Micrographics is the production, handling and use of microfilm and microfiche.   Images are created by cameras or by COM units that accept computer output directly. The documents are magnified for human viewing by readers, some of which can automatically locate a page using indexing techniques.

 

The Analog Advantage

Microfiche and microfilm have always been an economical alternative for high-volume data and picture storage.  Although optical discs have superseded fiche and film by many for archival storage, film is still the only medium that can survive continual upgrading of electronic technologies.   Storage devices generally remain compatible with only one or two generations of media.   At some point, new drives cannot read older cartridges or disks. However, film is analog and can always be read with magnification and light.   These are among the reasons why Arizona State Statutes and Department of Library Archives, and Public Records, (DLAPR) requires archived permanent government records to be "eye-readable"

In some cases, digital data are converted to microfilm so they can be preserved and accessed decades into the future without regard to the changing digital formats that are bound to occur over time.

 

Lin-Cum, Inc., has been a document management service bureau since 1983.  It's management staff has more than 150 years of experience and background in micrographics and electronic data systems.