[AccessD] Storing Documents SQL-Access

I have an Access FE with a SQL BE.
I have a requirement to store / retrieve Word Documents (maybe PDFs)
within Access.
These documents will be sent between our client and us several times.
Once completed the documents need to be stored in their original format
with easy retrieval.

I thought of storing the documents in SQL using the image data type, but
I'm not too sure if that is the correct data type nor am I sure if they
can be received easily.

Any suggestions?

Jim H.