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Photo Print Scanning

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• Why should I bother to get my prints scanned?
• Why should I get you to scan my prints?
• What are the options?
• How much does it cost?
• How do I order?

Why should I bother to get my prints scanned?

Photos are very important to people. When disaster strikes and a house is flooded or burned one of the first items that people try to retrieve are their photos. Photos are not expensive items to produce but they are very precious to those who own them. Having prints turned into digital pictures by scanning offers a good way of making sure photos are preserved for future generations. If you then have a backup copy stored somewhere else even big disasters need not destroy those precious images.

Today, in this digital age, there are also many more ways to enjoy photos but all of these demand that the pictures are in a digital form. Having prints scanned enables you to enjoy the pictures in new ways.

Sometimes we need more than one copy of a print. Sadly couples sometimes split and need extra copies of their shared prints. Also when children leave home they would often welcome the chance to have copies of the photos that recorded their life in the family home. Scanning is an ideal way to give copies of photos to others.

Why should I get you to scan my prints?

Although modern computer equipment is often quite cheap to buy the cost of buying professional scanning equipment is high.

Then there is the time it takes to learn how to get a good scan. This is not as easy as it may seem, especially if the prints have deteriorated over the years.

We use professional scanning equipment and take great care to get good results from the prints you send us.

However perhaps one of the most significant reasons is the time it takes to scan a number of prints. For many people this becomes a tedious and time consuming process. We are sure you have other ways you would like to use your time. Why not give yourself a break and let us do the scanning for you.

By making use of our service you save money and time as well as gaining from our extensive scanning experience.

What are the options?

The options for scanning prints can seem overwhelming. We understand this and try to make things as simple as possible. You tell us what you want to use the scans for and we will advise on the best way to achieve your goal.

We like to help as much as we can and so encourage you to contact us and ask as many questions as you like.

We offer three levels of print scanning: Bronze Standard, Gold Standard and Professional Standard.

Bronze standard matches the quality of scanning that other bulk scanning services offer. This is essentially bulk scanning using an automated system. The results are reasonable but the process is not as good as scanning each print by hand. If you need an economical service then this is the one to go for.

Gold Standard Service (Scan once) is a service that provides a very high quality result. Each print is scanned individually and examined to get the best possible scan that we can. If your prints are very old or damaged then this is the best service to go for. If you want to scan photos that you want to be available for future generations or because you want to archive pictures then we believe this is the best option to go for.

Professional Standard is for those jobs that need a highly professional result. You can find out more about this on our professional scanning page. Unless you are a very serious amateur photographer or professional photographer this level will probably not be necessary for your scans.

We can save your scans in any way you like. You have the standard options of DVD or CD but we can save to memory cards, memory sticks, etc.

You can also choose to have your prints saved as TIFF or JPEG files. There is more on this the the FAQ section.

If you are at all confused or just want a little extra help them please contact us and ask.

How much does it cost?

We have a satisfaction guarantee and you only pay for scans that you like.

Discounts available for large number of photos, please ask for a quote.

No minimum order size!

Included in price:

• Dust and scratch removal
• Border cropping
• Human checking and fine adjustments (Gold level)
• CD/DVD (for all orders over £20 in value - otherwise £5)

All of our pricing information is available on our prices page.

How do I order?

• Contact us and tell us what you need doing using the order page (to be honest you can use any of the contact pages - we don't mind).
• We will send you an email with the address you need to send your photos to.
• Package up your photos and send them to us - we will let you know when they have arrived.
• We will then scan your photos and post some smaller versions of the finished scans on the Internet for you to see.
• You tell us of any scans that you don't want to pay for (we will probably give you the options of rescanning them but you still don't pay if we can't get it to your requirements).
• Once you have paid for your scans then we package up and send back your originals and your new scans.

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