System having document scanner for optically scanning information whereby a first information contains control information indicating a number of sheets to be scanned

An electronic filing system comprising,

• a document scanner for optically scanning information contained on a set of documents, where a first document in the set contains control mark information and subsequent documents in the set contain original image information;
• means for receiving information scanned by the document scanner and translating the control mark information into translated control information, wherein the control mark information scanned from the first document includes a plurality of fields for containing control mark information, at least one of those fields containing control mark information corresponding to key words pertinent to the subject matter of the original image information contained on the subsequent documents in the set;
• means for compressing the original image information;
• registering means for correlating the compressed image information with the translated control information;
• a memory for filing the correlated information;
• a keyboard for permitting an operator to access original image information from the memory based on the key words;
• means for automatically feeding documents to the document scanner;
• means for counting counted number of documents fed by the means for automatically feeding,
• means for comparing the counted number of documents and an original number of original documents included in the control mark information;
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• means for generating an alarm when the counted number of documents is not coincident with the original number of documents.