Aperture Card Scanning Company

Generation Imaging is an aperture card scanning company. The aperture card scanning process is similar to but not exactly the same as microfilm scanning, microfiche scanning, document scanning, and slide scanning. It is similar because the process converts analog media to a digital image. In the case of apertures,  generally speaking they contain one 35mm film strip. In fact, some people call the process 35mm microfilm aperture card scanning.

Usually apertures contain a rectangular slot with a 35mm drawing pasted in it. These 35m frames are usually maps, blueprints, engineering drawings, and technical schematics. However, there are also cases where there are 16mm strips or 35mm strip which contain deed records or other types of 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 documents.

In other words, aperture card scanning involved the digitization of A-size, B-Size, C-Size, D-Size, and E-size documents, with some variations and subtypes in-between those standard sizes. There are cases where there are multiple 16mm frames in the rectangular window. These can be digitized all in one image, or manually separated into individual images. Many apertures have a Hollerith code (computer punches). The Hollerith code contains data, which usually correlates to the information on the aperture headers.

Aperture card scanning can result in PDF, TIFF, or JPEG images. Generation Imaging can create black & white images or greyscale versions. Images can be single pages (one frame = one image) or multi-page (PDF or TIFF) grouped by drawing number. Databases or spreadsheets can be linked to each image with their drawing or Hollerith information. Filenames can be named based on the Hollerith code or indexed by header or image.

Please contact Generation Imaging today for an aperture card scanning price quote.Copyright G.I. Partners, LLC

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