Estimating how many documents you have is the first step in starting to convert your paper documents. If you are going to go paperless, you need to know how much paper you have! However, with paper hiding in all sorts of forms, it can be difficult to know how much paper is in each storage medium. Here is the first of several posts to help you estimate the paper volume in your office. Hopefully this will help you get ready for your document scanning project!
What’s in all these Boxes?
They’re square, heavy, and hold a lot of paper. How much paper, you’re wondering? Here are some standard estimates to help you see how much paper you have hiding in boxes.
15″ x 12″ x 11″ standard file box would contain approximately 2,000 to 2,500 pages
30″ x 12″ x 11″ large banker box would contain approximately 4,500 to 5,000 pages
*Keep in mind these are estimates for full boxes.
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