Visioneer
Encyclopedia
Visioneer, Inc. is a privately owned company
based in Pleasanton
, California
. Per the company website, "Visioneer is a world-class developer of intelligent imaging solutions that provide a faster and easier way to capture documents and photographs and integrate them with popular Microsoft Windows
and document imaging
applications."
Founded in 1994, Visioneer broke new ground and quickly became the leader in consumer imaging hardware products with the introduction of the first easy to use sheetfed scanner called the PaperMax.
Visioneer's proprietary software
application known as PaperPort
was spun off and sold in 1998. The hardware side of the business was sold to Primax Electronics, but later bought back by a private investor.
August 2003, Visioneer announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Xerox
to develop and market Xerox-branded document scanners and digital projectors under the Xerox DocuMate brand name
.
Privately held company
A privately held company or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the...
based in Pleasanton
Pleasanton, California
Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about east of Oakland, and west of Livermore. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Per the company website, "Visioneer is a world-class developer of intelligent imaging solutions that provide a faster and easier way to capture documents and photographs and integrate them with popular Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
and document imaging
Document imaging
Document imaging is an information technology category for systems capable of replicating documents commonly used in business. Document imaging systems can take many forms including microfilm, on demand printers, facsimile machines, copiers, multifunction printers, document scanners, computer...
applications."
Founded in 1994, Visioneer broke new ground and quickly became the leader in consumer imaging hardware products with the introduction of the first easy to use sheetfed scanner called the PaperMax.
Visioneer's proprietary software
Proprietary software
Proprietary software is computer software licensed under exclusive legal right of the copyright holder. The licensee is given the right to use the software under certain conditions, while restricted from other uses, such as modification, further distribution, or reverse engineering.Complementary...
application known as PaperPort
PaperPort
PaperPort is a computer software program designed to help organize digital documents and files, published by Nuance Communications. PaperPort uses the .MAX file format natively, while newer versions of PaperPort can also use .PDF. PaperPort also supports the stacking and unstacking of documents,...
was spun off and sold in 1998. The hardware side of the business was sold to Primax Electronics, but later bought back by a private investor.
August 2003, Visioneer announced an exclusive licensing agreement with Xerox
Xerox
Xerox Corporation is an American multinational document management corporation that produced and sells a range of color and black-and-white printers, multifunction systems, photo copiers, digital production printing presses, and related consulting services and supplies...
to develop and market Xerox-branded document scanners and digital projectors under the Xerox DocuMate brand name
Brand
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.