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WIA SDK Technology

LEADTOOLS provides a powerful set of functions spanning the full spectrum of digital imaging, including in-depth support to acquire images and capture from Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) devices.

Overview of LEADTOOLS WIA SDK Technology

  • Supports WIA 1.0 and 2.0 drivers
  • Save images as any of the more than 150 formats—including JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG, TIFF, PDF, and DOC/DOCX—to disk, memory, database, and SharePoint
  • Use default WIA user interface, create a custom interface, or show no interface for completely automated batch acquisition
  • Control bit depth, resolution, and position of the acquired image
  • Control automatic document feeder (ADF)
  • Scan front and back of the page at once (Duplex)
  • Data transferred from the device can be compressed with JPEG, JBIG, JPEG 2000, PNG, RLE, CCITT G3, or CCITT G4, reducing the transfer bottle neck
  • Set WIA 1.0 and 2.0 properties
  • Memory and file transfer modes
  • Select source of acquisition
  • Determine device type
  • 32 and 64-bit binaries for WIA
  • Add WIA to .NET (C# & VB), C/C++, WPF, and web applications

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Demo Applications that Include WIA

HTML5/JavaScript Web Scanning Interactive Demo

Uses HTML, JavaScript, and a Self-hosted Web Service application or a Java application to demonstrate the LEADTOOLS Web Scanning technology.

  • Scan and upload images from devices in browser-based applications
  • Apply image processing functions to scanned images
  • Print scanned images

NOTE: Client required

  • Windows: A TWAIN device and to download a TWAIN proxy for Windows
  • Linux: A SANE device and to download SANE RPM package

LEADTOOLS SDK Products that Include WIA

LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro v20

LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro includes the tools developers need to add powerful imaging technology to applications. With more than 28 years of imaging development expertise, LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro includes 150+ image formats, image compression, image processing, image viewers, imaging common dialogs, 200+ image display effects, TWAIN and WIA image scanning, screen capture, and image printing.

LEADTOOLS Barcode Pro v20

LEADTOOLS Barcode Pro includes everything developers need to detect, read, and write over 100 different 1D and 2D barcode types and sub-types such as UPC, EAN, Code 128, QR Code, Data Matrix, and PDF417. By building upon the award-winning LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro features, including 150+ image formats, image compression, image processing, image viewers, imaging common dialogs, 200+ display effects, TWAIN and WIA scanning, screen capture, and printing, LEADTOOLS Barcode Pro is one of the best values on the market for barcode imaging technology.

LEADTOOLS PDF Pro v20

LEADTOOLS PDF Pro provides everything developers need to read, write, raster-view, and update PDF files. It also includes advanced capabilities such as the extraction of text, images, hyperlinks, and metadata, manipulation of pages in existing PDF documents, conversion to PDF/A as a real document, linearization, and the LEADTOOLS PDF Optimizer to reduce the size of PDF files. By building upon the award-winning LEADTOOLS Imaging Pro features which includes 150+ image formats, image compression, image processing, image viewers, imaging common dialogs, 200+ display effects, TWAIN and WIA scanning, screen capture, and printing, LEADTOOLS PDF Pro is one of the best values available.

LEADTOOLS Pro Suite v20

LEADTOOLS Pro Suite is a an extensive bundle in the LEADTOOLS Pro line of SDKs and includes HTML5 Zero-footprint image viewers, barcode detect/read/write, advanced PDF read/write/view/edit, 150+ image formats, image compression, image processing, image viewers, imaging common dialogs, 200+ display effects, TWAIN and WIA scanning, screen capture, and printing. Developers using LEADTOOLS Pro Suite can develop robust imaging applications and solutions at a fraction of the cost of similar feature sets found elsewhere on the market.

LEADTOOLS Document Imaging v20

Develop powerful document imaging applications with LEADTOOLS Document Imaging. Features include PDF viewing and editing, comprehensive image annotating, specialized bitonal image displaying, and image processing. Other features include performance and memory optimizations for bitonal images, document image cleanup, including inverted text, border, hole-punch, and line removal, and scanning with LEADTOOLS Fast TWAIN and WIA.

LEADTOOLS Recognition v20

The LEADTOOLS Recognition Imaging SDK is a handpicked collection of LEADTOOLS SDK features designed to build end-to-end document imaging applications within enterprise-level document automation solutions that require OCR, MICR, OMR, barcode, forms recognition and processing, PDF, print capture, archival, annotation, and image viewing functionality. This powerful set of tools utilizes LEAD's award-winning image processing technology to intelligently identify document features that can be used to recognize and extract data from any type of scanned or faxed form image.

LEADTOOLS Document Imaging Suite v20

The LEADTOOLS Document Imaging Suite SDK is a comprehensive collection of LEADTOOLS SDK features designed to build end-to-end document imaging solutions that require OCR, MICR, OMR, ICR, barcode, forms recognition and processing, PDF, HTML5 Zero-footprint viewing, conversion, print, capture, archival, annotation, and image viewing functionality. This powerful set of tools utilizes LEAD's award-winning image processing technology to intelligently identify document features that can be used to recognize and extract data from any type of scanned or faxed form image.

LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging v20

Develop powerful Medical Imaging applications with the LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging SDK. Features include comprehensive DICOM data set support, 8-16 bit extended grayscale image support, image annotation, specialized extended grayscale image display such as window level and LUT processing, and medical-specific image processing. Other features include lossless JPEG compression, and signed and unsigned image data processing.

LEADTOOLS PACS Imaging v20

Develop robust DICOM PACS applications with LEADTOOLS PACS Imaging. Features include Medical Web Viewer Framework, high and low-level PACS SCP and SCU functions and controls, secure PACS communication, comprehensive DICOM data set support, image annotation, extended grayscale image display such as window level and LUT processing, and specialized medical image processing. Other features include lossless JPEG compression, JPIP, MRTI, and signed and unsigned image data processing.

LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging Suite v20

Develop powerful PACS and Medical imaging applications with LEADTOOLS Medical Imaging Suite. Features include LEAD's Zero-footprint HTML5 DICOM Viewer, Medical Web Viewer Framework, Medical 3D, DICOM Multimedia codecs, high and low-level PACS SCP and SCU functions and controls, secure PACS communication, Print to PACS, comprehensive DICOM data set support, image annotation, extended grayscale image display such as window level and LUT processing, DICOM Hanging Protocol, and specialized medical image processing. Other features include lossless JPEG compression, JPIP, and signed and unsigned image data processing.