Captiva ISIS Drivers

For software developers: assured hardware compatibility

You've got a business process management application which requires transformation of data from paper to digital at the front end. How can you guarantee that it will work with scanners from Kodak, Fujitsu, Canon, Panasonic, Hewlett Packard, Visioneer, Xerox and all the others your application might encounter? Obtaining actual hardware from each manufacturer and doing the exhaustive testing required is time and cost-prohibitive.

Use EMC Captiva PixTools® to build the scanning portion of your application using ISIS technology. EMC Captiva has long-standing partnerships with most major scanner manufacturers. ISIS-compatible drivers are available for more than 400 scanner models, all pre-tested and certified by EMC Captiva to be compatible with any properly written ISIS application.

Using Pixlools software developer kits (SDK5) also significantly reduces development time. Toolkits include scanner drivers, read/write modules, data transport/format conversion modules and an on-screen document viewer. With ISIS, the basic functions of imaging are already clearly defined, implemented and thoroughly tested, making ISIS applications faster and easier to execute.

Also contributing to the successful execution of ISIS applications-regardless of image size or color depth-are:

• ISIS pipes, which allow iSiS modules to be loaded into and purged from memory as needed
• ISIS scanner drivers, which allow scanners to run at their maximum rated speeds
• ISIS data streaming, which enables processing in 8Kb packets

Another key benefit of ISIS to scanner manufacturers and software developers is reduced support costs. The code which ISIS is based on has been used and refined for over fifteen years. isis-enabled toolkits and scanners reduce risk for developers and scanner manufacturers, as they have been subjected to a rigorous, time-proven testing procedure.