LuraTech Adds Multi-Core Processor Support, Form Recognition and Data Extraction Capabilities to LuraDocument® PDF Compressor Server

LuraTech has added two new features to its LuraDocument PDF Compressor Server, which is designed to provide users with a robust document processing solution that easily integrates with existing workflow systems. The first - multi-core processor support - enables users to process documents far faster while avoiding per page usage charges with LuraTech's unique unlimited usage licensing structure. The second feature - form recognition and data extraction - eliminates the need for users to manually sort paper documents for processing and automatically extracts data for import into the appropriate back office systems.

Multi-Core Processor Support

PDF Compressor Server takes advantage of the processing power of new computer systems. By supporting systems with multiple physical processors or multi-core processors, PDF Compressor Server can increase performance of compression and OCR by nearly 100 percent with each additional processor used. As a result, PDF Compressor users benefit immediately from increased processing speed.
Benefits of the multi-core support include:

Significantly increased processing speed - Users, such as scan service providers, that have large quantities of documents to process can greatly increase throughput without making substantial changes to their workflow configuration.
Easy to use and reliable - Set up is intuitive. Users can set the number of processor cores for use with a single mouse click, even while the system is operating.
Faster return on investment - Since the multi-core license offers unlimited usage, it avoids page counting or volume-based billing and supports continuous operation without interruption.

Form Recognition & Data Extraction

LuraTech is further improving on its best-in-class scanned document compression and OCR solution by enabling form recognition and automated data extraction. These new functionalities in the PDF Compressor Server enable users to minimize manual processes - such as sorting paper documents and examining extracted data. PDF Compressor automatically outputs XML data ready for import into existing systems, such as accounting and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Within the PDF Compressor, adminstrators can use the intuitve Form Designer to set up form recognition and data extraction rules. LuraTech makes it easier to examine extracted data and make corrections for documents with lower character recognition rates. With its Form Validator module, LuraTech guarantees 100 percent accurate data extraction prior to import into back office systems.
Benefits of the form recognition and data extraction capabilities include:

Simplicity - PDF Compressor Server has an intuitive graphic interface, making management of the process simple and flexibly supports different document conversion and optimization workflows.
Single tool for process chain - Users no longer have to depend on a large number of individual tools that are configured and operated separately, or spend time and money integrating them. Because PDF Compressor Server supports the entire process chain, users can reduce set-up times, avoid custom development costs and put the solution into production quickly.
Intuitive form definition - With the PDF Compressor's Form Designer, administrators can easily define the form recognition and data extraction rules to support a variety of forms.
Faster return on investment - Reduces project costs for document input management and scanning service providers, as form recognition is included in the license model of PDF Compressor Server, which has no limits on the number of pages that are scanned or volume-based billing.

LuraTech Customer Named Finalist for AIIM Best Practices Award

LuraTech customer E-BizDocs and its clients, New York State's Education Department and Office of Mental Health, have been named finalists for the AIIM - The Enterprise Content Management Association's Carl E. Nelson Best Practices Award. The award recognizes excellence in the enterprise content management (ECM) field. Winners will be announced on March 4 during the 2008 AIIM International Exposition & Conference.

E-BizDocs used LuraTech's LuraDocument PDF Compressor to scan and compress more than 400 million pages of color and black-and-white legal and medical documents that needed to be digitally archived by the New York State agencies. Because E-BizDocs employed the LuraDocument PDF Compressor's PDF/A and mixed raster content (MRC) compression capabilities, they were able to deliver high-quality replication of original documents for long-term storage. LuraDocument PDF Compressor's also enabled the agencies to reduce their storage requirements by 90 percent and improve electronic transfer capabilities by reducing file sizes from 8 megabytes to 80 kilobytes per page.

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Calendar of Events

March 3-6
2008 AIIM International Exposition & Conference - Boston

Visit LuraTech at booth 2813. LuraTech will be showcasing the latest features for LuraDocument PDF Compressor.

March 4-9
CeBIT 2008 - Hannover, Germany

Visit LuraTech at CeBIT 2008. LuraTech will be exhibiting in Hall 3, Booth A29 in partnership with VOI. Carsten Heiermann, managing director of LuraTech Europe GmbH, also will be a featured speaker at the show. On March 4, he will lead a discuss on "Standards for File Formats" and March 6, he will speak about "PDF/A as Archiving Format for Digital Files."

April 10-11
First International PDF/A Conference - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Visit LuraTech at the first International PDF/A Conference in Amsterdam and attend educational sessions led by LuraTech executives. On April 10, Carsten Heiermann, managing director of LuraTech Europe GmbH, will speak on "Scan to PDF/A with OCR, Paper Becomes Digital." On April 11, LuraTech Managing Partner Thomas Zellman will speak on "Anything PDF/A? Recommendations, Samples and Best Practice Discussion."