Try calling a company in San Antonio Texas called Docucon....they deal
in just that type of business.....Dont have their phone number though.
Good luck!
Chris Toney - Electronic Documents
W1168 - Extension 4331
1-800-4000 X4331
kctoney@us.fortis.com


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I seriously doubt that pdf is the best format for your problem since you
will not be able to do any searching, sorting and other business functions
on the pdf. Also the quality of the pdf would need to be tested since
microfich is simply a film negative that is enlarged onto a ground glass,
is it not. So your image on a computer would be several thousands of pixels
by several thousands of pixels in order for your to read the information
which as probably an 8x11 sheet of paper before being microfilmed. How much
resolution you will need will be a serious factor as to how much dpi you
need in the final image. If you use 6 point or smaller type, 72 dpi isn't
going to work for you.

Next, just putting the info into electronic form isn't enough. How will you
find invoice #337788 on 100 CD-ROMS?

You might not like the software that has been designed to handle this
problem at this point in time but what happens a year from now when you
suddenly realize that it has its value?

I saw a nice product made by Canon which dealt with this problem and this
was several years ago so there are probably even better solutions today.

From the volume you mentioned, it sounds as if you are a fairly large
company and that this is not a small project. Please take my advice and
don't seek answers from people who don't have a lot of experience in this
field (I certainly don't) and don't act hastily lest you waste a lot of
time and money.

At the very least, find a similar company with a similar problem and ask
how they solved it, what were their problems and what would they do
differently. Bite the bullet and accept that there isn't going to be an
easy answer for this problem and you will have to invest some time in
finding a correct solution. Don't by any means take the easy way out
because it will in the long run be the most difficult path.

My guess is that you are going to have to scan the microfiche, for instance
using a Nikon scanner or a special scanner with adapter. The scan will
produce it's own data file. You'll nead some application to read that file.
If you use an application that reads the file format you'll save distilling
time which would be quite significant in your size and volume.

You'll need a database to store the information and some method of
retrieving a special file or would you prefer looking in directories
manually for one file in 22,000?

I'd be glad to chat offline. I don't sell any of these products but if you
don't have them listed in your countries phone directory, I can look up a
few companies here and try to get everyone together.


>This description leads to choose a data format, a soft that converts
>original files (= data) into the format previously chosen and a soft to
>view the files. The particularity is that the initial files are
>"listings" ready to be printed.
>
>I'd like to be sure that pdf is the best choice. If someone knows
>another solution, please, tell me.
>
>

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