Capturx Turning Ink into Action

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Capturx Software
Capturx Digital Pen, Based on Anoto Technology
Capturx Printing

Capturx Software
Adapx, Inc. has developed the Capturx™ line of commercial products, which are uniquely suited to improving field data collection.

Capturx enables paper designs, maps, and forms to be filled out or marked up with a digital pen, which digitizes the handwriting and integrates the data directly into Microsoft Office and leading GIS and CAD systems. Capturx works with standard digital pen technology and standard software applications to create unique and patented experiences which speed up data collection without requiring expensive equipment, training, IT involvement, or changes to existing business processes.

Customers get the ease and simplicity of collecting data on paper with all the benefits of immediate access to digital data in native applications. With Capturx, field personnel make workflows more efficient without the cost, delays and risks from scanning, transcribing or losing paper documents. Our innovative products have been recognized by Gartner, as one of eight Cool Vendors in Emerging Technologies, and by ESRI, with a New Partner of the Year Award.

Capturx software enables Excel files, maps and CAD drawings to be printed with a special digital watermark using office printers on ordinary paper. The digital watermark is readable by digital pens, and is unique to each application and file.

Printed forms are filled out in ink using a digital pen, which consists of a processor, sensor, and memory. As the pen writes, the handwriting is digitized and stored on the pen. When it is docked to a PC, Capturx integrates the data directly into the original Microsoft Office, PDF, or ArcGIS sources.

Files are printed digitally on ordinary paper using a standard office printer. Capturx passes structured data from digital pens to applications in their native file formats, preserving and unique features or attributes of the data for each application. There are no interim file formats to translate or redundant software for customers to install, learn, and support. Forms are opened and printed in Excel – and the data goes right back into Excel. 
 

Capturx Digital Pen, based on Anoto Technology 
While a digital pen is easy to use and durable for use in a range of environments, it is actually a sophisticated computing device that converts any handwritten paper-based information into electronic data that can be modified, manipulated, or shared in leading applications you already use.

Capturx converts handwritten forms, field journal notes, sketches, and annotations on maps and satellite images into digital data. Your team doesn't have to change the way they have always worked with pen and paper—only now they are collecting handwriting and sketches digitally and in real time. The digital pen looks and feels like a regular ballpoint pen—but contains an integrated digital sensor, an advanced image microprocessor, and a mobile communications device for wireless connection. As you write, the digital pen scans your writing in conjunction with a digital watermark which is printed by Capturx software along with the visual information in your form or map.

The digital pen records what is written or drawn, and all this data is then stored in the pen’s memory until you upload it into a Microsoft Windows®-based computer.

• The Capturx pen can also be used with Fisher pressurized ink pen cartridges, filled with Rite in the Rain® proprietary ink, enabling teams to write in any position and in any condition.
• Stays charged for up to 10 days of typical use with built in Lithium-ion rechargeable battery.
  Charging time approx. 2.5 hours (150 min), from 0% to 100% via cradle and USB adapter.
• Weight 1.06 oz. Dimensions 6.02x.75x.6 inches without cap; 6.18x.83x.71 inches with cap.
• Data Communication: USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 standard Bluetooth depends on the app
• RoHS compliant with EU directive 2002/95/EC
• For use: 32 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit at relative humidity levels of 10-85%
• For storage: -4 to 113 degrees Fahrenheit at relative humidity
• Pen can be used in inclement weather and rain, but is not submersible.

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How Capturx Printing Works
Capturx turns ordinary paper into extensions of your computer desktop applications through a special dot pattern which Capturx adds to print outs to enable them to be read by a digital pen. The dot pattern is unique for each page and appears as a light background on prints. The digital pen has a sensor which reads the dot pattern as it writes, tracking its location on that unique sheet as you write.

The dot pattern is printed with high precision using black ink, which is the only color “visible” to the digital pen. The information in the file, which is visible to humans, is printed using your printer's yellow, magenta, and cyan inks. Any visible lines that look black are actually combinations of those color inks.

An initial Capturx purchase includes a large amount of unique digital dot pattern: enough to print more than 6000 8-1/2-x-11 pages or more than 2000 E-sized prints. Dot pattern is like printer toner: it gets used up as you print. Additional dot pattern is available for purchase and download from Adapx.

Capturx-enabled print outs must be made with a 4-color postscript printer.  We have tested a broad range of printers which work with Capturx from leaders such as: HP, Okidata, Oce, Ricoh and Canon. To learn more about specific printers, please contact our sales team.