Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Things to Know When Choosing Handheld Portable Scanners
You have seen friends or colleagues using portable handheld scanners and would like to put your hands on one of them too. However you want to make sure that this little scanner is the right thing for you.
I would say that anyone who spends a lot of time out of the office on the road needs one. Also scholars often use handheld portable scanners to scan books that can’t be flattened to fit on a flatbed scanner without damage to the book. Also I have seen plenty of people who work in court to use them – it saves them a lot of time waiting for their turn at the copier.
Let’s get things straight from the very beginning. Handheld portable scanners can’t compare to flatbed scanners in terms in quality, but you can’t take the latter one with you. If you primarily scan books or black and white documents you will be just fine with a portable handheld scanner.
You should also consider buying an additional SD card or two if you plan to scan a lot of documents. The good thing about handheld scanners is that they can be charged directly from the computer so you can essentially simultaneously download what you have scanned so far and charge the scanner.
Depending of the type of document that you need to scan you can choose to go with either B&W or color handheld scanner.
Before buying double check with the manufacturer to make sure that the device is compatible with your OS be it Mac or Windows, because some handheld scanners are not Mac compatible.
One last thing – read the product description and find out the different formats the portable scanner you are about to buy can convert the scanned documents.
If you are still on the fence whether to give handheld portable scanners a try – go ahead and order one. All reputable merchants have at least 30 days money back guarantee. You can test it and if it can get the job done – keep; if not – return it.
Just make sure that you know what portable handheld scanners can do for you and your business.
You Know You Need a Handheld Portable Scanner if…
You definitely need a handheld portable scanner if you are one of those so called road warriors that spend most of their time away from the office and have to scan on the go.
I would like to share a story we all can relate to. Imagine yourself on a business trip. When you get home at the end of the week you have to fill out an expense report. It means that you have to spend Saturday morning in the office scanning all receipts from the business trip. It feels horrible, I know, I have been there too.
That’s where handheld portable scanners come into play. At the end of the day in the hotel room or on the plane back home you can scan all the papers, download them to your computer and email them to the office.
And since handheld portable scanners as the name suggests are easy to carry you can easily put them in your briefcase. It is lightweight and also very easy to use. In no time you will be up and running.
If you think that you want one of these portable scanners, but don’t know how to make your superior pay for it – read on.
Often while in different city and away from your headquarters you need to scan important documents and email them to your office. You can always go to the nearest Kinko’s, but do you really want to do so if the documents are really confidential.
If you had a portable handheld scanner you could just scan them in a few minutes, download them to your computer and email them to the office. All you need is an internet access and a handheld portable scanner. I think this should be enough to persuade your boss how important is to buy one of these small scanners for you.
Portable handheld scanners are a great little for the people that spend most of their time away from the office. You can easily scan books, business cards, different forms of id, pictures and important documents on the go.
To all road-warriors out there – do not leave the office without a handheld portable scanner in your pocket.
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