Magazine Scanning

Many organisations use magazine scanning as a way to archive all their historical issues and ensure they are backed up electronically.

By having magazines scanned and available electronically using OCR scanning it allows the user to find any subject content by entering a word into the search engine which will then locate any relevant keywords throughout the archived magazine. Magazines can damage easily especially when kept for a long time so it makes sense to have these electronically archived for long term storage and safety.

The Advantages of Magazine Scanning

Two of the most important and beneficial factors of scanningScanning
The process of turning documents into images that can be manipulated on a computer magazines is to preserve archived historical issues by scanning them into computerised filesComputerised files
These can be TIFF or JPEG which are a kind of computer file used to keep pictures. We also use PDF (Portable Document Format) Files which are designed to be easily printed and shared. and secondly it can be converted to e-bookE-book
A book that is available in a computerised format such as Adobe PDF, Microsoft Lit or the e-Book Reader format. for electronic publishing, distribution or for archiving.

How does Magazine Scanning Work?

When converting a magazine into electronic format it may be important to do so without damaging the original, so our magazine scanning service takes a whole new approach. A system whereby the magazine or document is not actually in contact with the scanner and very little handling from the scanning operator is required.

Our scanning bureau uses state-of-the-art scannersScanners
A device that connects to a computer allowing the user to turn (scan) documents into images they can manipulate on the computer. which use an overhead camera with sophisticated page capture technology. Image enhancement and restoration is applied to any poor quality or aged magazine issues in order to optimise their quality.

Once the scanning process is completed the results go through our numerous meticulous quality control procedures. Scanned books or magazines are then converted to the required digital formatDigital Format
These can be TIFF or JPEG, which are computer files used to store pictures or graphics. We also use PDF (Portable Document Format) which are designed for easy printing and sharing. such as PDFPDF
PDF is a very popular multi page file format that is used by many companies because it can be opened by almost anybody using free software most people have already on their computers., JPGJPEG
JPEG is a single page per file image format that is popular among graphic designers and web designers it is advised to use this format if you're scanning colour images for presentation purposes. and TIFFTIFF
- A type of computer file used for storing pictures, these can be full color, grayscale or black and white. A multipage TIFF file can contain many pages in a single file.

By having magazines available in an electronic e-book format it enables an archiving system whereby the magazines are archived on to a DVD and have the potential to be distributed to customers who enjoyed reading the publication. This has recently been done for a large car racing company who now distribute DVD's of every magazine issue since it began publising after the war. This digitising process also offers peace of mind that all issues are kept safely in electronic format reducing the risk of any damage and loss.

Many e-bookE-book
A book that is available in a computerised format such as Adobe PDF, Microsoft Lit or the eBook Reader format. features can be applied to a PDF book such as converting them into text searchable PDFPDF searchable
PDF Searchable is type of PDF File that has been processed using OCR so that its contents can be searched. files, adding PDF bookmarksPDF bookmarks
PDF Bookmarks are a tool to allow you to easily navigate through a PDF document by placing links to sections which appear on the right hand side of the PDF when opened. or PDF linksPDF links
PDF Links allow you to create buttons in your PDF documents that link from one page to another, these buttons can be text or image, or just an area of the scanned image that you want to make clickable. from the index page or glossary of the book to the relevant sections.

Once the whole magazine scanning process is completed, final images are verified and then written on to CDs as images or PDF's.

Magazine Scanning - How much does it cost?

To discuss your magazine, journal or newspaper scanning requirements in more detail call Pearl Scan on 0161 832 7991 or request a FREE online quote.