Archive for the ‘Paperless Champions’ Category

New York Times on Dumping Your Printer

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

At OfficeDrop, we are clearly focused on helping you achieve “Paperless Bliss.” But going paperless is hard, and coming up with a strategy for dealing with a business without paper can be hard.

The New York Times has a new piece on getting by without a printer called “Dump Your Printer to Escape the Madness.” It’s a good read and anyone interested in the paperless office should check out the ideas they have for getting rid of the printer and reducing your user of paper. Keep in mind – being totally paperless is hard!

One of the great ideas they have is to focus on using as many PDFs as you can. Of course, OfficeDrop loves PDFs - that’s why we turn so much paper into text searchable ones!  Learn about scanning to PDF here.

And after you read the article, don’t forget the best reason to turn your paper into PDFs with OfficeDrop – since we make all your documents text searchable, so finding your paper has never been easier.

PCWorld Says: Go Paperless with OfficeDrop

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

OfficeDrop is very pleased that Robert Strohmeyer of PCWorld has just written a piece titled “Go Paperless with OfficeDrop.” At OfficeDrop, our favorate quote from the article is

“Like Dropbox on steroids”

That’s pretty cool!

Paperwork Explosion by Jim Henson

Monday, June 20th, 2011

In 1967 IBM had Jim Henson (of the Muppets fame!) to create a short movie about IBM’s new Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter. As far as I can tell the “MT/ST” is a very version of a word processor in the form of a typewriter and some strange little 1960′s style knobs.

Paperwork Explosion – Pretty Trippy!

I’m not an expert on the 60′s, but I feel like this video is pretty trippy, even by the standards of the sixties. The sound track is pretty intense at times, and the office workers repeating “Machines should work. People should think” over and over in strange monotone voices really freaks me out.

Paperwork Explosion reminds me of the cool slides IBM did in the 70′s about online storage

DocketPort Scanners

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

OfficeDrop is pleased to announce that ScanDrop, OfficeDrop’s scan to the cloud scanner software, now works with Document Capture Technologies, Inc’s DocketPORT family of scanners. This means that owners of DocketPort’s popular scanners will now be able to scan to their favorite cloud services like Google Docs, OfficeDrop and Evernote with the greatest of ease.

“Scan to cloud technology is a major component of the global SaaS (software as a service) sector, which is projected to grow to more than $40-$50 billion by 2014 from roughly $13 billion in 2009, is an area that we intend to gain both market share and significant revenues,” said David P. Clark, Chief Executive Officer of Document Capture. “Partnerships with the best and most innovative companies such as OfficeDrop ensure that DCT is well positioned to participate fully in one of the largest current technology opportunities. Our image capture solutions as well as our ongoing product development are tailor made for this sector.”

Configuring DocketPort Scanners with ScanDrop

Now, configuring a DocketPort Scanner to scan to the cloud is easy. OfficeDrop has now published instructions on configuring your DocketPort scanner on Windows and configuring a DocketPort scanner on the Mac in the OfficeDrop help section. So, if you are trying to use your DocketPort to scan to Google Docs, Evernote, OfficeDrop or the cloud, ScanDrop is there to help you!

List of Compatible DocketPort Scanners

ScanDrop will work with the following Document Capture Technologies products:

  • 467
  • 468
  • 487
  • 488
  • 667
  • 687

We hope that this makes it easier for you to get your documents into the cloud!

OfficeDrop Android App in The New York Times

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

Despite the supposed oncoming death of the printed newspaper, there is something really thrilling about actually seeing your company’s name in print. Today we are very excited to say that our new Android Paper-To-Go App was in the App Smart section of the New York Times!

OfficeDrop Android App NYTimes

OfficeDrop Android App NYTimes

Of course, we are also in the online version – read about OfficeDrop’s Android App in the Times. To see the online version, scroll down to the end of the article.

Get Organized and Boost Productivity

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Thanks to everyone who attended last week’s webinar on Getting Organized and Boosting Productivity through better office and paper management/organization! We had a large number of attendees and there were some great questions at the end of the web class.

Get Organized and Boost Productivity

This webinar was led by certified Professional Organizer and Productivity Consultant Joshua Zerkel. Josh tackled the tricky problem of dealing with documents in a busy office environment, and made it clear that there are substantial benefits to greater organization. He went over everything from setting up the office for optimized productivity to organizing the flow of paper into and out of the office.

Here is a video of the Get Organized webinar:

Other Webinars on Productivity and Organized Offices

Check out the video on Mastering the Paperless Office, using slides from Josh Zerkel! Learn the best steps to begin on the path to reducing your office’s use of paper and hear about some great technologies you can use to make your quest to go paperless easier!

Mastering the Paperless Office

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Video From The Mastering The Paperless Office Webinar

OfficeDrop was lucky enough to have had Joshua Zerkel, Professional Organizer to the San Francisco Bay Area, share with us his slides on how to master the paperless office. Josh makes it clear that there will always be some paper in any small businesses’ office, but there are a number of smart steps and affordable technologies you can use to reduce your use of paper.

Mastering the Paperless Office Video

Here is the video from the last session!

OfficeDrop also recently had another great webinar with Josh – Get Organized and Boost Productivity

Professional Organizer Webinar Today – Get Organized

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Josh Zerkel, certified Professional Organizer, will be hosting today’s webinar on Getting Organized in a paperless office! You don’t want to miss it – Today, May 20 at Noon ET. Register here.

Mastering the Paperless Office Video

Our last online class was about mastering the paperless office for the small business owner. Here is the video from the last session!

Other Upcoming Webinars

Josh will also be hosting another webinar in the near future. While this one is not affiliated with OfficeDrop, we thought you’d like to know about it since his presentations are so great! This topic will be:

6 Simple Ways to Reclaim Your Day

Sign up here: http://www.customlivingsolutions.com/secret/reclaim-your-day

Visoneer Integrates Software with OfficeDrop’s Cloud

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Visioneer OneTouch to the Cloud

Visioneer OneTouch to the Cloud

Visioneer OneTouch to the Cloud

Visioneer, the makers of both Visioneer scanners and Xeros small business scanners, announced today that they have integrated their scanners’ Visioneer OneTouch software with OfficeDrop’s cloud filing system and with our ScanDrop scanner software.

Click on the picture above to learn more about Visioneer Connect OneTouch to the Cloud and to download the updated software from Visioneer.

This is a big deal because it shows that major scanner equipment manufacturers are not only taking cloud storage seriously, the are taking OfficeDrop’s online filing system seriously.

As OfficeDrop continues to grow our cloud content management platform we are committed to working with other scanner manufacturers to make it seamless and simple to digitize to the cloud.

Visioneer OneTouch to the Cloud Press Release

Here is a little bit from the press release announcing the Visioneer OneTouch to the Cloud:

According to Anne Valaitis an Associate Director at InfoTrends, “Businesses today are looking for devices and applications that help them conduct business more economically and effectively. This has fueled significant interest in the use of cloud computing. In fact, in a recent study by InfoTrends 68% of IT administrators reported they are currently using or considering cloud computing. By offering connectivity to the cloud, Visioneer is addressing customer demands for effortless usability.”

“No other scanner company offers as many cloud scanning options for such a broad range of scanners models. Every Visioneer and Xerox scanner supporting OneTouch 4.6 or greater is immediately enabled,” said John Capurso, vice president of marketing at Visioneer. “Visioneer CONNECT represents the most comprehensive set of cloud scanning solutions available to extend the usual terrestrial destinations to the leading cloud on-line services. As Visioneer releases more cloud links, you’ll find them at connect.visioneer.com.”

Visioneer CONNECT is the latest link development for Visioneer OneTouch. Your cloud credentials (username and password) can be preset through Visioneer OneTouch so every scan job is not interrupted with log-in details. Most cloud destinations even allow users to choose the folder of their choice and even specify an email address so that a notification email is automatically sent with a link to their file. By scanning images directly to the cloud, users can easily collaborate and share files while working in multiple locations.

Visioneer OneTouch is an award winning utility that simplifies scanning to one button. Everyone wants ease of use and convenience, however sometimes in order to obtain it, you have to sacrifice quality or functionality. Not true when it comes to the Visioneer OneTouch technology. Visioneer OneTouch provides the most elegant ease-of-use scanning experience without “dumbing down” the device.

Scanning Tips – Document Prep

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

new-scannerAt OfficeDrop, we know a lot about efficiently processing and scanning documents. But digitization can be a bit of a hassle, and a lot of people tend to blame their scanners when things go wrong.

But it’s not usually the hardware that is at fault! One of the major causes of scanner malfunctions is poor document preparation. Things like staples, mis-feads, and torn paper can really slow down your scanning process.

Chris Riley has a great list of document prep tips over on the AIIM blog. He calls it “Scanner Rage,” but we call it a great synopsis of how to make your scanning more efficient and higher quality.

Check out his tips for more efficient scanning!

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