Scan

A scanned page is an exact photographic image of the original page.

Advantages

1. Relatively cheap solution (around the same cost as copying)

2. Duplication of scanned documents is cheap

3. Everyone can have simultaneous access

4. Less storage space needed

5. Less chance of document loss or damage.

6. Approved by the Inland Revenue, HM Customs and Excise and by the courts as a way of storing documents.

7. If the original documents are of good quality the electronic version can be indexed and be made searchable.

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