We cannot do without electronic document scanning. Especially now that time seems to fly by so fast, everybody needs all the help he can get and with electronically scanning documents, one can confidently say that he is lifting the exact and actual information from his source to wherever he is transferring the data. Also this process of transferring and managing of data can be used and done at home for personal purposes and can be used by big companies for business reasons.
On the other hand, there is what we call web based scanning which involves more processes - these processes though are very easy to follow and understand. Web based scanning is different from electronic document scanning in terms of the usage of the data scanned to the web. Also, it is different in terms of how wide or how big is affected with the data that is gathered through the World Wide Web.
To make it more understandable, web based scanning begins with electronic document scanning. What happens is, with the scanner of your choice, you scan documents and files and the information is transferred to your computer. Once the information is entered in your computer, you have the option to save it immediately or you may also edit it before saving it. Once that's done, you may now upload the information you have gathered to the internet. This is not at all complicated because a lot of information is now entered to this wide database where all the information can be and may be accessed by anyone. Also, companies who offer this type of service provide their clients with computer software which is important to this process. Once the information is uploaded to the internet, it can now be accessed by anyone who is in the same office or location as the one who uploaded the information, or it can be accessed by someone who is in another state, country or location. Since the information is stored on the internet, there it is managed and is archived. There is where it also waits for someone authorized to access it.