On 2005-11-22, Austin Shackles <
[email protected]> wrote:
> sounds handy. colour copying would be good. I'll look into it. I
> do already have a decent printer (HP 1100D), and I've generally
> found HP to be good.
I was going to get something similar but decided against it in the end
and am going to get an HP Scanjet 5590 for 250 quid inc vat, the
reason for the change of mind is that the 5590 is a sheet-fed *duplex*
scanner, i.e. it can scan both sides of the paper. It can then be
used to scan paperwork for filing or faxing via a fax-modem.
Photocopying can be done to a standard printer. At 8 pages a minute
scanning it's not particularly quick, but the best option for me (50
double-sided pages per minute) would cost 700 quid!
A standalone all-in-one machine is cheaper, but I couldn't find any
that would do duplex scanning so no convenient electronic document
filing. So I decided to forget the all-in-ones and stick to my old
laser fax machine as backup and get the scanner plus dig out my old
fax modem. The scanner's not cheap but when you need to keep track of
paper it's easier than those horrible filing cabinet things...
So basically think about whether being able to scan incoming paperwork
easily, then just plonk the resulting PDFs into customer-related file
heirarchies would be useful enough to justify the loot. Certainly is
for me, but I'm excellent at sorting and archiving electronic
information and absolutely fekking woeful at doing it with physical
information!!
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