Document Identification and Marking

There is no question that the marking and identification of documents is being ignored at the expense of the location of the document and/or its content.  Because we are still using tons of paper every day and creating PDF files, the marking of those documents is as important as the management of their content.  This article pretty clearly establishes that there cannot be any effective document management if there is not secure identification for paper and PDF versions that that have been or will be distributed.

A Worthwile Article...

This article is well worth reading:  Small Business Document Management

Why Paper Document Management is Fundamental

When documents are printed they are often done so without any branding or layer of protection. In a shared-printer environment, this is even more of a regular happening where they are left in printer trays for others to see or whatever. Information workers, temporary employees, guests and others may be walking by the printer where the document(s) are in full view.

There are a number of articles that relate to document marking and identification. It is worth exploring these posts as they outline the necessity for paper document management by eliminating rubber stamps. A few of them can be seen at the site's blog

Paper document management means not using Custom Rubber Stamps. Best practices requires an automated process that consistently and uniformly marks the pages of any printed or electronically created document.