Specialist non-destructive scanning for fragile documents, manuscripts, records and heritage collections, with careful handling throughout.

Our professional multi-award winning fragile paper digitisation servicessupport corporate, heritage and consumer clients, digitising fragile collections for preservation, online use or reprinting. Using high-quality Repro-Camera systems, Book-Eye scanners and contactless scanners which convert upto A1 in size, with archival scan technology for handling any project volume size, will can ensure even the most fragile papers remain safe during the digitisation process. Once digitised, we can offer options for digital preservation to include, searchable PDF indexing of archives, accessing specific items of interest online, preservation of damage-pront items and maintaining a record of history.
Bound Volumes | Newspapers | Registrars and Ledgers | Laboratory Books | Diary and Magazines | Photograph Albums and Scrapbooks | Photographs | Parchment and Manuscripts | Personnel Records and Reports | Published Books | Index Cards | Bulk Loose Documents | Oversized Maps | Engineering Plans | Artwork | Archive Collections | Fragile Papers| War Diaries & Papers
Digital output include Archival TIFF/RAW, JPEG, PDF (PDFA) and PDF OCR (searchable content), multipage PDFs, WORD or eBooks. Delivery can be via hard drive, electronic download or secure FTP.

Select the book size, digital output, capture method, number of pages and number of books to calculate an estimated scanning cost.
Professional non-destructive scanning for books, manuscripts, journals, registers and bound volumes. Prices shown are per page and exclude VAT.
High-quality non-destructive scanning for bound volumes up to A3. Suitable for archival, preservation, research and access copies.
| Quantity | TIFF | |
|---|---|---|
| 1–250 pages | £1.00 pp | £0.75 pp |
| 251–999 pages | £0.75 pp | £0.55 pp |
| 1,000+ pages | £0.55 pp | £0.35 pp |
Specialist large-format book scanning for registers, ledgers, newspapers and other bound material requiring careful, non-destructive handling.
| Quantity | TIFF | |
|---|---|---|
| 1–250 pages | £1.25 pp | £1.00 pp |
| 251–999 pages | £1.00 pp | £0.75 pp |
| 1,000+ pages | £0.75 pp | £0.55 pp |
Specialist large-format scanning for newspapers, registers, ledgers and very large bound volumes.
| Quantity | TIFF | |
|---|---|---|
| 1–250 pages | £1.50 pp | £1.25 pp |
| 251–999 pages | £1.25 pp | £1.00 pp |
| 1,000+ pages | £1.00 pp | £0.75 pp |
All prices exclude VAT at 20%.
Prices are indicative and based on standard non-destructive scanning. Complex, fragile, unusually constructed or difficult-to-handle books and bound volumes may require an additional technical service charge. We will advise you before quotation approval.
Single-page and double-page spread capture can be discussed depending on the construction, condition and opening characteristics of the book.