Document Scanner Question?

[billymach4]

Has anyone here attempted to scan in and maintain your personal documents via a scanner?

I am drowning in paperwork. Statements, bills, EOB's from the insurance companies. I try to keep everything in a 12 month rolling file cabinet. but some documents I need to maintain.

Please share your experience. I am seriously considering getting a docuement scanner for my personal files.

 

[billymach4]

How about all of the paperwork for the Elders

I need to keep a paper trail for my mother. Since she is now in Assisted Living, and burning thru her life savings. She will soon need to apply for medicaid in the next 2 years.

You need to see the reams of paper the insurance companies send her. I am drowning in paper.

 

[dioxide45]

Have you considered a Neat Organizer?

 

[billymach4]

As a matter of fact I have been looking at this online now.

Do you have any experience with the neat scanner?

 

[dioxide45]

As a matter of fact I have been looking at this online now.

Do you have any experience with the neat scanner?

Other than the commercial I saw for it about an hour ago, I have no experience.

 

[Ken555]

I recommend the fujitsu scansnap. It's a wonderful product. The new(er) Neat products also are quite good from what I've seen, but I haven't used the latest version myself.

http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/peripherals/scanners/scansnap/

 

[Talent312]

One day last year, I brought home a multi-function printer with a scanner and a sheet-feeder. I took a weekend to triage all the stuff that I could find in and around my filing cabinet, and elsewhere in various drawers.

I used three piles: (1) permanent docs to be scanned + returned to a drawer, (2) docs to be scanned + shreded (where a PDF reprint would suffice), and (3) docs that should have been tossed out a long time ago. I ignored a few thick unscannable docs. I keep the scanned files in PDF format in a "Scanned Docs" folder system, with frequent backups.

 

[janej]

I had an older version of Neat Receipt and a new Fujitsu Scansnap. The Scansnap is a lot more expensive but also a lot more powerful. I processed two cases of paper in two weeks with it.

The Neat Receipt scanner I had was only good for receipt and a few pages occasionally since it only takes one page at a time. I am not familiar with the newer versions.

The Scansnap also comes with a full version of Acrobat which cost over $200 by itself.

 

[csudell]

I recommend the fujitsu scansnap. It's a wonderful product. The new(er) Neat products also are quite good from what I've seen, but I haven't used the latest version myself.

http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/computing/peripherals/scanners/scansnap/

great product. i have the s1500 at work and I love it.

 

[tompalm]

I stopped all paper statements and get them online. If I want to save them, I put them in a folder and back them up. It has been working great. However, if your insurance company or others do not provide online service, than you can scan them with any scanner. Also, use your camera to take a picture and keep that file for later.