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1. o Kozo n and violators will be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report Getting batches into Capture Pro is easy and can be performed either by scanning documents into the system via a connected scanner or by manually importing To start scanning a new batch users press the New button in the Batch Manager dialog box which launches a window asking for the Job name the batch name by default the batch will be numbered after the previous batch created and the document ID optional Users can also press the large green arrow at the top of the page to start scanning from a connected scanner Once the batch is scanned into the system users can type in the indexing data by selecting the indexing tab from the upper right side of the document if indexing fields have already been set up Once pages are scanned in users can delete blank pages crop images delete blocks of text from a document or manipulate the image via the Intelligent QC tool which provides tools for auto orientation binarize available only for color documents and hole file Users can view before and after images through the QC viewer However some other solutions tested offer more editing tools such as de speckle edge fill etc Instead Kodak Alaris reserves those features for the batch scanning process After all necessary changes have bee2. BuyersLab cotr n and violators will be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report A Compatibility Kk KA Capture Pro supports scanning of hard copy documents into the system from any Kodak scanner and any ISIS certified scanner from another OEM Since Capture Pro also supports Kofax VRS it will also support scanners that have been certified with VRS 4 1 or higher A full list of competitive models is available from its website Capture Pro runs under Windows XP Windows 7 and Windows 8 there are no Mac or Linux variants available Given the dominance of Microsoft s operating systems this is less of an issue but it should be noted that Mac OS X and Linux have made inroads in the business arena A Software Integration tO Ik As noted Capture Pro offers a direct connection to Microsoft SharePoint free of charge In addition Capture Pro can connect to a wide variety of third party applications that can be downloaded from the Kodak Alaris website free of charge Connectors include those for Kofax Ascent Alfresco Laserfiche FileBound EMC Documentum DocuWare and Captaris Alchemy Kodak s website provides more than 40 downloadable connectors and written integration instructions According to a Kodak spokesperson the company is willing to work with a customer who has an unlisted application as well Further
3. SBLI KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report A BLI Document Capture Routing Software Assessment APRIL 2014 KkkKKI Feature Set kKkkkKK Value KkkKKI Ease of Setup KkKKIK Ease of Use KKKKI Compatibility KKKKK Software Integration neni Security o Reseller Support and Training K g k KKK Customer Support and Training O q aq ris KKKKK Documentation amp k kkk Global Business Readiness kk kk kkk Upgrade Path OVERVIEW BuyersLab com KODAK Capture Pro is a desktop data capture and indexing solution designed to meet the capture needs of most document intensive scanning environ ments Aimed at dedicated scan operators within an organization the solution helps users transform paper documents into electronic information for easy management storage and retrieval Capture Pro works with any Kodak scanner and most third party scanners to digitize and route scanned hard copies Frequently used job settings can be configured eliminating the need for scan operators to manually recreate the settings for common jobs In addition Capture Pro can integrate with a vari ety of third party back end systems such as Microsoft SharePoint and EMC Documentum A network version and a version that includes automatic import capabilities are also available Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful and violators wi
4. a user will need Start and Stop scan buttons are prominently located to the far left of the screen on the upper toolbar followed by the scan settings drop down window and tools to select certain images or the entire page The second toolbar provides access to the batch manager the ability to open and create new batches to output batches insert pages after scan ning or rescan pages The Intelligent QC tools as well as a means to flag pages are also available KODAK Capture Pro Trial Edition Health1 File Batch View Capture Document Edt Tools Index Help oO Black amp White 200 DPI Delete Blanks SSSA Lay Thur nail Viewer Batch Explorer v 7X Image Viewer Batch testagain Document 1 aj Document 1 1 Pa amp BY Page 1 1 Name Lisa Date 03 20 2014 Document Index Name noe_ _jo l SSN 10D 00 0001 DOB 11 2 7031 Sax Female Marital Statu Single Childhood i Chicken Pox A Immunizatio Tetanus Hepa Family Hisic Heart Disease Blood Trans No tod eee CAGrson Tyre Tieme DOR adder deae Ciersy er Mare you ever had a Mood transfusion Ows mo Please den your mme Disk 64232 MB free Batch 1 documents 1 pages 1 images Document 1 images Scanned Page with Indexed Data Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful 8 210 1 E M
5. ata used The Output tab of the Job Setup dialog box allows users to select the output settings and destinations Users can either choose to save to a file path or a system such as SharePoint The Output tab also contains selections for image processing features such as auto deletion auto orientation background color smoothing image edge fill image stamping rotate stitch and split When con figuring the location users choose from a list of options available in which to build the location formula In addition to the file path users can choose to add the batch name date or sequence number for example to the folder name The folder name can also be built using the configured index data fields for the job Location options are displayed within brackets similar to html coding So for those expecting to browse through folders to find the proper location a list of options to manually build the location formula might take them aback In addition to job settings users can configure frequently used scan settings such as the image type resolution and some image processing features for use when scanning batches of documents into the capture program By default the scan settings available from the drop down list on the main screen of the program match those available from the connected scan driver but users can modify and save those settings by pressing the Page Setup icon located to the right of the drop down list Although the settings availa
6. ble are dependent upon the scanner used Capture Pro offers some basic image processing such as Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful 7 SIU V 1e m Mere n and violators will be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report merge and split and blank page deletion Auto Delete To add a scan setting to the drop down list users simply choose one to modify and then rename it from the Page Setup window As mentioned earlier patch codes can be created for batch separation from one of three programmed patch codes selected from the Capture tab in the Job Setup dialog box By default each patch code is set up the same However users can customize the patch code once it s been recognized by Capture Pro Users can set patch codes to separate batches separate documents create an attachment delete a page or rotate a document Capture Pro also provides user permission settings Administrators can create various levels of access based on job type feature index field or group User IDs and passwords can mirror those of Windows or be completely independent A Ease of Use tok IK The main page of KODAK Capture Pro is well laid out and very easy to navigate Two toolbars contain most of the features
7. dhood Illnesses 11 Childhood Illnesses 12 Childhood Illnesses 13 Childhood Illnesses 14 Childhood Illnesses 15 Immunizations 16 Immunizations 17 mmunizations eF O AA 3 nil M o lt e W ld E gt i Image 200 DPI 15KB Zone Name OCR Location 55 167 0 01in Dimensions 314 40 0 01in l SharePoint Index Setup Wizard OK Cancel Apply OMR Zone Setup The Index tab has three tabs of its own Batch Document and Database Lookup The Document tab provides a list of the current indexing fields and an Add button which brings up the Add Index Field dialog box to create additional fields After labeling the new index field users can type in a description of the index if desired and then choose Single Value Drop down list or an index API Application Programming Interface if already set up While the Single Value option allows users to enter any value when indexing Drop down list allows users to set up a fixed list of data to choose from when indexing When Single Value is selected users can choose to make the index Read only which makes the field non writable by operators Hidden which hides the index from users or Required Users can create a default index value e g the time or date for the single value and press OK to add the index field to the job settings If one chooses to create a drop down list for an indexing field the Read only and Hidden optio
8. e information A backup folder can also be created when setting up a watched folder However the folder only backs up files sent to the watched folder Company Profile Vendor Kodak Alaris Phone 800 944 6171 Web www kodakalaris com Status Privately held Employees 4 700 Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful 11 210 1 E M Mere n and violators will be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report A Reseller Support and Training tok I Kodak Alaris s US partner program offers two levels sales and professional The partner program offers a variety of sales tools such as sales training technical training and demo software as well as marketing tools pre sale support and tech nical support The company also maintains a Sales Information Portal to allow part ners access to all sales and technical materials A Customer Support and Training tok tbs According to the company customer training is available from the reseller Tele phone support is free of charge for users with a valid Kodak Alaris Software Assur ance agreement The Kodak Alaris website also allows users to send questions via an email support page In addition to support customers with a valid Software Assura
9. h challenging noise characteristics and allows the user to re process the image even if the hard copy is no longer available The Double Data Entry indexing fea ture enables double blind entry of index data by two separate operators The program then compares the data and notifies users if the data doesn t match to prevent indexing errors Users can look up one or two key index fields to populate fields faster and more accurately from ODBC databases And index data can be bookmarked in output PDFs Plus the software integrates with Microsoft SharePoint thanks to a SharePoint integration wizard that allows customers to import existing SharePoint server library column definitions directly into Capture Pro With KODAK Capture Pro users can scan batches of documents to single or mul tiple destinations in one click Users can also output batch statistics to any ODBC compliant database A variety of image processing features are also available including de skew rotate and auto crop the ability to insert rescan and reorder pages blank page deletion merge and split and basic brightness and contrast adjustments Users can also add a digital signature to images as well as a digital stamp that gets burned into the image bitmap A handy Save to PDF button is available directly on the toolbar In addition Capture Pro offers batch separation via OCR barcode and patch code recognition Supported output formats include TIFF RTF PDF searc
10. hable PDF and Text as well as password protected PDF and PDF support for Fast Web View and documents longer than 200 Once formatted files can be sent to a connected printer or fax email application as an attachment shared folder FTP site secure FTP or a variety of third party applications including Microsoft SharePoint Alfresco Kofax Ascent and EMC Documentum Capture Pro s database lookup feature allows users to validate and populate index data stored in an ODBC compliant database Files not scanned into the system must be imported as image files electronic text files from Word or Excel are not supported A Value oo ood KODAK Capture Pro starts at 1 000 per license for use with a desktop or work group scanner which would typically scan 25 to 50 ppm or around 6 000 pages per day This cost includes the software three years of software assurance and Kodak Alaris Professional Start Up Assistance The license cost increases depend Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful 4 210 1 E Mee n and violators will be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report ing on the rated speed and duty cycle of the connected scanner for a typical production level scanner with rated through
11. igured jobs to choose from Ready to Scan Scan to PDF and Scan to E mail Although the user manual recommends that users preserve the default settings of these three jobs users can add or change jobs via the Job Setup window Job settings determine the fate of scanned batches formatting indexing OCR and output And the Job Setup window provides a variety of scan features to optimize each job type including various image processing features separa tion features batch settings and a variety of output types including Microsoft SharePoint integration Users choose job settings from three tabs Capture Index and Output The Cap ture tab gives users the ability to define basic batch settings such as the number of documents per batch and designate OCR zones Users can separate batches by page count blank page barcode zone OCR zone or via programmed patch codes Users can also define OCR and OMR zones for forms and other similarly laid out documents in a batch Before creating the OCR or OMR zones a page must be scanned for use as a template Once the template is scanned a pop up window appears asking to name the image file Users draw OCR zones on the page by dragging a box over specific areas with the mouse cursor OMR zones can be drawn in a Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful 5 SIU V 1e M Mere n and violators wi
12. its website for those with an active Service and Sup port contract Users simply download the upgrade package and 4 5 is automati cally installed Upon product registration users can choose to be notified via email whenever updates become available Conversely users can also check the Kodak Alaris website for updates Kodak Alaris also offers an edition with Auto Import functionality whereby users can monitor folders for incoming documents and then automatically index and route them upon delivery In addition the Network Edition provides product deploy ment from one central location across a fleet of PCs BUYERS LABORATORY LLC e North America e Europe Asia John Lawler CEO Dr Simon Plumtree Lisa Reider Senior Pete Emory Manager European Managing Editor Product Editor Scanners of Laboratory Testing Anthony F Polifrone and Environmental Managing Director Lynn Nannariello Martin Sloane Assistant Managing Editor Carl Schell Senior Writer European Lab Manager Gerry O Rourke Managing Director BLI International Tracie Hines Senior Editor Priya Gohil Senior Editor Pia Beddiges Manager Competitive Analysis Reports of Competitive Services Patti Clyne Jessica Schiffenhaus Senior VP of Sales Jamie Bsales Associate Editor T R Patrick Art Director Senior Product Editor Solutions Joe Douress Chief Marketing Kaitlin Pendagast Anthony Marchesini and Product Officer George Mikolay Research Editor IT Director Senio
13. lity to connect to more than 40 back end systems enables users to efficiently route image files without much manual intervention And the fact that Kodak offers those connectors as free downloads from its website enhances its overall value Product Profile Product Version Software Developer System Requirements Supported Devices Suggested Retail Price 3 BuyersLab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Kodak Alaris 2 8 GHz Pentium 4 CPU 2 GB RAM Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or SP3 Windows 7 Windows 8 All Kodak scanners and any ISIS certified third party scanner 1 000 per license Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful and violators will be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report A Feature Set gt oo ood KODAK Capture Pro includes most of the features buyers of an automatic scan capture solution are likely to need such as automated batch processing drag and drop OCR basic OMR indexing and image processing The program s OCR engine recognizes up to 126 different languages including Arabic Capture Pro 4 5 s Intelligent Quality Control capability provides image enhancement tools auto orientation binarize and hole fill that automatically identify images wit
14. ll be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com S AB ES KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report Strengths e Very easy to navigate e Full complement of features including automatic indexing and routing via barcode recognition and drag and drop OCR e Optical mark recognition technology accurately recognized marked checkboxes for indexing e Tight integration with KODAK scanners and any ISIS certified third party scanner e One touch scan jobs for frequently used operations e Advanced features include database lookup quality control checks user permissions and patch code recognition e Direct connection to Microsoft SharePoint including the ability to import existing SharePoint Server library column definitions e Free downloadable connectors to over 40 third party programs Weaknesses e Lacks ability to import text based non image files e Limited ability to work with existing electronic files e Auto import feature optional instead of standard for license levels A through D A BLI Recommendation KA KIA KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 preserves the robust feature set and user friendly design that helped version 4 0 earn a BLI Winter 2013 Pick for Outstanding Production Scan Solution while further increasing its capture capabilities The most notable addition is basic OMR recognition to automatically index
15. ll be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report similar fashion except they must be drawn around each checkbox or area that could be marked Zones are then named but can be changed or deleted at any time OMR Zones can also be grouped which comes in handy when multiple choices or multiple answers could be checked off in a form Users can also cus tomize the filled in answer displayed during the automatic indexing process For example if there are several checkboxes for Marital status the filled in answers for each of those can be single married divorced etc Drawn zones can also be tested for accuracy via the associated OCR OMR test but tons If the wrong OCR data was grabbed it will show up here and allow users to redraw the OCR zone Similarly if an OMR zone was incorrectly marked as checked then results will be displayed here Barcode zones can be configured in the same way Job Setup Job name Healtht Mi Al i wl LL Capture Index Output General Bar Code OCR and Mark Detection Batch Settings Ef Barcode OCR amp Mark Deted Image health xi Separation DOB HEALTH HISTORY QUESTIONNAIRE SSN 1 5ex 2 5ex 3 Marital Status 4 Marital Status 5 Marital Status 6 Marital Status 7 Marital Status 8 Marital Status Childhood Ilinesses 10 Chil
16. more APIs allow the more technical user to write their own connector to a downstream imaging system In addition to this System Output Destination API there is also an Index Data API that enables users to develop custom business rules for the index fields that are captured for a job A Security tok KI KODAK Capture Pro allows users to set up usernames and passwords with access rights to different batch jobs Users have the option of choosing to open the pro gram by reentering the PC s username and password as well Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful 10 210 1 E Mere n and violators will be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report General User Group User name C Add to Group SysadminGroup x Alow automatic login Reset password New Delete User Setup Window Encrypted PDF and digital signature functionality help validate data authentic ity Although a redaction feature whereby users can enter a word or phrase to be blacked out in each page is not available users can highlight a portion of a document they wish to delete or blank out and repeat that process for all docu ments in a batch which can be handy when processing similar forms with sensitiv
17. n made users press the Output button to send the batch to its final destination The status of the batch can be checked by reopening the Batch Manager dialog box If an error occurs during batch pro cessing a yellow exclamation point will appear near the batch name in the dialog box along with an error message describing the problem Users can try to fix the processing error and reprocess or delete the entire batch 7 Intelligent QC Tool image 1 of 2 Image Location Document 1 Page 1 Image Adjustments Press Next to apply adjustments for this image and advance to the next image Intelligent QC Window When in Image view the OCR toolbar becomes available allowing users to popu late indexing fields using Capture Pro s drag and drop OCR tool Users simply place their cursor in the indexing field they wish to fill select the OCR button from the tool bar and drag a box over the desired information BLI scanned four single page health history forms containing several checkbox areas The checkboxes were filled in using various marks x check scribble and using blue black and red colored pens KODAK Capture Pro accurately recog nized every filled in box for all four documents Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful 9
18. nce agreement will receive no charge access to product updates as the upgrades become available A Documentation KKKK I Capture Pro features a help file with very good information A 56 page non hyperlinked user manual a 224 page Administrator s guide and a 12 page Getting Started guide are also available Kodak Alaris s website provides a list of frequently asked questions various how to YouTube videos and supplemental brochures and product feature information A Global Business Readiness tO IO Kodak Alaris is a global company with reseller channels that sell and support Cap ture Pro worldwide Capture Pro is currently sold in the Americas Europe Middle East Africa and Asia with branch offices throughout each region The solution is available in Arabic English French Dutch German Italian Japanese Czech Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful 12 SIU V 1e M Mere n and violators will be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish Polish and Turkish A Upgrade Path tok kn For those using the previous version of Capture Pro Kodak Alaris provides a free upgrade to 4 5 from
19. ns will be grayed out but the List setup box will become available allowing a user to type in the list items they want to include in the index The Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful 6 210 1 E M Mere n and violators will be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report list can also be imported from an external text file soreadsheet database or a SharePoint list When creating an OMR zone template users will also have to create correspond ing indexing fields for each group of OMR zones created in the template To do this users simply choose Single Value and click the Default Value Setup key The OMR groups will appear in the predefined values list Users must choose one for each indexing field Mark Detection Zone Setup Zone name Marital status Filled value 1 Unfilled value 0 Side Front Frame Frame Low Mark sensitivity Group with other zones Add zone to group Group list Mark Detection Zone Setup Window The Batch tab allows users to set up indexes by batch and includes the same options as the Document tab The Database Lookup tab allows users to specify the data source and define the database lookup process and the type of d
20. put of up to 90 ppm or around 20 000 pages a day buyers can expect a per license cost of about 3 000 The inclusion of one year of software maintenance and support and professional services help to deploy the system makes KODAK Capture Pro a very good value compared to other leading capture products in this class BLI has evaluated This pricing makes Capture Pro less expensive than some networked production scanning solutions BLI has evaluated Though it is more expensive than tradi tional desktop scan capture offerings such software typically doesn t match the production level batch processing that Capture Pro delivers In addition unlike some other software companies that charge an additional fee for connections to third party back end solutions Kodak Alaris provides a variety of connectors for its customers as free downloads from its website A Ease of Setup Kk A BLI installed the 30 day trial version for the evaluation in only a few mouse clicks Capture Pro features an automated install wizard to help customers get up and running quickly Once launched users are prompted to choose a scanner which doesn t take much time at all when a scanner is already connected just a couple of clicks through the scanner configuration windows Users can also skip that step and manually import images as well an automatic import feature is sold separately The software is mainly based on jobs and by default users have three precon f
21. r Product Editor A3 MFPs Daria Hoffman David Sweetnam Managing Editor Marlene Orr Senior Product Head of European Research Editor Printers and A4 MFPs and Lab Services Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful 13 210 1 E Mee n and violators will be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com
22. written marks and check boxes on scanned forms for example And during BLI s tests this feature accu rately indexed the checkboxes on all test documents evaluated even after varying the mark types and pen colors As with previous versions Capture Pro provides tutorials to guide novice users through the scan capture and routing process Capture Pro also provides a cus tomizable interface with large color icons and various page views to allow users to be as comfortable with the program as possible And the three job templates Reproduced with the permission of Buyers Laboratory LLC Any duplication of this report without the written permission of Buyers Laboratory is unlawful 2 SIU V 1e m Mee n and violators will be prosecuted 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC To purchase reprints contact BLI at 201 488 0404 x17 or at info buyerslab com KODAK Capture Pro 4 5 Solutions Report available out of the box Ready to Scan Scan to PDF and Scan to E mail help to get users up and running quickly Capture Pro offers most of the features a user would expect to find in a capture solu tion such as indexing zonal OCR and batch processing Documents can be sent to multiple destinations archived or sent to a connected output device Also handy is the program s Job Setup feature which allows users to configure frequently used scan operations for batch scanning including image processing features indexing and OCR Its abi
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