I don't know about you, but I really love VueScan scanning software. And all because of one property - the presence of scanning profiles. It's no secret that scanner manufacturers simply mock poor users, forcing them to go through a bunch of steps each time before the file with the treasured image appears on the computer. In order to reduce the number of actions to a minimum, you need a program like VueScan. The main thing is that your scanner is on the VueScan compatibility list. Unfortunately, VueScan cannot work with all brands of scanners, especially not expensive ones.

So what is the effectiveness, in my opinion, of this program? For me, it's the ability to create different customized profiles. It’s not very often that a person does something non-standard; most of our activities are routine and monotonous. And in scanning too, constant scanning of the same standard documents, photographs, etc. Of course, from time to time something non-standard comes across, but the frequency of this non-standard is disproportionately small in comparison with the typical flow. Also, customized profiles are very good when the scanner is used by not just one person, but many. The situation is also typical: for example, you have one scanner in your room for several colleagues. Waiting each time until each of them configures a dozen settings before scanning is not good, isn’t it easier to do two steps: select a profile, click the “scan” button? I'm 100% sure it's easier! J

And in terms of the richness of settings, VueScan is at its best. In general, you can start practicing.

Since different versions of VueScan do not contain fundamental differences, I will demonstrate everything using version 9.0.66 as an example.

So, everything in order.

Let's start the installation. It does not raise any questions, except for one question about drivers.

If you are not sure, then select “YES”.

After installation you get this window:

Close the “tip of the day” window and click the “Details” button

A window opens with more detailed information about the settings

To receive full access to settings, click the “More” button

And here is ATTENTION! If your scanner is supported by VueScan, you will see an option in the settings window "Source:" in which the brand of the scanner will be written

if your scanner is not supported, then point "Source:" you will not have it in the list of settings.

There is no point in describing all the wealth of VueScan settings; instead, I’ll try to demonstrate how to work with profiles using an example.

In my daily activities, I often scan this type of document such as memos.

Since I intend to further recognize service notes and at the same time try to save space, the scanning parameters will be something like this:

• Permission: 400 dpi;
• Image Size: A4;
• Color depth: black and white one-bit image;
• Saving format: tiff compressed one-bit;

To get such parameters, in the running VueScan go to the first tab "At the entrance" (usually it is always active at startup)

configure all parameters as shown in the picture above, i.e.:

• Task: Scan to file;
• Source: (brand of your scanner);
• Mode: Tablet;
• Medium: Text;
• Media size: A4... ;
• Bit per pixel: 1 bit B/W;
• Sensitivity of black and white negative: approximately 120-145 (higher value increases contrast);
• Viewing resolution: Auto;
• Scan Resolution: User Setting;
• Scan resolution (dpi): 400
• Autosave: Scan;

Other options on the tab "At the entrance" choose to taste J

Now go to the tab "Cropping"


Here, in fact, one parameter is important to us "Crop Frame Size:" , put it in A4 format.

Next two tabs "Filter" And "Color" in black and white mode images are not available, so we skip them and go to the tab "On the way out" .

On the bookmark "On the way out" parameters are configured: where and in what format the scanned image will be saved. For my case with office notes, it will look something like this:

• Default folder: here we set the path where the scanned image will be placed;
• Print size: Scan size;
• Magnification(%): 100;
• Automatic file name: Enabled;
• Create TIFF file: Enabled;
• TIFF file name: @.tif;
• TIFF File Type: 1 bit B/W;
• Compression for TIFF: Auto;
• TIFF Profile: Enabled;

Having set all the parameters, you can press the button "View" and look at the scan results in the preview window. If everything is fine, then we move on to the most important thing, saving the settings profile. To do this, click the menu item "File" —"Save settings"

and set some meaningful file name, for example "Services 1 bit B&W"


press "Save" .

All. This completes the setup. You can now scan a document by clicking "Scan" , and see the results of your work in the folder that you specified on the tab "On the way out" . As a result of scanning, a file with approximately the same name appeared in the folder "Scan-150427-0001.tif". As you can see, the file name consists of the prefix “Scan”, current date and a counter that will automatically increase with each new scan.

And now, actually, about efficiency. J Subsequent scans of “Official Note” documents will be done in THREE presses:

Now configure the remaining document types, saving the configuration profiles. My list looks something like this:

Over time you won't need to go to the menu "File" , you will remember under which function key you have which profile, and you will make its selection by pressing on the keyboard. And then all you have to do is press the button "Scan" .

What about colleagues? They will be happy too, saving their profiles and saving you time!

Forgive me that in this article I do not go into detail about the settings for each type of document. Unfortunately, this topic is very extensive and requires separate large articles. J Stay tuned for new products!

Any technology has a difficult fate. First, we look forward to the new product, save money to buy it, and, as soon as the opportunity arises, we go to the store. The joy from a new gadget lasts for several weeks, after which the love fades and the object of fleeting adoration goes to collect dust on the shelf “until restante”.

The other day I had a need to scan and slightly correct documents (may the lawyers forgive me). Of course, with direct hands, the iPhone can take on all the responsibilities of the scanner - an 8-megapixel camera is quite enough, but when quality is at stake, you can’t do without a scanner. It was then that I remembered the old scanner that was gathering dust Canon CanoScan Lide 30.

I remembered, but it was too late: alas, there was not a single computer in the house based on Windows, OS X I flatly refused to make friends with the scanner, and time was running out. The VueScan program came to the rescue, breathing life into a seemingly lifeless device.

Everything would be fine if Canon were under the brainchild official driver for the OS X platform, but between the scanner and mine MacBook Air 10 years difference, but in the digital world this is an eternity. Of course, all problems would be solved by a banal Windows installation as a second system, but the lack of a distribution kit and a sane Internet nullified all searches. Salvation was found in the program.

The scanner connected to USB categorically did not respond to any body movements, OS X was silent. And lo and behold, the launched VueScan detected the scanner and after a few minutes I received the digital copies I needed in maximum resolution.

The VueScan application interface, despite very regular updates, is frozen in the era of the 2000s. Perhaps this is the only drawback of the application, which immediately fades into the background, overshadowed by its versatility and abundance of all kinds of settings.

The general application menu is displayed in two views: simplified and detailed. In the latter, you get the opportunity to control almost any parameters, from resolution to the number of bits per pixel of the image.

VueScan allows you not only to revive the scanner without the presence of drivers compatible with OS X (according to the developer, the number of supported scanners exceeds 2.5 thousand), but also to use function keys, assigning the required actions.

The application allows you to see the scanned image in real time and if the result you are not satisfied with, you can immediately stop scanning. On the Filter tab, the resulting scan can be corrected by correcting the “soapiness” of the image and increasing its sharpness.

The Output tab allows you to select the resulting format for saving and the directory for saving the scanned files.

For more fine tuning scans and curve graphs are provided.

VueScan is a truly feature-rich application with a flexible range of settings. Alas, you have to pay for comfort and opportunity. Price list in $49.95 (And $89.95 for the Pro version) – slightly above average Mac pricing App Store, but at the same time, you no longer need to buy a new scanner and your old digital friend will be able to serve for many more years. IN trial version You can make scans, save pictures, but as a result, each copy will be marked with watermarks.

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The article discusses programs designed for scanning documentation. The software is aimed at users of any level and can be used for office needs and at home.

ABBYY FineReader 10

The program recognizes text and supports editing options. Compatible with all modern editions operating system Windows. The application supports 179 languages, the option of sending by email.

Peculiarities ABBYY FineReader 10:

• Automatic image correction, including 3D.
• Saving data in its original form (the quality of the original remains unchanged).
• Interaction with spreadsheet and text editors.
• Processing information obtained when using cameras on mobile devices.

OCR CuneiForm

The program performs conversion using technology OCR. This is optical recognition in which the structure of the document remains unchanged, including formatting.

Peculiarities OCR CuneiForm:

• The structure of the fonts is completely preserved in its original form.
• Batch processing of documentation.
• Support for any text editors.
• Save to PDF.
• Check vocabulary and grammar using the built-in dictionary.

PaperScan

The program allows you to scan documents, edit and print materials. Algorithm compression supported JBIG 2 .

Peculiarities PaperScan:

• Import graphic files and conversion to PDF.
• Processing functions including rotation and alignment.
• JBIG 2 – a compression algorithm that does not affect the quality of the file.

Scanitto Pro

The program allows you to recognize scanned copies in the format TIFF And PDF. The main difference of the software is the ability to quickly select an area for processing.

PeculiaritiesScanitto Pro:

• Self-adjustment of parameters for the scanning procedure.
• Adding profiles.
• Printing documents.
• Compression of graphic files (independent choice of compression percentage).

Vue Scan

The program supports more than 600 models of scanning devices. The tool is great for recognizing text on old photos.

Peculiarities VueScan:

• In-depth customization: font size, type, line spacing, paragraph indents and other parameters of the scan result.
• Format support JPEG And PDF.
• English interface.

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When purchasing a new scanner, the user usually receives a disk with drivers and software along with the device. However, over time, this disk tends to disappear in an unknown direction, and the need to use the included drivers disappears, since by this time more recent versions appear, which can be downloaded at any time from the manufacturer’s website. This is where the idea of ​​alternative developments comes in, with the help of which one could work with all the functions of the device. But some utilities can do much more than the original utility from the disk to the scanner!

⇡ VueScan 8.6 - bringing the old scanner back to life

• Developer: Hamrick Software
• Distribution size: 6 MB
• Distribution: shareware
• Russian interface: yes

The scanner is one of those devices that can last for ten years or even more. If you don't use it very much, it can continue to work great as you upgrade your work computers over and over again. However, computer peripheral manufacturers are not very happy with this state of affairs. You may be convinced of this if you want to connect an old scanner to a computer with installed Windows 7, go to the developer’s website and find that there are no drivers for your model, and its support has been discontinued. Leaving users alone with new OS versions and old hardware, manufacturers seem to be saying “Buy a new scanner!” But don’t rush to open price lists and send the old man into retirement - perhaps he will serve for many more years. And the VueScan program can pair it with a new computer.

VueScan can serve the role universal driver for legacy scanners. Using this utility, you can successfully scan documents, images, films, save the received data in one of the supported formats (PDF, JPEG, TIFF and TXT) or immediately send them to print. VueScan will also be useful to owners of modern scanners, since the program has more customization options than most utilities supplied by the manufacturers of these devices.

The program can work in one of two modes: "Master" or "Detailed". The first, as the name implies, is organized in the form of a step-by-step assistant. The user is asked to select the final purpose of scanning - saving to a file or sending to a printer, after which he must specify the scanning source and the folder in which the files will be saved, and decide on the quality of files to be received.

Interestingly, in this mode, VueScan does not burden the user with concepts such as resolution. Instead, you just need to indicate what you plan to do with the received scans: send by mail, store in an archive, send for printing, etc. In the next step, VueScan will show you what the document will look like after scanning, and give you the opportunity to rotate the image and crop it. The program will then perform a scan.

The "Master" mode is suitable for performing quick scans, but if you are used to keeping every little detail under control, it makes sense to switch to the "Detailed" mode. Over more than ten years of existence, VueScan has acquired a huge number of capabilities, including current version two modes offered detailed settings. The first of them displays only the most important parameters, and the second shows all available options.

By scanning an image from film, using VueScan you can partially eliminate grain, restore colors, and increase sharpness. Also, due to numerous program settings, you can control color balance, set autoframing parameters and much more. The settings selected once can be saved as a profile and then used again and again. This is convenient if you are making scans of the same type, for example, scanning an entire book.

VueScan has an integrated system optical recognition text (OCR), thanks to which documents scanned with its help can be immediately recognized and created based on them RTF files or PDF with text search. To be fair, it should be noted that not all documents are recognized correctly by VueScan, but do not forget that this is not the main function of the program. Therefore, we can consider it a very pleasant addition to the main toolkit.

The professional version of VueScan differs from the standard version in that it offers support ICC profiles and color spaces. In addition, it includes the ability to calibrate scanner colors according to the IT8 standard, as well as the ability to scan to RAW files.

⇡ BlindScanner 2.7 - working with the scanner on a local network

• Developer: Masters ITC Software
• Distribution size: 2 MB
• Distribution: shareware
• Russian interface: yes

The number of scanners available to the user is usually less than the number of working computers. This may cause some inconvenience. For example, if you have a couple of desktops and the same number of laptops at home, then you need to decide which of them is most convenient to connect the scanner to, and then deal only with this computer. When a scanner is connected to one of the computers in the office, the user sitting at this computer cannot work normally - colleagues constantly turn to him with a request to scan documents. As a result, this employee's performance decreases due to the fact that he is constantly distracted.

BlindScanner solves this problem. Using this utility, you can open access to the scanner for any computer in local network. To do this, you need to install the server part of the application on the PC to which the scanner is connected, and the client part on each of the computers from which you plan to use the device. The server part can work as an application or as a service.

The client part of BlindScanner has a convenient interface with which you can completely control the scanning process. First, you need to select a scanner available on the network from the list of devices, and then decide on the location for saving the files and the format.

BlindScanner supports saving documents in BMP, GIF, JPG, PDF, PNG, TIFF files. Before scanning, you can set the resolution, as well as the color mode: black and white, grayscale or full color. If you need to scan many documents, you can use the “Multi-page scanning” settings group, after which you can specify whether the scanner has an automatic paper feeder, whether you want to scan both sides of the sheet and skip blank pages. In addition, in multi-page scanning mode, BlindScanner can perform auto-scanning with a delay. Selected scan settings can be saved as a profile for future use.

BlindScanner also has a Pro version, which is distinguished by the ability to scan directly in the program in which you are supposed to work with scanned documents - Adobe Photoshop, Abbyy Finereader etc.

It is worth keeping in mind that the program uses port 8900 to connect to the server, so it correct operation, you may need to ensure that it is not blocked by a firewall.

⇡ Scanned Document Distributor 2.0 - upload scans to FTP and send them by mail

• Developer: Nico Cuppen Software
• Distribution: shareware
• Russian interface: no

Most "native" applications supplied with scanners allow you to save the finished file in one of the popular formats, but this is where their capabilities are limited. Let's imagine a situation where you need to scan many documents and then open them in a specific program. In this case, you have to do a lot of unnecessary steps: save the file on disk, then run the program and open the file from it.

Scanned Document Distributor differs from other scanning applications in that it can perform many different actions on the received files. So, in addition to the usual saving them to disk in PDF format, TIFF, JPG, GIF or PNG, the program can immediately send the file for printing ( network printers supported), transfer the file via email as an attachment, upload it to an FTP server, and also launch any application specified by the user and open the file in it. It is important that several actions can be used within one task. For example, a scanned file can be automatically sent for printing and uploaded to an FTP server.

Working with Scanned Document Distributor is organized as follows: first you need to create a profile that includes scanning parameters, as well as a description of the actions that need to be performed. After saving, the profile appears in the main program window, and all that is required from the user the next time the program is launched is to place the document in the scanner, select desired profile and click on the button that starts the process.

However, if you constantly use the same profile, you can reduce the number of actions to a minimum. Using the Create Profile Shortcut feature, you can add an icon to quick launch Scanned Document Distributor with the selected settings on the desktop, in the Start menu, on the Quick Launch panel. In the program settings, you can specify the email address to which a notification will be sent each time a scan profile is launched.

The program supports scanners with an automatic paper feeder. Depending on the settings you select, when you scan multiple pages automatically, the result may be saved as multi-page TIFF or PDF files.

⇡ Photocopier Pro 3.10 - quickly send scans for printing

• Developer: Nico Cuppen Software
• Distribution size: 1.7 MB
• Distribution: shareware
• Russian interface: no

Unfortunately, not all programs supplied with scanners have the ability to quickly send a scan for printing. Nevertheless, this function is in great demand, because a scanner and printer connected to a computer can easily replace a copier. You can, of course, scan a document, then open it in the appropriate program and send it for printing, but this takes a lot of time. If there are not one or two documents, this is especially tedious. Photocopier Pro allows you to send your finished scan to the printer with just one click.

The program is very easy to use - all its main parameters fit in one small window (although for finer settings you will need to open additional window). By default, before scanning begins, it displays a window in which you can preview the document and, if necessary, crop it, center it, increase or decrease brightness, change the scale, or make other adjustments. You can also specify the required number of copies, enable scanning on both sides, and disable the automatic paper feeder.RiDoc 3.3 - assistant for working with scanned documents

• Developer: COMPANY RIMAN
• Distribution size: 4.8 MB
• Distribution: shareware
• Russian interface: yes

RiDoc is a multifunctional program that helps you manage a large number scans. With its help, you can save scanned documents to TIFF, BMP, JPEG, PNG files, create PDF files, send documents to print or send by email. In addition, using RiDoc you can quickly insert a scan into a MS Word document. Unfortunately, in latest version MS Word 2010 does not have the function of directly inserting an image from a scanner, which users are more accustomed to earlier versions programs. This is why having this option in RiDoc can be very useful.

One more interesting opportunity RiDoc - adding a watermark to scanned documents. This feature can be used to protect content from being recognized. If a document needs to be shared with others but you don't want the text to be recognized, a diamond watermark overlaid on top of the main content will make it much more difficult for OCR systems.

Finally, RiDoc can be used to organize scanned documents. The program implements the function of working with “quick folders”, thanks to which, firstly, it is convenient to select a directory for saving, and secondly, you can quickly find previously saved files. To work with “quick folders” you need to make a list of them, and then simply select the one you need when saving.

⇡ Conclusion

No matter how mundane a task may seem, in most cases you can find original ways to solve it. This also applies to document scanning. The programs that this review is devoted to allow you to simplify many operations related to obtaining and processing scans and automate some actions. Try working with these utilities and, perhaps, very soon they will be included in your own list of must-have applications.

VueScan is an advanced universal application for scanners that allows you to get the most out of all the device's capabilities. Both beginners and experienced computer users can use the program. This is possible thanks to the detailed user interface, which often cannot be said about other similar software.

As a rule, software, which comes with the scanner, has a fairly modest and even primitive set of parameters for setting up the scanning process.
In contrast, scans are fundamentally new level, which increases the capabilities of the device due to expanded software functionality. For example, with the help of new drivers, users can edit balance, brightness and color depth, perform multi-pass and batch scanning, all in a user-friendly and intuitive user interface.

In addition, the application may partially perform photo editor features: The original photo or just a picture is saved in special file, which further allows its processing without the participation of a scanner.

Thanks to this, it is enough to pass the original through the scanner only once, at the same time saving the latter’s resource, as well as the user’s time.

The program for the vuescan scanner can be downloaded for free with a key only from the official website, having previously paid for the license, or you can search for the medicine on the Internet. For everyone else, it is distributed free of charge, but with limited functionality (there are watermarks).

It is usually used as programs for canon scanner and hp due to the increased love of users for the equipment of these companies, but this does not mean at all that the software does not work for brands from other manufacturers. The list of supported devices contains simply a huge list of all kinds of devices (working with more than 1850 models is supported).

Separately, it is worth mentioning the possibility of saving previously selected personal settings for each type of scanning. For this purpose, a separate profile is created, which allows you to significantly optimize the work. This is especially true if several users are using the computer at once or a wide variety of documents are being scanned.

Additionally, we note that there is no need to perform various manipulations in order to separately download the text recognition program from the scanner, since this application copes well with this difficult task. Well, if you need a more professional tool, then best choice- this is ABBYY FineReader.

Besides, scanner program VueScan will be appreciated by everyone who works with film originals or slides. This software contains information about the color mask of more than 150 types of film, but there is also the ability to manually adjust the parameters. Another “trick” of the VueScan program is that the scanned image can become “high quality” better than the original Thanks to noise suppression tools, infrared cleaning functions to hide scratches and other defects, eliminate dust particles and areas of dirt. There is also a tool for suppressing the “grain” effect without significant loss of sharpness, and the ability to qualitatively improve focusing and image calibration is available.

If you use several devices or have just changed your scanner, you can use one driver that comes with this application.

When using this software, even the most demanding user will not remain indifferent to the capabilities of the hardware controlled by this program.

Separately, it is worth noting that you can download vuescan x32 / x64 for free without watermarks only by purchasing a license for the program or thanks to “medicines”. Our site has nothing to do with the latter, due to the high risk of spreading viruses.

This extension for the scanner will not take up much space in the computer’s memory and can be installed “for testing” in order to be safely removed in case you suddenly don’t like it and want to return to the native software that came with the scanner.

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