C.O.M. microfiche (or just fiche) approx. 150mm x 105mm in size and are computer generated (Computer Output Microfiche) from a digital source, they usually contain either text or images of documents. They can however contain other smaller material such as cheques and notes. One fiche usually contains around 270 pages laid out in a grid but this can vary depending on the reduction used to create the fiche and also their original size. The number of ‘lanes’ (across) and ‘columns’ (down) can both change to alter the total number of pages per fiche.
DocuSense is able to convert your C.O.M. microfiche to a digital format no matter what number of frames a fiche contains, we can also cope with varying sized frames on a single fiche. We use an optical enlargement technique during the digitisation process to enlarge the microfilm image back to it’s original document size for maximum clarity rather than directly scanning the microfilm.
Even if your microfilm doesn’t look like our examples, our equipment and operatives are flexible and can capture most things. So if you have any questions, you can message us using the form on the home or contact pages.
Input Film Specifications:
C.O.M. Microfiche approx. 150mm x 105mm
Positive or Negative Polarity
Variable Frame or Page Numbers
Processing Specifications (as required):
Optical Enlargement to Original Document Size
Dynamic Image Density Compensation (on the fly scan quality correction)
Image Crop & Deskew (trimming and straightening)
Page Splitting
Output Specifications (as required):
Resolution: 200-600DPI
Image Type: Bitonal (Black & White, 1 bit), Greyscale (8 or 16 bit)
File Formats: TIFF, PDF, JPEG (lossless or compressed, other file formats available on request)