The setup is not a registered copy.
Unregistered and expires on Nov. 13, 2016.

Installed 5 minutes ago, still showing trial version, expiring 30 days!!

Well, it seems a lot of us received a no so Giveaway product. The copy I got has not reg file, but it is does expires!

No matter how I install this program I am unable to get a activated copy. The about section says UNREGISTERED and a link to website to purchase.

Any suggestions? I have read some of the replies here and I also don't even have the infamous GCD file or activation window popup.

Thanks Jack

Downloaded, opened and ran setup file. No reg file listed, just setup & read me files. Program installed but is unregistered & expires on Nov. 13, 2016. What gives? How do I get it to register the program?

There are only 2 1/2 hours left to get this program. I downloaded it and checked the "about" which says:
" Licensed to: Unregistered copy
Expires: Sun Nov 13 01:14:46 2016"
So, it failed to activate and I bet there is no point keeping it as the people who can help are probably not available to help within the 2 1/2 hours left to activate it.
I am deleting the program.

I tried to install twice and cant get past the trial expired screen. Bad program. Wish i could use it. FAIL!

All I had was an unregistered copy that expires Sunday November 13!

Dear Alexa
I downloaded the program install it and it seems to work very well. But it is still unregistred DEMO version which I can downloaded from your web page. Can you advice how to register my copy or it is for you just advertasing
Anyhow Thanks for DEMO program

I just downloaded and installed it (Win 7 4-bit) without clicking on "reg" afterwards, and it does show that it is registered to GOTD 2016. That's good enough for me! I need this program especially for its ability to split a scanned page into 2, as per pages of a book. Thanks very much, GOTD and scanpapyrus!

4 Hours left and still no answers as to how to register this product (mine still says unregistered even after two reinstalls). It seems that the ScanPapyrus Team don't support their product unless already paid for. So as I can't try it out sadly, I'm uninstalling the unregistered program off my machine and definitely won't bother with this company again.

WHERE is the "reg" file??

I am missing my reg info.

Installed three times and every time I tried to scan it said "Failed to open camera". I am using a relatively new Canon scanner with other scanner programs and THEY don't seem to have any problem. Guess I will junk this program and stay with the others that work for me. I was looking forward to using it since it seemed to have many options ...but

Straight forward install on Win 8.1 64 bit. Already registered to GOTD. No activate file in the package. Working as described. Easy to use. The settings need to be checked at the start, for example, to enable scan of all pages from ADF. It has few more options than the manufacturer's software; I did not try all of them, but it is certainely easy to use and that is important. It works for me.
It could be better if it included a manual duplex scanning/ printing component also. I would normally expect that in a commercial software. NAPS2 is a popular simple and free alternative, but it is not very user friendly and has a learning curve.

The main reason I was tempted to try this product was the ability to clean up the scan and to split the pages in two.

Splitting pages works pretty well, on text anyway. When I tried with one page being photos. The text came out nice and straight but the picture was skewed even though on the initial scan it was straight.

As for clean up, I think it might be a little better than my regular software, perhaps because the sliders are longer thereby allowing for a more refined tuning, but it is still just brightness and contrast.

It does not give me the option for saving as anything but PDF either. You really need OCR for it to be very useful in Word anyway.

So basically the only thing it does that my regular software doesn't do, is split the pages. That could be helpful. It actually scanned using my regular software, so I had its benefits as well. It allows me to keep adding scans to make one PDF. I didn't try that, but it should work with this program.

Installed without a hitch on Windows 10 64-bit, no reg.file present, just ReadText and Setup... so, how do we register this program for the free give away of the day?

"unregistered copy. Licence expires 12 Nov 2016" I see many people have commented about this, but there doesn't seem to be any answer about what to do. Why do we have to struggle to get answers lately?

Can't scan multiple pages (2) through the ADF despite changing settings to ADF and multiple pages?

How do I know if it needs activation - in information and About it says licensed to GOTD 2016 - guess that is all that is needed?

When scanning a page it only allows saving to PDF (rest of options are greyed out). So far not flash!

Who uses a flatbed scanner anymore?

I use an administrator account only for installing programs. In the daily use is a normal user account with restricted rights, as recommended. It seems that this program will not become activated in the normal user account.

After installing scanpapyrus I find that Import and Export, in the ribbon of the scanning tab, are grey and unusable. Also, I did a test scan and although the thumbnail image at the right side looks clear, albeit small, the main image in the center of the screen is so grainy that what is scanned can hardly even be made out.

Installed just fine. Only worked once. After that, program hung up even after rebooting. Also only cm not inches in settings. Uninstalled. Windows 7 Home Premium. Thanks anyway GAOTD.

where i can find activate.reg?

You could add OCR and, if you really want to get fancy, font recognition.

Installed ok but will not allow me to save scan in any form other than PDF. The other options for saving are not highlighted and do not work. Would have been nice if it would save to word format.

Deleted as I can't seem to get past the trial version. Was expecting full unrestricted version. Disappointed!

There are four settings for scan quality. The difference is in the reduction of gray background and some graininess. The program does a nice job in cropping and helps in readjusting skewed pages so that the resulting page is straighter than just scanning the page and not processing the scan using the ScanPapyrus program.

Cropping involves page edges not the dark line between two pages in a book. The dark area between pages in a scanned paperback book is still there and is noticeable. You can still tell that the resulting scanned pages have come from a book on a flatbed scanner.

Have downloaded and reinstalled several times. Still shows as "unregistered" - what gives?

Mine says it is unregistered and expires on 11/12/16. ??

The download I received has no activate file included, only Readme.txt and Setup.exe. I have downloaded and run setup twice, and both times the about shows an Unregistered copy. What do I do now?

I've got version 16.1 which I installed not long ago.
Is today's version newer?
If so, should I uninstall the previous version before installing this one?

Thank you in advance for your helpful response.

Cheers,

consuella

Unable to save in any format other than PDF.

I have an old Epson Perfection 1260 scanner.
After upgrading to win 10x64, I cannotuise the scanner, due to lack of proper drivers.
Can I receive a final answer from the ScanPapyrus people, whether they have a solution for installing their software on old scanners like mine?
Thank you.

I got this in a previous Giveaway.
The features are nice (like recognizing two-page spread).
But the output with the default settings was awful: very grainy. My regular scanning software produces excellent images.

I installed and no issues on my Xerox Documate 152 but I had to email support. I selected duplex mode but and it said scanning in duplex mode, but only 1 side was displayed. Always lookiing for a replacement for PaperPort(Nunance) that has not been updated id a very long time. Based on the PaperPort email list, there are a large number of dissatisfied users.

Thank you very much for that correction. All works very well now.

Was it just me or is this new installer in Spanish? I couldn't even read the legal mumbo-jumbo when I was installing it and I STILL couldn't read anything when I opened the program 'cause it's *still* in Spanish! I had to fumble my way around the program until I found the configuration page, then changed it from Spanish to English. A poor start and very unprofessional, at least in my situation...

Double click .reg file first, then install the information to registry, BlackParrot is where it is at.

Then install software and it says registered to: GOTD 2016.

Start, regedit, enter, then HKEY_CURRENT_USER then software and then BlackParrot

I got this program as a giveaway elsewhere and liked it so much that I paid for lifetime updates.
It's a big help when scanning a document, small or large, and their Support is good.

A similar free alternative is NAPS2, which is useful but less evolved : https://www.naps2.com/

Whoa... .. . Nelly ...

This is an XP's operable.

Well i'll be #%$&&(*)_(*)_&*^&*^Y&*^ ... ..

dang Mate!

Thanks, this works!

Well I don't know if I've hit on the answer, but mine says, in the about page, licensed to 'GOTD 2016', which I am guessing everyone else's doesn't say? It also does have Word, etc., as options - they aren't greyed out. All I did was copy the 'activate.reg' to the program file directory, I didn't click on it or anything, just copied it there. As an experiment I tried running it from my downloads - and ScanPapyrus now says 'unregisted copy', so I think copying the active.reg to the program directory must be the answer. Hope that helps.

Would be very helpful if it would accept photo images of books as well as scanner.
If it exports to Word is that as an editable document in word ofr just an image?

Downloaded and set up. No problem on W10 Family 32 bits. Clicked on Activate.reg. Seems automatic register.

Same here: no activation, unregistered copy. So you can hardly call this a Giveaway.

Only scans to PDF and then puts a large red watermark telling you the version is unregistered.
I wish people offering these giveaways would trial the activation before releasing it.
Please post the correct method of activating.