Aperture Card Scanning

Aperture cards were once a basic storage medium, often used by companies to store engineering drawings, blueprints, technical diagrams or plans. However, with improved technology available now, businesses can go for aperture card scanning services, thus saving considerable office space, time and money. As a full-service document scanning company, Managed Outsource Solutions (MOS) provides comprehensive aperture card scanning solutions to suit your unique business processes.

We can scan engineering and technical drawings which are maintained on aperture cards at a high resolution to electronic format. We convert all formats of aperture cards into digital formats such as JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PDF, and more.

Aperture Card Scanning Benefits

• Eliminates the need for boxes to store cards
• Enables access to numerous images
• Information contained in around 15,000 cards can be stored on a single CD
• Access data easily
• Print, fax or email images from your computer
• Enables multiple user access simultaneously
• Use a web browser to view images

• Hollerith punch-code data retrieval
• Hollerith punch code data verification
• Automated Hollerith Code Indexing
• Visual indexing of non-punched cards
• Scanning front of card
• Raster to Vector Conversions

What the Process Involves

Engineering drawings maintained on aperture cards are scanned using high speed automated Photomatrix film scanning equipment, capable of up to 400dpi resolution. Keypunched (Hollerith) index information is captured and recorded simultaneously with the scanning. The scanning process involves various steps such as:

• Identifying the metadata on each card
• Compiling the metadata into a separate database for future reference
• Scanning the cards
• Performing quality control
• Delivery of final output

Our Service Advantages

• Improved workflow
• 24 x 7 aperture card scanning
• Total security and confidentiality for your data
• Excellent quality control standards
• Flexible turnaround time
• Reduced cost and enhanced ROI
• Easy access to current information
• Minimal staff requirements
• Cost-effective pricing
• Reduced overhead, 30% to 40% below operational

Check out our free trial offer to evaluate our performance standard. We offer Free Trial for larger projects.

For further information regarding our aperture card scanning and indexing services or for a free consultation, please call our toll-free number: 1-800-670-2809.