Digital Scanner Camera

Camera Processor

Duplicators

Philosophy

• A mixed-media approach combines the distinctive advantages of paper, micrographics, and electronic formats to satisfy specific life cycle requirements that cannot be satisfied by a single document management methodology or technology. Micrographics, in particular, has a solid track record of integration with other document formats. When combined with paper or electronic media, it can deliver very effective solutions to document management problems.
• Paper is familiar and convenient for reference copies, but paper documents can require large amounts of storage space and paper files can be difficult to organize and maintain.
• Electronic formats provide excellent retrieval functionality for the active stage of the document life cycle, but they are poorly suited to retention of information for long periods of time. In particular, the continued utility of electronic documents is adversely affected by the limited stability of computer storage media and the dependence of computer-processible information on specific hardware and software configurations.
• With its superior stability, compatibility, and compactness, micrographics is very well suited to long, even permanent retention of documents. Micrographics technology also provides good functionality for the active stage of the document life cycle.
• Paper, micrographics, and electronic media can and must coexist in document managment applications. These media are less competitors than allies. It is not the task of document managment to prefer one storage medium over the others, but to match media to specific requirements.

Solution

• Cost effective business machines that simultaneously microfilm and process document images and digitally scan documents into storage or for transmission at greatly enhanced capacities and speed for intranet or internet communications.