VirtualReScan (VRS) Revision Levels

VRS 4.5 Service Pack 1 is the most recent release of the VirtualReScan (VRS) product.

Version
Type of Release
Release Date
Features
4.5 SP1
Service Pack Release 03/19/10

This service pack release contains the following new features and resolved problems and is intended to be installed over the VRS 4.5 program.

New Features
  • Support for Windows 7

For more information on these new features, refer to the New Features section beginning on page 5 of the VirtualReScan 4.5 Service Pack 1 Notes document.

Resolved Problems

The following resolved problems can be found in the VirtualReScan (VRS) 4.5 Service Pack 1 release.

  • TWAIN Source Unavailable After Upgrade (SPR00049856)
  • Simplex Images Produced with Duplex Scanning Selected (SPR00053853)
  • Scan Profile Not Refreshed - Kodak i1840 (SPR00051911)
  • Kofax VRS TWAIN Interface Unable to Save Profile After Upgrade (SPR00050209)
  • Auto Brightness Caused Grayscale Image to Turn White (SPR00053065, SPR00054001)
  • Low-Contrast Data Matrix Bar Codes Not Detected (SPR00053562)
  • Long Data Matrix Bar Codes Not Detected (SPR00058509)
  • Lengthy Bar Code Value Causes VRS Test Application (VCDemo) Failure (SPR00054467)
  • Border Applied to Blank Pages (SPR00048233)
  • Unexpected Cropping - BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Scanners (SPR00048515)
  • Improper Cropping - Fujitsu fi-5900 Scanners (SPR00055562)
  • Imprinter / Endorser Settings Not Saved Correctly (SPR00054162, SPR00057326)
  • Endorser Counter Not Reset (SPR00057709)
  • Endorser String Conflict with Kofax VRS ISIS Interface (SPR00049835)
  • Text Orientation Value for Imprinter and Annotation Not Accurate (SPR00050159)
  • Endorser Error with BÖWE BELL + HOWELL Ngenuity Scanner (SPR00057667)
  • Color Mode Selection Not Applied (SPR00049298)
  • Error After Switching Scanners - TWAIN Application (SPR00052391)
  • Fujitsu fi-6770a Flatbed - Unable to Scan Sheets Longer Than 17 Inches (SPR00057611)
  • Fujitsu fi-6770a - Front Image Inverted (SPR00049448)
  • Fujitsu CGA Scanner - Gamma Setting Not Applied (SPR00049516)
  • Fujitsu Scanners - Multiple Images Display After Default Profile Restored (SPR00049609)
  • Fujitsu Scanners - Black Images Display After Default Profile Applied (SPR00049610, SPR00055000)
  • Fujitsu Scanners - Picking Rectangle Values Not Saved (SPR00049719)
  • Fujitsu Scan Source Unavailable in Kofax Express After Upgrade to VRS 4.5 (SPR00051614)
  • Automatic Color Detection Error (SPR00049318)
  • Automatic Color Detection Conflicts - Kofax VRS ISIS Interface (SPR00056657)
  • Error After Importing Large JPEG Images (SPR00057585)
  • Error After Importing LZW TIFF Files (SPR00057584)
  • Kodak i600 - Failure After Reserving Scanner (SPR00057725)
  • Windows 7 Issues
    • Adobe Acrobat Professional Failed with Kofax Software VRS - TWAIN Source (SPR00051676)
    • Unexpected Failures (SPR00051792, SPR00051870, SPR00051739, SPR00051740)
    • Panel Mode Unavailable on Kofax VRS TWAIN Interface (SPR00047922)
    • Conflicts with JTWAIN Applications (SPR00054983)
    • Kodak i600 - Failure to Reserve Scanner (SPR00057723)
    • Kodak i1120 - Scanner Reservation Error (SPR00057948)
    • Kodak i1120 - Invalid Paper Size Error (SPR00057721)
    • Kodak i1120 - Letter Paper Size Unavailable (SPR00057726)
  • Kofax Capture / Ascent Capture Issues
    • Kofax Capture 8.0 - Endorser Font Problem with Fujitsu fi-5900C (SPR00049354)
    • Kofax Capture 8.0 - Error After Importing PDF Files (SPR00057522)
    • Kofax Capture 8.0 - FPS Color Error (SPR00049452)
    • Kofax Capture 8.0 - Scan Profile Links Lost After Upgrade to VRS 4.5 (SPR00050132)
    • Kofax Capture 9.0 / 8.0 - Buffer Overrun Error (SPR00055492)
    • Ascent Capture 7.5 Text Release Failure (SPR00053502, SPR00049452)
    • Ascent Capture 7.5 XML Auto Import Failed with VRS 4.5 (SPR00054890)

For more information on these resolved problems, refer to the Resolved Problems section beginning on page 5 of the VirtualReScan 4.5 Service Pack 1 Notes document.

4.5
General Feature Release
06/09/09

The following new features can be found in the VirtualReScan (VRS) 4.5 product release.

  • Advanced Clarity Capabilities Extended
  • Improved Crop and Deskew
  • Improved Edge Cleanup
  • Automatic Color Detection Update
  • Improved Kofax VRS ISIS Interface
  • Automatic Color Detection Update for ISIS Scanning Applications
  • TWAIN 2.0 Compliance
  • Saving Advanced Properties to a Profile

For more information on these new features, refer to the VirtualReScan (VRS) 4.5 Release Notes document, the VirtualReScan (VRS) 4.5 User’s Guide, or the VRS online Help (in order for the help file to function correctly, it must saved to a local drive with a .chm extension).

4.2
General Feature Release 02/26/08

The following new features can be found in the VirtualReScan (VRS) 4.2 product release.

  • Desktop Productivity features that give you the ability to scan directly from an email application, your Windows Desktop, or Windows Explorer
  • Expanded support for blank page detection and deletion
  • Improvements to the Advanced Clarity and Auto Orientation features
  • Support for bar code recognition, endorsing, and compression formats with TWAIN-based
    scanning applications
  • Expanded support for image storage and compression formats with ImageControls-based scanning applications
  • Support for Microsoft Windows Vista

For more information on these new features, refer to the VirtualReScan (VRS) 4.2 User’s Guide, the VRS online Help (in order for the help file to function correctly, it must saved to a local drive with a .chm extension).

4.1 SP2
Service Pack Release 05/17/07

This service pack release contains all previous VRS 4.1 updates and is intended to be installed over the VRS 4.1 program.

  • Compatibility with the Windows Vista 32-bit Operating System
  • Auto Orientation Support Expanded
  • Scanning Paper with Holes
  • Support for the TIFF Technical Note 2 Format
4.1 SP1
(4.10.063)
Service Pack Release 10/25/06

This service pack release contains all previous VRS 4.1 updates and is intended to be installed over the VRS 4.1 program.

  • Default Settings Profile (SPR 15518)
  • Gamma Values in Default Settings Profile for Fujitsu fi-4860C and fi-5900C (SPR 26197)
  • Advanced ISIS and TWAIN Settings (SPR 15518)
  • Out of Memory Errors (SPR 23514)
  • Configuring a Fujitsu fi-5220C with VRS 4.1 (SPR 24293)
  • Maximum Number of Characters Printed is Now 43 (SPR 24304)
  • Saving Brightness and Contrast Settings to an .ini File With Kodak i600 Series Scanners (SPR 17510)
  • Japanese Language Not Available in Advanced ISIS Settings Dialog Box (SPR 24303)
  • Display of Scanners and Cameras Properties (SPR 17022)
  • Endorsing Not Available with Panasonic KV-S3065C and KV-S7065C Scanners (SPR 18330)
  • Auto Orientation Fails for Documents with Holes on One Side (SPR 21235)
  • Intermittent User Interface Problems - Kodak i600 Series Scanner (SPR 23398)
  • Black Border Removal Not Cropping 6x12 Pages - Panasonic KV-S6055 (SPR 23405)
  • VRS TWAIN Scanning Interface Not Refreshed - Italian, French (SPR 23466)
  • DataMatrix Bar Code Recognition Failure (SPRs 13122, 17250)
  • InstallationInfo.txt File (SPR 24588)
  • First Image of Batch Scan (SPR 14722)
  • Fujitsu fi-5900C Auto Resolve Functionality (SPR 24420)
  • Ascent Capture SecurityBoost (SPR 24291)
  • VRS Professional Localized License References - Ascent Capture 7.5 (SPR 24260)
  • VRS Adjustment Controls Partially Obscured (SPR 25485)
  • Typographical Error Corrected in VRS Online Help - Japanese (SPR 25485)
  • QuickScan Issue (SPR 17142)
4.1
(4.10.039)
General Feature Release 04/28/06

The following new features can be found in the VirtualReScan (VRS) 4.0 product release.

New Features

  • Advanced Clarity option
  • Scanner Configuration Utility
  • Expanded support for automatic updates
  • Ability to purchase VRS online
  • Ability to upgrade VRS online
Support for the VirtualReScan (VRS) 4.0 product ended on 06/08/09. The VRS 4.0 Technical Support Web pages will continue to be available until 06/08/10.
4.0 SP1
(4.00.119)

Legacy Product

Service Pack Release

08/24/05

This service pack release contains all previous VRS 4.0 updates and is intended to be installed over the VRS 4.0 program.

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)
4.0
(4.00.071)

Legacy Product

General Feature Release

04/28/05

The following new features can be found in the VirtualReScan (VRS) 4.0 product release.

New VRS release certified scanners

  • Canon DR-7080C
  • Fujitsu fi-4010CU
  • Fujitsu fi-4120C2
  • Fujitsu fi-4220C2
  • Fujitsu fi-5110C
  • Fujitsu fi-5650C
  • Kodak i30
  • Kodak i40
  • Panasonic KV-S3065CW

VRS License categories

  • VRS Standard
  • VRS for Desktop Scanners
  • VRS for Workgroup/Departmental Scanners
  • VRS for Production Scanners
VRS Plus features
  • 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)

Improved user interface updated to support the Windows XP look and feel

Ability to download product updates

Kofax VirtualReScan Support

Kofax provides two types of support for all non-legacy VirtualReScan releases including General and OEM, as described below.

  • "No-Charge"
    “No-Charge” support consists of Web-Based support that includes the Kofax Knowledgebase and the Kofax Customer Portal for both General and OEM releases of VRS.
  • "Fee-Based"
    "Fee-Based" support via telephone from Kofax, is available for All General releases, Basic and Professional OEM releases of VRS. However, Basic OEM releases of VRS are first referred to the scanner manufacturer for 1st level support.

For additional details, click here to review the Kofax Technical Support No-Charge and Fee-Based Support options available.


For details regarding technical support available for all Kofax products, please review the current Support Overview & Options and Product Support Eligibility Matrix Web pages.