If you don’t have a scanner—and you do have reams of important
documents in hard copy—you might want to get one. We highly recommend one with a
document feeder rather than a flatbed that requires you to place each page manually.
Scanner recommendations include:
- Starter:
If most of your records are electronic and you already have
a scanner, you can get started using it. For example, you can get started with
a printer/scanner combo or even your smart phone. You may want to upgrade it
later, however.
- Professional:
If you need to scan, say, half the documents that will go
into FileThis, a Doxie may be a good choice. This
portable, USB-powered scanner is inexpensive and efficient. You will need to
feed the documents in one by one, but you can create single PDFs from multi-page
documents.
- Expert:
To go all out and migrate all your hard copy to PDF, you’ll
need a high-power scanner. We recommend a Fujitsu ScanSnap scanner, which
is small and speedy, particularly for multi-page documents.
For more detail on scanners, click here.
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