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  2. Image scanner - Wikipedia

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    Document scans are often processed using OCR technology to create editable and searchable files. Most scanners use ISIS or TWAIN device drivers to scan documents into TIFF format so that the scanned pages can be fed into a document management system that will handle the archiving and retrieval of the scanned pages. Lossy JPEG compression, which ...

  3. Photocopier - Wikipedia

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    In an analog copier, either each page is scanned 20 times (a total of 400 scans), making one set at a time, or 20 separate output trays are used for the 20 sets. Low-end copiers also use digital technology, but tend to consist of a standard PC scanner coupled to an inkjet or low-end laser printer, which are far slower than their counterparts in ...

  4. Optical character recognition - Wikipedia

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    Video of the process of scanning and real-time optical character recognition (OCR) with a portable scanner. Optical character recognition or optical character reader (OCR) is the electronic or mechanical conversion of images of typed, handwritten or printed text into machine-encoded text, whether from a scanned document, a photo of a document, a scene photo (for example the text on signs and ...

  5. Document imaging - Wikipedia

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    Document imaging is an information technology category for systems capable of replicating documents commonly used in business. Document imaging systems can take many forms including microfilm , on demand printers, facsimile machines , copiers , multifunction printers , document scanners , computer output microfilm (COM) and archive writers.

  6. Document capture software - Wikipedia

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    By converting paper documents into digital format through scanning, organizations convert paper into image formats such as TIF, JPG, and PDF, and also extract valuable index information or business data from the document using OCR technology. Digital documents and associated metadata can easily be stored in the ECM in a variety of formats.

  7. Document management system - Wikipedia

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    The software helps the businesses to combine paper to digital files and store it into a single hub after it is scanned and digital formats get imported. [26] One of the most important benefits of digital document management is a “fail-safe” environment for safeguarding all documents and data. [27]

  8. Multi-function printer - Wikipedia

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    An All-in-one is a small desktop unit, designed for home or home-office use. These devices focus on scan and print functionality for home use, and may come with bundled software for organising photos, simple OCR and other uses of interest to a home user. An All-in-one will always include the basic functions of Print and Sca

  9. PDF - Wikipedia

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    One of the significant challenges with PDF accessibility is that PDF documents have three distinct views, which, depending on the document's creation, can be inconsistent with each other. The three views are (i) the physical view, (ii) the tags view, and (iii) the content view. The physical view is displayed and printed (what most people ...