naps2

Changes in 7.5.1:

• Mac: Use more native icons
• Fixed an issue loading profiles

Changes in 7.5.0:

• Reworked device selection
  • Driver selection is now in the "Choose device" window
  • Click the top-right button to toggle between icon and list views
  • You can no longer create a profile without selecting a device
    • To prompt for a device each time you scan, "Always Ask" must be explicitly selected
• Added "Manual IP" option for ESCL
• Available profile options now change based on scanner support
• Improved the error message when the worker process crashes
• Sane: Fixed an issue with selecting the wrong grayscale mode
• Fixed an issue with auto save paths that include Unicode
• Fixed an issue with "Combine" for black and white images

Changes in 7.4.3:

• Fixed some ESCL connection issues
• Fixed email compatibility with HCL Notes
• Fixed issues with "Outlook Web Access" email provider
• Fixed SANE compability with some HP devices
• Fixed Fraktur-based languages for OCR

Changes in 7.4.2:

• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.4.1:

• Improved OCR text alignment
• Added "Open With" support for PDF and image files
• Changed some labels to improve clarity
  • "Automatically run OCR after scanning" → "Pre-emptively run OCR after scanning"
  • "Flip duplexed pages" → "Flip back sides of duplex pages"
• Added HTTPS support for scanner sharing
  • Uses an auto-generated self-signed certificate by default
  • Admins can set EsclServerCertificatePath to use a custom certificate
  • Admins can set EsclSecurityPolicy to force servers/clients to only use HTTPS
    • This affects all ESCL devices, not just shared scanners
• Improved ESCL reliability with network interruptions
• Fixed some issues with Preview window zooming
• Made confirmation dialogs more consistent (OK/Cancel vs. Yes/No)
• Added more default keyboard shortcuts
• Mac: Fixed issues with keyboard shortcuts
• Mac: Added some missing menu items (Zoom In/Out, Move Up/Down, Profiles)
• Linux: Added a signature to .deb/.rpm packages
• Windows: The .msi installer can no longer be used to upgrade over .exe
• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.4.0:

• Added Undo/Redo (from the right-click menu or Ctrl+Z)
  • Deletions can't be undone
• Added Split/Combine (under the Image menu)
  • Split can be used for book scanning to separate pages
  • Combine can be used to include front/back sides of an ID card in one image
• Added "Multiple Languages" as an option for OCR (in the OCR language dropdown)
• Added a "Fix white balance and remove noise" OCR option
  • This can improve OCR with low-quality scans, but will make OCR slower
  • This is equivalent to using "Document Correction" before OCR
• Upgraded Tesseract from 5.2.0 to 5.3.4 for OCR
• Added a "Show native TWAIN progress" profile option (under Advanced)
• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.3.1:

• Improved loading time for "Keep images across sessions"
• PDF encryption settings are now hidden until enabled
• Fixed some SANE devices incorrectly appearing offline
• Fixed some SANE devices not respecting page size
• Fixed OCR issues with non-Latin alphabets
• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.3.0:

• Added a general "Settings" window with new options (some not available on Mac/Linux):
  • Show page numbers
  • Show Profiles toolbar
  • Scan menu changes default profile
  • Scan button default action
  • Save button default action
  • Clear images after saving
  • Keep images across sessions
  • Only allow a single NAPS2 instance
• Added corresponding appsettings.xml options
  • See https://www.naps2.com/doc/org-use
• Added "mode" attribute to some settings in appsettings.xml:
  • mode="default" provides a default value for the user
  • mode="lock" prevents the user from changing the value
• Added new console options:
  • "--noprofile" to only use CLI options (not GUI profiles)
  • "--listdevices" to see available scanning devices
  • "--driver", "--device", "--source", "--pagesize", "--dpi", "--bitdepth" scanning options
  • "--deskew", "--rotate" post-processing options
  • See https://www.naps2.com/doc/command-line
• Windows: Updated .exe installer style
• Windows: Added back "Alt" hotkeys
• Windows: Fixed an issue sending email with Outlook 2010-2016
• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.2.2:

• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.2.1:

• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.2.0:

• Scanner Sharing
  • Share scanners with other computers on the local network, for example:
    • Turn a desktop-connected USB scanner into a wireless scanner usable from your laptop or phone
    • Allow Windows-only scanners to be used from Mac/Linux using a virtual machine
    • Set up a Raspberry Pi to turn a USB scanner into a wireless scanner
  • On the host computer, in the Profiles window, click Scanner Sharing and choose the scanners to share
  • On the client computer, select "ESCL Driver" in your profile settings and you should be able to select the shared scanner
  • NAPS2 currently must be kept open on the host for sharing to work
  • Shared scanners can be used from any ESCL-capable client, not just NAPS2
    • Try Mopria Scan for Android
  • Use NoScannerSharing in appsettings.xml to disable
• Slightly updated icons in the Profiles window
• Old unrecoverable files are now cleaned up on startup
• Mac/Linux have been upgraded to the .NET 8 runtime
• Linux flatpak runtime has been upgraded to 23.08
• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.1.2:

• Mac: Fixed scanning with macOS 14 Sonoma

Changes in 7.1.1:

• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.1.0:

• Windows: Added ESCL Driver option
  • This allows using most network scanners without needing to install a separate driver
• PDF saving is much faster in some cases
• Imported PDFs now render forms and annotations
• Added Hindi language
• Bug fixes
• NAPS2.Sdk is now available on Nuget

Changes in 7.0b9:

• Improved accuracy of PDF page sizes
• Improved UI responsiveness when OCR is running
• Mac: Improved color accuracy for scans with Apple Driver
• Mac: Added support for dark themes
• Linux: Added support for dark themes
• Linux: Added arm64 .deb/.rpm builds
• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.0b8:

• Added "Email PDF" support to Mac and Linux
  • Mac: Apple Mail, Gmail, and Outlook Web options
  • Linux: Thunderbird, Gmail, and Outlook Web options
• Added "Print" support to Mac and Linux
• Added notifications to Mac and Linux
  • Also updated notification appearance in general
• Linux: Added drag & drop support
• Linux: Improved compatibility with older Linux (e.g. Ubuntu 18.04)
• Linux: Added dependencies to .deb package
• Sane: Show IP addresses for escl/airscan backends
• Windows: Changed installer publisher to "NAPS2 Software"
• Improved error log formatting
• Added debug logging for scanning diagnostics
  • Turn on by checking "Enable debug logging" in the About window
  • This will record information about scanning activity on disk
  • You can find debuglog.txt in the same folder as errorlog.txt
  • Use NoDebugLogging in appsettings.xml to hide the option
• Added Bosnian and Indonesian languages
• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.0b7:

• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.0b6:

• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.0b5:

• Added 2400/4800 dpi options
• Linux: Added .deb/.rpm packages
• Sane: Show devices incrementally (only with Mac / Linux flatpak)
• Crop improvements
• Fixed formatting for OCR of non-NAPS2 PDFs
• Bug fixes

Changes in 7.0b4:

• Twain: Changed default transfer mode
  • "Alternative Transfer" has been renamed "Memory Transfer" and is now used when "Default" is selected
  • "Native Transfer" can be used to revert to the old transfer mode
• Saved images now use optimized bit depths for smaller file sizes
• Bug fixes