excite for web servers found documents about: (Query-By-Example) - higher confidence, - lower confidence; click icons to find similar documents 99% The latest news in ... Scanners Trend Applicat... Summary: Speed. * Is the scanner simplex or duplex? For the OCR accuracy test, we scanned sets of test documents of varying weights, qualities and text sizes. All scanners provide default settings to simplify configuration. Some scanners can detect misfeeds and doubles. 96% A workhorse built for speed, reliability and r... Summary: A workhorse built for speed, reliability and real-world performance. In our evaluation we focused on features that contribute to the scanner's effective throughput: speed, input range, reliability, image quality and usability. Speed:. We tested documents with paper sizes from 7-in. In all cases, it handled the documents with sustained throughput speeds while maintaining high quality. 95% ABCs of high-speed document scanners Summary: ABCs OF HIGH-SPEED DOCUMENT SCANNERS. A high-speed scanner can be justified when more than 500 pages a day are scanned; large installations scan 10,000 or more pages a day. To compress or not to compress. The key to high-speed scanning is high-speed feeding. There is no such thing as a high-speed feeder that can reliably feed all sizes and thicknesses of paper like those found in acco... 95% Bigger, better, faster, cheaper High-speed s... Summary: Image quality is affected by image enhancement. * a background concern that producing the images will increase the cost to unacceptable levels. * cost. * Better image enhancement. Data prep is reduced if pages can be automatically turned. 94% Critical issues in production scanning Summary: Image system. * paper-handling capabilities. Documents can be designed to enhance the productivity of an imaging system. Real-world documents are not always crisp, clean sheets of paper. Document preparation is a critical step in imaging. 93% Bell & Howell Summary: The Scanner Division of Bell & Howell Co. (NYSE: BHW) is a worldwide leader in production scanning and document capture, offering a full line of document scanners designed to meet a variety of scanning needs, backed by an extensive service network. 92% Scanners the digital gateway Summary: The Xerox (Rochester, NY) DocuImage 620S is designed for print on demand, forms-processing and document-imaging applications. DocuImage 620S ($12,000) is an open-system implementation of Xerox's DocuCS scanner that processes 40 ppm at 200 dpi, 32 ppm at 300 dpi and 20 ppm at 600 dpi. Both models offer 400-dpi resolution and a 1,000-sheet document feeder. The M3099EX/GX handles 11-in. These... 91% Scanner vendor reaches toward the high end Summary: Scanner vendor reaches toward the high end. to the scanner hardware and software marketplace. According to Borrey, the mid- and high-range of the scanner marketplace is not so fiercely competitive that margins must be slashed in order to compete. That is why he says Bell & Howell, which has been strong in the midrange market (30 to 50 ppm), is moving up to the high end where the margins are... 91% New respect for mid-volume scanners Summary: mid-volume scanners. By Alan Cellura Mid-volume capture devices used to get no respect. Many companies are implementing decentralized capture of documents to improve document management and speed transaction processing. Mid-volume scanners should support image processing and compression in the background as scanning continues in the foreground. The document feeder is important to overall system... 91% NSM Mercury 40 CD jukebox delivers high perfor... Summary: We tested the jukebox using jukebox management software from iXOS, Ornetix, OTG and Smart Storage. NSM Mercury 40 CD jukebox delivers high performance. * The Mercury 40 has four read heads. As for software, the Mercury 40 is compatible with most major jukebox management software systems. We tested the jukebox with software from iXOS, Ornetix, OTG and Smart Storage. 91% Cornerstone driver available for Scan-Optics scanner Summary: Cornerstone driver available for Scan-Optics scanner.com) and Scan-Optics (East Hartford, CT, www.com) have shaken hands in a deal under which Cornerstone's ISIS driver will be available for Scan-Optics' 7800 scanner. According to Scan-Optics, the ISIS driver will allow users to access the advanced features of the 7800. Scan-Optics develops solutions and support for character recognition, imaging,... 91% Key considerations when choosing a high speed scanner Summary: Therefore, selecting the correct scanner for your application is critical. Before you decide upon the selection criteria for your scanner, it is important to assess the environment surrounding your application to determine your scanning needs. To begin, it is important to determine what documents you will be scanning. In addition, it is important to determine the quality of the documents that you... 91% Spotlight on scanners With the scanner market ... Summary: As the scanner market swells, AIIM scanner debuts should help to define the market segmentation. HP leads network scanning. Other companies, such as Kofax (Irvine, CA), also offer a network scanning solution. Where network scanning will overlap with multifunction peripherals remains to be seen. Where is HP headed next? 91% ElectroCom Imaging: The Big Secret Summary: At this time ECI offers two major product lines: AEG Recognition, a world-renowned family of integrated ICR/OCR engines, and the IntelliScan 120/240 family of high-performance document scanners. The AEG Recognition offers commercially the underlying technology that automatically reads the myriad pieces of US mail at very high speed. If the mail is readable, the machines apply ICR/OCR to it. A... 90% Which scanner shoe fits IW surveyed the low ... Summary: Imaging World, March 17th, 1997. Which scanner shoe fits?. IW surveyed the low end, personal scanner to midrange scanner landscape to help users review some of the industry's selection. "We're the only vendor in this market that has only one scanner," says Robert J. Stankard, GM of Canon's Image Filing Systems Division. * High-speed production scanners will continue to be a component of an... 90% large-format capture Color brightens the sca... Summary: CalComp 800-932-1212 www.calcomp.SGI-scanners. Feeder scanners offer a maximum resolution up to 400 dpi. It is suitable for use in high volume production environments. 90% New hardware, software abounds at ImagingExpo'9 Summary: A number of hardware and software vendors announced new or upgraded products at ImagingExpo'96. DTI (Document Technologies Inc. After the show the agreements endure. New versions and hot new products. This was certainly true at ImagingExpo'96, where a flurry of new software versions was released. 89% The product beat Summary: Imaging World, June 1st, 1996. The product beat. No manual intervention or rewriting of code is necessary. ScreenScan Systems released Image Processor Version 2.3 software and Image Handler Software Version 2.3. The new software expands the current capabilities of ScreenScan as an add-on microfilm or microfiche scanner to include full electronic folder support. Symbus Technology announced... 89% Smashing the traditional roadblocks of ... ... Summary: For OCR or other recognition applications, grayscale images contain much more data to work with than bitonal images. The two major roadblocks for grayscale scanning have traditionally been scanner technologies and computer technologies. Technology advances. Previously, scanner technology could not effectively handle grayscale because it was not designed for grayscale output. There are plenty of... 89% Scanner/Web/VAR Beats Summary: Intrafed continues on the scene. BancTec announced a distribution agreement with TextWare. The Web beat. "We believe that publishing on- and off-line go hand in hand on the Web and CD, and we believe that automating the process is critical to the success of the project." Now they are asking how to solve problems."
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