Intelligent Microfilm Scanning, Research, and Conversion Software Tools
PowerScan™ is the software engine behind ScanPro microfilm scanners, delivering powerful tools for viewing, capturing, and converting microfilm and microfiche with precision and ease. Designed for both everyday research and large-scale digitization projects, PowerScan combines intuitive controls with intelligent image correction to produce clean, usable digital files in a single pass.
Instead of scanning first and correcting later, PowerScan performs live image adjustments while you capture — helping libraries and archives, government agencies, corporations, and commercial businesses reduce rescans, streamline workflows, and create searchable digital records with confidence. Whether supporting public access or converting entire film collections, PowerScan provides the automation, flexibility, and image quality needed to move from film to finished files faster.
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PowerScan™ for Research & Public Access
PowerScan is ideal for libraries, universities, archives, and public research rooms where clarity, speed, and ease of use are essential. Staff can assist patrons quickly while maintaining consistent image quality across multiple users.
Key Research Features
• Continuous Image Focus — Maintains sharp, clear images while zooming
• Streamlined Navigation — Smooth frame browsing and simple controls
• Save or Print to PDF, TIFF, or USB
• Live Image Correction — Improves image clarity during capture
Outcome: Patrons locate information faster while staff spend less time adjusting settings or rescanning frames.
PowerScan provides a dependable research environment that supports consistent image clarity and straightforward operation without complicated workflows.
PowerScan for Conversion & Digitization Projects
For organizations digitizing larger film collections or managing ongoing preservation projects, PowerScan includes automation and workflow tools designed to increase productivity and reduce backend editing.
Key Conversion Features
• Continuous roll and fiche scanning support
• Automated frame detection and batch capture
• OCR tools for searchable digital text
• Preset workflows for repeatable large-volume scanning
Outcome: Convert more microfilm and microfiche into searchable digital records with fewer rescans and less manual correction.
Learn how PowerScan software powers complete film digitization workflows on our Film Digitization & Conversion Solutions page.
Ready to See PowerScan in Action?
Request a live demo or quote to explore how PowerScan supports microfilm research, digitization, and film-to-digital conversion workflows.
Software That Thinks While You Scan
PowerScan is more than capture software — it is intelligent microfilm scanning technology designed to improve image quality during the scan, not after. By reducing rescans, minimizing manual corrections, and streamlining workflows, PowerScan helps institutions preserve film collections and deliver accurate digital results with confidence.
ScanPro® Smart Scanning™ Technology
ScanPro Smart Scanning Technology refers to the built-in software intelligence within PowerScan that improves image quality while you scan — not after. Instead of relying on time-consuming post-scan cleanup, Smart Scanning evaluates each frame in real time to deliver clean, consistent digital images in a single pass.
Smart Scanning includes capabilities such as automatic brightness and contrast adjustment, live image alignment and rotation correction, positive and negative polarity detection, and preset scanning profiles that help maintain repeatable quality across reels and fiche.
In practical terms, Smart Scanning reduces rescans, minimizes backend editing, and helps organizations move from film to finished digital files faster and with greater confidence.
Extend Your Capabilities with ScanPro Advantage™
ScanPro Advantage (SPA) is an optional membership that expands PowerScan’s capabilities with additional software tools, advanced automation features, and ongoing updates. Designed for organizations managing continuous digitization or higher-volume workflows, SPA helps teams maintain efficiency while keeping their scanning environment current.
Benefits include enhanced automation options, priority software updates, and access to exclusive features that support both research and conversion projects.
Advanced Conversion Tools with PowerScan Software
PowerScan includes exclusive tools designed for organizations converting larger microfilm and microfiche collections into searchable digital records.
1. AUTO-Scan™ Pro — Automated High-Speed Scanning
• Designed for automatic microfilm and microfiche conversion
• Scan up to 100 images per minute for film and up to 70 images per minute for fiche
• Automatic locating, straightening, cropping, and image enhancement
• Built-in quality assurance tools help ensure complete image capture on the first scan
Outcome: Faster conversion with fewer rescans and reduced manual correction.
2. OCR Tools with PowerScan Productivity Suite
• Powered by ABBYY® FineReader technology
• Convert scanned images into searchable and editable text
• Create word-searchable PDFs with a single click
• Improve accessibility and document retrieval
Outcome: Digital files become searchable, organized, and easier to manage.
3. SPOT-Edit™
• Adjust selected areas of an image without affecting the rest
• Improve readability of text while preserving photographs or background detail
• Customize multiple areas within the same frame
Outcome: Greater control over image quality without full-frame edits.
See how SPOT-Edit™ allows selective image adjustments without affecting the full frame.
4. AUTO-Adjust™ (“Magic Button”)
• One-button automatic brightness, contrast, and image straightening
• Automatically fits the crop box around the frame
• Ideal for quick adjustments during scanning or printing
Outcome: Faster setup and consistent results for both experienced and occasional users.
Watch how AUTO-Adjust™ instantly improves brightness, contrast, and alignment with a single click.
Ready to See PowerScan in Action?
Request a live demo or quote to explore how PowerScan supports microfilm research, digitization, and film-to-digital conversion workflows.
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Here's what our awesome customers love about our ScanPro software:
"The SPOT-Edit feature is fantastic. We were recently working with a microfiche where the top row of images was a 1/3 dark with a hue over it and we couldn't read it at all. We used the SPOT-Edit button and viola, it lightened the image and the data pulled right through for a viewable image. It was amazing!"
"The ScanPro is so easy to use, perfect for our archives volunteer corps, who range from younger students with limited exposure to microform materials to senior citizens who embrace the easy-to-use software and automated features. The ScanPro has enabled us to attack archival digitization projects at an efficient pace without compromising quality. "
"The automated features of our microfilm scanner have freed our team. Not having to sit at the machine to make sure every image is captured correctly has increased our efficiency and allowed us to focus on other tasks while the scanning process is taking place."