FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP LLC 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/09/2007 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CAPTARIS INC [CAPA] (Last) (First) (Middle) 666 THIRD AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR,  4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) NEW YORK CITY, NY 10017 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) ___ Form filed by One Reporting Person _X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share 428,049 (1) I By Parche, LLC (2) (3) Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share 2,247,252 (1) I By Starboard Master (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP LLC 666 THIRD AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR NEW YORK CITY, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â
C4S & CO LLC 666 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK CITY, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â
COHEN PETER A C/O RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP, LLC 666 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK CITY, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	See Explanation of Responses
STARK MORGAN B C/O RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP, LLC 666 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK CITY, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â
STRAUSS THOMAS W C/O RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP, LLC 666 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK CITY, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â
SOLOMON JEFFREY M C/O RAMIUS CAPITAL GROUP, LLC 666 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK CITY, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â
Starboard Value & Opportunity Master Fund Ltd C/O CITCO FUND SERVICES LTD WEST BAY RD Â	Â	  X	Â	Â
Parche, LLC 666 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK CITY, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â
RCG STARBOARD ADVISORS, LLC 666 THIRD AVENUE NEW YORK CITY, NY 10017	Â	  X	Â	Â
RCG Enterprise Ltd C/O CITCO FUND SERVICES LTD WEST BAY ROAD Â	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

By: Ramius Capital Group, L.L.C.; By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, Authorized Signatory		01/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
By: C4S & Co., L.L.C., By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, as Attorney in Fact for Jeffrey M. Solomon, as Managing Member		01/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, as Attorney in Fact for Peter A. Cohen		01/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, as Attorney in Fact for Morgan B. Stark		01/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, as Attorney in Fact for Thomas W. Strauss		01/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, as Attorney in Fact for Jeffrey M. Solomon		01/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
By: Starboard Value and Opportunity Master; By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, Authorized Signatory		01/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
By: Parche, LLC; By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, Authorized Signatory		01/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
By: RCG Starboard Advisors, LLC; By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, Authorized Signatory		01/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date
By: RCG Enterprise, Ltd; By: /s/ Owen S. Littman, Authorized Signatory		01/08/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The Reporting Persons became 10% owners of the Shares of the Issuer solely as a result of the Issuer reporting a reduction in the number of its Shares outstanding.
(2)	Consists of Shares owned directly by Parche, LLC (Parche). As the sole non-managing member of Parche and owner of all economic interests therein, RCG Enterprise, Ltd (RCG Enterprise) may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares beneficially owned by Parche. As the managing member of Parche, RCG Starboard Advisors, LLC (RCG Starboard Advisors) may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares owned by Parche. As the sole member of RCG Starboard Advisors, Ramius Capital Group, L.L.C. (Ramius) may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares owned by Parche. As the managing member of Ramius, C4S & Co., L.L.C. (C4S) may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares owned by Parche. As the managing members of C4S, each of Peter A. Cohen, Morgan B. Stark, Jeffrey M. Solomon and Thomas W. Strauss may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares owned by Parche.
(3)	(continued from previous footnote) Each of Messrs. Cohen, Stark, Solomon and Strauss, RCG Enterprise, RCG Starboard Advisors, Ramius and C4S disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.
(4)	Consists of Shares owned directly by Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. (Starboard). As the investment manager of Starboard, RCG Starboard Advisors may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares owned by Starboard. As the sole member of RCG Starboard Advisors, Ramius may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares owned by Starboard. As the managing member of Ramius, C4S may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares owned by Starboard. As the managing members of C4S, each of Peter A. Cohen, Morgan B. Stark, Jeffrey M. Solomon and Thomas W. Strauss may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares owned by Starboard. Each of Messrs. Cohen, Stark, Solomon and Strauss, RCG Starboard Advisors, Ramius and C4S disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein.

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