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1. 3 19 The Compression tab A 61510 January 2005 The Compression tab allows you to compress image files Display window lists the available sides of an image that you can define individual image processing values If you have an i810 or i830 scanner only Front Bi tonal and Rear Bi tonal will be displayed If you have an i820 or i840 scanner Front Color Rear Color Front Bi tonal and Rear Bi tonal will be displayed For more information about these selections see the section entitled Image outputs in Chapter 1 amp Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak i840 Scanner RAM E 2 x Imaging Paper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multifeed Options Printer Setup Info Front Color Compression one Rear Color j C Front Bitonal JPEG Quality Good C Rear Bitonal K Fado mia zi Color Sharpening none v Force Scanner Compression Compression Source Will Decompress JPEG Defaults Copy Compression the i800 Scanners can be configured via the host to output bi tonal and color grayscale images in various supported formats and resolutions independent of each other and each side of the image These options vary based on the type of scanner For bi tonal scanning the following CCITT compressions are available Group 3 1D Group 3 2D Group 4 None 3 20 For color grayscale scanning the following compressions are available e JPEG e Non
2. TTT 4 12 a 6 PERLEET EEE oye u pete aes FEER 200 dpi 80 Threshold 20 Contrast 200 dpi 80 Threshold 100 Contrast Lighten Normal and Darken are used as quick sets to adjust the threshold Lighten 72 Normal 90 and Darken 128 A 61510 January 2005 4 14 More Scanner Additional image processing values unique to the i800 Scanner are i available when you choose the More button on the Scanner Settings Settings dialog box dialog box More Scanner Settings a Camera Scan Mode Enable Configure Simples TX 1 I Front Color 2 Front Binary Color First Binary First Image Control Options Border Framing Halftone Removal T Deskew f Better i Best Hote Filter None Y Polarity Superior Sharpen a7 Back Color AT Back Binary lo rn f Black on White Overscan ate White on Black Toggle Patch Off Color First f Binary First C Pixels Inches Centimeters T Convert Color to Grayscale Scanner Control Patch Batch olor Dropout Cancel Iroprinter Image Address Eapy A 61510 January 2005 4 15 Camera settings area The selections in the Camera area list the available sides front and back of an image where you can define individual image processing values If you have an i810 or i830 scanner only Front Binary and Back Binary will be displayed If you have an i820 or i840 s
3. with Language Pack English Language Version which can be found at http www microsoft com ms download iebuild ime5_win32 en ime5_win32htm e Distance from lead edge a minimum of a inch e Can print to within inch of the trial edge Electronic color The i800 Series Scanners provide the ability to create dropout images dropout without changing lamps The application has the ability to select red green and blue dropout functionality Only one color can be dropped out at a time This dropout performance is equivalent to color dropout functionality when using the traditional color lamp technique Electronic color dropout is used with OCR and ICR applications See your vendor s documentation for recommendations on image quality characteristics Electronic color dropout is applied to bi tonal image chain only There are four imaging parameters which effect electronic color dropout Threshold Value Filter Threshold Background Value Background Contrast and Threshold The tables that follow provide Pantone colors that may be used with the red green and blue dropout option A 61510 January 2005 2 22 A 61510 January 2005 Two categories of performance are provided or each color Colors that can be completely dropped out and colors that are very close to complete dropout These values were established by using standard Pantone Matching System Colors guide uncoated 175 line screen If the background of the docu
4. End loop This job stream is available for i820 and i840 Series Scanners Prepare documents 2 Start the scanner to do dual stream simplex scanning front bi tonal and front color 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve bi tonal images first 4 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front bi tonal image header Read bi tonal image Read front color image header Read color image End loop 2 Dual stream duplex This job stream is available for i820 and i840 Series Scanners 1 Prepare documents 2 Start the scanner to do dual stream duplex scanning front bi tonal front color rear bi tonal and rear color 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve bi tonal images first 4 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front bi tonal image header Read bi tonal image Read front color image header Read color image Read rear bi tonal image header Read bi tonal image Read rear color image header Read color image End loop A 61510 January 2005 Single stream duplex alternating between bi tonal and color grayscale using the scanner Toggle patch A 61510 January 2005 This job stream is available for i820 and 1840 Series Scanners The Toggle patch is a type 4 patch that is used to trigger the scanner to switch from the current image stream bi tonal to the alternative image stream color grayscale The example illustrates using patch type 4 in the same way which the color patch is utilized o
5. Kodak i800 Series Scanners Image Processing Guide User s Guide A 61510 ISIS is a registered trademark of Pixel Translations a division of Input Software Inc Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries 1 Introduction Kodak i800 Series Scanners The i800 Scanners are high volume production scanners which include image processing technology that can improve image quality and sometimes make the reproduction better than the original You can use the ISIS Driver or TWAIN Data source both are available on the CD that is included with the scanner or Kodak Digital Science Capture Software to enable image processing Other popular scanning applications are also compatible with these scanners however these applications may not be able to access all of the image processing options Please refer to your application vendor s documentation for specific information The features Four configurations of the i800 Series Scanners are available Kodak i810 Scanner bi tonal provides bi tonal scanning with throughput speeds up to 120 ppm Kodak i820 Scanner provides both color grayscale and bi tonal scanning simultaneously with throughput speeds up to 120 ppm Kodak i830 Scanner bi tonal provides bi tonal scanning with throughput speeds up to 160 ppm Kodak i840 Scanner provides both color grays
6. documents are generated Cees ete OPNE te eee aren a rs automatically using the level to follow level rules level to follow level rules Document level information is transmitted in each image header A 61510 January 2005 2 20 Level rules Unlike previous high volume scanners from Kodak the i800 Series Scanners moved the responsibility for defining and controlling level rules to the host Level rules are an automated way to control document image addressing based on the level of the previous document The application must define the Level to Follow Level scheme For example For a 3 level indexing scheme the application must define the Level to Follow Level rules for level 3 level 2 and level 1 Level Level to Follow Level Level to follow level rules are used to automatically drop to a lower level Returning to a higher level is generally done through patch or application control of the next image address A 61510 January 2005 2 21 Controlling print Full control and access to the scanner s print string functionality is strings available from the host application In addition the print string information is returned to the host in the image header Print String formatting e Maximum character length 40 e Character set full alphanumeric including special characters NOTE To view Japanese characters correctly you must get the MS Gothic font set by installing the Microsoft Global IME 5 01 for Japanese
7. Level All Levels x Format Template Samples Test Options Top Margin i Fonte O nentatiar Normal K7 Landscape Z Direction Down Date Counter Delimiter Initial Value Field width Nons O O O a Format Format MMOD xX Suppress Leading Zero z Conca Enable Imprinter check this option to enable the Document Printer 1 Level choose the level of the document that you want the specified print string to be printed on With the i800 Scanners you can define print strings that is the same for all levels or unique for each level You are not required to print on all levels 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 A 61510 January 2005 4 25 Format Template the format template is used to build the print string The print string is what is printed on documents as they travel through the transport The print string is printed before the document is scanned therefore it is part of the image The maximum amount of characters for each print string is 40 characters including spaces Print String To build the print string 1 Select the level you want to define from the drop down box 2 Enter the message you want printed in the Format Template field The print string is defined using the symbols in the Formatting Characters area on the
8. Mot Defined Cancel _ A 61510 January 2005 4 21 Setting Multi feed detection Multi feed Detection aids in document processing by detecting documents that may go through the feeder overlapped Multi feeds can happen due to stapled documents adhesives on documents or electrostatically charged documents 3D Multi feed Detection combines ultrasonics amplitude and phase with physical length detection to virtually eliminate the chance of loosing data due to multi feeds The Ultrasonic Sensor is located in the center of the transport behind the feeder module In order for multi feed documents to be detected correctly they must pass under this sensor Length Detection this option can be enabled or disabled The default is disabled If Length Detection is enabled enter the maximum length in inches This is the minimum length of the document that can be scanned with a multi feed being detected Length detection is used when scanning same sized documents to check for overlap For example if you are scanning 8 72 x 11 documents in portrait mode you may want to enter a value of 11 25 in the Maximum Length field The maximum value is 30 5 inches Auto Set when enabled will automatically set the maximum length value to 50 inch greater than the length of the currently selected page size Units length detection will be displayed in inches Pixels and Centimeters are not available through the graphical user interfac
9. One or more patches can be selected at a time Enable Patch Codes to enable Patch Codes click the Enable Patch Codes box Recognition Modes allows you to select the patch type the scanner will recognize You can select Level 2 Level 3 Feature Patch or Transfer Patch Each of these patch types is described in detail below Patch Types Level 2 Level 3 and Transfer these patch types are used for image addressing When the Patch Reader detects a patch it automatically assigns a new image address to the new document This eliminates the task of trying to determine where one document stops and the next starts when an operator is viewing electronic images It provides a hierarchical document structure and offers an auto batching alternative 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 Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec Patch 3 assigns a Level 3 to the current document Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec Patch T Transfer Patch assigns a predetermined level to the next document Defined by selecting Level 2 or Level 3 in the Definition box Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec A 61510 January 2005 4 34 Feature Patches Patch Types 1 4 and 6 these patch ty
10. see the Kodak i800 Series Scanners User s Guide 5 Prepare documents according to the instructions found in the Kodak i800 Series Scanners User s Guide The host must issue a Scan command to enable scanning before documents can be transported through the scanner If scanning has not been enabled the feeder and transport system will not turn on Initiate host system polling of the scanner to ensure scanned document images are transferred from the image buffer to the host system Polling should continue until scanning is disabled For more information see the sections entitled Controlling image transfer order and Image header information later in this chapter Feed documents according to the instructions found in the Kodak i800 Series Scanners User s Guide A 61510 January 2005 2 3 Disable scanning Error handling A 61510 January 2005 Scanning is disabled to allow the host to download configuration setup changes between jobs and to handle certain types of errors scanning is also disabled when one of the following conditions occur e The scanner is first powered on using the power switch e ASCSI bus device Reset command is executed e An End of Job indicator is sent by the operator from the operator control panel e Ascanner unique End of Job command is issued by the host computer e An error occurs requiring fault recovery NOTE When scanning is disabled documents cannot be scan
11. the image address level to Level 1 Level 2 or Level 3 e You can send a new image address from the host PC e You may use the Patch Reader feeding a document containing a particular type of patch can change document levels e Starting a new batch can cause the image address level to change depending on the application If you do not set or change the document level using one of the methods listed the document level will be set automatically based upon the level rules i e Level 2 is followed by Level 1 etc defined during scanner setup 2 19 The following diagram illustrates how document levels are set or changed Level Level Level Level Level Level Level iil Il II 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 ec ee Generated Automatically Generated Automatically Level instruction Level Instruction Operator selects Level Ill using the Level icon on the Operator selects Level Il using the Level icon on the OCP or uses a patch III document Level II and OCP Level documents are generated automatically documents are generated automatically using the using the level to follow level rules level to follow level rules Level Level Level Level Level Level ll J l llt if l 1 2 3 1 2 3 ESEN a Loo O Generated Automatically Generated Automatically Level Instruction Level Instruction renee selects si x ace ing ane ae Operator selects Level III using the Level icon on the d e A Uses aPa d o i ile th OCP a Level II and
12. Button Description S Displays the Users Interface for the selected either the ISIS Driver or TWAIN Data Source Allows you to select the directory to store scanned images and their file names This option only applies when Save Images To Files is selected O Eoo Enables the scanner to initiate scanning oO Boo Enables the scanner to feed one page This button is only available when the scanner is enabled When selected will disable the scanner Displays the License Key window This option should only be used when directed by a Kodak representative Closes the image viewer A 61510 January 2005 4 3 Button Description Opens the image viewer to display one image ata time Opens the image viewer to display two images at a time Opens the image viewer to display four images at a time Opens the image viewer to display eight images at a time Display Every enter the sampling rate of the images you wish to display while scanning For example to see every image enter a value of 1 To see every 10 image enter a value of 10 Last File displays the full path and file name for the last stored image Total displays the total number of images scanned during the current Scan Validation Tool session A 61510 January 2005 e Scanner Settings The section provides a description of the Scanner Settings dialog box This main dialog box provides high level access to the functionality of dial
13. Patch Denton x SS SSC xX i SCT x CdS Transfer Patch Definiion x x x PrinterFontsiOrintation x x x X X X X lt X K K X XJ X XIX X x lt gt x lt XJ X K X X XJ X X K X X X X X X X X XJ XI XIXI X X XIX X X X XJ XI XIX X X K X X X Xx XJ XIXI XIX X X X X X x lt gt x lt x lt gt x lt gt x lt x lt A 61510 January 2005 A 1 A 61510 1 05 Eastman Kodak Company 2005 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Document Imaging Rochester New York 14650 Kodak is a trademark of Eastman Kodak Company INNOVATION YOU CAN COUNT ON
14. assigned to this document matches the text which appears printed on the page A 61510 January 2005 2 27 Sequential counter the scanner assigns a unique Sequential ID Number to each document which is returned in the image header The host application controls the setting of the starting value for this counter Patch Type the scanner indicates if a patch type was recognized on the document in the image header If no patch type is recognized or if patch reading is not enabled this value will be zero Transfer patch types return a value of 99 Values 1 6 are returned respectively for patch types 1 6 See the section on Controlling image order earlier in this chapter for examples of how to use this value from the image header NOTE If the Toggle patch image is returned to the host the image header will indicate a Type 4 patch A 61510 January 2005 2 28 Zone processing A 61510 January 2005 Zone processing is only available on the i820 and i840 Series Scanners Some applications have a requirement to store part of an image in color or grayscale and the rest of the image in bi tonal format this saves storage space by not storing the entire image in color or grayscale Zone processing is a fixed crop window the zone located relative to the upper left corner of a document It allows the operator to select via the host application an area on the document to be delivered in color grayscale or bi tonal f
15. available sides front and rear of an image where you can define individual image processing values If you have an i810 or i830 scanner only Front Bi tonal and Rear Bi tonal will be displayed If you have an i820 or i840 scanner Front Color Rear Color Front Bi tonal and Rear Bi tonal will be displayed For more information about these selections see the section entitled Image outputs in Chapter 1 NOTE Whatever is highlighted in the Image Selection box determines the values available on the Imaging Paper and Compression tabs In the screen below all the displayed values will be applied to the Front Bi tonal image 2 x Front Color Rear Color E Front Bitonal Noise Filter O Rear Bitonal Image Filter amp Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak i840 Scanner RAM Imaging Paper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multifeed Options Printer Setup Info Binarization iT hresholding ial none bd none i Contrast 50 Jf Bil 2 Threshold 30 sf l Resolution dpi 200 aA Polarity Black on White Color Table nf F Convert Color To Grayscale Toggle Patch none Defaults Copy Calibrate A 61510 January 2005 3 6 Scanning bi tonal images The descriptions below are for scanning bi tonal images only Binarization these settings effect the bi tonal image Available settings are e ifhresholding selecting iThresholding allows t
16. be assigned the following functions No Scanner Functionality default Scanner End of Job Terminate Batch Skip Multi feed Detection Skip Printing Skip Patch Recognition 2 31 Patch Reading Types of Patch Codes A 61510 January 2005 Patch reading allows you to change image address IA information for a document on the fly without any host PC or Operator Control Panel intervention All documents with patch codes are imaged and cannot be automatically deleted by the scanner A patch code can change the IA level of the document that the patch 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 Type 3 patch code is considered to be a Level 3 document The IA for that document is recalculated by incrementing the Level 3 field and setting the Level 2 and Level 1 fields to O if the Level 2 and 1 fields are defined as having a field width greater than 0 In the image header document level and patch type will be returned as a 3 Type 2 Patch Code The image header reflects when a Type 2 patch code is detected on a document A Type 2 patch code is considered to be a Level 2 document The IA for that document is recalculated by incrementing the Level 2 field and setting the Level 1 field to O if the Level 1 field i
17. counting pages or documents Batch and Patch Code Definition Enable Batch Separation Pages Per Batch T Level 2 50 T Level 3 Batch Level to Count Transfer Patch Levelt i Levele At Batch Start i level Goto Level 1 At Batch End Feature Patch Type 1 Stop feeder Feature Patch Type 4 Feature Patch Type 6 Confirmation Tone Cancel The Batch function allows you to define the level to count the number of documents in the batch and any actions to be taken at the beginning and end of a batch To enable Batch Separation click the Enable Batch Separation box 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 dialog box Pages Per Batch defines the batch size which is the number of documents to be counted before performing a predefined action At Batch Start defines the action to be taken before processing the first document in a batch You can select Go to Level 1 Go to Level 2 Go to Level 3 or no action At Batch End defines the action to be taken after processing the last document in the batch You can select Stop Feeder Stop Feeder and Transport End of Job Continue and Begin New Batch or no action A 61510 January 2005 4 33 Enabling Patch Codes Patch Control allows you to select what patch types to recognize
18. field Each field can have a maximum width of 9 characters The total image address cannot exceed 27 characters 30 with 3 delimiters Presets you can use the selections in the field to automatically fill in the format string field The options are e Custom enter you desired values e Level 3 Address 3L 2L 1L e Level 2 Address 2L 1L e Level 1 Address 1L e Level 3 Offset Address 3L 2L e Level 2 Offset Address 2L You can have no fixed field or enter any fixed field value The default fixed field value is Address A 61510 January 2005 4 37 Counters for each image address level enter a Start Value Width and Level to Follow level e Start Value the start value is reflected in the image address in the field designed by the format string e 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 NOTE The total value of the Width column plus the number of characters in all fixed fields cannot exceed 27 characters Pages Per Batch refer to the Batch Detection and Patch Code dialog box earlier in this chapter This number is displayed on this dialog box to be used as a
19. from bi tonal to color and back on the fly during scanning with no additional operator action NOTE Toggle patch may also be used to trigger the scanner to switch from bi tonal to grayscale and vice versa Additional Patch Codes Additional patch codes enable the host to implement any type of workflow dependent processing to be based on the insertion of these additional patches into the document stack Additional patches are patch types 1 4 and 6 2 33 When an additional patch is detected this document is considered a Level 0 document and will not cause the IA to change The image header indicates that this is an additional patch document by returning a patch type which matches the patch detected The scanner will not print on documents containing these additional patches See the section entitled Controlling image order earlier in this chapter for examples on how to use additional patches Batching Batching provides a way for the scanner to perform a specific function after scanning a designated number of documents at a particular IA level Batching can be enabled or disabled through the host software The host software has control of which level to count and the number of documents 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 No functionality can
20. out background value greater than 127 so the substituted pixel will be white in the dropped out image A 61510 January 2005 3 23 The Image Address tab Image addressing provides better document management opportunities Image addressing is used for document tracking batch control and image management The Image Address tab allows you set an image address starting point and increment the image address according to how the application is setup The image address can also be printed on the pages scanned along with delivering the image address in the image header Z Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak i840 Scanner x Imaging Paper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multifeed Options Printer Setup Info Image Address Field Guide F Fised 1 Level 1 2 Level 2 3 Level 3 Current Y alue Address mage fess The presets dropdown shows some common Document Count examples Image Address Template A E C E FRFFFFFFF 233833 zzzezz ir Level To Follow Rules Level 3 gt Level 1 Level 2 gt Level 1 Level 1 gt JLevel 1 Presets Level 3 Image Address Format Suppress Leading Zeros od Motes Defaults Copy OF Cancel lv Check Digit A 61510 January 2005 3 24 Image Address area Image Address Template area The Image Address area allows you to enter a starting image address Current value displays the next image ad
21. paper size using the drop down list box NOTE The Page Size and Page Layout selections also appear on the Scanner Settings dialog box If you make a change on the Area dialog box the same selections will appear on the Scanner Settings dialog box and vice versa The Page Layout area allows you to select either Portrait or Landscape e Portrait will display the image orientation in the shape of a conventional portrait where height is greater than width e Landscape will display the image orientation in the shape of a conventional landscape painting where width is greater than height Area the Area section defines the amount of image data which is returned to the host It can be defined to be the entire document Fixed Cropping or a portion of the document Relative Cropping The area can be defined in Pixels Inches or Centimeters e X for Fixed Cropping this is the distance from the left end of the scanner to the left edge of the scanning area For Relative Cropping this is the distance from the left edge of the document to the left edge of the zone This option is not available if you use Auto Cropping e Y for Fixed and Relative Cropping this is the position from the top end of the document to the top end of the scanning area This option is not available if you use Auto Cropping e Width the width of the scanning area e Height the height of the scanning area If Overscan is not selected the scanner wil
22. reference while formatting your image address Format this field defines the format of the image address string used by the printer and how it is displayed on the Operator Control Panel The following choices are available for printing the counter format e Display Leading Zeros format e g 0009 This is the default e Suppress Leading Zeros format e g 9 e Compress Leading Zeros format e g 9 Enable Check Digit this option will only be displayed if the scanner is configured with a Check Digit alteration file A 61510 January 2005 4 38 Defining the Scan Area The Scan Area dialog box is only available for images when the Cropping option selected on the Scanner Settings dialog box is either Fixed Cropping or Relative Cropping Scan Ae Page Layout i Portrait Landscape Area s 0 i Pixels y 0 i Inches width 0172 Centimeters co W W Snap NOTE Select the side and image to be defined by highlighting Front Color Front Binary Back Color or Back Binary as appropriate based on the cropping option you selected for each of these in the Scanner Settings dialog box The scan areas defined for all four camera selections are independent For more information about the Camera selections see the section entitled Image outputs in Chapter 1 A 61510 January 2005 4 39 Page size and layout the default paper size is set when a scanner is first selected You can choose a different
23. right In addition to these predefined symbols you may also enter a unique message by entering the text as you want it to be printed For example if you want to print your company name and a time date stamp you would enter Kodak T Y This would print Kodak 10 10 10232001 NOTES e This alpha character following the sign is case sensitive These alphas must be entered as uppercase e In order to print the following characters amp as part of a text message you must enter the character twice For example if you want to print 100 you must enter 100 in the format template field 3 Once the print string is defined repeat Steps 1 and 2 for defining other levels A 61510 January 2005 4 26 The following information can be printed e Formatting characters Image Address Field A B C D these fields are defined on the Image Address dialog box Sequential Counter S this value is used to assign the document count for the next document entering the transport This value is incremented sequentially by the scanner unless another document count is received from the host This value is returned in the image header Time T valid format is HH MM Date Y in one of the following formats MMDDYYYY DDMMYYYY or YYYYMMDD This format is defined in the Date Format field Message enter the text you want printed on a scanned document Characters from the following font are supported Mic
24. the document being scanned You can define the cropping area by the x and y offset values width and length All cropping options can be used with color and bi tonal images and are front rear and dual stream independent Only one cropping option can be assigned per image Cropping select one of the following options e Automatic dynamically adjusts the cropping window for different document sizes based upon the edges of the image Use this option for batches of mixed size documents e Aggressive selecting this option will eliminate any residual black border on any image edges In order to achieve this there is a possibility that a small amount of image data may be lost e Fixed to Transport used for batches of same sized documents allows you to define the area or zone to be imaged If you select this option enter the x and y offset values width and length You can enter the desired values in the fields or use the arrow keys to define the desired area The Display window will show image placement as you Change the values e Relative to Document zone processing used for batches of same size documents some applications have a requirement to store part of an image in color grayscale and the rest of the image in bi tonal format this saves storage space by not storing the entire image in color grayscale Zone processing is a floating fixed crop window the zone located relative to the upper left corner of a document It all
25. the same directory includes the information you need to use the TWAIN Data Source for RAM scanning which simulates an i800 Series Scanner in order for you to begin development work without a physical scanner A 61510 January 2005 3 1 1 Select Start gt Run or select Programs gt Kodak gt Document Imaging gt Scan Validation Tool The Scan Validation Tool dialog box will be displayed Scan gt Scan Validation Tool O x Driver Types Cancel Drivers kodak Scanner 800 2 Select TWAIN and Kodak Scanner i800 f you are using the ISIS driver see Chapter 4 3 Click OK nix W Save Images To Files Display Every a Total Last File 4 Double click the Scanner icon to access the Kodak Scanner Properties dialog box A 61510 January 2005 3 2 Scan Validation The Kodak Scan Validation Tool dialog box allows you to verify scanner functionality through the TWAIN Data Source Tool dialog box Scan alidation Tool Oj x E e j Dl E e W Save Images To Files Display Ever i Total Last File Button Description S Displays the Users Interface for the selected either the ISIS Driver or TWAIN Data Source Allows you to select the directory to store scanned images and their file names This option only applies when Save Images To Files is selected O Eoo Enables the scanner to initiate scanning oO Boo Enables the scanner to feed one page This button is only available when the s
26. 4 28 Text Options e Top Margin allows you to define the distance from the lead edge before the print string begins This value can be defined in Inches Centimeters or Pixels Set this value using the slider bar 0 5 inches Start position Character top Printing area Paper NOTE 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 A 61510 January 2005 4 29 e Font Orientation You can select the orientation you want your information to be printed in as well as the location on your document Character sizes Normal or Large Font Orientation Portrait or Landscape Direction Up or Down You can choose Large Landscape Down Large Portrait Down Normal Landscape Down Normal Portrait Down Large Landscape Up Large Portrait Up Normal Landscape Up AS A gt gt W Normal Portrait Up X Horizontal Print Position The horizontal print position is set manually in one of the 13 positions on the Document Printer mounting plate A 61510 January 2005 4 30 Setting Color Dropout values Electronic Color Dropout is used to eliminate a form s background so that a document management system may automatically through OCR and ICR technology read pertinent data without interference from the lines and boxes of the form The Color Dropout dialog box allows you to select the desired dropou
27. 45 Degree Clustered Dot Screen and 64 Level Dispersed Dot Screen these represent alternative screening options to emulate gray A 61510 January 2005 4 10 Cropping allows you to capture a portion of the document being scanned All cropping options can be used with color grayscale and binary images Front and Rear cropping are independent however for dual stream scanning color grayscale and binary cropping must be the same per side Only one cropping option can be assigned per image Select one of the following options e Auto Cropping dynamically adjusts the cropping window for different document sizes based on the edges of the image Use this option for batches of mixed sized documents e Aggressive Cropping selecting this option will guarantee there will be no residual black border on any image edges In order to guarantee this there is a possibility that a small amount of image data may be lost e Fixed Cropping used for batches of same sized documents allows you to define the area or zone to be imaged Fixed Cropping is used in conjunction with paper size and page layout and assumes you are center feeding your documents If you are not using center feeding you must select the Area button to define your scan area See the section entitled Setting the Scan Area later in this chapter e Relative Cropping zone processing used for batches of sSame sized documents some applications have a requirement to store p
28. None Lone Pixel or Majority Rule e Lone Pixel reduces random noise on bi tonal images by converting a single black pixel surrounded by white to white or by converting a single white pixel surrounded by black to black e Majority Rule sets the central pixel value in a matrix according to the majority of white or black pixels in a matrix fel lO ke Stns ANAS te SETI No Noise Filter Used Remove Lone Pixel Image Filter used to enhance images containing dot matrix text and or images printed with shaded or colored backgrounds using halftone screens This filter effectively eliminates noise caused by the halftone screen Choose None or Halftone Removal e Halftone Removal used to enhance images containing dot matrix text and or images with shaded or colored backgrounds using halftone screens This filter effectively eliminates noise caused by the halftone screen A 61510 January 2005 3 9 Contrast sets the image contrast by adjusting the difference between black and white thereby making an image sharper or softer In a low contrast setting the difference between black and white is small so the image is softer In a high contrast setting the difference between black and white is large so the image is clearer Select a contrast value from 1 to 100 The default is 25 Contrast 0 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnoparstuvwxyz 1234567890 Modern Contrast 60 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijkimnopaqr
29. Skew angle image header records the skew angle which was determined for the scanned image A severe skew angle may result in no deskew being performed If the scanner is unable to determine a skew angle the image will not be deskewed The skew angle field of the image header will be set to 0 Image address level Document level the document level is assigned by the operator by using e the level key e apatch if the Patch Reader is enabled e the host application to set the next image address or e the Level to Follow Level rules The value returned in the image header reflects the level of the document This value will be level 1 level 2 level 3 or level 0 NOTE Level 0 is assigned to documents containing patch types T 1 4 and 6 Document levels may be used by the host application to sort or discard images For example if all level 0 documents are patch sheets these images can be deleted Image address the scanner assigns an image address to the scanned document The image address is based upon the index format defined through the host application See Chapters 3 or 4 depending 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
30. U 183 U 198 U 224 U 2385 U 396U Green Dropout Complete Dropout 100 U 109 U 1215 U 318 U 352 U 375 U 388 U 3945 U 101 U 113 U 127 U 324 U 358 U 379 U 389 U 3955 U 102 U 114 U 134 U 3245 U 365 U 380 U 393 U 3965 U Yellow U 115 U 135 U 331 U 366 U 381 U 394 U 106 U 120 U 1345 U 332 U 372 U 382 U 395 U 107 U 121 U 148 U 3375 U 373 U 386 U 396 U 108 U 1205 U 317 U 351 U 374 U 387 U 3935 U A 61510 January 2005 2 24 Green Dropout Near Complete Dropout 122 U 1355 U 2705 U 2975 U 304 U 3242 U 337 U 344 U 128 U 141 U Blue Dropout Complete Dropout 100 U 230 U 256 U 2716 U 283 U 3105 U 3248 U 3945 U 101 U 236 U 2562 U 2707 U 290 U 317 U 331 U 102 U 2365 U 263 U 2717 U 2905 U 318 U 386 U 106 U 243 U 2635 U 2708 U 297 U 324 U 393 U 217 U 250 U 2705 U 277 U 2975 U 3242 U 394 U 223 U 251 U 2706 U 278 U 304 U 3245 U 3935 U Blue Dropout Near Complete Dropout Yellow U 2572 U 2645 U 284 U 2925 U 305 U 3115 U 372 U 2375 U 2563 U 270 U 291 U 298 U 306 U 319 U 387 U 244 U 2567 U 271 U 292 U 2985 U 310 U 3252 U 257 U 264 U 279 U 2915 U 2995 U 311 U 332 U A 61510 January 2005 2 25 Image header An image header is associated with every image captured by the information scanner Following is a list of information available in the image header Image length size of the image Image identifier indicates whether the image is front bi tonal rear bi tonal front color or rear color Resolution the scanner records the selected sc
31. a change on the Scanner Settings dialog box the same selections will appear on the Area dialog box and vice versa The Page Layout area allows you to select either Portrait or Landscape e Portrait will display the image orientation in the shape of a conventional portrait where height is greater than width e Landscape will display the image orientation in the shape of a conventional landscape painting where width is greater than height Binarization the following descriptions are for binary images only iThresholding selecting 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 sorting Fixed Processing FP used for black and white and other high contrast documents A single level is set to determine the black and white transition The threshold is programmable over the entire density range Fixed thresholding sets Contrast to 0 If Fixed Processing is selected Contrast is not available Adaptive Thresholding ATP the Adaptive Threshold Processor separates the foreground information in an image i e text graphics lines etc from the background information i e white or non white paper background Adaptive Thresholding works
32. adhesives on documents or electrostatically charged documents 3D Multi feed Detection combines ultrasonics amplitude and phase with physical length detection to virtually eliminate the chance of loosing data due to multi feeds The Ultrasonic Sensor is located in the center of the transport behind the feeder module In order for multi feed documents to be detected correctly they must pass under this sensor amp Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak Scanner i840 RAM 2 x Imaging Paper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multiteed Options Printer Setup Info Length Detection Limit disabled H Inches r Document Ultrasonic Monitor Sensitivity m Multifeed Actions V Multifeed Stops Scanning EndJob Defaults Copy Length Detection choose the minimum length of the document that can be scanned with a multi feed being detected The Display window will show the size of the document as you change the value You can select to display this amount in Inches Centimeters Picas Points 20 of Points or Pixels A value of 0 indicates no length detection Length detection can be used when scanning same size documents The maximum value is 30 5 inches A 61510 January 2005 3 31 Sensitivity controls how aggressively the scanner will work to determine if more than one document is fed into the transport Multi feeds are triggered by detecting air gaps be
33. also be assigned The End of Batch function is controlled by the host and determines what happens when the batch count has been reached The options are to stop the feeder end of job or continue and begin a new batch No functionality can also be assigned The host application determines if batching is enabled by defining the number of documents per batch and the image address level to count A 61510 January 2005 2 34 3 Using the TWAIN Data Source Installation The TWAIN Data Source is included with the scanner You can install the data source from the CD 1 Insert the CD into the drive 2 Double click the setup exe file 3 Follow the instructions on each screen as prompted After installation is complete install your application software on the host PC After your application software is loaded and launched use the TWAIN Data Source software to setup your scanner Asample TWAIN Data Source application called the Scanner Validation Tool is also installed during this installation This application can be used to validate scanner functionality The screen shots below from the Scanner Validation Tool document the TWAIN Data Source graphical user interface GUI which can be one option when creating your own application If you choose to use programmatic controls refer to the readme txt file located in your default Windows directory twain_32 kodak kds_i800 which documents this TWAIN functionality The file ramscan txt in
34. anner image resolution in dots per inch X axis upper left pixel horizontal offset to upper left corner of the image For more information see the next section entitled Zone processing Y axis upper left pixel vertical offset to upper left corner of the image For more information see the next section entitled Zone processing Width the scanner records the number of pixels per line in the image Width is also referred to as line length Length the scanner records the lines per page in the image Length is also referred to as page length Bits per pixel bits per pixel can equal 1 for bi tonal 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 bi tonal images are No Compression Group III Group IlI 2D or Group IV The values for grayscale or color images are No Compression or JPEG NOTE No Compression uncompressed grayscale or color images will be available on scanners purchased prior to January 2005 Polarity the scanner records image polarity White pixels can be indicated as 0 or 1 A 61510 January 2005 2 26 Deskew the image header reflects whether or not the scanner was asked to perform deskew If deskew is enabled the image header also indicates whether or not the document was deskewed The maximum angle the scanner will deskew is 44 9 degrees
35. anuary 2005 1 4 2 Best Practices Basic image capture A 61510 January 2005 This chapter provides you with recommendations for program logic which will allow you to interact efficiently with the i800 Scanner This high level information is not intended to be used as a coding guide The following information is provided in this chapter e Basic image capture e Controlling image transfer order switching between color grayscale and bi tonal e Jam recovery e Image file storage locations e Bar code recognition e Starting image addresses e Controlling print strings e Electronic Color Dropout form design drop out colors e Available image header information and its uses e Zone processing recombining images especially for viewing e Programmable keys e Patch reading e Batching NOTE The term host in the sections that follow refers to either the driver or application depending on code logic Basic image capture is the high level logic flow for retrieving images from the scanner Follow this sequence to scan documents set up the scanner enable scanning initiate polling feed documents and disable scanning 2 1 Scanner setup A 61510 January 2005 To set up the scanner 1 Set up your scanner operating conditions simplex duplex starting image address image order lamp timeout transport timeout transport timeout response length detection status and response multi feed detection
36. art of an image in color grayscale and the rest of the image in binary format this saves storage space by not storing the entire image in color grayscale Zone processing is a floating fixed crop window the zone located relative to the upper left corner of a document It allows you to select an area on the document to be delivered in either color grayscale or binary format a separate window for both binary and color grayscale may be defined Different parameters may be selected for both the front and rear of the image A 61510 January 2005 4 11 This option may be used in conjunction with auto cropping where a separate color grayscale or binary area to be saved is desired It is very useful in applications where a photograph signature embossment or seal appears in a consistent area for an application you may want that small area in color grayscale and the rest in binary nM Original SUNBELT MANUFACTURING yir g a es PERSON EL IDENTIFICATION Fe Jeferson David J Engineer 1600 WEST TDARACE WCAC Cau OAre 12650 1 800 555 1294 EXPRE 1 19 00 A k ill Binary image Relative Cropping To define the zone select Area to display the Scan Area dialog box See the section entitled Setting the Scan Area for more information A 61510 January 2005 4 12 Contrast sets the image contrast by adjusting the difference between black and white thereby making an image sharper or softer Contr
37. as fixed fields if desired 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 e Field D has a field length of 2 characters and is defined as a Level 1 field e Fields A B and C have 0 characters Image Address 01 Image Address 02 Image Address 03 Image Address 050 The first page is assigned image address 01 The second page is assigned image address 02 and so on through the remainder of the book Any one of the 50 pages may later be located and retrieved using its unique image address 2 13 A 61510 January 2005 Two level indexing When using two level indexing the image address assigned to each document is defined as follows e Field D Level 1 defined as having a field length greater than 0 e Field C Level 2 defined as having a field length greater than 0 e Fields B and A may be defined as fixed fields if desired For example if you scan a book with 2 chapters Chapter 1 has 40 pages and Chapter 2 has 60 pages the image address has been defined Field D has 3 characters Field C has 2 characters Field B has 0 characters Field A has 0 characters Image Address 01 000 Image Address 01 001 Image Address 01 002 Page 1 40 Image Address 01 040 Image Address 02 000 Page 2 1 Image Address 02 001 Page 2 2 Image Address 02 002 Page Image Address 02 060 The header page for Chapte
38. ast is only available for binary images In a low contrast setting the difference between black and white is small so the image is softer In a high contrast setting the difference between black and white is large so the image is clearer Select a contrast value from 1 to 100 The default is 50 Contrast 0 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnoparstuvwxyz 1234567890 Modern Contrast 60 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijkimnopaqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 Modern Contrast 100 ABC DEE GHIKEMNORORS TUVWXYZ abcdefghi E 1234567800 ee Modemmeet as4 a m A Manual is always selected for binary images Adjust the contrast setting by dragging the Contrast sliding bar to the left or right to achieve the desired Contrast setting Scan the document to check the contrast Automatic not available for i800 Series Scanners Threshold thresholding is used to convert a gray scale image into a binary 1 bit pixel image The thresholding value ranges from 0 to 255 The default is 90 Alow threshold value will produce a lighter image and can be used to subdue backgrounds and subtle unneeded information A high threshold value will produce a darker image and can be used to help pick up faint images Adjust the Threshold setting by dragging the Threshold sliding bar to the left or right to achieve the desired Threshold setting Scan the document to check the threshold NOTE This setting works with the Contr
39. ast setting A Contrast setting of O causes the scanner to use fixed thresholding A Contrast setting of 100 causes the scanner to use fully adaptive thresholding A 61510 January 2005 4 13 Lots Teatha py d neha ply te k tn alt eee ar oee Set 7 _ See SEER EEEEE Le zz 20 Kodak Dignal Sceence megng Test Chart TL 5003 L Tms l Kodak oe digital science ID Matin ay isa petet potte pegao ABCOLFGHIKLMNOPORS TLIVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 Modern ABCDEFGH TIELMNGPQSS TUNE Y A abedefghiyklmnopqrstuvwayz 12345678540 Courier New HURST Tomes Hiep ire AH DEP CUTIE LAAN COPIES PLY A abode ghijk TINATA Are PR Tater Ronia Aap ABCDEFGHBKLMINOPGRS TU WX YZ ahedefphijkhanmapyrsturyws yt 1234567 Rb Times Reman Ope pre TmT TT TTT TTT rr TT pT Ti ABCDEFGHIIKLMBGPORSTUY WXY Zabece fghipklmnopqrsiuyws y21234567890 Times Roman 2p APPLIED IMAGE ine So eai was AE mmm an ten EA eee na e ay at 3 ONE one WO THREE tare EE THREE mii FOUR roua J FOUR rove THREE taner FOUR Four
40. below as a Enable Configure guide iF Front Calor 1 Check the images you wish to capture Enable camera settings 2 Select the order to transfer the images Define Transfer Order 2w Front Binar 3 Configure each image by highlighting it Configure 7 Color First Enable camera settings select the desired checkbox to enable the ae Front Color Front Binary Back Color and or Back Binary settings as Seg H desired This indicates the images you wish to capture and transfer to the host You cannot capture only rear images One or all boxes can a Bad eala be enabled You can enable your selection by putting a checkmark in the desired box A lv Back Binary Define Transfer Order define the transfer order by selecting Color First Binary First radio buttons This determines which image is Color First transferred to the host first when using dual stream scanning For Binary First example if you are scanning front color grayscale and front binary and you select Binary First the scanner will return the front binary image then the front color grayscale image i Convert Color to Grayscale Configure highlight the image you want to set up As you select the image other options will become available on the Scanner Settings dialog box The availability of these options is dependent upon the selection you make For example Front Binary is highlighted in the example at the left A 61510 January 2005 4 7 Ima
41. cale and bi tonal scanning simultaneously with throughput speeds up to 160 ppm A 61510 January 2005 1 1 About this manual This manual provides the following Chapter 1 Introduction includes a brief summary of the Kodak i800 Series Scanners a list of features available for each scanner and the Support drivers 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 Data source information on using the dialog boxes presented by the TWAIN Data source and an explanation of the fields on each tab Chapter 4 Using the ISIS Driver information on using the dialog boxes presented by the ISIS driver and an explanation of fields on each dialog box Appendix A provides a list of differences between the traditional high volume Kodak scanners vs the Kodak i800 Series Scanners Appendix B provides information about what type of setups are allowed and how they can be mixed and matched NOTE The scanned images used in this guide were selected for the challenges presented to a typical scanner due to the low contrast characteristics of the images A 61510 January 2005 1 2 Image outputs Vehicle licence EE pplication V10T y bE S y a a e i I E Ee EE E i Pi eT Ss an FB tif front bi tonal i800 Ser
42. canner Front Color Back Color Front Binary and Back Binary will be displayed For more information about the Camera selections see the section entitled Image outputs in Chapter 1 When starting the configuration process use the steps below as a Configure guide iM Front Color 1 Check the images you wish to capture Enable camera settings 2 Select the order to transfer the images Define Transfer Order 3 Configure each image by highlighting it Configure Enable camera settings select the desired checkbox to enable the Front Color Front Binary Back Color and or Back Binary settings as desired This indicates the images you wish to capture and transfer to av Back Color the host You cannot capture only rear images One or all boxes can be enabled You can enable your selection by putting a checkmark in Aly Back Binary the desired box Color First Define Transfer Order define the transfer order by selecting Color Gh hela First Binary First radio buttons This determines which image is transferred to the host first when using dual stream scanning C Color First Binary First Configure highlight the image you want to set up As you select the image other options will become available on the Scanner Settings dialog box The availability of these options is dependent upon the selection you make For example Front Binary is highlighted in the example to the left Scan Mode the host com
43. canner is enabled When selected will disable the scanner Displays the License Key window This option should only be used when directed by a Kodak representative Closes the image viewer A 61510 January 2005 3 3 Button Description O O O Opens the image viewer to display one image at a time Opens the image viewer to display two images ata time Opens the image viewer to display four images at a time Opens the image viewer to display eight images at a time Display Every enter the sampling rate of the images you wish to display while scanning For example to see every image enter a value of 1 To see every 10 image enter a value of 10 Last File displays the full path and file name for the last stored image Total displays the total number of images scanned during the current Scan Validation Tool session Kodak Scanner The Kodak Scanner Properties dialog box consists of 12 tabs Each tab S will be described within this chapter Properties dialog box Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak Scanner 1840 RAH H Ei Imaging Faper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multifeed Options Printer Setup Info Click on each tab to set all the desired values You do not have to click OK until you have made all selections on all of the tabs NOTE For the purpose of this manual all displayed dialog boxes assume the features available on the Kodak i840 Scanner A 61510 Jan
44. cation has varying document thickness or labels attached to the document Depending on the label material most documents with labels should not be detected as a multi fed document e Low Sensitivity this setting is the least aggressive setting and is less likely to detect labels poor quality or wrinkled documents as multi fed documents When determining the appropriate setting for your workflow you should start at the Medium Sensitivity Transport control is a way of automatically controlling the scanner from the host therefore eliminating the need to use the Start Resume and Stop Pause buttons on the Operator Control Panel Auto start Transport if selected the transport and feeder will automatically start when the scanner is enabled from the host without pressing the Start Resume button Enable Timeout allows you to set a transport timeout value This value is the amount of time the scanner will wait after the last document enters the transport before the transport timeout action is taken You can specify a time delay setting from 5 to 300 seconds The default is 10 seconds If this option is disabled the transport will continue to run until the Stop Pause key is pressed or is stopped by the host A 61510 January 2005 4 23 Enabling Lamp Saver mode Assigning Function Keys Response allows you to specify the action that will be taken when the transport timeout has been reached e Stop Feeder and Transport st
45. color tables refer to the Reference Guide for the Brightness and Contrast Control A 61506 Polarity the host computer provides information to the scanner defining whether the image should be stored in standard or reverse polarity The default polarity is Black on a White background Reverse polarity is White on a Black background Reeth eet SE oe pit RUE Poy APE EMER CAPR EM THE G e a ney dakai carte RPE E CR Ret EHT 24 URE clot es FAE H RE TAHAT Suk t ad x patana ma mri a t h h 1 P I I I i ore TOES Par peoi a PMC Sie a Pafii o ee ME ae ahs ee TAL teint IH 1 l IL ORDER TEMS guerre L AUER ITENS Black on White polarity White on Black polarity A 61510 January 2005 4 18 Noise Filter Occasionally small dots or specks appear in the background of a scanned image These specks increase file compression size and usually contain no image information Using the Noise Filter on documents containing very fine detail e g the dot on an i in 4 point type may cause information to be lost It is recommended that you do not use the Noise Filter when scanning documents with text smaller than 7 point type Noise Filter can be used with binary images only and is Front Rear and dual stream independent Choose None Lone Pixel or Majority Rule e Lone Pixel reduces random noise on binary images by converting a single black pixel surrounded by white to white or by converting a single white pixel surrounded b
46. 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_win 32 en imes5_win32 htm A 61510 January 2005 3 36 Counter Format used to control the width of the document counter Values range from 1 9 The following choices are available for printing the counter format e Display leading zeros format e g 0009 e Suppress leading zeros format e g 9 e Compress leading zeros format e g 9 Date Format select one of the date formats Forward slash hyphen period blank or none For example 04 05 2001 04 05 2001 04 05 2001 or 04 05 2001 or 04052001 none Image Address Format the format in which the image address appears when printed as defined on the Image Address tab The printed image address may appear in one of three formats e Display leading zeros format e g 004 003 002 001 e Suppress leading zeros format e g 004 3 2 1 e Compress leading zeros format e g 004 3 2 1 NOTE The format chosen does not affect 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 A 61510 January 2005 3 37 Printing orientation You can select what orientation you want your information to be printed in as well as the location on your do
47. cument Font two different character sizes referred to as Large and Small are available Information is printed on each document in one of the two orientations Comic or Cinema You can choose Large Comic Large Cinema Small Comic Small Cinema Large Comic 180 Large Cinema 180 Small Comic 180 ASA gt gt Small Cinema180 y Y Offset enter a value in this field to determine how far the printed information will appear from the leading edge of the document The character top A in the diagram below points to the right edge of the document The Y Offset value can be set in Inches Centimeters Picas 20 of Picas or Pixels A 61510 January 2005 3 38 5 in Y offset Start position Printing area Paper NOTE 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 Horizontal Print Position The horizontal print position is set manually in one of the 13 positions on the Document Printer mounting plate A 61510 January 2005 3 39 The Setup tab The Setup tab allows you to download firmware and set the scanner clock Firmware the scanner firmware runs your Kodak i800 Series Scanner The value displayed in the Current field is the version of firmware currently in use by your scanner Periodically Kodak releases updated versions of firmware which are available from the Kodak website This firmwar
48. cument You can chose from six different Kodak default color tables Pictures Pictures 2 Text Text with Pictures Text with Pictures 2 and Text with Pictures 3 The user can also download and accept custom color tables For information about custom color tables refer to the Brightness and Contrast Control Reference Guide A 61506 A 61510 January 2005 3 14 Scanning grayscale images The descriptions below are for scanning grayscale images only amp Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak i840 Scanner RAM 2 x Imaging Paper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multifeed Options Printer Setup Info Front Color Bmanzatior MRN C Front Bitonal Noise Filter o Rear Bitonal Image Filter PT r or iti A f y 50 al Pj TH d 35 af gt Resolution dpi 200 z Po arity E lac k on White Color T able Text With Pictures 3 I Convert Color To Grayscale Toggle Patch none p Calibrate Defaults Resolution or dots per inch dpi indicates the scanning 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 e Scanner i820 100 150 200 e Scanner i840 100 150 200 300 Color Tables the s
49. d format F123 is not a valid format You are not required to use all four fields If you chose to use fewer than four fields you must specify a field width of 0 for any unused field O width fields may not be between two non zero width fields When defining fields you can only have one field assigned to each individual level For example FF21 is a valid format FF11 is not a valid format When defining more than one fixed field the fixed field values must be to the left of any index value Fixed fields may not be between level fields For example FFF1 is a valid format FF1F is not a valid format The host application must always seed the scanner with the starting image address It is no longer controlled within the scanner The scanner will return the image address associated with each image in the image header The application can track this image address for use in setting the next image address when restarting the scanner 2 12 Indexing schemes A 61510 January 2005 Documents are scanned to record the information in an easily accessible form The scanner offers the following indexing schemes e Single level e Two level e Two level offset e Three level e Three level offset Single level indexing When using single level indexing the image address assigned to each document is defined as follows e Field D is defined as a Level 1 field having a field length greater than 0 e Fields C B and A may be defined
50. dress which will be used if no value is entered in the image address field Image Address an image address is a unique identifier assigned to each individual document and may contain up to 30 characters consisting of a maximum of 27 digits and 3 delimiters The structure of this field must match the format defined in the Image Address Template fields This value is used by the scanner as the next image address which is assigned to the next document which enters the transport This is also referred to as the Starting Image Address Document Count this value is used to assign the document count for the next document entering the transport and is incremented sequentially by the scanner unless another document count is received from the host This value is returned in the image header The format of this counter is defined on the Printer tab in the Counter field The Image Address Template area allows you to define an image address area or choose an existing template Image Address Template area up to four fields can be defined Each field may be a maximum of 9 characters The total image address cannot exceed 27 characters 30 with 3 delimiters The i800 Series Scanners have more options available for image addressing schemes with the following guidelines You may define from 0 to 4 fixed fields Only one field may be assigned to a level You are only allowed one level 1 field one level 2 field and one level 3 field There is
51. e Stop Scanner if this option is not selected the scanner will display and log the condition but continue to operate If selected the scanner will display log the condition and stop the feeder the scanner will remain enabled When an overlap or multi feed is detected the scanner stops the feeder clears the transport of all pages and then the documents can be refed End Job if this option is selected the scanner will display log the condition and stop the feeder and transport the scanner will be disabled Scanning can only be resumed when the scanner is re enabled from the host A 61510 January 2005 4 22 Setting Transport Control Ultrasonic Detection Sensitivity Sensitivity controls how aggressively the scanner will work to determine if more than one document is fed into the transport Multi feeds are triggered by detecting air gaps between documents This allows multi feed detection to be used with job sets containing documents with mixed thicknesses You may set the Multi Feed Detection to high medium or low sensitivity If you disable Sensitivity no phase or amplitude checking is used NOTE Regardless of the setting Post It notes will be detected as multi fed documents e High Sensitivity this is the most aggressive setting this is a good setting to use if all documents are similar in thickness to 20 lb Bond paper e Medium Sensitivity this is the default Use Medium sensitivity if your appli
52. e JPEG Quality JPEG compression offers a JPEG quality of Draft Good Better Best Superior Draft gives you the smallest file size with draft image quality Good gives you a larger file size with good image quality Better gives a larger file size with better image quality and Best gives you a larger file size with the best image quality Superior gives you largest files size with superior image quality K factor used in conjunction with bi tonal compression The K factor is only accessible when you are using CCITT Group 3 two dimensional compression Valid values are 0 to 255 Color Sharpening select the desired setting either None or 3x3 FIR filter This filter increases the edge contrast of the image without affecting the color component Use this option when a high contrast result is desired For example if you scan text documents in color Force Scanner Compression this option is only available for color grayscale scanning when Compression is None e Compression Source Will Decompress options are JPEG and None If you select JPEG the images from the scanner are compressed The TWAIN driver will decompress and return uncompressed images to the host If you select None the images from the scanner are uncompressed The TWAIN driver will pass these images direct these images directly to the host A 61510 January 2005 3 21 The Dropout tab A 61510 January 2005 Electronic Color Dropout is used to e
53. e should only be downloaded to your scanner when directed by Kodak service personnel When Download is selected the Select Scanner Firmware dialog box will be displayed amp Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak i840 Scanner RAM l 2 xi Imaging Paper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multifeed Options Printer Setup Info m Package Configure Current Local Time 1 0 0 pc 2004 11 09 13 49 scn 2004 11 09 13 49 UTC Time pc 2004 11 09 18 49 scn 2004 11 09 18 49 Serial Number or 234567 Name Sue Smith Company BDSWEB Inc Defaults Copy Download this option is used to download the latest version of firmware to your scanner over the SCSI cable Up to date firmware for the i800 Series Scanners will be available from the Kodak website www kodak com NOTE Downloading firmware should be done by the System Administrator Configure displays the local time UTC Universal Time Clock and the scanner serial number You can use the Update button to change the local time only A 61510 January 2005 3 40 The Info tab The Info tab displays information about your scanner Scanner Data shows the following information about your scanner Scanner Model Scanner Configuration Firmware Revision Minimum Scan Resolution Maximum Scan Resolution Scanner Serial Number Scanner CPU Date Time and the Name and Company of the person who install
54. ed the scanner amp Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak i840 Scanner RAM 2 x Imaging Paper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multifeed Options Printer Setup Info Package Configure Current Local Time 1 0 0 pe 2004 11 09 13 49 scn 2004 11 09 13 49 UTC Time pe 2004 11 09 18 49 sen 2004 11 09 18 49 Serial Number o 234567 Name Sue Smith Company BDSWEB Inc Defaults Copy Scanner Meters shows information about your scanner such as how many hours the scanner and transport have been running how many documents have been scanned since you first began using the scanner and when the first image ever was scanned on that scanner Software Data shows the version numbers of the Scan Validation Software and the device driver that are currently running A 61510 January 2005 3 41 4 Using the ISIS Driver Installation The ISIS driver is included with the scanner You can install the driver from the CD 1 Insert the CD into the drive 2 Double click the setup exe file 3 Follow the instructions on each screen as prompted After installation of the driver is complete install your application software on the host PC After your application software is loaded and launched use the ISIS driver software to setup your scanner A sample ISIS Driver application called the Scan Validation Tool is also instal
55. election of a color table effects how the scanner reproduces the color of a scanned document You can chose from six different Kodak default color tables Pictures Pictures 2 Text Text with Pictures Text with Pictures 2 and Text with Pictures 3 The user can also download and accept custom color tables For information about custom color tables refer to the Brightness and Contrast Control Reference Guide A 61506 A 61510 January 2005 3 15 The Paper tab The Paper tab allows you to define values relating to image output i e cropping values rotation paper size and units of measure Display window lists the available sides of an image that you can define individual image processing values If you have an i810 or i830 scanner only Front Bi tonal and Rear Bi tonal will be displayed If you have an i820 or i840 scanner Front Color Rear Color Front Bi tonal and Rear Bi tonal will be displayed The Display window on the right will display the image you are altering The image will change as values are being altered Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak Scanner 1840 RAM Rear Color L Front Bitonal Rear Bitonal Offset Y Offset width Length 11 69 m Center Frame Rotate Frame vercan top Elation bet Right Preset Front Rear Size fisa Ad 21 08 29 7 cm Units Inches h Defaults Copy A 61510 January 2005 3 16 Cropping values Cropping allows you to capture a portion of
56. eries Scanners do not include a bar code accessory Bar code functionality is now the responsibility of the host system The main imaging parameter which may affect bar code read rates is resolution Depending upon your scanner model either bi tonal grayscale or color images may be used for bar code applications Refer to your software documentation for their recommendations and or requirements for image file quality to achieve desired read rates A 61510 January 2005 2 11 Image addressing Image address format Starting image address next image address A 61510 January 2005 Unlike previous high volume scanners from Kodak the i800 Series Scanners moved all image address functionality to the host This includes index format starting image address image address format and level rules The image address format can be from one to four fields Each field may be up to 9 characters Total image address length with delimiters is 30 characters Each field may use level 1 level 2 level 3 and fixed fields and must be explicitly defined by the application Image address format is flexible and includes the ability to define four fixed fields See Chapter 3 or 4 depending on your driver for more information The order of importance for the fields from highest to lowest is fixed level 3 level 2 level 1 When defining an image address the field with the highest importance must always be to the left For example F321 is a vali
57. est Unit Ready command will terminate with a Check Condition Status The host follows with a SCSI Request Sense command The combination of Request Sense followed by Test Unit Ready must be repeated until a good status is returned on the Test Unit Ready command A good status indicates no errors current or deferred are pending IMPORTANT f at any point the host receives a Check Condition fora command and fails to issue a subsequent Request Sense command the scanner will 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 operator control panel 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 were not lf an error occurs that disables the scanner the host can continue to read images from the image buffer without enabling the scanner However when the image buffer has been emptied an error will be generated indicating fault recovery is required This differentiates between an end of job disable and a disable caused by an error The operator may continue scanning documents after the host enables the scanner 2 5 Controlling image transfer order Bi tonal only duplex Color only duplex A 61510 January 2005 This section provides
58. etail epo four details een ps oe WW e U a ze ii EEA T BE F Styl Bm oo oy oH E Vothicte detail TETE 5 3 vehicle detniis S af Licence Drinils Gl Licence Detalla mamn reas Be PAMA wl ao CU T Dehan E Ceclarsties A gt RB tif rear bi tonal RC jpg rear color A 61510 January 2005 1 3 FG jpg front grayscale Another example of a simultaneous output where all four images are returned to the host would create the following four files e Front grayscale FGjpg This image file represents the contents of the front side of the document using 8 bits per pixel e Front bi tonal binary FB tif This image file represents the contents of the front side of the document using 1 bit per pixel e Rear grayscale RG jpg This image file represents the contents of the rear side of the document using 8 bits per pixel e Rear bi tonal binary RB 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 through the application independently 2 3 Venicle licence E Your deta adel application VIOT Sas BPS os Ge Vehicie detaily ES a ra Pe a ei ue ee Don t forget these documents ae e rrano Deri 1 G omae RG jpg rear grayscale RB tif rear bi tonal binary FB tif front bi tonal binary A 61510 J
59. evel image addressing you can print the date on your level 3 document nothing on level 2 and document count on level 1 A 61510 January 2005 3 35 Print String To build the print string 1 2 3 Select the Level you want to define from the drop down box Enter the message you want printed in the Print String field and or select the predefined options by double clicking on the desired option in the drop down box NOTE The maximum amount of characters for each print string is 40 characters including spaces Once the print string is defined repeat Steps 1 and 2 for defining other levels The following information can be printed Date in one of the following formats MMDDYYYY DDMMYYYY or YYYYMMDD This format is defined in the Date Format field Time valid format is HH MM Counter this value is used to assign the document count for the next document entering the transport This value is incremented sequentially by the scanner unless another document count is received from the host This value is returned in the image header Image Address Field A B C D these fields are defined in the Image Address tab Message enter the text you want printed on a scanned document Trailing spaces after the text are supported Leading spaces before the text are not supported Characters from the following font are supported Microsoft Global IME 5 01 NOTE To view the Japanese characters
60. ge Address 1 01 Page 1 120 Image Address 2 01 Image Address 1 02 Page 2 1 Image Address 1 02 Page 2 40 Image Address 1 02 The header page for Section 1 is assigned image address 1 00 The header page for Chapter 1 of the section is assigned image address 1 01 The remaining pages of Chapter 1 are also assigned image address 1 01 The header 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 A 61510 January 2005 2 18 A 61510 January 2005 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 may later be located and retrieved using its unique image address Pages within a chapter may later be located and retrieved by first finding the chapter header and then manually scrolling through the remaining pages of the chapter Controlling document level changes The previous Indexing Scheme examples have illustrated how document levels change within a single group of documents There are four document image levels 3 2 1 and 0 There are a number of ways in which you can set or change the document level e You can change image address level via the Level icon un on the Operator Control Panel Selecting the Level icon increments
61. ge Processing The other options on this dialog box allow you to define image settings processing values that can be applied to your scanner Scan Mode Page Size Simples Scanners Masimum E Dots per inch Fage Layout 200 x f Portrait f Landscape Binarization iT hresholding Dither None x Cropping Aggressive Cropping Threshold an Dy E Contrast Manual f Automatic E a Ei l al Lighten formal Daken Scan Mode the host computer provides information to the scanner defining whether to scan one or both sides of the image Simplex indicates that only one side front side of the image will be scanned Duplex indicates that both sides of the image will be scanned Dots per inch dpi or Resolution indicates the scanning 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 value is 200 dpi Available resolutions are Binary e Scanner i810 i820 i830 i840 200 240 300 400 A 61510 January 2005 4 8 Page size and layout 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 The Page Size and Page Layout selections also appear on the Area dialog box If you make
62. he 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 sorting e Adaptive Thresholding ATP the Adaptive Threshold Processor separates the foreground information in an image i e text graphics lines etc from the background information i e white or non white paper background Adaptive Thresholding works on gray scale scanned images and outputs a bi tonal electronic image Its strength lies in the ability to separate the foreground information from the background information even when the background color or shading varies and the foreground information varies in color quality and darkness Different types of documents may be scanned using the same image processing parameters and results in excellent scanned images If mixing documents of different colors paper qualities and textures and print quality the Adaptive Thresholding features optimize each image automatically A 61510 January 2005 3 7 When Adaptive Thresholding is selected Contrast values may range from 1 to 100 A Contrast value of 100 is considered fully adaptive thresholding eal m F
63. hes for all resolutions except 400 dpi bi tonal which cannot exceed 26 inches Units defines the primary measurement system Pixels Inches and Centimeters are available Select the option desired Image Control options The following Image Control options are available Border Framing allows you to add a border to the final image The width of this border is 16 pixels This option is only available with Auto Cropping and only applies to binary images Halftone Removal used to enhance images containing dot matrix text and or images with shaded or colored backgrounds using halftone screens This filter effectively eliminates noise caused by the halftone screen This option is only applied to binary images A 61510 January 2005 4 17 Deskew check this option to automatically deskew a document within 0 3 degrees of the document s leading edge Automatic deskew can detect up to a 45 degree skew and correct up to a 24 degree angle at 200 dpi or a 10 degree skew angle at 300 dpi NOTE To prevent data loss the document must have all four corners within the image path Color Table the selection of a color table effects how the scanner reproduces the color of a scanned document You can chose from six different Kodak default color tables Pictures Pictures 2 Text Text with Pictures Text with Pictures 2 and Text with Pictures 3 The user can also download and accept custom color tables For information about custom
64. ies Scanners can return bi tonal grayscale or color images to the host Below is a description of the valid combinations All i800 Scanners are duplex scanners This means both the front and the rear side of each document may be captured For each side captured the scanner creates a bi tonal binary only i 810 i830 or a bi tonal binary and color grayscale i820 i840 image The host application controls which of these images is transferred to the host to be stored as an image file For example for an i840 Scanner if all four images are returned to the host the following four files could be created e Front bi tonal binary FB tif This image file represents the contents of the front side of the document using one bit per pixel e Front color FC jpg This image file represents the contents of the front side of the document using 24 bits per pixel e Rear bi tonal binary RB tif This image file represents the contents of the rear side of the document using one bit per pixel e Rear color RC jpg This image file represents the contents of the rear side of the document using 24 bits per pixel NOTE Actual file formats are determined by the host application Through the application these image files can be controlled independently Vehicle licence ca application V10T To help Fou Dant forget these documents a Where TO GET Vout ents mH How bo pay FC jpg front color b ro gales ii E Your d
65. ion is disabled the lamps will remain on until the power is turned off A 61510 January 2005 3 34 The Printer tab The Document Printer 1 provides a vertical print capability that is programmed to support alphanumeric characters as defined by the host It supports date image address time document count and custom messages All print information is captured in a document header record These printer controls and functions are accessed via the Printer tab z Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak i640 Scanner RAM ajx Imaging Faper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multifeed Options Printer Setup Info W Enable T gt Level jal Levels Print ltem Date Counter Time HH Miti Image Address Field 4 Image Address Field B Image Address Field C Image Address Field D Counter jo a Suppress Leading eros Z Date Format rY MMDD Forward Slash Image Address Format Suppress Leading eros Font Small Comic r Y Offset Os Inches ha Defaults Copy OF Cancel Enable check this option to enable the Document Printer 1 Print Template setup With the i800 Scanners you can define print strings that are the same for all levels or unique for each level You are not required to print on all levels Level choose the level of the document that you want the specified print string to be printed on For example if you use three l
66. is chapter Image Address displays the Image Address dialog box This dialog box contains controls to format the image addressing functions of the scanner See the section entitled Image Addressing later in this chapter Color Dropout displays the Color Dropout dialog box You can choose the color you want to eliminate Green Blue Red and set other values using this dialog box See the section entitled Setting Color Dropout values later in this chapter Copy see the explanation in the section entitled Scanner Settings dialog box earlier in this chapter OK saves the values set on the dialog box Cancel closes the dialog box without saving any changes A 61510 January 2005 4 20 Setting scanner controls The Scanner Control dialog box allows you to set the following controls Multi feed and Ultrasonic detection Transport Control Lamp Saver functionality Function Keys Programmable keys Scanner Control g xj Transport Control M Auto start Transport Muli Feed Detection Length Detection MW Ultrasonic Detection Max Length Sensitivity Cl Enele Tica 0 00 in Low aj gt 10 seconds Auto Set eaten Response High Unita Pixels Inches Centimeters End Job M Enable Lamp Saver al gt 10 minutes MW Stop Scanner M EndJob Function Keys Key 1 End of Job Key 2 Not Defined Kep 3
67. ital science ft hahe y bth m Tp TH T r ee ErTE Pa Sk l 151 12 re ABCOEFGHIKLMNOPORS TUVWXYZ n A iih abcdefghijklmnopqrstuywxyz ve Amt 1234567890 Modern ABCDEPGH TIKLMNGPQSS TUNE Y A fghiykimnopqrstuvwxyz G whet hot AH DEP CIIIIE LAT NCOP ES PLY AE aberde tet kno pyran A Are Tater Koran Hal ABCDEFGHBKLMINOPGRS TU WX YZ shedefphijkhanmapyrstuyws y LD345GTRKE SY Times Reman Ope ABCDEFGHIIKLMBGPORSTUY WXY Zabedetghijklmnopqrstuyws gt 21234567890 Times Roman 2p pepe eM TT PT TT yt I cloedo bt det Lal 200 dpi 80 Threshold 20 Contrast 200 dpi 80 Threshold 100 Contrast A 61510 January 2005 3 11 Resolution or dots per inch dpi indicates the scanning 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 The industry standard is 200 dpi about 8 pixels mm Choose a resolution value from the drop down list The default value is 200 dpi Available resolutions are 200 240 300 or 400 Polarity
68. ixed ihresnalding ATP ATP enabled disabled Fixed Processing used for black and white and other high contrast documents A single level is set to determine the black and white transition The threshold is programmable over the entire density range Fixed thresholding sets contrast to 0 If Fixed Processing is selected Contrast is not available Error Diffusion screens photographic areas of a document to simulate gray levels yet sharpens the edges of text It is recommended that error diffusion be used when a mix of text graphs pictures and colors in the documents are being scanned NOTE When using error diffusion and compression together negative compression less than one to one is more likely to occur 64 Level Bayer Dither 64 Level 45 Degree Clustered Dot Screen and 64 Level Dispersed Dot Screen these represent alternative screening options to emulate gray A 61510 January 2005 3 8 Noise Filter occasionally small dots or specks appear in the background of a scanned image These specks increase file compression size and usually contain no image information Using the Noise Filter on documents containing very fine detail e g the dot on an i in 4 point type may cause information to be lost It is recommended that you do not use Noise Filter when scanning documents with text smaller than 7 point type Noise Filter can be used with bi tonal images only and is front rear and dual stream independent Choose
69. job stream examples which can be used in scanning applications The host application is responsible for determining the order in which the scanner returns images Front images must always be retrieved before rear images This job stream is available for all i800 Series Scanners 1 Prepare documents 2 Start the scanner to do bi tonal duplex scanning front bi tonal and rear bi tonal 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve bi tonal images 4 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front bi tonal image header Read bi tonal image Read rear bi tonal image header Read bi tonal image End loop This job stream is available for i820 and i840 Series Scanners Prepare documents 2 Start the scanner to do color duplex scanning front color and rear color 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve color images 4 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front color image header Read color image Read rear color image header Read color image End loop 2 6 Grayscale only duplex Dual stream simplex A 61510 January 2005 This job stream is available for i820 and i840 Series Scanners Prepare documents 2 Start the scanner to do grayscale duplex scanning front grayscale and rear grayscale 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve grayscale images 4 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front grayscale image header Read grayscale image Read rear grayscale image header Read grayscale image
70. l not continue capturing beyond the trail edge of the document For example if you set up the scanner for portrait fed 8 2 x 11 documents and you scan an 8 2 x 4 document the scanner will return an 8 x 4 scanned area Snap causes the dimensions of the Area box to be controlled in fixed 1 8 inch increments This option is not available in Pixel mode Rulers reflects the page size and the units of measurement selected A 61510 January 2005 4 40 Appendix A High Volume Scanner Comparison Table The chart below provides a comparison of Kodak High Volume Scanners 7520 Feature Lame Programmable Functon Keys T Ss x Px Measurementsystem x x o Teo Date Format meroma x J SSC xX i SSS AlarmiConfmaton Tone x x x x x x_ PriterMessages x SS SS x SCT SCT x Cd fiaFisld Deiter x S SS x SCOUT SCT x dT PrinterEnabierDisable X SS Xx SCT S Xd Patchenabieisable S sx SS x CCT SCT CX dS findexromat x S SC xX i SCT xX Cd Tarot SCE CX TSC SC xX i CUT x dT fariawats S x SSC SSC xX i SCT x CdS teares CEC S SC x i xX Cd Bama x T e i CUT Xd feachiewer x i e i CX dT Banco x x o Te StartofBatchFuncion x J x TSS end ofBatchFuncion x x x tengthwontor x SC SSC xX CUT SCT x Cd MaximumDooumentuenath x x x Length ErorResponse sx SS x SCOUT SCT x CdS
71. led during this installation This application can be used to validate scanner functionality The screen shots in this chapter from the Scan Validation Tool document the ISIS Driver graphical user interface GUI which is one option when creating your own application If you choose to use programmatic controls refer to the appropriate Pixel Translations Inc documentation which documents ISIS functionality This documentation includes the information you need to use the ISIS Driver for RAM scanning which simulates an i800 Series Scanner in order for you to begin development work without a physical scanner A 61510 January 2005 4 1 1 Select Start gt Run or select Programs gt Kodak gt Document Imaging gt Scan Validation Tool The Scan Validation Tool dialog box will be displayed x Driver Types K TWAIN Cancel Driers kodak 830 kodak 120 kodak 1810 2 Select ISIS and Kodak Scanner i800 If you are using the TWAIN driver see Chapter 3 3 Click OK ioii E e gt j Dl E e W Save Images To Files Display Ever i Total Last File 4 Double click the Scanner icon to access the Kodak Scanner Properties dialog box A 61510 January 2005 4 2 Scan Validation The Kodak Scan Validation Tool dialog box allows you to verify scanner functionality through the ISIS Driver Tool dialog box Scan alidation Tool Oj x E e j Dl E e W Save Images To Files Display Ever i Total Last File
72. liminate a form s background so that a document management system may automatically through OCR and ICR technology read pertinent data without interference from the lines and boxes of the form The i800 Series Scanners can dropout either red green or blue The Dropout tab allows you to select the desired dropout color alter the filter threshold and background Display window electronic color drop out is available only for bi tonal images Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak Scanner 1840 RAM Imaging Paper Compression Dropout mage Address Batch Multiteed Options Printer Setup Info F Front Color eua g Psar Calci olor ropot Remove areen fa Front Bitonal Filter Threshold m55 a Rear Bitonal A Rear Bitona Background 160 a Defaults Copy Color Dropout choose the color you want to eliminate Remove Green Remove Blue Remove Red Filter Threshold the value that is used to identify the color which will be dropped out This value is applied to the color space 3 22 Background this value will be substituted in the grayscale pre thresholded image for the color being removed Therefore this value should be higher than the threshold value selected on the Imaging tab for this pixel to become the background color For example if you are scanning a white document with a green form and you have selected a bi tonal threshold value of 127 you should pick an electronic color drop
73. mage address and sequential counter 3 Use the information above 1 to seed the next image address and sequential counter before re enabling the scanner 4 Instruct the operator to sort through the stack of documents being scanned to find the document that produced the last successfully scanned image They must rescan all of the documents that follow the last successfully scanned document 5 Enable the scanner A 61510 January 2005 2 10 Image file storage This section provides general recommendations regarding the impact locations of image file storage locations on the overall throughput of the scanner Depending upon the model of your scanner you can receive up to four image files per document Decisions about where to write these files when retrieving them from the scanner could impact the overall throughput of the scanner In order to prevent overwriting data the scanner stops feeding paper when the internal image buffer reaches two thirds capacity Scanning will not resume until buffer memory reaches one third In order to minimize the number of times this condition might occur it is recommended that image files are written to a local hard drive in order to avoid the potential overhead of transferring files across the network to remote drives during scanning Bar code recognition This section provides general information about bar code recognition and read rates Unlike previous high volume scanners from Kodak the i800 S
74. ment you are using is not bright white the results may vary The default settings are Contrast 50 Threshold 90 Color Filter 175 Background 245 this value should be set to match background color of your document Resolution 200 dpi If the values above do not give you the desired results you may need to vary these values accordingly 2 23 Red dropout Following is a list of Pantone colors which may be used with the red dropout option Red Dropout Complete Dropout 100 U 114 U 1225 U 1365 U 169 U 210 U 2562 U 395 U 101 U 115 U 1235 U 141 U 176 U 217 U 372 U 3935 U 102 U 116 U 127 U 148 U 1765 U 223 U 379 U 3945 U Yelow U 120U 128 U 149 U 1767 U 230 U 380 U 3955 U 106 U 121 U 129 U 150 U 182 U 236 U 386 U 3965 U 107 U 122 U 134 U 1485 U 189 U 2365 U 387 U 108 U 123 U 135 U 155 U 1895 U 243 U 388 U 109 U 1205 U 1345 U 1555 U 196 U 250 U 393 U 113 U 1215 U 1355 U 162 U 203 U 256 U 394 U Red Dropout Near Complete Dropout 130 U 1505 U 165 U 177 U 184 U 199 U 225U 2395 U 136 U Orange 166 U 178 U 185 U 204 U Rubine Rhodamine 021 U Red U Red U 137 U 156 U 1625 U 179 U 190 U 205 U 226 U 244 U 138 U 157 U 1635 U 1775 U 191 U 206 U 231 U 245 U 1375 U 158 U 1645 U 1785 U 192 U 211 U 232 U 246 U 142 U 1565 U 1655 U 1788 U 1905 U 212 U 237 U 251 U 143 U 1575 U 1665 U 1777 U 1915 U 213 U 238 U 252 U 144 U 1585 U 170 U 1787 U 1925 U 218 U 239 U 257 U 151 U 163 U 171 U Red 032 U 197 U 219 U 2375 U 365 U 1495 U 164 U 172
75. n the Kodak Digital Science Scanner 3590C where it starts using bi tonal 1 Prepare documents with a patch Type 4 before and after any color grayscale documents 2 Configure image processing parameters for all four images Before initiating the scanner select only the front and rear bi tonal images to be retrieved 3 Select both sides from the Toggle Patch drop down box 4 Start scanning Images will begin in bi tonal 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 2 9 Jam and Fault recovery This section provides recommendations for application logic associated with scanner jam and fault recovery lf your scanner is enabled and you are polling when a document jam or other fault occurs use the following procedure to restart scanning IMPORTANT Before beginning fault recovery make sure all the headers and images have been transferred from the image buffer to the host system When a document jam or other fault occurs 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 i
76. ned until the host enables scanning The scanner recognizes and reports a variety of error conditions Some errors are reported to either the host via the SCSI interface or the operator control panel while others are reported to both the host and the operator control panel An error via the SCSI interface is defined as either a current or deferred error A current error results from a problem in processing the current SCSI command This can include sending an invalid command trying to read from an empty image buffer or an end of job condition Since one or more errors may be pending at any time current errors are reported first A deferred error results from an error condition within the scanner such as a document jam Deferred errors that may have occurred are reported after current errors NOTE Low level SCSI commands and information will be handled by your device driver The following information is provided for reference only 2 4 A 61510 January 2005 When an error occurs the host will receive a SCSI Check Condition Status This indicates to the host that there may be one current error and potentially one or more deferred errors The host must follow a Check Condition Status with a SCSI Request Sense command The Sense data will indicate the type of error that has occurred To receive subsequent pending errors the host must execute a SCSI Test Unit Ready command If a deferred error is pending the T
77. no requirement to have any level field A 61510 January 2005 3 25 For each field use the Field Guide to assign the purpose of the field and its width In the example below Field Ais defined as a 5 character fixed field Field B is defined as a 4 character level 3 field Field C is defined as a 3 character level 2 field and Field D is defined as a 2 character level 1 field Image Address Template A B C E Field FFFFF 3333 222 f1 Level to Follow Level Rules These are the rules the scanner will follow 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 template area Presets this drop down menu may be used to suggest image address formats Each selection will automatically fill in the fields line These reflect traditional microfilming schemes and the widths follow the i800 image addressing rules You may change the field widths any way you choose as long as you do not exceed the 9 character field width maximum and 27 total Image Address Format the image address can be printed on the original documents as they are transported through the system You can define the format in which the image address is printed Choose from one of the following formats e Display leading zeros format e g 004 003 002 001 e Suppress leading zeros forma
78. ocument in a batch Options are Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 and No action A 61510 January 2005 3 27 Batch End Function defines the action to be taken after processing the last document in the batch Options are Stop Feeder End of Job Start New Batch or No action Patch Control area The Patch Control area provides choices of what patch type to recognize One or more patches can be selected at a time The following patch types can be recognized Patch Types 1 4 and 6 these patch types can be used by the host for post scan image control they are not used for image addressing For example use these patch types for changing between bi tonal and color imaging or workflow control Patch 1 Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec Patch 4 Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec NOTE Patch 4 can also be used as a Toggle patch For more information see the section entitled Controlling image transfer order in Chapter 2 Patch 6 Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec A 61510 January 2005 3 28 Patch Types 2 3 and T these patch types are used for image addressing When the Patch Reader detects a patch it automatically assigns a new image address to the new document This eliminates the task of trying to determine where one document stops and the next starts when an operator is viewing electronic images It provides a hie
79. ode When using Page mode the scanner will stop when the selected count is reached A 61510 January 2005 3 33 Transport Timeout allows you to set a transport timeout value This value is the amount of time the scanner will wait after the last document enters the transport before the transport timeout action is taken You can specify a time delay setting from 5 to 300 seconds The default is 10 seconds If this option is disabled the transport will continue to run until the Stop Pause key is pressed or is stopped by the host Transport Timeout Action allows you to specify the action that will be taken when the transport timeout has been reached e Stop Feeder stops the feeder and the transport but leaves the scanner enabled Scanning may be resumed by pressing the Start Resume button e End Job stops the feeder and the transport and disables the scanner Scanning cannot be resumed until the scanner is enabled from the host Automatically Start Transport if selected the transport and feeder will automatically start when the scanner is enabled from the host without pressing the Start Resume button Lamp Timeout this value is the amount of time in minutes the scanner will wait after the last document enters the transport before the lamps will turn off You can specify a time delay setting from 1 to 30 minutes The default is 10 minutes Using this option extends lamp life and reduces energy consumption If this opt
80. of the section is assigned 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 2 16 A 61510 January 2005 The header page for Section 2 is assigned image address 2 00 000 The header page for Chapter 1 of the section is assigned image address 2 01 000 The pages within the chapter are assigned image address es 2 01 001 through 2 01 120 Any one of the pages may later be located and retrieved using its unique image address Three level offset indexing When using three level offset indexing the image address assigned to each document is defined as follows e Field D Level 2 defined as having a field length greater than 0 e Field C Level 3 defined as having a field length greater than 0 e Fields B and A may be defined as fixed fields if desired For example if you scan a book with two sections Section 1 contains 2 chapters each having 40 pages Section 2 contains only 1 chapter having 120 pages the image address has been defined e Field D has 2 characters e Field C has 1 characters e Field B has O character Field A has 0 characters Section 2 Image Address 2 00 Image Address 1 00 Header Image Address 1 01 Image Address 2 01 Image Address 1 01 Image Address 2 01 Ima
81. og box the scanner giving you the ability to control the characteristics of all four possible imaging combinations depending on the model of your scanner Kodak i840 on SCSI 1 5 Camera Scan Mode Page Size Enable Configure Duplex Scanner s laximurm 1 Front Color ic M ots per inch Fage Layn 100 j f Portrait Landscape 2 lw Front Binary Cropping Auto Cropping i Color First ie Bernice Color Correction Text With Pictures 3 Binanzation 3 fe Back Color Fixed Processing FF z Aly Back Binary Dithering None i Color First Binary First Contrast Threshold a HE f Manual Automatic I Convert Color to Grayscale Ei gt i Auta Lighter Horal Parken More Copy TEA Cancel Default About NOTE For the purpose of this manual all displayed dialog boxes assume the features available on the Kodak i840 Scanner A 61510 January 2005 4 5 Buttons on the Following are descriptions of the buttons located at the bottom of the Scanner Settings dialog box dialog box g More Alea Copy Default About Cancel More displays the More Scanner Settings dialog box This dialog box provides additional image processing settings unique to i800 Scanners Area displays the Scan Area dialog box Copy this function is only available when using the scanner in Duplex mode The Copy button provides a convenient way to set up the color gray
82. omatic deskew can detect up to a 45 degree skew and correct up to a 24 degree angle at 200 dpi or a 10 degree skew angle at 300 dpi NOTE To prevent data loss the document must have all four corners within the image path Add Border allows you to add a border to the final image The width of this border is 16 pixels This option is only available with auto cropping and only applies to bi tonal images X Offset for fixed cropping this is the distance from the left end of the scanner to the left edge of the scanning area For relative cropping this is the distance from the left edge of the document to the left edge of the zone This option is not available if you use auto cropping Y Offset for fixed and relative cropping this is the position from the top end of the document to the top end of the scanning area This option is not available if you use auto cropping A 61510 January 2005 3 18 Overscan values Additional paper selections Width the width of the scanning area Length the length of the scanning area If Overscan is not selected the scanner will not continue capturing beyond the trail edge of the document For example if you setup the scanner for 8 72 x 11 portrait fed documents and you scan an 8 2 x 4 document the scanner will return an 8 x 4 scanned area Center Frame when using fixed cropping automatically calculates the X offset for center fed feeding based upon document si
83. on grayscale scanned images and outputs a binary electronic image Its strength lies in the ability to separate the foreground information from the background information even when the background color or shading varies and the foreground information varies in color quality and darkness Different types of documents may be scanned using the same image processing parameters and result in excellent scanned images If mixing documents of different colors paper qualities and textures and print quality the Adaptive Thresholding features optimize each image automatically A 61510 January 2005 4 9 When Adaptive Thresholding is selected Contrast values may range from 1 to 100 A Contrast value of 100 is considered fully adaptive thresholding ee ey E in ae to Mee abcdelghykicragparstcwaa ye THATE twee ot THELL mura E t at Te oe Fixed iresheidind ATP disabled ATP enabled Error Diffusion screens photographic areas of a document to simulate gray levels yet sharpens the edges of text It is recommended that error diffusion be used when a mix of text graphs pictures and colors in the documents are being scanned NOTE When using error diffusion and compression together negative compression less than one to one is more likely to occur Dithering a method used to simulate gray levels The following Dither options are available e 64 Level Bayer Dither 64 Level
84. once for front once for rear Calibration is not required at power on as calibration values are stored by the scanner The scanner prompts the operator via the Operator Control Panel when calibration is required A 61510 January 2005 3 12 Scanning color images The descriptions below are for scanning color images only amp Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak i840 Scanner RAM 2 Imaging Paper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multifeed Options Printer Setup Info Front Color Rear Color L Front Bitonal Hose Filter L Rear Bitonal Binarzation Image Filter ontrast z 50 f Threshold 90 al Resolution dpi 200 ka Polarity Black on white Color Table Text with Pictures 3 D Convert Color To Grayscale Toggle Patch Calibrate Defaults Copy OF Cancel Resolution or dots per inch dpi indicates the scanning 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 e Scanner i820 100 150 200 e Scanner i840 100 150 200 300 A 61510 January 2005 3 13 Color Tables the selection of a color table effects how the scanner reproduces the color of a scanned do
85. ops the feeder and the transport but leaves the scanner enabled Scanning may be resumed by pressing the Start Resume button e End Job stops the feeder and the transport and disables the scanner Scanning cannot be resumed until the scanner is enabled by the host Enabling Lamp Saver extends lamp life and reduces energy consumption This value is the amount of time in minutes the scanner will wait after the last document enters the transport before the lamps will turn off If enabled you can specify a time delay setting from 1 to 30 minutes The default is 10 minutes If this option is disabled the lamps will remain on until the power is turned off This section is used to assign actions the operator uses from the Operator Control Panel Function Key 1 Function Key 2 and Function Key 3 Available functions are e End of Job e Terminate Batch e Omit Multi feed Detection on Next Document e Do not Print on Next Document e Omit Patch Reading on Next Document A 61510 January 2005 4 24 Enabling and setting Document Printer options The Document Printer 1 provides a vertical print capability that is programmed to support alphanumeric characters as defined by the host It supports date image address time document count and custom messages All print information is captured in a document header record These printer controls and functions are accessed via the Imprinter dialog box Enable mprinter
86. ormat a separate window for both bi tonal and color grayscale may be defined Different zones may be selected for both the front and rear of the image This feature may be used in conjunction with auto cropping Following is an example of producing a color zone wif SUNBELT MANUFACTURING gri al PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION ay Jettarson David J Engineer 1800 WEST TDARACE WOeAnCH CA oe 12650 1 800 555 1234 EXPRES 19 00 pf ill Bi tonal image Relative Cropping 1 Prepare documents 2 Start the scanner to do dual stream simplex scanning front bi tonal and front color 2 29 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve bi tonal images first 4 Setup front bi tonal to be auto cropping 5 Setup front color to be relative cropping 6 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front bi tonal image header Read bi tonal image will return full image Read front color image header Read color image will return only the color zone End loop A 61510 January 2005 2 30 Programmable keys A 61510 January 2005 There are three programmable keys on the Operator Control Panel of the scanner These keys can be assigned functions by the host application Programmable keys are available for use by the operator when the scanner is enabled The Operator Control Panel displays the numbers 1 through 3 These numbers correspond to the buttons on the Control Panel Each of the programmable keys can
87. ows you to select an area on the document to be delivered in either color grayscale or bi tonal format a separate window for both bi tonal and color grayscale may be defined Different parameters may be selected for both the front and rear of the image This option may be used in conjunction with auto cropping where a separate color grayscale or bi tonal area to be saved is desired It is very useful in applications where a photograph signature embossment or seal appears in a consistent area for an application you may want that small area in color grayscale and the rest in bi tonal Enter the x and y offset which defines the upper left corner of the zone relative to the upper left corner of the desired document Enter the length and width of the zone to be captured A 61510 January 2005 3 17 Original otf SUNBELT MANUFACTURING a as PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION 4 Jeattarson David J Engineer 1600 WEST TDARALCE WCAC Caen 12650 1 800 555 1234 EXPRES 1 19 00 l J k ill Bi tonal image Relative Cropping You can enter the desired values in the fields or use the arrow keys to define the desired area The Display window will show image placement as you change the values If a relative cropping zone falls outside the auto cropped image a message will be displayed Automatic Deskew select this option to automatically deskew a document within 0 3 degrees of the document s leading edge Aut
88. pes can be used by the host for post scan image control they are not used for image addressing For example use these patch types for changing between binary and color grayscale imaging or workflow control Patch 1 Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec Patch 4 Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec NOTE Patch 4 can also be used as a Toggle patch For more information see the section entitled Controlling image transfer order in Chapter 2 Patch 6 Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec Beep when Patch Code is Detected the confirmation tone may be used to signal that a patch has been recognized The default is no confirmation tone See Kodak publication A 61599 Patch Code Information for Kodak Document Scanners for complete information A 61510 January 2005 4 35 Image addressing Image addressing provides better document management opportunities Image addressing is used for document tracking batch control and image management The Image Address dialog box allows you set an image address starting point and increment the image address according to how the application is setup The image address can also be printed on the pages scanned along with delivering the image address in the image header Image Address X Format String ddress 3L 2L 1 L Image Address Field 4 ddress Presets Level 3 haj Co
89. puter provides information to the scanner defining whether to scan one or both sides of the image Simplex indicates that only one side front side of the image will be scanned Duplex indicates that both sides of the image will be scanned A 61510 January 2005 4 16 JPEG Quality JPEG compression offers a JPEG quality of Draft Good Better Best Superior and Sharpen e Draft the smallest file size with draft image quality e Good a larger file size with good image quality e Better a larger file size with better image quality e Best a larger file size with the best image quality e Superior the largest files size with superior image quality e Sharpen this filter increases the edge contrast of the image without effecting the color component Use this option when a high contrast result is desired For example if you scan text documents in color Overscan allows you to add a specified value inches mm before and after the edge of the image Overscan values can be applied to the top and bottom of an image Overscan is used in applications where automatic feeding of highly skewed documents is likely Overscan reduces the possibility of corner clipping on skewed images Overscan is used with Fixed Cropping only and Deskew must be disabled To set Overscan values enter a value in the text entry box The range is 0 to 450 inches 0 is the default Combined Overscan and Length values cannot exceed 30 inc
90. r 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 may later be located and retrieved using its unique image address 2 14 A 61510 January 2005 Two level offset indexing When using two level offset indexing the image address assigned to each document is defined as follows e Field D Level 2 defined as having a field length greater than 0 e Fields C B and A may be defined as fixed fields if desired For example if you scan a book with 2 chapters Chapter 1 has 40 pages and Chapter 2 has 60 pages the image address has been defined e Field D has 2 characters e Field C has O characters e Field B has 0 characters e Field D has 0 characters Image Address 01 Image Address 01 Image Address 01 Page 1 40 Image Address 01 Image Address 02 Page 2 1 Image Address 02 Page 2 2 Image Address 02 Page Page 2 60 Image Address 02 The header page for Chapter 1 is assigned image 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 a
91. rarchical document structure and offers an auto batching alternative 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 Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec Patch 3 assigns a Level 3 to the current document Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec Patch T Transfer Patch assigns a predetermined level to the next document Defined as Level 2 or Level 3 Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec Patch Confirmation tone the confirmation tone may be used to signal that a patch has been recognized The default is no confirmation tone See the Kodak publication A 61599 Patch Code Information for Kodak Document Scanners for complete information A 61510 January 2005 3 29 Button Control area A 61510 January 2005 This section is used to assign actions the operator uses from the Operator Control Panel Function Key 1 Function Key 2 and Function Key 3 Available functions are End of Job Terminate Batch Skip Multi feed Detection Skip Printing Skip Patch Recognition Lower Elevator 3 30 The Multifeed tab Multi feed Detection aids in document processing by detecting documents that may go through the feeder overlapped Multi feeds can happen due to stapled documents
92. re 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 and then manually scrolling through the remaining pages of the chapter 2 15 A 61510 January 2005 Three level indexing When using three level indexing the image address assigned to each document is defined as follows e Field D Level 1 defined as having a field length greater than 0 e Field C Level 2 defined as having a field length greater than 0 e Field B Level 3 defined as having a field length greater than 0 e Field A may be defined as fixed field if desired For example if you scan a book with two sections Section 1 contains 2 chapters each having 40 pages Section 2 contains only 1 chapter having 120 pages the image address has been defined e Field D has 3 characters e Field C has 2 characters e Field B has 1 character e Fixed field has 0 characters Section 2 Header Image Address 1 00 000 Image Address 2 00 000 Image Address 1 01 000 Image Address 2 01 000 Image Address 1 01 001 Image Address 2 01 001 Image Address 1 01 040 Page 1 120 Image Address 2 01 120 Image Address 1 02 000 Page 2 1 Image Address 1 02 001 Page 2 40 Image Address 1 02 040 The header page for Section 1 is assigned image address 1 00 000 The header page for Chapter 1
93. rosoft Global IME 5 01 NOTE 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_win 32 en ime5_win32 htm Date Delimiter select one of the date delimiters Forward slash hyphen period blank or none For example 04 05 2001 04 05 2001 04 05 2001 or 04 05 2001 or 04052001 none A 61510 January 2005 4 27 Counter e Initial Value this value is used to assign the document count for the next document entering the transport This value is incremented sequentially by the scanner unless another document count is received from the host This value is returned in the image header e Field Width used to control the width of the document counter Values range from 1 to 9 e Format the format in which the image address appears when printed is defined on the Image Address dialog box The printed image address may appear in one of three formats Display leading zeros format e g 004 003 002 001 Suppress leading zeros format e g 004 3 2 1 Compress 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 A 61510 January 2005
94. s defined as having a field width greater than 0 In the image header for this document document level and patch type will be returned as a 2 2 32 A 61510 January 2005 Transfer Patch Code The image header reflects when a Transfer patch code is detected on a document A Transfer patch is considered to be a Level O document The IA level for the next document following the Transfer patch is assigned to the level Level 2 or Level 3 that has been previously set The scanner cannot print on documents containing Transfer patches In the image header for the document containing the Transfer patch the document level is returned as 0 and the patch type returned as T to reflect the Transfer patch definition For the document following the Transfer patch document the image header will contain a document level of 2 or 3 depending on the Transfer patch type definition and will reflect no patch detected Toggle Patch The Toggle patch is a Type 4 patch that is used to trigger the scanner to switch from the current image stream bi tonal to the alternative image stream color 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 bi tonal but has some color content Placing a Toggle Patch sheet before and after the color document s would allow changing
95. scale or binary image settings on one side and transfer them to the other For example if you highlight and setup Front Binary you can use the Copy button to duplicate those settings for the Rear Binary Copy Window 2 Do pou want to copy the front binary camera settings to the back binary camera The back binary camera settings will be overvvritten Enable Configure J Front Color Front Binary Front Binary gt Rear Binary Rear Color Grayscale Rear Color Grayscale gt Front Color Grayscale Rear Binary gt Front Binary Default when you select Default the message Reset all values to factory defaults will be displayed Clicking Yes will reset all the settings to the factory defaults Color Grayscale Front Color Grayscale gt Rear About displays the About dialog box The About dialog box provides detailed information such as the driver version number certification status and the version of QuickDriver used to develop this driver OK saves the values set on all dialog boxes Cancel closes the dialog box without saving any changes A 61510 January 2005 4 6 Camera settings area The selections in the Camera area list the available sides front and back of an image where you can define individual image processing values For more information about the Camera selections see the section entitled Image outputs in Chapter 1 Camera When starting the configuration process use the steps
96. scanner will display log the condition and stop the feeder and transport the scanner will be disabled Scanning can only be resumed when the scanner is re enabled from the host With all options the scanner will beep if the alarm tone volume is set higher than 0 A 61510 January 2005 3 32 The Options tab The Options tab allows you to set Image Transfer Transport and Lamp controls Kodak Scanner Properties Kodak i840 Scanner RAM GIES Imaging Paper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multifeed Options Printer Setup Info m Image Transfer Control Image Transfer Order Bitonal Image Image Transfer fount infinite gt m Transport Control Transport Timeout seconds 10 al Bi gt Transport Timeout Action Stop Feeder and Transport J Automatically Start Transport m Lamp Control Lamp Timeout minutes 20 Bl gt Defaults Copy OK Cancel Image Transfer Order if you using dual stream scanning bi tonal and color grayscale for either side this option controls the order in which the scanner will return image data For example if you are scanning color grayscale and bi tonal and you select Bi tonal Image the scanner will return the bi tonal front image then the front color grayscale image Image Transfer Count allows you to adjust the image transfer count from a finite number Page mode to an infinite number Batch m
97. status and response page on demand or batch count mode starting document count batching parameters batch level count start and end of batch functions e patch parameters patch types to recognize transfer patch definition e printing parameters printing status print font orientation and strings e programmable keys e level to follow level rules e confirmation tone e image address formats For information on programming these conditions see Chapters 3 or 4 depending on your driver For other vendor tool kits refer to their documentation Select your Color table as appropriate for color document scanning See Chapters 3 or 4 depending on your driver For other vendor tool kits refer to their documentation 2 2 Enable scanning Initiate polling Feed documents 3 Determine if any changes to the Image Processing parameters need to be made for the current application NOTE This check needs to occur for up to four separate images from the six available options depending on your application Front Color Front Bi tonal Front Grayscale Rear Color Rear Bi tonal Rear Grayscale Image Processing parameter changes remain in effect until one of the following conditions occur e The scanner is powered down using the power switch e ASCSI bus device Reset command is executed e New imaging parameters are sent from the host 4 Itis recommended that you calibrate the scanner For procedures on how to do this
98. stuvwxyz 1234567890 Modern abcdefghijkimnoparstuvwxyz A Adjust the contrast setting by dragging the Contrast sliding bar to the left or right to achieve the desired Contrast setting Or you can enter a value 1 to 100 in the Contrast text box Scan the document to check the contrast A 61510 January 2005 3 10 Threshold thresholding is used to convert a grayscale image into a bi tonal 1 bit pixel image The thresholding value ranges from 0 to 255 A low threshold value produces a lighter image and can be used to subdue backgrounds and subtle unneeded information A high threshold value produces a darker image and can be used to help pick up faint images Adjust the Threshold setting by dragging the Threshold sliding bar to the left or right to achieve the desired Threshold setting Or you can enter a value 0 to 255 in the Threshold text box Scan the document to check the threshold NOTE This setting works with the Contrast setting A Contrast setting of O causes the scanner to use fixed thresholding A Contrast setting of 100 causes the scanner to use fully adaptive thresholding ebal te 55 Lot et et fe Sh Sd ES y tge as eor o 4 Bee AES ie Ro i _ o l l a li E mes 2 wtp Kodak Dignal Science nagng Test Chart T 5003 Kodak dig
99. t e g 004 3 2 1 e Compress leading zeros format e g 004 3 2 1 Check Digit this option will only be displayed if the scanner is configured with a Check Digit alteration file A 61510 January 2005 3 26 The Batch tab Batching is the operation of counting pages or documents Imaging Paper Compression Dropout Image Address Batch Multifeed Options Printer Setup Infa Batch Control Batch Count 11689 Ej Batch Level Level 1 Batch Start Function no action i Batch End Function no action i Patch Control Level 2 T Feature Type 1 Patch Confirmation Tone M Level 3 IW Feature Type 4 Transfer Level 2 T Feature Type E Transfer Level 3 Button Control Function Key 1 Skip Printing Function Kep Hz no action al Function Key H3 no action ad Defaults Copy OE Cancel Batch Control area The Batch Control area defines the level to count the number of documents in the batch and any actions to be taken at the beginning and end of a batch Batch Count defines the number of documents to be counted prior to performing a predefined action Batch Level sets the level to count Options are Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 or disabled no batching The level you choose to count must exist in the image address template as defined on the Image Address tab Batch Start Function defines the action to be taken prior to processing the first d
100. t color and alter the filter threshold and background Electronic color dropout is available only for binary images When Color Dropout is selected from the More Scanner Settings dialog box the Color Dropout dialog box is displayed Color Dropout E3 Side Front Dropout Color Green C Blue Background Value fo Threshold Value fe 4 Side select the side you want to apply Color Dropout values to either Front or Back Dropout Color the i800 Series Scanners can drop out red green or blue None is the default A 61510 January 2005 4 31 Background Value this value will be substituted in the grayscale pre thresholded image for the color being removed Therefore this value should be higher than the threshold value selected on the Scanner Settings dialog box for this pixel to become the background color The default value is 160 For example if you are scanning a white document with a green form and you have selected a binary threshold value of 127 You should pick an electronic color dropout background value greater than 127 so the substituted pixel will be white in the dropped out image Threshold value the value that is used to identify the color which will be dropped out This value is applied to the color space The default value is 155 A 61510 January 2005 4 32 Defining Batch and Patch Code Definition values Enabling Batch Separation Batching is the operation of
101. the host computer provides information to the scanner defining whether the image should be stored in standard or reverse polarity The default polarity is Black on a White background Reverse polarity is White on a Black background neo iti ap i 1 gla F URE F EYIT Pi Jh I Dr not HOF FEILER COKEN sie EME tee gestae visto ea ia fea E wai E a wth nae a al Sarak IEE FAEERE Mates a Se ad yi A rie HE 7 pel a r BEN A r E Th ie Barry i T PRS eS Ea EH TAX L EHRE LIH i l I l uw TORE n ORDER TEMS IIo Or OTE Black on White polarity White on Black polarity Color Table Not applicable for bi tonal images See the next section Scanning Color Images Toggle Patch the Toggle patch is a type 4 patch that is used to trigger the scanner to change from the current image stream bi tonal to the alternative image stream color grayscale Available for the i820 and i840 scanners this provides color on the fly functionality for customers who choose to scan the majority of their documents bi tonal with the option to switch to color and back when desired This is the same functionality which is available on the Kodak Digital Science 3590C Scanner Select Off Front Side or Both Sides Calibrate the calibration process includes the imaging chain color and bi tonal the multi feed detector and the mechanical transport This is done using the designated calibration target which is fed twice
102. tween documents This allows multi feed detection to be used with job sets containing documents with mixed thicknesses You may set the Multi Feed Detection to high medium or low sensitivity If you disable Sensitivity no phase or amplitude checking is used NOTE Regardless of the setting Post It notes will be detected as multi fed documents e High Sensitivity this is the most aggressive setting this is a good setting to use if all documents are similar in thickness to 20 lb Bond paper e Medium Sensitivity this is the default Use Medium sensitivity if your application has varying document thickness or labels attached to the document Depending on the label material most documents with labels should not be detected as a multi fed document e Low Sensitivity this setting is the least aggressive setting and is less likely to detect labels poor quality or wrinkled documents as multi fed documents When determining the appropriate setting for your workflow you should start at the Medium Sensitivity Multifeed Stops Scanning if this option is not selected the scanner will display and log the condition but continue to operate If selected the scanner will display log the condition and stop the feeder the scanner will remain enabled When an overlap or multi feed is detected the scanner stops the feeder clears the transport of all pages and then the documents can be refed End Job if this option is selected the
103. uary 2005 3 4 Buttons on the Kodak Following are descriptions of the buttons located at the bottom of the Scanner Properties dialog box dialog box Defaults Copy AE Defaults when you select Defaults the message Reset all values to factory defaults will be displayed Clicking Yes will reset all values on all tabs to the factory defaults Copy will copy the settings of the front camera to the rear camera for the color grayscale or bi tonal camera selected For example if you have Front Bi tonal camera selected these values will be copied to the Rear Bi tonal camera as well If you have Front Color camera selected these values will be copied to the Rear Color camera as well If you have Rear Color camera selected the values of the Front Color camera will be copied to the Rear Color camera If you have the Rear Bi tonal camera selected the values of the Front Bi tonal camera will be copied to the Rear Bi tonal camera OK saves the values set on all tabs TWAIN standards require that the value of compression always defaults back to uncompressed therefore when using this tool you must always reset compression values before scanning for bi tonal and color grayscale images Cancel closes the dialog box without saving any changes A 61510 January 2005 3 5 The Imaging tab The Imaging tab allows you to define image processing values that can be applied to your scanner Image Selection box lists the
104. unters Start Value Width Level To Follow Format Character Level 3 i E Level 1 ad Level 2 E E Level 1 T Level 1 E E Level 1 ad W Check digit Pages Per Batch Format 50 Suppress Leading eras B M Enable Check Digit rea A 61510 January 2005 4 36 Format string this text field allows you to structure your image address Fixed field information entered in this field will be reflected in the Image Address area in Fields A through D To indicate the position of an image address level use the format character 3L Level 3 2L Level 2 1L Level 1 which represents that 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 In the dialog box on the previous page the format string Address 3L 2L 1L represents a fixed field value of address and a 3 level image address The i800 Series Scanners have more options available for image addressing schemes with the following guidelines You may define from 0 to 4 fixed fields Fixed fields can be a maximum of 9 characters Only one field may be assigned to a level You are only allowed one level 1 field one level 2 field and one level 3 field There is no requirement to have any level field Image Address fields Displays the starting image address The values in this field reflect information from the Format String area and the Counters area Start Value
105. y black to black e Majority Rule sets the central pixel value in a matrix according to the majority of white or black pixels in a matrix Fe es x p ao Se A ee fe tee eet et fe ee pee fee ANS LIB BREE Ly it a No Noise Filter Used Lone Pixel A 61510 January 2005 4 19 Buttons on the Following are descriptions of the buttons located at the bottom of the Scanner Settings dialog box dialog box g Scanner Control Patch Batch olor Dropout Cancel Imprinter Image Address Copy Scanner Control displays the Scanner Control dialog box This dialog box allows you to set multi feed detection transport control enable disable lamp saver and set the programmable key functions The settings in this dialog box do not affect the quality of the image See the section entitled Setting scanner controls later in this chapter Imprinter displays the Imprinter dialog box which allows you to enable the Document Printer 1 and set the desired values See the section entitled Enabling and setting Document Printer options later in this chapter Patch Batch when selected will display the Batch and Patch Code Definition dialog box This dialog box allows you to define logic associated with automating your scanner s workflow The settings in this dialog box do not affect the quality of the image See the section entitled Defining Batch Detection and Patch Code values later in th
106. ze selected This option is not available if you use auto cropping Rotate Frame when using fixed cropping automatically calculates the offset values based upon feed orientation of the document size selected landscape vs portrait This option is not available if you use auto cropping Overscan allows you to add a specified value inches mm before and after the edge of the image Overscan values can be applied to the Top and Bottom of an image and or the left and right of an image Overscan is used in applications where automatic feeding of highly skewed documents is likely Overscan reduces the possibility of corner clipping on skewed images To set Overscan values select where you want to apply Overscan values Top Bottom Left Right All Sides then select the amount inches or mm you want applied Select a value within the range of 0 to 375 inches None is the default Combined Overscan and Length values cannot exceed 30 inches for all resolutions except 400 dpi bi tonal which cannot exceed 26 inches In addition to cropping and overscan values that can be applied using the Paper tab the following options are available Preset Front Rear 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 Units defines the primary measurement system Inches Centimeters Picas Points 20 of Points and Pixels are available A 61510 January 2005

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