Signature Capturing Devices
Writing Tablets, Pen Pads, Interactive Pen Displays, Tablet PCs
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We invite you to benefit from SOFTPRO's outstanding expertise when choosing the appropriate device(s) to support your workflow and capture handwritten signatures electronically - whether local or mobile, B2B or B2C.
SOFTPRO supports hundreds of companies in very different verticals in trustworthy digitizing of handwritten signatures and embedding them securely in an electronic workflow.
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In most of our current projects the popular SignPad eSignio (also known as Wacom STU-500) is the first choice signature input device. However we also support a broad array of capturing devices without display, interactive pen displays and last, but not least Tablet PCs.
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The SignPad series is a joint development of Softpro and its hardware partner Wacom.
TOP-SELLER: SignPad eSignio
Please find below images of some SignPad eSignios in "real life" applications at some selected SOFTPRO customers:
>> [ Product Page about SignPad eSignio ]
NEW & NOW AVAILABLE SignPad compact
The latest addition to the SignPad series follows the huge success of the SignPad eSignio.
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The SignPad Compact is designed to be small and compact as well as durable and robust meaning it is ideally suited for mobile areas of application. This includes insurance agents working in the field with a need to record client signatures on contracts or service staff carrying out repair and maintenance tasks on site.
>> [ Fact Sheet about SignPad Compact ]
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with your regional sales contact to receive additional information (also the availability of tablets for testing purposes).
Note: The SignPad Compact also is known with its technical product code "Wacom STU-300".
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Wherever a process still requires including a paper receipt and/or the focus is primarily on capturing of the signature image, SOFTPRO is offering pen pads and writing tablets of partners. The selected devices have one thing in common: They are all equipped with the capability for capturing high quality signature data.
Most of the "other" devices (like the ones you may know from courier services or from the point of sale in some places) capture a rather pixilated image of a signature that is usually not applicable for later verification. Signatures taken on these devices may easily be claimed to be a forgery. In addition to this there are still several pen pads on the market which fail to meet the expectations of potential buyers also in terms of robustness and durability.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with your regional sales contact. Spec sheets for particular devices can be made available.
>> [ Overview Supported Signature Capturing Devices: Writing Tablets, Tablets, Pen Pads ]
Mini Signature Tablet
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Bamboo
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Tablets in this segment are available in different sizes (up to A3) and capturing quality - from entry level devices to a high-end solutions. Some of these devices were primarily designed to capture signatures ("signature tablets / signature pads") - like the SignPad eSignio - while others are sold in large quantities as graphic tablets.
Note that some of these pads are not available through the general retail market as they are only sold in projects.
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This device category is becoming increasingly popular and more and more devices are available on the market. Interactive Pen Displays have a large color display and enable a truly paperless workflow. The number of devices installed at the checkout of retailers and at self-service counters is growing steadily. Some of these devices are also used in the medical sector where signing is required for instance on patient consent forms and in medical documentation.
>> [ Overview Supported Signature Capturing Devices: Interactive Pen Displays ]
Cintiq12
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PL 900
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Interactive pen displays are available in sizes between 12" and 21". One of their benefits is that they can display documents or forms in full size. They are especially useful where handwritten content is filled into and sketches are added to the document (so called "scribbling"). Some of these devices leverage technology also built into Tablet PCs.
Note that some of these interactive pen displays are not available through the general retail market as they are only sold in projects.
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SOFTPRO supports the Tablet PC platform as a Microsoft Premier Partner since it was launched in 2002. Apart from being a powerfull tool for mobile information workers TabletPCs are also a great device for signature capturing. SOFTPRO has the broadest experience in supporting different types of TabletPCs of various vendors for different applications in many verticals worldwide.
We are happy to offer our consulting services to detect what is "real value for money" for your system environment and come up with a recommendation for a device depending on the application scenarios you intend to support. SOFTPRO invites you to benefit from our experience in choosing a Tablet PC for signature capturing that really suits your applications best. The specs provided in our overview file should give you a first orientation.
>> [ Overview Supported Signature Capturing Devices: Tablet PCs ]
>> [ Wikipedia: Tablet PCs ]
Please do not hesitate to
contact our sales team.
Form Factor
- Convertibles are the de-facto major form factor for Tablet PCs. They offer the same user experience as regular notebooks plus all the benefits of working with a pen and digital ink. The ultimate tool for the mobile sales force (insurance, banking, … ).
- Slates are the preferred choice in environments where weight matters and the Tablet PC is carried around a lot – e.g. in hospitals. Successful applications rely on working with a pen also for filling forms with digital ink (and leveraging the handwriting recognition) and making annotations.
SOFTPRO recommends to consider Tablet PCs with Wacom's "Penabled" technology based on electro-magnetic resonance. A broad majority of Tablet PCs available on the market has these features built in. It is the technology which was defined as the standard technology for the TabletPC platform by Microsoft.
>> [ Wacom's Electro-Magnetic Resonance (EMR) Technology ]
>> [ Wikipedia: Tablet PC Basics ]
>> [ Microsoft: Tablet PC FAQs ]
Not all Tablet PCs are pen-eabled. Today a lot of devices are sold as "Tablet PCs" with different sensors which may have a minor or major impact on the signature capturing quality:
- some devices used a combination of active digitizer and touch technology. Some HP and Lenovo tablet PCs leverage Wacom's DualTouch technology (pen and touch input), hence they have two sensors: one for electro-magnetic resonance another for touch. When using such a device make sure the pen sensor is activated (similar to devices where you can choose between track ball and touchpad as substitue for a mouse)
- others use touch technology only and a so-called "pen pointer" or "touch sticks" (both of them do not support to capture different pressure levels).
- Netbooks (such as the Asus Ee-PC) or Sub-notebooks are a rarely equipped with electromagnetic digitizers.
- Apple's upcoming Tablet PC (aka iPod touch XXL) is also very likely not ot support pen input and thus does not offer pressure differentiation.
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Interested in a large quantity?
SOFTPRO is able to offer a very attractive pricing for the hardware for signature capturing - especially pen pads, writing tablets and Interactive Pen Displays.
Please do indicate your requirements (such as application purpose, quantities and potential delivery times) to your regional sales contact for an indicative pricing offer.
Interested in a small quantity?
You may order small quantities of SignPad eSignio tablets in combination with SignDoc online. Choose your required flavor of SignDoc and benefit from the attractive bundle option.
[ BUY Bundle SignPad eSignio & SignDoc ]
[ BUY Bundle SignPad eSignio & SignDoc for Adobe Reader ]
(choose this option only when already using Adobe LiveCycle or Adobe Acrobat)
[ BUY Bundle SignPad eSignio & SignDoc for Microsoft Word ]
Please do not hesitate to inquire at your regional
sales contact if your project may also include requirements such as the following:
- Passport and/or ID card reader
- Magnetic stripe reader
- Smart Card reader
Ideally you can specify some more details about these or other required functionalities so that we may provide you with appropriate recomendations to round up an offer.
Technical Terminology may be irritating. Some signature capturing devices on the market are labeled as "pressure sensitive". Note that in most cases these devices simply detect if pressure is applied or not. From a forensic expert point of view enhanced trustworthiness can only be achieved using devices which are able to protocol different pressure levels in a reliable manner.
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| Information about Joint Development of Wacom and Softpro |
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