche cards, 35mm jackets, duplicated fiche, rewritable microfiche (AB Dick and Microx), and more.

Scanning Depot strives to have the lowest microfiche scanning prices in the industry. When it comes to service and price, you will not find another company like Scanning Depot.  If you have already experienced the efficiency offered by the staff of Scanning Depot, then you know first hand, but if you have not given us an opportunity before, I guarantee you will be 100% satisfied.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Transfer Images To Microfilm (archive writing)

Another Service provided by Scanning Depot is archive writing.

In addition to digitally converting microfilm to PDF, TIFF, or JPEG, Scanning Depot also can reverse engineer and transfer images to 16mm microfilm (silver original or diazo duplicate).

For example, if you convert documents to image and need a microfilm backup, we can transfer the images you created into 16mm film with a 32X reduction ratio. If the images are multi-tiff or multi-pdf, we can create dual level blips on the film. If the images are large e-size drawings, the better film to use is 35mm roll film. This is due to the reduction ratio that is needed to film the images at the correct size. We can also create 35mm roll film from images. We also can create microfilm labels on the 16mm or 35mm microfilm reels we archive write.

Aperture Card Scanning And Conversion to PDF

Converting aperture cards to digital format is a process that can be great benefits for you. Here are some details of a project we just finished.

We recently converted around 100,000 aperture cards to PDF. These were engineering drawings and architecture schematics. We read the hollerith punch code, but some cards did not have the aperture card holes, so we performing a data entry keying from the image.

We sorted the aperture cards by positive vs negative, orientation, and to an extent drawing size, before we started. Preparing an aperture card job is very important, and if you don't have the experience, you could find yourself in a world of trouble once you begin scanning.

A lot of aperture card scanners advertise that everything is automatic, but there is still inventory and prep labor involved in any project. Read more about aperture card scanning here.

16mm Roll Film, 3M Cartridge, 35mm Roll Film Jobs

To gain real knowledge in the microfilm scanning industry, you need to get your hands dirty with actual production process. Here is an example of some project we are working on. Each one is unique and presents the operator with different challenges. An experienced staff such the one at Scanning Depot can process all these projects for you.

We completed a 35mm roll film containing building permits, 16mm cartridges containing school records, and 16mm roll film containing college transcripts. The 3m cartridges were the more challenging ones, but thanks to our experience and updated microfilm scanning equipment, we were able to convert the cartridges to TIFF with no problems.

The 35mm film was unfortunately filmed poorly, but we still were able to detect all of the images using specialized detection programs. It's easier said than done, of course, but there is nothing like hands on to gain experience.

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.

Transfer and convert microfilm to TIFF or PDF In Florida

Understanding a bit more about your microfilm can help you with your next microfilm conversion project. Here is more information that can be useful for you.

Frames contained on 16mm rolls can be converted to TIFF, JPEG, or PDF images. 16 mm roll film may have been filmed as simplex (one document per frame), or duplex (two images side-by-side on each frame). Many times the duplex images contain the front and back of the original source document. Depending on your needs, Scanning Depot can scan both document sides in one frame, or split out the two documents into separate images.

There are many variations of image orientation. For instance, images can be filmed positive or negative, with variable image lengths, and different sizes. There may also be inconsistencies in regards to image density due to film degradation or inconsistencies in the original development process. However, Scanning Depot's production team and technical experts will always bring out the best potential from any form of media during the microfilm scanning process.

Florida Microfilm Scanning Price and Cost

Scanning Depot has established itself with the best microfilm pricing in the microfilm scanning industry. Check our prices and compare with other vendors. You will be surprised as to how inexpensive it can be to convert your microfilm. And when it comes to service, you will be even happier once you get our turnaround commitment to you.

Our prices to convert 16mm roll film, 35mm roll film or 3M/Kodak cartridge are the best in the industry. We are located in Florida and we can do work for you no matter where you are located. Contact us today for a free sample for your project.

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