Microfiche and Microfilm Scanning Services

Pearl Scan Solutions Ltd is a leading provider of Microfiche scanning, Microfilm scanning and digital conversion services in the UK. We pride ourselves in producing the highest quality scanning service and results from any microfilm, microfiche, aperture card or slide scanning project.

With our official ISO 9001:2000 accreditation we ensure that all of your scanned data is kept confidentially safe and secure and that all of our digitising projects are completed to a high quality standard.

Storing documents away on microfiche or microfilm is now an
out-dated method of data archiving. These Microfilms and microfiche can easily be lost or damaged and locating one document from a film or fiche slide is never a simple task. The overall time and costs that you actually save by digitising these old files is staggering!

With the microfiche and microfilm scanning process, all of these documents are converted into electronic files which can be stored on either CD's, on your local network or even securely online for easy retrieval from any location.

Main advantages of Microfiche and Microfilm Scanning

• Save on the costs and time spent on retrieving and storing files

• No more time wasted searching through microfilm reels and microfiche slides to find that one particular document

• Documents and records can be kept safe and can be backed up electronically multiple times in numerous locations

• Access any microfilmed document instantly on-screen without leaving your desk

• Create more office space by removing any boxes of microfilm reels and drawers of microfiche slides in the office

• Historic public records could even be uploaded online for the public to view which saves time on retrieving records at the office

The price of a microfiche or microfilm reader or printer often far outweighs the actual use of it due to the time and resources spent on operating it. By outsourcing these microfilms and microfiche for scanning and conversion you would simply receive a CD with all documents available in either PDF, Ms Word, TIFF or JPEG format or any other digital file format that you prefer.

Once the images are scanned, the quality will be just as high as the originals with all specific document details captured. These images are usually scanned in greyscale mode using high resolution depending on the quality required.

Once the files are indexed and organised electronically it makes it much easier to locate any specific document you are looking for.

How the film scanning process works

Microfiche and microfilms are gathered together by you at your office which we then collect directly from you. These are returned to our head scanning bureau where our experienced scanning staff use high quality microfilm and microfiche scanners while meticulously checking the quality of each individually scanned document after conversion.

Once the microfiche and microfilms have been scanned in, the electronic files are converted to whichever electronic format you prefer. They are later enhanced and each document is indexed to your specific field requirements so you can quickly locate any required folder and document easily.

Aperture Card Scanning & Slide Scanning

Aperture card scanning is similar service which we also provide. These cards will often hold images on such as engineering drawings,plans or detailed diagrams. They are quite similar to the microfiche storage method and contain images on each card, once these images are electronically converted they are usually saved in TIFF or PDF format.

Our slide scanning and photograph scanning services include a similar process, by converting slides which contain photographs or documents it ensures the data is kept safely in one place as opposed to keeping a large collection of small individual slides or photographs which can be time consuming to sort and search through. Slide scanning and photograph scanning also offers the ability to create slide shows and movies using the scanned images.

Our data protection agreements ensures that all files scanned are always kept highly confidential with our strict security policies in place so that your data is kept very confidential.

Our scanning bureau staff have over 30 years of combined experience in the industry so all of your documents will always be in safe and professional hands.

All of our scanning services are also carefully audited by a third party to ensure we are doing our very best to look after your data.

Call Pearl Scan Solutions on 0161 832 7991 for more information on our scanning services and latest offers or why not quickly get yourself a FREE online microfilm/microfiche scanning quote.