Photo Scanning Services
From small prints to big enlargements, we can scan just about any flat photograph or print. Our digitizing capabilities go beyond simple photo print scans. Most of us have other printed materials that we’d like to preserve and share. Think family recipes, letters, ancestry documents and children’s artwork.
Print materials are professionally scanned and converted to quality JPG files that can be viewed on digital devices, easily shared and stored in a digital environment. Photo scanning services are just the beginning.
Why digitizing printed photos matters
Printed photos are some of the most meaningful items families own, but they are also some of the easiest to lose. Over time, photographs can fade, curl, stick together, crack, or become damaged by humidity, sunlight, dust, and handling. Scanning your photo collection creates a digital backup that makes it easier to preserve, organize, and share your memories for future generations. Whether you are trying to protect a few favorite portraits or an entire box of family history, professional photo scanning gives you a reliable way to keep those moments accessible.
Digitized photos are also much easier to use in everyday life. Once your images are converted to digital files, you can save copies to multiple devices, share them with relatives, create slideshows, reprint old favorites, or include them in photo books and memorial displays. For many families, scanning is the first step in turning boxes of aging prints into something searchable, usable, and safe.
Once digitized, the lifespan of your printed memorabilia is substantially increased and protected from environmental damage like fires or flooding. Here are some examples of the types of materials we can scan:
- photographs
- postcards
- scrapbook pages
- letters
- documents
- awards + certifcates
- recipes
- artwork
- newspaper
How it works:
- Drop off your printed memorabilia to be scanned and digitized at our store.
- A few days later – return to pick up your digital storage device (DVD, USB drive, external drive, etc.), which will contain each scanned/digitized image as a .jpg file.
- Prints are scanned at the original size of the print with resolution of 300dpi.
- Front and back scanning is available.
- Your memorabilia is cared for by our trained archiving experts, who will treat your materials with the utmost care.
- Your items never leave our property or get shipped away.
- All original items are returned to you after the process is complete.
COPYRIGHT NOTE – Our policy is to make every effort possible to protect the rights of professional photographers. Work that is clearly copyrighted will not be scanned without the written permission of the photographer/creator.
What types of customers use photo scanning services?
Photo scanning is a great fit for families, hobbyists, and anyone trying to organize important printed memories. Some customers bring in a small group of portraits they want preserved before they fade any further. Others bring in larger collections of snapshots, scrapbook pages, school keepsakes, handwritten recipes, or family documents they want digitized for long-term storage.
This service is especially helpful when preparing for life events and family projects. Customers often scan printed photos to create graduation displays, anniversary gifts, memorial boards, family history albums, and digital archives that can be shared with siblings or relatives in other states. If you have inherited boxes of old photos and papers and are not sure where to start, professional scanning can help simplify the process and protect what matters most.
We keep your treasures safe and local.
We never recommend shipping away family archives, treasured photos and irreplaceable home video movies. It’s too risky. ASAP Photo & Video has been professionally preserving memories for over 30 years. We are experts at photo scanning services.
