We were recently put in contact with an experienced technical blogger and web developer, Dick Strauss, about exploring the possibility of conducting a product review. He found our product line interesting and something his readers might benefit from. We were happy to partner up with him and gave him a development license for one of our most popular products, LEADTOOLS Recognition.

Not only did he navigate our documentation and rapidly implement both full-page and zonal OCR with little effort, but he found that LEADTOOLS was, in his opinion, a "stunning product" rather than just a "good functional product." He experienced the entire process of using LEADTOOLS, including unlocking support with his development license, starting a project from scratch, and firing off some questions to our outstanding support department.

For July, we have published a white paper on using the LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer Driver to extend existing applications. The LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer Driver is one of the solutions LEADTOOLS provides to help developers streamline business processes and reduce human error. Additionally, the Virtual Printer Driver enables developers to connect legacy applications to new systems that reside either on location or in the cloud, even when the existing application does not include an API.

Extend Existing Applications with the LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer SDK

A common problem that faces many developers is extending existing applications when changing the underlying source code is not a possibility. As needs and systems change, there has to be a mechanism to add new functionality and maintain efficient workflows for end-users. The LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer SDK is one of several solutions LEADTOOLS provides to overcome this problem.

A Visual Studio console application project written in C# to implement a task printer based on the LEADTOOLS Virtual Printer is also available for download: LEADTOOLS V19 Virtual Printer Driver Sample

If you’ve renewed your driver’s license any time in the last few years, you have likely noticed an increase in its visual complexity. Many governing bodies have made significant strides towards making forgery more difficult. The unfortunate side-effect from that positive change is that traditional recognition algorithms are more difficult with the many colors, backgrounds, holograms, and layouts.

Last month we introduced LEADTOOLS Cloud Services, a brand-new product offering from LEADTOOLS, the World Leader in Imaging SDKs. We highlighted its OCR, Barcode, and Document Conversion features, and how to use the services in a Node.js application. In this post, we’ll explore a more applied scenario.