Hi. Just some food for thought. It really doesn't matter at all whether you use .PDF or a .tiff file. Yes, a tiff file is relatively smaller than a .PDF, but it is basically the standard.
The limitation of how much you can import or scan is completely dependent on the size of your hard drive. Whether you scan to a folder or import to AC, Amazing Charts databases do not get bigger. We have over 2GBs of data in our ImportItems folder, but the import.mdb database is only 68MBs. So, obviously, we don't backup the Imported Items folder off site, but we do back it up every night with out server backup. A 500GB hard drive will hold approximately 1.2 million .PDFs based on 5 to 15 pages. Sure, a record is much bigger, but you will also scan in labs and consult notes which are a couple of pages.
For those who scan or receive digital .pdfs or any other format, my software programmer has designed a Fax2Files cataloging importing software which has moved from alpha to beta testing. It can be used as a standalone program or with AC. We are looking for Beta testers. It's also nice because it has two paths to the server for redundancy.
