Archival Services For All Your Archival Needs

During the last 3 weeks, I have received  calls from people looking for archival services and they all shared the same concern. They all said, in one way or another, that archival services are becoming harder to find. They also seemed very happy to have found us. Once we discussed the wide range of options, it seemed that they had something special to celebrate. At least they knew they had found a place where they felt they could trust to get their archival services and many other microfilm scanning, microfilming, and document scanning as well. All in one location. Archival services refers to the transferring of digital images to microfilm. In years past, this was a very common and usual process for many organizations. They used archival services for storing large amounts of information on microfilm. Since many of these firms have found a new home for their information on digital devices. Archival services is now used in a more limited ways. As a consequence, many archival services are no longer offered by many companies that use to. Eventually, these services are going to be a thing of the past for many more organizations, but for those who still need these services, we are glad to be able to help. If you need archival services, scanning services, or microfilming services, I recommend that you try to find a qualified service provider. Archival services are not as easy to find anymore but the efforts in finding the right place will pay off. You can visit us to more details about all the alternatives available for you today.Copyright G.I. Partners, LLC

35mm and 16mm Microfilm Scanning Services

Generation Imaging’s microfilm scanning services utilize the NextScan equipment – which is known as the very best roll film conversion devices on the planet. NextScan, and American company, was founded by former Sunrise Imaging employees and created innovative ribbon scanning software. This procedure ensures that a 16mm or 35mm roll of film is scanned in its complete form (including all of the spaces between frames).

Microfilm scanning services includes quality assurance. The quality control audit is carried out by a human operator. Compare this method to non-ribbon scanning, and you can see that non-ribbon scanning results in nightmare situations of skipped frames and cut-offs.

35mm microfilm scanning services: 35mm rolls usually contain blueprints, newspapers, architectural drawings, and engineering diagrams, although any time of document can be found on a 35mm roll. For example, 35mm reels are used for archiving historic documents and some deed records.

16mm microfilm scanning services.  16mm rolls can be in lengths of 100 feet or less or varieties that are double that length. Generally speaking, 16mm is width used for standard office-sized 8.5 x 11 inches (aka A4 documents).  16mm roll film can also contain checks, pay stubs, time cards, and driver’s licenses. Obviously, these frames are small, especially with duplex and duo 16mm rolls.  Spools of 16mm roll film can be enclosed in cartridges or in cardboard or metal boxes.

Please contact Generation Imaging for a microfilm scanning services price quote or for more information about the company. Daniel Gandul and Damian Hospital stand ready to assist you with your roll film project, no matter what the size is.

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Your Microfilm Scanning Company Is Available Today

This is the best time of the year to scan your microfilm. Generation Imaging is the scanning company that provides microfilm scanning services at reduced prices. There are times during the year when we get super busy and our scanning resources are at capacity. If you have been planning to convert you microfilm to digital, our scanning company can make room for your scanning project before the year ends. Our scanning company works around the clock to meet all of our customers needs and we have completed many of our projects. This is an opportunity for you to schedule your microfilm conversion with our scanning company.

The production manager at our scanning company has about a dozen projects penciled in but no real commitment to start as of now. This can change at a moments time and as always, there is no way to tell what tomorrow will bring. My recommendation is to call and reserve your spot as soon as you can. Topically, our scanning company will get busy near the end of the year. This is due to budgetary reasons]  and customers wanting to use the funding that was allocated for the project within the fiscal year. Our scanning company anticipates this process to start soon.

Our scanning company will guarantee you a priority spot in the production line if you notify us. Our goal is to keep our commitments to you. Therefore, we will not over-commit.  First come works well for our scanning company and makes it fair to our customers also. We do understand that last minute needs are part of the system. Our scanning company has the capacity to adjust to some degree, to meet your last minute need, but is best to schedule with time.Copyright G.I. Partners, LLC

Scanning Company Saves Microfilm Records

Libraries do book sales all the time. These sales are not always limited to books though. They can include other stuff such as microfilm. If you are interested in information that is on microfilm but don’t know how to use it, this information can help you. A microfilm scanning company can take the microfilm and scan it for you. The scanning company needs to be equipped with microfilm scanning equipment and you need to get the microfilm to them. Our scanning company, for example, can transfer microfilm to digital images in one day.

When you get your microfilm, make sure you don’t scratch it. The information on the microfilm can come off if you don’t handle it with care. The scanning company knows how to handle the microfilm to protect the information. Once scanned, the scanning company will return the microfilm and a CD with the images. You can copy them to your computer where you can view them like any other picture. For  more information about what a scanning company can do for you, visit our information site.

Another option some people take is to check the microfilm from the library and send it to a reputable scanning company. If the microfilm you need is not for sale and the library is able to release it to you, you can send it to our scanning company and we will digitize the microfilm in time for you to return it. If you have some special requirements, call a rep. at our scanning company for free information.Copyright G.I. Partners, LLC

16mm Microfilm Conversion Pricing

The cost of getting a 16mm microfilm conversion project has decreased since the 1990s, due to faster scanner technology and increased competition. However the price of buying a 16mm roll film scanner has not decreased, so organizations still looking for a microfilm conversion solution prefer scanning service bureaus.

Why? Well, undertaking a microfilm conversion project involves buying heavy duty equipment, paying for maintenance, hiring or training labor, learning everything from scratch, creating new space in your office or getting a new office, and creating a new production workflow. In other words, a microfilm conversion is not something that an organization could just jump into by itself, and an organization must be understand what goes into one.

The most efficient way is to outsource the microfilm conversion to a scanning bureau like Generation Imaging, because it is hands-off, and the microfilm conversion price is not expensive.

Information about 16mm Roll Film

-16mm roll film has no enforceable standards in terms of how many images are contained on it. They are usually around 200 feet or 100 feet. On the average a 16mm roll film contains about 2,000 frames, although they can hold anywhere from just 1 image to over 20,000 duplex images.

- The nature of 16mm is more versatile than 35m roll film. 16mm can be duplex (two frames in one), duo, barcodes, and blipped. Duo roll film uses both sides of the film to contain more images, starting at one side and wrapping around at the end of the film and working its way back to the beginning, like a snake. Blips are small markers that group frames by document start pages. Barcodes contain computer data, and are used like advanced blips.

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Microfilm Conversion

A microfilm conversion is another term for microfilm scanning, roll film scanning, and microfilm digitizing. Using a roll film scanner, 16mm or 35mm roll film is transferred from analog to digital. The scanner must be set up to blow the small frame back up to its original document size. Therefore the scanner operator must know the reduction ratio (similar to aspect ratio). Some scanners have auto-detect reduction ratio parameters, but nothing beats the careful supervision and instincts of an experienced scanner operator.

The other factors that a scanner operator must consider with a roll film conversion are frame detection parameters, quality settings, and output naming conventions. Each element requires a combination of technical skill, experience, and creativity. If the detection settings are not properly configured, the microfilm conversion would result in missing images and cut-off images. If the quality settings are not carefully created, the resulting images may be blurry, out of focus, too dark, too light, plugged, or improperly sized. Finally, incorrect scanner output naming settings will ruin the final product by misnaming the files, putting them out of order, or not meeting the client’s specification.

Generation Imaging has the experience, latest technology, and talent to perform any microfilm conversion project that comes our way. No microfilm conversion is too big or too small for us to process. The employees at Generation Imaging have performed thousands of microfilm conversion jobs over the decades, and know the correct way to set up and monitor the scanners. Contact us today for your microfilm conversion quote.Copyright G.I. Partners, LLC

Is your Microfilm A Candidate For Records Scanning?

Records scanning can be the solution a a number of issues with your microfilm or microfilm system. To determine if your microfilm will benefit from a records scanning process, you can look at these three factors: First try to determine the age of the microfilm. Second, evaluate the frequency of use of the microfilm. And third, figure out if the value gain from internal and external customer service. Records scanning will improve all these areas.

Lets look at how records scanning will help each one of these areas in more detail. The age of the microfilm is a very important factor because of the potential of data lose. Microfilm can undergo a decomposition process where it will become dry and brittle. Records scanning should be considered way before this begins to happen. If you sense any smell from your microfilm, this could be the beginning stages of decomposition and you may want to talk to an export about records scanning.

The frequency of use of the microfilm can also be an important factor. Excessive use and improper handling can lead to scratches on the microfilm that may contribute to lose of data. Records scanning before the film is scratched is essential to capture all the information. Records scanning can also help reduce the time wasted from spooling and winding rolls of microfilm.

Records scanning is also noticeable in streamlining the process of storing and retrieving information. This will directly impact the service level to internal and external customers. Records scanning will allow for a completely automated system. For companies that want to improve customer satisfaction, records scanning will allow you to find information at a much faster rate. Records scanning will also allow you to share information without limitation to a roll of microfilm.Copyright G.I. Partners, LLC

Records Scanning Helps Preserve History

Records scanning comes to the rescue of valuable historical information. In the event a library is affected or threatened with any king of environmental hazard, records scanning would be the best defense system. Records scanning will take any record stored on microfilm and convert them to digital images. Records scanning has the advantage of facilitating an inexpensive backup system for protection against damage.

Historians all around the world find that our records scanning system is ideal for preserving the microfilm records with valuable information. We often perform records scanning and create jpeg or pdf files for them. The end result of records scanning is a really happy customer. Consider the fact that the main use of microfilm is to store and often also retrieve information. This is what historians do also since they are researching old microfilm. Records scanning makes it possible for them to store the information on their computer and perform easier and faster searches.

Records scanning gets thumbs up from from our customers. Once a customers evaluates the gains from a records scanning system and compares them to a microfilm system, they find it easy to justify performing records scanning to all of their records from microfilm. It is quite a pleasure to serve our customers in this business of records scanning. Our advance microfilm scanning equipment is ideal for converting microfilm to digital images. And when records scanning is the process of choice, our equipment is the best in the market to take care of it.Copyright G.I. Partners, LLC

Florida Microfilm Scanning and Roll Film Conversion

Generation Imaging is your one stop Florida microfilm scanning solution, as we are able to handle all types of roll film conversions. Our Florida microfilm scanning services include 16mm roll film conversion, 35mm roll film digitization, converting negative roll film to positive, digitizing diazo dupes, converting duplex film (split or unsplit images), digitizing duo film to digital images, converting continuous roll film, and other types.

In addition to the Florida microfilm scanning, Generation Imaging performs such image processing like OCR (searchable PDF, CSV, TXT, XLS, etc), output file formats such as TIFF, PDF, JPG, bi-tonal (black and white), greyscale (uncompressed or compressed, and image indexing services.

Images that have been created by our Florida microfilm scanning process can be indexed at the image level, grouped by folders, multi-page files, and/or with a load file. Generation Images can name files however you want.

Our Florida microfilm scanning image delivery options include external hard drives, usb sticks, CDs, DVDs, FTP, or a filesharing site.

Generation Imaging does not mark up prices: we are direct wholesale service providers. Our pricing is low so that if you’d like to become a Florida microfilm scanning reseller, please let us know. We can assist you with tips, pointers, and questions and answers so you can get roll film projects from your network and sources and add your commission to it.

Reselling our services is an easy way to generate revenue for your company or yourself. It is the same concept of being an affiliate or partner, except you do not have identify us as the provider (it’s up to you to use your own name/company or to have your client go directly to us).

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Microfilm Scanning Prices

Microfilm scanning prices depend of volume and microfilm type. Of course, the number one difference in microfilm conversion cost is the scanning bureau itself. A company like Generation Imaging is very secure in knowing that if you soliciate many microfilm scanning quotes, that G.I. will combine low price and deliver top notch quality and service.

There are two types of microfilm that is converted by high-speed digital scanners: 16mm roll film and 35mm roll film. The number of images are variable, but a great rule of thumb is that 35mm contains 300 to 1000 frames, and 16mm contains 1000-2800 frames. Duplex film (“2-up”) may contain 5,000 to 20,000 images, while conversely both 35mm and 16mm reels may be short and only have a few images on them.

High volume jobs (millions of images) have lower rates per image than a dozen rolls. A project that consists of one roll or a handful of rolls may be converted at a flat rate. 35mm roll film scanning is slightly more expensive than 16mm roll film scanning.

There is “market value”, and then there is Generation Imaging’s discounted microfilm scanning price. How can Generation Imaging offer such low prices? G.I. has fast microfilm scanners, a low overhead, and specializes in microfilm conversions.

Depending on volume, the market value for microfilm scanning ranges from 3 cents to 5 cents per image. Companies have been known to sell microfilm scanning upwards to the 7-10 cents per image rate.

Generation Imaging has 16mm microfilm scanning prices that start 3 cents per image and can drop below 1 cent per image. G.I. has an extremely fair cost to scan one roll of film, as well.Copyright G.I. Partners, LLC