Unlike most modern desktop scanners, which tend to be small and sleek, the Scanjet N8460 is a huge and far from elegant device. But then it’s made that way for a reason. The reason being that it’s designed to capture hundreds of documents a day, as part of a high volume document management system.
There are two components: a huge (legal size) 600dpi flatbed colour scanner with, on top, an equally large automatic document feeder (ADF). This can be loaded with up to 100 sheets at a time and will reliably handle a wide variety of paper types and weights. Jams can still occur, though, so there’s also an ultrasonic double-feed detector to let you know if more than one sheet starts to be pulled in at once. (more…)
Electronic Records and Legal Admissibility
For whom is this guidance intended?
1. This guidance is intended for University staff with responsibility for ensuring that the electronic records they create are assigned an appropriate legal weight. It is of particular relevance to staff who:
a. need to maximise the legal weight of their records for statutory or regulatory reasons;
b. are responsible for the information in corporate databases;
c. are looking to improve or update their current electronic filing systems or databases. (more…)
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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