What's new in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.130

Jul 7, 2021
  • Improved OCR engine.
  • Improved PDF/A converter engines.
  • A battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.129 (Jun 3, 2021)

  • Added HEIF/HEIC & EML/MSG & HTML as input formats.
  • PaperScan can now be set as the default application to read files.
  • Improved TWAIN scanning support.
  • Improved OCR engine.
  • Improved PDF/A converter engine.
  • Improved Office formats rendering engine.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Fix the translation in Turkish language.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.128 (Apr 7, 2021)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Better OCR engine.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.126 (Mar 2, 2021)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Improved blank pages detection engine.
  • Improved OCR engine.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.119 (Dec 29, 2020)

  • Global performance improvements.
  • Better OCR engine.
  • Added support for doc, xls and ppt formats.
  • Improved compatibility with some old devices.
  • Added option to open the device configuration dialog from the settings panel.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.118 (Oct 3, 2020)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.117 (Oct 1, 2020)

  • Improved user interface.
  • Improved speed.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.109 (Jun 19, 2020)

  • Speed improvement of the document import feature
  • Thumbnails are displayed in real-time during the scanning process
  • Allow to rotate by 1/10 angle
  • Minor bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.105 (May 6, 2020)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.104 (May 5, 2020)

  • Dramatically improved the MRC engine.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.102 (Apr 25, 2020)

  • New Digital Signature functionality
  • Battery of minor bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.101 (Mar 25, 2020)

  • Improved OCR
  • Improved automatic page orientation detection
  • Battery of minor bug fixes
  • Annotation toolbar improvements
  • Tooltip improvements

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.100 (Mar 19, 2020)

  • Improved OCR
  • Improved automatic page orientation detection
  • Battery of minor bug fixes
  • Annotation toolbar improvements
  • Tooltip improvements

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.97 (Feb 16, 2020)

  • Global performance improvements.
  • Improved transfer rate with high speed scanning devices.
  • Improved MRC engine.
  • Improved OCR engine.
  • Battery of min bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.96 (Dec 15, 2019)

  • Improved OCR engine.
  • Several minor enhancements.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.94 (Dec 15, 2019)

  • Improved OCR engine accuracy and speed.
  • Improved MRC engine.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.90 (Aug 27, 2019)

  • General application performance improvements.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.88 (Jul 15, 2019)

  • Improved MRC engine accuracy and speed.
  • Improved OCR engine accuracy and speed.
  • Improved global performances.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.85 (Jun 6, 2019)

  • Improved global performances.
  • Dramatically improved the MRC engine.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.83 (Apr 24, 2019)

  • Improved global performances.
  • Dramatically improved the MRC engine.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.82 (Mar 30, 2019)

  • Improved MRC engine.
  • Improved generated PDF compression.
  • Batterty of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.81 (Mar 23, 2019)

  • Improved OCR engine.
  • Improved MRC engine.
  • Improved user interface speed.
  • Improved support with large images.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.80 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Improved MRC engine

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.78 (Mar 4, 2019)

  • Dramatically improved the built-in MRC engine.
  • Improved rendering & processing speed.
  • Improved PDF generation.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.77 (Jan 7, 2019)

  • Improved compression rate of produced documents.
  • Improved the MRC engine.
  • General UI improvements.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.75 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • Improved MRC engine.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.74 (Nov 19, 2018)

  • Improved UI speed.
  • Improved MRC compression.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.73 (Nov 19, 2018)

  • Improved MRC compression.
  • Added support for very large PDF creation (more than 2GB).
  • Improved OCR accuracy and speed.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.72 (Nov 11, 2018)

  • Improved dramatically the MRC engine.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Improved OCR engine.
  • Improved global performances.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.71 (Oct 5, 2018)

  • Dramatically improved the PDF/MRC generator.
  • Added options to select paper size.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.68 (Jun 4, 2018)

  • Improved black borders removal filter
  • A battery of minor bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.67 (May 29, 2018)

  • Improved black borders removal filter.
  • Improved punch holes removal filter.
  • Improved blank pages detection engine.
  • Improved OCR engine.
  • Improved MRC engine.
  • A battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.65 (Apr 27, 2018)

  • Improved punch holes removal filter speed.
  • Support for new PDF scheme creation: Added new PDF conformance levels and versions as output format : PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-1b, PDF/A-2a, PDF/A-2b, PDF/A-2u, PDF/A-3a, PDF/A-3b, PDF/A-3u.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.63 (Apr 19, 2018)

  • A battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.62 (Mar 29, 2018)

  • Processing can now be applied to every selected page
  • Annotation presets can now be added to several pages at once
  • The improved color detection engine
  • A battery of minor bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.61 (Mar 17, 2018)

  • General performance improvements.
  • A battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.60 (Mar 1, 2018)

  • Improved blank page detection engine
  • Improved PDF import engine
  • A battery of speed improvements
  • A battery of minor bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.57 (Jan 31, 2018)

  • Various improvements in UI and filters.
  • A battery of minor bug fixes.
  • PaperScan is now available in 30 languages.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.56 (Jan 9, 2018)

  • Improved automatic page orientation detection.
  • Improved blank pages detection engine.
  • Improved auto-deskew engine.
  • Improved document saving with page separation.
  • Improved UI on an operating system using display scale.
  • Improved PDF import engine.
  • Improved OCR engine speed and accuracy.
  • A battery of updates to improve global performance (speed and memory usage).

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.55 (Dec 14, 2017)

  • Improved black borders detection accuracy.
  • Improved OCR engine.
  • Improved PDF import support.
  • Improved blank pages detection engine.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.54 (Dec 14, 2017)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Improved overall speed.
  • Improved the blank page detection engine.
  • Improved the auto-deskew filter.
  • Improved the margins detection engine.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.53 (Nov 22, 2017)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes
  • Improved overall speed
  • Improved the blank page detection engine
  • Improved the auto-deskew filter
  • Improved the margins detection engine

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.52 (Oct 27, 2017)

  • Improved compatibility with TWAIN drivers of modern Canon devices.
  • Improved Auto deskew algorithm.
  • Added support for black margins removal from color and grayscale images.
  • Improved the PDF rasterizer engine.
  • A battery of minor bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.51 (Oct 27, 2017)

  • Improved auto-deskew filter
  • Battery of minor bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.50 (Oct 3, 2017)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Improved document imaging filters.
  • Improved PDF generation speed.
  • Improved OCR accuracy.
  • Improved support for devices using memory transfer mode.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.48 (Jul 28, 2017)

  • Improved auto deskew filter.
  • Improved blank page detection filter.
  • Improved automatic color detection accuracy.
  • Improved OCR speed.
  • Improved UI speed.
  • The hole punch removal filter can now be applied to grayscale and color images.
  • A battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.47 (May 22, 2017)

  • Improved blank page detection filter.
  • Improved image rendering.
  • Improved PDF rasterizer.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.45 (Apr 18, 2017)

  • Dramatically improved the blank page detection mechanish.
  • Improved TWAIN memory transfer speed.
  • Improved document import speed, quality and compatibility with complex documents.
  • Improved user interface speed.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.42 (Apr 11, 2017)

  • Improved autodeskew filter.
  • Improved OCR engine accuracy.
  • Improved support for high definition document scanning (1200 DPI).
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.35 (Mar 2, 2017)

  • Improved TWAIN acquisition speed.
  • Settings dialog enhancement to fit every screen resolutions.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.34 (Feb 21, 2017)

  • Improved acquisition speed for high volume scanners.
  • Improved image rendering speed.
  • Improved JPEG-2000 file loading speed.
  • Improved PNG file generation speed.
  • Improved PDF importing engine (quality and speed).
  • PDF/OCR: improved generation speed.
  • Improved user interface behaviour.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.33 (Feb 21, 2017)

  • Added option to favor memory transfer mode
  • Improved speed of the viewer
  • Battery of minor bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.32 (Dec 22, 2016)

  • Fixed a Windows Vista related issue.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.31 (Dec 22, 2016)

  • Fixed a Windows XP related issue.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.30 (Nov 21, 2016)

  • Improved autodeskew accuracy.
  • Improved application behavior when the WIA service is not available.
  • Improved quality of imported PDF pages.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.29 (Oct 13, 2016)

  • Improved automatic updates.
  • Improved document imaging filters quality and speed.
  • Improved compatibility with some buggy drivers.
  • Improved the PDF import engine.
  • Improved the OCR engine speed and accuracy.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.21 (Jun 9, 2016)

  • Settings are now preserved when an update is applied.
  • Improved image transfer with Canon devices.
  • Improved image loading speed.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.19 (May 23, 2016)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.18 (May 19, 2016)

  • Improved format handling.
  • Improved page orientation detection accuracy.
  • Fixed a bug with the "Keep source open after scan process" feature. This option is also disabled by default.
  • New feature in the scanning dialog box: "Show device user interface before scanning".
  • Improved OCR accuracy and speed.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.13 (Mar 16, 2016)

  • This version is now based on the latest GdPicture.NET 12 core technology.
  • Improved page orientation detection accuracy.
  • Improved blank page detection accuracy.
  • Improved color detection accuracy and quality of produced documents.
  • Improved user interface speed and memory usage.
  • PDF/OCR generated are now using TrueType font.
  • Dramatically improved document import & generation speed, especially for jpeg images.
  • Fixed some PDF rendering issues.
  • More than 50 bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.12 (Dec 28, 2015)

  • Improved document import speed.
  • Fixed some PDF rendering issues.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.11 (Oct 6, 2015)

  • Several minor UI enhancements.
  • Improved AutoDeskew.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.8 (Aug 17, 2015)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Several typos and translation fixes.
  • New version update mechanism.
  • Uninstallation before update is not required anymore.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.4 (Jul 17, 2015)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes
  • Improved file saving mechanism
  • Improved memory usage

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 3.0.0 (Jul 1, 2015)

  • New User Interface with many bug fixes and better performance.
  • New Settings panel.
  • More than 20 new filters and effects.
  • New despeckle filter in batch acquisition/import filters.
  • Improvement of all document imaging filters such as Auto - deskew, punch holes removal...
  • Improvement of the automatic colour detection engine.
  • Support for automatic image orientation added.
  • Replacement of autocrop by automatic black borders removal in batch acquisition/import filters.
  • ICM support for image import.
  • Support for 60+ OCR languages added.
  • Support for SVG, EMF and WMF file format added.
  • New advanced printing dialog to specify alignment, adjustment, orientation...
  • New profile manager to create, remove and switch configuration settings.
  • Support for custom keyboard shortcuts management added.
  • Pre-set annotations support with a featured designer.
  • New polygon ruler annotation.
  • New preview feature in scanning wizard.
  • Improved support for camera devices.
  • Improved support for large bitmap handling.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.28 (Aug 5, 2014)

  • Improved separator sheets handling
  • Improved PDF import quality
  • Battery of minor bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.21 (May 23, 2014)

  • Improved separator sheets handling.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.20 (May 23, 2014)

  • Improved document loading speed.
  • Improved Auto-Deskew filter.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.19 (May 10, 2014)

  • Improved document loading speed.
  • PDF import quality improvement.
  • Fixed a critical issue when using separator sheets to produce PDF/OCR documents.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.18 (Apr 23, 2014)

  • Improved document loading speed.
  • PDF import quality improvement.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.17 (Mar 6, 2014)

  • Improved Windows XP support based on old hardware architectures
  • PDF import quality improvement

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.16 (Feb 27, 2014)

  • Some bug fixes.
  • Speed improvement.
  • PDF import quality improvement.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.13 (Dec 27, 2013)

  • Added feature to define bitmap compression scheme in PDF. See Saving Options panel.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.10 (Dec 17, 2013)

  • Some bug fixes.
  • TWAIN Data Source Manager updated to the 2.3.0 version.
  • Improved PDF importing support.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.8 (Nov 13, 2013)

  • Some bug fixes.
  • Added option to automatically open saved documents.
  • Improved PDF importing support.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.6 (Oct 31, 2013)

  • Added support for DICOM format (import).
  • Generated TIFF image files are now compatible with some legacy viewers.
  • Improved speed of the document viewer.
  • Memory usage decreased in some cases.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.5 (Oct 1, 2013)

  • Some bug fixes

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.4 (Sep 29, 2013)

  • Improved JPEG 2000 file saving options and output quality.
  • Added option to handle produced files attributes (Options / Saving Options / Output Files Attributes).
  • Improved custom page size support and added option to handle the automatic page size capability of TWAIN devices.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes and various speed improvements.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 2.0.0 (Sep 4, 2013)

  • Support for scanning with separator sheets.
  • Tiff file saving is dramatically faster.
  • Improved speed of all document imaging filters.
  • Added option to show / hide the viewer toolbar.
  • Added annotation toolbar.
  • Improved persistent settings behavior.
  • Added WEBP image format saving.
  • Added option to Crop Selected Area In a New Page.
  • Added option to save PDF with Fast Web View mode enabled.
  • Some UI improvements and fixes.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.8.8 (May 23, 2013)

  • Fixed some TWAIN acquisition issues.
  • Fixed license registration problem.
  • The package has been updated with the latest available Data Source manager (TWAINDSM.DLL).
  • GdPicture.NET 9.4.9 is now used.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.8.6 (Apr 30, 2013)

  • Fixed some TWAIN acquisition issues.
  • Some speed improvements.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.8.5 (Apr 12, 2013)

  • Fixed some TWAIN acquisition issues on Windows 8.
  • Some speed improvements.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.8.4 (Mar 17, 2013)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Some speed improvements.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.8.3 (Mar 5, 2013)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Some speed improvements.
  • Better support with some non TWAIN compliant device driver.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.8.1 (Dec 7, 2012)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Better support for high resolution document acquisitions.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.8.0.0 (Nov 13, 2012)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Updates notifications support.
  • New option to suppress warning and notification dialogs.
  • New option to convert color bitmap to 1-bit monochrome bitmap using a dithering algorithm.
  • Bunch of new annotations support: Free Hand Highlighter, Text, Image, Ellipse, Rectangle, Line, Connected Lines, Free Hand Pen, Ruler, Polygon, Free Hand Polygon.
  • Quick scan mode feature: start a scan process by CTRL+Q, without getting the acquisition wizard.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.7.0.2 (Oct 6, 2012)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Some speed improvements.
  • Improvement of the AutoDeskew filter.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.7.0.0 (Sep 21, 2012)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Some speed improvements.
  • Added option to save a specific number of pages per file.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.6.0.1 (Jul 31, 2012)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Speed improvement of the main UI.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.6.0.0 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Better compatibility with some old TWAIN drivers.
  • Color detection feature is now stable and can be used in production. (hot)
  • Batch document processing filters can now be applied during image import.
  • Fixed some productivity issues during high volume scanning.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.5.5.3 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Introducing automatic color detection in the batch filters (Beta).

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.5.5.1 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Added an option to switch to TWAIN 1.9 DSM

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.5.5.0 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Updated TWAIN Data Source Manager to version 2.2.
  • Speed improvement and lower memory usage.
  • Added option to disable TWAIN cap. detection (Options / Extras... / Disable Capability Detection).
  • Improved quality and speed of PDF pages import.
  • Improved quality of 8-bit colour image convertion.
  • Improved speed of the auto-deskew engine.
  • Improved speed & design of the thumbnail pannel.
  • Fixed unicode issue in PDF metadata.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.5.0.0 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Added confirmation message before deleting a page.
  • Changed the resolution choices to deliver standard resolutions with some devices.
  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Fixed a memory leak with the PDF import.
  • Contextual menu can be displayed on the current page to remove it or to save it quickly.
  • Added option to configure PDF import resolution.
  • Changed the behavior when user is prompted to clean the list after a saving operation. Now suggested deletion is only saved pages and not all pages.
  • Files can be imported from Windows Explorer to Paperscan by drag & drop operation.
  • Added an option to automatically add the date in a predefined format in each saved file name.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.4.0.8 (Jul 9, 2012)

  • Battery of minor bug fixes.
  • Problem with WIA acquisition from document on some scanners fixed.
  • Added an option to select the TWAIN Data Source Manager version (see Options / Extras...).

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.4.0.6 (Feb 28, 2012)

  • Added support for JPEG 2000 format saving.
  • Added support for page reordering with drag & drop.
  • Speed improvement of the thumbnail generation.

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.3.5 (Sep 29, 2011)

  • Added support for JPEG 2000 format saving.
  • Added support for page reordering with drag & drop.
  • Speed improvement of the thumbnail generation

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.2.000 (Jul 15, 2011)

  • Better AutoDeskew & AutoCrop engine
  • Improvement of the OCR engine, better speed and better accuracy
  • Added support for encrypted PDF (read & write)
  • New set of options to control output JPEG image quality & progressive encoding mode
  • New options to control PDF output encryption

New in PaperScan Scanner Software Free Edition 1.1.0 (Mar 2, 2011)

  • Minor bug fixes
  • Improved compatibility with some odd TWAIN drivers
  • Speed improvement of the document import feature
  • New set of features to select multiple pages in the thumbnail view
  • Minor bug fixes
  • New feature Edit / Erase Selected Area