Today's issue of TechnoLawyer NewsWire covers a new network scanner (see article below), an app that transforms your iPad into a second monitor, an app that transforms your iPhone into a dictation microphone, an Outlook add-on, and an online service for saving 30% on restaurant meals. Don't miss the next issue.
Your Paperless Law Office Awaits You
The network printer revolutionized law practice starting about 20 years ago. They were expensive but much less expensive than buying a personal printer for everyone in the firm. With most law firms now pursuing a paperless office strategy at least on some level, the network scanner is poised to have just as much of an impact this decade as the network printer had in the 1990s. Actually, network scanners will have even more of an impact because they cost far less (especially when adjusted for inflation), and take up very little space thanks to their dedicated function and the ever-shrinking size of electronic components.
imageFORMULA ScanFront 300P Network Scanner … in One Sentence
Canon's ScanFront 300P is a secure network scanner for capturing, converting, and sharing documents.
The Killer Feature
The enduring Greek myth of poor Sisyphus (the guy who had to repeatedly roll a rock up a hill for eternity) continues to resonate because it describes one of the most frustrating human experiences — needless repetition.
Let's say you want to scan a document and save a PDF version for yourself, email the scan to your client, fax it to a colleague at his weekend house, and also print a copy. With most scanners, you must either scan the document multiple times or perform each of these tasks individually after scanning the document once. Either way, it's downright Sisyphean and wastes your time.
The ScanFront 300P enables you to scan a document and simultaneously save it to a network folder, up to four USB drives, and FTP server, and also send it via email and fax to anyone. To further automate the process, the ScanFront 300P can store a firm-wide address book (including LDAP) as well as private address books for each user. The scan-to-email function works with Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes, and SMTP.
Other Notable Features
You control the ScanFront 300P via an 8.4 inch touchscreen interface. Programable Scan-to-Job buttons enable you to adapt the scanner to your firm's workflow.
The ScanFront 300P's footprint is slightly larger than a sheet of letter-sized paper. It weighs 7.9 pounds. It scans color, grayscale, and black and white at resolutions up to 600 dpi. At 300 dpi, it scans 60 images per minute (30 pages). In other words, duplex scanning won't slow you down.
It also has a number of technologies designed to eliminate the need to re-scan. For example, it automatically detects color and page size, removes bleed-through, deskews crooked feeds, re-orients upside-down feeds, detects double feeds, and has a long document mode.
What Else Should You Know?
You can centrally administer the ScanFront 300Ps on your network. Users can login by entering a user name or password or via the fingerprint reader. The ScanFront 300P has an MSRP of $2,295. Learn more about the imageFORMULA ScanFront 300P Network Scanner.
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