Choosing a Business Scanner
Posted on June 15, 2009
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Purchasing a scanner for your place of business is a bit more complicated than buying one for your personal use at home. There are many more features to choose from with a business scanner.
Here are some basic things to look for when choosing a business scanner:
- How much work it can handle. Businesses must be efficient. Businesses that do a lot of scanning will want to look at high volume scanners which can meet their needs better than scanners designed for low volume use.
- Ability to store information. Business scanners can be used to keep organized copies of all documents that are scanned. Get one with this feature if you want to keep track of what’s being scanned in your company.
- Information-sharing options. You can get networked attached scanners that allow easy sharing of scanned documents between all of the computers attached to the network. This is great for businesses that communicate and collaborate a lot.
- Bonus features. Do you want a scanner that does simultaneous two-sided scanning? Or one that has multiple feed trays?
- Size and design. A final consideration might be the size, shape and color of the scanner. Businesses that want to maintain streamlined design in the office will consider these features.
All of these things will help to determine the cost of the scanner which is, for many businesses, the primary consideration when choosing a scanner.
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I have two questions in one… I need to buy a scanner for my project. I need to scan signed contracts and save them onto a PDF file. The contract pages may vary sometimes but i want to scan one contract with (i.e. 8 pages) and when i finished the page number 8, then save as PDF. What scanner can you recommend and what software can you recommend to save them as PDF ? Any recommendation?
Thanks in advance…