Image and Scanner Interface Specification

ISIS ( Image and Scanner Interface Specification) is an industry standard interface ( API) for image scanning technologies. It was by the then company Pixel Translations (now EMC Captiva ) developed in 1990.

ISIS can be viewed as a "big brother" to the TWAIN standard, which for a long time constituted a de facto standard for scanners in the home. ISIS compliant scanners typically use the SCSI - 2 interface (newer but also USB), while TWAIN scanner nowadays mostly use USB (formerly the parallel port ).

ISIS has more setting possibilities than TWAIN is faster than this, and also covers some aspects of image display and manipulation for the client application. Most of the major scanner manufacturers, including InoTec, Kodak, Canon, Hewlett -Packard, Brother and Fujitsu, the ISIS interface use for its corporate and high- performance scanners.

The ISIS architecture is a changeable architecture, which is based on modules and software components. You can specific exposure functions perform ( such as image acquisition, file conversion, data extraction, and read-write commands). The ISIS architecture that allows new features to be added without the need for system-wide changes are required.

The ISIS architecture is characterized by high compatibility: ISIS - compatible drivers are available for over 300 scanner models, with most of these drivers have been certified by EMC Captiva. In addition, the ISIS architecture is developed the basis for the 1996 public domain standard AIIM (The Association for Information and Image Management) MS61.

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