![]() ![]() And while it delivers handsome scans, it does take a while to do the job, particularly when tackling double-sided originals, since it feeds the document through twice. You can place a single sheet directly onto the glass, but when you have lots of documents to digitize, you’ll be grateful for the automatic document feeder that can hold up to 50 sheets and scan either one or both sides.ĭownsides to the HP? It’s large, at 19.4 x 18.1 x 12.4 inches and nearly 30 pounds. In fact, you can even scan a document using the touch-screen LCD on the Officejet and have it sent directly to your computer, a huge convenience. You also get built-in networking capability, both wired and wireless, which means you can both print and scan using any computer on your home network. Printing is fast and good-looking for both documents and photos, and the Pro 8600 Plus supports automated two-sided document printing to save on paper. On the other hand, I had an excellent experience with the HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus, now available for $230. You’ll see extraordinarily inexpensive versions on store shelves today, but on the low end you get what you pay for, both in print quality and scanning performance. ![]() One increasingly popular choice is the multifunction printer, which incorporates printing, scanning and copying in a single product, often adding faxing to the list (yes, despite the fact that faxing is a 150-year-old technology, it refuses to die). And there are lots of options to consider. The answer is clearly a document scanner that connects to my computer and lets me transform paper to digital files. And as a long-form tax filer, there are enough receipts in my home office to create a very respectable bonfire. Like the three bags full of recipes clipped from newspapers over the course of years-never used any of them, of course, since there’s no rhyme or reason to a bag full of recipes, but that doesn’t mean I’m prepared to part with them. Here are some of the tools and techniques I brought to the task.Īdmittedly, as someone who works from home, I may have more accumulated paperwork than most folks, but much of it has nothing to do with business. A few years back, hard-drive storage costs would have made this a pricey proposition, but with huge hard drives now incredibly cheap, I can fit thousands of photos and hundreds of movies on a drive that costs about $100 at my local office supply store.įrankly, at the end of the day, the major benefit was turning disorganized junk into useful, searchable information, but I did manage to clear away some shelf and drawer space in the process. Caught up in the spring cleaning spirit (and following a not-so-gentle nudge from my long-suffering wife), I decided to try paring down the piles and stacks, transforming documents, photos, books and DVDs into easily stored and accessed digital files. Stuff I can’t find when I actually need it. My home is full of shelves that are packed with… stuff. ![]()
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