Hardware

1. Which scanner types are supported?
2. How should my PC be configured for VP software?


1. Which scanner types are supported?

All VP software products support scanners with TWAIN interface. Direct interfacing to various large format scanners is provided in VPstudio, VPstudio mono, VPraster, VPindex, VPmap and VPmap pro. Moreover, all scanners produce image file formats that VPHybridCAD, VPmap Series and VPindex can read, such as PCX, TIF, BMP, or PDF. Large format scanners typically produce formats such as TIF4, CAL, GP4, CG4, etc. which all are compressed image formats.
Tip:
Avoid scanners supporting less than 300 dpi optical resolution, as they can produce coarse and low quality which is not suitable for vector conversion. Be careful about complete scan-to-plot systems with file capture options. These scanners often produce diffused pixels to enhance the plot quality. But raster images may be seriously degraded raster-to-vector conversion and raster editing quality will be decreased. Be sure that such systems have the ability to turn off the diffusion process when scanning to a raster file. Please note, that VPHybridCAD, VPmap Series and VPindex software feature raster smoothing and morphing functions to enhance image quality for these scanner types. Anything higher than 500 dpi optical resolution for large format drawings will generally not improve vector quality or accuracy. Instead, larger image file sizes will rather slow down conversion time.

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2. How should my PC be configured for VP software?

You've heard about the canon, "the faster, the better!", We recommend at least 1 GHz. RAM memory. Requirements can vary but 1 GB is a minimum for large format images. VPHybridCAD. VPmap Series. VPview and VPindex require Windows 7, 8, or 10.

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