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Kodak solutions to make Web-based scanning quick [Saudi Gazette, The](Saudi Gazette, The Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Research shows 87 percent of business applications are web-based yet only 2 percent of firms use web technology for document scanning. To address this, Kodak Alaris announced a third model in its ScanMate series - the KODAK Scanner. The new scanner allows easy connection to thin client systems or web-based applications in companies running Intranet environments. New KODAK Info Input Solution software is available too. It works in sync with the KODAK and other scanners and is a secure Web-based thin client document capture solution. It automatically captures, classifies and extracts information from paperwork and eliminates any need for expensive thick client infrastructure. Hauke Fast, Kodak Alaris' EAMER product marketing manager, said "Web-based or a thin-client architectures allow organizations to speed up adoption of new business applications whilst minimizing support costs. The does all its image processing locally within the scanner. This minimizes the need to purchase and support high-end PCs and reduces the impact on network performance due to traffic congestion." Like the recently announced i1150, the comes with integrated barcode recognition - supporting nine barcode types - and has a customizable colour LCD interface to help users quickly identify where to send captured images. Intelligent Document Protection safeguards against jams, and the offers TWAIN and ISIS driver compatibility to make it simple to integrate with other applications. The includes one button Smart Touch functionality so users can start business processes and scan to predefined locations. Able to process 40 pages per minute with a recommended volume of up to 5,000 pages per day, the comes with a full license for the EMC Captiva Cloud Toolkit to make it straightforward for developers to write their own thin client or web capture applications. This is the first time a scanner in this class has had such software included for free eliminating the need to buy middleware. A low specification PC is all that is necessary for full speed scanning (such as an Intel Core 2 Duo, 1 GHz, 2 GB RAM machine), making the new ScanMate ideal for use in network environments like Citrix, server-client, remote desktop and so on. - SG (c) 2014 The Saudi Gazette. All Rights Reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ] |