Specifications

TWAIN Specification (version 1.9) (Ratified: January 2000. Republished: 2/22/99) (2Mb PDF Format)

White Papers

TWAIN as an API for High Throughput Image Capture (PDF Format)

Capability Ordering (PDF Format)

TWAIN Mandatory Features (PDF Format)

TWAIN : Linking Applications and Images (Updated: February 6, 2001)

Press Releases

Press Release (July 17, 2000): Digimarc MediaBridge Technology Now Enabled for Use with Digital Scanning Devices

Press Release (May 10, 2000): TWAIN Announces Over 2500 Developer Downloads of New Version of Industry Standard for Macintosh Platform

Press Release (May 5, 2000): Kodak Document Imaging Announces Availability of TWAIN Data Source for High Volume Scanners

Press Release (March 27, 2000): Software, Inc., In Cooperation With The TWAIN Working Group, To Exhibit Quillix at AIIM Show in New York

Press Release (March 7, 2000): Digimarc and TWAIN Announce New Version of Industry Standard for Macintosh Platform

Press Release (10/98): Kodak Document Imaging Announces Availability of TWAIN Datasource for the Kodak Digital Science Scanner 3500 - Announcement Demonstrates Kodak's Renewed Commitment To TWAIN Working Group.

Press Release (7/98): Xerox Accepts Seat on TWAIN Board of Directors.

Press Release (5/98): TWAIN Data Source Manager Selected by Microsoft® for Inclusion in Microsoft® Windows ’98® and Microsoft® Windows NT® 5.0.

Policies and Statements

TWAIN/Microsoft Positioning Statement

TWAIN Working Group Year 2000 Compliance Statement

Test Recommendation Document

TWAIN Application Test Recommendation (Ratified: January 2000)
(4.4Mb PDF file. Requires Acrobat Reader 4.x) or (3.7Mb ZIP file)

Get the TWAIN Developer Toolkit

Download the Toolkit (Version: 1.7.0.3, Posted: February 18, 1999)

Please note: This file contains a self-extracting zip file. Although this is a 16bit program, this self-extracting zip file will only work with 32bit versions of Windows. This file has been signed (certified authenticity by VeriSign, Inc.), and the procedure for signing requires the self extracting zip file to be 32bit.

Readme for Toolkit

The header file: TWAIN.H (Posted: March 15, 2000)

Mac DSM

Note: This version of the Macintosh TWAIN Data Source Manager (DSM) from the TWAIN Working Group is PowerPC Native, backward-compatible with existing data sources, and supports Mac OS 8.0 and above.  This DSM version (1.7) is compatible with TWAIN specification 1.9.  If you've previously downloaded a beta version of this DSM please uninstall and use this version.

Mac DSM (Posted: February 3, 2000)

Presentations

AIIM 2000 Presentation (105kb Posted: May 3, 2000) (Power Point Format)

16bit Data Source Manager (Win3.1 and Win3.11)

Installation Notes

Download the 16bit Data Source Manager (Version: 1.6.0.3, Posted: March 15, 1999)

Download the localized 16bit Data Source Manager (Version: 1.6.0.3, Posted: March 15, 1999)

 

PLEASE NOTE: These files are for archival history purposes only, and should not be used for any new development activities.

Note: You can download a copy of the PDF reader from the Adobe Web site.