I have been using what can only be described as a wonder in the quest for a paperless office.   Here was my problem, I have countless documents that I consume/produce, for example, bills, invoices, receipts, contracts, etc.  All of these documents end up in various file folders, and things are impossible to find.  For example, let's say I need to find an invoice for a book I ordered.  So starts the fun... "Let's see, I think I bought that last year," off to the 2007 Receipts folder.  "Now when did I get that, maybe Q4 or so?"  Flipping through various size receipts, I would look for the receipt.  Of course, if this flipping weren't bad enough, often times these things get out of order where perhaps a receipt from March is mixed in with the Q3 files.  Even if the files were organized perfectly, it would still be hard to find something specific in just a few seconds. 

There are just so many disadvantages to paper beyond just finding information.  What about a fire?  Now you need to store the file folders in a fireproof cabinet.  Then there is water damage, spills, rips, etc.  Storing documents on a server with backups seemed like the obvious choice to solve all of these problems.  Of course, I don't want something time consuming or super expensive.  I found my answer with the Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 Instant PDF Sheet-Fed Scanner

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