I tested the software in Windows 95. You'll need 32MB for optimum speed when processing A0 and E-sized scanned images, the maximum the software handles. To these basic abilities VPmaxNT adds rubber-sheeting, splitting and merging imaging files, and image reversal. But at this point, VPmaxNT is only halfway finished. The third stage, vector post-processing, shows the real payoff in this software.
Text recognition is exceptional.
The final stage is vector editing. Going through all the steps and importing your vector file into AutoCad gives you a multilayered drawing. VPmaxNT accepts uncompressed TIFF, TIFF Groups 3 and 4, CALS Group 4, RLC, PCX, and BMP image files and output DXF and IGES vector files and TIFF Group 4, CALS Group 4, RLC, and PCX raster files. This information is repeated in the on-line help. The price is high, but if you have volume conversion requirements, it's the one to beat.