ICM provides a full range of film scanning services for microfiche, microfilm, and aperture cards. We can convert your entire legacy inventory into digital format, or we can perform individual conversions per file; we can even convert your paper drawings into a digital format as well. You’ll enjoy a quick return on investment as your online images greatly improve your staff’s productivity and service levels.
ICM Document Solutions has built one of the largest film scanning capacities in the industry, scanning in excess of 100 million images in the last decade alone. We have earned a positive reputation for the use of technology and expertise that allows for the conversion of even the most troublesome film to a high-quality finished product.
Microfilm digital film scanning capabilities include:
Aperture Card Scanning
- MIL, ISO and DINSilver aperture cards
- Hollerith code capture with output to text
- 8-bit grayscale or bi-level images
- 100-800 dpi resolution
- Output to most data formats
Microfiche Scanning
- All standard/long jacket fiche types plus: COM; AB Dick; Ultra Fiche; Microx
- 16mm or 35mm (or combo)
- Simplex or duplex
- Positive or negative
- Diazo, Silver, Vesicular formats
- Duplicates
- Cine/comic mode
- Bi-tonal output to: TIFF (G3, G4) and PDF (all single/multi); PDF/A
- Grayscale output to: uncompressed TIFF/JPEG (true 256 shades of gray); JPEG 2000; PDF (single/multi-page); PDF/A
Microfilm Scanning
- 100’, 215’ and 1,000’ rolls; ANSI, M-types and open spools
- 16mm and 35mm
- Simplex or duplex
- Positive or negative
- Silver, Diazo and Vesicualr formats
- Bi-tonal output to: TIFF (G3, G4) and PDF (all single/multi); PDF/A
- Grayscale output to: uncompressed TIFF/JPEG (true 256 shades of gray); JPEG 2000; PDF (single/multi-page); PDF/A
Output/Additional Services
- Delivery via ftp or external drives for customer post-processing
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for full text searches
- Manual indexing
The ICM Advantage
ICM Document Solutions opened its doors in 1988. Today, ICM and its clients are the beneficiaries of decades of proven success and experience, which pairs a highly talented and experienced IT and operations staff with certified ICM film scanning professionals. As end-users of our product, ViewCenter, manufactured in-house, ICM Document Solutions has the unique ability to tailor software technology to a client’s specific film scanning requirements that compliments new accessibility to microfilm, microfiche, and aperture card information.
Right-Sized Film Scanning for Your Business
The ICM programming staff has proven experience in managing film scanning data conversion. This expertise allows for final output integration into the wide array of document management solutions, including ICM’s ViewCenter. We also offer custom solutions engineered for specific business applications. Whether your film scanning needs are internal, external or for web distribution, ICM Document Solutions has the capabilities to provide the needed solution to integrate digitized images into a workflow.
ICM Partners
Virtually every business sector can benefit from the secure storage and efficient retrieval of essential documents. Our premium scanning services are utilized by a wide array of industries, including:
How can ICM help you?
We start by analyzing your film scanning needs, understanding your unique situation and detailing your requirements. Our experienced document management experts evaluate potential strategies and recommend cost-effective solutions that deliver ROI quickly. We provide a single point-of-contact for all your projects to meet your production, quality and compliance requirements.
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