The VRS 4.0 Service Pack 1 product was released
on 08/24/05. It updates the VRS version 4.00.071 product to version
4.00.119. This Service Pack contains a new feature and a number
of resolved problems, including those found in all previous VRS
4.0 updates.
The VRS 4.0 Service Pack 1 release is intended to
be installed directly over the existing VRS 4.0 program (with
or without the VRS 4.0 Critical Update 1 release.) This Service
Pack 1 release can be obtained from each of the following options.
From the VRS Update Manager, which can be accessed:
During the VRS 4.0 installation.
By selecting “Check for Updates” from the
Kofax VRS program group.
When using VRS, by selecting “Check for Updates”
from the Help menu in the VRS Interactive Viewer menu bar.
As a download from the Patches section of the Kofax Technical
Support Web site’s VRS
4.0 Downloads Web page.
What is New in
VRS 4.0 Service Pack 1?
New Features
Enhancements to the Blank Page Deletion feature
Resolved Problems
Clarity Settings with Automatic Color Detection (SPR 15624)
Reinstalling an Adrenaline SCSI Scanner Controller (SPR 15589)
Blank Page Deletion and Exception Image Viewing (SPR 15916)
Blank Page Deletion and Every Page QC Mode
Extra Desktop Icon (SPR 15807)
Auto Orientation and the Böwe Bell+Howell Spectrum Series
(SPR 16137)
VRS Performance with the Kodak i600 Series (SPR 16232)
Active Profile Selection (SPR 16511)
Using the F10 Key to Apply a Profile (SPR 16638)
VRS and the Kodak i600 Auto Color Detect Twain Driver Feature
(SPR 16831)
Automatic Color Detection, Auto Orientation with the Böwe
Bell+Howell Spectrum Series (SPR 16869)
VRS 4.0 Upgrade With Japanese-Language Windows XP (SPR 17450)
Japanese-Language VRS and Demonstration Mode (SPR 16980)
Japanese-Language VRS Online Help (SPR 15679)
VRS Interactive Viewer (SPR 17280)
VRS Profile Names and Ascent Capture Batch Class Names (SPR
17337)
Page Level Bar Code Processing (SPR 15813)
Installing VRS 4.0 with Internet Explorer 5.1 (SPR 15817)
Click here
to see the VRS 4.0 Scanner Certification list Web page. This Web
page is updated on a regular basis. The same information is also
available for download. To download the VRS 4.0 Scanner Certification
list in PDF format, click here.
For information about scanners supported with VRS 4.0, use the
Kofax Scanner
Configurator. The Configurator provides up-to-date information
about scanners supported with Kofax products.
New VRS 4.0 features
VRS 4.0 supports the following new features, known as VRS Plus
features. These features are available to users who have a VRS
Plus license:
Automatic color detection
Background smoothing
Content-based rotation
Blank page deletion
White background cropping and deskew
QC Later mode for Ascent Capture 7.0 users (license dependent)
Note: If you implement all of the VRS Plus features
simultaneously, there is some potential for performance degradation.
Additionally, VRS 4.0 includes the following:
Improved user interface updated to support the Windows XP
look and feel
If you wish to use the new VRS Plus features with your Desktop
or Workgroup/Departmental level scanner, you will need to contact
Kofax
Inside Sales Support or your Kofax authorized reseller to
obtain the appropriate license.
If you wish to use VRS 4.0 with a Production level scanner,
you will need to purchase a production class license by contacting
Kofax
Inside Sales Support or your Kofax authorized reseller.
For more details, please refer to Knowledgebase
Article #5194.
Discontinued Scanners
As of the release of VRS 4.0, the following scanners
are no longer supported for use with VRS:
Canon DR-4080U
Canon DR-4580U
Canon DR-5080C
Epson GT-10000+
Epson Perfection 1640SU with ADF
Fujitsu ScanPartner 15C
Fujitsu ScanPartner 620C
HP ScanJet 7400C
HP ScanJet 7450C
HP ScanJet 7490C
Kodak DS 1500
Kodak DS 2500
Panasonic KV-S6040W (black background)
Panasonic KV-S6040W (white background)
Panasonic KV-S6045W (black background)
Panasonic KV-S6045W (white background)
VRS 4.0 supported applications
VRS 4.0 supports all ImageControls-, ISIS-, and
TWAIN-based applications. VRS is certified for use with wide range
of ImageControls-developed applications including Kofax Ascent
Capture 5.51, Ascent Capture 6.x, and Capio 1.1. VRS 4.0 has also
been tested and certified with the following ISIS & TWAIN
applications:
Adobe Acrobat 5.0
Pixel Translations QuickScan Pro 3.0
Additional applications will be tested and as
they are certified they will be posted to this Web page.
If you don’t find your ISIS or TWAIN scan application
in this list, it should still work. If you experience any issues
with your application, contact us at vrs@kofax.com.
4.0 Release Documents
Click on the link below to access the following
VRS 4.0 Release Notes document.
The Kofax VirtualReScan (VRS) Technical Support
group is skilled in all aspects of PC hardware compatibility,
including Kofax controllers and drivers, SCSI adapters, and
ISIS and TWAIN drivers.
Use the following options to contact the VRS Technical
Support group.
VRS
4.0 Product Support Overview
Contact Us