document imaging
Paperless file creation
Document imaging is the process of converting paper documents into digital files, typically through scanning.
The term covers both the capture process and the systems that store, organize, and retrieve the resulting images.
Organizations use document imaging to reduce physical storage, enable searching, and streamline workflows: The hospital converted all patient records through document imaging.
- scannerDevice that reads data
- image qualityVisual clarity measure
- high resolutionFine visual detail
- searchabilityEase of being found
- image compressionShrinking picture file sizes
security features · e-discovery · legal discovery · accessibility · PDF · file conversion · TIFF · cost efficiency · version control · paperless · space-saving · redaction · digitize · cloud storage · batch · disaster recovery · file cabinet · retrieval
- filingfile, filing cabinets, filing cabinet, files, filing systems
- digitizationdigitization, scanning, OCR, scanners, data capture
- records managementrecordkeeping, record keeping, data retention, file management, permanent records
- printingprinting press, letterpress, printing, lithographers, offset printing
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- preservationpreserve, preservatives, preservative, canning, freezing
document imagingpaper filing
Organizing physical records systematically
filing cabinets · microfilm · microfiche · warehouse storage