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microform GmbH – News
Our News:
+++ Archive Recorder – The best of both worlds +++ Janich & Klass Takes Over microform +++ microform GmbH at Archivistika 2008 +++ DMS 2008 in Essen +++ CeBIT 2008 +++
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Capture solutions for all performance classes
Efficient scanning, a high level of process
automation and practical application solutions
are the prerequisites for productive and cost-effictive
operation in every performance class. At this
year's CeBIT, microform will be presenting its
enhanced product portfolio with scanners from
all performance classes.
As
well as its renowned high-end systems, microform
now also offers systems for the mid-range and
low-end segments. One focus of microform's
presence at the fair will be on its new S 4x2
series. And it goes without saying that the
owners and users of products from these segments
will also benefit from the scanner specialist's
many years of experience, know-how and its
established, all-round hardware and software
service.
All
systems will be shown in conjunction with the
DpuScan capture software devised by microform's
technology partner, Janich & Klass, which now
incorporates a new classification module that,
for instance, allows document types to be
determined in line with rules defined for
specific types of text sample. On this basis,
DpuScan reads out all the other data, which can
then be displayed on any DpuScan indexing
station for verification. At the same time, the
plugin enables conditions to be linked to an
open value-assignment system, such as a
recipient's mailbox for in-house notification by
e-mail.
Andreas Klinke,
Managing Director of microform GmbH:
"CeBIT has been and will always remain an
important platform for us, where we can meet
existing and potential new clients from our
domestic and from foreign markets, discuss their
desires and ideas and present new technological
advances."
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Preview of DMS EXPO 2009:
Sophisticated capture solutions
The
core competence of microform GmbH are
sophisticated capture solutions for the
high-volume segment. These universal
high-performance scanners process all sorts of
documents on varying paper grades, with
flexibility and performance always being our top
priorities. The Smart Color Detection function
of microform's scanners combines intelligent
color detection with automated color control.
This eliminates the need for complex manual
sorting and preparatory work as well as
cost-intensive patch code sheets. At the same
time, certainty and dependability when using
detection technologies are improved. In addition
to its own systems for centralized scanning
applications, microform also supplies products
for decentralized, department-level scanning
applications. It's product range also includes
systems for long-term archiving on microfilm as
well as hybrid systems that combine both the
speed and flexibility of digital archiving with
the security and economy of microfilm. The
portfolio is completed by the user-friendly and
production-oriented DpuScan capturing software
of microform's technology partner, Janich &
Klass, with whom microform will be presenting
its scanning solutions on a joint stand, like at
last year's DMS EXPO
Andreas Klinke,
Managing Director of microform GmbH:
"We have always seen DMS Expo as an important
platform for exchanging information between us,
as the supplier, and users, enabling us to meet
the future demands of our customers."
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Archive Recorder – The best of both worlds
microform announces new product in time for CeBIT 2009
Waiblingen, March 2, 2009 – microform GmbH (Hall 3, Booth B 55) is launching its new Archive Recorder at CeBIT 2009. This new piece of equipment is a hybrid storage solution that combines the benefits of digital information storage with those of analog storage media
Modern storage and archiving solutions are predestined for managing and providing access to large volumes of documents and data. Such digitally stored information can be easily managed to enable users to access it very quickly. However, the access rate to this information often falls dramatically after just a short period. In such cases, what's required is a hybrid storage solution, like the Archive Recorder from microform. The Archive Recorder is an economical and safe add-on for existing system solutions that can be used to transfer digital images to the archiving medium microfilm at very low cost. This offers users a high degree of economy and reliability over the entire archiving period, because the film is not subject to any ageing. There are no cost-intensive, risky and repetitive migration expenditures.
microform's Archive Recorder functions to the highest of optical standards and produces 16 mm microfilms in either simplex or duplex mode. The image size can be defined for all common reduction factors from 24x to 48x. The images generated are marked with blips to facilitate automated accessing. Furthermore, it is also possible to superimpose additional information, such as film index data, onto the image. The system works with encased film cassettes, each with a feed and a take-up spool, and in order to provide additional backup offers simultaneous generation of a parallel film. This parallel processing for preparing the structure of the film and for film exposure optimizes the process and ensures a high production rate. At the same time, the ability to process common file formats, such as TIFF, PDF, JPG or GIF, offers a high degree of flexibility.
The user software, Virtual AR, which has been specifically written for the AR 1000 and incorporates a virtual film preview function for image editing, provides a high level of user friendliness. The film index data is transferred to the archiving system for information management purposes. Reader-scanners with a retrieval function can then be used to access the information stored on microfilm quickly and easily any time you want. These system components can be integrated in existing network structures simply and online, and provide users with all the information they want right on their workplace monitor and irrespective of the type and size of memory they have.
For those readers who are interested, you can found out more about this solution at CeBIT 2009, where the microform team on Booth B 55 in Hall 3 is looking forward to showing off its latest product to a discerning public.
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Janich & Klass Takes Over microform
The former system partner will continue as an independent enterprise.
Janich & Klass Computertechnik GmbH from Wuppertal, a leading supplier of products in the ranges of industrial PC technique and Document Imaging, announces the take-over of the scanner manufacturer microform GmbH (Waiblingen). Since September 2008, microform has been the system partner of Janich & Klass, and it will continue operating as an independent enterprise sited in Waiblingen.
The two equal shareholders of the Janich & Klass GmbH, Dietmar Janich and Ulrich Klass, have purchased all the shares from the former shareholders of microform GmbH (www.microform.de), and now they are the new owners of microform GmbH, each with a 50 percent shareholding. The partners maintain silence on the purchase price, nevertheless all payments have been made, and the commercial registration has been completed. Microform GmbH now becomes a sister company of Janich & Klass GmbH, but it will continue as an independent enterprise with its site in Waiblingen. Roland Reinberger, the former majority shareholder of microform GmbH, will soon reach 65 years of age and will leave the company. Nevertheless, with his longstanding experience and his national and international contacts, he will remain available to the company on request, as a consultant. "Due to their high regard within the Industry, the considerable amount of expertise and longstanding experience of the two new proprietors Dietmar Janich and Ulrich Klass, I am convinced that microform GmbH will continue successfully in the market, and the jobs of our staff and the care of our clients are guaranteed" said Roland Reinberger.
Microform will retain their entire staff. So, Jürgen Fross remains Manager of microform. In future, he will report to Dietmar Janich. Andreas Klinke, the former Sales Manager , will become responsible of sales in Germany. Wolfgang Urban, the former Manager for Export and Logistics, is responsible for sales activities outside Germany. Walter Bartke, former Manager for Service and Support, will remain responsible for Service.
"Synergy will result for both companies not in cost savings, but in strengthened support and development" . says Dietmar Janich explaining the take over. "In future, microform GmbH will strengthen its focus in the sales of DpuScan and will utilize the Presales Support from Janich & Klass. In return, Janich & Klass GmbH as a technology company will develop the microform scanners further, and will certainly benefit from the longstanding experience of the microform service."
Janich & Klass and microform GmbH have been business partners for many years. So, all scanners from microform GmbH are equipped with image processing technology manufactured by Janich & Klass. Furthermore, microform GmbH is the sales partner for the scan software DpuScan made by Janich & Klass.
Dietmar Janich, Janich & Klass GmbH and Roland Reinberger, microform GmbH
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Customized solutions for digitalizing archives
Microform at Archivistika (September 16 – 18) in Erfurt
Every archive is different. And this statement of fact applies not only to the paper format and quality of the documents, but also to the criteria according to which the documents are archived in order to guarantee fast access to valuable pieces of information. If a decision is made to digitalize such an archive, this requires customized solutions that meet the individual needs of the respective user. How this task can be tackled is to be presented jointly by microform GmbH and oia GmbH at the Archivistika, which is being held September 16 to 18 in Erfurt, eastern Germany, as part of the German Archiving Conference (Deutscher Archivtag).
A prime example of such a task is that of a digitalization project for the Archive for Christian Democratic Policy (ACDP) (please have a look at Press Release 2-2008 "Q2 – Quantity and Quality") of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the coordination of which has been outsourced to oia GmbH. On the hardware side, oia has gone for a combination of a S 655 Premium Color Scanner from microform with two QSI modules for quality assurance, indexing and full-text OCR. "What's important to us is not only that the hardware functions fast and flexibly, but that the software also offers flexibility in expansion and upgrading in line with our applications", says Dr. Hubert Salm, Managing Director of oia, explaining the decision.
The documents, which have been marked with colored dots beforehand, can be assigned to the subsequent processing steps right from the point of scanning thanks to the scanner's built-in automatic color detection functionality. The two QSI modules are used at the ACDP to later index the image files according to their signatures, the date and the source. In addition, full-text OCR is conducted, for which oia has written a special filter program that filters just the index information wanted and nothing else. "The DpuScan software used in microform's systems is flexible enough to enable us to add on, without any problem, functions to match our own particular requirements", says Salm.
Visit us at the Archivistika in Hall 2, Booth 19 of the Erfurt Trade Fair.
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Automatic, reliable, efficient
At the DMS EXPO 2008 in Essen, Germany, which will run from September 9 to 11, microform will be exhibiting solutions for processing incoming mail and invoices.
Automated processing of incoming mail and invoices – this means state-of-the-art tools that help you organize your typical working day more efficiently. The foundation for an economical total solution is provided by the great flexibility of microform's multistream scanning systems. These systems enable fast, reliable and space-saving storage of large volumes of documents in black and white, grayscale or color. Document management is aided by the high level of efficiency of the automated color management system.
Like at this year's CeBIT in Hanover, microform GmbH will present its ingenious scan&solutions for medium- and high-volume applications jointly with its technology partner Janich & Klass from Wuppertal, Germany, which provides the processing software for the capturing systems. This gives microform an opportunity to stage a direct trialog between itself as the scanner specialist, Janich & Klass as the software producer, and the customers as the users.
Engaging in an intensive exchange of ideas and aiming to achieve continuous improvements to its solutions, microform – together with Insiders Technologies GmbH from Kaiserslautern, specialists for intelligent incoming mail processing and business process optimization – is currently holding seminars on this topic. This 'extracurricular' activity is in addition to the scan&expert's presence at DMS EXPO 2008.
You will find us in Hall 7.1 on Booth B070 A071 at this year's DMS EXPO in Essen.
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New perspectives in Hall 3
microform and Janich & Klass join forces to present efficient capture solutions at CeBIT – CeBIT 2008 from March, 4-9
Fast processing of large volumes of documents of all conceivable formats and paper grades – that's one of the specialties of the production scanners designed and built by microform. But the process becomes really efficient when premium hardware is optimally combined with ingenious software. All microform's high-performance scanners are therefore equipped with the sophisticated DpuScan scanning software devised by Janich & Klass Computertechnik GmbH.
In light of this, CeBIT 2008 in Hanover will – for the first time – see microform present its intelligent and flexible scan&capture solutions for medium- and high-volume applications jointly with and on the same booth as its technology partner from Wuppertal, Germany. This joint sales presence will focus on the issues of incoming mail and automated invoice processing. The foundation for an economical, total solution is provided by the great flexibility of microform's multistream scanning systems. These systems enable space-saving storage of large volumes of data in black and white, but if necessary also allow you to generate and archive grayscale or color images. The flexible processes are supported by microform's Smart Color Detection, which is likewise founded on the ideal combination of microform's scanner hardware and Janich & Klass' DpuScan software and combines intelligent color detection with automatic color processing. In this way, microform's systems always ensure perfect image quality together with the maximum possible degree of flexibility and economy.
"We're using the change of location at CeBIT as an opportunity to intensify the trialog between the scanner specialist, the software company and the user", explains Andreas Klinke, Marketing and Sales Manager at microform GmbH. "It will allow us to join forces to further enhance the performance of our products – fully in line with our Best Image Quality concept and the standards we set ourselves in all we do."
Visit us at CeBIT 2008 in Hanover in Hall 3 on Booth B 55.
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microform GmbH – Anton-Schmidt-Str. 31/1 – D-71332 Waiblingen – Fon: +49-7151-9750930 – Fax: +49-7151-9750955 – 
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