Scanning & Capture

Canon exits Microfilm market

Following the continued shift towards electronic document capture solutions and the decline in demand for microfilm and microfiche equipment, Canon has announced it plans to discontinue its micrographics business.

Trapeze captures TechnologyOne ECM

Redman Solutions has announced the release of Trapeze Capture for TechnologyOne’s Enterprise Content Management (ECM) solution.

ABBYY FineReader 11 boosts OCR speeds

ABBYY has announced FineReader 11, an intelligent OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software application featuring a new black-and-white mode claimed to increase document processing speed.
Processing speeds are promised to be up to 25 percent faster results on European languages (e.g. English, German, Russian, etc.) and up to 40 percent on Asian languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

Sharp adds A3 entry-level MFDs

Sharp Corporation of Australia has announced a new series of A3 entry-level mono multifunction devices (MFDs), AR-5618D and AR-5623D, equipped with colour scanning and upgradeable network printing. 

LEAD Technologies releases LEADTOOLS V17.5

Software developers in document, medical and multimedia imaging are the target market for a new release of LEADTOOLS V17.5

Sharp puts MFD on the road

Sharp has introduced a new lightweight multi-function device (MFD) that fits copy, print, and colour scan capabilities in a portable package.

Oracle buys InQuira KM software

Oracle has entered into an agreement to acquire InQuira knowledge management software that supports Web self-service and agent-assisted service.

Capture Pro takes a wider view

Contex wide format scanners are now able to input large-format documents directly into Kodak’s Capture Pro Software, with a single interface to deliver into databases and EDM/ECM applications.

Kodak adds high volume i5800 scanner

Kodak has announced the Model i5800 Scanner, a production scanner for service bureaus and medium to large businesses with high-volume document workflows including digital mail rooms, census projects, insurance claims and invoice processing.

Kofax leads global capture market: analyst

A new report published by industry analyst Harvey Spencer Associates reports Kofax has continued increasing its share of the capture software and services market.

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