Aperture Card Scanning

Aperture card scanning is these days the best option for accessing your files previously stored on an aperture card.

It''s ironic that at one point aperture cards were the best way to store large engineering drawings in a low key and space saving place and that they were such a revolution.

Times move on and the modern equivalent of this is by performing aperture card scanning and it''s actually become almost laughable to look at an aperture card and think that it was once something that saved space, the same way that we look at floppy discs and VHS tapes. But the only way to hang on to your important files, through the ages is to keep them as modernised as possible, and right now the only real way to do this is with aperture card scanning.

It has caused something of an argument that aperture cards are inadequate compared to digital, after all, apparently aperture cards have a 100 year life and they are readable by humans rather than just computers, but the simple fact of the matter is that by their own reasons for creation, they have become obsolete.

They are no longer the best and most compact way to hold onto important documents and files which is what aperture card scanning actually provides; they are stored on your hard drive, the only space being taken it that of the amount of space a computer can hold, and for high quality images we''re only talking a few megabytes when systems these days can hold terabytes of space. The US DoD (Department of Defense) once kept everything on Aperture card, but their files are now primarily stored digitally.

Aperture card conversion to digital also potentially has a much longer lifetime to it than aperture cards themselves. Certainly, computers have a relatively short lifespan, but the files certainly don''t as they can be transferred simply between systems and, if kept backed up well, can be seen by many generations to come.

The aperture card scanning and indexing process is one that is relatively simply when performed by a professional scanning company. The scanners themselves cost in the tens of thousands of pounds, so it makes sense to outsource the work rather than go and seek one out yourself, especially as services, like the one that Pearl Scan offers, can get your files converted for pennies potentially.

It also means you can do so much more with your aperture cards than before. For example, images can be shared via email or over a company network, uploaded online and they can also be edited and have notes added if required. They would also be a doddle to find by using a simple text search on your computer.

The simple fact, is that aperture card scanning and conversion has come to replace what the aperture card once stood for; simple storage and quick access. And when a file format no longer has a use that it does best, then it is effectively obsolete.

Aperture card scanning not only gives you what aperture cards once promised, they give you so much more for what is effectively pennies per card.

If you''re interested in using Pearl Scan''s aperture card scanning service, visit us at the below link, or give us a ring on 0845 22 55 923.