Companies turn to microfilming for a multitude of reasons. Most predominantly, businesses need to preserve information for the long haul. And, using microfilm is a widely accepted practice for establishing permanent records. In fact, microfilm has the durability to last more than 500 years when it’s manufactured, processed and stored properly. For more information about Microfilming, visit http://www.mesltd.ca/.

1. Microfilming
A Compelling Way to Protect
Valuable Documents

2. • Businesses need to preserve information for
the long haul
• Microfilm is the widely accepted practice for
establishing permanent records
• Microfilm has the durability to last more than
500 years when it’s manufactured, processed
and stored properly

3. • Valuable records in physical form can be
exposed to significant wear and tear
• If it is used frequently and or need to be
preserved for the future, microfilm is the
logical choice
• Digital documents, although better protected
than paper, likely won’t last as long as
microfilm

4. What’s Microfilming?
• An analog microfilm format still has its place
• Contents of microfilm can be read by the
naked eye, companies find special uses for
this medium
• Format doesn’t require any special software
or hardware and is completely independent of
technology

5. Why Organizations Microfilm
• Companies who microfilm use service
providers to handle their projects
• Technology has be around more than 70 years,
experience service providers have a good
handle on how best convert your documents
• Goals are to produce high quality microfilmed
records with longevity and compatibility

6. Why Organizations Microfilm
• Provides unmatched security for information
• If original formats gets destroyed, carefully
stored microfilm will be available
• For companies who value space, businesses
can turn to microfilming
• A single microfilm roll can hold up to 6000
pages

7. Why Organizations Microfilm
• Decisions can also be made on a cost basis,
microfilm is more economical than digital
backup process
• No additional investments need to be made
• Most significant is the quality of the final
record

8. Why Organizations Microfilm
• Quality of digital images are measured by how
many “dots per inch” are contained in the image
• Microfilm does not have these limitations, it
holds the same detail as the original document
• Microfilm is the widely accepted courtroom
format because digital documents can be altered
and microfilm cannot

9. What Should You Microfilm?
• Anything of value that must be preserved for
many years
• Examples are: newspapers, original paper
documents and books, corporate documents and
reports, record books, public records (marriage,
birth and death documents), programs, photos,
newsletters and bulletins
• Microfilm protects valuable documents from the
ravages of time, its economical and easy way for
organizations to archive all forms of records

10. • Kevin D'Arcy is VP of Sales and Marketing for
MES Hybrid Document Systems, Ontario's
leading document scanning and document
management supplier. For more information
about Microfilming, visit
http://www.mesltd.ca/.