The staff at Generation Imaging in Davie, Florida is wishing you and your family a Happy New Year for 2012 and beyond. Initial surveys are demonstrating that more and more people are hopeful this year than the peak of the economic downturn, so let’s hope that translates into more work for everyone. It’s been survival mode for the majority of people in the world, but everyone still has to plug away and never give up.

Generation Imaging thankfully did well in 2011. The fast-growing South Florida microfilm scanning company has had increased revenues and profits every year since it has started thanks to pricing, budgeting, and producing quality work on time.

Generation Imaging would like to thank all of its partners for using its microfilm, microfiche, aperture card, color slides, and document scanning services, in addition to 16mm archive writing services. Generation Imaging understands that the client is always right, that prices need to be low in this economy, that deadlines need to be met, and that if you are a reseller confidentiality will be respected

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Generation Imaging provides Florida microfilm scanning services, but the bulk of our customers come from all over the United States and the world. Scanning services do not have to be local. Roll film can easily and safely be packed and shipped.

Whether you have a large roll film project that requires a digital conversion, you will be pleased to know that Generation Imaging can begin begin your project immediately. Thousands of companies and individuals throughout the years have taken the step to digitize their film, and Generation Imaging is an excellent and viable scanning services solution.

If your roll film is beginning to degrade, or if you wish to preserve it before it degrades, out microfilm scanning services will help you.

Generation Imaging converts 16mm roll film and 35mm roll film. What is the difference? You can take a ruler to measure across the width of the film. If you do not have the film in front of you, most of the time 16mm contains over 2,000 frames, while 35mm contains around 500 images (total generalized ballpark).

35mm roll film usually contain journals, maps, blueprints, diaries, blueprints, or drawings (also a generalization, as any type of document can be on 16mm or 35mm). The key is the reduction ratio: 16mm film usually have images filmed at 24X, 28X, 32x, 42X, 48X and more (plus everything in-between), while 35mm reels usually are around 12X, 14X, 16X, or 18X.

Generation Imaging’s microfilm scanning services include greyscale imaging, bi-tonal scans, autocropping, manual cropping, splitting, indexing, creating OCR searchable PDFs, multi-page images, and database matching.

In addition to microfilm scanning services, Generation Imaging also provides microfiche conversion, aperture card scanning, slide scanning, Florida document scanning, and 16mm archive writing.

What are the benefits of microfilm scanning services?

Because you go from an analogue media to a digital version, you will save time and money on real storage and on retrieval convenience. Your images are on always on hand without specialized equipment to view the data. Additionally the files can be easily shared with others via CD, DVD, USB, e-mail internet, intranet, or printing.

Contact Generation Imaging for a microfilm scanning services price.

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USC used microfilm scanning services, probably from a microfilm scanning company, to digitize old newspaper issues for a local library. Every week it seems like another library uses the services from a microfilm scanning company to put historical documents to a digital system. Generation Imaging is one scanning company that specializes in microfilm scanning, and we are glad to be part of this process. It is interesting to come in contact with our past and to be able to bring this valuable information to the present.

Our scanning company uses specialized microfilm scanners to generate extremely high quality images from microfilm. The microfilm can be 16mm or 35 mm microfilm and the output can also be customized to the need of the user. It is possible for our scanning company to generate tiffs, jpef, or pdf files and the images can be grayscale. This scanning company is equipped with the latest tools needed to make a microfilm conversion process simple for you.

Libraries that hold microfilm can contact Generation Imaging directly to find out what this microfilm scanning company can do for your microfilm conversion project. Chances are that this scanning company has done many other projects very similar to yours. The experience from all previous project will help make your project even better. This scanning company can provide references to prior projects and can easily provide prices that another scanning company can’t This is because our scanning company has taken steps to promote efficiency and all the savings are passed on to the customer.

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Generation Imaging offers the best microfilm conversion price due to having advanced scanning technology, being a wholesale scanning bureau, and not having corporate waste.

Generation Imaging just doesn’t make up microfilm scanning conversion prices based on nice whole numbers that “sound good”. Each project is calculated based on labor costs, timeframe, and what the service entails. This approach, which begins at a very inexpensive cost, allows G.I. to provide ulta-competitive pricing for roll film conversions.

200 DPI 16mm bi-tonal TIFFs or PDFs is the least expensive microfilm conversion, as is 16mm greyscale PDFs or JPEGs. Additional options include 300DPI, 400 DPI, uncompressed greyscale TIFFs, LZW TIFFs, and OCR searchable PDFs.

A 200DPI 35mm bi-tonal microfilm conversion is the least expensive of its kind, as well. And the same add-on services apply. In other words, if you want a 400DPI uncompressed greyscale OCR conversion to meet some requirement your IT director set, the cost will increase.

Generation Imaging also has special flat flee rates that are lower than advertised microfilm conversion prices online. So if you just have one reel or a few, G.I. can give you a great price for that.

Microfilm conversion prices have been on the way down since around 2004, and continued to be on the downward spiral since the mortgage bubble burst. The bottom line is that some organizations and individuals still cannot untie the purse strings and invest a small amount of money into a microfilm conversion.

However if you are looking for one, you have nothing to lose by contacting Generation Imaging and at least request a quote.

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Finding information from libraries collection of articles that are stored on microfilm can be time consuming. Thousands of libraries around the nation offer this service. Records scanning presents libraries an opportunity to upgrade this service. Records scanning takes microfilm to digital format. This process applies to all all types of information. Records scanning helps libraries and everyone needing to search the records. Records scanning creates pdf or jpeg files from the microfilm and stores the information on computers; creating an automated retrieval system far more superior to traditional microfilm systems.

Some people that do routine searches in libraries, like historians and genealogical researchers, can spend hundreds of hours performing this tedious task. We have been contacted by many of these individuals for help with this matter. In return, we performed records scanning on their microfilm and copied the files on cd or dvd for them. Records scanning is applicable to just about all types of records on microfilm and this microfilm conversion is very common. We are confident that if you have information on microfilm, we can do records scanning to help you search through it easier.

The feedback we get from our clients that had records scanning done on their microfilm is very positive. This means that the result of records scanning works in all of these cases and that the time savings and quality of work is as good or better than expected. Good records scanning can only be accomplished with top quality microfilm scanners and experienced operators.

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Computer Output Microfilm arrived in the 1960s. Previously the maximum reduction ratio was 24, but thanks to the COM process reduction ratios could be 48. The reduction ratio 0f 48x made it possible to fit 2, 270, or 300+ images on one microfiche card and over 4000 images on a 16mm microfilm. Ultrafiche was created in 1962, although they are still rare. Ultrafiche have reduction ratios of 150 and can store up to 3,200 images on a card. Some rolls of film with high reduction ratios can hold over 20,000 images.

Computer Output Microfilm can have blips (markers) on the film that divide documents from pages. A document contains the same pages of a file. COM also allows for barcodes, which can be located on roll film frames or on microfiche headers. These additions were to help with hand off management and inventory thanks to robots. Indeed, back in the 1960 to 1970s document management companies and IT professionals saw the future as being handled by robotic processes still using COM, as opposed to predicting the digital revolution. It’s a step above having complete faith in vacuum tubes.

Therefore it is ironic that many organizations eventually needed their Computer Output Microfilm  converted to PDF, TIFF, or JPEG. Many companies still need that to happen in the 21st century. If you have Computer Output Microfilm  or Computer Output Microfiche, please contact Generation Imaging for a scanning quote. Generation Imaging has years of experience handling the Computer Output Microfilm to image process.

Going to digital image actually is more versatile than using a system designed over 50 years ago.

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Fire damages to the State Historical Research Center in the University of Missouri library could have damage valuable records. This is one advantage to digitize negatives from microfilm. Many Libraries that have valuable records in microfiche or microfilm format could be running a risk of loosing valuable information if the microfilm gets damaged. Instead, if they digitize negatives, the microfilm is transferred to digital files and all the information can be backed up and protected.

To digitize negatives, the microfilm needs to be scanned using a high quality microfilm scanner. This process will ensure that the digitize negatives will result in good quality scans. This process is fast and inexpensive and I encourage all libraries to explore the possibility of performing this task on their microfilm as well. Libraries and other historical centers can test their digitize negatives for free. By doing this, they can see samples of the information without an expense.

Digitize negatives also protects microfilm from age. The older the microfilm, the higher the chances of it developing vinegar syndrome. When this happens, the microfilm begins to smell bad. As this process worsens, the film may begin to lose quality. I you are able to get digitize negatives from the microfilm before this process starts, you could save the valuable information from disaster.

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Microfilm scanning standards are often set by the end user, mainly the customer. There are so many options available today that a customer can pick what combination of options best fit their need. Although there are some basics to the microfilm scanning that are elemental. For example, the vendor is limited by the microfilm scanning equipment he is using. If the microfilm scanning hardware and software are not up to par, he may not be able to provide the end user with the best solution.

Some basic standards to consider important for any microfilm scanning project are microfilm scanning resolution, microfilm scanning reduction, and microfilm scanning output formats. The right microfilm scanning equipment should will have capacity to adjust for true DPI and reduction. This related to enlarging the image back to its original dimension and maintaining proper quality. In terms of formats, the software used should be able to generate the type of image that the used needs for the retrieval system.

No two microfilm scanning projects are the same and no two customers usually have equal needs. Therefore, providers of microfilm scanning services need to be prepared with the best possible microfilm scanning system to handle the variations.

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Generation Imaging is a Florida microfilm scanning service bureau that converts 16mm roll film, 35mm roll film, all types of microfiche, aperture cards, color slides, photo negatives, photographs, paper documents, OCR, indexing, and 16mm archive writing. Generation Imaging specializes in these micrographic fields; that is G.I’s “niche”. G.I. Partners, LLC is a Florida microfilm scanning company located in Davie, South Florida.

There are a few reasons why some local clients who have film prefer to deal with a Florida microfilm scanning business as opposed to an out-of-state or out-of-country solution. There is a percentage of clients that prefer to drop off film or to be within driving distance of their project. Some local government bids have strict requirements to award the project to a Florida microfilm scanning organization.

But by far the number one reason why Floridians prefer to use a Florida microfilm scanning company is fear of losing reels in the mail. A second reason is shipping costs. The irony is that the bulk of Generation Imaging’s clients are out-of-state. Hundreds of clients can’t be wrong about sending film in the mail via USPS, Fed-Ex, or UPS. G.I. Partners’ international customers use DHL.

So as you can see, two truths exists that seem to contradict each other. But the bottom line is that whether you are a Floridian seeking a Floria microfilm scanning solution or if you are not in Florida yet looking for a company to scan film, do not hesitate to contact Generation Imaging for a low price quote.

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How has scanning microfilm changed over the years? There is no question that the technological advances have improved image quality, speed/production, and user interface for scanning microfilm. Back in 1998, I was scanning microfilm with a Sunrise DOS scanner; the mouse was optional. In addition to obscure DOS commands, I had to quickly navigate several menus with arrow keys and Enter. Sometimes if my fingers were too fast, the program would freeze up, and I had to type some combination of CTRL-ALT-ESC- several times to restart it and begin the scanning microfilm process once again.

Scanning microfilm images to its hard drive was a no-no, even though many times operators made that mistake. After all, the pathnames had to be manually keyed, and heaven help you if you forgot a colon. The images were sent to an “enhancer” computer which ran ScanFix to rotate (!) the images to right read, deskew, and autocrop. I hated that old school crop, which can still be seen on newspaper images on Google archive or deeds on County websites. The program would eat into the sides at times, so the end product looks like it is “ripped”. Scanning microfilm took around 60- 80 images for many projects. We had a bunch of them. Training was a nightmare and operators required heavy supervision during production.

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Now in 2011, scanning microfilm is much more efficient. The speeds are outstanding, especially for 200 DPI 16mm. The amount of labor in the production room has decreased, and those workers could be shifted to other processes or aspects of a company, or for small companies, a skeleton crew could technically hold the fort. The quality blows away 1990s images, especially with small fonts. On the user end, the Graphic User Interface (GUI) is light-years ahead, although the ideas (such as blip detection and sense area to detect frames) are still based upon the original DOS method.

This is not to say that scanning microfilm is just “hang and bang” or “load and go”, no matter what the advertisements say. Setting up the machines still requires a deep knowledge of what type of film you are working with, and the best way to bring out the quality. Setting up a network requires a professional. It can be argued that there are too many options and settings that one can accidentally mess up. Not everyone can be efficient at scanning microfilm because it is a mix of science and art- with the ability to be a productive worker. One huge advance is scanning microfilm is ribbons, which allows the operator or quality control auditor to detect the images and fix any mis-detects (such as cut-offs, skips, or two-in ones). The auditor can reverse positives and negatives and even change quality settings at the image level. The ribbon can be exported at different global settings (one “light” and one “dark”).

It’s a shame so many of my co-workers from “back in the day” never experienced with type of technology.

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