Growing in popularity over the years, document scanning is quickly becoming a mainstay in all types of organizations. This increased pervasiveness creates a more competitive landscape. Businesses have access to more innovative features at lower costs. For more information about Document Scanning, visit http://www.mesltd.ca/.

1. Document Scanning
How to Get the Best Solution for
Your Application

2. • Quickly becoming a mainstay in organizations
• Increased pervasiveness creates competitive
landscape
• Businesses have more access to innovative
features at lower costs

3. • Variety of models enhance productivity in
many applications
• Businesses must evaluate large selection to
determine most appropriate product

4. Three Steps in Selecting a Document Scanning
Solution
•Evaluate application, the expected volume and
budget
•First – consider application and type of scanning
to be done
•Second – volume, will scanner be doing routine
jobs on user’s desktop or processing department
documents regularly

5. Three Steps in Selecting a Document Scanning
Solution
•Third – budget, main requirement must be that
scanner will do exactly what you want it to do. If
not, any investment will not provide adequate
return

6. Types of Document Scanning Solutions
•Workstation or desktop scanners – affordable
scanners. Scanning application of 1000 pages per
day or less
•Departmental scanners – manages higher
capacities than desktop models
•Production scanners – high capacity
environments, scanning up to 100,000 pages per
day and scans high speeds per minute

7. Types of Document Scanning Solutions
•Networked scanners – geographically dispersed
workforces to collaborate. Load document in
one location and send scanned version to
another location
•Cheque scanners – advance cheque scanning
solutions process high volumes per minute

8. Types of Document Scanning Solutions
•Wide-Format scanners – scanning of blueprints,
technical drawings, sketches and maps.
Scanners can operate at high speeds and
produce high resolution outputs
•Book scanners – libraries use these than copy
machines for duplication. Easy to use and
protect the book

9. • After thoroughly analyzing your
requirements, establish your budget and
evaluate different model features
• Selecting the best scanner will be easier by
doing your homework first

10. • Kevin D'Arcy is VP of Sales and Marketing for
MES Hybrid Document Systems, Ontario's
leading document scanning and document
management supplier. For more information
about Document Scanning, visit
http://www.mesltd.ca/.