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1. roel meh So Rae Poe ree ee oe Dont forget these documents C ane Serres pe ree EA retry Sei eee tare Mr dare Rie Bt ned FG jpg FB tif BG jpg BB tif front grayscale front black and white back grayscale back black and white A 61580 November 2007 1 3 2 Best Practices This chapter provides you with recommendations for program logic which will allow you to interact efficiently with the i1800 Series Scanners This high level information is not intended to be used as a coding guide The following information is provided in this chapter Basic image capture Switching between color grayscale and black and white Jam recovery Image file storage locations Bar code recognition Controlling print strings Electronic Color Dropout form design drop out colors Available image header information and its uses Zone processing recombining images especially for viewing Programmable keys Starting image addresses Patch reading Batching NOTE The term host in the sections that follow refers to either the driver or application Basic image capture Basic image capture is a 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 A 61580 November 2007 2 1 Scanner setup To set up the scanner ds Set up your scanner operating condi
2. Dropout imprinter Image Address Fatch B atch OCP Operator Log About Function Keps Kep 1 Not Defined Terminate Batch Omit Mulifeed Detection on Next Document Do nat Print on Nest Document Omit Patch Reading on Next Document Omit Multifeed Detection on Next Document Do not Print on Nest Document Omit Patch Reading on Hest Document End of Job Terminate Batch Ort Multfeed Detection on Hest Document Do not Print on Nest Document Omit Patch Reading on Next Document Default Copy Function Keys available functions are e End of Job e Terminate Batch Omit Multifeed Detection on Next Document Do Not Print on Next Document Omit Patch Reading on Next Document A 61580 November 2007 4 23 Operator Log tab About tab 4 24 KODAK i 4313040 vOLl O0 12 0871572006 0871572006 O101 1970 O1 01 1970 0101 1970 0101 1970 O1 01 1970 O1 01 1970 0871572006 0871572006 0871572006 0871572006 0871572006 0871572006 0871572006 0871572006 0871572006 Cricri Aad This driwer was written to be compatible with ISIS F but KODAK 1660 f l has not been certified by EME 2006 EMC Corporation All rights reserved Corporation Device Information Model S H Firmware ImageButterSize MasDataTransterSize og og od Oo Oo 08 a Properties for KODAK 11660 on STI 00 J xj Main Layout Image Processing Scanner Auto Color Detect Dropout
3. Imprinter Image Address Patch Batch OCF Operator Log About Imprinter Pre scan imprinter Post scan Background EMC Captiva and 1515 are registered trademarks and GQuickDriver is a trademark of EMC Corporation All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective OWES Copyright 2006 EMC Corporation All nights reserved Default Copy The Operator Log tab provides a listing of any errors that have been encountered Properties for KODAK 11660 on STI 00 xj Main Layout Image Processing Scanner Auto Color Detect Dropout imprinter OCF Operator Log About Copy the log to the clipboard 39 doce 7961 10 355 Lampe timed out 31 doce 7961 10 108 Lamps ready for calibration 00 docs 7961 1id 280 Lamps ready for scanning 00 docs 961 id 020 Power on self test completed OO OO Oo OO 00 docs 7961 10 359 Lampe not ready for scanning 00 docs 7961 id 020 Power on self test completed 00 docse 7961 id 280 Lamps ready for scanning 00 docse 7961 10 359 Lampe not ready for scanning 19 docs 961 1d 108 Lamps ready for calibration Og 0s 0s Og 18 doce 7961 1id 280 Lamps ready for scanning 18 doce 7961 1id 020 Power on self test completed 18 doce 7961 10 359 Lampe not ready for scanning 45 doce 7961 10 355 Lamps timed out 41 docs 961 1d 108 Lamps ready for calibration Og Og Og 40 doce 7961 id 280 Lamps ready for scannin
4. e Format Normal prints a single vertical line of characters one character per horizontal line Block prints a block of characters 6 characters per horizontal line NOTE This option is only available when the High Resolution Printer Accessory is installed e Style available character styles Normal and Bold 3 34 A 61580 November 2007 e Orientation while the characters are printed vertically starting at the lead edge of the document this allows you to select the orientation of the print string Available options are 0 90 180 270 Feed Direction 0 90 180 270 t 7 o Offset from lead edge select a value from 0 35 to 33 5 inches to determine how far the printed information will appear from the leading edge of the document NOTES e 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 e The horizontal print position is set manually on the scanner See Chapter 4 The Enhanced Printer and Patch Readers in the User s Guide for information on changing the horizontal print position A 61580 November 2007 3 35 Device Multifeed tab Multifeed detection aids in document processing by detecting documents that may go through the feeder overlapped Multifeeds can happen due to stapled documents adhesives on documents or electrostatically charged documents l KODAK i1860 Scanner f Ioj x General
5. i1800 Series Scanners Image Processing Guide A 61580 1 Introduction The Kodak i1800 Series 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 Datasource both are available on the CD that is included with the scanner or Kodak 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 vendor s documentation for specific information The Kodak i1800 Series Scanners provide both color grayscale and black and white scanning simultaneously with throughput speeds up to 200 ppm About this manual This manual provides the following Chapter 1 Introduction includes a brief summary of the Kodak i1800 Series Scanners Chapter 2 Best Practices includes information to use when setting up applications recommendations on how to handle jam recoveries image addressing information controlling print streams electronic color drop out and much more Chapter 3 Using the TWAIN Datasource includes information on using the dialog boxes presented by the TWAIN Datasource and an explanation of the fields on each tab Chapter 4 Using the ISIS Driver includes information on using the tabs presented by the
6. most documents with labels should not be detected as a multi fed document e High most aggressive setting This is a good setting to use if all documents are similar in thickness to 20 lb bond paper NOTE Regardless of the setting sticky notes will be detected as multi fed documents A 61580 November 2007 4 9 e Low least aggressive setting and is less likely to detect labels poor quality thick or wrinkled documents as multi fed documents e Medium use Medium sensitivity if your Settings Shortcut 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 High most aggressive setting This is a good setting to use if all documents are similar in thickness to 20 lb Bond paper Active Sensors three sensors cover the width of the paper path In order for multi fed documents to be detected correctly they must pass under one of these sensors Left Middle Right this allows you to select which sensor s you want turned on For example if you know that the left side of the document has a sticky note on it you can turn off the left sensor Action select an option of how you want the scanner to perform if it detects a multi fed document e Detect Only the scanner will beep if the scanner volume is on and the condition will be logged in the scanner and continue to scan e End Job scan
7. Back scans only the back side of the document NOTES e Be sure to place your documents face up in the input elevator e The Two Sided and One Sided Back options are only available for duplex scanner models Save saves any changes made on the selected Setting Shortcut This is only available for shortcuts you have created Save As displays the Save As window allowing you to save your current settings as a new Setting Shortcut Delete deletes the selected Setting Shortcut you will be prompted for confirmation This is only available for shortcuts you have created Rename allows you to rename a Setting Shortcut This is only available for shortcuts you have created Reset allows you to undo any changes that have been made to the selected Setting Shortcut This is only available for shortcuts you have modified e g those shortcuts that are in italics and appended with lt changed gt Move Up moves the selected Setting Shortcut up one position in the Settings Shortcut list When you move a Setting Shortcut it will stay in that position until you move it again Move Down moves the selected Setting Shortcut down one position in the Settings Shortcut list When you move a Setting Shortcut it will stay in that position until you move it again Settings displays the Image Settings window which allows you to make changes to the selected Setting Shortcut From this window you can also access the Devi
8. Color 24 bit and Both Black and White 1 bit 9 Select Sides Both Color 24 bit Side Both Color 24 bit Both Color 24 bit General 3126 Both Black and white 1 bit m Sanat Make any other adjustments to the color image settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 10 Select Sides Both Black and White 1 bit Make any other adjustments to the black and white image settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 11 When finished select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window and then select Save to save your selections to the shortcut A 61580 November 2007 3 27 Creating different settings for each side of a document In this example lets assume you want to configure a two sided document stream of business documents that have color on the front of the document but the rear side is fine in black and white If you are not already on the Advanced tab e Select a Setting Shortcut from the main Kodak Scanner window that closely describes your desired output e Select Settings to display the Image Settings window e Select Advanced Image Setup icon on the Image Settings window to display the Advanced tab 2 Select Input document is Two Sided 3 Turn on the Different settings per side option 4 Select Images per side One Advanced Input document iz El Two Sided Place documents face up JM Different settings per side Imag
9. addressing schemes with the following guidelines e You may define from 0 to 4 fixed fields Fixed fields can be a maximum of 9 characters e 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 e There is no requirement to have any Level field A 61580 November 2007 Image Address fields displays the starting image address The values in this field reflect information from the Format String area and the Start Value field in the Counters area 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 your 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 Counters for each image address level enter a Start Value Width and make a Level to Follow Level selection 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 e Level to Follow these are the rules the scanner follows to set
10. 324U 386U Blue Dropout Near Complete Dropout 2 18 A 61580 November 2007 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 black and white back black and white front color or back color Resolution the scanner records the selected scanner 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 black and white imaging 8 for grayscale or 24 for color imaging Bits per pixel is also referred to as pixel depth Compression type the scanner records the compression type used Values for black and white images are No Compression Group III Group III 2D or Group IV The values for grayscale or color images are No Compression or JPEG Polarity the
11. Display As Spaces 4 A 61580 November 2007 3 33 e Date Format e MMDDYYYY e DDMMYYYY e YYYYMMDD e DDD Julian e YYYYDDD Julian Separator the examples indicate a format of YYYYMMDD e None e Slash 2007 08 24 e Hyphen 2007 08 24 e Period 2007 08 24 e Space 2007 08 24 Specific date allows you to select a specific time if you do not want to use the current date within the scanner e Time the format is HH MM Specific time allows you to select a specific time if you do not want to use the current time within the scanner e Space adds a space e Image Address Fixed and Image Address Levels these are defined on the Image Address tab Only the levels currently defined will be available e Message allows you to specify custom text to be included in your print string A maximum of 20 characters is allowed You can have up to 6 unique messages per messages To view the Japanese characters correctly you must get the MS Gothic font set by installing the Microsoft Global IME 5 01 for Japanese with Language Pack English Language Version which can be found at http www microsoft com msdownload iebuild imed5_win32 en ime5_win32 htm Template Example shows a sample of what the print string will look like As you select items in the Format list the corresponding portion within the example will be highlighted Font you can select what orientation you want your information to be printed
12. Kodak Scanner window is the home window of the scanner s Scanner window user interface You can scan by selecting a Setting Shortcut and then selecting OK Scan x Ci Setting Shortcuts 7 Default T Black and White Document H Save As Black and White Document OCR Quality Py Delte Color Document Color Document OCR Quality aL Gename Color Photograph t Beset ae Hove Up gt Move Down Input document iz Two Sided Place documents face up Settings gt Preview Cancel Setting Shortcuts provides a list of the Setting Shortcuts The supplied shortcuts are e Default the scanner s default settings e Black and White Document e Black and White Document OCR Quality e Color Document e Color Document OCR Quality e Color Photograph NOTES e Select an OCR Quality shortcut if you want to have the electronic images processed by an OCR application e If you have made changes to a Setting Shortcut and have not saved your changes the Setting Shortcut will be appended with the text lt changead gt and the name will be displayed in italics e g Default lt changed gt 3 4 A 61580 November 2007 Input document is allows you to select which sides of the document have information that you want an electronic image of e Two Sided scans the front and back of the document e One Sided Front scans only the front side of the document e One Sided
13. Scanner window that closely describes your desired output 2 Select Settings to display the Image Settings window 3 Select the Advanced Image Setup icon on the Image Settings window to display the Advanced tab 4 Select Input document is Two Sided 5 Select Images per side Multiple NOTE The Images to Configure area will now be displayed on the Advanced tab and will contain a color image item and a black and white image item Images per zide dultiple Images to Configure m ab fy Color 24 bit 2 Black and white 1 bit MOTE Scanner creates the images in the order listed above If you want a grayscale image instead of a color image when enough color is detected in the document e make sure Color 24 bit is selected e select Change to display a list of options e select Grayscale By default the scanner will produce the color grayscale image first and deliver it to the scanning application then it will produce and deliver the black and white image If you want the black and white image to be produced and delivered first e make sure Black and White 1 bit is selected e select Move up to place the black and white image first in the list Images to Configure NOTE Scanner creates the images in the order listed above 3 26 A 61580 November 2007 8 Select Done to return to the Image Settings window NOTE You will notice that the Side option now has two entries Both
14. The Color amount and Color threshold sliders will be updated automatically If these values do not provide the desired results with your job set you may need to adjust the Color threshold manually A 61580 November 2007 3 23 Creating color grayscale In this example let s assume you want to configure a scan session that or black and white has a mix of color and black and white documents with information on images based on the both sides In addition you want the scanner to detect whether the content of your page is color or not and then output either a color or a black and white documents image based on that 1 Select a Setting Shortcut from the main Kodak Scanner window that closely describes your desired output 2 Select Settings to display the Image Settings window 3 Select the Advanced Image Setup icon on the Image Settings window to display the Advanced tab 4 Select Input document is Two Sided 5 Select Images per side One based on document content NOTE The Images to Configure area will now be displayed on the Advanced tab and contain a color image item and a black and white image item The Content Settings tab will also be displayed Different settings per side Images per side Images to Configure Color 24 bit Black and white 1 bit NOTE Scanner determines which of the above images to create 6 If you want a grayscale image instead of a color image when enough color is detected in the
15. available when the scanner is in Image Address mode 3 44 A 61580 November 2007 Creating a new Setting Shortcut Setting Shortcuts are separately named and contain all scanner settings required to do a certain scanning job By default the i1800 Scanner comes with predefined Setting Shortcuts for the most common scanner tasks You can use these default Setting Shortcuts or use them as a template to create your own Setting Shortcut You cannot modify the default Setting Shortcuts The procedures that follow describe how to configure a customized Setting Shortcut Complete descriptions of the options on the main Kodak Scanner window and tabs are found in the section entitled The main Kodak Scanner window From the main Kodak Scanner window i KODAK i1860 Scanner Ioj x Setting Shortcuts i Default T Black and White Document H Save As Black and White Document OCR Quality D Belete Color Document Color Document OCR Quality la Gename Color Photograph Y Heset 4 Hove Up gt Move Down Input document iz G Two Sided Place documents face up Settings gt Preview Cancel 1 From the main Kodak Scanner window select a Setting Shortcut from the list It is recommended that you select a shortcut that beset describes the desired image output 2 Determine if you want to capture an electronic image of the front of your document back of your document or both sides
16. available fields Fixed Fixed Level 3 Fixed Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Level 2 Fixed Level 2 Level 1 Level 1 Fixed Level 1 Level 3 Offset Fixed Level 3 Level 2 Level 2 Offset Fixed Level 2 3 38 A 61580 November 2007 NOTES e When you make a Format selection the Field width and Next Level settings will automatically be set to the defaults for that format e If you made a change to the Field width or Next Level settings the Format will be appended with the text lt changed gt and the name will be displayed in italics e g Level 3 lt changed gt Reset allows you to undo any changes that have been made to the format This is only available when you have modified the format e g are in italics and appended with lt changed gt e Field width allows you to configure the width of each field from 1 9 However the sum total of all the field widths cannot exceed 27 therefore the field width may be limited to a value less than 9 e Next Level the level to assign to the next document After Level 3 allows you to select what level to assign to the document that follows a level 3 document After Level 2 allows you to select what level to assign to the document that follows a level 2 document After Level 1 allows you to select what level to assign to the document that follows a level 1 document The options for all three of the above are Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 However the ava
17. be applied to the selected image This option is only available when advanced settings have been selected on the Advanced tab Advanced Image Setup displays the Advanced tab For more information see the section entitled Advanced tab later in the chapter A 61580 November 2007 3 7 Toolbar buttons Zooms In enlarges the image that is currently being displayed in the preview area Zooms Out reduces the image that is currently being displayed in the preview area Rotate Outline rotates the outline 90 degrees This is only available if the rotated outline will fit in the scanner s maximum width Center Outline adjusts the X origin of the outline such that the outline is centered within the scanner s maximum width Preview Quality selects the quality of the scanned image Normal displays acceptable image quality at a lower resolution High displays the most accurate representation of the actual image The image displayed in the preview area is a good representation of what the final image will look like Units selects the unit of measurement for the scanner this includes the preview area and any size related options The Units options are Inches Centimeters and Pixels Preview area The main purpose of the preview area is to display a sample image that is based on your current shortcut setting An image will be displayed in this area after a preview scan has been performed Outline if you choos
18. custom messages All print information is captured in the image header of each document i KODAK i1860 Scanner Ioj x General Printer Multiteed Image Address Batch Patch OCP M On Level To Configure M All levels match Level 1 Template Format To creafe ihe femplafe for fhe print sfring a add ems fo iins Fsi bp using fhe Add Buffon found above Example Offset From Lead Edge 0 35 33 5 re 0 35 in Fant Style Bold Orientation 7 lt Home Image gt Preview OF Cancel On turns printing on and makes the rest of the options on this tab available Level to configure choose the level of the document that you want the specified print string to be printed on For example if you use three level image addressing you can print the date on your level 3 document nothing on level 2 and document count on level 1 Image addressing must be enabled for this option to be available All levels match turn this option on if you want all the print strings to be the same for all levels NOTES This option is only available when the scanner is in Image Address mode Image Address mode is not available for all models 3 32 A 61580 November 2007 Template Format allows you to define your print string The maximum amount of characters for the print string is 40 characters including spaces Add displays a list of items you can add to your pri
19. default e End Batch e Omit Multi feed e Omit Printing e Omit Patch Patch reading Patch Reading information associated with image addressing only applies when the scanner is configured with Image Address enabled via the operator control panel touchscreen Patch reading allows you to change image address IA information for a document on the fly without any host PC or touchscreen intervention All documents with patch codes are imaged and cannot be automatically deleted by the scanner Patch code types 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 ona document A document containing a Type 3 patch code is considered to be a Level 3 document The IA for that document is recalculated by incrementing the 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 ona document A document containing 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
20. document e make sure Color 24 bit is selected e select Change to display a list of options e select Grayscale 7 Go to the Content Settings tab Side Both if Sensitivity Low ad 1 200 Color amount ep ae eee g q 100 Color threshold ae oe a 20 8 Select a Sensitivity option 3 24 A 61580 November 2007 9 Select Done to return to the Image Settings window NOTE You will notice that the Side option now has two entries Both Color 24 bit and Both Black and White 1 bit Side Both Color 24 bit fe Both Color 24 bit General S126 Both Black and white 11 bit i 10 Select Sides Both Color 24 bit Make any other adjustments to the color image settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 11 Select Sides Both Black and White 1 bit Make any other adjustments to the black and white image settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 12 When finished select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window and then select Save to save your selections to the shortcut A 61580 November 2007 3 25 Creating multiple images for each side of a document In this example lets assume you want to configure a scan session that has documents with information on both sides and you want the scanner to produce both a color and a black and white image for each side of each document 1 Select a Setting Shortcut from the main Kodak
21. e ends the job Pause Scanning scanning will stop but the scanning application will be waiting for additional images i e stops the feeder Scanning may be resumed by touching Resume on the touchscreen Scanning may be stopped by touching End Job on the touchscreen or via the scanning application e Automatically start scanning if selected the scanner will wait for up to 10 seconds for documents to be placed in the input elevator before scanning will begin In addition once the input elevator has been emptied the scanner will automatically resume scanning when paper is placed in the input elevator The scanner will wait the amount of time specified by the document feeder timeout e Lightweight paper improves output stacking when scanning lightweight paper When selected the scanner will increase the gap between documents in order to allow each document to settle in the output tray before the next document gets to the output tray NOTE Using this option will decrease overall throughput Sheet Counter enter a value that will be used to assign the document count for the next document entering the scanner This is incremented sequentially by the scanner and is returned in the image header Diagnostics displays the Diagnostics tab A 61580 November 2007 3 31 Device Printer tab The Enhanced Printer provides a vertical print capability and supports alphanumeric characters date image address time document count and
22. for Conversion quality Best and Conversion quality Normal A 61580 November 2007 Threshold aids in controlling the level at which a pixel is considered black or white e Decreasing this setting will make the image appear lighter and can be used to subdue background noise e Increasing this setting will make the image appear darker and can be used to help pick up light information The options range from 0 to 255 The default is 90 NOTE This is only available for Conversion quality Normal and Conversion quality Draft Filters e Noise none Lone Pixel reduces random noise by converting a single black pixel to white when it is completely surrounded by white pixels or by converting a single white pixel to black when it is completely surrounded by black pixels Majority Rule sets each pixel based on its surrounding pixels The pixel will become white if the majority of the surrounding pixels are white and visa versa sae ee Se a a No Noise Filter Used Lone Pixel e Image none Halftone Removal enhances dot matrix text and images made with halftone screens e g newspaper photographs Invert Colors allows you to select how the black pixels will be stored in the image By default the black pixels are stored as black and the white pixels are stored as white Turn this option on if you want the black pixels stored as white and the white pixels stored as black A 61580 Nove
23. scanner records image polarity White pixels can be indicated as O or 1 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 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 A 61580 November 2007 2 19 Image address level Document level the document level is assigned by the operator by using e the level key e a patch 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 O 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 Chapter
24. section entitled The Scan Area dialog box later in the chapter for more information A 61580 November 2007 4 5 Image Processing tab The Image Processing tab displays the Image Mode Mode and Toggle Patch information that was previously described Refer to the section entitled Main tab earlier in this chapter for descriptions Properties for KODAK 11860 on STI 00 B x OLP Operator Log About Main Layout Image Processing Scanner Auto Color Detect Dropout Imprinter Image Mode General Options Camera Front Image 1 T Deskew Add Border Black and white Options Invert Image T Halftone Removal Noise Filter None Y Color Options JPEG Guality Better Auto Detect Grayscale Auto Detect Color olor Corectia Toggle Patch or Test with Pictures Default Copy General options e Deskew automatically straightens a document within 0 3 degrees of the leading edge of the document 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 This option is not available when Fixed to Transport or Relative to Document is selected NOTE To prevent data loss the document must have all four corners within the image path e Add Border allows you to add a fixed amount of border to the left right top and bottom edge of the image Black and White opti
25. 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 For example if you scan a book with 2 chapters Chapter 1 has 40 pages and Chapter 2 has 60 pages and the image address has been defined as e Field D has 2 characters e Field C has O characters e Field B has O 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 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 are also assigned image address 02 Either one of the chapter header pages may later be located and retrieved using its unique image address Pages within a chapter may be located and retrieved by first finding the chapter header and then manually scrolling through the remaining pages of the chapter A 61580 November 2007 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 de
26. 1580 November 2007 3 37 Device Image Address Image addressing is used for document tracking batch control and tab image management The Image Address tab allows you to set an image address starting point The scanner will increment the image address based on how you set up the image address rules on this tab ioi General Printer Multiteed Image Address Batch Patch OCP Current value 2 Starting Address Fined Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Template Format Level 3 r Fired Field width q Next Level After Level 3 Level 1 After Level 2 Level 1 After Level 1 Level 1 ba Leading zeroes Display at Spaces lt Home Image gt Preview OF Cancel NOTES e This tab is only available when the scanner is in Image Address mode Current value displays the scanner s current image address This value is used by the scanner as the next image address which is assigned to the next document scanned Starting Address allows you to enter a starting image address which overrides the Current value You can enter a value for each available field up to the maximum allowed characters for that field The number of available fields the field types and the number of characters allowed per field are based on the Template settings for Format and Field width see below Template e Format allows you to select the format of the image address The examples below indicate the
27. 2 7 Conversion quality Best iT hresholding ki Contrast Sine ee Threshold ie a iy i fao Inver Colors DEIA a Home Device gt Preview OF Cancel Conversion quality these settings effect how the scanner analyzes a grayscale version of the document which is used to produce the black and white electronic image Best iT hresholding the scanner analyzes each document to determine the optimal settings to produce the highest quality image This option allows scanning of mixed documents with varying quality i e faint text shaded backgrounds color backgrounds and when scanning with consistent document sets Normal ATP allows you to determine the optimal settings to produce the desired image quality This option works best when scanning with consistent document sets You may also want to use this option if you have difficult documents such that you cannot find a Contrast setting for Best that produces the desired quality Draft Fixed allows you to select the grayscale threshold used to determine if a pixel is black or white This option works best for high contrast documents Contrast allows you to make an image sharper or softer Decreasing this setting will make the image softer and reduce noise in the image Increasing this setting will make the image clearer and make light information more visible The options range from 50 to 50 The default is O NOTE This is only available
28. 80 November 2007 2 13 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 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 and the image address has been defined as e Field D has 2 characters e Field C has 1 characters e Field B has O character e Field A has O characters Section 2 Header Image Address 1 00 Image Address 2 00 Image Address 1 01 Image Address 2 01 Image Address 1 01 Image Address 2 01 Page 1 40 Image 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 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
29. ISIS driver and an explanation of fields on each tab Appendix A TWAIN Image Processing Terminology the TWAIN Datasource for the Kodak i1800 Series Scanners have been updated to include new terminology for traditional Kodak image processing functions See this appendix for a comparative chart to map between terms 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 61580 November 2007 1 1 Image outputs Vehicle licence E application V SS eer E Where to get your licence disc ES EEE FB tif front black and white viot Ag The i1800 Series 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 black and white and color grayscale image The host application controls which of these images is transferred to the host to be stored as an image file The Kodak i1800 Series Scanners can return black and white grayscale or color images to the host Below is a description of the valid combinations e Front black and white 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 Back black and white BB tif This image file represe
30. Printer Multiteed Image Address Batch Fatch OCP Ultrasonic Detection Sensitivity Length Detection l On ema Acton When Detected Stop Scanning Play sound on PC CWNN T Smediasding wavy lt Home Image gt Preview OF Cancel Ultrasonic detection Sensitivity controls how aggressively the scanner will work to determine if more than one document is fed into the scanner Multifeeds are triggered by detecting air gaps between documents This allows multifeed detection to be used with job sets containing documents with mixed thicknesses e none e Low least aggressive setting and is less likely to detect labels poor quality thick or wrinkled documents as multi fed documents e Medium use if your job set has varying document thicknesses 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 High most aggressive setting This is a good setting to use if all documents are similar in thickness no greater than 20 lb bond paper NOTE Regardless of the setting sticky notes will be detected as multi fed documents 3 36 A 61580 November 2007 Sensors three sensors cover the width of the paper path In order for multi fed documents to be detected correctly they must pass under one of these sensors e Left Middle Right this allows you to select which sensor s you want turn
31. ages the scanner will create for a side based on your imaging selections e One indicates you want the scanner to create one image e One Based on Document Content indicates you want the scanner to automatically detect if the document is color grayscale or black and white e One Based on Toggle Patch indicates you want to tell the scanner via a toggle patch document if the document is color grayscale or black and white e Multiple indicates you want the scanner to create more than one image ioli Advanced Input document iz One Sided Front Place documents face up Different settings per side Images per side Images to Configure Front ay ely f Color 24 bit ia Black and white 1 bit ae NOTE Scanner creates the images in the order listed above NOTE If you select One based on Document Content from the Images per side option the Content Settings tab will be displayed Images to Configure indicates which electronic images you need to configure NOTE This is only available if you select anything other than One from the mages per side option 3 20 A 61580 November 2007 Refer the examples later in this chapter for procedures on how to configure advanced options When available use the up and down arrows to select the order the images will be delivered by the scanner to the scanning application Toolbar buttons Add adds an image type to the bottom of the co
32. area will show the outline e Origin x y if you select Document Automatically Detect and Straighten x is the distance from the left edge of the document and y is the distance from the top edge of the document if you select Document Manually Select x is the distance from the left edge of the scanner s paper path and y is the distance from the first portion of the document detected by the scanner e Size w h if you select Document Automatically Detect and Straighten or Document Manually Select this is the width and height of the electronic image NOTE The electronic image may be shorter than you specified if the outline goes beyond the end of the scanned document e Predefined sizes provides a list of commonly used paper sizes Selecting an item in this list will automatically set the size of the outline to that paper s size Custom will be displayed when the outline size does not match any sizes in this list NOTE You can also adjust the outline displayed in the preview area using your mouse Border allows you to select what action to perform on the edges of your electronic image e none e Add includes up to approximately 0 1 inches of border around all of the image edges NOTE This option is only available for Document Automatically Detect and Straighten or Document Manually Select e Remove produces an image that contains just the document by eliminating any residual border Resi
33. bles that follow provide Pantone colors that may be used with the red green and blue dropout option A 61580 November 2007 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 document you are using is not bright white the results may vary The default settings are Contrast 0 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 Red dropout Following is a list of Pantone colors which may be used with the red dropout option Red Dropout Complete Dropout 1060 O6U 1210 21U 1290 29U 150U 50U 182U 82U 2360 386U Red Dropout Near Complete Dropout 130U 1505U 165U 177U 184U 199U 225U 2395U 136U Orange 166U 178U 185U 204U Rubine Rhodamine 021 U Red U Red U 137U 156U 1625U 179U 190U 205U 226U 244U A 61580 November 2007 2 17 Green Dropout Complete Dropout Yellow U U 15U 135U 35U o 331U U 366U 3810 U 3040 Green Dropout Near Complete Dropout Blue Dropout Complete Dropout 106U 243U 2635U 2708U 2970
34. ce settings and Diagnostic windows Preview initiates a scan and then displays the Image Settings window with the scanned image placed in the preview area The image displayed is a sample based on your current shortcut setting A 61580 November 2007 3 5 OK Scan when selected you will be prompted to save any unsaved changes NOTE If this button is OK any unsaved changes will remain in affect for the current scan session Cancel closes the main Kodak Scanner window without saving any changes Information icons Help displays help information for the window currently being gt displayed About displays the scanner s version and copyright information 3 6 A 61580 November 2007 The Image Settings The Image Settings window allows you to define image processing window options by using the available tabs The values used in Image Settings are saved in the selected Setting Shortcut The Image Settings window includes the following tabs General Size Adjustments and Enhancements ioii Side Jet BE MS BB EIC General Size Adjustments Enhancements 7 Scan as Document type Test with Pictures Resolution 200 dpi Compression Type Group 4 r Guality Good E Fea Ed Fa SP Se acne al Device gt Preview OK Cancel Side allows you to select which side and image to configure e g Front Back Color 24 bit etc All image settings will
35. ch the scanner returns images Front images must always be retrieved before back images 1 2 Prepare documents Start the scanner to do black and white duplex scanning front black and white and back black and white 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve black and white images 4 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front black and white image header Read front black and white image Read back black and white image header Read back black and white image End loop Prepare documents Start the scanner to do color duplex scanning front color and back color 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve color images 4 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front color image header Read front color image Read back color image header Read back color image End loop Prepare documents Start the scanner to do grayscale duplex scanning front grayscale and back grayscale 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve grayscale images 4 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front grayscale image header Read front grayscale image Read back grayscale image header Read back grayscale image End loop A 61580 November 2007 Dual stream simplex Dual stream duplex _ Prepare documents Start the scanner to do dual stream simplex scanning front black and white and front color 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve black and white images first 4 Enable the scanner and start po
36. ch Detection Patch Control allows you to select what patch types to recognize One or more patches can be selected at a time On check this box to enable patch recognition Image Address Patch Codes 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 You can select Level 2 Level 3 Patch T Transfer Patch Level 2 or Patch T Transfer Patch Level 3 The Patch Reader controls document level changes by automatically sensing a predefined patch code and changing the document level accordingly Patch 2 assigns a Level 2 to the current document 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 61580 November 2007 4 21 Feature Patch Codes these patch types can be used by the host for post scan image control they are not used for image addressing Fo
37. ddress may appear in one of three formats Display Leading Zeros format e g 004 003 002 001 Compress Leading Zeros format e g 004 3 2 1 Suppress Leading Zeros format e g 004 3 2 1 NOTE The format chosen does not effect the fixed field of the image address it is always displayed and printed in its entirety In the example above 004 has been defined as a fixed field Top margin allows you to define the distance from the lead edge before the print string begins Enter the desired amount in the text box 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 Units select Inches Centimeters or Pixels Font two different character styles referred to as Normal and Large are available Rotations you can select either 90 180 270 or Automatic e Automatic the scanner will analyze each document to determine how it was fed and will rotate the image to the proper orientation NOTES There must be a sufficient amount of text on the page for this option to work properly This option is designed to work best with Latin based characters e g English Dutch French German Italian Spanish Horizontal print position The horizontal print position is set manually on the scanner See Chapter 4 The Enhanced Printer and Patch Readers in the User s Guide for information on changing the horizontal pr
38. dual border can be caused by variations in a document edge for example when a document is not a perfect rectangle and or was fed crooked NOTES While this option will not remove large amounts of residual border there is a possibility that a small amount of the document will be lost This option is only available when both Document Automatically Detect and Straighten and Image Entire Document are selected A 61580 November 2007 3 13 Post scan rotation allows you to select any rotation to be applied to the electronic image after it has been scanned e none e Automatic the scanner will analyze each document to determine how it was fed and will rotate the image to the proper orientation NOTES There must be a sufficient amount of text on the page for this option to work properly This option is designed to work best with Latin based characters e g English Dutch French German Italian Spanish e 90 180 270 degrees the amount of rotation The following example shows how these settings effect a document that was fed landscape Landscape Feed Orientation T A ABC av I sa 90 degrees 180 degrees 270 degrees A 61580 November 2007 Image Settings The options available on the Adjustments tab depend on the Scan as Adjustments tab selection on the General tab The following options are based on a Scan as selection of Black and White 1OI x Side Both z E 4 9 E Bi E C
39. e Document Manually Select or Image Part of a document on the Size tab the preview area will also show the current Outline selections If the outline does not align with your preview image you may use the mouse to adjust the size and location of the outline As the mouse cursor moves around the outline the cursor will change indicating that you can adjust the outline by pressing and holding the left mouse button e Move place the mouse cursor within the outline to adjust the location of the outline e Corner place the mouse cursor over one of the corner graphics to adjust two sides at the same time TY e Side place the mouse cursor over one of the side graphics to adjust that side JE Home returns you to the main Kodak Scanner window Device displays the Device Settings window Preview initiates a scan and places the image in the preview area The image displayed is a sample based on your current shortcut setting 3 8 A 61580 November 2007 OK Scan when selected you will be prompted to save any unsaved changes NOTE If this button is OK any unsaved changes will remain in effect for the current scan session Cancel closes the main Kodak Scanner window without saving any changes Information icons Help displays help information for the window currently being gt displayed About displays the scanner s version and copyright information A 61580 November 2007 3 9 Image Setting
40. ect the grayscale value to replace the dropped color with It is suggested that this value be higher than the Threshold value selected on the Adjustments tab in order for the dropped color to appear to be part of the background The values range from 0 to 255 Default 245 NOTE The Color Dropout options are only available when the Scan as selection is Black and White A 61580 November 2007 3 17 Advanced Image The Advanced Image Setup is accessed via the icon located next to the Setup Side option at the top of the Image Settings window KODAK i1860 Scanner Side R Ql General Size Adjustments Enhancements m When you select the Advanced Image Setup icon the Advanced tab will be displayed fp KODAK i1860 Scanner o x Advanced Input document is Two Sided Place documents face up Different settings per side Images per side One Done returns you to the Image Settings window Information icons Help displays help information for the window currently being gt displayed About displays the scanner s version and copyright information 3 18 A 61580 November 2007 Advanced tab i KODAK i1860 Scanner Ioj x Advanced Content Settings n Input document iz G Two Sided Place documents face up Different settings per side Images per side Images to Configure Black and white 1 bit Color 24 bit NOTE Scanner determines which of the above i
41. ed in the color amount calculation A higher value indicates that a more intense color is required Valid values are 0 to 100 If Low Medium and High options do not give you the desired results use the Learn option 1 Click Learn and follow the prompts 2 Place at least 5 representative color documents in the input elevator and click OK These documents will be analyzed and the recommended color amount will be calculated 3 Write down the Color Amount and Color Threshold values that are displayed in the dialog box as these are the settings you will be required to use in your application NOTE These settings were calculated based on the representative color documents scanned If these values do not provide the desired results with your production job set you may need to manually adjust the Color Threshold A 61580 November 2007 Dropout tab The Dropout tab displays the Image Mode Mode and Toggle Patch information that was previously described Refer to the section entitled Main tab earlier in this chapter for descriptions x Imprinter Image Address Patch Batch OCP Operator Log About Main Layout Image Processing S canner Auto Color Detect Dropout Color Dropout Calor Green Background 4 alue eee 282 aa Threshold Value nee E a4 25 5 Image Mode Camera Front Image 1 L Front Image 2 CI Back Image 1 CO Back Image 2 T W Enhanced Proce
42. ed on For example if you Know that the left side of the document has a sticky note on it you can turn off the left sensor Length Detection allows you to select the maximum length of the documents in your job set If the scanner detects a document of that length or longer it will determine that a multifeed has occurred You can turn this option off or set a length of up to 34 5 inches Action When Detected select what action you want the scanner to take when a multifeed is detected With all options the scanner will beep if the scanner volume is on and the condition will be logged in the scanner e Stop Scanning scanning will stop and control will return to the scanning application i e ends the job Verify that the paper path has been cleared and restart the scan session from the scanning application e Continue Scanning the scanner will continue to scan e Pause Scanning scanning will stop but the scanning application will be waiting for additional images i e stops the feeder Scanning may be resumed by touching Resume on the touchscreen Scanning may be stopped by touching End Job on the touchscreen or via the scanning application Play sound on PC turn this option on if you want the PC to make a sound when a multifeed is detected You can click the Browse button to select the desired wav file NOTE The sound on the PC may not occur at the exact time the multifeed is detected by the scanner A 6
43. ed text or small colorful photos e Medium documents require more color as compared with the Low option before they are saved as color or grayscale images e High documents require more color as compared with the Medium option before they will be saved as color or grayscale images Used for distinguishing documents containing medium to large size colorful photos from plain black text Photos with neutral colors may require adjustments to the Color Amount or Color Threshold values in order to be captured correctly e Custom makes the Color Amount and or Color Threshold options available NOTE When setting Auto Color Detect values start with the Medium option and scan a typical job set If too many documents were returned as color grayscale vs black and white then change to the High option and re run the job If too few documents were returned as color grayscale vs black and white then change to the Low option and re run the job If none of these options provide the desired result select Custom to manually adjust Color Amount and or Color Threshold A 61580 November 2007 4 13 Learn Color Amount the amount of color that needs to be present in a document before it will be saved as either color or grayscale As the value of Color Amount increases more color pixels are required Valid values are 1 to 200 Color Threshold the color threshold or intensity i e pale blue vs dark blue at which a given color will be includ
44. ed with the scanner by Kodak Many scanning applications support ISIS drivers and this driver can be used to interface with them This chapter provides descriptions of the options on the tabs of the main ISIS Driver window and how to set these options See the section entitled Starting the Scan Validation Tool in Chapter 3 to access the main ISIS Driver window The main ISIS Driver The main ISIS Driver window provides a set of 12 tabs You can select window each of these tabs and make any choices necessary to meet your scanning needs The buttons on the bottom of the window apply to all the tabs Properties for KODAK 11360 on STI 00 xj Imprinter Image Address FatchB atch OCP Operator Log Aout Main Layout Image Processing Scanner Auto Color Detect Dropout Image Mode Dots per inch Camera 200 Front Image 1 Cropping C Front Image 2 Fixed To Transport L Back Image 1 ere B thors I Back Image 2 iInarization iT hresholding X Threshold fo E fil 255 Auto Detect Grayscale Auto Detect Color Toggle Patch or Default Copy Cancel Default the values on all tabs will be reset to the factory defaults Copy this function is only available when scanning two sided documents The Copy button provides a convenient way to set up the color grayscale or black and white image settings on one side and transfer them to the
45. ent Placing a Toggle Patch sheet before and after the color document s would allow changing from black and white 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 black and white 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 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 A 61580 November 2007 2 23 Batching Batching information only applies when the scanner is configured with Image Address enabled via the operator control panel touchscreen 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 happe
46. er Options Options C Rear Bitonal Image Filter e Automatic Color Detect e Images per side One based on Eontrast document content Threshold When selected the Content Settings Resolution d tab will be displayed which contains Pailin the additional options Color Table e Duplex Dual Stream check Front e Images per side Multiple Color Rear Color Front Bi tonal Rear When selected the mages to Bi tonal Configure options will be displayed which allows selection of the streams to create puto Color Dh Location Imaging tab Location Image Settings General tab SEH a Options Options miles i e Text with Pictures e Document Type Text with Graphics E Media type Plain Paper e Text e Document Type Text Media type Plain Paper e Pictures or Photographs e Document Type Photograph Media type Glossy Paper A 61580 November 2006 4 1 Location Paper tab Location Image Settings Size tab Options Options oression Dropout Multifeed Options Setup Info e Automatic with Automatic Deskew e Document Automatically Detect and Cropping Fixed To Transport Strai g hten Image Entire Document X Dlfset Border none Y Offset Width e Automatic without Automatic Deskew Document Automatically Detect Length e Aggressive e Document Automatically Detect and Center Frame Strai g hten Image Entire Document Border Remove e Fixed to Transport without Overscan Docu
47. eral Printer Multifeed Image Address Batch Patch OCP Paper source 500 Sheets T Power Saver Sheet Counter W Oni Starting value fo S 60 beget fig H minutes Document Feeder Timeout W On 1 300 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l hs seconds Action when timeout occurs Stop Scanning M Automatically start scanning T Lightweight paper Diagnostics Home Image gt OF Cancel Home returns you to the main Kodak Scanner window Image displays the Image Settings window Preview initiates a scan and then displays the Image Settings window with the scanned image placed in the preview area The image displayed is a sample based on your current shortcut setting OK Scan when selected you will be prompted to save any unsaved changes NOTE If this button is OK any unsaved changes will remain in affect for the current scan session Cancel closes the main Kodak Scanner window without saving any changes Information icons Gi About displays the scanner s version and copyright information Help displays help information for the window currently being displayed A 61580 November 2007 3 29 Device General tab The General tab allows you to set scanner specific options and provide access to scanner diagnostics ff KODAK i1860 Scanner i Ioj x General Printer Multiteed Image Address Batch Fatch OCP Paper so
48. es per side Select Done to return to the Image Settings window NOTE You will notice that the Side option now has two entries Front and Back I KODAK i1860 Scanner Side Front Ee mM E Front General Size Back i Scan 4s 6 Select Sides Front 7 Select Color 24 bit for the Scan as option on the General tab Make any other adjustments to the front side settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 8 Select Sides Back 9 Select Black and White 1 bit for the Scan as option on the General tab Make any other adjustments to the back side settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window 10 When finished select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window and then select Save to save your selections to the shortcut NOTE If you selected any option other than mages per side One in Step 4 two Images to Configure options groups would become available You can then individually setup the images that will be produced for each side of the document 3 28 A 61580 November 2007 The Device Settings window From this window you can set all scanner specific options as well as diagnostics by using the available tabs The values used in Device Settings are saved in the selected Setting Shortcut The Device Settings window includes the following tabs General Printer Multifeed Image Address Batch Patch and OCP i KODAK i1860 Scanner E Ioj x Gen
49. est image size Color Correction select one of the following based upon the documents you are scanning e Mixed when the documents you want to scan contain a mix of text business graphics bar graphs pie charts etc and line art e Pictures when the documents you want to scan are comprised mainly of photos e Text when the documents you want to scan contain mostly text A 61580 November 2007 4 7 Scanner tab Document Feeder The Scanner tab provides the following options x Imprinter Image Address Patch Batch OCP Operator Log About Main Layout Image Processing Scanner Auto Calor Detect Dropout Multi Feed Detection W Length Detection Was Length i 1 00 in W Auto Set Document Feeder Feeder Position 500 Sheets W Automatically start scanning Lightweight paper W Ultrasonic Detection Sensitivity Low S7 Active Sensors Action End Job z Operations Calibrate Response End Job ji 5 minutes Default Copy Feeder Position select the desired paper source e Normal select when you are scanning a stack of documents of 25 sheets or less The input elevator is in its highest position e 100 Sheets select when you are scanning a stack of documents between 100 and 25 sheets e 250 Sheets select when you are scanning a stack of documents between 250 and 100 sheets e 500 S
50. fined 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 and the image address has been defined as e Field D has 3 characters e Field C has 2 characters e Field B has 1 character e Fixed field has 0 characters 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 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 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 A 615
51. for batches of same sized documents allows you to define the area to be imaged Fixed to Transport 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 Layout tab to define your scan area See the section entitled Layout tab later in this chapter A 61580 November 2007 4 3 e Relative to Document zone processing used for batches of same sized documents 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 black and white format a separate window for both black and white and color grayscale may be defined Different parameters may be selected for both the front and back of the image This option may be used in conjunction with Automatic cropping where a separate color grayscale or black and white area to be saved is desired It is 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 black and white To define a zone select the Layout tab Binarization these options work on grayscale images and outputs a black and white electronic image Their strength lies in the ability to separate the foreground information from the background
52. g 40 doce 7961 id 020 Power on self test completed 40 doce 7961 102359 Lampe not ready for scanning Co E i SL ae C E a Et 1 1 Default Copy You can either save this information to a file by clicking the Save icon or click the Copy icon to copy the information to the clipboard Displays information about your scanner and driver eki S00 Version 2 0 10608 4001 Quick Driver wersion 1 0 10607 13001 KODAK 11860 43130551 01 00 12 256 MB 01000 2093056 Installed Not installed gt Black Cancel A 61580 November 2007 Scan Area dialog box The Scan Area dialog box is only available for images when the Cropping option selected on the Layout tab is either Fixed to Transport or Relative to Document To access the Scan Area dialog box select Scan Area on the Layout tab i Portrait Landscape Width le 172 Height po Inches T Units Cancel NOTE Select the side and image to be defined by highlighting Front Image 1 Front Image 2 etc based on the cropping option selected for each of these on the main ISIS Driver tab The scan areas defined for all camera selections are independent Page Size the default paper size is set when a scanner is first selected You can choose a different paper size using the drop down list box NOTE Page Size and Page Layout selections also appear on the Layout tab If you make a change on the Scan Area dialog b
53. he same document samples Blank Image Detection Use the slider bar to select the minimum image size that the scanner will consider to be non blank Any image that is less than this value will be considered blank and will not be given to the scanning application The values range from 1 to 1000 KB 1 KB equals 1024 bytes You must specify a blank image size for each image type Black and White Grayscale and Color you want to delete The default is None which means you keep all images A 61580 November 2007 4 15 Imprinter tab The Enhanced Printer provides a vertical print capability and supports alphanumeric characters date image address time document count and custom messages All print information is captured in the image header of each document Properties for KODAK i1860 on STI 00 x Main Layout Image Processing Scanner Auto Color Detect Dropout Imprinter Image Address Patch Batch OCF Operator Log About Mode Print on the front of document before scanning Level All Levels hal Format Template Top Marairy 0 5 in Units Date Format Delimiter Inches MMDDY YY Nore Font Large z Rotation fao degrees Counter Initial W alue Field Width Format Display Leading eras Example Default Copy Mode e Do not print disables the options on the Imprinter tab e Print on the front of document before scanning enables the opti
54. header of the last image retrieved to determine the image address and sequential counter 3 Use the information above 1 to seed the next image address and sequential counter before re 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 61580 November 2007 Image file storage This section provides general recommendations regarding the impact locations of image file storage locations on the overall throughput of the 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 The i1800 Series Scanners does not include a bar code acces
55. heets select when you are scanning a stack of documents between 500 and 250 sheets Automatically start scanning if selected the scanner will wait for up to 10 seconds for documents to be placed in the input elevator before scanning will begin In addition once the input elevator has been emptied the scanner will automatically resume scanning when paper is placed in the input elevator The scanner will wait the amount of time specified by the document feeder timeout Lightweight paper improves output stacking when scanning lightweight paper When selected the scanner will increase the gap between documents in order to allow each document to settle in the output tray before the next document gets to the output tray NOTE Using this option will decrease overall throughput A 61580 November 2007 Timeout On allows you to select the amount of time the scanner will wait once the last document enters the feeder before the timeout occurs You can turn this option off or set a time from 1 to 300 seconds Response allows you to specify the action that will be taken when the transport timeout has been reached e End Job stops the feeder and the transport but leaves the scanner enabled Scanning may be resumed by touching the Scan button on the touchscreen e Stops Feeder and Transport scanning will stop and control will return to the scanning application i e ends the job Power Saver This option allows you to set the amount
56. hen the capture application software not the scanner is responsible for determining when to toggle When using this option information in the image header will indicate that the scanner has recognized a type 4 patch The scanner will not take any other action 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 is 200 dpi Available resolutions are e Color Grayscale 100 150 200 240 and 300 e Black and white 200 240 300 and 400 Cropping allows you to capture a portion of the document being scanned All cropping options can be used with color grayscale and black and white images Front and Back cropping are independent however for dual stream scanning color grayscale and black and white cropping must be the same per side Only one cropping option can be assigned per image Select one of the following options e Automatic dynamically adjusts the cropping window for different document sizes based on the edges of the image e Aggressive eliminates any residual black border on any image edges In order to achieve this there is a possibility that a small amount of image data from the edge of the document may be lost e Fixed to Transport used
57. ields 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 F21 is a valid format F11 is not a valid format A 61580 November 2007 2 9 Starting image address next image address Indexing schemes The host application must always seed the scanner with the starting image address 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 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 O 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 thro
58. igin yy 0 00 in in o oo Size w HI 5 50 x f o Predefined sizes Jus Letter 8 5177 inches Border none F Fost can rotation none l lt Home Device gt Preview OF Cancel Document allows you to select how the scanner will detect your document as it is being fed through the scanner Automatically Detect and Straighten the scanner will automatically find each document regardless of size and straighten any document that may have been fed crooked Automatically Detect the scanner will automatically find each document regardless of size If a document is fed crooked it will not be straightened Manually Detect the scanner will return an image based on the area you specify with the Outline options It is suggested that you only use this option for scan jobs that contain same sized documents Image allows you to select which part of the document you want for your electronic image e Entire document if you select Document Automatically Detect and Straighten Document Automatically Detect or Document Manually Detect returns the entire document e Part of the document if you select Document Automatically Detect and Straighten returns the portion of the document which you specify with the Outline options A 61580 November 2007 Outline allows you to select the location and size to use for creating your electronic image The preview
59. ilable options are based on the image address format For example if the Format does not have Level 3 as one its fields then Level 3 will not available NOTE While scanning a document can also be assigned a level by inserting a patch sheet when turned on via the Patch tab or selecting a level field on the scanner s touchscreen For more information refer to the User s Guide which is included with your scanner Leading zeros allows you to configure the format of the level address fields when the width of the value is less than the field width the examples indicate a field width of 3 and the image address at A 3 2 1 e Display e g A 003 002 001 e Do Not Display e g A 3 2 1 e Display as Spaces e g A 3 2 1 A 61580 November 2007 3 39 Device Batch tab Batching is the operation of counting pages or documents NOTE This tab is only available when the scanner is in Image Address mode iol General Printer Multiteed Image Address Batch Patch OCP MW Oni Level to count JLevel1 How Many To Count 1 3276 is a E ho Level 1 sheets When Count Reached Next level none r Action to take none lt Home Image gt Preview OF Cancel On turns batching on and makes the rest of the options on this tab available Level to count sets the level to count The options are Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 NOTE The level you want to cou
60. 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 A 61580 November 2007 Controlling document level changes The previous Indexing Scheme examples illustrated how document levels change within a single group of documents There are four document image levels 3 2 1 and 0 There are several ways you can set or change the document level e You can change image address level on the touchscreen Touching the appropriate Level button increments 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 can 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 The following diagram illustrates how document levels are set or changed Level Level Level Level Level Level Level Iil Il Il I Generated Automatically Generated Automatically Level in
61. 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 e iTfhresholding 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 When using iThresholding only Contrast can be adjusted e Fixed Processing FP used for black and white and other high contrast documents If Fixed Processing is selected only Threshold can be adjusted e Adaptive Thresholding ATP 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 When using Adaptive Thresholding Threshold and Contrast can be adjusted Threshold aids in controlling the level at which a pixel is considered black or white e Decreasing this setting will make the image appear lighter and can be used to subdue background noise e Increasing this setting will make the image appear darker and can be used to help pick up light information The options range from 0 to 255 The default is 90 Cont
62. ing Images will begin in black and white and will change to color grayscale when the first toggle patch is detected Images will remain color grayscale until the next toggle patch is detected Images of the toggle patch sheet will not be returned to the host unless you also enable patch reading and select the Type 4 patch 1 3 Configure image processing parameters for all four images Before initiating the scanner select only the front and back black and white images to be retrieved Enable Auto Color Detection by choosing Low Medium High or Custom Start scanning The scanner will determine if it should return a black and white or color grayscale image based on a document by document analysis of the color content A 61580 November 2007 Jam and fault recovery This section provides recommendations for application logic associated with scanner jam and fault recovery If 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
63. ing The scanner recognizes and reports a variety of error conditions Some errors are reported to either the host or the touchscreen while others are reported to both the host and the touchscreen An error is defined as either a current or deferred error A current error results from a problem in processing the current 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 commands and information will be handled by your device driver The following information is provided for reference only When an error occurs the host will receive a 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 Request Sense command The Sense data will indicate the type of error that has occurred A 61580 November 2007 To receive subsequent pending errors the host must execute a Test Unit Ready command If a deferred error is pending the Test Unit Ready command will terminate with a Check Condition Status The host follows with a Request Sense command The combination of Request Sen
64. int position A 61580 November 2007 4 17 Image Address tab Image addressing is used for document tracking batch control and image management The Image Address tab allows you to set an image address starting point The scanner will increment the image address based on how you set up the image address rules on this tab Properties for KODAK 11360 on STI 00 x Main Layout Image Processing Scanner Auto Color Detect Dropout imprinter Image Address Patch B atch OCP Operator Log About Presets Level 3 Counters Start Value width Level To Follow Format Character Level 3 i ja Level 1 Level 2 jo fa JLevel 1 Level 1 jo ja Level 1 hl P Check digit Fages Fer Batch Format 50 Suppress Leading Zeros r Default Copy 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 the level For image address levels the value indicated in Fields A through D will be the start value as defined in the Counters area Start Value field The format string in the sample screen above represents a fixed field value of address and a 3 level image address The i1800 Series Scanners have more options available for image
65. ion M Oni Image Address Patch Codes Batch Contral M On Pages Per Batch 50 Batch Level to Count Patch T Tranfser Patch Level 2 Level 7 L Patch T Tranfser Patch Level 3 Level 2 Level 3 Feature Patch Codes Feature Patch Type 1 Feature Patch Type 4 Feature Patch Type 6 At Batch Start Go to Level 1 Go to Level 2 Goto Level 3 I Confirmation Tone Patch Readers At Batch End Stop feeder Stop feeder and transport Begin a new batch Default Copy Batch Control 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 On enables batch separation Pages per Batch defines the batch size which is the number of documents to be counted before performing a predefined action Batch Level to Count sets the level to count You can select Level 1 Level 2 or Level 3 The level you choose to count must exist in the image address template as defined on the Image Address tab At Batch Start defines the action to be taken before processing the first document in 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 4 20 A 61580 November 2007 Pat
66. lling Loop Read front black and white image header Read back black and white image Read front color image header Read back color image End loop 1 Prepare documents Start the scanner to do dual stream duplex scanning front black and white front color back black and white and back color 3 Setup the scanner to retrieve black and white images first 4 Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front black and white image header Read back black and white image Read front color image header Read back color image Read front black and white image header Read black and white image Read back color image header Read color image End loop A 61580 November 2007 Single stream duplex alternating between black and white and color grayscale using the scanner Toggle patch Single stream duplex alternating between black and white and color grayscale using automatic color detection The Toggle patch is a type 4 patch that is used to trigger the scanner to switch from the current image stream black and white to the alternative image stream color grayscale 1 4 Prepare documents with a patch Type 4 before and after any color grayscale documents Configure image processing parameters for all four images Before enabling the scanner select only the front and back black and white images to be retrieved Configure the scanner to alternate both sides when a toggle patch is detected Start scann
67. mages to create Input document is select Two Sided One Sided Front or One Sided Back depending on what side s you want to configure NOTE The Two Sided and One Sided Back options are only available for duplex scanner models Different settings per side by default the settings you select in the TWAIN Datasource apply to both sides of the image Turn this option on if you want you to select different image processing settings for each side of the document you are scanning For example if you want the front side to be color and the rear side to be black and white first make sure that you have selected the Two Sided option of Input document is then turn on Different settings per side Once you have done this the Side option on the Image Settings window will no longer be grayed out and you can select different settings for each side KODAK 11860 Scanner Side Front ES DESI Front General alze Back O O O O O O O OO OOOO OO ronan Scan as E Now that you have turned on Different settings per side your selections will apply only to the front side of the document you are scanning After you have made your selections for the front side use the Side option to select the back side and then make the settings you want to apply to the back NOTE The Different settings per side option is only available for duplex scanner models A 61580 November 2007 3 19 Images per side indicates how many im
68. mber 2007 Image Settings The options available on the Enhancements tab depend on the Scan as Enhancements tab selection on the General tab ioj xj Side Both a r a Ha 23 Blank Image Detection l On Delete if file size is less thar Color Dropout Color Filter threshold Background Ei lt Home Device gt Preview OF Cancel Blank Image Detection allows you to configure the scanner to eliminate blank images e On turns Blank Image Detection on and makes the rest of the Blank Image Detection options available e Delete if file size is less than allows you to select the minimum image size that the scanner will consider to be non blank Any image that is less than this value will be considered blank and will not be given to the scanning application The values range from 1 to 1000 KB 1 KB equals 1024 bytes Color Dropout used to eliminate a form s background so that only the entered data is included in the electronic image i e remove the form s lines and boxes For black and white images these settings effect the grayscale version of the document which the scanner analyzes to produce that electronic image e Color select the desired dropout color Options are none Red Green and Blue Filter Threshold allows you to adjust how the scanner identifies the color to be dropped The values range from 0 to 255 Default 175 e Background allows you to sel
69. ment Manually Select Border none e Fixed to Transport with Overscan e Document Manually Select Border Add e Relative to Document e Document Automatically Detect and Straighten Image Part of Document Feature Polarity Location Imaging tab Location Image Settings Adjustments tab Polarity Black on white P Convert Color To G faye o Polarity Invert colors 4 2 A 61580 November 2006 Eastman Kodak Company 343 State Street Rochester NY 14650 U S A Kodak 2007 All rights reserved TM Kodak
70. nfiguration list Change allows you to change the currently selected image type Delete removes the selected image type Done returns you to the Image Settings window a A 61580 November 2007 3 21 Content Settings tab The options on the Content Settings tab can be used for either one or two sided jobs i kopak i1860 Scanner O x Advanced Content Settings Side Both h Sensitivity Low me 1 200 Color amount d T N E T 100 Color threshold an et es eae 20 Side determines which side the Sensitivity settings are applied to This option is only available if Different settings per side is turned on from the Advanced tab Sensitivity e Low documents requiring only a small amount of color to be saved as color grayscale images Used for capturing documents that are primarily black text with small logos or contain small amounts of highlighted text or small colorful photos e Medium documents requiring more color as compared with the Low option before they are saved as color grayscale images e High documents requiring more color as compared with the Medium option before they will be saved as color grayscale images Used for distinguishing documents containing medium to large size colorful photos from plain black text Photos with neutral colors may require adjustments to the Color threshold or Color amount values in order to be captured correctly 3 22 A 61580 November 2007 e Cus
71. ning will stop and control will return to the scanning application i e ends the job Verify that the paper path has been cleared and restart the scan session from the scanning application e Stop Feeder and Transport scanning will stop but the scanning application will be waiting for additional images i e stops the feeder Scanning may be resumed by touching Resume on the touchscreen Scanning may be stopped by touching End Job on the touchscreen or via the scanning application r A 61580 November 2007 Operations Calibrate displays the Calibrate dialog box which allows you to perform an Image Chain or UDDS calibration Only calibrate the scanner when prompted to do so Calibrate x Step 1 Choose a calibration mode Step Place a calibration sheet in the feeder Step 3 Press the Start button to begin calibration sequence Start Status Configuring e Image Chain optimizes your scanner to achieve the best image quality and feeding performance Frequent calibration is not necessary or recommended e UDDS ensures that the ultrasonics system that detects multi feeds and document edges is properly adjusted for best performance A 61580 November 2007 4 11 Use the calibration target provided with your scanner 1 Click Calibrate The Calibrate dialog box will be displayed 2 Select Image Chain or UDDS from the drop down box e If you select Image Chain use the calibration target provided with your scanne
72. ns when a new batch is started This can be setup to go to Level 1 2 or 3 which then causes the IA to be recalculated The Start of Batch function can also be set to no function The End of Batch function is controlled by the host and determines what happens when the batch count has been reached 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 2 24 A 61580 November 2007 3 Using the TWAIN Datasource Installation The TWAIN Datasource is included with the scanner You can install the Datasource 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 A sample TWAIN Datasource application called the Scan Validation Tool is also provided as part of this installation This application can be used to validate scanner functionality The screen shots in this chapter from the Scan Validation Tool document the TWAIN Datasource graphical user interface which can be one option when creating your own Setting Shortcut Overview All Kodak Scanners have the capability of providing a wide variety of electronic images This can be accomplished by using the provided TWAIN Dataso
73. nt must exist in the image address template as defined on the Image Address tab How Many To Count defines the number of documents to be counted prior to performing the action to take when the count has been reached When Count Reached e Next Level defines the level for the next document after the count is reached Options are none Level 1 Level 2 and Level 3 NOTE The level you want to count must exist in the image address template as defined on the Image Address tab 3 40 A 61580 November 2007 e Action to take defines the action to be taken after processing the last document in the batch Pause Scanning scanning will stop but the scanning application will be waiting for additional images i e stops the feeder Scanning may be resumed by touching Resume on the touchscreen Scanning may be stopped by touching End Job on the touchscreen or via the scanning application Stop Scanning scanning will stop and control will return to the scanning application i e ends the job Restart the scan session from the scanning application Continue Scanning and Restart Count the scanner will continue to scan and automatically start a new batch by resetting How Many to Count NOTE You can also end a batch before the How Many To Count is reached by using the touchscreen on the scanner This can be accomplished by setting up a function key via the OCP tab to be End Batch A 61580 November 2007 3 41 Device Pa
74. nt string When you select an item that item will appear at the end of the Format list Change allows you to change the currently selected item in the Format list with one of the items from the list that is displayed As you build your print string only items that will fit in the 40 character limit will be available from the Add and Change lists Template Format i BL il Counter Date Time Space Image Address Fixed Image Address Level 3 Example Image Address Level 2 Image Oddress Level 1 Fort Style Norm Message 1 Message 2 Orientation fo Message 3 Message 4 Message 5 Message 6 e Hama lmana Items when an item is selected any associated options will be displayed to the right of the Format list e Counter this is the document count for the scan session This value is incremented sequentially by the scanner and returned in the image header Starting value allows you to set the document count for the next document that will be scanned Field width allows you to configure the width of the counter from 1 9 However if for example you only have 6 characters left in the print string then the field width would be limited to 6 Leading zeroes allows you to configure the format of the counter when the width of the value is less than the field width the examples indicate a field width of 3 and the counter at 4 e Display 004 e Do Not Display 4 e
75. nts the contents of the rear side of the document using one bit per pixel e Back color BC 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 These image files can be controlled through the application independently Vehicle licence g application V10T xy Ta Fei yeu FC jpg front color ne pelt ee ea Let BB tif back black and white oe Your details ape wid n BC jpg back color A 61580 November 2007 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 black and white FB tif This image file represents the contents of the front side of the document using 1 bit per pixel e Back grayscale BG jpg This image file represents the contents of the rear side of the document using 8 bits per pixel e Back black and white BB tif This image file represents the contents of the rear side of the document using 1 bit per pixel NOTE Actual file formats are determined by the host application These image files can be controlled through the application independently we CAPIAL LETTERS s7heFS B70 ona a Vehicle details TATT mami J Rapin hipt tage PRR Re pe ae
76. ocument in black and white e Grayscale if you want your electronic image to have a range of varying shades of gray from black to white e Color if you want your electronic image to be in color e Auto Detect Grayscale sets auto color detect for grayscale See the section entitled Auto Color Detect tab for more information e Auto Detect Color sets auto color detect for color See the section entitled Auto Color Detect tab for more information 4 2 A 61580 November 2007 Toggle Patch the toggle patch is a type 4 patch that is used to trigger the scanner to change from the current image stream black and white to the alternative image stream color grayscale This provides color on the fly functionality for customers who want to scan the majority of their documents black and white with the option to switch to color and back when desired When a toggle patch is detected this determines the side s whose image output is toggled between black and white and color grayscale Select either Off Same Side Both Sides or Detect Only e Off no patches will be used e Same Side only the side which recognizes the patch sheet will toggle For example if a patch sheet contains a patch on the front side only the front stream will toggle but the rear stream will not e Both Sides if a patch is recognized on either the front or the rear both front and rear streams will toggle e Detect Only this option should be used w
77. of time the scanner has to be inactive before going into power saver mode You can turn this option off or set a time from 5 to 60 minutes Multi feed Detection Multifeed detection aids in document processing by detecting options documents that may go through the feeder overlapped Multifeeds can happen due to stapled documents adhesives on documents or electrostatically charged documents Length Detection if you enable this option select the minimum length of the document that can be scanned with a multi feed being detected A value of 0 indicates no length detection Length detection can be used when scanning same size documents The maximum value is 34 5 inches e Auto Set automatically sets the maximum length value to 50 inch 1 27 cm greater than the length of the currently selected page size Ultrasonic Detection check this option to set multi feed detection Sensitivity controls how aggressively the scanner will work to determine if more than one document is fed into the scanner Multifeeds are triggered by detecting air gaps between documents This allows multifeed detection to be used with job sets containing documents with mixed thicknesses e none e Low least aggressive setting and is less likely to detect labels poor quality thick or wrinkled documents as multi fed documents e Medium use if your job set has varying document thicknesses or labels attached to the document Depending on the label material
78. of your document and make the selection from the Input Document is field A 61580 November 2007 3 45 3 on 9 Select Settings on the main Kodak Scanner window The General tab of the Image Settings window will be displayed ioi xi Side Both Qa gt fst ES E General Size Adjustments Enhancements Scan as E Black and White 1 bit Document type B Text with Pictures E Resolution E 200 dpi m Compression Type E Group 4 E E m Device gt Preview OK Cancel Select the appropriate options on the General tab NOTE If necessary review each setting on the other tabs and make any changes Place a representative document in the input elevator Click Preview to review the resulting image NOTE Ifthe images are not acceptable you can either select a different predefined Setting Shortcut or make additional changes on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window Define the desired Device settings by selecting Device on the Image Settings window to display the Device Settings window Review each tab and select the appropriate options or actions you want the scanner to perform Select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window 10 Select Save As The Save As window will be displayed SS xi Shortcut name Graphic Fg 4 Browse aa 11 Enter a new Setting Shortcut name that is meaningful to y
79. ons Invert Image allows you to select how the black pixels will be stored in the image By default the black pixels are stored as black and the white pixels are stored as white Turn this option on if you want the black pixels stored as white and the white pixels stored as black e Halftone Removal enhances dot matrix text and images made with halftone screens e g newspaper photographs 4 6 A 61580 November 2007 Noise Filter select one of the following None Lone Pixel or Majority Rule e Lone Pixel reduces random noise by converting a single black pixel to white when it is completely surrounded by white pixels or by converting a single white pixel to black when it is completely surrounded by black pixels e Majority Rule sets each pixel based on its surrounding pixels The pixel will become white if the majority of the surrounding pixels are white and visa versa i al ee re ek No Noise Filter Used Lone Pixel Color options JPEG uses JPEG techniques to compress the image JPEG compression offers a JPEG quality of Draft Good Better Best and Superior Draft maximum compression which produces the smallest image size e Good a fair amount of compression but still produces acceptable image quality e Better some compression which produces decent image quality e Best minimal compression which produces very good image quality e Superior the least amount of compression which produces the larg
80. ons on the Imprinter tab Level choose the level of the document that you want the specified print string to be printed on For example if you use three level image addressing you can print the date on your level 3 document nothing on level 2 and document count on level 1 Image addressing must be enabled for this option to be available 4 16 A 61580 November 2007 Defining your print string Format Template allows you to define your print string The maximum amount of characters for the print string is 40 characters including spaces Date if you want to add a date to the print string select one of the following formats e Format MMDDYYYY DDMMYYYY or YYYYMMDD e Delimiter select one of the following separators Slash Hyphen Period Blank or none For example 08 24 2007 08 24 2007 08 24 2007 or 08 24 2007 or 08242007 none Counter if you want to add a Counter to the print string you can enter one of the following options e Initial Value 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 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 printed image address appears when printed is defined on the Image Address tab The printed image a
81. other For example if you highlight and set up Front Image 1 you can use the Copy button to duplicate those settings for Back Image 1 OK saves the values set on all tabs Cancel closes the window without saving any changes A 61580 November 2007 4 1 Main tab The Main tab provides the following options xi Imprinter Image Address Fatch B atch OCP Operator Log About Main Layout Image Processing Scanner Auto Color Detect Dropout Image Mode Dots per inch Camera 200 Front Image 1 Cropping L Front Image 2 Fired To Transport Back Image 1 a Binarizatiory E Back Image 2 iT hresholding z Black and White Color Auto Detect Grayscale Auto Detect Color Toggle Patch OFF Default Copy Image Mode Camera the selections in the Camera box list the available sides front and back of an image where you can define individual image processing values Options include Front Image 1 Front Image 2 Back Image 1 and Back Image 2 The Kodak Scanner drivers allow you to control the camera settings independently Some settings apply only to black and white images others apply to color grayscale images By selecting the appropriate camera and image mode you can control the scanner s output Mode provides the following options e Black and white if you want your electronic image to represent all elements of your d
82. ou and click Save 3 46 A 61580 November 2007 Changing Device settings 1 Select the Setting Shortcut from the main Kodak Scanner window that closely describes your desired output 2 Select Settings to display the Image Settings window 3 Select Device to display the Device Settings window iol x General Printer Multifeed Image Address Batch Patch OCP Paper source 500 Sheets Power Saver Sheet Counter vV On Starting value jo 5 60 7 reget is H minutes Document Feeder Timeout M On 1 300 die Le R Or Ta 15 24 seconds Action when timeout occurs Stop Scanning V Automatically start scanning M Lightweight paper Diagnostics lt Home Image gt OK Cancel 4 Before making any adjustments browse through the tabs on the Device Settings window to get familiar with features that are available See the section entitled The Device Settings window for information about these features 5 For each option you want to use make the appropriate selections you want the scanner to perform when scanning 6 When finished select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window and then select Save to save your selections to the shortcut A 61580 November 2007 3 47 4 Using the ISIS Driver The ISIS Driver is software that communicates with the scanner This driver is created and maintained by EMC Captiva and is provid
83. ox the same selections appear on the Layout tab 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 A 61580 November 2007 4 25 Area e Snap causes the dimensions of the Area box to be controlled in fixed 1 8 inch increments This option is not available in Pixels mode e X the distance from the left end of the scanner to the left edge of the scanning area e Y the position from the top end of the document to the top end of the scanning area e Width the width of the scanning area e Height the height of the scanning area Units select whether you want the area to be defined in Pixels Inches or Centimeters 4 26 A 61580 November 2007 Appendix A TWAIN Image Processing Terminology If you have used previous scanners from Kodak you will notice that the user interface has been updated Many of the image processing features you are familiar with may have been renamed or moved The table below will help you to find the feature s new name and or location Previous Location Name Current Location Name Location Imaging tab Location Advanced tab and Content Front Color e Settings tab Rear Color l Q Front Bitonal Noise Filt
84. patch or application control of the next image address Full control and access to the scanner s print string functionality is available to the host application In addition the print string information is returned to the host in the image header 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 with Language Pack English Language Version which can be found at http www microsoft com ms download lebuild ime5 _win32 en imed5_win32htm e Distance from lead edge a minimum of a 035 inch e Can print to within 12 inch of the trial edge The 11800 Series Scanners provide the ability to create dropout images without changing lamps Red green blue dropout functionality can be selected 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 the black and white image only There are four imaging parameters which effect electronic color dropout Threshold Value Filter Threshold Background Value Background Contrast and Threshold The ta
85. r Be sure to use a good clean calibration target Place the calibration target in the input elevator face up and click OK IMPORTANT If the White Background Accessory is installed it must be replaced with the black background strips and the scanner must be restarted prior to calibration e If you select UDDS place a 20 Ib or 75 g m bond sheet of paper in the input elevator Do not use the calibration target and click OK 3 Click Start While calibration is being performed a status will be provided in the Status box 4 Click Done when the calibration is successful A 61580 November 2007 Auto Color Detect tab The Auto Color Detect tab provides the following options Properties for KODAK 11860 on STI 00 x Imprinter Image Address Patch Batch OCF Operator Log About Main Layout Image Frocessing S canner Auto Color Detect Dropout Leam Use the learn mode to determine the proper Color Amount for detecting your color documents Set the Color Threshold value and click the Learn button to begin Color Content Leam Paget Detected 0 Amount Detected Threshold Detected Default Copy Color Content Select one of the following options for automatic color detection e Low documents require only a small amount of color to be saved as color or grayscale images Used for capturing documents that are primarily black text with small logos or contain small amounts of highlight
86. r example use these patch types for changing between black and white and color grayscale imaging or workflow control Patch 1 Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec image addressing disabled Patch 4 Toggle Patch Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec NOTE the Toggle patch is a Type 4 patch that is used to trigger the scanner to switch from the current image stream black and white to the alternative image stream color grayscale When image addressing is disabled the Patch Readers are also disabled However a Toggle patch can still be detected For more information see the section entitled Controlling image transfer order in Chapter 2 Patch 6 Do not use these patches for production they are not to spec Confirmation Tone the confirmation tone may be used to signal that a patch has been recognized The default is no confirmation tone Patch Readers this graphical representation corresponds to the physical patch reader location in the scanner Patch Readers Select up to four patch reader s that you want to read patches all lv ll lll 4 22 A 61580 November 2007 OCP tab The OCP tab is used to assign actions the operator uses from the Operator Control Panel Function Key 1 Function Key 2 and Function Key 3 Properties for KODAK 11360 on STI 00 xj Main Layout Image Processing Scanner Auto Color Detect
87. rast allows you to make an image sharper or softer Decreasing this setting will make the image softer and reduce noise in the image Increasing this setting will make the image clearer and make light information more visible The options range from 50 to 50 The default is O 4 4 A 61580 November 2007 Layout tab The Layout tab provides these options Properties for KODAK 11860 on STI 00 OCP l Operator Log About i Image Processing dL Scanner IL Auto Color Detect Dropout I Image Orientation Fage Size C Portrait 5 a Letter 8 511 in C Landscape Page Onentation Top edge first Bottom edge first Left edge first C Right edge first Scan Area Image Orientation e Portrait displays the image orientation in the shape of a conventional portrait where height is greater than width e Landscape displays the image orientation in the shape of a conventional landscape painting where width is greater than height Page Orientation allows you to select the way you place your documents in the scanner Top edge first Bottom edge first Left edge first or Right edge first Page size the default page size is set when a scanner is first selected You can choose a different page size using the drop down list Dox Scan Area displays the Scan Area dialog box The Scan Area options are only available for images when the cropping option is Fixed to Transport or Relative to Document See the
88. rs Cancel Drivers KODAK Scanner 1310 11 320 KODAK Scanner 11800 4 Select the Scanner icon iojxi E3 A EE Ca ES W Save Images To Files Display Every f Total Last File The main Kodak Scanner screen will be displayed i KODAK i1860 Scanner i Sim EA Setting Shortcuts AEN Default Save T Black and White Document H A Black and White Document OCR Quality f Delete Color Document Color Document OCR Quality aL Rename Color Photograph t Feset 4 Hove Up gt Move Down Input document iz G Two Sided Place documents face up Settings gt Preview Cancel 3 2 A 61580 November 2007 The TWAIN interface is divided into three main sections e Image Settings clicking the Settings button on the main Kodak Scanner window displays the Image Settings window From this window you can set your image processing parameters by using the General Size Adjustments and Enhancements tab e Device Settings the Device button is located on the Image Settings window From this window you can set all scanner control functions by using the General Printer Multifeed Image Address Batch Patch and OCP tabs e Diagnostics the Diagnostics button is located on the Device Settings window From this window you can access diagnostic functions of the scanner The Diagnostics window includes the following tabs General Debug and Logs A 61580 November 2007 3 3 The main Kodak The main
89. s General The General tab contains the commonly used image options In most tab cases you will not have to change options on other tabs nix Side Bath Jel 44e E B e FIF General Size Adjustments Enhancements MENRE Scan as E Black and white 1 bit bd Document type E Test with Pictures Resolution 200 dpi Compression 5 Type E fica Group 4 oe E E E Quality Good r Ei Device gt Preview OF Cancel Scan as allows you to select the electronic image format e Color 24 bit the scanner will produce a color version of your document e Grayscale 8 bit the scanner will produce a grayscale version of your document e Black and white 1 bit the scanner will produce a black and white version of your document NOTE The Scan as option is only available when Images per side One is selected on the Advanced tab Document type allows you to select the type of content on your documents e Text with Pictures the documents contain a mix of text business graphics bar graphs pie charts etc and line art e Text the documents contain mostly text e Pictures the documents contain mostly photos Resolution allows you to select the dots per inch dpi which largely determines the quality of the scanned image While scanning at a greater resolution produces a better quality image it may also increase scanning time and image size The option
90. s 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 assigned to this document matches the text which appears printed on the page 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 was recognized or if patch reading is not enabled this value will be zero Transfer patch types return a value of 99 Values 1 through 6 are returned respectively for patch types 1 6 NOTE If the Toggle patch image is returned to the host the image header will indicate a Type 4 patch 2 20 A 61580 November 2007 Zone processing Some applications have a requirement to store part of an image in color or grayscale and the rest of the image in black and white 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 selec
91. s are Color grayscale 100 150 200 240 and 300 dpi Black and white 200 240 300 and 400 dpi 3 10 A 61580 November 2007 Compression allows you to reduce your electronic image size e Type the scanner will produce a color version of your document none no compression which may produce a large image size Group 4 uses CCITT standard to compress the image often used in conjunction with TIFF files NOTE This option is only available for Scan as Black and White 1 bit JPEG uses JPEG techniques to compress the image NOTE This option is only available for Scan as Black and White 1 bit none Internal on the scanner will compress the image however an uncompressed image will be returned to the scanning application e Quality allows you to select the quality of the compressed JPEG image Draft maximum compression which produces the smallest image size Good a fair amount of compression but still produces acceptable image quality Better some compression which produces decent image quality Best minimal compression which produces very good image quality Superior the least amount of compression which produces the largest image size A 61580 November 2007 3 11 Image Settings Size tab The Size tab provides the following options i KODAK i1860 Scanner Ioj x Side fen S General Size Enhancements Document Automatically Detect and Straighten Or
92. se 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 If at any point the host receives a Check Condition for a 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 touchscreen This is done to prevent additional images from entering the image buffer while allowing the host to perform fault recovery activities NOTE The scanner cannot determine exactly which images were affected by the error and which images were not If 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 A 61580 November 2007 Controlling image transfer order Black and white only duplex Color only duplex Grayscale only duplex This section provides job stream examples which can be used in scanning applications The host application is responsible for determining the order in whi
93. se these patch types for workflow control or changing between black and white and color grayscale imaging NOTE This option is only available when the scanner is in Image Address mode Use Heads select which patch heads readers you would like to use Each patch head reader can be turned on and off independently The default is for all patch heads readers to be turned on NOTE This option is only available when the scanner is in Image Address mode A 61580 November 2007 3 43 Device OCP tab The OCP tab is used to setup options on the scanner s Operator Control Panel i e touchscreen i KODAK i1860 Scanner Ioj x Function keys iE none z none a none lt Home Image gt Preview OF Cancel Function Keys available functions for each key are e none e Stop Scanning scanning will stop and control will return to the scanning application i e ends the job Restart the scan session from the scanning application e End Batch start a new batch by resetting the batch count i e How Many to Count and continue to scan e Omit Multifeed turn off multifeed detection only on the next document that is fed e Omit Print turn off printing only on the next document that is fed e Omit Patch turn off patch recognition only on the next document that is fed e Lower Elevator moves the elevator to the lowest position NOTE The End Batch and Omit Patch options are only
94. setting the Level 1 field to O if the Level 1 field is 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 22 A 61580 November 2007 Transfer Patch Code The image header reflects when a Transfer patch code is detected on a document A document containing a Transfer patch is considered to be a Level 0 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 black and white to the alternative image stream color grayscale This logic is performed inside the scanner Images of the toggle patch sheet will not be returned to the host unless you also enable patch reading and select the Type 4 patch Common uses for this patch would be a document set which is primarily black and white but has some color cont
95. sory The host system provides bar code functionality The main imaging parameter which may affect bar code read rates is resolution Either black and white grayscale or color images may be used for bar code applications Refer to your software documentation for their recommendations and or requirements for image quality to achieve desired read rates Image addressing Image address information only applies when the scanner is configured with Image Address enabled via the operator control panel touchscreen The i1800 Series Scanners receive all image address functionality from the host This includes index format starting image address image address format and level rules Image address format 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 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 valid 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 O for any unused field O width f
96. ssing Auto Detect Grayscale Auto Detect Color Blank Image Deletion W Black and White 1KB lt W Grayscale fe W Color l I I Li Li I Li l 1 KE 1 KE 1000 KB Toggle Patch or Default Copy Color Dropout Color dropout is used to eliminate a form s background so that only the entered data is included in the electronic image i e remove the form s lines and boxes For black and white images these settings effect the grayscale version of the document which the scanner analyzes to produce that electronic image You can select a Red Green or Blue dropout color Background Value allows you to select the grayscale value to replace the dropped color with It is suggested that this value be higher than the Threshold value selected on the Adjustments tab in order for the dropped color to appear to be part of the background The values range from O to 255 Default 245 Threshold Value allows you to adjust how the scanner identifies the color to be dropped The values range from 0 to 255 Default 175 Enhanced Processing enable or disable this option to achieve the highest read rate for your production OCR processing The default is Enabled For example if you enable Enhanced Processing and achieve an 87 read rate and achieve a 93 read rate with this option disabled then you would disable this option Compare these percentages with identical image processing parameters and t
97. struction Level Instruction Operator selects Level Ill using the Level icon on the Operator selects Level II using the Level icon on the OCP or uses a patch IIl 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 Ili l Loo ee ENEE Generated Automatically Generated Automatically Level Instruction Operator selects Level Il using the Level icon on the OCP or uses a patch II document Level 1 documents are generated automatically using the level to follow level rules Level Instruction Operator selects Level II using the Level icon on the OCP a Level Il and documents are generated automatically using the level to follow level rules Document level information is transmitted in each image header A 61580 November 2007 2 15 Level rules Controlling print strings Print string formatting Electronic color dropout Level rules are an automated way to control document image addressing based on the level of the previous document For a level 3 indexing scheme the application must define the Level to Follow Level rules for Level 3 Level 2 and Level 1 For example Level to Level 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
98. switch New imaging parameters are sent from the host Prepare documents according to the instructions found in the Kodak 11860 User s Guide A 61580 November 2007 Enable scanning Initiate polling Feed documents Disable scanning Error handling 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 i1800 Series Scanners User s Guide 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 An End of Job indicator is sent by the operator from the operator control panel touchscreen e A scanner 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 scanned until the host enables scann
99. t via the host application an area on the document to be delivered in color grayscale or black and white format a separate window for both black and white and color grayscale may be defined Different zones may be selected for both the front and back of the image This feature may be used in conjunction with auto cropping Following is an example of producing a color zone SUNBELT MANUFACTURING af KY PEASOMAL IDENTIFICATION a l Jefferson David J Engineer AD WESTHEW TERRACE DMARCH CA panenane i Miito nidii E ill Black and white image Relative Cropping 1 Prepare documents 2 Start the scanner to do dual stream simplex scanning front black and white and front color Setup the scanner to retrieve black and white images first Setup front black and white to be auto cropping Setup front color to be relative cropping ot ee Enable the scanner and start polling Loop Read front black and white image header Read back black and white image will return full image Read front color image header Read back color image will return only the color zone End loop A 61580 November 2007 2 21 Programmable keys Programmable keys are available for use by the operator when the scanner is enabled The touchscreen displays the functions that are associated with these programmable keys The programmable keys can be assigned the following functions e No scanner functionality
100. tch tab The Patch tab provides choices of what patch type to recognize One or more patches can be selected at a time The type of patch recognized is returned in the image header See the Kodak publication A 61599 Patch Code Information for Kodak Document Scanners for complete information i KODAK i1860 Scanner ioj x Patch Confirmation Tone Recognize Level 2 T Level 3 Transter none Feature Typi l Type 4 T Type 6 Use Heads P Iw 2 Ma M4 lt Home Image gt Preview OF Cancel Patch Confirmation Tone the confirmation tone may be used to signal that a patch has been recognized by the scanner The default is no confirmation tone Recognize select which patch type s to recognize e Level 2 assigns a Level 2 to the current document whether it is your document with a patch on it or a Level 2 patch sheet e Level 3 assigns a Level 3 to the current document whether it is your document with a patch on it or a Level 3 patch sheet e Transfer assigns a level to the next document after the Transfer patch sheet None select this if you do not want to recognize transfer patches As Level 2 As Level 3 NOTE The Transfer patch will be treated as Level 0 3 42 A 61580 November 2007 Feature e Patch Types 1 4 and 6 these patch types can be used by the scanning application for post scan image control they are not used for image addressing For example u
101. 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 Check Digit this option is only displayed if the scanner is configured with a Check Digit alteration file Pages Per Batch refer to the Batch Patch tab for more information This number is displayed on this tab to be used as a reference while formatting your image address Format select the format of the image address string used by the printer and how it is displayed on the touchscreen 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 A 61580 November 2007 4 19 Batch Patch tab The Batch Patch tab provides batch and patch functionality Batching is the operation of counting pages or documents The Patch tab provides choices of what patch type to recognize One or more patches can be selected at a time Properties for KODAK 11360 on STI 00 x Main Layout Image Processing Scanner Auta Color Detect Dropout Imprinter Image Address Patch Batch OCP Operator Log About Fatch Detect
102. tions e simplex duplex e image order e lamp timeout e transport timeout e transport timeout response e length detection status and response e multi feed detection status and response e starting document count e printing parameters printing status print font orientation and strings e programmable keys e batching parameters batch level count start and end of batch functions e patch parameters patch types to recognize transfer patch definition e starting image address e level to follow level rules e image address formats These items are only available when Image Addressing is enabled 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 Document Type Color Correction as appropriate for color document scanning See Chapters 3 or 4 depending on your driver For other vendor tool kits refer to their documentation 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 Black and white Front Grayscale Back Color Back Black and white Back Grayscale Image Processing parameter changes remain in effect until one of the following conditions occur The scanner is powered down using the power
103. tom allows you to manually adjust the Color amount and or Color threshold NOTE When setting Sensitivity values it is suggested that you start with the Medium option and scan a typical job set If too many documents were returned as color grayscale vs black and white then change to the High option and re run the job If too few documents were returned as color grayscale vs black and white then change to the Low option and re run the job If none of these options provide the desired result select Custom to manually adjust Color amount and or Color threshold Custom also allows access to the Learn mode which provides a method for the scanner to analyze documents and recommend settings Color amount the amount of color that needs to be present in a document before it will be saved as color grayscale As the value of Color amount increases more color pixels are required The options range from 1 to 200 Color threshold the color threshold or saturation i e pale blue vs dark blue at which a given color will be included in the color amount calculation A higher value indicates that a more intense color is required The options range from 0 to 100 Learn allows you to calculate your settings based on representative color documents scanned Before clicking Learn place at least 5 representative color documents in the input elevator The documents will be scanned and analyzed to determine the recommended color amount NOTE
104. ugh the remainder of the book Any one of the 50 pages may later be located and retrieved using its unique image address A 61580 November 2007 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 For example if you scan a book with 2 chapters Chapter 1 has 40 pages and Chapter 2 has 60 pages and the image address has been defined as e Field D has 3 characters e Field C has 2 characters e Field B has O characters e Field A has O 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 Chapter 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 A 61580 November 2007 2 11 Two level offset indexing When
105. urce FOO Sheets r Power Saver Sheet Counter W Oni Starting value jo z 60 beget fig H minutes Document Feeder 300 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l hs seconds Action when timeout occurs Stop Scanning ae M Automatically start scanning T Lightweight paper Diagnostics lt Home Image gt OF Cancel Paper source e Document Feeder the input elevator is in its highest position This selection is recommended when you are scanning 25 sheets or less e 100 Sheets this selection is recommended when you are scanning between 25 and 100 sheets e 250 Sheets this selection is recommended when you are scanning between 100 and 250 sheets e 500 Sheets this selection is recommended when you are scanning between 250 and 500 sheets Power Saver allows you to set the amount of time the scanner has to be inactive before going into power saver mode You can turn this option off or set a time from 5 to 60 minutes Document Feeder e Timeout allows you to select the amount of time the scanner will wait once the last document enters the feeder before the timeout occurs You can turn this option off or set a time from 1 to 300 seconds 3 30 A 61580 November 2007 e Action when timeout occurs indicates the action that will be taken when the document feeder timeout has been reached Stop Scanning scanning will stop and control will return to the scanning application i
106. urce in concert with your scanning application The TWAIN Datasource is the part of the capture system which links the scanner to your scanning application When using the TWAIN Datasource the main Kodak Scanner window will display a list of Setting Shortcuts Each Setting Shortcut is a group of specific image and device settings The supplied Setting Shortcuts represent some common electronic image outputs If none of the Setting Shortcuts meet your scanning needs you can create a customized Setting Shortcut This chapter provides descriptions of the scanner features using options on the TWAIN Datasource tabs If you are using the TWAIN Datasource follow the procedures in this chapter to set up your scanner If you are using the ISIS driver see Chapter 4 Using the ISIS Driver Terminology and If you have used previous scanners from Kodak you may be familiar features with many of the image processing features already With the new graphical user interface in the TWAIN Datasource some of the names of those features have changed Refer to Appendix A TWAIN Image Processing Terminology for a cross reference of previous names with new names A 61580 November 2007 3 1 Accessing the Scan 1 Select Start gt Programs gt Kodak gt Document Imaging gt Scan Validation tool Validation Tool From the Driver Types box select TWAIN From the Drivers box select Kodak Scanner i1800 and click OK Scan alidation Tool xi Diver tees as m

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