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Real paper takes up space, and is hard to search and retrieve in large volumes. But the flexibility and portability of paper are valuable qualities. Paper can store images, graphics, photographs, and text of differing fonts and sizes, organized and formatted, all in one place. Many electronic document storage packages lose this visual information, retaining only plain text. Document imaging keeps an exact scan of every original document online (like a very clear photocopy), in addition to making the information searchable and easily retrieved. That way, when you find the information you need, you can print, fax, or email the entire page it came from, exactly the way it was originally intended. Even in color. |