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SCANNERS
When we talk about mobility, it’s
mostly from the perspective of
how we can access company and
client information when outside
the office. Yet, as organisations
strive to be more competitive and
efficient, it is just as important to
provide office-based staff with the
flexibility to access documents as
they move around the workplace.
With 58% of external documents
still received in paper form
1
, most
organisations understand the
importance of digitising information
and the efficiencies to be gained by
implementing electronic document
management solutions. However,
they are often slow to provide
mobile access due to concerns
about security and privacy, as well
as technical and training issues.
These barriers can and should
be overcome if we are to provide
today’s workers with the technology
they need to meet client demands
and increase productivity.
Wireless technology
Smartphones and tablets
have made it possible to work,
collaborate and communicate
effectively when away from the
office. Now, the next wave of
wireless technology is set to
dramatically improve the way we
work when in the office.
The traditional workplace is
becoming increasingly mobile.
Workers are no longer tied to one
spot, but are free to perform a
variety of tasks in different areas
of the office, such as break-out
zones, collaboration spaces and
meeting rooms, using wireless
and networked devices to access
information when needed.
Kodak Alaris’ latest wireless and
networked desktop scanners, the
Kodak i1150WN and the Kodak
i1190WN, are designed to support
this style of working. They are app-
ready out of the box and, unlike
most wireless scanners that are
intended for individual use, these
new models are made to be shared.
For ease of use, the control panel
offers custom commands and
colour-coded icons.
Seamless connectivity
Both the i1150WN and i1190WN
provide seamless connectivity
through the office network or
over Wi-Fi and are equipped with
standard drivers for easy integration
with existing and legacy business
applications. This eliminates extra
steps in the capture process and
removes the need for complicated
software installations, which helps
Work smarter with
wireless scanners
Mobile technology is transforming the way people do business by enabling
them to access documents and share information anywhere, any time.
This flexibility isn’t just of benefit to remote workers. Adam Richardson,
Regional Marketing Manager at Kodak Alaris, argues that mobile platforms
are also having an effect on how we work when in the office.
to reduce IT costs. IT administrators
have the ability to set security
levels and, if necessary, can disable
wireless or mobile access.
The ScanMate+ Mobile App
lets users scan to a tablet or
mobile phone and then share
files via email or cloud-based
applications such as SharePoint,
Box or Evernote. Organisations that
prefer to scan files and documents
with a proprietary mobile app can
integrate this with Kodak Alaris
scanners using the web application
programming interface (API).
Built-in image processing
capabilities lower PC power
requirements, making these
scanners ideal for use with cloud- or
web-based capture applications,
such as the Kodak Info Input
Portfolio, which makes capture
faster, smarter, more secure
and more productive. Software
integrators can integrate directly to
the scanners using the web API.
There’s little doubt that
enterprise mobility will continue
to be a major productivity enabler
as workers grow accustomed
to accessing data in real-time
and organisations incorporate
smartphones and other connected
devices into business processes.
With seamless wireless connectivity,
Kodak Alaris’s new scanners are
an ideal fit for today’s new style of
working.
1. Future of Scanning, InfoTrends 2015
Adam Richardson,
Regional
Marketing
Manager,
Kodak Alaris
Also new from Kodak Alaris is the
Kodak i3500 Scanner. With speeds
up to 110 pages per minute in
colour, the A3 scanner is suitable for
paper-intensive industries, including
government, banking, insurance
and healthcare. To help customers
digitise processes, it comes with
software tools that extract data from
documents for feeding into existing
business processes and workflows.
The duplex i3500 Scanner has
a 300-sheet document feeder
and optional A3 and A4 flatbeds
for scanning pages from bound
documents. There is also the option
of an imprinter to mark scanned
documents.
Kodak i3500 Scanner
