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  • 2012 Microfilm Scanning Update January 25, 2012
    Microfilm scanning has been transferring microfilm documents to digital images for many years and chances are that we have all benefited from the benefits in one way or another. After all, microfilm scanning has been used to convert microfilms from libraries, banks, hospitals and many other common organizations.2012 Microfilm Scanning Update is copyrighted m […]
  • Happy New Year from Generation Imaging December 30, 2011
    The staff at Generation Imaging wishes you a happy and prosperous New Year. Initial polls show people are more hopeful this year than the last few years, so let’s hope that it translates into happiness and work for everyone. As far as Generation Imaging goes, the growing Florida microfilm scanning company has posted increased revenues and profits every year […]
  • Converting Microfiche to PDF November 2, 2011
    Converting microfiche to PDF is most easily accomplished via a microfiche scanner. There are many different types of microfiche scanners made by various manufacturers and distributed by different resellers. Each type of microfiche machine has different quality settings. Using a flatbed scanner or photo camera is out of the question. Buying a microfiche scann […]
  • Archival Services and Document Scanning Go Hand in Hand October 25, 2011
    Archival Services allows you to easily and effectively store and retrieve  documents for your operation. Archival services and Document scanning are services provided to help organizations go paperless and generate a system where you can store huge amounts of information and at the same time create a scheme to locate and view the information very quickly. In […]
  • What Are Microfilm Scanning Services? October 20, 2011
    At the most basic level, microfilm scanning services refers to digitizing roll film. In other words, it is the transfer from analog media to digital format. To break it down even further, it is roll film to tiff, pdf, jpeg, or other image format. The two types of roll film are 16mm and 35mm, not to be confused with movie film. So in addition to the actual ro […]

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    Understanding File Formats For Your Next Document Scanning Project

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    File formats are used for many purposes and you should have a basic idea of what types they are and what they are used for. These files are commonly used in our location. There are graphics file formats used for printing and others are used for on-screen viewing or online publishing. Each type has variations within each group and within each group there are  file formats better than others depending on what you need. For example, gif and jpg are good for online publishing. There are other file formats that are used for this same task but these are more common. A file format of the type eps and tiff are more commonly used for  printing. They provide quality images for printing. For information about your next document scanning project, please contact us.

    For on screen display, JPG or JPEG are more suitable.  A jpg is capable of displaying very high quality images and are commonly used throughout the industry for this reason. Additionally, this file format may be compressed to provide small files that occupy less computer space while still providing good quality. A word of caution here, when compressing files, some quality is compromised. Depending on the quality of the starting file and the necessary result, compressing the files has its limits.

    Here is another characteristic of file format that may be of some interest. Files are capable of holding different amounts of colors. Each file format will have a reference to the number of bits that the format is capable of supporting. 1 bit per pixel equals an image with 2 colors. 4 is an image capable of holding up to 16 colors. An 8 is an image that can have up to . And 16 bits per pixel refers to an image that can be up to 32,768 colors. A 24 bits per pixel are less common and refers to an image that can be 16,777,216 colors. For your next document scanning project, be sure to identify what level of color is most acceptable for the images.

    Here are some file format and common applications.

    GIF                                 Web Screen display                          Web Photo Images
    JPEG, JPG                 Screen display                                   Online Photo Images
    TIFF, TIF                 PostScript printers                                   High quality printing

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