ExactScan: Support for Your Document Scanner Under Mac OS X
Built-In Scanner Drivers ExactScan is a modern scanning solution, including more than 400 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 the user to create multi-page documents with different sizes. Furthermore, it can create multi-page documents from flatbed. Skew Correction (De-Skew) ExactScan 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 helps to optimize the black & white documents and together with the blank page detection can save a lot of storage space. All in all ExactScan really lives up to professional requirements. Blank Page Detection ExactScan recognizes empty pages to save storage space and edit time. It can also delete the blank pages of your document to save storage space. - or - To obtain the sequence of your document ExactScan can insert empty PDF pages as place holders.	Solid Colors ExactScan features an option to smooth uniform colors in the background, which results in reduced file size and a more pleasant view. This option also allows the user 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 click of a button: 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 allows the user 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 Agile development We are a highly agile and creative team and constantly develop and update our products based on valuable customer feedback. Supported Formats PDF, TIFF, GIF, PCX, JPEG, JPEG-2000, BMP, PNG, PNM - ExactScan Pro: RTF, HTML, TXT
ExactScan Pro : Additional Features
Optical Character Recognition (Searchable PDF) Create searchable documents on-the-fly with the click of a button. 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 feature allows ExactScan Pro to determine the orientation of each scanned sheet automatically, therefore avoiding the need to manually pre-sort a stack before the scan. Because the auto-rotation works independantly of the OCR, the feature also helps to improve OCR results. All automatic Everything in the Pro version is automatic. Color and source detection avoids the need to manually switch between ADF, Flatbed, color, or black & white scans, as the optimal storage format for each page is automatically chosen.	Content de-skew The content de-skew allows to correct page skew based on the page's content. Further improving visual appearance, storage size as well as OCR results. 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 ExactScan Pro 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 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 10.8, X 10.7, 10.6 or 10.5

ExactScan: Support for Your Document Scanner Under Mac OS X

Built-In Scanner Drivers

ExactScan is a modern scanning solution, including more than 400 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 the user to create multi-page documents with different sizes. Furthermore, it can create multi-page documents from flatbed.

Skew Correction (De-Skew)

ExactScan 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 helps to optimize the black & white documents and together with the blank page detection can save a lot of storage space. All in all ExactScan really lives up to professional requirements.

Blank Page Detection

ExactScan recognizes empty pages to save storage space and edit time.

It can also delete the blank pages of your document to save storage space.

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

Solid Colors

ExactScan features an option to smooth uniform colors in the background, which results in reduced file size and a more pleasant view. This option also allows the user 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 click of a button:

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 allows the user 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

Agile development

We are a highly agile and creative team and constantly develop and update our products based on valuable customer feedback.

Supported Formats

PDF, TIFF, GIF, PCX, JPEG, JPEG-2000, BMP, PNG, PNM - ExactScan Pro: RTF, HTML, TXT

ExactScan Pro : Additional Features

Optical Character Recognition (Searchable PDF)

Create searchable documents on-the-fly with the click of a button.

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

All automatic

Everything in the Pro version is automatic. Color and source detection avoids the need to manually switch between ADF, Flatbed, color, or black & white scans, as the optimal storage format for each page is automatically chosen.

Content de-skew

The content de-skew allows to correct page skew based on the page's content. Further improving visual appearance, storage size as well as OCR results.

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 ExactScan Pro 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 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 10.8, X 10.7, 10.6 or 10.5