The windows software allows you to output tif, and pdf. Since the capshare stores data internally as tif the data you get from it are tiffs(one tiff/page). In Linux you can make a pdf from a group of tiffs with the following:
The Capshare was the perfect tool for doing this kind of thing. I bought one right before they stopped making them for $250. You can still find them on ebay, but they run $700+. I've scanned hundreds of documents using mine. It still is, IMHO, one of the coolest pieces of hardware that I own.
The CapShare connects to the PC using IRda or a serial connection. The software for it isn't available for the Mac or Linux. It can also transfer files using the IrOBEX protocol. I've been using it with linux for a while and have also writted a WindowMaker dockapp for dealing with it(although it isn't a complete solution yet). The Capshare ships with a windows tray application for managing communications. It also comes with OCR software. The biggest problem is that the software doesn't work quite right in anything newer than WinNT.
As far as using it with a Mac... All you would need is an IrDA port and an OBEX library. It looks like some people have had luck doing stuff with a palm. The dockapp I wrote is based on a palm pilot IrDA file transfer application. so...
Here is the old story from Slashdot. This article happens to be on a completely different product. As some other people already mentioned there is no information about how it works exactly. The previous article actually had some stuff about how it worked.
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The windows software allows you to output tif, and pdf. Since the capshare stores data internally as tif the data you get from it are tiffs(one tiff/page). In Linux you can make a pdf from a group of tiffs with the following:
tiff2ps *.tif | ps2pdf -
The Capshare was the perfect tool for doing this kind of thing. I bought one right before they stopped making them for $250. You can still find them on ebay, but they run $700+. I've scanned hundreds of documents using mine. It still is, IMHO, one of the coolest pieces of hardware that I own.
The CapShare connects to the PC using IRda or a serial connection. The software for it isn't available for the Mac or Linux. It can also transfer files using the IrOBEX protocol. I've been using it with linux for a while and have also writted a WindowMaker dockapp for dealing with it(although it isn't a complete solution yet). The Capshare ships with a windows tray application for managing communications. It also comes with OCR software. The biggest problem is that the software doesn't work quite right in anything newer than WinNT.
As far as using it with a Mac... All you would need is an IrDA port and an OBEX library. It looks like some people have had luck doing stuff with a palm. The dockapp I wrote is based on a palm pilot IrDA file transfer application. so...
Here is the old story from Slashdot. This article happens to be on a completely different product. As some other people already mentioned there is no information about how it works exactly. The previous article actually had some stuff about how it worked.
Well, if anybody finds that useful...