document scanning

Converting pages digitally

Document scanning is the process of converting physical documents into digital images using a scanner or camera.

The resulting files can be stored, searched, shared, or processed electronically.

We're document scanning all the old personnel files before moving offices.

The term covers everything from feeding paper through a desktop scanner to large-scale digitization of archives.

Related

indexing · paperless office · historical preservation · color calibration · image enhancement · file compression · archival · JPEG · paperless · image sensor · preservation · PNG · imaging · copy · thumbnail · capture · upload · glass

Opposites
input vs. output direction

document scanningprinting

Reproducing text mechanically

outputting · laser printing · inkjet printing · photocopying · faxing

digitization vs. physical creation

document scanningprinting

Reproducing text mechanically

handwriting · document shredding · writing by hand

preservation vs. destruction

document scanningdocument shredding

Cutting papers into ribbons

shredding · pulping

Family

document, scan, scanner, scanning, documentation

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G