PaperScan – Free Edition

PaperScan is an universal scanning software designed to offer power as well as simplicity of use.

PaperScan allows you to control any scanner (TWAIN or WIA), including network scanners, camera or acquisition cards. It provides flatbed and document feeder support.And a lot of image enhancement/adjustment features. PaperScan is an universal scanning product designed to offer power as well as simplicity of use. While most scanning applications are dedicated to one scanner or one scanning protocol, PaperScan allows you to control any scanner, including network scanners (TWAIN or WIA protocols), cameras or acquisition cards. All features are automatically negotiated and handled by PaperScan. PaperScan provides flatbed and document feeder support. Already existing images or PDF (Portable Document Format) files can be imported with PaperScan in order to adjust and enhance the image quality by : – autodeskewing -removing punch holes -removing borders -blank pages detection and removal -angle rotation -converting to black and white or greyscale or colour -adjusting colour (brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma) -applying filters to smooth, stretch contrast or median the image -applying bitonal filters to remove isolated dots or to dilate/erode characters -applying contour, sepia or scanline effects. PaperScan allows image rendering quality selection, area selection, crop selected area, image resize, image printing and so on. PaperLight displays info about image's resolution, size and colour mode. Acquired or imported files can be easily handled to create multipage or single-paged document files. You can save files in various formats such as PDF (Portable Document Format), TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) , JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group), PNG (Portable Network Graphics) and even JBIG2. Default user interface language in PaperScan is English. Based on your Windows language settings, PaperScan automatically displays the localised version of the interface, if it exists among PaperScan translated interface versions.Currently, available languages for PaperScan interface are : English and French.

"PaperScan is an universal scanning software designed to offer power as well as simplicity of use."

Features:

Image Correction/Enhancement Features Include:

• Autodeskew.
• Remove punch holes.
• Remove borders.
• Blank pages detection and removal.
• Angle rotation.
• Convert to black and white or greyscale or colour.
• Adjust colour (brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma).
• Apply filters to smooth, stretch contrast or median the image.
• Apply bitonal filters to remove isolated dots or to dilate/erode characters.
• Apply contour, sepia or scanline effects.

Other Features Include:

• Image printing.
• Image quality selection.
• Area selection / crop selected area.
• Image resize.
• Information about image's resolution, size and colour mode.

 

• Save your work as single/multipage files in various file formats:
  PDF/A, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, JBIG2., PDF/OCR with post-naming options.

PaperScan is available in 2 versions : Free Edition and Professional Edition.
Both versions provide same set of features but the free edition has some limitations.
Technical support is free for evaluation phase and for license owners

Features Compared:

 

OS requirements:

Win 2000/Win XP/

Vista/Win 7

32-Bit And 64-Bit