Xerox FlowPort Support & Software Administrator's Guide
About FlowPort and PaperWare®
Chapter 1: Welcome
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About FlowPort and PaperWare®
FlowPort provides an innovative paper user interface
called PaperWare. Using PaperWare forms with a Xerox
Document Centre or an Internet fax device, you instruct
your FlowPort server to distribute, store, and retrieve your
paper and electronic documents.
called PaperWare. Using PaperWare forms with a Xerox
Document Centre or an Internet fax device, you instruct
your FlowPort server to distribute, store, and retrieve your
paper and electronic documents.
The following applications are included with your
FlowPort server:
FlowPort server:
Distribute Document—Scans paper documents and
distributes the resulting electronic documents through
email, Internet fax, remote printing, or storage to a
document repository. The application features a
PaperWare form called a Distribute Document Cover
Sheet. You scan the Cover Sheet with your printed
document to provide distribution instructions to a
Document Centre or an Internet fax machine.
distributes the resulting electronic documents through
email, Internet fax, remote printing, or storage to a
document repository. The application features a
PaperWare form called a Distribute Document Cover
Sheet. You scan the Cover Sheet with your printed
document to provide distribution instructions to a
Document Centre or an Internet fax machine.
Document Token—Accesses a document stored in a
repository using a Document Token form—a piece of
paper that represents the stored document. When you
want to retrieve the stored document, you scan the
one-page Document Token to print the original
document, or scan a Document Token with a Distribute
Document Cover Sheet to retrieve and distribute the
stored document.
repository using a Document Token form—a piece of
paper that represents the stored document. When you
want to retrieve the stored document, you scan the
one-page Document Token to print the original
document, or scan a Document Token with a Distribute
Document Cover Sheet to retrieve and distribute the
stored document.
Document Catalog—Accesses the documents stored in a
repository using a Document Catalog form—a printed list
of the repository's contents with a checkbox for each
stored object. To retrieve stored documents, mark the
checkboxes for the documents you want and scan the
form to print the original documents. When using a
Document Catalog form with a Distribute Document
Cover Sheet, you can distribute the retrieved documents,
regardless of their original format.
repository using a Document Catalog form—a printed list
of the repository's contents with a checkbox for each
stored object. To retrieve stored documents, mark the
checkboxes for the documents you want and scan the
form to print the original documents. When using a
Document Catalog form with a Distribute Document
Cover Sheet, you can distribute the retrieved documents,
regardless of their original format.
Internet Fax Mailbox—Receives Internet faxes and
prints, stores, and accesses the faxes. When storing
received faxes, the FlowPort server can print a one-page
Document Token of the fax and inform you in an email
message of the URL in which the fax is stored.
prints, stores, and accesses the faxes. When storing
received faxes, the FlowPort server can print a one-page
Document Token of the fax and inform you in an email
message of the URL in which the fax is stored.