Microfiche Scanning Process

We get a lot of questions about the microfiche scanning process because scanning microfiche is a niche industry to so many people. Here is an outline of the microfiche digitization process. The first steps have to do with identifying your microfiche scanning needs:

1. What type of microfiche do you have: jacket fiche (16mm or 35mm), COM microfiche, step-and-repeat, or rare types? How many microfiche sheets do you need to convert?
2. Do you have a file format preference (microfiche to PDF, microfiche to TIFF, microfiche to JPG) for this microfiche conversion? If not, Generation Imaging will recommend a file format that will fit your project needs.
3. Do you have any DPI resolution preferences (like 200, 300, or 400 DPI)?
4. Do you have an existing microfiche retrieval system? Would you like the microfiche to be indexed by information from the headers or from the frames themselves? Or are you just archiving the microfiche records, and the fiche could be named in sequential folders?
5. Get a  microfiche scanning quote with payment terms from Generation Imaging by calling or e-mail.
6. Pack the microfiche and send it or drop it by Generation Imaging’s production office in Davie, Florida. UPS, Fed-Ex, and USPS are fine.
7. G.I. will inventory the microfiche.
8. The microfiche scanning project will be set-up and G.I. will communicate any quality issues with you.
9. Using our NextScan microfiche scanners, we will output the microfiche to digital image. Naming could be done on the scanner or performed in our proprietary indexing software.
10. The microfiche images are validated for quality.
11. Depending on filesize and your needs, we can burn to CDs, DVDs, or copy to external hardrives or USBs. Smaller projects could be e-mailed or fileshared. FTP is also an option.
12. An invoice is e-mailed to you.
13. Microfiche will be packed and sent back to you.

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