5 Things you don't need to buy if you have EasyScanner application

A lot of small offices have a corner full of gear that gets used a couple of times a month: a scanner, a camera, stacks of notebooks, a shelf of binders. A phone with Easy Scanner covers more of that than you'd expect. Here are five things we think you can skip buying.

You don't need a Scanner

Your office scanner jams on the morning your boss needs a signed copy sent to a client, and the repair person can't come until next week. You could go out and buy a new machine. Or you could download Easy Scanner for free and scan the page with your phone.

A few pages take a couple of minutes. The app finds the edges of the page and crops it for you, and you can send the PDF to a customer or coworker right from your phone. You don't need a big room with shelves and a printer for this. A phone and a Wi-Fi connection are enough.

You don't need to buy a camera

If you're shopping for a good camera, you'll probably look at Canon, Nikon or Sony. They take great photos, but they cost a lot. If you run a new business that isn't making money yet, buying one just to capture documents is hard to justify.

The camera on your phone plus Easy Scanner handles receipts, contracts and notes just fine. The app is free to start, and if you need more storage later, you can upgrade then.

You don't have to buy notebooks or paper

Paper piles up fast. Old notes, printouts, textbooks you kept just in case. Then one day you need a single fact from them, and you spend an hour digging through boxes, or you call someone at home and ask them to look while you're out.

Scan those pages once and keep them in folders in the app. Next time, finding the page is a quick search on your phone. That's an hour you get back for yourself and your family.

No need to purchase a bookcase or shelving units

In a small apartment, a tall bookcase takes up a whole wall, and an overloaded one isn't always safe. Paper doesn't last forever either. Pages fade, get damp, or get chewed by mice. If the book was a gift from someone you love, that loss stings.

Scanning the pages that matter most gives you a copy that stays readable, even if the original wears out.

Fewer books to buy with the EasyScanner application

Books are worth owning, but some titles are out of print, hard to find, or only exist as one library copy. Scan the chapters you need and you can read them on your phone without hunting for a copy to buy. You can get the app from our website.

A tip for books: lay the book flat near a window and scan one page at a time. Auto-crop works best when all four edges of the page are visible.

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