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Record Nations Publishes Document Scanning Industry Trends of 2010 Document scanning

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Denver, CO (PRWEB) February 16, 2011

Record Nations, a national network of document scanning services, has released the results of the top scanning trends for 2010. The company helped thousands of companies digitize their records last year. The incoming service requests were analyzed to create an overview of the records management industry. They have extrapolated the top four trends in scanning for 2010.

The study shows the biggest change in the scanning industry is the volume of digitization done at medical offices. They are increasingly converting their offices to Electronic Health Records (EHRs). The trend can be partially tracked back to the grants in the economic stimulus package and new Medicaid payment requirements for EHR compatibility. Doctors are looking for solutions to maintain their Medicaid rates.

The rate of medical record scanning grew 22% in 2010

The second biggest trend that Record Nations observed was businesses looking to recover space. This covers all the storage closets and offices that are filled with records. During the economic downturn, many small business owners have opted to store their documents internally rather then spending money for off site record storage or scanning services. Now, as companies look to expand they need the space back to grow.

Scanning requests to get space back were up 11% for the year

The third trend from the Record Nations study was a response to the poor economy. “Unfortunately, we saw a large number of scanning requests from businesses that were closing the first half of the year,” says Steve Hastert, President of Record Nations. “The officers know that they have to store the business records for seven years, and they are looking for a cost-effective solution.”

Requests from closing businesses increased 8% in 2010

The fourth trend according to the Record Nations study, points to the influence of the “green” movement. Historically more businesses wanted to scan their records for efficiency reasons. Now, there is more interest in electronic records to make the office paperless so it is environmentally friendly.

Requests due to “environmental” considerations showed a 4% increase

The overarching trend continues to be a move away from paper records to digital ones. “It will be decades but the march towards the true paperless office continues,” says Hastert. “I would contribute the move to be mostly about the average age of the workforce. Younger workers prefer electronic records to paper.” He calls the move to electronic records more of an evolution than a revolution.

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Question by milkcat: How to find document scanning service for personal use?
I need to scan only 1 document and send it to someone by email for my job hunting. Where can I get it scanned? I searched the internet, and i can find scanning companies for business use but not personal use…i just need to get only 1 piece of paper scanned…
I also checked Fedex/kinko’s website, and couldnt find scanning service…does anybody know how i can scan my personal document??

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Answer by NiceOne
Even if the Fedex/Kinko’s Web site doesn’t say anything, I can pretty much guarantee that they do have scanning services available. I have been in 8 or 10 different Fedex/Kinko stores in a couple of different cities, and it is always available. So, just go there and have them do it.

The competing stores, like the UPS Store and the copy/print shops, also seem to offer scanning, so if one of those is more convenient for you, just stop in there.

One more suggestion, if your resume is currently on your computer: Since you are sending your resume by e-mail, why not just attach it as a Word document? Or, if you have the option to “Save as .pdf,” you could send it that way. You may not even need to get it scanned.

Good luck on your (about to be) new job!!

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Canon U.S.A. Showcases imageFORMULA Scanning Technologies at the 2011 LegalTech Show Document scanning

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Company Will Display Latest imageFORMULA Products for the Legal Sector at the Canon Booth, #1711

Press Release Source: Canon U.S.A., Inc. On Monday January 31, 2011, 9:00 am EST

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Demonstrating the versatility and benefits of its award-winning document scanning devices, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, will showcase its line of imageFORMULA solutions at LegalTech, the leading technology exposition in the legal arena. Attendees will have the opportunity for hands-on demonstrations of imageFORMULA products designed to meet the demands for precision, security and flexibility in the legal sector, in the Canon booth (Booth #1711) at the New York Hilton Hotel, January 31^st – February 2^nd, 2011.

“Canon is dedicated to addressing the changing needs of law firms and legal departments,” said Jim Rosetta, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. “We are excited to demonstrate our continued commitment to deliver scanning solutions, designed to improve practice management, collaboration and efficiency.”

Canon will have a variety of its award-winning imageFORMULA devices on display during this year’s show, including:

imageFORMULA P-150 “Scan-tini” Personal Document Scanner: The P-150′s compact size and ease-of-use is ideal for use by “road warriors” and office users in general-purpose distributed document scanning applications, as well as check scanning in remote deposit capture applications. Measuring 11-inches long, 3.7-inches wide, 1.6-inches high and weighing just over two pounds, the P-150 redefines the minimum dimensions of a document scanner with automatic document feeder.
imageFORMULA DR-9050C Production Scanner: A high-volume, high image-quality document scanning solution, the DR-9050C scans at speeds up to 112 ppm/225 ipm¹ in color, grayscale and black and white. The DR-9050C captures images and text with clarity using three-line Contact Image Sensors at up to 600 dots-per-inch optical resolution, and incorporates a dust-free shading mechanism for exceptional image quality.
imageFORMULA ScanFront 300P Network Scanner: The imageFORMULA ScanFront 300P network scanner is a full-featured, easy-to-use and manage device developed to capture, convert and share documents across a network while also improving the security of the data being shared and lowering overall workplace costs. Featuring a fingerprint reader to improve security, the ScanFront 300P is an ideal solution for capturing documents in decentralized environments and improves collaboration by allowing users to capture and share information seamlessly in central and field locations.

Further demonstrating the versatility and compatibility of its image capture devices, Canon U.S.A will feature a software partner, Drivve, showing its Drivve | Image Canon Edition software running in conjunction with the ScanFront 300P.

For more information visit www.usa.canon.com.

About Canon U.S.A., Inc.

Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. Its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ – News), a top patent holder of technology, ranked fourth overall in the U.S. in 2009†, with global revenues of US $ 35 billion and is listed as number six in the computer industry on Fortune Magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies 2010 list. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. At Canon, we care because caring is essential to living together in harmony. Founded upon a corporate philosophy of kyosei – “all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future” – Canon U.S.A. supports a number of social, youth, educational and other programs, including environmental and recycling initiatives. Additional information about these programs can be found at www.usa.canon.com/kyosei. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company’s RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss.

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¹ Examples based on typical settings, rated in pages/images per minute with letter-sized documents, portrait feeding direction, up to 200 dpi. Actual procession speeds may vary based on PC performance and application software.

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Onsite and Offsite Document Scanning Services

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Managed Outsource Solutions (MOS) is a US-based outsourcing solution provider which provides comprehensive document conversion, data conversion, and data entry services to a diverse client base around the world.

Five Great Reasons to Invest in Document Scanning Services

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Data Capture Solutions is a UK company providing document scanning and document management systems to global business. Their document scanning services include bulk document scanning, forms capture, data conversion and data entry services, as well as invoice scanning and processing, workflow, email archiving, mailroom services, and postroom services.

How to Make an Informed Decision About Document Scanning & Document Management

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Mitch is the principal founder of Digiscribe, which he formed in 2002 to provide companies of all sizes with cost-effective paperless office solutions. With over 20 years of experience in the information services industry, Mitch brings a wealth of expertise and insight to the company. He is a CompTIA Certified Document Imaging Architect (CDIA+); a certification that proves expertise in the technologies and best practices used to plan, design, and specify a document imaging, management system. Mitch served as Chairman and Committee Member of the Association of Information and Image Management (AIIM) Document Management Service Bureau Executive Forum. He speaks at various industry seminars and trade shows. In 1988, Mitch founded International Data Services (IDS) of New York. Under his leadership, IDS grew to become a leading data management company, providing data entry, data processing, coding and indexing services to corporations and service bureaus nationwide, as well as litigation support and database building services to leading law firms. In 1997, Mitch merged IDS into ImageMax, a nationwide information management services company. While at ImageMax, he served as the National Sales and Marketing Manager and held a seat on the Board of Directors for three years. Certifications ? Certified Document Imaging Architect (CDIA+) ? Digitech Systems Certified Reseller ? FileBound Certified Professional ? AnyDoc Certified Referral Reseller

Education ? MBA, Hofstra University ? Bachelor Degree, Hofstra University

Community Involvement ? Founding Member, Briarcliff Manor Education Foundation ? Midnight Run Coordinator (provides food and clothing to the homeless in metropolitan NYC).

What Is Digital Scanning In Archive Storage?

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Many document and archive storage companies today offer digital document scanning service. Digital scanning is the process of electronically scanning hard copy documents. Archive storage companies have a range of high quality and high speed Document Scanners which enable them to take good quality scans of the documents and at a fast pace to reduce costs.

What is involved in digital scanning?

At the beginning of the process all the documents need to be prepared so they can easily go through the Document Scanning machine this may include un-binding, removing creases/folds, de-stapling. Some document and archive storage companies offer the service of image manipulation and so taking the image of the document scan it can be cropped, de-skewing and filtering can be added to increase the quality of older documents.

What are the benefits of digital scanning?

Having your stored documents and archived digitally scanned is beneficial for 2 major reasons. One being the security of the data, you do not need to worry about the hard copies being damaged, lost or spoiled due to old age as the digital copy will always be kept in tact. Also it is easy to make back ups once the scans have been taken, you can store this on your computer, burn it to CDs or DVDs and create duplicate copies.

The second major benefit is the fast document retrieval. All you need to retrieve a document you have in storage is your computer! You can simply open up the files find the document you are after and have it in minutes.

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Barcode Scanning and Document Imaging With a Single Device

admin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:13:52 +0000

Barcode scanning and the imaging of documents are two critical functions of businesses today. Until recently separate hardware devices were required to perform both tasks. A barcode scanner and a document imager. Having a single device that can perform both barcode scanning and document scanning would be a very low cost alternative for any business.Some of the benefits of scanning barcodes are: * Improved tracking of goods sold. * Improved management of inventory. * Better operating efficiency. * Reduced data entry errors. * Improved customer experience.Document imaging benefits include: * Quick data availability. * Reduced or eliminated paper storage costs. * Improved customer relations. * Eliminated manual searching. * World wide availability of the documents.Today there is a solution that utilizes both barcode scanner and document imager. The Honeywell Scanning and Mobility 4800DR is a hybrid device that performs both barcode scanning and document imaging. The 4800DR has a 1.3 megapixel area image sensor and a custom stand system that places a document at the correct distance for imaging.Barcode scanning with the 4800DR is conducted in one of two ways. The first and most recognized method is to simply align the scanner over the barcode, squeeze the trigger, align the aiming pattern and wait for the good read beep. The second way is to put the barcode scanner into presentation mode. When the scanner is in presentation mode it appears to be turned off because there is no aiming pattern or illumination present. When a barcode is placed in the field of view of the barcode scanner, the aiming pattern and scanner illumination activate and the barcode is read. Presentation mode allows the barcode scanner to be used while in the stand without having to depress the trigger to initiate scanning. Since the 4800DR uses an area imager it can read 1D and 2D barcodes in any orientation.When used as a document imager the 4800DR can be integrated into just about any application. A suite of software tools is available to help with the integration effort. Twain and SANE drivers are available as well as an SDK (software development kit). Popular image formats are available, including JPEG, TIF and BMP. TIF support is extremely important since many legacy applications use TIF black and white images with Group 4 fax encoding compression for the smallest possible file sizes. The 4800DR also is equipped with a variety of image processing functions. Edge sharpening, gamma, histogram stretch, noise reduction, text enhancement and document auto-cropping. Auto-cropping is extremely useful as it removes the blank space around the edges of a document. The 4800DR acquires an area that is slightly larger than an 8.5″ x 11″ document. If a document the size of a standard business card was being imaged, the area encompassing the card is not wanted. The auto-cropping feature of the 4800DR crops the blank area surrounding the card and transfers an image that is only a little bigger than the card. Auto-cropping a document is another way to shrink the image file size.The 4800DR is the first hybrid barcode scanner and document imager on the market. By uniting the functions of both devices the customer gets the benefits of both devices at a lower cost since a single device is bought.To find out more about the 4800DR please visit the product page at Honeywell’s website. http://www.handheld.com/Site.aspx/na/en/product_center/hardware/?product=259

Bill has worked as a support engineer in the AIDC industry for more than 10 years. Please visit http://www.barcodehelponline.com for more information on barcodes and barcode scanners.

4 Things To Consider Whenever Researching Document Storage And Scanning Companies

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In case your small business seems to have paper documents everywhere filling up dozens of filing cabinets, it might be time for you to begin making plans for a document scanning system. It truly is no secret that digital document scanning not only saves office space, but substantially reduces operating costs.Regardless of what your specific company’s requirements are, you’ll be able to get a very qualified service who will satisfy your scanning and storage needs. Here are several important considerations when looking for a number of document scanning companies.Enhanced SecurityEach document scanning service should take extra preventive steps to ensure their customers’ important data and company information is secure. Discover what security procedures they have set up like file encryption technologies.Demonstrated ExperienceYou need to look for a service with numerous years of successful experience in storing and scanning files for regional small businesses. If a provider has been in business for quite a while, they’ve very likely succeeded in doing so by offering an important system to their clients. Ask any potential provider for their customer list to discover current customers in business areas which are comparable to yours.Continual StabilityDependability is extremely important when it comes to finding a document scanning provider. In the event their database servers go down and you are unable access your company’s documents for a very important meeting, it could really put you in a bad situation. Ask about a provider’s server capacity and backup programs in position to make certain your documents will be readily available with virtually no downtime.Affordable PricesSince you will effectively be conserving money by scanning your files digitally, price shouldn’t be the main determining consideration. However, the prices charged by document storage services may vary immensely. You must be sure you will end up getting a reliable solution, exceptional customer service, and in the end, terrific results.There isn’t a question that just about every organization can easily benefit from the expert services provided with a document storage and scanning business. Before actually committing to a provider, consider these four areas to result in making the correct option which will enhance your business’s productivity while reducing costs for years into the future.

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How to Prepare Your Documents for Scanning

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:12:58 +0000

Most people don’t give this a lot of thought until they’re faced with a mountain of documents that need scanning. It can take days, even weeks, to get documents scanned – depending on the type of scanner you have and how well you’ve prepared your documents to be scanned. Here’s a list of steps that you can use to make scanning easier and quicker – just by properly preparing your documents before turning on the scanning machine, or handing them over to a third-party:

1. Go through every document and remove staples, paper clips, tape, or any other material that binds sheets together. Your goal is to ascertain that all pages are separate before you begin scanning.

2. The only time tape should be used is when you have items such as plane tickets, receipts, business cards, and other such items that need to be scanned. If you do, tape them evenly and straight in the middle of a sheet of paper. Also, only tape these items on one side of a sheet of paper – never both sides. It’s too easy to forget to scan both sides, and the paper will be awkward and heavy with items on each side of it.

3. Any folds in the pages need to be straightened out. The reason for this is obvious – any of the information in the folded section will not be scanned, so ascertaining that all parts of each page is visible is critical. Be sure to also straighten out bent corners as much as possible.

4. Arrange all the material to be scanned in the order you want them to be scanned in. This will make the process of scanning quicker if you’re not trying to do it at the same time. Also, if someone else is going to be scanning, it will ascertain the job is done the way you want it done.

5. Some scanners allow multiple pages to be fed into the machine at once, while others will only accept one page at a time. Determine the scanner’s limits and then go through your stack of documents waiting to be scanned. Make batches that match the scanner’s limits ahead of time, keeping all of them in the proper order.

While the above steps are mostly common sense, having them in front of you will make the process quicker and easier. Whoever is doing the scanning will appreciate the time you took in preparing your documents.

When you are ready for document scanning then Record Nations can help make your job easy.

Encourage your business stability with Scanning Services

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:13:26 +0000

To manage Record, you have to do various task. It involves identifying, classifying, storing, circulating and disposing of documents. The process of record management becomes time consuming and costly. Through computer and other latest technological equipment, it becomes easier and less expensive. When the Records are in bigger size and consume more time and money, it is wise decision to hire some scanning services. There are various scanning services are available in the market. I mention some of them in bellow mention list: â¢ Document Scanning â Document scanning services converts important data into electronic format. This will help any business to access any document easily and quickly. Document scanning give feature of data portability. It also minimizes data storage space as well as improves data efficiency. â¢ Paper Scanning â Paper Scanning Services can make your life easy by having all you papers available at you finger tips. In business there are various paper require for day-to-day transactions and it is very difficult to maintain huge amount of paper records. Very rare time it is available at appropriate time. Paper scanning services is very impressive way to decrease the stress of paper management from the head. â¢ Periodicals Scanning â Periodicals are having vital data and not always handy or understandable. They are without doubt damageable and consume much space for storage. Periodicals scanning will provide electronic format, easy access and safe storage. â¢ Photo Scanning â Any small thing can make photo defective. Climate change also can damage the photo. So the managing photo is very difficult task. You can manage photo easily by scanning and converting it into the electronic format. â¢ Drawing Scanning â Drawing scanning services can support wide variety of drawing such as, Blueprint, Survey Plans, Topological maps, Mechanical drawings and other. This type of drawing needs more storage space. With the help of drawing scanning services you can get all your data in small amount of space. â¢ Microfiche Scanning â It is very important peace of document that stores huge amount of information. To read this document any one needs a microfiche reader. Using microfiche scanning service you will find the document readable without having machine to read the document. â¢ Film Scanning â Digitalization will help the business to move ahead from others. For film scanning you needs more professional and experienced people. â¢ Medical Record Scanning â Compared to paper medical records, electronic format will ease your processing time. Scanning medical records consist of the patientsâ symptoms, clinical findings, diagnosis, and treatment details. Some times, this type of document will be misplaced and you meet with huge loss. Scanning of medical record will give you fast and easy access to the document. â¢ Aperture Card Scanning â There are two type of aperture card; 35mm aperture cards and 16mm aperture cards. This type of card is mainly used to have important data in record. But to read this type of card you must need the machine. Outsourcing of aperture card scanning services will help you to save on aperture card reader. â¢ Microfilm Scanning â It is near to microfiche scanning where data is very important but hard to read. So microfilm scanning will help you to have electronic format on hand with feature of easy readability. These are the some of the scanning services which can be utilized by business to improve their standard in this competitive market.

Ethan Allen is online marketer for Scanning Indexing. Scanning Indexing is a company providing all types of scanning services as well as indexing service. They follow 4S model to deliver services. They provide Speedy, Secure and Superiority scanning services at huge Savings.