http://www.pcmech.com/article/whats-the-cheapest-way-to-store-documents-for-the-long-haul-paper-and-ocr/ Tech Powered Life... Simplified Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:19:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.pcmech.com/article/whats-the-cheapest-way-to-store-documents-for-the-long-haul-paper-and-ocr/comment-page-1/#comment-78170 KaneboK Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:28:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=16524#comment-78170 You got it backwards.  You print it and then store the hard copy in a safe place. If you need it again many years down the road and don't have the electronic version anymore for whatever reason, then you can scan the printed document which is more or less guaranteed to work many years in the future unlike any form of electronic storage which may become unreadable or obsolete. You got it backwards.  You print it and then store the hard copy in a safe place. If you need it again many years down the road and don’t have the electronic version anymore for whatever reason, then you can scan the printed document which is more or less guaranteed to work many years in the future unlike any form of electronic storage which may become unreadable or obsolete.

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/whats-the-cheapest-way-to-store-documents-for-the-long-haul-paper-and-ocr/comment-page-1/#comment-78141 Rich Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=16524#comment-78141 Later on when you need the document again in an editable format, you rescan what you printed, make any modifications if need be, then send wherever it needs to go as email, PDF, etc. Later on when you need the document again in an editable format, you rescan what you printed, make any modifications if need be, then send wherever it needs to go as email, PDF, etc.

]]> http://www.pcmech.com/article/whats-the-cheapest-way-to-store-documents-for-the-long-haul-paper-and-ocr/comment-page-1/#comment-78140 Retwar Fri, 06 Jul 2012 19:41:00 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=16524#comment-78140 OK,, let me get this straight... I have a document I need to save for a long period of time. So I scan it. Then I print it and put it in a safe place. What am I missing here? OK,, let me get this straight…
I have a document I need to save for a long period of time. So I scan it. Then I print it and put it in a safe place.
What am I missing here?

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