Photocopying | Digital
scanning | Microfilming |
Collage | Other
services
Please note that negatives, digital images and electronic files
will remain the copyright of the City of London and cannot be
reproduced without the written permission of London Metropolitan
Archives. Reproduction fees are normally payable. Please ask staff
on site, or contact our
enquiry team for further details.
Fees and Charges for LMA copying Services
Please note that all these prices apply to orders made
in person in LMA’s Archive Study Area, once you have
consulted original documents yourself.
Distance orders incur an additional research fee of a minimum of
£10 for assessing the cost of copies from one document; requests
from multiple documents are charged at a minimum of £20 because of
the work we need to do to satisfy the order. Typically we need to
identify the original item(s) fully, have it produced from the
strongrooms, assess what form of copying is most suitable and
provide costings (often involving further discussion with the
enquirer).
The rates are set according to our hourly Family History
Research Service which is £40 per hour (£10 allows up to 15 minutes
staff time and £20 allows up to 30 minutes staff time). It reflects
the fact that we have to undertake work on behalf of distance users
which we do not have to undertake when the enquiry is in person,
and that in our experience the fees represent a reasonable average
time needed to deal with all the processes around such
requests. Please
contact our enquiry team for information.
All prices quoted include VAT at 17.5%
Photocopying
- This is considered a standard copying medium, good for the
purposes of general reference of text and simple illustrations.
Some detail may be lost when copying.
- Copies are in colour or black and white, printed on 80gsm
recycled paper
- We cannot photocopy items larger than A3 on one sheet; multiple
A3 sections will be required and will not be reproduced to a true
scale.
| B&W A4 Photocopying: self-service |
£0.15 |
N/A |
| B&W A3 Photocopying: self-service |
£0.30 |
N/A |
| Colour A4 Photocopying self-service |
£0.30 |
N/A |
| Colour A3 Photocopying self-service |
£0.60 |
N/A |
| B&W A4 Photocopying: staff (48 hrs) |
£0.50 |
£0.43 |
| B&W A3 Photocopying: staff (48 hrs) |
£1.00 |
£0.85 |
| Colour A4 Photocopying: staff (48 hrs) |
£1.00 |
£0.85 |
| Colour A3 Photocopying: staff (48hrs) |
£2.00 |
£1.70 |
Digital copying services
| Basic Paper Copies: |
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| Black & White A4/A3 |
£4.00 |
£3.40 |
| Colour A4/A3 |
£6.50 |
£5.53 |
| Larger Prints: |
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| Black & White A2 |
£20.00 |
£17.02 |
| Black & White A1 |
£35.00 |
£29.79 |
| Black & White A0 |
£65.00 |
£55.32 |
| Colour A2 |
£25.00 |
£21.28 |
| Colour A1 |
£45.00 |
£38.30 |
| Colour A0 |
£70.00 |
£59.57 |
London Metropolitan Archives supplies two types of photo quality
printing:
- Matt prints, which come in 4 sizes - 8 x 6, 8 x 10,12 x
10 and 18 x 12 inches
- Glossy prints, which come in 3 sizes - 8 x 6, 8 x 10 and 8 x 12
inches.
| Black & White and Colour 8” x 6” |
£7.00 |
£7.00 |
£5.96 |
| Black & White and Colour 10” x 8” |
£10.50 |
£10.50 |
£8.94 |
| Black & White and Colour 12” x 10” |
£15.00 |
£15.00 |
£12.77 |
| Black & White and Colour 8” x 12” |
N/A |
£15.00 |
£12.77 |
| Black & White and Colour 18” x 12” |
£22.00 |
N/A |
£18.72 |
Digital Scans to file
There are five services of digital delivery that fall under two
categories; Standard Service (A, B & C) and Professional
Service (D & E).
Standard Service
Service A and B
This is intended for web use and is a small file size condensed
using JPEG compression. This makes it ideal for transmitting via
the Internet and placing on web pages. Please note, however, that
any fine detail is lost. Although useful for reference, it is
unsuitable for print reproduction or research purposes.
Service A
- Maximum file size: Approximately 1.0MB or 768 x 512 pixels
- Capable of producing up to 2.5" x 1.75", 6.5cm x 4.33cm on a
printed page
- A compressed file approximately 126KB JPG will be sent via
e-mail
- Ideal for most uses on the web and low resolution
print-outs
Service B (Slightly higher quality then service A)
- Maximum file size: Approximately 4.5MB or 1536 x 1024
pixels
- Capable of producing up to 5.25" x 3.5", 13cm x 8.67cm on a
printed page
- A compressed file approximately 302KB JPEG will be sent via
e-mail
- This is considered suitable for large web images and small
print reproductions.
Service C
- Maximum file size: Approximately 18MB or 470 x 3200 pixels
- capable of producing a maximum of an A4 printed page
- An uncompressed Tiff file or a compressed JPEG will be sent via
CD/DVD, this will be chargeable.
- This service is recommended for general use by customers and
not for professional outputs. Files under this bracket are a higher
resolution compared to services A & B.
Professional Scanning Service
Service D
- Maximum file size: Approximately 30MB
- capable of producing a good quality print output to
approximately A3-A2 size
- This service is useful for reproduction of smaller items such
as engravings from books or details from manuscripts. It is not
recommended for high quality large reproductions, or indeed large
items such as maps.
Service E
- Maximum file size: Approximately 80MB (although it may be
larger if the item being scanned is very large or unusually
detailed)
- capable of producing a good quality print output to
approximately A2-A0 size
- This service is useful for large items in the collection such
as maps, where scaled images are required or where investigation of
fine detail is required.
- An uncompressed Tiff file will be sent via CD/DVD, which is
non-chargeable.
Note: The email option is not available for files over 5mb.
PPI (Pixels per inch) and Resolution
- We have standardised on 300ppi (pixels per inch) for our medium
to high direct image capture, lower direct image capture scans will
be scanned at 150ppi (pixels per inch).
- The colour depth used is approximately 24 bits, and the colour
space is RGB and or CMYK. By categorising the images using their
file sizes, this gives an idea of how much information they
contain. It is comparable to film sizes.
- It is sometimes difficult to be precise about file sizes. This
is because the original documents differ in shapes, for example a
square item scanned to the same standard as a rectangular one will
give a different file size
- A large file size (supplied as TIFFs) can take a long time to
load onto older computers.
- The number of files that can be burnt onto a CD or DVD is
dependant upon the quality and file size of scan. As a guideline,
the approximate capacity of a CD is 640MB and a DVD 4000MB
(4GB)
- Any scanned order that has been processed over two weeks (from
the date of despatch) will be deleted from our storage system. If
there is a problem with the order there may be a further charge
incurred.
| Standard Service |
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| Service A |
Low resolution reference use (1mb JPEG file via email) |
£10.50 |
£8.94 |
| Service B |
low resolution thumbnails/screen use (4.5mb JPEG file via
email) |
£15.00 |
£12.77 |
| Service C |
medium resolution printing up to A4 size (18mb JPEG or Tiff to
CD/DVD) |
£22.00 |
£18.72 |
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CD |
£2.50 |
£2.13 |
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DVD |
£5.00 |
£4.26 |
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| Professional Scanning Service |
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| Service D |
high resolution printing up to A3 size (30mb Tiff to
non-chargeable CD/DVD) |
£30.00 |
£25.53 |
| Service E |
high resolution printing up to A0 size (80 Tiff to
non-chargeable CD/DVD) Note: Price negotiable for orders of 10 or
more scans |
£45.00 |
£38.30 |
Microfilms
This format is good for material required for large quantities
of reference material for long term study (where a durable copy is
required) or to supplement existing archive material.
New Filming
- New filming is supplied in frames - a page of printed text in a
standard sized book normally equates to one frame.
- A Negative film (white text on a black background) is produced
from new filming. This has approximately 500 years archival
life.
- Depending on the content, a decision will be made as to whether
a new negative will be deposited for use in the Archive. If this
occurs, the customer will need to pay for a copy of the film in
addition to the cost of ‘new filming.
Duplicate filming
- Silver positive film produces a positive output (black text on
a white background) and has approximately 500 years archival
life
- Diazo film produces a negative output (white text on a black
background) and has approximately 50 years archival life.
- Both copying mediums are supplied on archival quality 35 mm
films.
Prints from Microfilm
This service can be used to apply for up to two copies of parish
register events only when the exact details can be provided. This
means that you need to provide the name of the church, the event,
name(s) of the person(s) involved, the day, month and the year that
the event happened. The fee is £8.57 and you can apply for
copies by completing the Prints from Microfilm application form. If
you do not have the exact details (for example, if you only know
the name of the church and the year of an event) it is necessary to
use the Family History Research Service. This is due to the
considerable time it can take to search even just one years worth
of entries in a majority of London churches.
Click here to
download the Prints from Microfilm application
form
LMA has self Service microfilm printers available in our
Information Area.
| New Microfilming: |
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| 1-50 microfilm frames |
£60.00 |
£51.06 |
| Additional microfilm frames (per 50) |
£30.00 |
£25.53 |
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| Copy Microfilming: |
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| Silver positive film per reel |
£85.00 |
£72.34 |
| Diazo (direct duplicate) film per reel |
£35.00 |
£29.79 |
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| Prints from microfilm: |
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| Self service: per copy (History card) |
£0.35 |
N/A |
| Two prints (remote enquiry) |
£8.75 |
£7.45 |
Collage
The Collage website is home to over 20,000 images of London.
Visit the
website
to search the collections and find out more
| Black & White and Colour 8” x 6” |
£7.00 |
£5.96 |
| Black & White and Colour 10” x 8” |
£10.50 |
£8.94 |
| Black & White and Colour 12” x 10” |
£15.00 |
£12.77 |
| Black & White and Colour 18” x1 2” |
£22.00 |
£18.72 |
| 1MB JPEG RGB/CMYK via email |
£10.50 |
£8.94 |
| 4.5MB JPEG RGB/CMYK via email |
£15.00 |
£12.77 |
| 18MB JPEG RGB/CMYK to a chargeable CD/DVD |
£22.00 |
£18.72 |
| 18MB TIFF RGB/CMYK to a chargeable CD/DVD |
£22.00 |
£18.72 |
| CD |
£2.50 |
£2.13 |
| DVD |
£5.00 |
£4.26 |
Other Services
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Rush fee (24 hour) |
£30.00 |
£25.53 |
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Daily Camera permit |
£2.70 |
N/A |
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| Exhibition Board Printing |
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| 24” x 30” |
£25.00 |
£21.28 |
| 30” x 40” |
£55.00 |
£46.81 |
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Plus the cost per scan (see above for charges) |
N/A |
N/A |
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| Scaling charges/image editing: |
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| Image editing per 15 minutes |
£30.00 |
£25.53 |
| Scaling charge per item |
£40.00 |
£34.04 |