We also offer Conversion Services. Whether you need your documents scanned to CD or want to convert your rolls of microfilm / microfiche to CD – we are the document conversion specialists!

The CD-Rs provided by OSC can be used in any Windows based computer. Furthermore, the contents of our CD-Rs can be copied to a shared folder (directory) on a network. This allows any network workstation that has permission to the shared folder (directory), access to the files and the ability to search for a specific one using a keyword and to view the pages contained within. In fact, every workstation on the network could look at the pages within the same file simultaneously, yet independent of each other. This cannot be done when a proprietary software package is used by a scanning service unless the customer chooses to pay annual software licensing fees and seat license fees and/or concurrent user license fees. There are no license fees (initial or annual) to pay with our system should you wish to upload your CD-Rs to your network.

At the customer’s request, we can leave space on each CD-R in case additional files need to be added to a particular CD-R and/or additional pages need to be added to a file that has already been created, indexed and written on a particular CD-R. Other scanning services may not be able to provide this service.

We can provide duplicate CD-Rs for distribution and/or security/back-up/disaster recovery. Should the "master" be updated, then previously made duplicates can be updated. Other scanning services may not be able to provide this capability and previously made duplicates would have to be thrown away if the "master" is updated.

When we scan records for customers using the Canon CD-4070NW, our customers can choose at any time to scan new records to their system without having to use proprietary imaging software. If customers select a scanning service that uses proprietary imaging software, then, in order to have new records scanned and integrated into the existing system, the customer must use the same scanning service or find another one using the same proprietary software. Conversely, if a customer wants to start scanning new records in-house, after having used a scanning service that used a proprietary system, then, in order for the new records to integrate into the existing system, the customer, of course, has to "purchase" the proprietary imaging software and typically pay annual software licensing fees.

If a proprietary imaging software solution is purchased and you are now "on the hook", there are two telephone calls you hope you will never receive. The first one is:

The second one is:

If you are currently using proprietary imaging software, our office can convert you out of it and into our non-proprietary system, and then if you choose to do your own scanning or to network your system, you do not have proprietary software issues with which to deal.

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