Scanners may appear to be the most important piece of a document imaging system and they are, after all, the starting point where users put the paper. Imaging starts with high quality, reliable hardware, but, consider other factors when looking at a hardware purchase. Too many people acquire scanners without a long term plan for the documents they may be scanning. You should approach your scanner purchase with more depth. Maintenance, Compatibility, Connectivity, Software, Image Enhancement, Indexing and Storage to name a few, are integral parts of the whole imaging picture. If you will be scanning documents for the first time or you or if you are looking to change or grow your current scanning capabilities, you should understand the whole picture. Make sure your hardware provider is willing and able to help you understand the whole picture and provide the best starting point for your current and future imaging needs.
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It Starts With A Scanner…
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009It’s Not All About The Hardware
Monday, September 21st, 2009When purchasing a preowned scanner, make sure to check that at a minimum, a basic scanning application is included. While most brokers focus on the hardware only; not having a scanning application can create havoc and delay implementation, thus resulting in project timelines pushed back, increased costs, etc. When deciding on a scanner, be sure to first check and see if basic scanning software is included, then determine if the software is robust and feature rich enough to meet all your scanning requirements. Secondly, make sure that your IT staff is knowledgeable enough for implementation, if not; ask the company you purchased the scanner from if they provide installation and training services. Scanner Traders sells packages that enable the end user to quickly set up the scanner and start scanning without any headaches.
Scanner Traders and Imaging 411 offer products that will allow you to maximize your scanners capabilities;
SimpleIndex: http://www.imaging411.com/simplesoftware.html
Digitech PaperFlow: http://www.imaging411.com/paperflow.html
Kodak CapturePro: http://www.imaging411.com/capturepro.html
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