Office Document Strategies Blog

Types of Scanners to Consider For Your 'Less Paper Office'.

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Apr 11, 2012 @ 07:04 AM

There are several options for the type of scanner you need to match your document management system choice and improve your ability to have a 'less paper' environment.  Scanners come in several basic groups and they range in cost from the low hundreds of dollars to many thousands of dollars.

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Topics: Scanning, document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Document

Production Scanners From Kodak Affected by Chapter 11

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Fri, Jan 20, 2012 @ 07:01 AM

News is official as I write this that Eastman Kodak has filed for chapter 11 protection while it attempts to deal with its financial challenges.  This news will have an affect on Kodak's business selling production scanners since this important area will be greatly overshadowed by the problems in the consumer side of the business.

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Topics: technology tools, Software, Scanning, Kodak

SMB Operating Choice Affects MFP Ability For Scanning

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 @ 07:01 AM

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Topics: Software, Multifunction Printer, Scanning, document filing, document management, MFP

High Scanning Resolution Massacres E-mail

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Jan 10, 2012 @ 07:01 AM

On of the most popular uses of mfp (multifunction printer or copier) based scanning is the ability to scan to e-mail.  One of our clients recently highlighted a frequent problem that users encounter when they don't fully understand the way to setup their scanning for efficient scanning to e-mail use.  Here's the story.

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Topics: Multifunction Printer, Scanning, MFP, colour multifunction, colour multifunction printer

7 Key Factors For Choosing Your MFP For Scanning

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Thu, Jan 5, 2012 @ 06:01 AM

It is common for many offices to use a multifunction printer (mfp) product for scanning.  When you are considering the purchase of your next unit, here are 7 factors to consider before you decide.

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Topics: Multifunction Printer, Scanning, MFP

Office Document Strategies Celebrates the Season

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Mon, Dec 26, 2011 @ 05:12 AM

As I write this last post before taking a few days for the Christmas season I am thinking back over a year of writing for the Office Document Strategies blog.

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Topics: Postage meter, Scanning, document storage strategy, MFP, office document strategy, IT network, meter rentals

Centralized Scanning Captures More Paper

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Sat, Dec 17, 2011 @ 04:12 AM

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Topics: technology tools, Scanning, document filing, document storage strategy

5 Reasons to Use Centralized Scanning

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Sun, Nov 20, 2011 @ 07:11 AM

There are several ways to go about setting up scanning in your office.  Here are 5 reasons why you will want to consider a centralized system.

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Topics: Scanning, document filing, document management, Document, Kodak, Fujitsu

3 Types of Scanners for Document Scanning Workflow

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Nov 1, 2011 @ 09:11 AM

With the growth in tools available to offices for scanning, document scanning workflow is an important part of building a document management strategy.  Whether you are using a formal document management system or are simply storing documents in folders on a shared hard drive the process of getting paper documents to the storage area is a key part of your scanning workflow.

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Topics: Scanning, document filing, document storage strategy, document management

Fax is Dead...Scanning Has Taken Over

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Mon, Oct 17, 2011 @ 09:10 AM

I was dealing with a client the other day and they were trying to decide if they need to add a fax option to their MFP.  I asked them when the last time was that they got a fax or sent one?  The client said they could not remember when a fax was used.  When we discussed it further it was determined that the things they used to do with faxes they now do using scanning capability.

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Topics: e-mail, Scanning, Document, Fax