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ShoeBox Scanning
Shoebox Scanning

What is Shoebox Scanning?

Shoebox Scanning is an automated print scanning process which produces a data CD or data DVD containing files of your photos.

Now you have a new quick and inexpensive way to get lots of pictures into a digital form.

 

Why scan?

The resulting files can be used for:

- Printing - Archiving family history - Sharing CDs and DVDs
- Creating DVD movies and PowerPoint presentations - Adding photos to your website
- Providing easy access to your images - Restoring and modifying images
- Creating collages, greeting cards, album and scrapbook pages

CDs and DVDs are convenient, and they make great gifts. Now you can turn a lifetime of photos into a convenient disc, and make extra copies for all the members of the family.
 

What does it cost?
 
Number of Photos
Scan to CD per photo*
Up to 9
$1.50 ea
10 to 99
$1.25 ea
100 to 499
$0.95 ea
Over 500

$0.75 ea
 
* Note for all scan orders add $6.95 CD/DVD burn fee. CD or DVD will be supplied depending on size of order or customer request.
Extra CDs
$4.95
Extra DVDs
$7.95
8x12" contact sheets $2.95 per sheet of 24 images
CD case thumbnail index prints are included at no extra charge

 

What can be scanned?

Shoebox scanning is only available from original prints between 2”x3” and 8”x12” which are unmounted, flat, clean, glue & tape free.

Other prints require custom scanning.

Custom scans are for original prints up to 8”x12” which are sticky, damaged, mounted or pasted in albums. Custom scans are $5.95 per scan.

Oversized custom scans (larger than 8x12' but smaller than 12x18) are $20.00 per scan.
 

Additional Options:

Photos can be included on the CD/DVD in a specified order for an extra 5¢ per image.

Photos can be included on the CD/DVD rotated upright for an extra 5¢ per image.

 

Additional Information about shoebox scanning:

We scan your photos at 400 dpi which will allow you to print to double the size of the original print with virtually no loss of quality. (nearly at other bulk scanner supply only 300 dpi scans)

The finished product consists of digital files on a data CD/DVD. It can be displayed as a slide show using Windows XP/Vista and clicking “view as a slide show.” The photos are not always turned the same direction (unless you have selected the rotate upright option) but can be rotated using Windows XP or any photo editing software.

If you’re a digital photo enthusiast, you can use these “digital copy negatives” to build a DVD slide show or a web site or add photos to your books and letters.

For photos that are in need of repair or restoration see our restoration service.
 

Order Preparation:

Prepare your photos for scanning by removing them from envelopes. All Post-It notes, tape or adhesives must be removed.

If you face all the pictures the same way, we’ll try to keep them all heads up. However, we may have to turn some to feed through the scanner (see rotate upright option)