Kofax VRS Revision Levels

Kofax VRS Elite with Service Pack 1 (5.0.1) is the most recent release of the Kofax VRS product.

Version
Type of Release
Release Date
Features
Kofax VRS Elite with Service Pack 1 (5.0.1)
Service Pack Release
06/13/11

This service pack release contains the following behavior changes and resolved problems and is intended to be installed over the Kofax VRS Elite 5.0 release.

Changes in Behavior

The following change to the Kofax VRS Elite with Service Pack 1 (5.0.1) product has occurred since the previous release.

  • Exception Handling Adjusted (SPR00086138)

For additional details regarding this behavior change, please refer to the Changes in Behavior section beginning on page 5 of the Kofax VRS Elite 5.0.1 Release Notes document.

Resolved Problems

The following resolved problems can be found in the Kofax VRS Elite with Service Pack 1 (5.0.1) release.

  • License Panel Unavailable After Upgrade to Kofax VRS Elite (SPR00086234)
  • Kofax VRS 4.x Basic License Upgrade Unavailable (SPR00087249)
  • Kodak i600: Error After Out of Paper Exception (SPR00088191)
  • Conflict Between Halftone Pictures Setting and Automatic Color Detection (SPR00088314)
  • Conflict Between Auto Contrast Setting and Automatic Color Detection (SPR00086334)
  • Merge Sides and Auto Rotation Produced Intermittent Problems (SPR00086066)
  • Error After Import of PDF Containing Inline Image (SPR00072555)
  • Setting for 600 DPI Unavailable with Grayscale Scanning (SPR00087660)
  • Merge Sides Setting Unavailable (SPR00087923)
  • Multifeed Detection Failed to Work After Scan Profile Update (SPR00088136)
  • Compression Error Occurred After PDF File Import (SPR00088210, SPR00072093)
  • Multipage Color PDF Import Produced Black Image (SPR00072091)
  • Unexpected Page Deletion (SPR00071199)
  • PDF Compression Adversely Affected Image Contents (SPR00071287)
  • Inaccurate Patch Code Detection (SPR00088342, SPR00088343)
  • Kofax VRS License Used Mistakenly in Kofax Capture Installation (SPR00088390)
  • Kofax VRS License Mistakenly Invoked (SPR00088240)
  • Bar Code Quality Degraded (SPR00087415)
  • Endorser Counter Sequence Inconsistent (SPR00088126)
  • Endorser Start Number Skipped (SPR00087090)
  • Counter Not Incrementing Correctly (SPR00087659)
  • Scan Application Failed After 255 Presets (SPR00083371)
  • Wrong Annotation Counter Value (SPR00085464)
  • Error If SNMP Service Configured for Device Health (SPR00087699)
  • ICC Color Profile Data Not Saved (SPR00085465)
  • Performance Degraded for Color Scanning (SPR00085616)
  • Intermittent Failure While Processing Device Health Target Sheet (SPR00085950)
  • Failure After Scan Settings Window Used to Initiate Scanning (SPR00086146)
  • Multicore Processing Affected Image Quality (SPR00086422)
  • LZW Compression Conflict with Imported TIFF Image (SPR00086631)
  • Incorrect Endorser String Orientation and Top Offset (SPR00086760, SPR00086774, SPR00087090)
  • Unable to Close Some Scan Applications After Out of Paper Exception (SPR00086779)
  • Background Smoothing - Intermittent Data Loss (SPR00086788)
  • Uncompressed TIFF Images Inverted (SPR00086868)
  • Some PDF Images Inverted (SPR00087134)
  • Manual Crop Setting Not Applied (SPR00087050)
  • Auto Deskew Not Applied to Both Sides of Duplex Images (SPR00087054)
  • Auto Deskew Not Applied While Multicore Processing Was Active (SPR00087055)
  • Scanner Reservation Process Time-Consuming (SPR00087056)
  • Unable to Update Annotation Setting (SPR00087076)
  • Cached Images Not Cleared After Color Confidence Exception (SPR00087077)
  • Hole Fill Not Effective with Small Documents (SPR00087265)
  • Patch Code Settings Overwritten (SPR00087137)
  • DisableAllAdmin Failed to Prevent Access to License Panel (SPR00087858)
  • Kofax VRS Elite Features Unavailable After Hardware Key Upgrade (SPR00087851)

For additional details regarding these resolved issues, please refer to the Resolved Problems in Kofax VRS Elite 5.0.1 section beginning on page 6 of theKofax VRS Elite 5.0.1 Release Notes document.
Kofax VRS Elite
General Feature Release
11/01/10

The following new features can be found in the Kofax VRS Elite product release.

  • Microsoft Fluent UI
  • MSI Installer
  • Auto Contrast (Advanced Clarity)
  • Edge Fill
  • Merge Sides
  • Intelligent Halftone
  • Intelligent Profile
  • Device Health - standalone
  • Multicore - Production scanners
  • Shared profiles (available with VRS License Server)
  • Shared licensing (available with VRS License Server)
  • Kofax Monitor 6.0 (available with VRS License Server)
  • Device Health -SNMP Support

For more information on these new features, refer to the Kofax VRS Elite Release Notes document or the Kofax VRS Online Help (download the zip file, extract to a folder of your choice, and open the index.htm file to access the Help pages).
Distribution Date
11/30/10
Kofax VRS 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 Kofax 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 Kofax 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.
Kofax VRS 4.5
General Feature Release
06/09/09

The following new features can be found in the Kofax 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).
Kofax VRS 4.2
 General Feature Release 02/26/08

The following new features can be found in the Kofax 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).

NOTE: Support for the Kofax VRS 4.1x products ended on 03/31/11. The Kofax VRS 4.1 Web pages will continue to be available until 03/31/12.

No "Fee-Based" Support is available for Kofax VRS 4.1 products.
Kofax VRS 4.1 SP2
Service Pack Release 05/17/07

This service pack release contains all previous Kofax VRS 4.1 updates and is intended to be installed over the Kofax 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
Kofax VRS 4.1 SP1
(4.10.063)
Service Pack Release 10/25/06

This service pack release contains all previous Kofax VRS 4.1 updates and is intended to be installed over the Kofax 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)
Kofax VRS 4.1
(4.10.039)
General Feature Release 04/28/06

The following new features can be found in the Kofax 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

Kofax VRS Support

Kofax provides two types of support for all non-legacy Kofax VRS 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 Kofax VRS.
  • "Fee-Based"
    "Fee-Based" support via telephone from Kofax, is available for All General releases, Basic and Professional OEM releases of Kofax VRS. However, Basic OEM releases of Kofax VRS are first referred to the scanner manufacturer for 1st level support.

Click here to place a Fee-Based Support order.

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