52. What are the minimum hardware / software specifications required to install and run EzeScan?

EzeScan PC / Server specifications can change depending on your scanning requirements. A suitable machine for scanning large volumes of colour documents will differ from a machine intended mainly for black & white scanning or KFI indexing. Please feel free to contact us if you require more assistance with specifying your EzeScan PC hardware.

EzeScan can be configured to work on 32-bit or 64-bit Windows operating systems. 

• On 32-bit Windows operating systems, Ezescan will use 32-bit TWAIN scanner drivers, and will work with USB or FireWire connected scanners.
• On 64-bit Windows operating systems, Ezescan will still use 32-bit TWAIN drivers. Our testing shows that 32-bit TWAIN drivers for USB-connected scanners function well on a 64-bit operating system. Microsoft's 64 to 32 bit USB driver translation layer allows the scanner to work as expected. However during our testing we found that 32-bit TWAIN drivers for FireWire-connected scanners will not work on 64-bit Windows operating systems.

EzeScan PRO

Below is a minimum specification for high volume black & white and low volume colour scanning. (i.e. less than 50 x A4 200 dpi colour pages or 33 x A4 300 dpi colour pages)

• Intel™ Core 2 Duo 2.83 GHz E8300 or AMD equivalent processor
• 3GB Ram 
• 120GB HDD
• 1000 Mbps Ethernet (for network scanners or to store to EDRMS / network repositories)
• A video controller with at least 256MB RAM
• Monitor supporting at least 1024 x 768 pixel resolution
• Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP with Service Pack 3, or Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4, Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008
• USB or SCSI connection for scanner (USB 2.0 strongly recommended)
• A TWAIN-compliant scanner (please refer to our supported scanner list)

Below is a minimum specification for high volume colour scanning. (i.e. more than 50 x A4 200 dpi colour pages or 33 x A4 300 dpi colour pages).

• Intel™ Core i7 3.06 GHz i7-950 or AMD equivalent processor
• 4GB Ram 
• 300GB, 10000 RPM SATA HDD
• 1000 Mbps Ethernet (for network scanners or to store to EDRMS / network repositories)
• A video controller with at least 512MB RAM
• Monitor supporting at least 1600 x 1280 pixel resolution
• Microsoft Windows 7, Vista, XP with Service Pack 3, Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008
• USB or SCSI connection for scanner (USB 2.0 strongly recommended)
• A TWAIN-compliant scanner (please refer to our supported scanner list)

EzeScan SERVER

Below is a minimum specification for an EzeScan Server (Routing).

• 1 Intel™ Quad Core 2.26 GHz E5520 or AMD equivalent processor
• 4GB Ram 
• 300GB HDD
• 1000 Mbps Ethernet (for network scanners or to store to EDRMS / network repositories)
• A video controller with at least 64MB RAM
• Monitor supporting at least 1024 x 768 pixel resolution
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or Server 2008

Note: This is for a single instance to service 10 MFD's. It is highly recommend that the server is dedicated only for EzeScan processing.