License: Shareware $49
OS: WinXP,WinVista,WinVista x64,Win7 x32,Win7 x64,Win2000,WinServer
Requirements: windows 2000 or later.
Publisher: ORPALIS
Homepage: http://www.orpalis.com
paperscan is an universal scanning software designed to offer power as well as simplicity of use.
the home edition of paperscan was optimized to conveniently provide powerful yet “must-have” features at a really affordable price and for students it is free !.
while most scanning applications are dedicated to one scanner or one scanning protocol, paperscan home edition 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 home edition.
paperscan home edition provides flatbed and document feeder support.
already existing images or pdf files can be imported with paperscan in order to adjust and enhance the image quality by :
-angle rotation
-converting to black and white or grayscale 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.
for pdf files, paperscan home edition offers read-write encryption support.
paperscan home edition allows image post-processing options such as: quality selection, area selection, crop selected area, image resize, image printing and so on.
paperscan 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, pdf/a, pdf with encryption, tiff , jpeg, png and even jbig2.
based on your windows language settings, paperscan automatically displays the localized version of the interface, if it exists among paperscan translated interface versions.
students can request a a free license by contacting us at : http://www.orpalis.com/contact/
