UK Document Management

In computing, a scanner is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Common examples found in offices are variations of the desktop (or flatbed) scanner where the document is placed on a glass window for scanning. Hand-held scanners, where the device is moved by hand, were briefly popular but are now less common due to the difficulty of obtaining a high-quality image. Mechanically driven scanners that move the document are typically used for large-format documents, where a flatbed design would be impractical.

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One would think that in this age of computers, we would finally have realized the dream of a paperless office. But walk into the average person’s work space and you’ll be confronted by mounds of papers overstuffed into folders or stacked precariously on any available space, and file cabinets groaning miserably under the weight of their contents.

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