recommendations for software to automatically remove punch holes from scanned documents?

[david151]

I am looking to automatically remove punch holes from scanned documents (preferably from PDF, although I will consider other options).

I have thousands of pages of scanned documents that all have punch holes in. I know about the Acrobat redact tool, however this is too time consuming to use. I am looking for an automatic solution. The holes are often in different places, so a basic crop won't work. I know such software exists, as some scanners ship with this feature to intelligently identify punch holes and remove them, however I used a ScanSnap ix500 which does not come with such software.

I am open to free or paid software. My priority is just to get something that works well.

Can anyone recommend any software?

 

[bruceb]

You can try PixEdit ... not sure how it works or costs since I do not use it.

http://www.pixedit.com/pixedit-software-suite/pixedit-desktop/automatic-optimization/

 

[david151]

That's for your reply, but I think that just works like a crop. See this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wtUaZXNr8Y

I was looking for something that would just automatically detect the holes and remove them. I know such software exists as some scanners even ship with it.

 

[bruceb]

Have a look at this one:

http://www.blackice.com/docimagingPUNCHHOLE.htm

 

[david151]

Thanks I had a look at that one before, but it appears to be designed for software developers to integrate it into their product. It's not really font line software.

 

[bruceb]

Try this one:

https://www.gdpicture.com/

 

[david151]

again this seems to be for programmers to incorporate into their software:

http://guides.gdpicture.com/content/webframe.html#Removing punch holes.html

 

[bruceb]

Try this:

http://www.cvisiontech.com/reference/ocr/clean-up-pdf-scans.html

Or this one: http://scantailor.org/

 

[Bubbaleone]

Orpalis scanner software (pro version) is capable of batch processing hole punch removal and a whole lot more:

PaperScan v3.0.29

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