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A-61580 November 2007

Dual stream - simplex

1. Prepare documents.

2. Start the scanner to do dual stream simplex scanning (front black

and white and front color).

3. Setup the scanner to retrieve black and white images first.

4. Enable the scanner and start polling.

Loop
Read front black and white image header

Read back black and white image
Read front color image header

Read back color image
End loop

Dual stream - duplex

1. Prepare documents.

2. Start the scanner to do dual stream duplex scanning (front black and

white, front color, back black and white and back color).

3. Setup the scanner to retrieve black and white images first.

4. Enable the scanner and start polling.

Loop
Read front black and white image header
Read back black and white image
Read front color image header
Read back color image
Read front black and white image header
Read black and white image
Read back color image header
Read color image
End loop

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Summary of Contents for i1800 Series

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Page 2: ...ng Chapter 1 Introduction includes a brief summary of the Kodak i1800 Series Scanners Chapter 2 Best Practices includes information to use when setting up applications recommendations on how to handle jam recoveries image addressing information controlling print streams electronic color drop out and much more Chapter 3 Using the TWAIN Datasource includes information on using the dialog boxes prese...

Page 3: ...t black and white FB tif This image file represents the contents of the front side of the document using one bit per pixel Front color FC jpg This image file represents the contents of the front side of the document using 24 bits per pixel Back black and white BB tif This image file represents the contents of the rear side of the document using one bit per pixel Back color BC jpg This image file r...

Page 4: ...ts of the front side of the document using 1 bit per pixel Back grayscale BG jpg This image file represents the contents of the rear side of the document using 8 bits per pixel Back black and white BB tif This image file represents the contents of the rear side of the document using 1 bit per pixel NOTE Actual file formats are determined by the host application These image files can be controlled ...

Page 5: ...torage locations Bar code recognition Controlling print strings Electronic Color Dropout form design drop out colors Available image header information and its uses Zone processing recombining images especially for viewing Programmable keys Starting image addresses Patch reading Batching NOTE The term host in the sections that follow refers to either the driver or application Basic image capture B...

Page 6: ...ions see Chapters 3 or 4 depending on your driver For other vendor tool kits refer to their documentation 2 Select your Document Type Color Correction as appropriate for color document scanning See Chapters 3 or 4 depending on your driver For other vendor tool kits refer to their documentation 3 Determine if any changes to the Image Processing parameters need to be made for the current application...

Page 7: ...e host computer An error occurs requiring fault recovery NOTE When scanning is disabled documents cannot be scanned until the host enables scanning Error handling The scanner recognizes and reports a variety of error conditions Some errors are reported to either the host or the touchscreen while others are reported to both the host and the touchscreen An error is defined as either a current or def...

Page 8: ...clear all current and deferred Sense data Some error conditions disable scanning and cause the document transport to stop These errors are reported on the touchscreen This is done to prevent additional images from entering the image buffer while allowing the host to perform fault recovery activities NOTE The scanner cannot determine exactly which images were affected by the error and which images ...

Page 9: ...header Read front black and white image Read back black and white image header Read back black and white image End loop Color only duplex 1 Prepare documents 2 Start the scanner to do color duplex scanning front color and back color 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve color images 4 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front color image header Read front color image Read back color image hea...

Page 10: ...mage header Read back color image End loop Dual stream duplex 1 Prepare documents 2 Start the scanner to do dual stream duplex scanning front black and white front color back black and white and back color 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve black and white images first 4 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front black and white image header Read back black and white image Read front color ...

Page 11: ...Start scanning Images will begin in black and white and will change to color grayscale when the first toggle patch is detected Images will remain color grayscale until the next toggle patch is detected Images of the toggle patch sheet will not be returned to the host unless you also enable patch reading and select the Type 4 patch Single stream duplex alternating between black and white and color ...

Page 12: ... the feeder and the transport will stop and the scanner will be disabled 1 When all images have been retrieved from the scanner image buffer empty display the last image retrieved for operator viewing 2 Use the image header of the last image retrieved to determine the image address and sequential counter 3 Use the information above 1 to seed the next image address and sequential counter before re ...

Page 13: ... Refer to your software documentation for their recommendations and or requirements for image quality to achieve desired read rates Image addressing Image address information only applies when the scanner is configured with Image Address enabled via the operator control panel touchscreen The i1800 Series Scanners receive all image address functionality from the host This includes index format star...

Page 14: ... offset Single level indexing When using single level indexing the image address assigned to each document is defined as follows Field D is defined as a Level 1 field having a field length greater than 0 For example if you scan a book with 50 pages and do not want a fixed field in the image address the image address is defined as follows Field D has a field length of 2 characters and is defined as...

Page 15: ...pter 1 is assigned image address 01 000 The first page of Chapter 1 is assigned image address 01 001 the second page is assigned image address 01 002 and so on through Chapter 1 The header page for Chapter 2 is assigned image address 02 000 The first page of Chapter 2 is assigned image address 02 001 the second page is assigned image address 02 002 and so on through Chapter 2 Any one of the pages ...

Page 16: ...e address 01 The remaining pages of Chapter 1 are also assigned image address 01 The header page for Chapter 2 is assigned image address 02 The remaining pages of Chapter 2 are also assigned image address 02 Either one of the chapter header pages may later be located and retrieved using its unique image address Pages within a chapter may be located and retrieved by first finding the chapter header...

Page 17: ...ned image address 1 01 000 The pages within the Chapter are assigned image address es 1 01 001 through 1 01 040 The header page for Chapter 2 of the section is assigned image address 1 02 000 The pages within the chapter are assigned image address es 1 02 001 through 1 02 040 The header page for Section 2 is assigned image address 2 00 000 The header page for Chapter 1 of the section is assigned i...

Page 18: ...r page for Chapter 2 of the section is assigned image address 1 02 The remaining pages of Chapter 2 are also assigned image address 1 02 The header page for Section 2 is assigned image address 2 00 The header page for Chapter 1 of the section is assigned image address 2 01 The remaining pages of Chapter 1 are also assigned image address 2 01 Either one of the section header or chapter header pages...

Page 19: ... rules i e Level 2 is followed by Level 1 etc defined during scanner setup The following diagram illustrates how document levels are set or changed Generated Automatically Generated Automatically Generated Automatically Generated Automatically Document level information is transmitted in each image header Level Instruction Operator selects Level II using the Level icon on the OCP or uses a patch I...

Page 20: ...Global IME 5 01 for Japanese with Language Pack English Language Version which can be found at http www microsoft com ms download iebuild ime5_win32 en ime5_win32htm Distance from lead edge a minimum of a 035 inch Can print to within inch of the trial edge Electronic color dropout The i1800 Series Scanners provide the ability to create dropout images without changing lamps Red green blue dropout f...

Page 21: ...be used with the red dropout option Red Dropout Complete Dropout Red Dropout Near Complete Dropout 100U 114U 1225U 1365U 169U 210U 2562U 395U 101U 115U 1235U 141U 176U 217U 372U 3935U 102U 116U 127U 148U 1765U 223U 379U 3945U Yellow U 120U 128U 149U 1767U 230U 380U 3955U 106U 121U 129U 150U 182U 236U 386U 107U 122U 134U 1485U 189U 2365U 387U 108U 123U 135U 155U 1895U 243U 388U 109U 1205U 1345U 155...

Page 22: ...32U 372U 382U 395U 107U 121U 148U 3375U 373U 386U 396U 108U 1205U 317U 351U 374U 387U 3935U 122U 1355U 2705U 2975U 304U 3242U 337U 344U 128U 141U 100U 230U 256U 2716U 283U 3205U 3248U 3945U 101U 236U 2562U 2707U 290U 317U 331U 102U 2365U 263U 2717U 2905U 318U 393U 106U 243U 2635U 2708U 297U 324U 386U 217U 250U 2705U 277U 2975U 3242U 394U 223U 251U 2706U 278U 304U 3245U 3935U Yellow U 2572U 2645U 2...

Page 23: ...er page in the image Length is also referred to as page length Bits per pixel bits per pixel can equal 1 for black and white imaging 8 for grayscale or 24 for color imaging Bits per pixel is also referred to as pixel depth Compression type the scanner records the compression type used Values for black and white images are No Compression Group III Group III 2D or Group IV The values for grayscale o...

Page 24: ... on your driver for more information about image addressing and formats Print string the actual character string printed on the document is returned in the image header This string may be up to 40 characters in length Print strings are defined in the host application This information can be used to verify that the image address assigned to this document matches the text which appears printed on th...

Page 25: ...or grayscale may be defined Different zones may be selected for both the front and back of the image This feature may be used in conjunction with auto cropping Following is an example of producing a color zone 1 Prepare documents 2 Start the scanner to do dual stream simplex scanning front black and white and front color 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve black and white images first 4 Setup front bl...

Page 26: ...atch code occurs on or the following document in the case of a Transfer patch These changes then override the IA calculated using the Level to Follow Level rules Type 3 Patch Code The image header reflects when a Type 3 patch code is detected on a document A document containing a Type 3 patch code is considered to be a Level 3 document The IA for that document is recalculated by incrementing the L...

Page 27: ...cale This logic is performed inside the scanner Images of the toggle patch sheet will not be returned to the host unless you also enable patch reading and select the Type 4 patch Common uses for this patch would be a document set which is primarily black and white but has some color content Placing a Toggle Patch sheet before and after the color document s would allow changing from black and white...

Page 28: ...ments to designate a batch The Start of Batch function is controlled by the host and determines what happens when a new batch is started This can be setup to go to Level 1 2 or 3 which then causes the IA to be recalculated The Start of Batch function can also be set to no function The End of Batch function is controlled by the host and determines what happens when the batch count has been reached ...

Page 29: ...ng application The TWAIN Datasource is the part of the capture system which links the scanner to your scanning application When using the TWAIN Datasource the main Kodak Scanner window will display a list of Setting Shortcuts Each Setting Shortcut is a group of specific image and device settings The supplied Setting Shortcuts represent some common electronic image outputs If none of the Setting Sh...

Page 30: ...ion tool 1 Select Start Programs Kodak Document Imaging Scan Validation Tool 2 From the Driver Types box select TWAIN 3 From the Drivers box select Kodak Scanner i1800 and click OK 4 Select the Scanner icon The main Kodak Scanner screen will be displayed ...

Page 31: ...neral Size Adjustments and Enhancements tab Device Settings the Device button is located on the Image Settings window From this window you can set all scanner control functions by using the General Printer Multifeed Image Address Batch Patch and OCP tabs Diagnostics the Diagnostics button is located on the Device Settings window From this window you can access diagnostic functions of the scanner T...

Page 32: ...hortcuts are Default the scanner s default settings Black and White Document Black and White Document OCR Quality Color Document Color Document OCR Quality Color Photograph NOTES Select an OCR Quality shortcut if you want to have the electronic images processed by an OCR application If you have made changes to a Setting Shortcut and have not saved your changes the Setting Shortcut will be appended...

Page 33: ...s you to rename a Setting Shortcut This is only available for shortcuts you have created Reset allows you to undo any changes that have been made to the selected Setting Shortcut This is only available for shortcuts you have modified e g those shortcuts that are in italics and appended with changed Move Up moves the selected Setting Shortcut up one position in the Settings Shortcut list When you m...

Page 34: ...s button is OK any unsaved changes will remain in affect for the current scan session Cancel closes the main Kodak Scanner window without saving any changes Information icons About displays the scanner s version and copyright information Help displays help information for the window currently being displayed ...

Page 35: ...gs window includes the following tabs General Size Adjustments and Enhancements Side allows you to select which side and image to configure e g Front Back Color 24 bit etc All image settings will be applied to the selected image This option is only available when advanced settings have been selected on the Advanced tab Advanced Image Setup displays the Advanced tab For more information see the sec...

Page 36: ...s to adjust that side Home returns you to the main Kodak Scanner window Device displays the Device Settings window Preview initiates a scan and places the image in the preview area The image displayed is a sample based on your current shortcut setting Zooms In enlarges the image that is currently being displayed in the preview area Zooms Out reduces the image that is currently being displayed in t...

Page 37: ...s button is OK any unsaved changes will remain in effect for the current scan session Cancel closes the main Kodak Scanner window without saving any changes Information icons About displays the scanner s version and copyright information Help displays help information for the window currently being displayed ...

Page 38: ...as option is only available when Images per side One is selected on the Advanced tab Document type allows you to select the type of content on your documents Text with Pictures the documents contain a mix of text business graphics bar graphs pie charts etc and line art Text the documents contain mostly text Pictures the documents contain mostly photos Resolution allows you to select the dots per i...

Page 39: ...ge NOTE This option is only available for Scan as Black and White 1 bit none Internal on the scanner will compress the image however an uncompressed image will be returned to the scanning application Quality allows you to select the quality of the compressed JPEG image Draft maximum compression which produces the smallest image size Good a fair amount of compression but still produces acceptable i...

Page 40: ...f a document is fed crooked it will not be straightened Manually Detect the scanner will return an image based on the area you specify with the Outline options It is suggested that you only use this option for scan jobs that contain same sized documents Image allows you to select which part of the document you want for your electronic image Entire document if you select Document Automatically Dete...

Page 41: ...Selecting an item in this list will automatically set the size of the outline to that paper s size Custom will be displayed when the outline size does not match any sizes in this list NOTE You can also adjust the outline displayed in the preview area using your mouse Border allows you to select what action to perform on the edges of your electronic image none Add includes up to approximately 0 1 i...

Page 42: ...tate the image to the proper orientation NOTES There must be a sufficient amount of text on the page for this option to work properly This option is designed to work best with Latin based characters e g English Dutch French German Italian Spanish 90 180 270 degrees the amount of rotation The following example shows how these settings effect a document that was fed landscape Landscape Feed Orientat...

Page 43: ... consistent document sets Normal ATP allows you to determine the optimal settings to produce the desired image quality This option works best when scanning with consistent document sets You may also want to use this option if you have difficult documents such that you cannot find a Contrast setting for Best that produces the desired quality Draft Fixed allows you to select the grayscale threshold ...

Page 44: ... pixel to white when it is completely surrounded by white pixels or by converting a single white pixel to black when it is completely surrounded by black pixels Majority Rule sets each pixel based on its surrounding pixels The pixel will become white if the majority of the surrounding pixels are white and visa versa Image none Halftone Removal enhances dot matrix text and images made with halftone...

Page 45: ... form s background so that only the entered data is included in the electronic image i e remove the form s lines and boxes For black and white images these settings effect the grayscale version of the document which the scanner analyzes to produce that electronic image Color select the desired dropout color Options are none Red Green and Blue Filter Threshold allows you to adjust how the scanner i...

Page 46: ...ption at the top of the Image Settings window When you select the Advanced Image Setup icon the Advanced tab will be displayed Done returns you to the Image Settings window Information icons About displays the scanner s version and copyright information Help displays help information for the window currently being displayed ...

Page 47: ...the front side to be color and the rear side to be black and white first make sure that you have selected the Two Sided option of Input document is then turn on Different settings per side Once you have done this the Side option on the Image Settings window will no longer be grayed out and you can select different settings for each side Now that you have turned on Different settings per side your ...

Page 48: ...nd white One Based on Toggle Patch indicates you want to tell the scanner via a toggle patch document if the document is color grayscale or black and white Multiple indicates you want the scanner to create more than one image NOTE If you select One based on Document Content from the Images per side option the Content Settings tab will be displayed Images to Configure indicates which electronic ima...

Page 49: ...the up and down arrows to select the order the images will be delivered by the scanner to the scanning application Toolbar buttons Done returns you to the Image Settings window Add adds an image type to the bottom of the configuration list Change allows you to change the currently selected image type Delete removes the selected image type ...

Page 50: ...apturing documents that are primarily black text with small logos or contain small amounts of highlighted text or small colorful photos Medium documents requiring more color as compared with the Low option before they are saved as color grayscale images High documents requiring more color as compared with the Medium option before they will be saved as color grayscale images Used for distinguishing...

Page 51: ...amount the amount of color that needs to be present in a document before it will be saved as color grayscale As the value of Color amount increases more color pixels are required The options range from 1 to 200 Color threshold the color threshold or saturation i e pale blue vs dark blue at which a given color will be included in the color amount calculation A higher value indicates that a more int...

Page 52: ... desired output 2 Select Settings to display the Image Settings window 3 Select the Advanced Image Setup icon on the Image Settings window to display the Advanced tab 4 Select Input document is Two Sided 5 Select Images per side One based on document content NOTE The Images to Configure area will now be displayed on the Advanced tab and contain a color image item and a black and white image item T...

Page 53: ...Color 24 bit Make any other adjustments to the color image settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 11 Select Sides Both Black and White 1 bit Make any other adjustments to the black and white image settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 12 When finished select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window and then select Save to save your selections t...

Page 54: ...lect Input document is Two Sided 5 Select Images per side Multiple NOTE The Images to Configure area will now be displayed on the Advanced tab and will contain a color image item and a black and white image item 6 If you want a grayscale image instead of a color image when enough color is detected in the document make sure Color 24 bit is selected select Change to display a list of options select ...

Page 55: ...olor 24 bit Make any other adjustments to the color image settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 10 Select Sides Both Black and White 1 bit Make any other adjustments to the black and white image settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 11 When finished select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window and then select Save to save your selections to...

Page 56: ...5 Select Done to return to the Image Settings window NOTE You will notice that the Side option now has two entries Front and Back 6 Select Sides Front 7 Select Color 24 bit for the Scan as option on the General tab Make any other adjustments to the front side settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 8 Select Sides Back 9 Select Black and White 1 bit for the Scan as option on t...

Page 57: ...isplays the Image Settings window Preview initiates a scan and then displays the Image Settings window with the scanned image placed in the preview area The image displayed is a sample based on your current shortcut setting OK Scan when selected you will be prompted to save any unsaved changes NOTE If this button is OK any unsaved changes will remain in affect for the current scan session Cancel c...

Page 58: ...ts 250 Sheets this selection is recommended when you are scanning between 100 and 250 sheets 500 Sheets this selection is recommended when you are scanning between 250 and 500 sheets Power Saver allows you to set the amount of time the scanner has to be inactive before going into power saver mode You can turn this option off or set a time from 5 to 60 minutes Document Feeder Timeout allows you to ...

Page 59: ...placed in the input elevator before scanning will begin In addition once the input elevator has been emptied the scanner will automatically resume scanning when paper is placed in the input elevator The scanner will wait the amount of time specified by the document feeder timeout Lightweight paper improves output stacking when scanning lightweight paper When selected the scanner will increase the ...

Page 60: ...vel to configure choose the level of the document that you want the specified print string to be printed on For example if you use three level image addressing you can print the date on your level 3 document nothing on level 2 and document count on level 1 Image addressing must be enabled for this option to be available All levels match turn this option on if you want all the print strings to be t...

Page 61: ... the next document that will be scanned Field width allows you to configure the width of the counter from 1 9 However if for example you only have 6 characters left in the print string then the field width would be limited to 6 Leading zeroes allows you to configure the format of the counter when the width of the value is less than the field width the examples indicate a field width of 3 and the c...

Page 62: ... maximum of 20 characters is allowed You can have up to 6 unique messages per messages To view the Japanese characters correctly you must get the MS Gothic font set by installing the Microsoft Global IME 5 01 for Japanese with Language Pack English Language Version which can be found at http www microsoft com msdownload iebuild ime5_win32 en ime5_win32 htm Template Example shows a sample of what t...

Page 63: ... 33 5 inches to determine how far the printed information will appear from the leading edge of the document NOTES Printing automatically stops 6 3 mm 1 4 inch from the trailing edge of the document even if the information has not been completely printed The horizontal print position is set manually on the scanner See Chapter 4 The Enhanced Printer and Patch Readers in the User s Guide for informat...

Page 64: ...een documents This allows multifeed detection to be used with job sets containing documents with mixed thicknesses none Low least aggressive setting and is less likely to detect labels poor quality thick or wrinkled documents as multi fed documents Medium use if your job set has varying document thicknesses or labels attached to the document Depending on the label material most documents with labe...

Page 65: ...d is detected With all options the scanner will beep if the scanner volume is on and the condition will be logged in the scanner Stop Scanning scanning will stop and control will return to the scanning application i e ends the job Verify that the paper path has been cleared and restart the scan session from the scanning application Continue Scanning the scanner will continue to scan Pause Scanning...

Page 66: ...ddress which is assigned to the next document scanned Starting Address allows you to enter a starting image address which overrides the Current value You can enter a value for each available field up to the maximum allowed characters for that field The number of available fields the field types and the number of characters allowed per field are based on the Template settings for Format and Field w...

Page 67: ...ent that follows a level 3 document After Level 2 allows you to select what level to assign to the document that follows a level 2 document After Level 1 allows you to select what level to assign to the document that follows a level 1 document The options for all three of the above are Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 However the available options are based on the image address format For example if th...

Page 68: ...Level 2 and Level 3 NOTE The level you want to count must exist in the image address template as defined on the Image Address tab How Many To Count defines the number of documents to be counted prior to performing the action to take when the count has been reached When Count Reached Next Level defines the level for the next document after the count is reached Options are none Level 1 Level 2 and L...

Page 69: ... Job on the touchscreen or via the scanning application Stop Scanning scanning will stop and control will return to the scanning application i e ends the job Restart the scan session from the scanning application Continue Scanning and Restart Count the scanner will continue to scan and automatically start a new batch by resetting How Many to Count NOTE You can also end a batch before the How Many ...

Page 70: ... that a patch has been recognized by the scanner The default is no confirmation tone Recognize select which patch type s to recognize Level 2 assigns a Level 2 to the current document whether it is your document with a patch on it or a Level 2 patch sheet Level 3 assigns a Level 3 to the current document whether it is your document with a patch on it or a Level 3 patch sheet Transfer assigns a lev...

Page 71: ... workflow control or changing between black and white and color grayscale imaging NOTE This option is only available when the scanner is in Image Address mode Use Heads select which patch heads readers you would like to use Each patch head reader can be turned on and off independently The default is for all patch heads readers to be turned on NOTE This option is only available when the scanner is ...

Page 72: ...on from the scanning application End Batch start a new batch by resetting the batch count i e How Many to Count and continue to scan Omit Multifeed turn off multifeed detection only on the next document that is fed Omit Print turn off printing only on the next document that is fed Omit Patch turn off patch recognition only on the next document that is fed Lower Elevator moves the elevator to the l...

Page 73: ...ts The procedures that follow describe how to configure a customized Setting Shortcut Complete descriptions of the options on the main Kodak Scanner window and tabs are found in the section entitled The main Kodak Scanner window From the main Kodak Scanner window 1 From the main Kodak Scanner window select a Setting Shortcut from the list It is recommended that you select a shortcut that beset des...

Page 74: ...the images are not acceptable you can either select a different predefined Setting Shortcut or make additional changes on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 7 Define the desired Device settings by selecting Device on the Image Settings window to display the Device Settings window 8 Review each tab and select the appropriate options or actions you want the scanner to perform 9 Select...

Page 75: ...w 4 Before making any adjustments browse through the tabs on the Device Settings window to get familiar with features that are available See the section entitled The Device Settings window for information about these features 5 For each option you want to use make the appropriate selections you want the scanner to perform when scanning 6 When finished select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanne...

Page 76: ...The main ISIS Driver window The main ISIS Driver window provides a set of 12 tabs You can select each of these tabs and make any choices necessary to meet your scanning needs The buttons on the bottom of the window apply to all the tabs Default the values on all tabs will be reset to the factory defaults Copy this function is only available when scanning two sided documents The Copy button provide...

Page 77: ...lor grayscale images By selecting the appropriate camera and image mode you can control the scanner s output Mode provides the following options Black and white if you want your electronic image to represent all elements of your document in black and white Grayscale if you want your electronic image to have a range of varying shades of gray from black to white Color if you want your electronic ima...

Page 78: ...canning resolution which largely determines the quality of the scanned image The greater the resolution the better the reproduction However scanning at a higher resolution also increases scanning time and file size Choose a resolution value from the drop down list The default is 200 dpi Available resolutions are Color Grayscale 100 150 200 240 and 300 Black and white 200 240 300 and 400 Cropping a...

Page 79: ...ssing parameters and results in excellent scanned images iThresholding allows the scanner to dynamically evaluate each document to determine the optimal threshold value to produce the highest quality image This allows scanning of mixed document sets with varying quality i e faint text shaded backgrounds color backgrounds to be scanned using a single setting thus reducing the need for document sort...

Page 80: ...entation allows you to select the way you place your documents in the scanner Top edge first Bottom edge first Left edge first or Right edge first Page size the default page size is set when a scanner is first selected You can choose a different page size using the drop down list box Scan Area displays the Scan Area dialog box The Scan Area options are only available for images when the cropping o...

Page 81: ...is option is not available when Fixed to Transport or Relative to Document is selected NOTE To prevent data loss the document must have all four corners within the image path Add Border allows you to add a fixed amount of border to the left right top and bottom edge of the image Black and White options Invert Image allows you to select how the black pixels will be stored in the image By default th...

Page 82: ...G quality of Draft Good Better Best and Superior Draft maximum compression which produces the smallest image size Good a fair amount of compression but still produces acceptable image quality Better some compression which produces decent image quality Best minimal compression which produces very good image quality Superior the least amount of compression which produces the largest image size Color...

Page 83: ...een 500 and 250 sheets Automatically start scanning if selected the scanner will wait for up to 10 seconds for documents to be placed in the input elevator before scanning will begin In addition once the input elevator has been emptied the scanner will automatically resume scanning when paper is placed in the input elevator The scanner will wait the amount of time specified by the document feeder ...

Page 84: ...his option select the minimum length of the document that can be scanned with a multi feed being detected A value of 0 indicates no length detection Length detection can be used when scanning same size documents The maximum value is 34 5 inches Auto Set automatically sets the maximum length value to 50 inch 1 27 cm greater than the length of the currently selected page size Ultrasonic Detection ch...

Page 85: ... allows you to select which sensor s you want turned on For example if you know that the left side of the document has a sticky note on it you can turn off the left sensor Action select an option of how you want the scanner to perform if it detects a multi fed document Detect Only the scanner will beep if the scanner volume is on and the condition will be logged in the scanner and continue to scan...

Page 86: ...calibration Only calibrate the scanner when prompted to do so Image Chain optimizes your scanner to achieve the best image quality and feeding performance Frequent calibration is not necessary or recommended UDDS ensures that the ultrasonics system that detects multi feeds and document edges is properly adjusted for best performance ...

Page 87: ...rget Place the calibration target in the input elevator face up and click OK IMPORTANT If the White Background Accessory is installed it must be replaced with the black background strips and the scanner must be restarted prior to calibration If you select UDDS place a 20 lb or 75 g m2 bond sheet of paper in the input elevator Do not use the calibration target and click OK 3 Click Start While calib...

Page 88: ... they will be saved as color or grayscale images Used for distinguishing documents containing medium to large size colorful photos from plain black text Photos with neutral colors may require adjustments to the Color Amount or Color Threshold values in order to be captured correctly Custom makes the Color Amount and or Color Threshold options available NOTE When setting Auto Color Detect values st...

Page 89: ...earn If Low Medium and High options do not give you the desired results use the Learn option 1 Click Learn and follow the prompts 2 Place at least 5 representative color documents in the input elevator and click OK These documents will be analyzed and the recommended color amount will be calculated 3 Write down the Color Amount and Color Threshold values that are displayed in the dialog box as the...

Page 90: ... background The values range from 0 to 255 Default 245 Threshold Value allows you to adjust how the scanner identifies the color to be dropped The values range from 0 to 255 Default 175 Enhanced Processing enable or disable this option to achieve the highest read rate for your production OCR processing The default is Enabled For example if you enable Enhanced Processing and achieve an 87 read rate...

Page 91: ...ment Mode Do not print disables the options on the Imprinter tab Print on the front of document before scanning enables the options on the Imprinter tab Level choose the level of the document that you want the specified print string to be printed on For example if you use three level image addressing you can print the date on your level 3 document nothing on level 2 and document count on level 1 I...

Page 92: ...format e g 004 003 002 001 Compress Leading Zeros format e g 004 3 2 1 Suppress Leading Zeros format e g 004 3 2 1 NOTE The format chosen does not effect the fixed field of the image address it is always displayed and printed in its entirety In the example above 004 has been defined as a fixed field Top margin allows you to define the distance from the lead edge before the print string begins Ente...

Page 93: ...ge address level use the format character 3L Level 3 2L Level 2 1L Level 1 which represents the level For image address levels the value indicated in Fields A through D will be the start value as defined in the Counters area Start Value field The format string in the sample screen above represents a fixed field value of address and a 3 level image address The i1800 Series Scanners have more option...

Page 94: ...at string Width a value of 0 indicates that no image address level will be used Widths cannot exceed 9 characters Level to Follow these are the rules the scanner follows to set the next image address level if there are no other inputs For example patch sheet or end of batch processing You will have to define a level to follow level for each of the level fields you defined in your image address NOT...

Page 95: ...s per Batch defines the batch size which is the number of documents to be counted before performing a predefined action Batch Level to Count sets the level to count You can select Level 1 Level 2 or Level 3 The level you choose to count must exist in the image address template as defined on the Image Address tab At Batch Start defines the action to be taken before processing the first document in ...

Page 96: ...a hierarchical document structure and offers an auto batching alternative You can select Level 2 Level 3 Patch T Transfer Patch Level 2 or Patch T Transfer Patch Level 3 The Patch Reader controls document level changes by automatically sensing a predefined patch code and changing the document level accordingly Patch 2 assigns a Level 2 to the current document Patch 3 assigns a Level 3 to the curre...

Page 97: ...g is disabled the Patch Readers are also disabled However a Toggle patch can still be detected For more information see the section entitled Controlling image transfer order in Chapter 2 Patch 6 Confirmation Tone the confirmation tone may be used to signal that a patch has been recognized The default is no confirmation tone Patch Readers this graphical representation corresponds to the physical pa...

Page 98: ...s the operator uses from the Operator Control Panel Function Key 1 Function Key 2 and Function Key 3 Function Keys available functions are End of Job Terminate Batch Omit Multifeed Detection on Next Document Do Not Print on Next Document Omit Patch Reading on Next Document ...

Page 99: ... tab provides a listing of any errors that have been encountered You can either save this information to a file by clicking the Save icon or click the Copy icon to copy the information to the clipboard About tab Displays information about your scanner and driver ...

Page 100: ...r all camera selections are independent Page Size the default paper size is set when a scanner is first selected You can choose a different paper size using the drop down list box NOTE Page Size and Page Layout selections also appear on the Layout tab If you make a change on the Scan Area dialog box the same selections appear on the Layout tab and vice versa The Page Layout area allows you to sele...

Page 101: ...le in Pixels mode X the distance from the left end of the scanner to the left edge of the scanning area Y the position from the top end of the document to the top end of the scanning area Width the width of the scanning area Height the height of the scanning area Units select whether you want the area to be defined in Pixels Inches or Centimeters ...

Page 102: ... Options Options Automatic Color Detect Images per side One based on document content When selected the Content Settings tab will be displayed which contains the additional options Duplex Dual Stream check Front Color Rear Color Front Bi tonal Rear Bi tonal Images per side Multiple When selected the Images to Configure options will be displayed which allows selection of the streams to create Featu...

Page 103: ...ent Automatically Detect Aggressive Document Automatically Detect and Straighten Image Entire Document Border Remove Fixed to Transport without Overscan Document Manually Select Border none Fixed to Transport with Overscan Document Manually Select Border Add Relative to Document Document Automatically Detect and Straighten Image Part of Document Feature Polarity Location Imaging tab Location Image...

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