Visioneer Announces 9650i — Kofax Certified Document Scanner Includes ISIS Drivers; New Scanner Designed For The Imaging VAR Channel Ships For Only $699 With Adobe Acrobat 5.0

Business Wire, Sept 4, 2002

Business/Technology Editors

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2002

Visioneer, Inc., a leader in intelligent imaging solutions, today announced the new Visioneer 9650i office productivity scanner, the next generation of Visioneer's highly acclaimed document scanner product family. The new Visioneer 9650i is the company's first Visioneer scanner certified with Kofax SVRS 2.1 and a certified ISIS(R) driver. The scanner can process 12 pages per minute, has a built-in automatic document feeder (ADF) and includes a powerful new software bundle to maximize functionality for only $699.99.

Key features of the Visioneer 9650i include quality color and black and white scanning with 600 dpi optical resolution, robust 25 page automatic document feeder that holds legal, letter and down to check sized paper, up to 12 pages per minute scanning speed for document archiving, Kofax SVRS 2.1 certified, Adobe Acrobat 5.0, ScanSoft PaperPort Deluxe 8, ScanSoft TextBridge Pro 9 OCR, ArcSoft PhotoImpression, a certified ISIS driver, a TWAIN driver and a 50% smaller footprint than competing models.

"The Visioneer 9650i is a substantial leap forward for workgroup scanning," said Murray L. Dennis, CEO of Visioneer, Inc. "The document imaging channel has been held captive to high priced scanners for too long. The 9650i combines the highly acclaimed 9650 USB scanning engine with a powerful new software bundle valued at over $400 to achieve a price performance breakthrough for workgroup and decentralized document imaging applications. We designed the 9650i in response to feedback from our distributor's VAR partners that the market needed a high-speed ISIS and Kofax certified scanner for significantly less than $1000. In today's economy where hardware budgets are limited, the 9650i makes paper to electronic conversion quick, easy and affordable."

Kofax SVRS 2.1 Certified Software

Certified compatible with Kofax Software Virtual Rescan 2.1 (which is sold separately) so businesses that have already invested in Kofax software can buy the 9650i with confidence that it will meet their document imaging needs.

Using the 9650i with Kofax SVRS 2.1 ensures hassle free capture of highly accurate images eliminating the occasional need to adjust scanner settings and rescan a document. Kofax SVRS instantly checks and adjusts for alignment (skew), brightness, contrast, and image clarity. Any inconsistencies are immediately corrected by SVRS so that only the accurately registered, most readable images are moved into your application.

"SVRS brings a much higher level of performance and capabilities previously only available with more expensive production scanners to this very affordable workgroup scanner from Visioneer," says VRS Senior Product Manager Tony Venice. "This makes it a good fit for remote, distributed scanning operations where employees add scanning to their other duties."

Certified ISIS Driver

The 9650i includes an ISIS driver certified by Pixel Translations to ensure that it functions properly with ISIS capable document imaging applications. ISIS (Image and Scanner Interface Specification) is a system of software modules, each of which performs a specific imaging-related function. ISIS modules are available to control scanners and printers, assist in the viewing of images, compress and convert the format of image data, and read or write files containing image data. Through ISIS support, users can be confident that the Visioneer 9650i will work with a wide variety of software applications. There are over 200 commercially available document-imaging applications that use ISIS.

In 2002, AIIM awarded Pixel Translations the first-ever award for Standards Implementation Excellence acknowledging ISIS as a de facto standard and key enabling technology for document imaging applications and scanner drivers.

The Best Way To Share Documents

The 9650i includes a powerful software bundle to maximize functionality. Adobe Acrobat 5.0 software lets users convert any document to an Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file. Adobe PDF files can be opened reliably across a broad range of hardware and software, and look just like original files. Users can also digitally sign their Adobe PDF documents for added security. With the Acrobat Self-Sign feature, you're alerted immediately if your document has been altered after you've signed it. Adobe PDF documents can also be protected with passwords that prevent people from viewing them.

ScanSoft's award-winning PaperPort Deluxe 8.0 software lets users organize their documents quickly and easily and put them to work in dozens of applications by dragging and dropping them on the LinkBar icons. ScanSoft TextBridge Pro 9 OCR lets users convert scanned text pages into editable documents with a high level of accuracy and excellent format retention.

ArcSoft PhotoImpression is an easy-to-use photo editing and creative design program that allows users to edit and retouch photos, then add special effects.

A Complete Solution For Users Who Scan Hundreds Of Pages Daily