Here are some of our most frequently asked questions, we are always happy to receive your questions so if you cannot find the answer you are after, just get in touch using the form below and one of the team will be happy to help.
What is an electronic document?
How do I access an electronic document?
How do I use an electronic document?
How are documents indexed?
Can you scan old or fragile documents?
Can you scan documents full of staples, clips and bindings?
Do you offer a searchable database of my documents?
In which formats can I export documents?
Do imaging systems support audit trails?
How does it store the documents?
What is the difference between OCR and indexing?
How much Server space do I need to store the documents?
A. Scanned images are stored using industry standard Group Tiff file compression. This is white compression, which means the white is thrown out and the black plotted in binary code. So a page with a lot of writing on it or a grey or coloured background will have less white space and will be greater in file size. Having said that, on average you can get in the region of 25,000 A4 images on 1Gb of hard disk storage which, in plain terms, is about two and a half four drawer filing cabinets. PDF images take about the same amount of storage space.