Have a ScanSnap N1800? Want to scan to Google Docs? Now you can. With the Google Docs Add-in software for the N1800, you’ll be able to scan and store documents directly to a Google Docs account.

If you have an N1800 and want to install the add-in, here’s a step-by-step installation guide:

1. Download “Google Docs™ Add-in” on the hard disk. Use the size of the file described above as reference for the required hard disk space.
2. Execute downloaded file and then unzip the file on the hard disk.
3. By using “Admin Tool” or Central Admin function, install “Google Docs™ Add-in” which is unzipped by procedure.2.

Please refer to the “ScanSnap N1800 Network Scanner Operator’s Guide” for the details on how to install Central Admin Server as well as those function details.

After you’ve going through the instillation process, make sure you confirm that the installation was successful by:

1. Select [Monitoring & Management] -> [Maintenance] -> [Add-in software] from the “Admin Menu”. If you are using the touch panel, select “Advanced mode” for “Setting mode”.
2. Check that “ScanToGoogleDocs” appears in the Add-in Software list.

Google Docs provides a free and easy way for offices to share information and collaborate on various digital documents, but when it comes to paper documents, getting that information to Google Docs can become a hassle of scanning, downloading, editing and uploading all from different applications. Now with N1800 ability to scan directly to Google Docs, managing your scanned documents just got a little bit easier.

Kevin Neal
Product Marketing Manager
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc