Microfiche Scanners - MES Hybrid

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Microfiche Scanners

• Understanding the Basics before Making a Purchase
  Decision

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Microfiche Scanners

• Before you make a purchase, its important to
  carefully evaluate microfiche scanners. Although
  pricing can be affordable and options many, you
  still need to think about your usage and the
  reasons for your purchase. However, before
  delving into purchasing criteria, you should
  understand the basics of microfiche and
  microfiche scanners.
• The conversion process begins when paper
  documents are converted to microfiche. In years
  past, millions of conversions took place and
  microfiche was a standard document form in
  libraries and more.

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Microfiche Scanners

• Today, the conversion process continues with
  microfiche documents being converted to digital
  formats. By using microfiche scanners and making
  digital files of the content, you can have
  readily available electronic documents in PDF or
  TIFF formats, for example.
• These electronic documents are not only easier
  to manage and maintain, but they also integrate
  within an organizations document management
  system. When all microfiche documents are
  digitized and incorporated into enterprise
  systems, they become available to all authorized
  users.

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Microfiche Scanners

• What is Microfiche?
• Microfiche is a sheet of microfilm measuring
  approximately 4 x 6 and contains multiple
  images in a grid-like pattern. One microfiche
  sheet can contain a few or many images, depending
  on the size of each image. Some images on the
  microfiche can be reduced many times from their
  actual size.
• Microfiche provides benefits such as fast
  retrieval of information. Some information, such
  as the labeling of whats contained in the
  microfiche, can be read with the naked eye.
  Plus, microfiche can be easily and inexpensively
  duplicated.

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Microfiche Scanners

• What are Microfiche Scanners and how do they
  Work?
• The technology used in microfiche scanners is
  similar to a digital camera. The scanner uses
  this digital camera to take a picture of the
  microfiche sheet. The scanner has lenses that
  project the images to the microfiche scanner
  camera. The cameras in microfiche scanners then
  take the projected image, create a digital copy
  and store it on a computer.
• So, basically microfiche scanners are high speed
  cameras that take digital images of microfiche
  sheets. However, you dont want to simplify the
  overall products. Youll need to understand in
  greater detail how they work and what you need
  from a solution. You can then better compare
  capabilities and features.

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Microfiche Scanners

• What Benefits do Microfiche Scanners Offer?
• As you can expect, the number of microfiche to
  digital conversions is growing as a result of the
  many advantages provided to organizations.
  First, as noted previously, microfiche documents
  converted to digital files makes the information
  more readily available and easier to access for a
  wide audience of users.
• In addition, converting physical material to
  digital formats provides better protection,
  especially to delicate documents. Organizations
  no longer risk losing or damaging the microfiche
  material.

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Microfiche Scanners

• Given the physical nature of microfiche cards,
  storage needs can be significant. The microfiche
  is typically stored flat in drawers, so the
  physical space can be used for more productive
  purposes. Storage also comes with associated
  costs.
• The advantages of using microfiche scanners to
  convert microfiche documents to digital files are
  many. Primarily, you can make information
  available to everyone who needs it. And, they
  can access this information instantly from any
  location that your document management system
  allows.

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Microfiche Scanners

• And, all associated costs of physical storage
  and maintenance are eliminated. Finally, you
  preserve the quality of your documents and remove
  the risk of loss or damage of the physical
  microfiche material. These major benefits
  represent the reasons organizations are
  increasingly converting microfiche to digital
  formats.

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About the Author

• Kevin D'Arcy is VP of Sales and Marketing for
  MES Hybrid Document Systems, Ontario's leading
  document scanning and document management
  supplier. For more information about Microfiche
  Scanners, visit http//www.mesltd.ca/.