Mariner Software’s Paperless 2 is a good replacement for typical software that comes bundled with most scanners. For just a little extra
investment, you’ll get a wide range of additional features. You can
create a database for every document imaginable with Paperless. From
receipts and bills to your five-year-old’s drawings, Paperless stores
and organizes them all.
Paperless is compatible with most scanners but Mariner Software highly recommends the use of Fujitsu ScanSnap S1100, ScanSnap S1300 or ScanSnap S1500
scanners. Mariner Software is an authorized partner of Fujitsu and
Paperless is designed to work seamlessly with Fujitsu ScanSnap line.
Paperless stands out for numerous of reasons and it makes organizing
papers as easy as it could get. The software has a good usability. The
large graphical icons at the top of the toolbar give you an access to
all of the most significant functions. The main window of the software
has three columns. There is a file browser on the left, document image
in the middle at the top, list of documents below it and the details
about the currently selected document on the right.
You can store almost any type of document such as pdf, web archives,
emails, word, excel, RTF, JPEG and TIFF. Conveniently, you can scan
documents directly to Paperless or import existing files from the hard
drive. The scanned documents can be placed in files which you have to
set out in advanced. Setting up the files for scanned documents is a
fairly easy and quick.
Paperless has OCR (Optical character recognition) function which
recognizes the text on the document and adds it to the Details Window.
Your own notes and tags can also be added to the document. Paperless
does not support reconstruction of the document after OCR. This function
is available in more expensive Nuance’s Paperport software.
After scanning you can crop and rotate the documents in the scan
dialogue. However, this can’t be done after the documents have been
imported. It is possible to change the order of the existing pages as
well as split and merge documents.
All documents can be viewed by the scanning date or by the
collection. Paperless also has a calendar view. Of any collection you
can create expense chart, table, pie or contact report.
A digital document is accepted by the IRS according to ruling Rev.
Proc. 97-22. Therefore all your legal documents can be archived with
Paperless.
Pros:
+Affordable price
+Works seamlessly with Fujitsu ScanSnap line
+Has all the necessary features for a typical user
Cons:
-OCR does not reconstruct documents
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