Our team of experts is standing by to work with you to make your microfilm conversion project a success. Several options are available to scan your microfilm and microfiche to digital, and we’re ready to find the optimal solution for YOU. Every project is unique, and we’re here to make sure that you get it done right the first time. Check out the information below, then let us know when you’re ready to engage in detail and we’ll have one of our teammates get in touch with you.

• Not sure what kind of microfilm records you have? Take a look at our “What Kind of Microfilm Do I Have?” page to find out.
• Wondering why you should trust us with your scanning project, a once-in-a-lifetime endeavor? Our customers on our “Case Studies” page will tell you why!

We’d love to work with you, and are looking forward to hearing from you.

BMI Imaging serves private companies and government agencies in Minneapolis, Minnesota, including the following industries:

• Government
• Healthcare
• Biotech
• Education
• Insurance

Digital ReeL Overview

Located in Northern California, BMI Imaging offers an innovative microfilm scanning solution called Digital ReeL. Digital ReeL is an affordable, practical solution ideal for infrequently accessed microfilm archives. BMI will complete the microfilm scanning process at one of our secure facilities. On-site options are available if your records cannot leave your facility. Our Digital ReeL microfilm scanning service creates a virtual replica of your original microfilm (or microfiche). The entire microfilm roll or microfiche is digitally converted.

Digital ReeL has customers nationwide and is available to Minneapolis, Minnesota organizations. Digital ReeL customers include government organizations such as sheriffs, police departments, clerks, recorders, education and companies in verticals like insurance and energy.

Access Records Using the Same Indexing You Are Currently Using

The Digital ReeL microfilm scanning solution includes a web-based viewer. Researchers retrieve virtual microfilm rolls from a computer through a viewer that looks like a reader printer, avoiding the hassles that come with using physical microfilm.

Digital ReeL combines full-text searching capabilities with your existing micrographic indexing methodology to enable users to search and find digital records of interest. Example indexing methodologies include book and page, case number and roll and frame. Almost any micrographic indexing schema is supported – even multiple indexing methodologies can be accommodated. Full-text search complements your existing index, enabling researchers to locate words, phrases and numbers across the entire digital microfilm archive.

Cloud Hosting and Installed Options 

• On Premise: BMI completes the microfilm scanning service and delivers your virtual, digital microfilm images along with the Digital ReeL application to your IT organization. Researchers locate digital records using a computer and the Digital ReeL interface.
• Digital ReeL Cloud Option: BMI completes the Minneapolis, Minnesota microfilm scanning service and hosts your digital microfilm at our secure data center. Users log into the Internet and access their images from the Digital ReeL web interface.

Our Microfilm Scanning Solution is Unique

• Microfilm Scanning Accuracy: Digital ReeL scans the entire microfilm roll with complete accuracy. No details or images are lost, digitally preserving your microfilm rolls exactly as they appeared in their physical state.
• Image Quality: Adjustable grayscale is included, enabling users to optimize the quality of tough-to-read images.
• Affordable Microfilm Scanning Solution: Most records on microfilm are infrequently accessed. Digital ReeL has been designed for these archives. Often 50% less than standard microfilm scanning methods, Digital ReeL is the optimal solution you have been looking for.

Why invest in outdated physical microfilm reader/printers when you can improve record retrieval and usability by scanning the microfiche? If you’re frustrated with your microfiche reader/printer but think it would cost too much to digitally scan your records, we encourage you to look at Digital ReeL – the affordable and easy-to-use microfilm reader/printer replacement solution.

• Accurate Microfilm Scanning: We convert each physical microfilm roll in its entirety, ensuring that no image or information is lost. Each microfilm roll is preserved digitally just as it existed in its physical state.
• Enhanced Image Quality with Adjustable Grayscale: users can optimize the quality of each image, making it possible to read images that might be difficult, even impossible to read on your physical microfiche.