Charkie;

As usual I agree with Fred. He is the least expensive media presevation consultant I know of.
But, Im concerned about your comment:
"I had a hard time finding vendors who would do this for me."
Based in California you should have access to many service bureaus that provide digital to film output services.
 
As to the manufacturers of this equipment I wrote a short article 
( http://www.home.earthlink.net/~fyiglover/articles/com.html )listing the equipment available. I plan on updating it this summer. Comment from this group are always welcome.

John

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-----Original Message-----
>From: "Grevin, Fred" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Apr 3, 2008 12:47 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [RM] Media for long term preservation of records
>
>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
>===================================================================
>Frederic J. Grevin
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>Phone: 212.788.8615
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf Of charlie sodano
>Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 12:28
>To: [log in to unmask]
>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
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>Behalf
>Of Grevin, Fred
>Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:11 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>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
>===================================================================
>Frederic J. Grevin
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>Phone: 212.788.8615
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