Record visitors expected at Show case All of the signs indicate that the Document Management Showcase at the Novotel in Hammersmith will be the best attended Showcase yet. Even in its heydays of 1990 and 1991 pre-registration was never so popular as it is this year. ( Invitation/registration forms have been sent out with the February issue of the Business Equipm ent Digest (36,000 circ.), with the Society of Archivists Newsletter (1500 circ.) and as a direct mailshot from our own database (7,500). 99% of the above are end-users. At the time of going to press (only about 1 week after the B.E.D. and the Newsletter were mailed out) we have already received registrations for approximately 200 visitors, almost all of which are end-users. The trade invita tions have only now, in this magazine, been distributed (2,700 circ.). The only slightly negative aspect to report is the number of imaging/microfilm companies th at are not prepared to speculate a little for the opportunity to accumulate a lot. This will almost certainly be the prem ier imaging exhibition in the UK this year, and yet there is still space left for any enterprising companies that decide that they would like to take advantage of all the promotional effort that has been put into making sure that there will be visitors in abundance. In order to keep everything in perspective, however, we must point out that there are still many forward looking companies who are supporting the show. So, even as things stand, there will be plenty for the visitors to see, whether their interest is in optical disk, microfilm or a combination of both. W ith almost six weeks still to go before the opening of the exhibition th ere are already m any 'blue-chip' companies committed to the show. They include:Kodak 3M (UK) Agfa-G evaert
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Agfa Gevaert Lim ited There can be no doubt th a t Agfa has an excellent, quickly recognised th a t COM w ould in creasin g ly pedigree, track record and reputation. The roots of the company go way back to the end of the last century when two separate pioneering organisations were already establishing them selves as experts in those very early days of photochemistry. They developed film, chemicals, photographic paper, lenses and, of course, the famous Agfacolor - the launch of Agfacolor really heralded the birth of modern colour photography. Eventually, in 1964, these two companies merged to form Agfa-Gevaert - a world leader in photo graphic products.
become the solution for source document applications."
He continued, "And we have been proved right with major organisations, such as Companies House, opting for electronic sorting and scanning of documents plus microfilm storage via a COM system." A developing m arket
The microfilm industry was essentially built on the massive storage requirements of financial institutions. In the UK, bookmaking was the early foundation of It was the G evaert branch which originally started Agfa's business - and still plays a key role in the producing microfilm in 1939 and for five decades the company's success. company continued to develop hardware and software for document management solutions based on film and Agfa are (and will continue) investing in research analogue technology. Despite more recent diversifica and development on film products as the increasingly tions into D IP, Agfa is still a stro n g advocate of sophisticated hardware demands more and more from microfilm as a practical, efficient and cost-effective the film. The last tw enty years have already seen medium for document image storage. dram atic changes in the product w ith vast improve m en ts in speed, accuracy of im age c a p tu re and Towards the end of 1993, a pan-European decision was resolution. taken to change direction slightly and concentrate on film and COM systems. BSD Divisional Manager, Barry Ecological aw areness has also generated changes in M inty, explained, “The bulk of our m icrographics both film and processing. Some of the improvements p roducts w ere aim ed a t th e larg e co rp o rate or w hich have been m ade in clu d e th e red u ctio n of government user. In the early ‘90's, the trend for these chemicals or, as in the case of the reversal process, custom ers was to change to digital im aging and we complete elim ination of the bleach and clear baths.
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Waste has also been reduced and easier recycling introduced. Needless to say, none of these changes are to th e d etrim en t of th e captured im ages and the processing method rem ains the same.
laser printers, it can download images files held on any digital medium direct to microfilm. In other words, if it can be printed, scanned, taped or networked, it can also be filmed. Proving very popular in quite an unexpected appli cation, the new system is being used to replace tradi tional step,and repeat film ing for p arts catalogues. This success is due to the time (or lack of time) it takes to produce a m a ste r fiche - a m ere tw o m in u tes compared to the hour taken by the old method. Savings on labour are quite dram atic and consequently the reduction in costs are hard to ignore. R egardless of the continuing evolution of different storage media, microfilm still offers unrivalled advan tag es and w ill do so for th e fo reseeab le fu tu re . C onsequently, th e developm ent of la s e r p rin te r emulation has ensured COM a long and healthy life. But it does not stop there - Agfa are already investing resources into the next generations of both COM and film products.
Contact: Barry Minty, Agfa-Gevaert Ltd., 27 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9AX. Later this year Agfa will be introducing a completely Tel: 0181 231 4360 Fax: 0181 231 4954 new fam ily of co n v en tio n al film s. A lthough th e nam e has not yet been finalised, the range will include rapid, medium, positive duplicating and direct duplicating films - Agfa ventured into the direct duplicating m arket for the first time earlier this year. The prestigious headquarters of Agfa UK in Brentford
A new back layer and emulsion have been specially designed to ensure these new films offer yet further improvem ents in quality. The images will be sharper and the background im pressively clear even when the film is developed in small, low volume processors. Leading the way Having recently launched their seventh generation system Agfa continue to show the way forw ard in the world of COM. Since the first system was introduced in 1971, Agfa have led the COM m arket at each stage of its development. Developments such as increasing the page width capabilities have steadily improved each new generation but, in 1994, the most dram atic change took place when Agfa introduced a system which could process raster images. The world’s first COM system to handle scanned images and TIFF files w ithout the need for pre-processing, the COM 3000 APA is set to revitalise microfilm as a m ainstream storage medium. Offering complete com patibility w ith the latest The Micrographics Market Place
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Now, if you’re thinking of replacing or upgrading your Prostar; Cordell or 3M machine, consider moving up to an AP-6. It significantly reduces chemistry, electricity and water needs and is just one of the most complete line of economical Allen microfilm processors available. Allen also has its own factory-trained ser vice group, which means you won’t have to worry about someone else's reliability. Get out of the shadows: send in the coupon below, or call for more detailed information. "Savings will vary depending on chemistry used and labor cost.
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And the resu lt can be devastating. S ignificant as sp ira llin g in su ra n c e costs are - som e in su ra n c e com panies are even refusing to cover unprotected Good news from document management specialists Bell installations they are nothing to the combination of + Howell is th a t they are launching a new reader lost data, development delays and loss of confidential printer and a new microfilm cam era in M arch this information which can put a successful company out of year. business at a stroke ! The bad news is th at British customers will have to U n u su ally , a stra ig h tfo rw a rd so lu tio n to th is travel to Germ any to see it, as it is being shown at nightmare scenario is at hand and it doesn’t cost the CEBIT 95 in Hanover but not,apparently,at the UK's earth. Dantech, a company specialising in computer own Document M anagement Showcase taking place in security, is offering a range of sensibly priced systems Hammersmith, London at the end of March. that will defeat even the most determined thieves. In Germany Bell + Howell will also be previewing their Using a com bination of extra-strong cables, tough latest universal read er p rin ter for CAR (com puter anchor plates and super bonding adhesives, PCs, laser aided retrieval) and all low volume printing applica fax machines etc. can be safely locked into the tions. The new camera on show for the first time will be printers, desk top. A range of kits are available to suit Macs, a new automatic, rotary A4/A3 high volume microfilm PCs, notebooks and portables etc. with prices as low as camera. £ 29.50 (ex VAT). Also available is a clever disk lock a t prevents unauthorised copying of data, or the Contact: Bell + Howell Ltd, 33-35 Woodthorpe Road, th in sertio n of u n au th o rised disks th a t m ay contain Ashford, Middlesex TW15 2RZ. viruses. Tel: 01784 251234 Fax: 01784 259286. New im aging products from Bell + Howell
Finally as a further deterrent, tam per proof marking labels are available in plain text or with bar code that include th e com pany nam e or logo to fu rth er Personal computer theft is reaching epidemic propor can identify your property. tions in a crime wave that embraces casual “walk-ins” during office hours to 'stripping' of companies after Contact: Knud Christensen, Dantech, 8 Lawson H unt dark. Specifically hard hit have been print and graphic Business Park, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham, Sussex companies who have been losing high cost Apple Mac installations at a frightening rate, but every computer RH12 3TR. Tel: 0140 321 8555. Fax: 0140 321 8440 Lock out thieves - Lock in your com puters
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O ur Service D epartm ent has a team of fu lly trained engineers w ho are strategically located throughout the United Kingdom , providing a high level of service for all m akes of M icrographic Equipment. In addition to providing on dem and service for breakdow n calls, we offer a host of M aintenance C ontracts which are tailored to yo ur specific needs, together with a com prehensive range of spare parts and lamps. COVERGOLD, for service & spares on all Micrographic Equipment
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Product N ew s H eadway expands optical storage range.
Patented Docum ent Im aging System Launched
ImageNow, a unique document im aging system, has been launched in the UK by Ridgeway Imaging. The system has been designed for organisations who require images of documents to be linked to existing computer records. Developed in the USA, ImageNow’s revolu tio n a ry ind ex in g technology h as been p a te n te d Commenting on the appointment, Alan Russell, Optical worldwide. Product M anager at Headway said: “Sony is a major force in optical m ass storage w ith over 20 y ears The unique indexing facility works by simply matching experience in th e business. Sony is renow ned for a document image on-screen to an associated computer producing high perform ance, highly reliable, cost record. The document is then linked automatically to effective products and we are delighted to be the UK the record. If images need to be associated with records distributor for its 12” WORM optical disk drives and held in other computer systems, the indexing feature can instantly create the appropriate link. jukeboxes". Headway Technology, one of the industry’s leading distributors of optical disk storage solutions, has just signed a new agreem ent w ith Sony through which Headway will act as the UK distributor for Sony’s range of 12" Write-Once (WORM) storage products.
Robin Courtenay, Sales And M arketing M anager for OEM products at Sony Computer peripherals, added: "As a value-added distributor, Headway has a unique position in the m arket. It has both the expertise and resources to offer complex technologies to its customers in the form of complete turnkey systems”.
This eliminates the time consuming, error prone, task of manually indexing documents. There is no need to develop special software routines, and through an easy to use set up facility, linking im ages to com puter records becomes a very simple task. As a result, the tim e and cost associated with im plem enting imaging can be significantly reduced.
Contact: Ian P ainter, H eadw ay Technology Group L td ,H ea d w a y H ouse, C h risty E state, Ivy Road, C ontact: R idgew ay Im a g in g L td ., 7 B licks Close, Hullavington, Wiltshire SN14 6HQ. Aldershot, Hants. GU12 4TX. Tel: 0166 683 7036 Fax: 0166 683 7469 Tel: 01252 333575. Fax: 01252 314445.
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Product N ew s New scanner and plotter from Imtec AO paper scanner Extrem ely fast and sophisticated new scanner from Im tec will scan, threshold, com press and store AO drawings in only 44 seconds Called the Truscan 800, the latest paper scanner from Imtec provides extremely fast processing speeds with high levels of sophistication. It is capable of converting original drawings of poor quality into sharp, black-onw hite im ages, intelligently differentiating betw een background and data on-line, including compressing The Polyprint utilises the latest LED imaging and plain and storage, and all in times that leave other scanners paper technology to ensure that high quality “true” 400 on the m arket far behind. dpi plots are produced every time. It will accept all types of draughting media up to 41in of the plotter to a CAD or scanning system wide, including paper, vellum, linen, index board and Connection could not be easier with the comprehensive range of Mylar in sizes from A4 up to AO and scan at speeds interfaces available including serial, parallel, SCSI, from 2" /sec at 100 dpi to 0.125”/sec at 800 dpi. It has a VPI/Greensheet, ethernet token ring. Concurrent range of scanning resolutions 75, 100,150, 200, 300, LAN su p p o rt for OS/2, and N ovel, DECLAT, 400, 600 and 800 dpi and an accuracy of within 1 % and Lanm anager, LanServer, E th e rta lkU nix, and T okentalk 1 pixel. allow the LAN user to send output to the plotter from W ith powerful scanning software to run under MS- anywhere on the network. Windows, plus view/edit software, connection of the Contact: John Butler,The Imtec Group Ltd, 168 Truscan 800 to a PC could not be simpler. It is recom Honeypot Lane, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 1LB. mended that IBM or 100% compatible 486 or faster be Tel: 081 204 3456 Fax: 081 204 9496 employed with 16Mb RAM, 120 to 250Mb Hard disk, 3.5” Floppy disk drive and eith er MS DOS 5.0/MS Windows 3.0 or higher configurations.
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The new Polyprint from Imtec offers fast, high quality A1 plain paper plots from CAD and scanning systems. Plots, from A4 to A1 size at a resolution of 400 dpi, are produced in a fraction of the time taken by many other plotters currently on the market. Capable of producing three A1 or ten A4 sized plots every minute enables it to cope w ith even th e m ost dem anding high volum e requirements. Using a high speed RISC based controller, the Polyprint is able to scale and rotate images automatically to fit on any size paper w ithout operator intervention. The Polyprint is able autom atically to recognise the file format of the data being sent to it whether that data happens to be vector data from a CAD system or raster data from a scanning system. An extensive range of vector fo rm ats such as HPGL. HPGL/2, Calcom p 906/907 and com pressed, noncom pressed and tiled raster formats are currently supported. The Polyprint may also be used for desktop publishing and general printing applications. An internal floppy disk drive also allows future data format upgrades to be implemented at a later date. 10
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The role of im age-enabled COM in m odern docum ent m anagem ent system s By Vic Lilley MIDPM - Lilley Information Systems Ltd.
The opportunity for using COM (Com puter O utput Microfilm) as a cost-effective technology in modern document managem ent systems can easily be missed. One reason for this is th at it tends to conjure up the image of an old-fashioned technology being decimated by the rise of optical disk systems. Yet two years ago a report by A ndersen C onsulting on the future of the COM m arket showed that, far from being wiped out, it was expected to grow by 10% over the next 5 years. This prediction has been substantiated by the likes of MRData M anagement, who find their COM business has been steadily increasing, despite the existence of optical disk based COLD (Computer O utput to Laser Disk) systems.
Until very recently COM was limited to data and did not include pictures or diagrams. Now, modern COM systems can not only handle images direct from the screen, but also take as input TIFF image files as well, providing an easy interface with electronic document imaging systems. An exam ple of th is is illu s tra te d by a b u reau in G erm any th a t is a custom er of Agfa. The b u reau provides services to a major motor m anufacturer who needs to send out new information about parts to the dealers, daily or weekly. Paper drawings of parts are sent, by the subcontractors th a t m ade them , to the motor m anufacturer. The m anufacturer would then send these paper drawings to the bureau with a parts number translation list that showed the m anufacturer’s part number and the corresponding subcontractor’s part number. There could be more than one subcontractor m anufacturing a part, and hence a range of subcon tractors’ part numbers for a single m anufacturer’s part number is possible. Until a few months ago the bureau produced the fiche in the traditional way of source document microfilming, by manually photographing the parts lists with the drawings, because it was not then possible to use COM for im ages. T his was labour intensive and time consuming, as they had manually to find the drawings to match the parts lists, film, cut and jacket it. The fiche was then copied for distributing to dealers. More im portant than the cost of the process was the turnaround time. This was 6 weeks, when parts were changing daily and weekly.
To understand what is happening we need to go back to basics. The fundamental business problem is that many organisations are paper bound, with 95% of all infor m ation still provided on paper. Paper does have its advantages, a) It can be read by the naked eye. b) It is relatively cheap, c) People of widely differing skill levels are able to use it. d> Flexible methods can be used to record on it, and e) It is readily altered, erased or copied. However, accessing paper files can be tim e consuming. Apart from just retrieving a correctly placed file, there is the frustration of trying to locate a missing one. It may be lost, misfiled or someone else may be using it, and so cause delay. This can have negative consequences for an o rg an isatio n , such as poor custom er service, slow response to new business enquiries, poor cash flow and so on. Then there is the space it takes up and the vulnerability to destruction, as there is no backup copy. With the new system the bureau just gets a tape from th e m a n u fa c tu re r co n tain in g th e im ages of th e Source document microfilming was the first generation draw ings and the p arts list. This is autom atically of microfilm-based systems to attack the paper problem. converted tc fiche in two days, thus drastically reducing H ere p ap er source docum ents and indexes w ere turnaround time. Another benefit is th at labour costs photographed onto rolls of microfilm, which could be have been reduced. This has all come about by the new read using microfilm readers. Microfiche developed ability of COM to read images as well data. Matthew from this, where the microfilm roll would be cut up into Stilwell, M arketing M anager of the MR D ata Group individual strips and stored in tran sp aren t plastic, th at runs a bureau providing sim ilar services in this postcard sized jackets. This allowed more direct access country believes “such systems will be increasingly used to these records as it saved having to read a film roll as organisations realise the advantages of im agesequentially to find them. In addition, distribution is enabled COM.” more cost effective as only those records needed to be accessed are given to the user. The jacket masters can A part from ju st interfacing w ith sim ple docum ent be duplicated enabling copies of inform ation to be capture systems the new image-enabled COM opens up d istrib u ted in m uch less bulk and w eight th an by th e p o ssib ilities of new and tra d itio n a l u ses by paper. integrating with optical disk systems. COM developed from th is source docum ent m icro filming. Rather than photographing the paper, the data is photographed directly from magnetic tape, or other electro n ic o u tp u ts, and m icrofilm or m icrofiche produced automatically. COM is classed as original docum entation, where it replaces a paper com puter printout that would previously have been produced. 12
An example is the US Government. The United States M arine Corps have a large scale optical disk system called ARMS (A utom ated R ecords M anagem ent System), which is used for on-demand personnel record viewing and retirem ent record archiving. At any time a m arine may request a copy of his records (fitness, achievement, rating etc.). Upon retirem ent, a final copy
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systems is having the film as the base medium, rather of all records m ust be kept on fiche and sent to St Louis than the optical disk. An example is where enquirers for archiving. The US Military must keep copies of all would scan the microfilm and produce im ages on a computer screen, or store them on disk for subsequent records for at least 50 years. viewing by computer using a Computer Aided Retrieval Before the Marine Corps installed ARMS or COM they (CAR) system. Access time would not be as fast as an were using highly labour-intensive source document online optical system but this may not be needed in, filming, to physically take pictures of the documents say, archival applications. Also, inform ation may be and transfer them into microfiche form. This system able to be brought in, remotely, overnight for viewing was replaced by a hybrid docum ent m anagem ent the next day. system consisting of an optical disk system (ARMS) and Whilst the threat of COLD systems replacing microfilm COM. as a media is limited, because of the huge variety of The in itial COM u n it is being used to produce on- standards, the same could not be said for the sister dem and record d istrib u tio n as w ell as long term technology, recordable CD-ROM, which has a solid archival records. The records on the optical disk system stan d ard so far. However, th is is at the operating are tran sm itted on request to the MTC 6832 COM system level and there is no widely acceptable standard system, printed on fiche and given to the marines for application software to read all CD-ROMs, and the their personal use. Archive m aterial in fiche form is application software has first to be installed on the host also created directly from the optical disk system. The computer before the disk can be read. This is not much reason they have not moved to optical disk for long term of a problem w hen you control the environm ent to archiving is, I believe, to avoid technology dependency which the information is sent, but in the two examples and the resulting cost of backfile conversions. COM was above this is not so. Also with the hard disk capacity for not possible before because of its lack of im aging applications going up dramatically every year, will even the standard supporting the 660 megabytes of CD-ROM capability. capacity be attractive enough to be around in 50 years The advantage of the fiche for distribution is th a t time, or even less? creating and sending files of paper by post can be expensive. Although not quite as easily readable as So the apparently old-fashioned attributes of COM turn paper, fiche readers are common, standard, relatively out to be of unique benefit in protecting valuable infor cheap and paper copies can readily be made by reader mation from technical obsolescence. p rin te rs. D istrib u tin g optical disks w ould create reading problems because of the num ber of different p ro p rietary system s in use, and th e fact they are constantly changing. Furthermore, the space capability would be an overkill for personal use, and certainly not cost-effective. Continued from page 12
For archiving one advantage already mentioned is the stability of the technology. Ignore this and you may find yourself w ith a m edium , in years to come, th a t you cannot read. A nother advantage is th a t expensive digital storage can be freed up by archiving data to the lower cost microfilm system. Then there is the problem of the time to access offline optical disks. For example, documents belonging to a file stored on optical disks are likely to be spread over a number of platters, therefore the file is split. Whilst in a retrieval mechanism, this spread is of little consequence, but once out of th e system and on th e shelf, retriev al becomes potentially inefficient, requiring several disks to be manually loaded to satisfy a single demand. Using workflow software, the documents to be taken offline (shelved) can instead be collated into files and output to COM for long-term, co-ordinated archiving and speedy retrieval. So, while a top-down hierarchical strategy will migrate d ata to th e m ost cost-effective storage m edium , it should be remembered th at COM images can equally be passed back to a com puter system via m icrofilm scanners. A nother way COM can in teg rate w ith optical disk 14
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Hybrid Colour M icro-Imaging
by Ara Hourdajian, M icroColor International Inc. & Hayk H ougasian, M icroColour International Ltd. MicroColor International recently completed a project Photo-CD for Colum bia U niversity N.Y. th a t included colour microfiche, Photo-CD, digital colour printing and the After scanning each colour microfiche, the file was then Internet. w ritten to Photo-CD. This was done to provide digital access and further flexibility for choice of electronic Columbia University initiated an investigative project media available now and in the future. If the storage funded by the Commission on Preservation and Access. media is changed or the reading device is modified, in The project was to identify the most acceptable preser this case the CD player, the film can be re-scanned vation and access techniques available for oversize, without the need to return to the original archives. For colour images th at included a series of historical maps. the foreseeable future the safest solution for archival purposes, is to continue to use microfilm. Microfilm can M icrofilm either be considered an intermediate to digital imaging and storage, or as th e final product for long term MicroColor International, as one of the participating storage and access. vendors, decided to handle this challenging project in stag es. H aving carefu lly looked at th e m erits of Since its introduction, the Photo-CD has evolved into a different storage media available today, they concluded family of formats, expanding its professional capabil th a t only Cibachrom e colour microfilm (now called ities to m eet the needs of a wide range of im aging Ilfochrome) offered a known history of image stability. professions. This product, jointly developed by Eastm an D ata from th e te s ts perform ed a t th e Im age Kodak Com pany and Philips N.V., provides rap id Permanence Institute Rochester NY, had shown th at retriev al and display of colour im ages as well as this colour m icrofilm has an archival dye & image support for very high quality continuous tone digital stability of several hundred years. Therefore this film printing. Photo-CD also offers high resolution, colour material was selected for the first stage of the project. A accuracy and quality, to work w ith the m ajority of colour microfiche of each map was created using large- imaging software available today and at the same time copyboard special design 105 mm. camera, set for ‘full- provides cross p latfo rm c o m p atib ility w ith th e fram e’ or one-m ap-per-fiche form at. Microfiche was Macintosh, Windows and OS/2 environments. chosen because th e film offers a hum an readable in te rfa c e, a proven arch iv al life and very high reso lu tio n in excess of 300 lp/m m (line p airs per millimetre). Scanning For the second stage of this project, after the oversize m aps w ere m icrofilm ed, each m icrofiche was then scanned using an O ptronics high resolution drum scanner. The images were scanned at 2000 dpi gener ating a 18.5MB file from each fiche. This resolution was selected to create a reasonable file size for optimum d igital colour p rin t qu ality and at th e sam e tim e provide maximum storage on Compact Disc. The latest drum scanners offer even higher scan resolutions. In some cases higher scan resolutions may be selected but this would tran slate to larger file size, which would mean less maps can be stored on a given storage media. D epending on th e m ap size, type font and im age contrast, the scan resolution (dpi) can be adjusted to balance the storage needs and desired output. When larger scale projects are planned and attempted, it is recom m ended th a t the scan levels, storage needs, access, final display and p rin t needs are reviewed relative to colour image quality vs. file size. As higher and faster compression/decompression routines become available, performed software or hardware based, this in turn will provide alternatives in scanning the micro fiche and providing more compact digital storage and faster image access. 16
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At the m om ent the present day display technology imposes a limiting factor for displaying higher image quality on a monitor. To achieve an im provem ent in image display it will be necessary to use the next gener ation of monitors, which will offer a flicker-free large screen colour viewing. M eantim e a num ber of new analogue/ d ig ital h ard w are eq u ip m en t are being developed for microfilm that will permit the displayed microfilm image to be captured and downloaded into a computer.
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Colour Printing
For the third stage of this project using the Photo-CD files, oversize colour digital prints were created on an IRIS inkjet colour printer. These high end printers p a rtic u la rly conspicuous in th e g rap h ic a rts environment, produce high quality prints up to 34 x 44 inches. In the near future a larger selection of print m edia along w ith a significant im provem ent in dye image stability are anticipated. The wide availability of digital colour printers will continue to expand utilising Summary not only ink-jet but also dye sublimation, thermal wax transfer, laser jet, bubble jet and others. The original objectives of this project was achieved by using colour microfiche for the in itial stage. In the The Internet subsequent stages the microfiche was scanned, w ritten to Photo-CD and then digitally printed. Ultimately the F in ally th e d ig ita l file from th e Photo-C D was Internet access was provided for universal access. downloaded by Columbia University into their Internet server on site. Thus making it accessible to anyone on MicroColor International is currently w orking with In te rn e t using M osaic softw are. So any lib rary or more then twenty major institutions in the US., Canada individual anywhere with a modem and appropriate and overseas, in developing procedures and projects utilising colour microfilm for preservation. In many personal computer can now access the file. cases, along with colour microfilm, a combination of Photo-CD, CD-ROM and other digital storage alterna On The Horizon tiv es are being actively co n sid ered for oversize, In the near future when low-cost high resolution colour standard, photographic and historical manuscripts. In still/video cameras become available, it will be possible conclusion, this project has shown th at it is possible to to capture the images directly from colour microfiche. have the best of both worlds - microfilm for long term Fast and convenient micro*'"he image conversion from storage and digital for access. A HYBRID IMAGING, analogue to digital will be accomplished by the use of the merging of microfilm, digital imaging, CD storage and access on the Internet. software and appropriate imaging boards.
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B udapest Archives install Gratek cam era. B udapest C ity A rchives have recently in stalled a Invention Trade, of B udapest, supply and m aintain
Gratek Congress II microfilm camera to help them cope high quality production equipm ent for archives and with the mounting backlog of city records to be micro printers in Hungary. After detailed discussions with the Budapest City Archives, Invention Trade drew up a list filmed. of critical requirem ents and essential features of a The Archive holds some documents and charters that microfilm camera that would best suite the archives. date back to before Hungary was under Turkish rule, although m ost of th e early records were destroyed • The cam era w ould have to be equipped w ith a during the war of liberation in 1686. After the liber book cradle that would not damage fragile and delicate ation of Hungary from Turkish rule documents were books or documents. stored in the home of the head of city chancellery. In 1703 the cities of Buda and Pest regained their free • The book cradle must accept both very large and very Royal city rights and during the course of the century small books some of which have text running into deep the adm inistration grew to the extent that the need for gutters. a city archive was evident. In 1776 first city archivists • The cam era m ust produce very high resolution were appointed. microfilm that exceeds all known international archival During world war two much of the archive was burnt. standards. The dam age could have been far w orst had a large section of the archives not been moved for safety to the • The camera must be of a simple reliable design th at is crypt of St.Stevens Cathedral. However much of the easy to maintain and must have a proven track record. m aterial stored in the damp crypt became infected with fungus. The last docum ents were removed from the After extensive research and several interviews with users of microfilm cameras the Gratek Congress II was crypt in 1991. selected and, during November, Graham King of GKL Many of the documents held are in brittle and fragile visited Budapest to install the cam era and train the condition and microfilming them will insure the infor operators. mation contained in these documents is available for Continued, on page 22 future generations.
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G raham King said “ The cam era was installed and operating w ithin two days and on the third day the operators were producing exceptionally good microfilm from some very difficult documents. They were using advanced shadow casting techniques to capture infor m ation from wax seals and using cam era head and cradle rotation to eliminate gutter shadow in very large bound volumes” After installation the staff of the city archive said “the cam era is especially useful for large volum es. The rotating camera head is a great advantage, with tightly bound books, to avoid shadow. The m onitor is very practical for controlling the position of the document. The resolution is found to be exceptionally good and the document legibility excellent”.
iratokat. • A ko n yva llva n y nagy m eretii es kis fo rm a tu m u kotetekhez egyarant alkalm as legyen, meg abban az esetben is, ha a konyvek nagyon szorosan vannak fiizve. • A kamera kitiino minosegii, nagyon jo kepfelbontasu felveteleket keszttsen, amelyek tulszarnyalnak minden eddig ismert nemzetkozi leveltari szabvanyt. • A kamera egyszerii kivitelii, konnyen kezelheto es karbantarthato, megbtzhato berendezes legyen, amely bizonyttottan jol bevalt a vilag szamos orszagaban. Alapos felmeres es a mikrofilm kamerak felhaszndloival tortent tbbbszori elbeszelgetes utan a Gratek Congress II mikrofilm kamer&ra esett a valasztas. Novemberben a GKL kepviseleteben Budapestre utazott Graham King a kamera felszerelese es betanttasa celjabol.
For the benefit of our Turkish readers there now follows the same article translated into Turkish. Az oktatas befejeztavel Graham King igy nyilatkozott: “A kamera beszerelese es iizembehelyezese mar az elso ket B udapest Fovaros L eveltaraban iizem be helyeztek napon m egtortent, H arm adnap a leveltar dolgozoi egy G ratek m ikrofilm kam erdt nehany igen kenyes iratrol kivetelesen jo minosegii mikrofilmet keszttettek. Fejlett arnyekvetttesi technikat A Fovarosi Leveltarban nemregiben uj Gratek Congress alkalmaztak, amely segttsegevel kitiinoen olvashatova II m ikrofilm kam erdt szereltek fel, hogy a kotegekben vdltak a viaszpecsetek feliratai. A kamerafejet mozgatva tornyosulo iratanyagok kbziil m inel tobb kerilljon es a konyvallvanyt elfordttva kitiino felveteleket kaptak a jokora meretii konyvkbtetekrbl is.” felvetelre. A Leveltarban nehany igen ertekes, ritka iratot es oklevelet is briznek, amelyeknek eredete meg a torok idokbe nyulik vissza - jollehet a regebbi feljegyzesek zbme megsemmisiilt, amikor a szultan seregeit kiiiztek az orszagbol az 1686-os esztendoben. A torok uralom alol torteno fe lsza b a d u la s utan az okm anyok a kancellari hivatal vezetojenek otthonaban kaptak helyet. 1703-ban Buda es Pest visszanyerte jogat a szabad kirdlyi varos cimre. A XVIII. szdzad soran a kormanyzat oly mertekben megerbsodott, hogy megerett a helyzet egy varosi a rch ivu m fe la llltd sd ra . A z elso fovarosi leveltarosokat 1776-ban neveztek ki. A m asodik vilaghaboru a la tt a leveltar nagy resze leegett. A veszteseget enyhttette, hogy az archtvum nagy reszet meg idejeben biztonsagba helyeztek a Szent Istvan B azilika altem plom aban. Sajnos a nedves pinceben tarolt paptrok kbziil sokat gombafertozes tamadott meg. A legutolso okiratokat 1991-ben hoztak at a Bazilikabol. A leveltarban orzott paptrok jo resze szakadozott, torekeny, mikrofilm re veve azonban megmaradnak a jovendo nemzedekek szamara is. A budapesti Invencio Kereskcdelmi Kft. magas minosegii m iisza ki berendezeseket sza lltt es szervizel a m agyarorszagi leveltarak es nyom dak szam ara. A B udapest Fovaros Leveltaraval folytatott reszletes targyalasokat kovetoen az Invencio Kereskedelmi Kft. osszeallttott egy listat, amelyen a leveltar szamara legalkalmasabb mikrofilm kamera alapveto kovetelmenyei es lenyeges tulajdonsagai szerepeltek. • A kam erahoz tartozzon egy konyvallvany, am ely ktm eletesen kezeli a torekeny, kenyes konyveket es 22
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Trade N ew s K odak recom m ended b u reau , A rrow is cu rre n tly expanding its high quality service to place electronic In lin e w ith its stra te g ic expansion program m e, and image information on CD-ROM discs. Tamworth-based Arrow Microfilm Limited has become one of the first document management specialists in the Contact:Ken Scott - M.D. ,Arrow Microfilm Ltd, 30/32 Midlands to receive ISO 9002 (BS 5750) accreditation. Sandy Way, Amington Industrial Estate, Tamworth, Staffs B77 4DS. Tel: 01827 310350 Fax: 01827 69057 Recognising ISO 9002 as an increasingly im portant quality assurance standard, Arrow is confident that this Cost of film rises prestigious accreditation will lead to further growth and continuing success of its complete microfilm bureau, Agfa announced that, as from 15 November 1994, the document imaging, computer aided retrieval and data price of all microfilm products will rise by 5%. This is a pan-E uropean move brought about by su b stan tial capture services. increases in raw materials. Responsible for the 18 months implementation of this total quality system, Production Director Janet Scott General Manager of the Micrographics and Document feels th at the company has become even more efficient; System s D ivision for A gfa, P a tric k V an Loon, “With absolute emphasis on quality, we have structured commented, “We have kept prices stable for the last a series of systems which allow our employees increased five y ears by ab so rb in g price v a ria tio n s in raw aw areness of all the roles and processes w ithin the m aterials but this is no longer possible w ithin our current margins. An increase is simply unavoidable if company.” we are to m aintain our investment in both research and Set up in response to the growing statutory demands development and customer support.” for document storage and retrieval, Arrow specialises in placing documents and drawings on various formats of He continued, “O ur policy is to offer top q u ality microfilm. Through substantially reducing space and products and first class after sales support and to clerical time, the microfilm process allows for increased achieve this, we m ust have realistic m arket pricing.” efficiency and security as records cannot be altered or Contact: Agfa-Gevaert Limited, 27 Great West Road, erased. Brenfford, Middx, TW8 9AX Having the capacity to microfilm 3 million documents Tel- 081-560 2131 Fax: 081-231 4951 and 15,000 draw ings per month, Arrow provides an express van delivery and collection service to meet all R elocation for Baud Instrum ents custom er d ead lin es, and supplies a full range of microfilm equipment for sale, lease or rent. Arrow offers Baud Instrum ents Ltd, has moved the Sales and Design a free review of storage and retrieval systems in order departments to Offord Cluny in Cambridgeshire. to recommend the most cost effective solution for each application. Arrow is also committed to the environ The copyboards will continue to be produced at the m ental issue - recycling all w aste paper to m ake Kent address. cardboard boxes. Contact: Peter Silk, Baud Instruments Ltd., Founded 14 years ago by microfilm professionals, Ken 1 Manor Court, New Road, Offord Cluny, Huntingdon, and Janet Scott, Arrow now employs over 40 staff and Cambs. PE18 9RP. boasts an im pressive client list. “Blue chip” clients Tel: 0148 081 2260. Fax: 0148 081 2420 include British Aerospace, Central Television, Dillons Bookstores, Tarmac, Volvo Trucks, Rover Group and the R.A.C. W ith a high-profile in the public sector, Arrow also services many health and local authorities across the region.
Arrow receives ISO 9002 (BS 5750) accreditation
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2 x AGFA FP500 Processors 1 with AGFA New Upgrade Kit
Managing Director Ken Scott is understandably enthu siastic about the new accreditation and the company’s future; “We have built up a strong team at Arrow and with ISO 9002 accreditation the company is confident that all the systems are in place for consistent growth. ’We are extremely proud to be among the first document management specialists to receive accreditation in the Midlands, and delighted to offer our clients a further improved customer service”. A m em ber of th e In stitu te of M icrographics and a 24
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management, utilising software and systems developed in both Europe and the USA. He is m arried and lives Richard Austin, Chairm an and Managing Director of with his family in Buckinghamshire, UK. Bell & Howell’s (European) Document M anagem ent Division has been appointed President and CEO of Bell C ontact: B ell + H ow ell L im ite d In fo rm a tio n + Howell’s global document management business. M anagem ent D ivision, 33-35 W oodthorpe Road, Ashford, Middlesex TW15 2RZ Tel: 0178 425 1234. Fax: 0178 425 9286. New D ealership for Sym tronics The Oxford based microfilm equipm ent service and supply company, Symtronics, are delighted to announce their appointm ent as dealers and authorised service agents for Bell+Howell Simon Lonsdale, the proprietor of Symtronics, said “this marks an exciting new phase in the development of the company and we are pleased to be associated w ith Bell+Howell because of their excellent product range R ichard A u stin w ill ru n th e global D ocum ent and clear commitment to the future of microfilm” Management business, which includes North and South America, from Bell + Howell’s London office. Sym tronics believes th a t the Bell+Howell range of products ideally com plem ents th e existing Canon In 1988, British born Richard Austin became one of 16 dealership, and are confident that it will allow them to corporate shareholders in an international management offer an enhanced level of products and services to both buyout of the USA holding company famous for its new and existing clients. cinema/film projection business since the early 1900s. Contact: Nigel Main, Symtronics, Unit S7, Rectory Lane Richard Austin has made the European arm of Bell + Trading Estate, Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon, Oxon, Howell a technological leader in the field of document 0X13 5AS. Tel: 0186 582 1111.
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Trade N ew s Graphic Data claim s UK’s top slot Following its takeover of Intam ill in 1994, Graphic Data, the Bedford-based document management group is continuing its dynamic expansion programme with the purchase of Combined Microfilm Systems. This latest acquisition will boost the Graphic Data Group’s an n u al tu rn o v er by £1 m illion to m ore th a n £4.5 million, making it one of the largest document micro filming groups in the UK. Combined Microfilm Systems boasts a wide range of m icrofilm b u reau services and has an established customer base across many industry sectors. The staff at the company’s sites in Coventry and Maidenhead will be kept on by G raphic D ata, increasing the group’s workforce to some 150 employees. M ike D avies, G raphic D a ta ’s m anaging director, commenting on the acquisition, said, “The Graphic Data Group is fast becoming the UK’s prem ier source for document management solutions across the board. We offer not only comprehensive microfilm equipment and b u reau services b u t co m p u ter-b ased docum ent m anagem ent and im aging system s for all levels of business from small companies to multi- national corpo rations.”
Global success for M icrovue Following hard on the success of their USA distributors in concluding the in stallatio n of forty (40) Gideon Library Readers at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago, the M icrovue E uropean distributors have battled long and hard to em ulate th a t achievement. January saw the installation of eighteen (18) Gideons at the Bibliotheque N ationale Fran^ais in Paris - "a further tribute" says Bennie Penzik of Microvue " to this excellent machine." In addition to the Gideon, the forthcoming Document Management Showcase will enable visitors to view the full range of Microvue readers, including the well-estab lished 'XL' range (16mm) and th e new W ondervue 16mm range covering many applications - data entry, proof-of-delivery, etc. The Jumbo reader and desk-top 35mm RF-35 rem ain integral parts of th eir compre hensive range. Contact: Bennie Penzik, Microvue Products Ltd, 112 Boundary Road, London NW8 0RH. Tel: 0171 328 8823 Fax: 0171 624 1242 "007' m ystery in Watford bureau
In early February, Allsystems Microfilm had a call from Eon film studios next to their bureau on Leavesden A erodrom e, w here th e la te s t Bond m ovie Contact: Mike Davies,Graphic Data UK Ltd, 3A Aston "GOLDENEYE" is being filmed. The studio urgently wanted to hire a reader and Allsystems were to contact Road, off Cambridge Road, Bedford MK42 OLJ. ”TT" or "AH" on their mobiles to sort the details, but in Tel: 0123 432 7755 any case the reader had to be on site immediately. Change of Company name In view of the apparent urgency, MD of Allsystem s The com pany prev io u sly know n as S outh W est Terry M ardlin w ent to the studio to ascertain the Microfilm Ltd. will, as from 31st Jan u ary 1995, be requirements and to his surprise he was met by a very renam ed SWM Document M anagement Systems Ltd. puzzled film studio - they had not ordered a reader and This name change, to quote M anaging Director Nigel "No" they didn’t have a "TT” or "AH" but they would Petas, " ..is to reflect the company's involvement in check the various sets and crews to make sure. After a lot of 'phoning around no "TT" or "AH" were known. optical. CD ROM and microfilm systems." This confirmed Mardlin's initial view that it was a set up, but during the ringing round exercise one of the Telephone, fax and address will all remain the same. props m en said th a t th ey could be in te re s te d in Contact: Nigel Petas, SW M Document M anagement equipm ent for some film scenes. Typically M ardlin System s Ltd, Unit 4, Stow ford Park, Filham Moor, turned this to his advantage. He was given a tour of the studios and the film sets and met some of the actors. As Ivybridge, Devon PL21 OBR. Tel: 0175 269 0169 a result, the studio are now renting staff (as extras), a reader and 100’s of lever arch files (you know the old customer files that you normally cannot dispose ofj for Due to relocation the following surplus equipment is for sale an authentic scene. Mardlin is advised th at some of the 1 x Ricoh A3 scanner........................................................£ 600.00 files may be returned with bullet holes in them! 2 x Ricoh optical drives - each......................................... £ 600.00
Christal VS Limited
1 x Ricoh LP4081 laser printer........................................£ 600.00 1x17" paper white high res. monitor with image processor unit in cabinet........................................... £ 600.00 All as new. All 5 units together - less 2 0 % ................. £2,400.00 1 x Micobra M1 fiche duplicator complete with D18 developer unit and ammonia pump . - test run only - as new ............................................. £3,250.00 1 x Kodak RV-3 planetary camera with dual head adaptor, 24x and 30x heads excellent condition.....£ 600.00 1 x Halsby desk top high volume shredder................... £ 125.00
Christal VS Ltd.,Unit 1, Meadowview Industries, Ham Street Road, Ruckinge, Kent TN26 2NR. Telephone: 01233733580
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Thus he wanted, via this journal, to express his sincere thanks to Terry Thompson ("TT") of ADR for the wind up that paradoxically provided a good deal of business for Allsystems and if "TT" (or others) can'do sim ilar again, he would be very grateful. "TM” says thanks "TT". Contact: Allsystems Microfilm Ltd., Hill Farm Avenue, Watford, Herts. WD2 7SA. Tel: 01923 661811 The Micrographics Market Place
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Classeurs pour Microfilm Fabrique en metal avec support contre-penche integre Disponible en huit couleurs
Specifications B M H 5 — 5 tiro irs
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B M H 7 - 7 tiro irs
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Le classeur a 10 tiroirs (BMH10) est renforce par un croisillon stabilisateur du devant.
T iro irs
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H auteur Largeur
710m m 407m m
P rofo nde ur
635m m
Poids
54kg
Fiche
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Ja cke t
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R ouleau de film 16m m
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C a rto u ch e
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R ouleau de film 3 5 m m
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H auteur
965m m
Largeur
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P rofondeur
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Poids
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R ouleau de film 16m m
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R ouleau de film 16m m
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R ouleau de film 3 5 m m
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Les differentes configurations perm ettent d'entreposer les rouleaux 16mm , les cartouches, les clips C/ANSI, les rouleaux 35m m , les jackets ou les fiches. On peut compartim enter les tiroirs avec des bandes speciales en plastique. Ceci permettra trois rangs (pour rouleaux/cartouchesl ou deux rangs (pour fiche/jackets). Nos separateurs uniques (ref. HDFB demande de brevet deposee) figurant 1 0 3 x 1 5 2 m m tiennent les media bien verticaux. Ils s'attachent aux bandes plastiques et on les fait giisser en avant/arriere. La partie 152m m se sert pour les fiches/jackets, et la partie 103m m se sert pour les rouleaux/films.
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Trade N ew s Service expertise leads Kodak Office Im aging Tony Eatough has been appointed as the new manager for Kodak Office Imaging, with responsibility for the business unit’s activities across all of northern Europe. The appointm ent, effective from 1st December 1994, follows the retirem ent of Mike Mansell who has led the Office Imaging division for the last 7 years.
510, Quad Speed CD Rom Drives, Voice Computers, COLD and OCR System s and a range of microfilm eq u ip m en t. Due to th e success of th is one day exhibition, AMP will be sponsoring another one in S o u th am p to n a t th e end of F e b ru a ry , to w hich everyone is welcome. B rian Allen, th e M anaging Director of AMP, stated that although 1994 was a very difficult year, his company did m anage to increase turnover and m argins and is even m ore optim istic about 1995, and th at AMP were ready for expansion during both this year and next”.
Tony E atough comes from th e role of M anager of Kodak Professional and P rinting Im aging Division. The post which he has held for the last two years has brought him into contact w ith the emerging digital Contact: Allen Micro Products Ltd., 22 Abingdon Road, technologies w hich are rev o lu tio n isin g busin ess Nuffield Industrial Estate Poole, Dorset BH17 7UG. Tel: 01202 685000 Fax: 01202 684552 imaging worldwide. E q u ally sig n ific a n t to K odak Office Im ag in g is Eatough’s previous role as service manager for Kodak Copy Products, which gives him valuable experience of the high priority placed on service in the document storage, retrieval and output marketplace. “U nder M ike M ansell’s lead ersh ip , K odak Office Im aging has h ad 7 y ears of continuous business grow th” confirm ed Tony Eatough. “This has been achieved th ro u g h a com bination of lead in g edge p ro d u cts for every asp ect of th e in fo rm atio n m anagem ent m arketplace, and high quality service and customer support.
“Vic and Colin are sm iles ahead” Vic Penney and Colin Kibble of Christal VS Limited have tak en up country p u rsu its in th e ir new microfilm bureau location at Ruckinge in Kent. They have found a picturesque spot on th e edge of the Romney Marshes to forge ahead with future plans for their company, established now for nearly 10 years. With so much experience to draw upon, they not only manage to successfully run their bureau, but also find novel w ays of m ak in g it m ore in te re s tin g and enjoyable, always remembering to bring some carrots to feed the horses at lunchtime!
“As the importance of all aspects of document imaging C ontact: C h rista l V S L td ., U nit 1, M eadow view in the business environment continues to grow rapidly, Industries, Ham Street Road, Ruckinge, Kent TN26 my role w ill be to en su re th a t we rem ain clearly 2NR. Tel. or Fax: 0123 373 3580 focused on our customers' needs. This will be achieved through continued em phasis on service support, the launch of a large number of new products and constant monitoring of the needs of our users.” Contact: Kodak Limited, PO Box 66, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. HP1 1JU. T e l: 0442 61122 Fax : 0442 241387 AMP open new division Allen Micro Products (AMP) of Poole have recently opened up a new division in their company headed by Simon Murphy, m arketing and selling a range of CD ROM Drives, Towers, CD Work Stations, CD Drives and N etw orks for CD System s. Sim on has been successful in obtaining an order for over £30,000 for a m ajor library in London, and all the k it was to be delivered and installed during January 1995. AMP’s Sales M anager Bob Quin has recently supplied another batch of AMP DP Zoom microfilm readers to the British Library, who now have a total of 20 DP Zooms, w hich have replaced old A m erican m ade microfilm readers. AMP recen tly sponsored a one day high tech ex h ib itio n in B asin g sto k e, a tte n d e d by over30 different companies, and the exhibition was claimed as a great success. On display were the Canofile 250 and The Micrographics Market Place
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C ontact us fo r sales and service requirem ents PLUS extensive stocks of com petitively priced SPARE PARTS. W e also o ffer a total machine rebuild facility (WITH LOAN MACHINE OPTION IF REQUIRED) S ervice contracts available to suit your needs . W e also su ppo r t other equipm ent including ROLL, CARD AND FICHE DUPLICATORS AND CAMERAS. 'P hone now for friendly advice or ju s t a chat .
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Archive Systems Marketing Limited Sopwith Park, West Portway, Andover, Hampshire SP10 7TS, United Kingdom Telephone: 01264 336007, Facsimile: 01264 336100
WE OFFER AN INDEPENDENT C.O.M. BUREAU SERVICE BOTH 105mm AND 16mm. PLUS OUTPUT FOR C.O.LD. SYSTEMS. CAMERAS DUPLICATORS SCHAUT SMA 35mm VARIOUS ROTARY CAMERAS KODAK H.M.R.G. (various) KODAK MRD BELL+HOWELL FILEMASTER I & II CANON FILE 100 GAF 8000 S/R CAMERA KODAK ROTALINE KODAK 800 MICROBOX MBSO (Buyer Collects)
£2,000 £ 500 £2,500 £1,750 From £ 900 From £1,100 £2,750 From £2,250 £ 900 £1,000
PROCESSORS AGFA FP 400 AGFA FP 500 BELL+HOWELL 240's BELL+HOWELL 321’s ALLEN AP 6 KODAK PROSTAR IL BRAY 16/35/105mm DEEP TANK
£2,100 £3,500 From £ 500 From £1,500 P.O.A. From £1,700 £2,500
COM EOUIPMENT ANACOMP XR AUTOCOMS ANACOMP XC/XL/XR LMSI 3480 DRIVE (New) 6250/2900 TAPE DRIVE
GAF 16/35 RRD GAF HSD PROSPEED 1000 ABR 404 NCR 4207 KODAK EKTAFICHE REAL RB 30 REAL RB 70 D100 D200 OP 50
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READER PRINTERS P.O.A. From £ 900 From £1,750 From £4,500 From £ 950 £ 500
IMTEC A0 CANON PC 70 CANON PC 80 CANON 780 REGMA Dataprism Fs/M's & A’s DS 80 (IM ROT)
ANCILLARIES £6,000 £5,000 £20000 P.O.A. £3,000
ABR 400 3MSAM 3M HAND MOUNTER Q/C PRODUCTS FICHE READERS SAUL A2 AP CARD READER INTERFACED 8010 PUNCH FICHE CUTTERS
£ 750 £1,500 £ 650 Various From £ 50 £ 550 From £4,500 £ 250
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Trade N ew s Graphic Data captures history G raphic D ata ( UK) Ltd, the Bedford-based m icro graphics and document m anagem ent specialists, has begun work on a m ajor microfilm contract w ith the O riental and India Office Collections of the B ritish Library. G raphic D ata h as been ask ed to m icrofiche th e L ib ra ry ’s e n tire collection of an cien t A rabic m anuscripts, some dating back as far as the seventh cen tu ry . The collection n u m b ers some 15,000 m anuscript titles which will be transferred to 60,000 fiche - a total of almost 5 million pages! The project is being funded by the King Faisal Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as part of a worldwide scheme to locate all A rabic and Islam ic heritage m aterial including books, m anuscripts and periodicals - and make them more accessible to regional Islamic commu nities. Graphic D ata has installed a dedicated team in the British Library’s building near Blackfriars Bridge in London for the expected three year duration of the contract. Four operators are working on G ratek 988 SRC microfiche cameras in the main operations room, su p p o rted by o th er sta ff and a com prehensively equipped darkroom. Contact: Mike Davies, Graphic Data (UK) Ltd, 3A Aston Road, Off Cambridge Road, Bedford MK42 0LJ. Tel:. 0123 432 7755. Fax: 0123 436 3025
Speed is critical," he emphasised. "Depending on the work flow they may have to work very long hours. Sime Malloch react immediately and if we w ant something done really urgently, I know that they will do it.. Their Bankhead branch is very close to the site, so it’s almost like having our own on-site printroom. We also know that we can rely on their security if we have very confi dential work." Contact: M artyn Moore, UDO Holdings pic, Alliance Works, Blackthorne Road, Colnbrook, Slough SL3 IXB. Tel: 01753 684567 Fax: 01753 684075 Format from 3M: Drawing upon the findings of independent research, conducted amongst the reprographic departm ents of E u ro p e’s top com panies, 3M D ocum ent System s Division is introducing a four language, bi-annual reprographic journal. Available f.o.c. to reprographic staff, the first issue explores attitudes to the 35mm microfilm form at in E urope, and looks a t th e d raw in g m an ag em en t solutions developed by a major aerospace company, and by one of the Continent’s largest coachbuilders. Contact: 3M D ocum ent System s Group, 3M House, P.O.Box 1, Market Place, Bracknell, Berks. RG12 1JU. Tel: 0134 485 8464. Fax: 0134 486 6309 i f
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D uring the course of the construction, Rob Burke, Document Control M anager, estim ates th at they will generate in the region of 300,000 A0 prints and 1.5 million A4 documents. “We have a design team of six different consultants around the country, who supply us with CAD generated negatives, together with specifica tions,” he explained. “On average we require thirty copies off each drawing to send to the trade contractors. Sime Malloch hold the original negatives and we fax them our instructions. Once there is a new revision of a particular draw ing, Sime Malloch microfilm it onto 35m m a p e rtu re card for arch iv al purposes. Documentation is put onto microfiche. "We put a lot of pressure on our suppliers because we need the work turned round within twenty-four hours.
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Sime Malloch, part of the UDO Group, was awarded the contract to implement a comprehensive reprographics co n tract for th e new S co ttish E q u itab le pic headquarters. The project, which is on a 20 acre green field site on th e o u tsk irts of E dinburgh, is being m anaged by Lehrer McGovern International. It will provide 30,000 sq metres of office space for 1,400 staff, who will be relocating from St. Andrews Square in the Spring of 1996.
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AARQUE 8100GC Step & Repeat Camera c/w Titling Camera & Durr 260 Media Processor. Price £2500 + VAT REGMA DPF 105 Fiche Duplicator complete. Price £1500 + VAT Installation & Servicing by us extra at cost. This Equipment has been maintained by us from new.
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Supplies o f Microfilm Jackets
For the past eight years The Microfilm Shop has manufactured and supplied a com plete range of jackets from its factory at Nuneaton in the United Kingdom. All formats of jackets are available, made to order as Blue Laminate, Clear Laminate or Ultra Sonically Welded.
Recent Changes in Source o f Jacket Supply
The largest manufacturer of microfilm jackets in the world is the NB Jacket Corp. of Puerto Rico (part of the Bell & Howell Group). During 1994 the NB Jacket Corp. have taken over the jacket manufactur ing operations of Kleer Vu Plastic Corp. of Brownsville, Tennessee and the Microseal Corporation of Zion, Illonois. This m eans that the manufacture and sale of over 80% of the world's jackets are concen trated within the Bell & Howell Group.
Jacket Supplies in the Future
If you would like information, sam ples or prices please contact us at the addresses below. Alternatively, there are two exhibitions where you can come and m eet us. On AIIM Stand 504 at CeBit in Hannover from the 8th to 15th March 1995 or booths 13 /1 4 at Document Management Showcase in London 2 9 th /30th March 1995.
Foum itures de Jackets de Microfilm
Depuis les huit dem igres annges, The Microfilm Shop a fabrique et fourni une gamme com plete de jack ets dans son usine de Nuneaton au Royaume Uni. Tous les formats de jackets sont disponibles, fabriqugs sur commande pour les lamings bleus, lamines transparents et jackets soudgs par ultra-sons.
Des changem ents recents dans la provenance des Jackets
Le plus grand fabricant de jackets de microfilm au monde est NB Jacket Corp. de Puerto Rico (filiale du groupe Bell & Howell). En 1994, NB Jacket Corp. a repris les operations de fabrication de jackets de Kleer Vu Plastic Corp. de Brownsville dans le Tennessee, et Microseal Corp. de Zion dans l'lllinois. Cela signifie que 80% de la fabrication et de la vente mondiale est concentre dans l’enceinte du group Bell & Howell.
L afou m itu re des Jackets dans le fu tu r
Si vous dgsirez plus d’informations, recevoir des gchantillons ou connaitre des prix, veuillez nous contacter a une des trous addresses ci-dessous. Autrement, Vous pouvez nous rencontrer k deux exposi tions: Au AIIM stand 504 & CeBit de Hannover du 8 au 15 Mars ou au stand 1 3 /1 4 au Docum ent Management Showcase de Londres du 29 au 30 Mars 1995.
Lieferung von M ikrofilmtaschen
S e it a ch t Ja h re p ro d u ziert und lie fe r t The M icrofilm Shop e in e v o llsta n d ig e A usw ahl von M ikrofilm taschen ab Lager in Nuneaton in Grossbritannien. Alle Arten von M ikrofilm taschen sind erhaltlich. Sie werden auf Bestellung nach zwei Verfahren produziert. Unser Lieferprogramm enthalt blau verleim te, klar verleim te und doppelt versiegelte ultraschallgeschweisste Jackets.
Neuerliche Verdnderungen in der Quelle von M ikrofilmtaschenlieferung
Der g r o s s te H e r ste lle r von M ik ro film ta sch en au f der W elt is t d ie NB J a c k e t C orp. (ein e Tochtergesellschaft von dem Bell & Howell-Konzem) in Puerto Rico. Die NB Jacket Corp. hat in 1994 das M ikrofilmtaschenherstellungsbetrieb von der Kleer Vu Plastic Corp. in Brownsville, Tennessee and der Microseal Corporation in Zion, Illinois iibemommen. Das heisst, die Herstellung und der Verkauf von iiber 80% der Mikrofilmtaschen auf der Welt konzentrieren sich in dem Bell & Howell-Konzem.
M ikrofilmtaschenlieferung in der Zukunft
Fur weitere Informationen, Muster oder Preise, setzen Sie sich bitte m it uns in Verbindung an einer der Addressen unten. Als andere M oglichkeit stehen wir Ihnen auch auf AIIM Stand 504 bei CeBit in Hannovervon 8. bis zum 15. Marz 1995 oder auf Stand 13 /1 4 bei Document Management Showcase in London von 29. bis zum 30. Marz 1995 zur Verfiigung. The Microfilm Shop, UK:The Microfilm Shop, France:The Microfilm Shop. Holland:-
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Hammond Close, Nuneaton, CV11 6RY, United Kingdom. Tel: (0)203 383998/382296 Fax: (0)203 382319 12 rue du Marronnier, 51530 Mardeuil, France. Tel: 26 54 98 05 Fax: 26 54 98 50 Avas Systemen, Mauritslaan 61, 3454 XR De Meem, Holland. Tel: (0)3406 61649 Fax: (0)3406 65460 33
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Then why not travel with us? Themeprint is arranging a 4 night package to the Hilton International Hotel, Amsterdam to coincide with IMC Document Imaging '95.12*16 June 1995.
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Cost includes 4 nights at the Hilton International with breakfast, return fights from Birmingham International Airport, transfers from | Schiphol Airport to the Hilton International and back. |
*Cost is based on two people sharing a double/twin room.
â– The Hilton International, is a first class hotel situated on the Noorder Amstel Canal in i Amsterdam's most fashionable district. Within a few minutes walking distance of the hotel is the RAI Congress Centre, where the IMC show takes place, as well as the I National Gallery, the Van Gogh Museum, the Municipal Museum, the Concertgebouw, the World Trade Centre and shopping & nightlife areas. All bedrooms are en-suite with direct dial telephone, colour TV, radio, hair dryer and mini bar. Hotel facilities include 24 hour room service, a shopping arcade, 2 bars, 2 restaurants and a discotheque. If you would like to book a place please complete the form below.
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bureauquip ltd MICROFILM BUREAU EQUIPMENT SPECIALISTS
QUALITY USED EQUIPMENT SALES T o p -n a m e m odels a v a ila b le for 16 & 35m m Rollfim, Fiche a n d A perture C a rd production. CAMERAS
PROCESSORS
AGFA D2500E AGFA D8000 AGFA D9000 BELL+HOWELL Filemaster BELL+HOWELL Intercom C A N O N C anofllm er KODAK H.M.R.G KODAK MRD KODAK Reliant 550, 700, 750, 800 KODAK R.I.M. 2000
AGFA FP400, FP500 ALLEN F10 D e e p ta n k BELL+HOWELL 240 KODAK Prostar
DUPLICATORS BELL+HOWELL 404 BELL+HOWELL ABR560 BRUNNING OP40, OP50 DECISION DATA 8010 GAF 16/35 GAF HSD MICOBRA A9, D l l , D18 3M 938, 968 WICKS & WILSON D100, D110
READER/PRINTERS AGFA LR26B AGFA LK-P C A N O N PC70, PC80 IMTEC 2000 REGMA Dataprism 3M 500C
ANCILLARIES BELL+HOWELL ABR400 3M Hand M ounter 3M SAM
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OVERSEAS ENQUIRIES WELCOME DELIVERY, WARRANTY AN D SERVICE CONTRACT OPTIONS AVAILABLE PRICES VARY A C C O R D IN G TO EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY AND CONDITION
Tel: +44 (0)784-470535 Fax: +44 (0)784-470571 Glanty House The Causeway Egham Surrey TW20 9AL enquiries to Andrew Berry or Nick Outteridge
Bureauquip continues its support for the microfilm bureaux industry in the d.i.p. domain with the supply of the latest imaging software & hardware technology.
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CONGRESS Microfilm Camera VIDEO CAMERA FOR DOCUMENT
The Camera
REGISTRATION.
The camera is a very high quality unit designed specifi cally for libraries and archives. It will produce 16mm or 35mm microfilm of a quality that exceeds all international CAMERA POSITIONING CONTROL FOR PRECISE ALIGNMENT
standards. The camera head is microprocessor control led to give the maximum flexibility.
The Book Cradle The book cradle is of a unique design that will support the most fragile old book without damaging or stressing it. REDUCTION RATIOS FROM 8X TO 24X
PNEUMATICALLY
The cradle can be turned through 90 ° to illuminate the
LIFTING GLASS
valley in tightly bound books. Whilst the book cradle lowers,
the glass automatically rises
giving extra clearance for turning pages of large delicate books. Small books are aligned to the front edge of the glass enabling the operator to turn pages without discomfort.
Video Document Monitoring Document alignm ent is controlled through a video monitor mounted at the rear of the camera. The monitor dis plays the exact image that the camera will record. The camera head can be electronically moved to the front or back to ensure perfect image positioning.
Specifications Height: Width:
2,300mm 1,880 mm max.
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Maximum size of bound volume: opened out 800mm x 635mm x 60mm
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Rise and fall of book table: adjustable average
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Rise and fall of glass (front edge):
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Clearance front edge (glass up table down):
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Frame advance adjustable between zero and 250mm in 0.28mm steps
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Illumination adjustable by 12 position switch (each position independently adjustable by pre-set potentiometer)
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360 degree camera head rotation ■
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Exposure time variable between 0.1 seconds and 9.9 seconds in steps of 0.1 seconds
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Video camera and monitor for document alignment
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All camera head functions microprocessor controlled
(LIGHT ARM LOWERED, 1.300MM ARMS RAISED)
Depth:
1,150mm
Power supply: 220 volt 50hz 10amp (1 IS VOLT 60HZ OPTION AVAILABLE)
GKL A R C H IV E E Q U IP M E N T
8X to 24X
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Resolutions in excess 150 Ip/mm over entire reduction range
160mm
340mm 500mm
Optional auto exposure available
PRES ERVI NG THE I MAGE. . .
GKL LIMITED, Pelican House, 83 New Street, Andover, Hants SP10 1DP, UK. Tel: (0)1264 345622 Fax: (0)1264 334877 36
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