Scanners

Scanning documents is now a necessity in businesses of all types. It is vital that businesses have the capability to convert paper-based information into an easily transferable form. In addition, with the increased use of color documents in our businesses today, faxing documents often will not work.

Whether you are looking for high-production scanning for integration into your document management system or a simple page scanner that provides convenience scanning to email or scanning to file, Copying Concepts can provide you with the system that is just right for your needs.

Scanning Methods
There are two different models that can be employed for scanning. These methods are centralized (pull) or decentralized (push). Each method has advantages and disadvantages.

• Pull Scanning – documents are gathered to one location allowing one operator to scan many sets of documents quickly. This is typically the most efficient method for scanning large quantities of documents in a very short period of time. For most desktop and production scanners, this is the method that used. 
• Push Scanning – this is often referred to as convenience scanning. Smaller workgroups can convert paper-based documents to electronic documents utilized a multi-function system allowing the documents to be "pushed" to a given location such as scan to email, scan to folder or scan to document management system. Desktop and production scanners can be configured with this option if desired.

Common File Formats
Whether you need a push scan or a pull scan option, our devices produce common file formats including:

• PDF (Portable Document Format) is becoming widely accepted as the standard for viewing documents online. The viewer required (Acrobat Reader) is a free download and easy for end users to learn.
• TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) has been the de-facto standard in document management systems for years. Both Macintosh and Windows file systems have the ability to view this document file format, often with no additional reader or download necessary. 
• JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) has been the standard file format for digital graphics files. This is the most common file format utilized in digital cameras today.