good alternative to Image Capture

PDF Scanner has a lot of handy features that make it an attractive alternative to Image Capture. OCR can be run automatically after each scan. That makes it possible to find scanned documents with Spotlight. Also, the ‘Fake Duplex’ feature is handy if you have a single-sided scanner but want to scan a double-sided doc. Finally, the one support request I had was promptly answered and I was directed to a feature I hadn’t noticed before, "automatic white correction”, which I needed to turn off so that all background colors were picked up.

The Drab Bard about PDFScanner - Scanning and OCR