Kodak KIMS™ Image Conversion Services

This service will allow Kodak KIMS™ users to convert their existing images and indexes into a format which will be importable into a PC based image management software system.

 Background:

 The Kodak KIMS™  4000 system is a proprietary imaging system that does not support standard PC interfaces.  The system uses Electro-magneto optical (EMO) storage media, which is re-writable optical media.  These systems were sold in the mid-1980's and early-1990's to first-time document imaging customers of Kodak.

 Conversion Limitation:

 These Kodak systems were run in pre- Microsoft Windows environments.  The KIMS™ software must be currently running on a user's system in order to capture the index database.  Replacement hardware is difficult to find so the sooner the conversion is started the better the chance for success.  There is no known Kodak utility available to convert the KIMS™ proprietary format to open PC format.

STATCO's Conversion Process:

 Our conversion process starts with the capture of the index database from the existing copy of the users KIMS™ software.  All proprietary images are captured from the EMO disk media and converted into a TIFF Group 4 compatible file format.  The database of index values is processed to associate each index value to the appropriate converted TIFF image. The output ASCII file holds the path and filename of the TIFF image file and it's associated index information.  This process assures that the exact index for each image is identified to the image file before importing to the PC based image library management system.

STATCO can provide the image and index information in a format ready for import into any major image library management software system that supports an import capability.

Conversion Pricing:

 Pricing will depend on the scope of activities associated with successfully converting Kodak KIMS™ images into the customer's selected image management system.  Media costs, freight charges and other incidentals are added to the conversion pricing.  Typically, images are copied to CD-ROM, WORM Disk or cartridge tape and indexes copied to diskette.  We verify media compatibility and provide a sample test before the production conversion process starts.  A sample of STATCO’s standard pricing guidelines for KIMS™  conversions is as follows:

 KIMS™  is a trademark of Eastman Kodak

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Last modified: July 14, 2008