ExactScan: Support for Your Document Scanner Under Mac OS X
Built-In Scanner Drivers ExactScan 2 is a modern scanning solution, including more than 300 different drivers for document scanners from Avision, Canon, Fujitsu, HP, Kodak, Oki, Visioneer and Xerox, which otherwise don't come with a manufacturer's Mac driver and thus wouldn't work at all. Additionally it also allows the use of different scanners with TWAIN drivers due to its TWAIN support. 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. Skew Correction (De-Skew) Furthermore it has sophisticated image algorithms which can recognize automatically, how the images and documents have to be cropped and de-skewed. 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.	Solid Colors ExactScan features an option to smooth uniform colors of the background, which results in a reduced file size and a more pleasant view. This option also allows to focus on the image foreground. Easy Scan at 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! 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, profile name and application Monitor the processing status from ExactScan after sending the scan request
ExactScan Pro: Additional Features
Optical Character Recognition (Searchable PDF) Create searchable documents with one fingertip on-the-fly. The OCR engine supports the following languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Norwegian. Auto rotation The auto-rotation allows to determine the orientation of each scanned sheet automatically. Therefore avoiding the need to manually pre-sort a stack before the scan. While the auto-rotation works independantly of the OCR, the feature also helps to improve OCR results. All automatic The automatich color and source detection avoids the need to manually switch between ADF, Flatbed, color, or black & white scans. Automatically choosing the optimal storage format for each each page.	Barcode Recognition 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. Imprinter The Imprinter allows to print flexible text into the scan. For example the scanned date, or watermarks such as "APPROVED", "VOID", "PRELIMINARY", "CONFIDENTIAL" or anything else. Batch Processing Process existing files, whether PDF or bitmaps, as if they came from a scanner.
General Information
Interface Language Support The ExactScan 2 user-interface comes with the following language translations: English, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese (simplified) and Chinese (traditional).	System Requirements Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.6 or Mac OS X 10.7

ExactScan: Support for Your Document Scanner Under Mac OS X

Built-In Scanner Drivers

ExactScan 2 is a modern scanning solution, including more than 300 different drivers for document scanners from Avision, Canon, Fujitsu, HP, Kodak, Oki, Visioneer and Xerox, which otherwise don't come with a manufacturer's Mac driver and thus wouldn't work at all. Additionally it also allows the use of different scanners with TWAIN drivers due to its TWAIN support.

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.

Skew Correction (De-Skew)

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

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.

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

Solid Colors

ExactScan features an option to smooth uniform colors of the background, which results in a reduced file size and a more pleasant view. This option also allows to focus on the image foreground.

Easy Scan at 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!

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, profile name and application
Monitor the processing status from ExactScan after sending the scan request

ExactScan Pro: Additional Features

Optical Character Recognition (Searchable PDF)

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

The OCR engine supports the following languages:

Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and Norwegian.

Auto rotation

The auto-rotation allows to determine the orientation of each scanned sheet automatically. Therefore avoiding the need to manually pre-sort a stack before the scan. While the auto-rotation works independantly of the OCR, the feature also helps to improve OCR results.

All automatic

The automatich color and source detection avoids the need to manually switch between ADF, Flatbed, color, or black & white scans. Automatically choosing the optimal storage format for each each page.

Barcode Recognition

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.

Imprinter

The Imprinter allows to print flexible text into the scan. For example the scanned date, or watermarks such as "APPROVED", "VOID", "PRELIMINARY", "CONFIDENTIAL" or anything else.

Batch Processing

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

General Information

Interface Language Support

The ExactScan 2 user-interface comes with the following language translations:

English, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese (simplified) and Chinese (traditional).

System Requirements

Mac OS X 10.5, Mac OS X 10.6 or Mac OS X 10.7