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Scanora brings the KODAK E1030 to the Mac

Kodak Alaris ships no macOS driver for the E1030 — none, ever. Scanora drives the scanner directly over USB: load the stack, press Scan, both sides in one pass. Out comes a PDF you can search.

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macOS 13 or later · Apple silicon · KODAK E1030

A device without a driver

The E1030 is a capable sheetfed scanner — just one macOS knows nothing about. The manufacturer offers no driver, and the Linux one no longer builds on current systems: it needs library symbols removed more than ten years ago. Anyone who owns the device today simply has no working software for it.

We analysed the device's USB protocol and reimplemented it from scratch. Scanora talks to the scanner directly — no kernel extension, no administrator rights, no layer in between.

What happens to every sheet

Four steps sit between the feeder and the finished file. They run automatically, for every page.

  1. Found and measured

    The page is located in the sensor image rather than assumed. A4 comes out exactly A4, and a till receipt keeps its own size.

  2. Straightened

    The angle is measured from the writing and turned back. Paper never quite goes in square.

  3. Whitened

    White balance, and optionally near-white areas are pulled to pure white: the grain goes and the file gets much smaller.

  4. Read

    Text recognition runs on your Mac. The PDF is searchable, and the text can be selected and copied.

The Scanora window: the profile list with scan settings on the left, the finished pages of a duplex scan as previews on the right.
After the pass: both sides of every sheet, measured and straightened.

Profiles — selectable on the device too

Up to nine profiles, each with its own folder, its own file-name pattern and its own scan settings. The count is sent to the scanner: choose the profile on the device's display and Scanora follows.

File names are built from date, time, a running number and the profile name — in whatever order you arrange them.

A profile's settings in Scanora: name, output folder, file-name pattern, and options for colour, duplex, text recognition, resolution and paper whitening.
Every profile carries its own folder, naming pattern and scan settings.

No account. No network.

Scanora opens no network connection at all — the app does not even hold the entitlement to do so. No sign-in, no account, no cloud. Your documents stay on your Mac, and so does the text recognition.

  • No network entitlement in the app sandbox
  • Text recognition runs locally on the Mac
  • No registration, no user account

See what it does beforehand

A built-in demonstration draws two sample sheets and sends them through the same processing a real stack gets — measuring, straightening, text recognition, PDF. It sits in the File menu and works with no scanner attached.

Frequently asked questions

Which devices does Scanora support?
The KODAK E1030. The app was built for this device and speaks its USB protocol directly. Without an E1030 Scanora cannot scan — though the built-in demonstration shows how the processing works even without one.
Why is there no driver from the manufacturer at all?
Kodak Alaris offers no macOS software for the E1030. The Linux variant no longer runs on current systems either, because it depends on library symbols removed more than a decade ago. So we analysed the protocol ourselves and reimplemented it.
Do I need administrator rights or a kernel extension?
No. Scanora runs as an ordinary sandboxed App Store application. No kernel extension, no system modification, no administrator password.
Are my documents sent anywhere?
No. The app holds no network entitlement and therefore cannot technically open a connection. Scanning, processing and text recognition all happen on your Mac.
Does Scanora run on Intel Macs?
No, the app requires Apple silicon and macOS 13 or later.

Questions about Scanora?

Whether the app fits your device, whether you want to hear about the release, or whether you need something comparable for other hardware — get in touch.

Contact us

Scanora is an independent product of bitshift dynamics GmbH and is not affiliated with the owner of the KODAK trademark. The model name says only which device the app works with.