By Sean Doherty
Law.com
After moving my office from California to New York in 1996, and back again in 2007, I have learned the value of living with less paper by converting it to digital format. There is less paper to store, maintain and move; and it is easier to find information in digital format. If you find either of those values important, you will need a scanner to realize them.
The first, and most important step in living with less paper is to choose a good scanner to convert paper into a digital format. Look for a scanner that fits into the office without a forklift; that is easy to load; that does not suffer from unnecessary, intermittent paper jams; and that offers quality, duplex scanning with output to a variety of formats, including PDF and TIFF. And of course, it would be nice if it was bundled with feature-rich software that integrates the scanner with other desktop applications.
With the above requirements in mind, I reviewed Hewlett Packard's successor to the Scanjet 7710, the new Scanjet 7000 -- and I was not disappointed by its performance. As a home-office, work-group scanner, the Scanjet 7000 fit right next to my desk, integrated with my desktop applications (Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat), provided excellent scanning quality, and handled a variety of paper of varying quality and size without a paper jam. Here's how it worked in my home office.