11-26-2008, 02:52 PM
Robert/Cary/"..and the rest" (been wanting to use that),
I've tried to get him to get something similar to my setup, which is to either use a Brother (I have an MFC-9440CN, which does what I describe via the computer -- i.e., you can scan it directly to an email attachment) or a Fujitsu ScanSnap (which is what I switched to; I have the S300M, which is very small and takes up almost no room; the only caveat is that it's only about 10 pages per scan) (actually, I rarely have to send hand-marked docs anymore; I use Acrobat Pro and do all the annotation directly in it).
I'm going to re-describe those options to him, but I also wanted to give him some info on something that could function for him as a fax machine (at least) or a true office workgroup all-in-one (primarily a copier, but also a fax/printer) that you could walk up to, put the document in the ADF, and then hit my name on the preset and it would scan and email the document to me (thus bypassing sending me it as a "physical fax" ) .
Drew's linked Sharp looks promising to that, and I need to investigate some of the other suggestions. Again, though, just about every MFC on the market these days can scan to email, but the key here is "sans computer"; i.e., send me the scan via email without the PC as the intermediary.
I've tried to get him to get something similar to my setup, which is to either use a Brother (I have an MFC-9440CN, which does what I describe via the computer -- i.e., you can scan it directly to an email attachment) or a Fujitsu ScanSnap (which is what I switched to; I have the S300M, which is very small and takes up almost no room; the only caveat is that it's only about 10 pages per scan) (actually, I rarely have to send hand-marked docs anymore; I use Acrobat Pro and do all the annotation directly in it).
I'm going to re-describe those options to him, but I also wanted to give him some info on something that could function for him as a fax machine (at least) or a true office workgroup all-in-one (primarily a copier, but also a fax/printer) that you could walk up to, put the document in the ADF, and then hit my name on the preset and it would scan and email the document to me (thus bypassing sending me it as a "physical fax" ) .
Drew's linked Sharp looks promising to that, and I need to investigate some of the other suggestions. Again, though, just about every MFC on the market these days can scan to email, but the key here is "sans computer"; i.e., send me the scan via email without the PC as the intermediary.