The Need to Knows of Document Scanning Services

When Starting a Document Conversion Project Keep the Following in Mind:

           To say there are a lot of items to take into consideration when starting on a document conversion project is an understatement, especially if large volumes or sensitive information is being considered. Some of the most important yet not so obvious details to check on in the terminology that the vendor is using; many client don’t take into consideration that pages and images are different thing. A page refers to a piece of paper with 2 sides, and an image is one of those sides; assuming it is double sided. So when a vendor starts talking pricing and is using the term images, buyer beware of how many images you might actually have. Your first estimate of page count might entail a substantially higher price when images are considered.

Image Pictured above is about 150 dpi
(Boooooooooo!)

            DPI, or dots per inch, is an industry term which is directly linked to the quality of the digital image that is produced. Many vendors will use their standard as 200dpi, which is too low for a lot     of practical end uses. If you as a client want any of the following: quality Optical Character Recognition, quality reprints, quality drawings or photo reproduction, large format drawing conversions or a true copy of the paper document make sure this is talked about with the vendor and a dpi of 300 or higher is selected. Many vendors will just go with the 200dpi because it allows the scanner to scan faster, lowering costs, and making a sucker out of the client.

          

   

                                                                                                              

  Check in later this week for more Need to Knows or N-t-Ks on Document Scanning Services, by the always transparent ARDEM Incorporated; empowering clients to weed out the competition for us. 

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ARDEM Inc.

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ARDEM Incorporated

Hillsborough, New Jersey.USA.

http://www.ardem.net

908 359 2600