Issue 24
"Digital to Microfilm" Service
Imtec & Large Format Micrographic Equipment
BRAND NEW PAPER RANGE
Paper Scanners - Short Term Rental
Archive Imaging & OPTIPLAN Join Forces To Offer Paper Based Solutions
Archive I.T. ALL FROM AS LITTLE AS £150.00 PER MONTH
Real Readers - Ecomomy Readers Are Huge Success
Microfilm Scanning - No Purchase Necessary!
Ex-Demonstration & Second User Equipment Available
New Automatic Aperture Card Carrier for the 3000DSV from Kodak
"Digital to Microfilm" Service
No Capital Outlay - Archive As You Go!
In our last newsletter we talked about our new "Digital Preservation Service". This created so much interest that we have had to expand our service.
SEND US JUST ONE DIGITAL IMAGE & we will turn it into microfilm
At The Microfilm Shop we have built our reputation on 'no minimum order quantities'. The same now applies to our digital preservation service.
Send us your images via e-mail or put a CD in the post and we will return the images to you on microfilm.
- Choose 16mm, 35mm or fiche formats for your microfilm
- NO capital outlay, NO equipment, NO staff, NO chemicals
- Your current imaging system is not affected
- Just send us your digital images and let us do the rest
- Documents from cheque size all the way through to A0 size can be catered for
- Your important digital images are then archived for 500 years
- Re-scan these images back into your document management system at any time
- Proper archiving has never been simpler
Imtec & Large Format Micrographic Equipment
We can supply consumables, spare parts and servicing for the following items of equipment:-
- Imtec 2000, 4000, A1pp, A0pp, Caps, A1M, MkII, 5100 and A0 camera Systems
- Bell + Howell (Kodak) 2000, 2300, 2700, 2900, 2400D and 3000D
- Wicks & Wilson All duplicators and all card scanners
- Imation (DSS) 908, 938, 968 duplicators plus Kip 2710, 2900, 3620 etc.
In recent months it has been increasingly difficult for owners of Imtec and other large format equipment to obtain a service call-out. Tied in with this has been the difficulty of obtaining consumables and spare parts.
For the past 3 months The Microfilm Shop has been able to provide:
- Service
- Spare parts
- Cards
- Chemicals
- Papers* (see box below for more details)
- Toners
- Brand New Equipment
BRAND NEW PAPER RANGE
Print Size |
Dimensions |
Roll Size |
A0 |
841mm(W) x 1189mm(L) |
841 x 175m 841 x 150m |
A1 |
841mm(W) x 594mm(L) |
594 x 150m |
A2 |
594mm(W) x 420mm(L) |
420 x 150m |
A3 |
420mm(W) x 297mm(L) |
297 x 150m |
A4 |
297mm(W) x 210mm(L) |
297 x 150m |
Please contact us for further details
Paper Scanners - Short Term Rental
- Are you a bureau or end-user with a one-off scanning project to complete?
- Capital Outlay is not an option?
- Do you need access to high volume paper scanners for a short period only?
- Due to the urgency of the job, do you need a scanner which is covered with a 'next day' engineer call-out service?
- Do you want to rent by the day rather than the month?
Archive Imaging & OPTIPLAN Join Forces To Offer Paper Based Solutions
Archive Imaging, a division of The Microfilm Shop , was set up to tackle all areas of document management. The Microfilm Shop has always been involved in the microfilm industry and through Archive Imaging has spent the last 3 years developing our digital offerings. We are very pleased therefore to introduce paper based solutions to our document management portfolio.
Many businesses are attempting to move towards a 'paperless office', but are thwarted by entrenched practices, government legislation and international law. A recent report (published by Price Waterhouse Cooper, The Green Sheet, Nov. 2002) studied the human psychology associated with paper over less tangible media such as electronic documents. The conclusion of the report states:
"No potential paper replacement offers the permanence, zero power consumption, low cost and accessibility of paper. The market for paper-oriented devices is therefore set to remain strong for the foreseeable future as there is no potential replacement for paper that combines all of its business, psychological and technological benefits"
Indeed, research tells us that 94% of all information is still kept on paper. Hence, we find our offices still filled with paper as a source of information. Despite the new age digital technologies, we are often called upon to provide solutions to 'mountains' of paper. In many instances, solutions are provided by recommending alternative technologies, i.e. Microfilm or Digital systems. However, not every application is suited to converting the paper. Now, we can provide a solution to those paper based applications. We are now a truly ONE STOP DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SHOP. We are able to provide a total solution from the creation of paper to the archival life and the final destruction date of information, whether it is paper, microfilm, data or image.
This move into paper based solutions has been made possible through our partnership with OPTIPLAN.
Optiplan systems focus on paper based solutions providing benefits of:
- Space Planning - reduce filing and storage areas up to 80%
- Organisational Efficiency - information where, when and how it is needed
- Cost Savings - unique top retrieval systems provide greater cost efficiencies than conventional filing methods. Save on space requirements and reduce stationary costs.
Archive I.T. ALL FROM AS ITTLE AS £150.00 PER MONTH
New from the Archive Imaging Division. Turnkey Document Management Package includes:-
- Kodak i60 or i260 duplex, colour, black & white document scanner
i60 - 10ppm (20ipm) colour; 25ppm (50ipm) bitonal; 1000 images per day throughput.
i260 - 67ppm (134ipm) colour, black & white and greyscale @ 150dpi, 33ppm (66ipm) colour, black & white and greyscale @ 300dpi; 5000 images per day throughput.
- 8 hour response on site service contract
- IMIS document management software package
- Simple 'write to microfilm' module to archive your important and/or finished files - just send us the CD and we will return your finished microfilms.
- Ideal for bureaux and/or end users
- No capital outlay - pay a low monthly fee
- Manage all of your company information from your desk
- From 1 to 500 users
- Total flexibility on scanner, service and document management software combinations (Alchemy, Documation or OIT available)
- Back logs catered for through our Archive Imaging dealer network
Real Readers - Economy Readers Are Huge Success
18 months ago The Microfilm Shop launched its own range of readers under the Real brand. Within this time the Mini, Midi and Maxi have become, by far, our best selling reader range. These readers, with their unique black finish, have become very popular in modern office environments.
They have been designed to our requirements to keep the prices as economical as possible.
As a result they have single lens facility only, although a choice of magnification lenses is available. An optional 16/35mm 'snap-on' manual roll film carrier extends the microfilm formats that these readers can accommodate.
Model |
Specification |
Screen Size |
Weight |
List Price (exc. VAT) |
ARMini |
3/4 COM/3/4 Source plastic fiche reader |
273mm(W) x 210mm(H) |
4.5kg |
£235.70 |
ARMidi |
3/4 COM/Full Source plastic fiche reader |
279mm(W) x 279mm(H) |
5.4kg |
£271.43 |
ARMaxi |
Full COM/Full Source plastic fiche reader |
355mm(W) x 279mm(H) |
5.9kg |
£284.29 |
Microfilm Scanning - No Purchase Necessary!
The Microfilm Shop currently has four Mekel M525GS 16/35mm roll film production scanners and one Mekel M565GS fiche/jacket production scanner available for rent or lease.
- Rental periods from as short as one day
- Travel to our head office in Nuneaton and you can rent the machines for as little as one roll or one fiche!
Ex-Demonstration & Second User Equipment Available
The Microfilm Shop currently sells over 250 different brand new types of micrographic and digital imaging equipment. To support this huge range we have a constantly changing stock of demonstration equipment. In addition we have a large stock of second user equipment that we have collected due to part exchanges, requests for short-term rentals and an ongoing demand for refurbished equipment.
From time to time we have a complete stock review and offer it out to the market place. As a result, we are pleased to offer the following equipment for special purchase:-
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New Automatic Aperture Card Carrier for the 3000DSV from Kodak
Kodak have launched a new automatic aperture card carrier, the ACF7, to join its range of motorised film carriers for the 3000DSV scanner. The new carrier takes the functionality of the 3000DSV into the realm of production aperture card scanners albeit at a greatly reduced cost. The ACF7 has been specifically designed to work in medium to high volume applications including a production environment.
Key Features
- Automatic load and eject with adjustable feed rate for viewing
- Automatic scan to print via high-speed video printer
- Single or batch feeding
- 150 card loading tray
- Batch scanning through Powerfilm V5.1 Application Software
With automatic loading and ejection plus a 150 card loading tray, the 3000DSV becomes a 'load and forget' aperture card scanning device. When considering that carriers are also available for fiche, 16/35mm open spool film, cartridges and ANSI clips, the 3000DSV is an extremely versatile tool.
Available now from The Microfilm Shop.