Scanning for Books, Periodicals, Magazines, Diaries and Publications | Oxford UK

Archiving and Scanning Digitisation at Oxford Duplication Centre

Book Scanning and Digitisation Services

Book Scanning UK | High Resolution, OCR, Competitive Prices

Oxford Duplication offer a complete book scanning service to corporate, heritage and consumer clients across the UK.   Our services can digitise complete collections or individual books, offering 2 options, each with the latest OCR technology, converting books to TIFF, PDF, Word, JPEG and e-book formats.

  • Non-Destructive Book Scanning 
  • Destructive Book Scanning

For more information on our book scanning service, please call us on 01865 457000 or email cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com



We support our clients with all kinds of books including  converting magazines, journals, bound volumes, newspapers, and manuscripts from standard ISO sizes up to A2 as well as foolscap.  OCR Processing Optical Character Recognition, also known as OCR, is used to convert images to digital formats. This includes PDF, Word, and e-books formats such as .mobi or .epub.

Contact cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com or call 01865 457000.

Digitisation of Bound Books using National Archive Digitisation Standards 
TIFF ARCHIVAL/TIFF PUBLICATION/PDF/PDF OCR

Page Size  Non-Destructive Book Scanning 600dpi Uncompressed TIFF. Cost per Page or Page Spread DPI
Page Count
1-250+
Page Count
251+
Page Count
1000+
A4 Non-Destructive Bound Book Scanning Price List.
Ideal for corporate, heritage and consumer clients who require high-quality uncompressed TIFF files. Typically used for long term archiving. (300dpi and 600dpi options)
600 0.95 0.75 0.55
A3 600 0.95 0.75 0.55
A2 600 1.15 0.95 0.75
A1 600 1.35 1.15 0.95
Additional Scanning Services per Book
TIFF Images Converted to PDF/OCR Searchable File   35.00  30.00  25.00
TIFF to Word 35.00  30.00 25.00
     
Page Size  Non-Destructive Book Scanning 300dpi PDF/A. Cost per Page or Page Spread DPI
Page Count
1-250+
Page Count
251+
Page Count
1000+
A4 Non-Destructive Bound Book Scanning Price List.
Ideal for corporate, heritage and consumer clients who require high-quality PDF digital files. Typically used for online use. (300dpi and 600dpi options)
300 0.75 0.55 0.35
A3 300 0.75 0.55 0.35
A2 300 0.95 0.75 0.55
A1 300 1.15 0.95 0.75
Additional Scanning Services per Book
TIFF Images Converted to PDF/OCR Searchable File   35.00  30.00  25.00
TIFF to Word 35.00  30.00 25.00
     
DESTRUCTIVE BOOK SCANNING UPTO A3 PAGE IMAGES GUILLOTINE OF SPINE AND BATCH SCANNING
Providing an archival solution for batch scanning TIFF 600dpi / PDF 600dpi 
Page Size    Destructive Book Scanning Output Format DPI
Page Count
1-250+
Page Count
251+
Page Count
1000+
>A3 TIFF (300dpi and 600dpi Options)   600 0.75 0.55 0.35
>A3 PDF/A (300dpi and 600dpi Options) 300 0.25 0.15 0.05
Additional Scanning Services Per Image
PDF/OCR Searchable Files Cost Per Image   0.10  0.05  0.02
PDF to Word Files Cost Per Image      0.10  0.05 0.02
Guillotine of Spines - From £4.50 to £12.50 per Book 12.50    
File or Folder Indexation per Book 1.00    
Technical Support. Price per Hour* 35.00    
Data Supply using Secure Download Link or USB 10.00    
*Due to the nature of bound books, not all digitisation is straightforward. Therefore
we may need to apply a service charge on more complex books. We will advise prior to estimte approval.

Our offices are open Monday to Thursday 8am-4pm Friday 8am - 3pm.
29 Banbury Road, Kidlington OX5 1AQ. Parking is available at the front of the building or rear car park.

Contact Us 01865 457000 or email cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com