Support for your document scanner under Mac OS X

ExactScan 2 is a modern scan software including more than 170 different document scanners such as Avision, Kodak, Oki, Visioneer and Xerox which do otherwise not come with a manufacturers Mac driver and would thus not work at all.

Additionally it also allows the use of different scanners with TWAIN drivers due to its TWAIN support.

Automatic de-skew


Furthermore it has sophisticated image algorithms which can recognize automatically how the images and documents have to be cropped and de-skewed.



Single and multi-page documents with auto paper size detection (auto-crop)


This auto paper size detection recognizes any page size and allows also to create multi-page documents with different sizes. Furthermore it can create multi-page documents from flatbed.

Automatic black & white optimization


The intelligent thresholding can help to optimize the black and white documents and together with the blank page detection can save a lot of storage space. All in all ExactScan really can live up to professional requirements.

Blank page detection



ExactScan 2 recognizes empty pages to save storage space and edit time.
  • It can delete the blank pages of your document to save storage space.

  • - or -

  • To obtain the sequence of your document ExactScan 2 can insert empty PDF pages as place holder.

Batch processing (Pro Version)

Process existing files, whether PDF or bitmaps, as if they came from a scanner.

Easy scan on your fingertip

With the new button and profile manager you can scan paper documents much faster and easier with the touch of one fingertip:
  • Automatic Scan to PDF or other file formats

  • Create searchable PDF on-the-fly

  • Define your own personal profiles and make ExactScan fitting exactly to your workflow!

OCR - searchable PDFs (Pro version only)

Create searchable documents with one fingertip on-the-fly.

The OCR engine supports following languages: English, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.

Barcode recognition (Pro version only)

The barcode engine embeds the barcode parameters into the PDF document - through this the barcode parameters can be found e.g. with Spotlight and it even recognizes difficult images with colored background, overlapping and distortion.

Print support: Scan To Print

Make copies on your Mac using your existing scanner and printer.

Individual file naming

ExactScan makes use of advanced Mac OS X user interface elements and allows comfortable editing of the resulting filename:


AppleScript support

ExactScan includes extensive AppleScript support for professionals, and allow you to:
  • Directly access your profiles

  • Set your resolution, color mode, destination directory, profilename and application

  • Monitor the processing status from ExactScan after sending the scan request

Language support

ExactScan 2 supports following languages: English, Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional)

Compatible operating system

Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X 10.6