SAMPLE 5Scanning into Laserfiche
There are different ways to get documents into Laserfiche. One way is to use
Laserfiche Scanning to convert paper documents into electronic images and store
those images in Laserfiche. Scanning is therefore a critical component of most Laserfiche installations, and it is important to know how to use it in order to make
your document management process as efficient and useful as possible. Scanning
provides a wide variety of options for processing documents as they are scanned;
you can tailor your scanning procedure to meet your organization’s needs. Using
these options can make your documents easier to read, categorize, and locate in your repository. Scanning into a repository is a four-step process: configuration,
scanning, quality control, and storage. It is useful to consider these four steps
when planning your scanning procedure.
Laserfiche Scanning has two scanning
modes:
• Basic Scanning mode requires minimal configuration, provides a few
basic enhancements, and offers the
option to set default document
properties. The emphasis is on scanning a single document. It is ideal
for beginning and intermediate users
with relatively simple scanning needs.
• Standard Scanning mode provides much more flexibility, with a broad
variety of available enhancements and processes giving users full control
over images. Standard Mode is best for scanner operators.
Basic Mode
Basic mode offers a simple interface to help you quickly perform basic scanning
tasks. It enables you to use basic image enhancements, perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR), populate metadata, and scan one document at a
time to a single destination.
Document
Properties
Pane
Output
Log Pane
Display Pane
showing image
and text
Standard Mode
Standard mode enables you to scan documents into Laserfiche with customizable features and flexibility. You can perform advanced image enhancements and
processes, scan multiple documents, specify how and where documents are
organized and stored, and configure default properties that will be applied to future
documents.
For more information on how to use Basic or Standard mode to scan documents into Laserfiche, see Laserfiche 8 Scanning in the Laserfiche Client help files.
You can also use Web Scanning from within Web Access. Clicking
the Scan button in Web Access opens Laserfiche Scanning (if it
has been previously downloaded) or asks you to install Laserfiche
Scanning.
Quick Fields is another Laserfiche product that can be used for your advanced
batch scanning and processing needs. For more information, visit the Laserfiche
Support Site at support.laserfiche.com and search Quick Fields.
Scanning
Explorer
Pane
Thumbnails
Pane
Display
Pane
Output
Log Pane
Document
Properties
Pane