Document Imaging Industry

A lot of my clients and friends within the document imaging industry always joke about how it is difficult to find a reliable document imaging company. Part of the problem with the microfilm processing, paper scanning, and microfilm scanning services is that most projects are rushed and everyone wants it done as cheap as possible.

Unrealistic expectations and miscommunication are two main reasons why companies and clients fail in this business. At Advanced Imaging Solutions, we don't make promises we can't keep. We'll be up front about turnaround time and cost, with no bait and switch or microfilm scams.

Scan paper, microfiche, microfilm to digital images, archive to microfilm

Having paper records can be cumbersome. Maybe it was okay to have an office filled with paper in 1965, but in 2008 it's time to convert your financial and accounting records, medical records, HR records, mortgage documents, insurance records, and engineering drawings to digital images. Not only does this save storage space, but it greatly enhances the preservation of the records (you can make as many copies as you want).

Storing documents on microfilm is a great archival storage method, especially for legal purposes. It doesn't hurt to have a physical backup in microfilm form.

Of course, if your organization is wasting valuable labor still using microfilm, microfiche, and aperture cards for searching for records (like policy numbers), it's about time you let Microfilm Depot turn those worn out film into digital images- without costing you an arm and a leg.

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Microfilm Services and Microfilm Scanning

Advanced Imaging Solutions Inc. / The Microfilm Depot
4811 Pembroke Road
Hollywood Florida 33021

Tel # 954-981-6947 sales@mdepot.com

Document Scanning Services

Active Business File Conversion to Digital Image

Retired / Back File Conversion to Digital Image

Output Files / Tiff, Pdf, Jpeg etc.

Document Types

Correspondence Files

Invoices

Financial Report Documents

Loan & Mortgage Documents

Commercial & Personal Banking Documents

Legal Evidence Documents

Personnel Files

Architectural & Engineering Drawings

Photographs

Indexing

Simple File Name Output

Database Structured

Simple and Full Page OCR

Barcode OCR

Image Processing

100 to 400 DPI Resolutions

Image Process Clean Up

· Deskew

· Crop

· Despeckle

· Reduce or Enlarge Image Ratio

Output File Format

· All Current Industry Supported Image File Formats

Specialized Image Processing Odd Size Documents

Input Media

Paper & Photo Sizes from 3”x 5” (small format) to 2”x 180” (large format)

16mm & 35mm Roll Microfilm

35mm Aperture Card

16mm & 35mm Jacketed Microfilm

Microfiche

Output Format

DVD, CD, USB, ZIP, FTP, Portable Hard drive

Microfilm Services

Microfilming

35mm & 16mm Planetary Microfilming

16mm Rotary Microfilming

35mm & 16mm Digital Image to Microfilm Processing

Process Services

35mm & 16mm Silver Roll Film Duplication

35mm & 16mm Diazo Roll Film Duplication

35mm & 16mm Microfiche Jacketing

Microfiche Diazo Duplication

Aperture Card Jacketing

Aperture Card Diazo Duplication

Computer Index Listing

Data Entry

“Kodak Certified” Deep Tank Microfilm Processing

AIIM/ANSI Standards

MIL Spec Certification

Document Types

Personnel & Correspondence Files

Manuals, Technical Specifications & Permits

Financial Report, Invoice, Bill of Laden Documents

Loan & Mortgage Documents

Commercial & Personal Banking Documents

Legal Evidence Documents

Architectural & Engineering Drawings

Photographs

Output Media

35mm & 16mm Roll Film

35mm & 16mm Microfiche Jackets

Diazo Microfiche Duplicate

Aperture Cards

· Silver Halide Original

· Silver Duplicate

· Diazo Duplicate

Specialized Conversion Services

Microfilm Roll to Digital Image Conversion

Microfiche to Digital Image Conversion

Aperture Card to Digital Image Conversion

Microfilm Scanning Quotes

The microfilm scanning industry is crowded with huge corporations, small businesses, middle-men, and independent technicians working out of their basements. If you have a microfilm scanning project, no doubt you've already searched the internet, made a few calls, and are trying to make heads and tails about the process and if you're getting scammed or not.

I've been in the industry for around 30 years, and sometimes I wonder if it should be called "microfilm scamming" instead of "microfilm scanning".

First of all, many so-called scanning companies on the internet are store fronts. Your microfilm rolls, microfiche, or data entry will get sent to India. This has been a "don't ask; don't tell" situation for years now. Granted, there are projects that simply can't be data entry indexed onshore cheaply, but companies need to be more upfront about sending things overseas. Sending actual film overseas is not only dishonest, but it's dangerous.

Companies overcharge, and mark up considerably. Others quote extremely low- like a penny per image to scan. Here's a rule of thumb, if you get a quote that sounds too good to be true, it's possible that very little quality control procedures are done to your project, no indexing or naming is done, it may be done overseas, and if you send them your project they will test it and double the price. You're also going to realize they didn't tell you about shipping costs, DVD, CD, or hard drive costs, or if you wanted PDFs or TIFFs. In other words, you're going to get marked up, and the work is going to be sub par.

At Advanced Imaging Solutions: The Microfilm Depot, your project is tested and handled with a personal touch. I am upfront with costs, and any possible charges. If the film changes or needs another process, I will call you immediately. The work is done here in Florida, and if you need advanced meticulous indexing, I have a trusted indexing partner who will perform it, and my QC team will look over the work. My company is totally transparent, with no scams.

If you need a microfilm scanning quote, call me or e-mail me today by checking out my webpage.

Florida Paper Scanning

In Florida, it's easy to buy a Kodak scanner, rent some space, or even work out of a guest room in your house, and claim to be a "paper scanning company". There are a lot of unscrupulous people that do this down here, and there are a lot of customers that will pay the lowest price anyway, not care about having his or her paper being handled in a professional manner, and then panic when the project is delayed and scanned incorrectly.

At the other end of the spectrum, some major corporations don't have the time or desire to convert your paper because it may not be "profitable" enough for them.

I've been in business in Florida since 1984, using Kodak paper scanners and Avision scanners, and have handled hundreds of paper scanning projects during this period.

Advanced Imaging Solutions: Microfilm Depot has scanned paper for Florida counties, local municipalities, medical offices, hospitals, mortgage brokers, Internet companies, engineering businesses, and many other organizations or individuals that needed their paper scanned and converted to digital images to save space and for instant retrieval.

Although I'm based in South Florida, if you are out-of-state and are having problems finding a local paper scanning operation, contact me, and you can Fed Ex your paper to my office in Pembroke Park, Florida, where my staff and I will create digital images (TIFF, JPG, PDF, etc) from them. We handle all different types of paper sizes, from standard A-size (8.5 x 11) all the way up to large scale blueprints (E-Size 34" x 44).

I do not subcontract or mark-up paper scanning for commission. You can expect an excellent quality job performed by professional, knowledgeable, and technical staff.

Feel free to contact me at sales@mdepot.com for a quote.

Microfilm Scanning

Most of the general public believes that microfilm is all about James Bond or old libraries, but the inside scoop is that microfilm creation, microfilm storage, and microfilm scanning are big industries in their niche markets.

I've been in the microfilm industry for decades, and have seen firsthand accounts of the benefits of converting paper files to microfilm for storage, backup, legal, and file access reasons. I've also seen how converting microfilm to digital images is even more efficient, and the wave of the future.

I will be personally blogging about ways to make document managing systems much more efficient, and what methods would be applicable to your own business needs. I will also be going over all the different types of microform available, and the different scanners that can digitize them.

As advances are made in the digital world, Advanced Imaging Solutions and The Microfilm Depot lead the way with solutions utilizing the long term storage and archive capabilities of microfilm, microfiche, aperture cards, paper scanning, color slides, data entry indexing, as well as digital records access.