iCopy - Free Photocopier vs PaperScan

iCopy - Free Photocopier combines a scanner and printer to make copies or save scans as image or PDF files. Its controls let users adjust scanner and printer options, including brightness, contrast, and copy count; image settings also include scaling and resolution. Scanning modes include color, grayscale, and black and white, and users can preview a page before printing. An automatic document feeder can handle multiple pages, and the application can scan several pages before printing. It can save acquired pages as PDFs without other software and can be started with the scanner's button or from the command line. Output formats are JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG, and PDF. The maker describes the Windows application as small and requiring no installation, and provides a portable ZIP download. iCopy is open source under GNU General Public License v3. The listed plan costs nothing. The listed version is 1.7.0, released 1 August 2020, and requires.NET Framework. Listed language options are Bulgarian, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Slovak, and Spanish.

PaperScan is a Windows scanning application that acquires documents through TWAIN and WIA and includes OCR for searchable output. It accepts more than 100 input formats and supports PDF-OCR output in more than 60 languages. Image tools include deskewing, rotation, border and punch-hole removal, blank-page removal, color adjustment, filters and effects. Annotation options include highlights, freehand marks, shapes, lines, pens, rubber stamps, text, sticky notes and a ruler. It can save to SharePoint on-premises or online, send email through Outlook, read encrypted PDFs, create encrypted PDFs and support digital signatures. Output options include PDF/A, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, DOCX, XLSX and other listed formats. The Free Edition allows 10-page batch scanning or import. Home Edition costs $79, paid once for unlimited batch work; Professional single license costs $149 as a one-time purchase for one user on one computer. Home and Professional trials include all features for 30 days without a credit card, then require a license key to continue.