Many organisations with collections of microfilm are finding it difficult to search, read and distribute information.

If you have a collection of aperture cards or microfilm rolls or jackets, we can provide a complete service of scanning to give you a conveniently accessible electronic archive.

Unlike many other providers of aperture card scanning, we have a greyscale scanning head on our machine which gives an excellent photo quality scan. An additional feature of our aperture card scanner is that a 100% image quality check is carried out at the scanning stage, so any unnecessary background can be removed. This guarantees that all detail is captured at a manageable file size.

We can offer you a complete service starting with efficient collection through to delivery of digital images, on CD/DVD, or, as increasingly now demanded, in a retrieval system, externally or internally hosted and managed.

C A Design Services Ltd can provide the following data capture resources:

• Process 35mm aperture cards plus 35 & 16mm microfilm (mono only)
• Provide electronic files in a variety of file formats, .tiff, .pdf, .jpeg, .cit, etc – with or without .tiff viewing software
• Digitise scanned drawing images to .dwg/.dxf/.dgn CAD files
• Digitise scanned drawing images to a variety of GIS files shapes
• Plot drawing files up to A0 size
• Adapt scanned images so they can be opened in AutoCAD software
• Scan in resolutions from 100 to 400 dpi and greyscale
• Capture black & white original documents
• Undertake all forms of indexing

• Undertake off or on-site scanning contracts (CRB checked personnel available)
• Provide secure collection/return of film data
• Provide secure storage during scanning operation
• Provide confidential shredding of film data & issue of Certificate of Destruction following scanning
• Provide long term secure storage of film data following scanning
• Compliance with PD 0008 code of practice for legal admissibility of scanned images
• Provide external hosting of data
• Provide a range of data management systems – from simple, bespoke retrieval databases through to space management & full workflow solutions, managing varying electronic file formats

We can set files up for you in a database so you can search for the files easily and place this on the internet with secure access.

Please contact us for a free quotation and more information.