ISO 10196:2003提供了打印文档的创建指南，以便轻松地将其复制为缩微品或扫描图像。 虽然研究更具体地基于拉丁字母，但一般原则可作为使用其他字母或表意文字制作文件的指南。 ISO 10196:2003不适用于ISO 5457和ISO 6428中给出要求的技术图纸。它也不适用于特殊缩微摄影或扫描相关应用（扫描银行支票或条形码）。

ISO 10196:2003 provides guidance on the creation of printed documents so that they may be easily reproduced as microforms or scanned images. Although studies were based more specifically on the Latin alphabet, the general principles may be used as guidelines for the production of documents using other alphabets or ideograms. ISO 10196:2003 does not apply to technical drawings for which requirements are given in ISO 5457 and ISO 6428. It also does not apply to special micrographics or scanning-related applications (scanning of bank cheques or bar codes).