It really depends on a few factors.. How may documents you have (1 or 2 thousand pages ? or 8-10 thousand pages ?) What kind of docs they are ? nice stacks of paper all of the same size, i.e. computer printouts ? Telcom Vendor Bills ? or are they odd sized pages with staples and paper clips etc...
If you the are decently nice stacks of paper, with the right tool they become a cinch to deal with. We scanned our paper files inhouse, we purchased a high end canon scanner from the secondary market (this was a while back). The canon high end scanners do anti-gravity feed... i.e. they use rubber rollers and friction to pickup the papers and as such don't have paper jams... (look at the DR3080 or higher series... the usb ones are pretty easy to work with, stack 100 -200 pages and let it do it's thing...) You can do a neat pile of 1000 pages in no time.. There are plenty of folks who can scan the docs for you .. Here is one who is our neighbor (in the same office park) http://forensis.com/ Regards Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 3:34:51 PM > Subject: [AFMUG] OT: Document scanning services > Has anybody use a 3 rd party to scan in a few thousand pages and are thrilled > with the results? > Paul > Paul McCall, Pres. > PDMNet / Florida Broadband > 658 Old Dixie Highway > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > 772-564-6800 office > 772-473-0352 cell > www.pdmnet.com > pa...@pdmnet.net