Document scanners have been the chosen companion for legal professionals for years. It’s no wonder considering the massive amounts of paper generated on a daily basis. The legal technology consulting firm, HMU Consulting, recently reviewed the new Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 and shed some light on how lawyers and legal professionals can welcome decentralized scanners, or desktop scanners, into their line of business.

So, whether you’re exploring decentralized scanning to streamline your business operation or you’ve already got one in place, here are a few things to consider in helping you enter the paperless world:

The ability to save directly into client/matter folders instead of scanning to email or to a folder on a network and then having to rename and resave the file.

The ability to save directly into Document Management Software like Worldox, Worksite, OpenText, without having to buy costly hardware and connectors.

Documents & filing doesn’t stack up because employees have to wait in line at one scanning station.

Everyone can scan a document & save at their desk in less time than it would take to file the paper in the hard paper folder.

Many centralized scanners cannot produce a text-searchable PDF. Most desktop scanners come with software that can do this. The S1500 is one of many.

If you have specific questions on how to implement ScanSnap into your workflow process, drop us a note in the ‘Ask the Expert’ section.

-ScanSnap Team