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I'd say that it depends on if you are you talking about a box full of paper
with no file folders or a typical box of files sent for microfilming. Also,
is it bond paper, NCR paper, etc? Paper thicknesses vary. If you're
talking about a simple box full of paper you can make an educated guess by
looking at a ream of 20# paper. A full ream is about 2" thick and contains
500 sheets. So a foot of shelf space would hold 3000 sheets. Of course,
once the paper is taken out of the package and run through a printer it
would tend to be less compressed and therefore be fewer sheets in the same
space. IMHO, there are too many variables to make a remote guess. Grab a
couple of sample inches of paper off the shelf and count the number of pages
in the sample. Multiply it out and you might get a rough estimate of the
total.
Are you wanting to estimate what it would cost to send a project out to a
service bureau? Or are you trying to estimate the amount of time it would
take to scan a project in-house? Just curious.
Gary Vocks
Records Management Officer
Southern Illinois University
School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois USA
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From: "John Ranck" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 9:09 AM
Subject: Determing amount of paper per shelf foot/cu. ft.
>I need to figure out how much paper is in a shelf foot (or cubic foot box)
> for scanning purposes. Anyone know the formula? RM staff here has
> suggested we recall a box & count the paper but I think that's reinventing
> the wheel.
>
> Many thanks.
>
> JR
>
> John Ranck
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