Microfilm Digitisation Service:
DPI offer our Microfilm and Microfilm Digitisation Services through our Partners in Ireland or the UK.
Microfilm Services
The process..
- DPI will arrange to collect the hardcopy material and scan it at DPI Scanning Bureau
- Digital Images are transferred to Partner Bureau in UK
- Images written to Microfilm ANSI approved film, boxed and named
- Return original material, with digital image copy on disc and microfilm boxed reels
The microfilm digitisation service takes the newly created digital images and writes them onto 16mm or 35mm microfilm – an analogue storage format with a Life Expectancy (LE) rating or 500 years, with the ability to be scanned straight back into a digital platform as and when needed.
As always, DPI will assist with advice and free consultancy for your specific requirements.
Microfilm Digitisation Services
The process..
- DPI will arrange to collect the material
Material can be Microfiche, Aperture cards, 16mm or 35mm microfilm reels - We dispatch the microfilm securely to our Partner Bureau in Ireland or the UK
- Digitise the film to digital images, to agreed scan and format requirements
- Process images to suit project
- Collate all images for a newspaper into one pdf document
- OCR the pdf multipage document for text searching
- Offer watermarking services
- Return original material, with digital images and documents on a USB disc or FTP.
As always, DPI will assist with advice and free consultancy for your specific requirements.
See attached document for more details on microfilm digitisation service specification options