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LEADTOOLS Fast TWAIN
Learn the advantages of LEADTOOLS proprietary wavelet format
LEADTOOLS FAST TWAIN intelligently analyzes the TWAIN source, considering the bits per pixel, image type and compression requested from the TWAIN device, and finds the fastest compression type, transfer mode and buffer schemes to get the best performance possible.
LEAD has researched and developed special techniques to get the most from normal TWAIN sources. By taking advantage of available hardware capabilities such as hardware compression when available, the application of LEADTOOLS hand optimized compression technology, newly developed buffering techniques and multithreaded infrastructure to process and compress data while scanning, LEAD is able to dramatically increase the speed of scanning even when using standard TWAIN sources.
Fast TWAIN is Better
Basically, there are two main types of hardware drivers to scan images: TWAIN and ISIS. Until recently, ISIS had been known to be the driver of choice when speed has been a main factor because only ISIS drivers could take full advantage of the hardware's capabilities. The major drawback to using ISIS drivers has been licensing. Either the hardware manufacturer had to increase the price of the hardware to pay for the ISIS driver, or the hardware shipped without a driver and the end-user had to deal with the hassle of purchasing the ISIS driver.
In contrast, TWAIN drivers are generally free, but could not be used in applications where speed was important because of TWAIN's generic nature. However, recent changes to the TWAIN specification are addressing the utilization of the built in capabilities of hardware to help make scanning faster. These changes to TWAIN in combination with using LEADTOOLS Fast TWAIN technology, TWAIN is now as fast or faster than ISIS.
What could be better than fast and free?
