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Our Document Preparation Operators: Scanning 40,000 Documents, by guest...

Marching hand in hand with the US of A, Canada leads the world in paper production, and the average office worker consumes – not in the savoury sense – an inconceivable 10,000 sheets per year.... The...

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Microfilm vs Microfiche & Digitizing Film Archives in Vancouver, by guest...

Eons ago, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, and long before Micro Com Systems, Vancouver’s Document Scanning & Archive Records Management Service very own Craig Hollingum danced the night away in...

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Converting Microfilm to Online Digital Archives, by guest blogger Jay Phoenix

For generations, microform technology (such as Microfiche and Microfilm) ruled the world with an iron-fist, but like all tyrannical Empires, it fell to the Rebel scum. A Grand Canyon sized gap formed...

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Digitization of Documentation for Universal Accessibility, by guest blogger...

Documentation Digitization: see Britannica vs Wikipedia Ding-dong. Your friendly neighbourhood Britannica calling. Okay, not really. How about an annoying, pushy, slimeball dripping with condescension?...

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Securing Your Data Archives with MCS Vancouver by guest blogger Jay Phoenix

Secure Records Archiving Vancouver Human ingenuity and imagination are an insurmountable force to be reckoned with. Since the first cave men that pounded rocks to create fire and hunted woolly mammoths...

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The Scanning Room Floor: Double-sided Automated Feed Scanning, by guest...

Rapid Double-sided Document Automated Feed Scanner! Rapid Double-sided Document Automated Feed Scanner! RAPID DOUBLE-SIDED DOCUMENT AUTOMATED FEED SCANNER! Hi, I’m Mr. M. Com, president and CEO of...

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Sunrise Junction, Microfilm Scanners by guest blogger Jay Phoenix

All aboard! Micro Com Express now departing the station! Have your tickets out please. Next stop, Microfilm scanning at Sunrise Junction. On your left, Micro Com’s very own herd of Sunrise Scanners can...

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Atiz Archival Book Scanning Vs. the Guillotine

Curious about the process of scanning archival books? Many of the book scanning customers who come to Micro Com Systems have works as rare and precious as—for example—the powdered wig worn by Marie...

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Digitization and Scanning: The Files from Beyond

Digitization and scanning seem like relatively straightforward tasks. But when you run a large-scale service bureau, the reality is that no two jobs are ever quite the same. As two of our scanning...

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4 Reasons your City Archives should digitize old newspapers and photographs

We think you’ll agree that our history is precious. The best way to ensure things like old newspapers and photographs are protected for future generations is to professionally scan these delicate...

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What you need to know about digitizing hard copy books

Digitizing hard copy books is not as simple of a process as scanning regular documents. For one, you’ve got a binding or spine to deal with so it’s difficult to flatten the pages using traditional......

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What digital formats can a professional document scanning company create?

How much physical space are your office records, invoices, receipts, and documents taking up in your office? Get rid of them by hiring a professional document scanning company to convert physical...

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The Adventure of Document Preparation

  Document Preparation is the foundation of successful scanning. A procedure pioneered at Micro Com Systems, “Combining” is one of the first steps in Micro Com Systems’ digitalization process. During...

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Vancouver Digital Mailroom Services & Document Processing Automation

No matter how successful you have been at converting traditional paper archives into digital files, and/or convincing outside suppliers to send invoices and correspondence electronically, you will...

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Skip the Scanner?

The pandemic caused a significant amount of change in the way that business is conducted. Many corporations saw their fortunes skyrocket as employees started working from home. Online communication...

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Scanning Services For Historic Museum Artifacts

Can You Digitize a Stone Tablet? Over the years (decades?) we have been asked if we can scan some very interesting things. One of a kind artwork, yes, but it makes us incredibly nervous. Linen... The...

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Here’s Something You Don’t See Every Day, a Conversation About Storage Boxes!

Just like every type of facial tissue is referred to as a Kleenex™, or a tube containing lip balm a Chapstick™, proprietary eponyms are present in the scanning business too. Since the dawn of time,......

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