Paper to Digital: Scanning Documents
Bring your documents into the digital era with a Xerox® multifunction printer (MFP). Scanning powers the transition of paper to electronic documents, creating opportunities to increase efficiency in each phase of your document workflow.
With an MFP, you have the power to transform paper to digital and easily archive, store, share, retrieve, email, fax or print documents. Check out our detailed list of considerations for selecting a small business multifunction printer.
1. Scan
Create text-editable/-searchable electronic files of your hard copy documents
Easily convert paper documents to compact, universally viewable PDF files
Enable electronic archive, management and distribution of critical documents
2. Store
Eliminate paper clutter and storage costs
Better organize and archive your documents
Enable fast, easy document retrieval
Protect against hard copy damage, fading and loss
3. Manage
Access documents anywhere, anytime
Speed document search and retrieval
Enable audit trails, security and controls
Eliminate document handling, shipping and faxing costs
4. Distribute
Network folders, websites and content management systems
Remote printers, email and fax recipients
CD's, USB memory devices and other media
Ready to get started, but not sure where to start?
Consider the following points when evaluating scanning equipment for your business:
The device's ability to meet the different needs within your workgroup through a range of scanning speeds, document handling capacity and scalable features
Concurrency of scan/fax/print/copy functions so that more than one function is available at a time
Variety of file compressions; small sizes to reduce network traffic and large sizes for fine detail
Security features to control access and comply with information security policies, such as user authentication, secure address books, file encryption and file deletion
Scanning software solutions available that can simplify workflow and integrate scanned documents easily with other applications and document management systems
Scan to destination options such as scan to email, PC, network, USB memory devices
Ten Things to Consider When Buying a Multifunction Printer
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