February 2018 Newsletter – To Scan or Not Scan

February 2018 Newsletter – To Scan or Not Scan For over 25 years, I have been an advocate of “scan it all”.  It is my experience that once you have captured it, you can apply retention policies and dispose of records based on those requirements verses culling...

December 2017 Newsletter – Going Paperless

December 2017 Newsletter – Going Paperless In my life, the key to success was always equal to how organized I have become. While in college, I could not start homework or projects if my room was even slightly messy. This led to many nights in the library, coffee...

Converting TIF to Vector Files

Converting TIF to Vector Files We had the privilege of working with Morning Cloudshine today. These are not drawings as some would assume but rather intricate cut-outs. We scanned the drawings on our flatbed scanner so that they could be converted into vector files....

September 2017 Newsletter – Celebrating 20 Years

September 2017 Newsletter – Celebrating 20 Years In 2004, Graphic Imaging Services was awarded a contract from the U.S. Department of Interior.  The Project was to scan historical engineering records at the Hoover Dam. These dated back to 1909, before Hoover Dam...

Lunch and Learn – August 08, 2017

Lunch and Learn – August 08, 2017 Great success at our Lunch and Learn yesterday! Thank you to everyone that came out to show their interest in an organized and paper-free work environment. For further questions, or if you would like to sign up for future...

Photo Restoration

Photo Restoration Photos deteriorate over time and at Graphic Imaging Services we provide photo restoration so that we can preserve your memories. Recently a client came in with little hope that her photo could be fixed. She wanted to present it to her husband on his...

Keeping Your Equipment Operational

Keeping Your Equipment Operational For a little piece of mind Do you remember your first car? My first car was a gift from my sister-in-law’s parents and it was a seemingly invincible 1988 Oldsmobile. I treated this car like many people treat their scanning equipment....

Recommended Workflow for Large Format Scanning

Recommended Workflow for Large Format Scanning A workflow process is the automation of a business process that can be fully automated or simply part of the automated process. So many times, we jump into the process because it seems so simple.  Until you get into the...

Is there Quality Assurance In your workflow?

Is there Quality Assurance In your workflow? Throughout my years in the Document Management Industry, I kept hearing about how great the quality of the images were. But did anyone actually verify the quality?  Many vendors talked about how their software can automate...