One of the reason we are back scanning Registered Land documents is our microfilm machines have seen better days. Although not very old, their technology is out dated. It really is amazing. When these machines were purchased they were “state of the art”, now they are cumbersome and slow. It is simpler to explain the way they work than use them. Each “page” must be individually scanned, that’s correct, not the entire document. This means that a twenty page mortgage needs, well…twenty scan actions. Printing the mortgage requires twenty print commands, one for each page also. The reader/printers we used before, printed directly from the microfilm. A simpler concept, but the machines just didn’t work most of the time. They jammed constantly. I would call the maintenance company, stamp my foot, jumped up and down, yell, beg, cry and eventually pull my hair. The machines still wouldn’t get fixed(it really does take more than meets the eye to keep a registry properly running). Presently, enough Registered Land documents have been scanned to allow one of the “newer” microfilm machines to be taken out of service(one down…one to go). This saves maintenance money, counter space and the little hair I have left…and of course, makes life easier for the public.
GO SOX!
