Systems and methods for control of multifunction peripherals

A method of automatic document management, the method comprising:

• identifying one or more document scanning parameters associated with a user of a multifunction peripheral device (MFP);
• converting one or more physical documents into one or more electronic reproductions in accordance with the document scanning parameters;
• and
• transmitting the one or more electronic reproductions to a document service configured to receive the electronic reproductions for one or more of storage and physical output;
• wherein the document service is selected according to the document scanning parameters;
• and
• wherein the document scanning parameters provide instructions sufficient to allow the MFP to operate automatically upon receipt of the documents.

A multifunction peripheral device (MFP), comprising:

• a scanner operative to receive physical documents and generate an electronic reproduction of a physical document;
• and
• a user interface component that is operative to:
• identify an MFP user;
• retrieve user preferences of an MFP user;
• and
• transmit the electronic reproduction to an electronic document service specified by the retrieved user preferences;
• wherein the user preferences pre-configure the MFP such that the operations of the scanner and user interface component are performed automatically upon receipt of the physical documents by the scanner.