Charlie, I ALWAYS get cost estimates from multiple vendors, and I tell
them I'm doing this--it seems to make a difference in the quotes I get
....
If you're doing grayscale, you eliminate the commonest machine in the
market (the Kodak recorder), so that increases costs. But if you need
grayscale, you need it. The Image Graphics Inc. and Zeutschel recorders
do grayscale.
Fred
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Subject: Re: [RM] Media for long term preservation of records
Thanks Fred,
This helps. A vendor did some conversions for me awhile ago from pdf to
microfilm for about 5 cents an image (grayscale). This was onto 16 mm
film.
Diazo charges were separate.
Does this sound reasonable? I had a hard time finding vendors who would
do
this for me.
Charlie
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:11 AM
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Subject: Re: Media for long term preservation of records
Charlie, it's always dangerous to use terms like "trivial" (but I never
seem to learn!).
It really depends on several factors, such as (off the top of my
head--more may apply):
- Is the output color or black-and-white? Color costs MUCH more, no
matter how it's done (and there are at least two very different ways).
The nature of your collection may mandate color.
- If not color, is the output bitonal or grayscale and, if grayscale, to
what bit depth? Grayscale costs more, as does greater bit depth.
- Assuming the digital files are raster images, what is their
resolution? Higher resolution costs more.
- If the digital files are character-code data rather than raster
images, what type of data format are they, and will that data format
need to be converted to a format the Graphics COM machine can use?
Conversion costs more.
- 16mm or 35mm? 35mm costs more.
- Do you want metadata on the film? If yes, where does the metadata come
from, in what format, how much metadata, and how do you want it on the
film?
- Is the job small or large? Small costs more per unit.
- Do you want duplicates and, if yes, what type? Silver-gelatin
duplicates cost more than diazo.
- How quickly do you want this done? Faster costs more.
If you have specific project in mind (as opposed to a general-interest
inquiry), you would do well to contact several vendors in the field (and
note there are "commercial-grade" vendors and there are preservation
vendors--vastly different markets, results, and costs) and get cost
estimates---AFTER you define your requirements (there's nothing a vendor
hates more than a client who asks "Ummm, how much will you charge me to
microfilm/photograph/scan/data enter my records", the client pointing to
a pile of stuff in a room).
Some Web references for manufacturers of graphic computer output to
microfilm recorders 9in alphabetical order):
http://www.fujifilmusa.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/Products.jsp?nav=2&parent=
853314&product=1000
http://www.igraph.com/
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/dpq/site/TKX/name/i9600_product
http://www.zeutschel.com/products/microfilm_plotter_op500.html
Hope this helps.
Fred
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