Paper Valet

Paper Valet is a simplistic and very lightweight piece of software created from the ground up to help you scan and store your documents in digital form.

Right off the bat, you should know that this application works with all types of flatbed and document feeder scanners, as well as with TWAIN and WIA compliant ones. The thing worth noting here is the fact that it allows you to easily bypass the scanner driver's default interface, resulting in much faster scanning tasks.

Probably just as important is the fact that Paper Valet is perfectly capable of storing multi-page TIFF or PDF files. It can also help you save your documents to JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, and WMF formats.

Even though you probably won't even notice it, it is worth mentioning that this featherweight utility bundles a filter for both shrinking your scans as well as for removing noise when you scan documents in black and white. Please note that this filter works best when you scan images at values above 300 DPI.

The application can be deployed on your computer's system with the least amount of effort and in practically no time, thanks to a streamlined installer. Once launched, you are met by the utility's compact, tabbed user interface that neatly hosts all the app's controls.

There are two main, self-explanatory sections, namely Scan and View. Before anything else, we should point out that Paper Valet features a built-in image viewer and, as you can imagine, all scanned documents are displayed in the image viewer's separate window.

The View tab offers you a very convenient way of finding your documents via an Explorer-like file browser. Also noteworthy is the fact that you can scan large numbers of documents, just as long as you take the time to set up or customize the 'Batch Job.'

To conclude, if you feel that relying on your scanner's default driver user interface slows you down, especially when needing to scan scores of documents, and you want a novice-accessible way to scan and categorize your documents, then Paper Valet surely fits the bill.