This section of our site is intended as a guide for proper scanning practices,specifications, equipment and standards.

Paper Scanning Considerations

Microform Scanning Considerations

Book Scanning Considerations

Microfiche Card Format Samples

Microfilm Samples

Aperture Card Samples

Microform Scanning Challenges

Output to Film from Digital Image

Ribbon File Scanning Defined (rev date 09July2009)

Frame Scanning Vs. Ribbon Scanning (rev date 23February2011)

Nextscan Ribbon Scanning White Paper

Grayscale Vs. Monochrome Scanning

Newton Rings on Fiche Jackets

Dust Abatement on Photographic Film

What is Vinegar Syndrome

How to dry a wet book or documents

Book Repair and Construction

Instructions for generating a directory listing

Printing a portion of a PDF page using Snapshot Tool

How to Keyword Search in Adobe Acrobat

Monochrome Scanning and Data loss