PaperScan is one year old!
To celebrate the first birthday of the release, I wanted to share its story with you. Because PaperScan has gone a long way!
It started as a small demo app for scanners to show what could be done with the GdPicture SDKs. The application was so convenient and we were a few people to use it on a regular basis to scan, organize and save our documents. Then we thought: since it’s useful for us, maybe other people would like it too! So we decided to sell it as an end-user software. Why not giving it a try? As a student myself (still…) I use PaperScan for my PhD thesis all the time and now I can finally say goodbye to the thousands of photocopies which were lying around everywhere in my apartment.
Selling end-users softwares was very new for ORPALIS, since we were used to sell softwares for developers only, not for the general public. We first released two versions of PaperScan, a Free Edition with some limitations so people could try it and see if it could be of any use for them, and a Professional Edition without any limitation. Then as more and more people were using PaperScan we had more and more feature requests. That’s how we decided to add annotations. And the Home Edition (free for my fellow students!) was created for an everyday use.
Now, after one year, we’re proud to be in the homes and offices of so many people worldwide. PaperScan is one of the top app the most downloaded in its category, and we have hundred of thousands people using it every day!
So to thank you, customers and anonyms who made PaperScan what it is today with your remarks and requests on the goods and bads of PaperScan, we offer 10 licenses of the Professional Edition!
To participate just leave a comment on this post before the end of the month and tell us why PaperScan would be useful for you. The 10 licenses will be awarded randomly.
Thank you!
Cheers,
Elodie
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Hi,
PaperScan is a great WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) & TWAIN (which is a standard software protocol and applications programming interface (API) that controls communication between software applications and imaging devices such as scanners and digital cameras.) scanning software with an OCR engine focused on sole idea, i.e., making document acquisition an unparalleled stress-free task for anybody.
Unlike most of the other scanning applications which are dedicated to one scanner and/or one protocol, PaperScan is simply common many scanners and protocols
By PaperScan one can control whichever scanner the use wants, including network scanners, cameras or acquisition cards with one simple click where in all capabilities are spontaneously controlled and negotiated by PaperScan.
One can try Importing any image/PDF files using PaperScan which arrange them in any imaginable single-page/multi-page configuration, perform a wide range of image adjustments/improvements, annotate documents with sticky notes, rubber stamps, highlighter or arrows and save the work in various file formats including PDF, JPEG, TIFF, and JBIG2
Few of the Image correction and also enhancing features are as follows;
Autodeskew ,Remove punch holes and borders automatically. Blank pages detection and removal, Convert to black and white or greyscale or colour. Adjust colour, Apply filters to smooth, stretch contrast or median the image. Erase a specific area. etc.
Thanks for quoting our website ;-)
I am using the PaperScan Free Edition is doing what expected and it is very useful when scanning a lot of information.
As I live in Hong Kong and work in China, having Chinese language translation (both in Simplified & Traditional Chinese) is much convenient for me and my family, especially for my young son, only twelve years old. And also it is more convenient for user in Asia area, especially in China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong & Macau.
Thanks,
FM Yuen
As an organization, we are looking for a standardized scanning software that can accomodate all brands of scanners that we have accross the company and deliver identical results in terms of output format, processing speed, compression rate and mainly, ease of use.
We are currently evaluating the professional version of Papersoft which has, so far, proven to be the most ergonomic, flexible and complet software of all, at an affordable price.
Based on this positive start, we’re eager to see your progress on Papersoft, which looks promising for us as we are aiming to be a totally paperless company.
Joyeux Anniversaire, and keep on the good work.
Hi, I could use Paperscan for everything, to scan the nicely drawn pictures from my little sister, to scan homework to my friends, …
I think personally Paperscan is a great product, but I don’t know it for sure, because i have never tested it.
But based on the description, Paperscan is very nice!
Joost
My daughter have just been approved to a free students version of Paperscan Home edition, and I can see how much she is already using it. She is very satisfied with your product and especially the carious ways to correct the scanned image. She has letting me try the programme and I must say it’s a nice and very intuitive application. THumbs up for you guys for doing a great job.
I had been in search of an application to scan documents and receipts. I had some basic requirements that software must support crop, deskew, save to PDF, twain support, combine multiple scans to single PDF, and provide some image cleanup functions.
I downloaded about a dozen apps and tried them all and surprisingly most did not have all the features, did not work, or if did work were priced around $200 plus. Then I ran across PaperScan by accident, tried it, and found it refreshing that it did all that I needed and had a nice clean design and fairly easy to use.
What happened next really surprised me. I had posted to the forum requesting some features that would be nice to have. Then a few weeks later noticed that one of those features had been implemented.
This is a responsive and responsible company with a great product that is improving and I strongly recommend this software product.
I’ve been using PaperScan for months, and it works brilliant for me. Also tried several scanning applications due to my scanner’s pure software but it turned out to be the best one.
I sincerely thank PaperScan’s developers for their hard but successful work.
Keep it up!
Batch scanning all invoices would make it easier to recall previous purchases and information on my laptop. It sure saves carrying around my file cabinet. :)
My family left a lot of old documents that I would love to preserve digitally and in an editable (not just searchable) format. PaperScan is one of the most straightforward and portable (works with my existing scanner) apps anyone could find. I’d definitely recommend it to school, small businesses and non-profits needing to reduce their clutter. Thanks for the fine work.
I use my scanner to scan & electronically file my correspondence. Saves filing lots of paper and the pain of searching through folders and boxes for the right documents. I have been looking for software that would work with my old all-in-one Brother Scanner/Printer as the supplied s/w is not very user-friendly and is more XP than Windows 7 in style. I have just found your software and it looks very much what I am looking for. I will be trying the Free version and hoping that I am lucky enough to win one of the 10 professional licenses.
Congrats of your 1st birthday :=)
Hi,
Happy First Anniversary and millions of thanks for the opportunity. I have a scanner but too bad, I lost the driver CD provided by the vendor. Now I am counting on Windows Fax and Scan for daily scan task. Well, we know that despite being simple to use, it is not very robust. That is why I am desperate to win a license. No to mention that there is this OCR support which certainly would be a nice addition to my scanner capability.
Regards!
Wow thanks guys for all the comments! :-) I’ll make sure that our developers see them too! Two more days until we announce the winners!
I think that paperscan pro is a green solution that simplifies the scanning, arranging and processing tasks to try and reach a paperless office.
I volunteer with Habitat For Humanity Artesia. Many workers have digital cameras and take lots of pictures while we are building a home. I then have to take these photos and scan them into our web page so everyone can have access to them. I am looking forward to using Paper Scan to help me. Your product is terrific! Thanks.
great job, the proceccing methods are great !
So it is just fine solution when You want to have documents in digital form and let You save a lot of Your expensive time.
Regards from Poland
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PaperScan is a great program that takes up little space. Giants can not with the small PaperScan. It is a resource that helps me in my day to day. Thank you.
Greetings from Barcelona (Spain)
PaperScan es un gran programa que ocupa poco espacio. Los gigantes no podrán con el pequeño PaperScan. Es un recurso que me ayuda en mi día a día. Gracias.
Saludos desde Barcelona (España)
Hi,
Just like others, I wish to win a license too. Having PaperScan Pro would be a significant reinforcement for my business activities. LOL, not every worker on my office knows how to use a scanner effectively.
Thanks!
PS. Happy Birthday PaperScan!
I bought an E-Book Reader at Christmas and your nice Scan-Software could help me to convert my old Papers to PDF’s , so I get a bit more space on my shelf.
Thanks!
I started using Paperscan after obtaining a new computer. I had previously used recommended Paperport but find the paperscan tool simple, lighweight, and effective for our organizational needs.
It would be so cool – good to have this, because I have this sort of work-gaming-study group where we need alot of papapers and pictures to scan. This would be just SO good for me and my studies.
Et en plus, je suis content d’avoir perdu mes CD de mon scanner parce’que maintenant j’ai un chance de gagner 1000 fois mieux!
It is not as much the winning, as the wanting it, in the case of Paperscan.My old HP PSC 1200 packed up due to voltage spikes and I was forced to buy another entry level HP PSC 1050J410 which is okay but the software is inadequate to say the least.
I heard of Paperscan and fortuitously landed on this site.Let us now wait and see…
I stumbled upon Papderscan when I was looking for an alternative to Nuance Paperport. That one is not bad but expensive and the dev team is uncapable of solving problems. PAPERSCAN in its way is perfect. Easy to use and ergonomically persuading.
That is what I like.