Scanning News Articles
Photograph and book scanning
Date: 19/08/2008
Drawing, Photograph and book Scanning
Printed Photographs and historical images are often irreplaceable and storing any photographs, albums and old newspapers requires the highest .....
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Scottish housing company installs EDMS
Date: 14/08/2008
A Kodak branch in Scotland announced that Albyn Housing Society has implemented an electronic document management system (EDMS) from .....
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Document management affordable for small businesses
Date: 11/08/2008
With the economy suffering at the moment many businesses are taking advantage of document .....
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Scan Conversion Services helping New Zealand businesses
Date: 08/08/2008
Scan Conversion Services an Australian based company has opened its first international franchise in Christchurch, New Zealand which they hope will help with New Zealand’s shortage of skilled .....
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Springs history electronically archived to DVD
Date: 07/08/2008
Eureka Springs, a legendary area in Arkansas containing many springs thought to have healing powers has had its long colourful history converted on to a viewable DVD disk. For anyone wanting to .....
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Government to reduce carbon footprint
Date: 06/08/2008
The Government has released a publication called ‘Greening Government ICT’ which plans to make IT in the public sector carbon neutral by 2012. A major factor in this process is the role of ...... Read article
Military regiment achievements immortalised on DVD
Date: 05/08/2008
Electronic publishing company StoryRock has finished the scanning and electronic archiving of files from the 96th .....
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Epson’s sleek GT-1500 scanner
Date: 01/08/2008
The Epson WorkForce GT-1500 is a user friendly 48-bit USB colour flatbed scanner. Labeled as an affordable scanner for businesses, this 8.5-pound Epson can ...... Read article
Document management affordable for small businesses
Date: 31/07/2008
With the economy suffering at the moment many businesses are taking advantage of document .....
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Hong Kong building records convert to digital
Date: 30/07/2008
Until recently Hong Kong’s Buildings department manually processed records using paper file storage and document handling which meant viewing records was a time consuming ordeal. Recently they .....
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Edinburgh city to digitise city drains maps
Date: 16/07/2008
Edinburgh local authorities are creating electronic maps of their city drains in a bid to help the planning for UK’s flood defences. Requests to local councils have been issued by the government .....
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Pool builders implement document management system
Date: 14/07/2008
Arizona based pool builders Shasta Pools & Spas look to save £250,000 ($500,000) and also help the environment by using a ...... Read article
Microfilm and microfiche in the public sector
Date: 09/07/2008
Public sector organisations such as local councils, schools libraries and archives currently hold a large amount of important historical data on ...... Read article
Document management system installed by PJH
Date: 07/07/2008
PJH Group who supply kitchens and bathrooms have recently implemented a new document management .....
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Public companies to file all financial statements in XBRL
Date: 03/07/2008
Recent news that will make accountants lives a lot easier in the US is the enforcement of the file format known as XBRL. This format is a file type that will .....
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Virgin trains to introduce document management solution
Date: 02/07/2008
Virgin trains aim to bring a more efficient streamline approach to their business methods by implementing Version One’s document image solution DbArchive. This system will run alongside the .....
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Online clamp down on illegal book scanning
Date: 01/07/2008
Numerous peer to peer sites online currently enable the ability of file sharing between users which has bred the downloading of unauthorised files for almost two decades now. The problem with .....
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Companies not using full potential of document management
Date: 27/06/2008
Business wide research has suggested that more companies could make better use of document .....
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Document management benefiting accountants
Date: 26/06/2008
As times move forward in the world of document management it appears roles such as accountants are realising the bigger picture when it comes to digitising.
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Gallery archive scanning
Date: 25/06/2008
Pearl Scan Solutions aim to help museums, art galleries and members clubs to ensure their historical archives are digitised for backup and kept safe
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New era for voting begins in Palm Beach US by introducing optical scanners
Date: 24/06/2008
Voters in the Palm Beach County area will be introduced to a new form of electronic voting as they will place their voting cards into ...... Read article
German Television and radio company commissions conversion specialists to convert their microfilm records into electronic format
Date: 23/06/2008
Television and radio company WDR proposed a tender for the conversion of microfilm records from 1986 to 1988. .....
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Proof of delivery scanning and archiving helping logistics and delivery work processes run smoothly
Date: 20/06/2008
Most companies who dispatch goods to customers will often use some form of proof of delivery (POD’s), this is usually a document signed or verified by the customer at the receiving end. After some .....
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Famous racing publication convert all of their historic magazines on to readable DVDs
Date: 19/06/2008
A famous publication company who claimed to have named the racing sport with their own magazine title back in the 1950’s, have recently used both a graphics design company and ...... Read article
Microfilm and microfiche to eventually become a thing of the past
Date: 18/06/2008
Microfilm and microfiche are kept by many organisations containing archived material which can date back .....
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Arizona industries for the blind offer a lifeline with scanning employment
Date: 17/06/2008
The majority of the blind community (often around 70%) is unemployed, most blind people find that employers often don’t give them the chance for a job role and there is always a large risk .....
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New digital pen technology to speed up form submission now introduced in UK
Date: 16/06/2008
The digital pen solution produced by Ruby Digital has been snapped up by reseller RB Document solutions with a distributor agreement which covers the British Isles. The pen uses new techniques .....
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Fujitsu Siemens choose Brainloop Secure Dataroom for their executive management document sharing
Date: 12/06/2008
Fujitsu Siemens computers has set up a system platform for its boardroom and management committee developed by Brainloop secure Dataroom which enables sharing of confidential enterprise .....
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Corporate bosses concerned over office data storage methods
Date: 11/06/2008
Bosses of top corporate organisations have recently been alerted to the methods their employees are using to store confidential office information. A recent survey by Tower software shows that 55% .....
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Pearl Scan document management solutions help organisations from solicitors to police
Date: 10/06/2008
Pearl Scan solutions has recently helped solicitors, councils, universities and policing improvement with document .....
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Epson introduces high quality but cost effective workforce scanner
Date: 09/06/2008
Epson recently introduced the Epson WorkForce GT-1500, this is the first in a line of WorkForce scanners which offers performance and value for money mainly aimed at ...... Read article
Data capture helps organisations to process forms quickly and more efficiently
Date: 08/06/2008
Today’s methods of data capture give industries powerful capabilities when dealing with forms which have been .....
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British library looking for partnership to digitize its books after Microsoft pull out
Date: 06/06/2008
The British library has vowed their project to convert hundreds of thousands of books and other material into electronic format won’t be hampered by the fact their partnership with Microsoft ended .....
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The corporate surge to reduce paper in the office
Date: 05/06/2008
Predictions were made by businesses that by 1995 computer users could summon on-screen documents by pressing a button, taking away the need for printed paper piling up in offices.
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AnyDoc and Capita Total document solutions announce data management partnership
Date: 04/06/2008
AnyDoc Software, a large provider of document and data capture solutions has recently announced its partnership .....
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Data at risk in the office, how to protect confidential information
Date: 03/06/2008
Office computer networks today have become increasingly available with more staff accessing more applications, files and databases. Access to files remotely has also increased largely and problems .....
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Ancestry.com to digitally scan and archive more national records
Date: 02/06/2008
International records site Ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com, has been working with the National Archives and Records Administration to archive, digitise and .....
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Sheffield United use ImageNow to improve their accounts payable and ticketing services
Date: 30/05/2008
Sheffield United FC has used ImageNow software created by Perceptive Software to improve their accounts payable and ticketing system using the aid of ...... Read article
St Johns University NY increases admission applications using DataBanks document management services
Date: 30/05/2008
St. John's University based in Queens, New York has recently outsourced the process of admissions applications to service provider DataBank.
Passing this manual process on to a service .....
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Electronic document management helps Cornwall College greatly improve their efficiency and free up storage space
Date: 29/05/2008
Cornwall College is making use of document management and imaging software to change their .....
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St John’s University, NY increases admission applications using DataBanks document management and scanning services
Date: 28/05/2008
St. John's University based in Queens, New York has recently outsourced the process of admissions applications to service provider DataBank.
Passing this manual process on to a service .....
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Latest scanner releases from Canon UK Ltd
Date: 27/05/2008
Electronic manufacturers and scanning specialists Canon have recently released their latest scanners the DR-2010C and DR-2510C which both deliver ...... Read article
Pearl scans Electronic archiving of purchase invoices
Date: 27/05/2008
Recently Pearl Scan Solutions has focused on a service to help companies manage their purchase invoices in a better manner by ...... Read article
Choosing the right scanner or scanning method to boost your business
Date: 23/05/2008
When you need to electronically convert oversized documents like architectural drawings, maps or engineering blueprints, it is helpful to have quick and easy scanning resources available. In this .....
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Community Bank chooses Invoice management software to improve its accounts payable processes
Date: 21/05/2008
Brickwell Community Bank is the latest company to take on IntelAccounts invoice document .....
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New business orientated scanners released by Panasonic help with paper jams
Date: 20/05/2008
Panasonic of Malaysia has just launched two new business focused scanners, the KV-S4085C and the KV-S4065C, which can both handle A3 or lower sized documents while featuring high speed duplex ...... Read article
Document scanning aids lawyers in preparing trial paperwork
Date: 19/05/2008
Solicitors and legal staff often require a large amount of preparation before a case goes to trial in a courtroom. This is mainly in the form of documents which have to be produced, copied, .....
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Nationwide Buidling Society choose EDM to take care of their scanning and document management
Date: 16/05/2008
Nationwide Building Society has turned to a document management and scanning service to gain flexible access to its 2.5 million customer files .....
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Taiwan based company New Image release revolutionary portable document scanner
Date: 15/05/2008
Apparently it time to Say Goodbye to paper jams and traditional slow, bulky scanners
The DocExpressAF is a revolutionary portable PC Scanner which delivers fast, alternative ...... Read article
Data capture is helping to process company data and feedback forms
Date: 13/05/2008
Today’s methods of data capture give industries powerful capabilities when dealing with forms which have been .....
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A successful plan for conversion of paper files into an electronic format
Date: 12/05/2008
Organisations that digitally convert their documents often benefit significantly from the process. Storing, retrieving and managing back filed documents proves quite a headache for most ...... Read article
Xerox release new Documate scanner which scans documents 50 percent faster and is also ideal for ID card scanning
Date: 09/05/2008
On 5th May 2008 Xerox announced the release of Documate, a new colour feeding scanner that boasts a 50 percent faster rate than similarly priced competitive products. It is still small enough to .....
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New and improved document management system software implemented by the Countryside Council for Wales
Date: 08/05/2008
The Countryside Council for Wales is upgrading its records and document management using Trim .....
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Document management moving forward as Microfilm is accessible remotely in more libraries
Date: 07/05/2008
The Louisiana State library (LSU) has installed a digital microfilm reader that offers remote access over the Internet, transfer images and save files on disk.
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New outsourced scanning and data capture service introduced by US company 170 Systems
Date: 06/05/2008
Automated financial information processing company 170 Systems is now offering outsourced invoice scanning and .....
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Moving Small and medium sized businesses towards a paperless Office with help from document scanning
Date: 02/05/2008
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that manage information well often profit from improved productivity and reduced expenses. An important factor when developing document management .....
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Pearl Scans electronic scanning and archiving of purchase invoices
Date: 01/05/2008
This month Pearl Scan Solutions has focused on a campaign to help companies manage their purchase invoices in a better manner by ...... Read article
Document Management helps Manchester manufacturer Hubron save £25,000 a year with the aid of document scanning
Date: 30/04/2008
Hubron, a Manchester based manufacturing and Distribution Company is saving around £25,000 a year by using ...... Read article
OCR A useful business tool
Date: 29/04/2008
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is now being used more frequently by businesses looking to reduce the time spent on .....
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New Plustek OpticBook 4600 Book Scanner to be launched
Date: 28/04/2008
Taiwanese electronic manufacturer Plustek is announcing their extension of professional scanners with their latest imaging device the OpticBook 4600 book scanner.
The OpticBook 4600 is .....
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Document Management helps Manchester manufacturer Hubron save £25,000 a year with the aid of document scanning
Date: 28/04/2008
Hubron, a Manchester based manufacturing and Distribution Company is saving around £25,000 a year by using ...... Read article
New Document Management Software introduced by SYSPRO
Date: 25/04/2008
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) company SYSPRO has introduced the availability of their new software Document Management for SYSPRO, an environmentally friendly software set that helps .....
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Converting from paper documents to digital storage how organisations can benefit from desktop scanning
Date: 24/04/2008
Organizations today are constantly finding ways to develop more efficient operations and stay competitive. The main focus is aimed towards introducing methods to help them achieve big results with .....
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Councils introduce office laws to help environment and energy efficiency
Date: 23/04/2008
From this month forward organisations around England and Wales are being warned that they will require an energy certificate if constructing, renting, leasing or selling an office.
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Pearl Scans e bible helping solicitors around Greater Manchester
Date: 22/04/2008
Pearl scan has recently introduced a new form of document management software to assist companies in managing their documents in a much more efficient manner. The e-bible which is currently being .....
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Lakeland finds their solution using automated invoice processing
Date: 21/04/2008
The Problem:
Lakeland currently has a monthly flow of around 4,000 supplier invoices. Their storage process had been considered too costly and inefficient for the company. .....
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From micro to mega Taking care of microfilm and microfiche demands
Date: 02/04/2008
American based company Microfacs has recently increased its company capacity significantly to deal with the heavily increasing customer demands for ...... Read article
Street furniture supplier Broxap uses a scanning solution to end their document nightmares
Date: 01/04/2008
Broxap limited is one the leading manufacturers of street furniture in the UK today, with over 14,000 products its main customers include local authorities, architects and NHS trusts. They have .....
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How we can raise the value of paper for our environment
Date: 31/03/2008
Though it is true that we now live in an age based around e-mail and internet it is still sometimes necessary for the ink on paper approach.
However there is still a lack of value .....
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Implementing an electronic document management system EDMS
Date: 27/03/2008
EDMS has saved countless hours for staff searching through documents for specific information. But how can an organisation prepare for the implementation of an innovative system which will change .....
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Data losses cost businesses an average of £1.4 million
Date: 25/02/2008
Information leaks cost businesses in the UK an average of £1.4m each in 2007, according to a study by privacy researchers from the Ponemon Institute, commissioned by security company Symantec and .....
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Office waste costs businesses £15bn a year
Date: 22/02/2008
Envirowise, a government-funded group that advises businesses on sustainability, has announced that bad waste practices are costing UK industry at least £15bn each year. To highlight the issue .....
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Companies get serious about business continuity
Date: 15/02/2008
More than half (60%) of UK companies are considering certification on the new British Standard for business continuity, according to a survey by Business Continuity Expo 2008.
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PEARL SCANs E-Bible Services for the Commercial and Criminal Law Solicitors
Date: 07/02/2008
The PEARL SCAN e-Bible is used by a wide range of Commercial and Criminal Law Solicitors across the country. Our commercial, corporate, criminal and real estate bibles scanning services has been .....
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KODAK i780 Scanner Accelerates Speed and Performance for Scanning
Date: 29/01/2008
Racing stripes are not included, but consider the new KODAK i780 Scanner a performance tuned vehicle that any business can use to drive mission critical document processes and meet its core .....
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Magazines Scanning
Date: 16/10/2007
Pearl has been awarded a contract of scanning 80 years of magazines for a sports company, containing over quarter of million pages. The project involves scanning of over 1000 magazines from the .....
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Our Document and Microfilm Scanning Bureau Invests in the Best of the Breed Scanners
Date: 29/05/2007
Our scanning bureau has recently invested in the state-of-the-art technology scanners that provide super fast scanning and high quality images, which in return provides quick turn around time and .....
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Document Scanning software from KnowledgeLake
Date: 01/05/2007
KnowledgeLake Inc. announced the release of its Document Imaging and Capture software for Microsoft SharePoint 2007. KnowledgeLake products seamlessly integrate with both Microsoft Office .....
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Document Scanning and Management - AIIM Road Shows
Date: 01/05/2007
Not long to wait now for the AIIM Roadshow. AIIM will be setting off up the motorway to Edinburgh for April 30th ready to bring you all that's best in ECM. Over the subsequent days we visit .....
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The Latest in the Aperture Cards Scanning
Date: 10/03/2007
Pearl Scan Solutions Ltd has been awarded a large aperture cards scanning and conversion project from one of the large Central Government departments to scan their old Microfilm Aperture Cards, .....
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Pearl accquires latest flatbed Book Scanner
Date: 24/02/2007
Book Scanners - WideTek A2 Colour Flatbed Scanner
One of our most delicate projects this month was from a newspaper publisher client who had an old archives of newspaper books (A1 size) which .....
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Document Management helps Manchester manufacturer Hubron save £25,000 a year with the aid of scanning
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Hubron, a Manchester based manufacturing and Distribution Company is saving around £25,000 a year by using ...... Read article
