Captovation Announces Support for InoTec Document Scanners; Leading European Document Scanner Vendor Introduces New Scanners in U.S. Market.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2003 Captovation, a leading provider of production-level and browser-based document capture software, announced today that the SCAMAX(R) document scanners An optical scanner geared to office documents rather than photographs. Also called "office scanners," "enterprise scanners" and "business scanners," desktop models have automatic document feeders that can scan in the range of approximately 15 to 100 pages per minute. manufactured by InoTec have passed eCapture certification testing. This announcement also means that Captovation will now officially recognize InoTec as a Hardware Technology Partner. The certification testing verified that eCapture's production-level scanning component, ecScan, supports the entire line of SCAMAX scanners through the ISIS(R) (Image and Scanner Interface Specification) scanning interface developed by Pixel Translations. Specific tests were conducted to ensure that the scanners could scan in the industry-accepted formats (Group IV TIFF, JPG See JPEG. jpg - JPEG , etc.), at different resolutions (100-400 dpi), and in black and white, grayscale In computing, a grayscale or greyscale digital image is an image in which the value of each pixel is a single sample. Displayed images of this sort are typically composed of shades of gray, varying from black at the weakest intensity to white at the strongest, though in and color. "As a document capture software company, we feel it is important and necessary to certify our eCapture product with any new document scanner that enters the market. It gives us an opportunity to see first hand the latest scanner technologies and how our capture software utilizes those technologies," said Ken Peterka, Captovation's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "The SCAMAX scanners provide many unique features that are not typically provided by similar class document scanners." InoTec - headquartered in Wolfersheim, Germany - currently has three scanners for sale in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. market. The scanners are the SCAMAX 270, 410 and 510. The SCAMAX 270 and 410 are mid-range scanners that run at 200 images per minute (duplex) at 200 dpi. Essentially, they are the same scanner with the 270 offering black and white scanning and the 410 color scanning. The 510 model is a black and white and grayscale, high-volume scanner with a scan speed of 460 images per minute (duplex). The scanners feature operation via the TSCP TSCP Tom Kerrigan's Simple Chess Program TSCP Transatlantic Secure Collaboration Program TSCP Theater Security Cooperation Plan TSCP Targeting Station Control Panel TSCP Tandem Service Control Point TSCP Time Slot Communication Procedure (TouchScreen See touch screen. Communication Panel). This panel is about five inches wide by five inches high and appears on the front of the scanner right above the automated document feeder. This panel allows the scanner operator to simply instruct the machine what it should do. It also allows the operator to interact with and receive feedback from the scanner without PC software intervention. The interface uses full text and the screen is user definable. Additionally, the SCAMAX scanners feature PaperSurfaceControl (PSC (Public Service Commission) Same as PUC. ), which offers the user increased paper feeding versatility. PSC offers the user additional controls and adjustments to significantly minimize friction. The feeder system of the scanners automatically compensates for the different friction coefficients, texture and weight of various paper types. This allows paper from onionskin to almost cardboard thickness (manila folder The manila folder is a holder designed to contain documents and paperwork. It is generally formed by folding a large sheet of stiff card in half. Though traditionally beige, sometimes other colors are used to differentiate categories of files. ) to be easily scanned. "InoTec is committed to working with the leading document capture companies in the U.S. Most of our new Value Added Resellers See VAR. (company) value added reseller - (VAR, or "value added retailer") A company which sells something (e.g. computers) made by another company (an OEM) with extra components added (e.g. specialist software). (VARs) requested that we work with Captovation due to its industry channel strengths. We have been delighted to work with Captovation and see significant synergy for our mutual resellers," said Klaus Atzbach Founder and International Sales Director for InoTec. About Captovation Captovation, Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. established in 1994, which specializes in the design and development of document capture products for the electronic document management industry. Their software products and custom integration services provide paper-intensive organizations with the ability to streamline and tailor the document capture process to meet their needs. eCapture, the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , is a suite of document capture modules for the Enterprise. The software modules include: ecScan (production-level scanning), ecIndex (production-level indexing), ecNet (distributed, browser-based capture), ecAutoFile Server (bar code recognition server), ecCommit Server (schedule batch commits), ecImport Server (import images directly into eCapture), and ecCheckScan (production-level scanning interface for check scanners). For more information, visit the company's web site at www.captovation.com. About InoTec, GmbH InoTec, is a leading European manufacturer of production scanners for medium and high volume applications. Combining speed, ease of operation and maximum dependability, its line of SCAMAX scanners offer high quality digital information capture for both color and black and white originals and competes extremely well against the industry leaders at the high-end. In Europe, InoTec is #2 in market share at high-end scanners. InoTec was started in 1992, performs its own R&D and manufacturing, and distributes and services its scanners through a network of value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. and system integrators worldwide. Please visit their website at: http://www.scamax.com. Trademarks eCapture and ecScan are trademarks of Captovation, Inc. ISIS is a registered trademark of Pixel Translations. SCAMAX is a registered trademark of InoTec. Other company or product names may be trademarks of others. |
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