Posts Tagged ‘Scanning’

Use those widgets

As previous blogs have noted, there are many configuration options out there for your Ricoh/Savin device.  Ricoh’s line of apps for their Java “App2Me” (www.app2me.com) platform contain some really interesting and usable options for the typical end user.  Obtaining most of these apps is a simple task and most install within minutes after reading the…

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Scanning to Email with your MFP? Gmail users beware…

Before your company considers making the leap to Gmail, don’t forget about the digital copier in your office that you may rely on to directly email paper documents as PDF, TIFF or JPEG files. Gmail requires the use of SSL over SMTP, and your machine, depending on its brand and age, might not have that ability. Simply put, SSL provides a higher level of data security, when communicating with the SMTP (mail) server, when compared to a standard protocol like POP3.

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A new system is great, but how do you get everyone on-board?

You’ve just announced to your team that a new electronic document management software solution will be implemented in the coming weeks, replacing their tried but true paper-based process. After you rattle off all the exciting features and time saving benefits of converting from paper to digital docs, you look out into the sea of faces…

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Is Your MFD Technology Secure?

Technology is changing ever so rapidly and there has never been a better time to ensure the security of your data transmissions. In just about every business activity, data is sent or retrieved in some way or fashion to or from the cloud. For your typical end-user he or she has no idea how that…

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In A Word: Integration

Remember when copiers could only copy?  It was a much simpler time back then…… Scratch that. I am not old enough to be starting sentences that way. Copiers that just copied, it actually wasn’t that long ago. Over the last decade, the copier industry has gone through two major shifts in technology. In the late…

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Dunder Mifflin: Limitless Paper in a Paperless World

If you’re a fan of NBC’s The Office, you probably recognize the title above.  It was a tagline delivered at the end of an employee made commercial, representing the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious paper company, Dunder Mifflin.  It was spoken in the ads voice over by the quirky regional manager, Michael Scott, played…

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Control your data – don’t let it control you

Multifunctional printer/ scanner/ fax devices are being used more and more in the everyday office. With that said, the number of options available on these devices (also known as MFPs or MFDs) also continues to grow thus requiring more detailed MFP configuration. The majority of new multifunctional devices are setup with simple scanning solutions such…

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