Kofax Paperport Professional 14.0

I had old standard paperport version 12 and needed new version to work with windows 10. I installed this on desktop and on a laptop and both times it installed with no issues and has been working good so far, no crashes. I was worried after many reviews were not good but i looked and found nothing that compares to the old versions i had used and liked a lot. So i took a chance and all good so far. I have more features now than i had on standard versions. Works well with epson adf scanner.

I will start out by saying that I have used virtually every version of PaperPort since it was originally released under the Visioneer name in the mid 90's and came bundled with Hewlett Packard scanners.This release has a number of enhancements, including some really nice cleanup tools such as black border removal from scans. The "stacking" capabilities have also been greatly enhanced, so you may now scan a combination of post-script (i.e. document pages rendered from a PDF print driver) and scanned documents into flippable book-like "stacks".The big feature they're touting with this release is cloud capabilities. Nuance includes a free 1GB storage area on their cloud service and that cloud drive can be mapped as a drive letter within the "folder manager" of PaperPort, so it can coexist with folders on your local drives. Then, files can be dragged and dropped to the cloud for public access. Their cloud software has apps available for Android and iOS devices, so you can access any uploaded files easily from virtually any device.I bought my copy of PaperPort Professional through Amazon for $100, whereas it is typically not discounted and sells for $190 to 200. It is still a great value at full price but it is an exceptional value at $100, if you can still find it at that dollar amount!One other thing that may be a selling point for previous PaperPort users: I upgraded from PaperPort 11 because it had some issues with freezing. It is said that this is a result of mapped drives and a speed lag on a computer system. If you use any USB or NAS drives in your system, PaperPort 14 (Standard or Professional) is considerably more stable and will most likely eliminate any freezes you experience.Go for it! You won't be disappointed!

Having been a satisfied user of PaperPort 9 for many years, and after hearing continued horror stories about every subsequent release, it was with great trepidation that I finally decided to upgrade to a newer version. The upgrade to PP Pro 14.0 went smoothly, and I have used the product daily since then, and despite some quirks and bugs, I am happy that I finally upgraded.I have used PaperPort 9 extensively since it came out years ago for scanning and organizing virtually all paperwork that comes through my home and office, and it has long been one of the "must-have" applications that I use every day. When I upgraded from Windows XP to Windows 7 Pro 64 bit, I was dismayed to discover that PP 9 would not run on Windows 7 (nor would my Canon scanner), so I installed VirtualBox and used it to host a virtual Windows XP machine in which I could continue running both PP 9 and my scanner, which actually has worked pretty well. (I tried the "XP mode" in Win 7 but it did not have good USB support that I needed for the scanner.) But PP 9 and my old scanner were aging and becoming more difficult to use for reasons described below, so it was time for an upgrade.So I finally decided to take a chance and modernize with PP 14 and a new scanner. Mindful of all the problems some people have reported, before doing the upgrade I took precautions. To make sure that I could roll everything back if PP 14 messed up my system, I forced an immediate full backup to my Windows Home Server (I HIGHLY recommend anyone who uses Windows to get one of these), and then also set a system restore point in Windows 7 (via Control Panel/System). This turned out to be unnecessary insurance because the upgrade completed without any problems.The biggest problem I have had with PP 14 has been just figuring out all of the changes since version 9, which are extensive (and most of which I don't need), and also figuring out how to mate it up with the software for the new Canon scanner that I got to work with it. Both PP and the scanner have a lot of options - everything seems to get more complicated, not less - and it took me a while to discover the best set of options for each.Good things:- The user interface is much more modern looking, and is visually similar to the Microsoft Office 2007 ribbon bar - love it or hate it.- It is noticeably faster than PP 9, especially when it comes to displaying document thumbnails. My collection of scanned items is very large, so PP 9 was taking a long time to display any new folder full of documents. PP 14 is much faster, which alone almost makes the upgrade worthwhile for me.- It creates and views PDF version 1.7 (the latest version), while PP 9 would only create and view PDF 1.4 (the version used by Acrobat 5). That limitation in PP 9 was also another major motivator for my upgrade.- It, together with my new scanner, produces better images, faster than before, and also automatically applies some fixes such as auto-straighten which works very well.- And it runs natively under Windows 7, allowing me to get rid of the need to start a virtual machine in which to run Windows XP - this was taking a lot of memory, as well as extra time.Not-so-good things:- The user interface and workflow are more complicated than PP 9. I don't need a lot of that stuff, which adds clutter and complexity.- I have experienced several non-critical (but nevertheless annoying) program crashes.- It apparently just won't work with the TWAIN driver for my scanner - only the WIA driver. Neither PP nor my scanner was able to shed any light on this - I just had to muddle through by experimentation.- After installing PP 14, which comes with a bunch of auxiliary applications such as "PDF Viewer Plus" (which is made by DocuCom), I was unable to display most PDF files from Google Chrome - downloading important things like financial statements would result in an error box titled "PDF Viewer Plus 7.1 - A file error has occurred." This was a serious problem for me, but I was finally able to solve it by a non-obvious Chrome fix: Type "chrome://plugins" in the Chrome input line to bring up a list of plugins, find "DocuCom PDF Plus" and disable it.Overall, two weeks after upgrading from PP 9 to 14, I am satisfied with the product and my decision to upgrade.

I ordered this and then read the reviews and I was concerned. Installed on Windows 10 because PP 11 would not run on Windows 10. And I also had to update the scanner driver for Windows 10, Epson GT-S50. Set it up so it's in the OneDrive folder, had to read the manual to figure out how to do that, but that works fine so it scans and immediately syncs to OneDrive and then I shred the document.Seems like a little better features and interface to me. But I'm not really a power user, just scan so it's electronic and in the cloud.When installing some boxes that needed an OK popped behind other boxes and I got tired of waiting for the install so I looked for those. Other than that it installed and ran fine, so far, I've noticed many of the other complaints were that it needs a reinstall every 2 weeks. But I also immediately did the upgrade to version 14.5.

Every time I go to use this scanning software, I double click on the icon and it brings me to an activation page and and tells me I need to activate this product. I've done this several times and for some reason it does not want to activate. Now the software does not even work. Never had a chance to even use it.!! Call the support line and you get transferred and put on hold. TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY

Product not compatible with Windows 10 even with patch from Nuance

Have never been able to use this since we purchased it. Repeatedly get the following error message:Problem with Desktop View, a dump file has been created, given a link to follow to resolve the problem. Does not work, the link is as follows:C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\\2015_04_26_13_00_19_0273_PPDrsktopView_00000740.dmpUnless we get this resolved quickly, the only option left is to return the product and get a refund.