{"id":9865,"date":"2009-10-04T17:13:32","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T00:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=9865"},"modified":"2009-10-04T17:09:24","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T00:09:24","slug":"the-quest-for-the-paperless-office-scanning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/9865\/the-quest-for-the-paperless-office-scanning\/","title":{"rendered":"The quest for the paperless office: Scanning"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you want to build a paperless law office, then avoid the practice of criminal law. While other parts of the legal system are slowly, but surely, moving into an electronic and paperless future, all important documents in a criminal practice need to be produced in hardcopy form.<\/p>\n

And so I do have to maintain and secure client files.<\/p>\n

Still I’m finding ways to minimize the paper flow. My discoveries may make sense to you in your real estate business, so I’ll share them here from time to time.<\/p>\n

Today: The scanner.<\/p>\n

I need something that is fast, produces good quality scans (but need not reproduce the Mona Lisa in all its glory), and is inexpensive. Right now my firm is me. But later I expect to add a support person and additional attorneys.<\/p>\n

So I want something that can be networked so that colleagues can share the scanner.<\/p>\n

I think I’ve found a solution: The Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500. I got the S1500M – the “M” is for Mac. It’s roughly $400 from Amazon, although I bought mine slightly cheaper. For the $400, Fujitsu throws in the latest version of Acrobat Professional, which itself runs more than $250 retail.<\/p>\n

I haven’t fully exploited Acrobat Professional, but I’m sure it’s got some features I could incorporate into my workflow.<\/p>\n

But I have worked with the ScanSnap for the past two months, and it’s been nearly flawless. It’s fast – Fujitsu claims 20 pages a minute<\/a> – and handles a pile of documents of all sizes, automatically adjusting the scanner to accommodate different sizes.<\/p>\n

Very rarely the multi-document feeder jams on a document that’s folded or wrinkled. But fixing the jam is painless. Most of the time the scanner powers through like a champ. Just put the documents into the feeder, and press the scan button. The scanner handles the rest.<\/p>\n

This is a color scanner, but I have not used it to scan in photos so couldn’t say whether the scan quality is good enough for anything but the most basic color scanning.<\/p>\n

Best of all, the scanner is only 12 inches by 6 inches, so Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you want to build a paperless law office, then avoid the practice of criminal law. While other parts of the legal system are slowly, but surely, moving into an electronic and paperless future, all important documents in a criminal practice need to be produced in hardcopy form. 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