The ABC's of Scanners

“By understanding the implications of a scanner purchase on operational efficiency, a positive work environment, and organizational risk, you can make a more informed decision that delivers return on investment (ROI) and supports your governance, risk, and compliance initiatives,” NewWave Technologies, printed in ECM Connection, April 2006.

- ADF (automatic document feeder), varying scanners accommodate a wide range of paper sizes
- B/W (black and white)
- Color B/W, grayscale, bitonal, and full color
- Daily Duty Cycle the volume a scanner is designed to withstand
- Document Handling flatbed or ADF
- Document Orientation portrait or landscape
- DPI (dots per inch) resolution
- Endorsers prints dates and other info on the back of documents
- Extended Exit Trays accessory for handling non-standard sized documentation
- Feeder Capacity number of sheets loaded in the feeder
- Imprinters pre-scan and post-scan, alphanumeric characters can be applied to the front or back of a document and then used later as metadata for business processing
- Installation provided by a certified Security MicroImaging - Hardware Services Group professional
- Interface with SCSI, FireWire, USB
- IPM (images per minute), scanner speed
- OCR/ICR (Optical Character Recognition/Intelligent Character Recognition) capability
- Overscan provides a wider area outside the document, reducing cut off edges in the scanning process
- Page Counter for audit trails and business processing
- PPM (pages per minute), scanner speed
- Resolution measured in DPI
- Scan Mode simplex (single-sided) or duplex (double-sided)
- Speed measured in PPM or IPM; duplex landscape – landscape color up to 160 ppm; simplex portrait color up to 120 ppm
- Ultrasonic Multifeed Detection Sensors document protection feature designed to detect when two documents are fed simultaneously and to avoid document jams
- VRS (Virtual ReScan Technology by Kofax) literally cleans scanned images while reducing the file size
- Warranty Options various contracts available