Kodak i800 Series manual

i800 Series Scanners Image Processing Guide User ’ s Guide A-61510[...]

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A-61510 Ja nuary 2005 1-1 1 Introduction Kodak i800 Series Scanners The i800 Scanners are high-volum e production scanners which includ e image processing technolo gy that can improve image quality and sometimes make t he reproductio n better than the original. Y ou can use the ISIS Driver or TW AIN Data sou rce (both are available on the CD that i[...]

A-61510 Ja nuary 2005 1-2 About this manual This manual provides the following: Chapter 1, Introduction – includes a brief summary of the Kodak i800 Series Scanners, a list of features available for each scanner and the support d rivers. Chapter 2, Best Practices – includes information to use whe n setting up applications, recommendations on ho[...]

A-61510 Ja nuary 2005 1-3 Image output s i800 Series Scanners can return bi -tonal, grayscale or color imag es to the host. Below is a description of the valid combinatio ns. All i800 Scanners are duplex scanners. This means both the front and the rear side of each document may be captured. For each side captured, the scanner cre ates a bi-tonal/bi[...]

A-61510 Ja nuary 2005 1-4 Another example of a simult aneous output where all four images are returned to the host would create the following four fil es: • Front grayscale : FG .jpg. This image file rep resents the cont ents of the front side of the document using 8-bi ts per pixel. • Front bi-tonal/binary: FB.tif. This image file represent s [...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-1 2 Best Practices This chapter provides you with recommendatio ns for program logic, which will allow you to interact ef ficiently with the i800 Scanner . This high-l evel information is not intended to be used as a coding guide. The following information is provi ded in this chapter: • Basic image capture • Controlling [...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-2 Scanner setup T o set up the scanner: 1. Set up your scanner operating con ditions: • simplex/duplex • starting imag e address • image order • lamp timeout • transport timeout • transport timeout response • length detection statu s and response • multi-feed detection st atus and response • page-on-demand o[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-3 3. Determine if any changes to the Image Processin g parameters n eed to be made for the current application. NOTE: This check needs to occur for up to four sep arate images from the six available options depending on your application: Front Color , Front Bi-tonal, Front Grayscale, Rear Color , Rear Bi-tonal, Rear Grayscale[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-4 Disable scanning Scanning is disabled to allo w the host to download configuration/ setup changes between jobs an d to handle cert ain types of errors. Scanning is also disabl ed when one of the following condition s occur: • The scanner is first powere d on using the power swit ch. • A SCSI bus device Rese t command is[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-5 When an error occurs , the host will receive a SCSI Check Condition S tatus. This indi cates to the host that there may be on e current error and potentiall y one or more deferred errors. The host must follow a Check Condition S t atus with a SCSI Request Sense command. The Sense dat a will indicate the type of error that h[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-6 Controlling image transfer order This section provides job strea m examples which can be used in scanning applications. The host application is resp onsible for determinin g the order in which the scanner return s images. Front images must alway s be retrieved before rear images. Bi-tonal only duplex This job stream is avai[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-7 Grayscale only duplex This job stream is available for i820 and i 840 Series Scanners. 1. Prepare document s. 2. S tart the scanner to do grayscal e duplex scanning (front grayscale and rear grayscale). 3. Setup the scanner to retrieve grayscale image s. 4. Enable the scanner and st art polling. Loop Read front grayscale im[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-8 Dual stream duplex This job stream is available for i820 and i 840 Series Scanners. 1. Prepare document s. 2. S tart the scanner to do dual stream duple x scanning (front bi-tonal, front color , rear bi-tonal and re ar color). 3. Setup the scanner to retrieve bi-tonal image s first. 4. Enable the scanner and st art polling.[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-9 Single-stream duplex alternating bet ween bi-tonal and color/grayscale using the scanner T oggle patch This job stream is available for i820 and I 840 Series Scanners. The T oggle patch is a type 4 patch that is used to trigger the scanner to switch from the current image stre am (bi-tonal) to the alternati ve image stream [...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-10 Jam and Fault recovery This section provides reco mmendations for application logic associated with scanne r jam and fault recovery . If your scanner is enabled and you are polling when a document jam or other fault occurs, use the following p rocedure to restart scanning. IMPORTANT: Before beginning fault recovery, make s[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-1 1 Image file storage locations This section provides gen eral recommendations regarding the imp act of image file storage locations on the overall throughp ut of the scanner . Depending upon the mode l of your scanner , you can receive up to four image files per document. Decisions abo ut where to write these files when ret[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-12 Image addressing Unlike previous high-volume scann ers from Koda k, the i800 Series Scanners moved all image address functionality to the host. This includes index format, st arting image addre ss, image address format and level rules. Image address format The image address format can be from one to four fields. Each field[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-13 Indexing schemes Document s are scanned to record the inf ormation in an easily accessible form. The scanner of fers the following indexing schemes: • Single level • T wo level • T wo level offset • Three level • Three level of fset Single level indexing When using single level ind exing, the image address assign[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-14 T w o level indexing When using two level index ing, the image address assigne d to each document is defined as follo ws: • Field D (Level 1) defined as hav ing a field length great er than 0. • Field C (Level 2) defined as hav ing a field length great er than 0. • Fields B and A may be defined as fixed fields if des[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-15 T w o level offset inde xing When using two level of fset indexing, the image address assigned to each document is defined as follows: • Field D (Level 2) defined as hav ing a field length great er than 0. • Fields C, B and A may be defined as fixed fields if desired. For example, if you scan a book with 2 chapters (Ch[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-16 Three level indexing When using three level indexing, the image ad dress assigned to each document is defined as follo ws: • Field D (Level 1) defined as havi ng a field length greater than 0. • Field C (Level 2) defined as havi ng a field length greater than 0. • Field B (Level 3) defined as having a field length gr[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-17 The header p age for Section 2 is assign ed image address 2.00.000. The head er page for Ch apter 1 of the section is assigned image address 2. 01.000. The p ages within the chapter are assigned image a ddress(es) 2.01.001 through 2.01.120. Any one of the pages may later be located and retrieve d using its unique image add[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-18 Three level offset indexing When using three level of fset indexing, the image address assigned to each document is defined as follows: • Field D (Level 2) defined as hav ing a field length great er than 0. • Field C (Level 3) defined as hav ing a field length great er than 0. • Fields B and A may be defined as fixed[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-19 The header p age for Section 2 is assign ed image address 2.00. The header p age for Chapter 1 of the section is as signed image address 2.01. The remaining p ages of Chapter 1 are also assigned image address 2.01. Either one of the section header or chapter header p ages may later be located and retriev ed using it s uniq[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-20 The following diagram illustrates ho w document levels are set or changed: Generated Autom aticall y Generated Autom aticall y Generated Autom aticall y Generated A utomati cally Document level information is transmitted in each image header. Level Instruction: Operator selects Level II using the Level icon on the OCP or u[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-21 Level rules Unlike previous high-volume scann ers from Koda k, the i800 Series Scanners moved the responsibility for defining and controlling level rules to the host. Level rules are an automated way to control document image addressi ng based on the level of the previous document. The appli cation must define the Level to[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-22 Controlling print strings Full control and access to the scanner’s print string functionality is available from the host application. In addition the print string information is returned to the host in the image heade r . Print String formatting • Maximum character length  40. • Charac ter set  full alphanumeri[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-23 T wo categories of performance are prov ided or each colo r: Colors that can be completely dropped out and colors that are very close to complete dropout. These values were est ablished by using stan dard Pantone Matching System® Colors guide (uncoated, 175-line screen ). If the background of the document you are using is[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-24 Red dropout Following is a list of Pantone colors which may be use d with the red dropout option. Red Dropout  Complete Dropout 100 U 1 14 U 1225 U 1365 U 169 U 210 U 2562 U 395 U 101 U 1 15 U 1235 U 141 U 176 U 217 U 372 U 3935 U 102 U 1 16 U 127 U 148 U 1765 U 223 U 379 U 3945 U Y ello w U 120 U 128 U 149 U 1767 U 230[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-25 Green Dropout  Near Complete Dropout 122 U 1355 U 2705 U 2975 U 304 U 324 2 U 337 U 344 U 128 U 141 U Blue Dropout  Complete Dropout 100 U 230 U 256 U 2716 U 283 U 3105 U 3248 U 3945 U 101 U 236 U 2562 U 2707 U 290 U 317 U 331 U 102 U 2365 U 263 U 2717 U 2905 U 318 U 386 U 106 U 243 U 2635 U 2708 U 297 U 324 U 393 U [...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-26 Image header information An image header is associated with eve ry image captured by the scanner . Following is a list of information available in the image header . Image length  size of the image. Image identifier  indicates whether the imag e is front bi-tonal, rear bi-tonal, front color or rear col or . Resolutio[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-27 Deske w  the image header reflect s whether or not the scanner was asked to perform deskew . If deskew is enabl ed, the image header also indicates whether or not the document was deskewed. The maximum angle the scanner will de skew is 44.9 degrees. Skew angle  image he ader records the skew angle which was determine[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-28 Sequential counter  the scanner assigns a unique Sequential ID Number to each document whi ch is returned in the image header . The host ap plication controls the setting of the st arting value for this counter . Patch T y pe  the scanner indicates if a p atch type was recognized on the document in the image head er [...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-29 Zone processing Zone processing is only available on the i820 and i840 Series Scanners. Some applications have a requireme nt to store part of an image in color or grayscale and th e rest of the image in bi-tonal format (this saves stora ge space by not storin g the entire image in color or grayscale). Zone proce ssing is [...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-30 3. Setup the scanner to retrieve bi-tonal image s first. 4. Setup front bi-tonal to be auto cropping. 5. Setup front color to be relative cropping. 6. Enable the scanner and st art polling. Loop Read front bi-tonal image header Read bi-tonal image (will return full image) Read front color image header Read color image (wil[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-31 Programmable keys There are three programmable keys on the Operato r Control Panel of the scanner . These key s can be assigned functions by the host application. Programmable keys are av ailable for use by the operator when the scanner is enabled. Th e Operat or Control Panel displays the numbers 1 through 3. These number[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-32 Patch Reading Patch reading allows you to change image add ress (IA) information for a document on the fly , without any host PC or Operator Control Panel intervention. All documents with p atch codes are imaged and cannot be automatically deleted by the scan ner . T ypes of Patch Cod es A patch code can change the IA leve[...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-33 T ransfer Patch Code The image header reflect s when a T ransfer patch code is detected on a document. A T ransfer pat ch is conside red to be a Level 0 document. The IA level for the next document following the T ransfer patch is assig ned to the level (Level 2 or Level 3) that has been previously set. The scanner cannot [...]

A-61510 January 2005 2-34 When an additional p atch is detected, this document is considered a Level 0 document and will not cause the IA to change. Th e image header indicates that this is an ad ditional patch document by returni ng a patch type, which ma tches the patch detected. The scanner will not print on documents containin g these additiona[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-1 3 Using the TW AIN Dat a Source Inst allation The TW AIN Dat a Source is included with the scanne r . Y ou can install the data source from the CD. 1. Insert the CD into the drive. 2. Double-click the setup.exe file. 3. Follow the instructions on each screen as prompted. After inst allation is complete, inst all your applic[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-2 1. Select St art>Run or select Programs>Kodak>Document Imaging>Scan V alidation T ool . The Scan V alidation T ool dialog box will be displayed. 2. Select TW AIN and Kodak Scanner: i800. If you are using the ISIS driver see Chapter 4. 3. Click OK . 4. Double-click the Scanne r icon to access the Kodak Scanner Pr[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-3 Scan V alidation T ool dialog box The Kodak Scan V alidation T ool dialog box allows you to verify scanner functionality through the TW AIN Data Source. Button Description Displays the Users Interface for the selected eithe r the ISIS Driver or TW AIN Data Source. Allows you to select the directory to store scanned images a[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-4 Button Description Opens the image viewer to display one image at a time. Opens the image viewer to displ ay two images at a time. Opens the image vie wer to display four images at a time. Opens the image viewer to display eight image s at a time. Display Every  enter the sampling rate of the images you wi sh to display [...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-5 Buttons on the Kodak Scanner Properties dialog box Following are descriptions of the butt ons located at the bottom of the dialog box. Default s  when y ou select Default s , the message Reset all values to factory defaults? will be displayed. Clicking Ye s will reset all values on all tabs to the factory default s. Copy[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-6 The Imaging t ab The Imaging tab allo ws you to define image processing values that can be applied to your scanner . Image Selection box  lists the available sides (front and rear) of a n image where you can define individual i mage processing values. If you have an i810 or i830 scanner , only Front Bi-tonal and Rear Bi-[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-7 Scanning bi-tonal images The descriptions below are for scanni ng bi-tonal images only . Binarization  these settings ef fect the bi-tonal image. Available settings are: • iThresholding: selecting iThre sholding allows the scanner to dynamically evaluate each docume nt to determine the optimal threshold value to produc[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-8 When Adaptive Thresholding is selected , Contrast values may range from 1 to 100. A Contrast value of 100 is con sidered fully adaptive thresholding. Fixed thresholding A TP disabled A TP enabled Fixed Processing  used for black-and-white and o ther high contrast documents. A single level is set to determine the bla ck-a[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-9 Noise Filter  occasional ly small dots or spe cks appear in the background of a scan ned image. These specks increa se file compression size and usually cont ain no image information. Using the Noise Filter on document s containing very fine detail (e.g., the dot on an "i" in 4-point type) may cause inform atio[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-10 Contrast %  sets the image contrast by adjusting the dif ference between black and white, thereby maki ng an image sharper or soft er . In a low-contrast setting, the dif ference between bla ck and white is small, so the image is softe r . In a high-contrast setting, the dif ference between black and white is large, so [...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-1 1 Threshold  thresholding is used to co nvert a grayscale image into a bi-tonal (1 bit/pixel) image. The thresholding value ran ges from 0 to 255. A low threshold value produces a lighte r image, and can be used to subdue backgrounds an d subtle, unneeded information. A high threshold value produces a darker image, and c[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-12 Resolution or dot s per inch (dpi)  indi cates the scanning resoluti on, which largely determine s the quality of the scanned image. The greater the resolution, the better the reprod uction. However , scanning at a higher resolution also increase s scanning time and file size. The industry sta ndard is 200 dpi (ab out 8[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-13 Scanning color images The descriptions below are for scanning colo r images only . Resolution or dot s per inch (dpi)  indi cates the scanning resoluti on, which largely determine s the quality of the scanned image. The greater the resolution, the better the reprod uction. However , scanning at a higher resolution also [...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-14 Color T ables  the selection of a color t able effect s how the scanner reproduces the color of a scanned d ocument. Y ou can chose from six different Kod ak default color t ables: Pictures , Pictures 2, Te x t , Te x t wi t h Picture s, T ext with Pictures 2, and Te x t w i t h Pictures 3. The user can also download an[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-15 Scanning grayscale images The descriptions below are for scanni ng grayscale images only . Resolution or dot s per inch (dpi)  indi cates the scanning resoluti on, which largely determine s the quality of the scanned image. The greater the resolution, the better the reprod uction. However , scanning at a higher resoluti[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-16 The Paper t ab The Paper tab allows you to define valu es relating to image output (i.e., cropping values, rot ation, paper size and units of measure). Display window  list s the available sides of an image that you can define individual image processing value s. If you have an i810 or i830 scanner , only Front Bi-tonal[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-17 Cropping values Cropping allows you to capture a po rtion of the document being scanned. Y ou can define the cropping ar ea by the x and y offset values, width and length. All cropping options can be used with color and bi-tonal images and are front/rear and dual stream independent. Only one cropping option can be assigne [...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-18 Original Bi-tonal image Relative Cropping Y ou can enter the desired v alues in the fields or use the arro w keys to define the desired area. The Display window will show image placement as you change the values. If a relative cropping zone falls outside the a uto-cropped image, a message will be d isplayed. Automatic Desk[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-19 Wid th — the width of the scanning area. Length — the length of the scanning area. If Overscan is not sele cted, the scanner will not continue ca pt uring beyond the trail edge of the document. For example, if you setup the scanner for 8 ½” x 1 1” portrait-fed document s, and you scan an 8 ½ x 4” document, the [...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-20 The Compression t ab The Compression ta b allows you to compress image f iles. Display window  list s the available sides of an image that you can define individual image processing value s. If you have an i810 or i830 scanner , only Front Bi-tonal and Rear Bi-tonal will be displayed. If you have an i820 or i840 scann e[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-21 For color/grayscale scan ning the following compressions a re available: • JPEG • None JPEG Quality  JPEG compression of fers a JPEG quality of Draf t , Good, Better , Best, Superior . Draf t gives you the smalle st file size with draft image quality; Good gives you a larger file size with good image quality , Bette[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-22 The Dropout t ab Electronic Color Dropout is used to eliminate a form’ s background so that a document management system may automatically (through OCR and ICR technology) read pertinent dat a without interference from the lines and boxes of the form. The i800 Series Scanners can dropout either red, green or blue. The Dr[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-23 Background  this value will be substituted in the grayscale (pre-thresholded) image fo r the color being removed. Therefore, this value should be higher than the threshol d value selected on the Imaging tab for this pixel to becom e the background color . For example, if you are scanning a white docu ment with a green f[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-24 The Image Address tab Image addressing provides better do cument management opportunities. Image addressi ng is used for document tracking, batch control and image management. The Image Address t ab allows you set an image address st arting point and increment the image addre ss according to how the application is setup. T[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-25 Image Address area The Image Address area allows you to enter a st arting image address. Current value  displays the next imag e address which will be used if no value is entered in the image address field. Image Address  an image addre ss is a unique identifier assigned to each individual document and may cont ain u[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-26 For each field, use the Field Guide to assign the p urpose of the field and its wid th. In the example below , Fiel d A is defined as a 5-character fixed field. Field B is defined as a 4-character level 3 field. Field C is defined as a 3-character level 2 field, and Field D is defined as a 2-chara cter level 1 field. Level[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-27 The Batch t ab Batching is the operation of counting pa ges or document s. Batch Control area The Batch Control area defines the level to count the number of documents i n the batch and any acti ons to be t aken at the beginning and end of a batch. Batch Count  defines the numb er of document s to be counted prior to pe[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-28 Batch End Function  defines the a ction to be taken af ter processing the last document in the batch. Op tions are S top Feeder , End of Job, S tart New Batch or No action. Patch Control area The Patch Control area provides choi ces of what patch type to recognize. One or more p atches can be selected at a time. The fol[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-29 Patch T y pes 2, 3 and T  these patch types a re used for image addressing. When the Patch Read er det ects a p atch, it automatically assigns a new image a ddress to the new do cument. This eliminat es the task of trying to determine where one do cument stops and the next start s when an operator i s viewing electronic[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-30 Button Control area This section is used to assign ac tions the operator u ses from the Operator Control Panel. Function Key #1, Function Key #2 and Function Key #3. Available fun ctions are: • End-of-Job • T erminate Batch • Skip Multi-feed Detection • Skip Printing • Skip Patch Recognition • Lower Elevator[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-31 The Multifeed t ab Multi-feed Detection aids in document processing by detecting documents th at may go through the feeder overlapped . Multi-feeds can happen due to st apled document s, adhesives on docu ments, or electrostatically charg ed document s. 3D Multi-feed Detection combi nes ultrasonics (amplitude and pha se) w[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-32 Sensitivity  controls how aggressively the scanner will work to determine if more than one document is fed into the transpo rt. Multi-feeds are triggered by detecting air gap s between docume nts. This allows multi-feed detection to be u sed with job set s containing documents wi th mixed thicknesses. Y ou may set the M[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-33 The Options t ab The Options t ab allows you to set Image T ransfer , T ransport and Lamp controls. Image T ransfer Order  if you using dual stream scanning (bi-ton al and color/grayscale) for eit her side, this option controls the order in which the scanner will return image d ata. For exampl e, if you are scanning col[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-34 T ransport Ti meout  allows you to set a transport timeout value. This value is the amount of time the scanner will wait af ter the last document enters the transport before the transp ort t imeout action is t aken. Y ou can specify a time delay setting from 5 to 300 seconds. The default is 10 seconds. If this option is[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-35 The Printer t ab The Document Printer 1 provides a vertical print capability that is programmed to suppo rt alphanumeric ch aracters as defined by the host. It supports d ate, image address, time, document cou nt and custom messages. All print information is captured in a docu ment header record. These printer controls and[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-36 Print String T o build the print string: 1. Select the Level you want to define from the drop-down box. 2. Enter the message you want printed in the Print S tring field a nd/or select the predefined options by dou ble-clicking on the desire d option in the drop-down box. NOTE: The maximum amount of chara cters for each pri[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-37 Counter Format  used to control the width of the document cou nter . V alues range from 1-9. The following choices are available fo r printing the counter format. • Display leading zeros format (e.g., 0009) • Suppress leading zeros format (e.g., 9) • Compress leading zeros format (e.g., 9) Date Format  select o[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-38 Printing orient ation Y ou can sele ct what orient ation you want your information to be printed in as well as the location on your document. Font  two dif ferent character sizes, referred to as L arge and Small, are available. Information is pri nted on each document in one of the two orientation s: Comic or Cinema. Y [...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-39 .5 in = Y offset Paper Printing area Start position A Charac ter top NOTE: Printing automatically sto ps 6. 3 mm (1/4 -inch) from the trailing edge of the document even if the information has not been completely printed. Horizont al Print Position The horizont al print position is set ma nually in one of the 13 positions o[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-40 The Setup t ab The Setup tab allows you to download firmware and set the sca nner clock. Firmware  the scanner fi rmware runs your Kodak i800 Series Scanner . The value displayed in the Current field is the version of firmware currently in use by your scanner . Periodically Kodak rel eases updated versions of firmware w[...]

A-61510 January 2005 3-41 The Info t ab The Info tab displ ays information about your scanner . Scanner Dat a  shows the following informatio n about your scanner: Scanner Model, Scanner Configu ration, Firmware Revision, Minimum Scan Resolution, Maximu m Scan Resolution, Scanner Serial Number , Scanner CPU Date/T ime, and the Name and Compan y [...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-1 4 Using the ISIS Driver Inst allation The ISIS driver is included with the scanner . Y ou can install the d river 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 inst allation of the driver is compl ete, install your application s[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-2 1. Select St art>Run or select Programs>Kodak>Document Imaging>Scan V alidation T ool . The Scan V alidation T ool dialog box will be displayed. 2. Select ISIS and Kodak Scanner: i800. If you are using the TWAIN driver see Chapter 3. 3. Click OK . 4. Double-click the Scanne r icon to access the Kodak Scanner Pro[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-3 Scan V alidation T ool dialog box The Kodak Scan V alidation T ool dialog box allows you to verify scanner functionality through the ISIS Driver . Button Description Displays the Users Interface for the selected eithe r the ISIS Driver or TW AIN Data Source. Allows you to select the directory to store scanned images and the[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-4 Button Description Opens the image viewer to display one image at a time. Opens the image viewer to displ ay two images at a time. Opens the image vie wer to display four images at a time. Opens the image viewer to display eight image s at a time. Display Every  enter the sampling rate of the images you wi sh to display [...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-5 Scanner Settings dialog box The section provides a description of the Scanne r Settings dialog box. This main dialog box provides hi gh le vel access to the functionality of the scanner giving you the ability to cont rol the characteristics of all four possible imaging combinations d epending on the model of your scanner . [...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-6 Buttons on the Scanner Settings dialog box Following are descriptions of the butt ons located at the bottom of the dialog box. More  displays the More Scan ner Settings dialog box. This dialog box provides additional image pro cessing settings uniqu e to i800 Scanners. Area  displ ays the Scan Area dialog box. Copy ?[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-7 Camera settings are a The selections in the Camera area list the available sides (front an d back) of an image where you can defin e individual image processing values. For more information about the Camera sel ections see the section entitled, “Image output s” in Chapter 1. When startin g the configuration pr ocess, us[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-8 Image Processing settings The other options on this di alog box allow you to define image processing values that can be appli ed to your scanner . Scan Mode  the host computer provides information to the scanne r defining whether to scan one or b oth sides of the image. Simplex indicates that only one side (front side ) [...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-9 Page size and layout The default p aper size is set when a scanner is first selected. Y ou can choose a dif ferent paper si ze using the drop-down list box. NOTE: The Page Size and Page Layout selectio ns also appear on the Area dialog box. If you make a chang e on the Scanner Settings dialog box, the same selections will a[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-10 When Adaptive Thresholding is selected , Contrast values may range from 1 to 100. A Contrast value of 100 is considered fully adaptive thresholding. Fixed thresholding A TP disabled A TP enabled Error Diffusion  screens photo graphic areas of a document to simulate gray levels yet sharp ens the edges of text. It is reco[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-1 1 Cropping  allows you to capture a portion of the document bein g scanned. All cropping options can be u sed with color/grayscale and binary images. Front and Rear croppin g are independent, however , for dual stream scanning color/grayscale and binary cro pping must be the same per side. Only one cropping o ption can b[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-12 This option may be used in conju nction with auto cropping where a separate colo r/grayscale or binary area to be saved is desi red. It is very useful in applications where a photograph, si gnature, embossment or seal appea rs in a consistent are a for an application (you may want that small area in color/gray scale and th[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-13 Contrast %  sets the image contrast by adjusting the dif ference between black and white, thereby maki ng an image sharper or soft er . Contrast is only available for binary ima ges. In a low-contrast setting, the dif ference between bla ck and white is small, so the image is softe r . In a high-contrast setting, the di[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-14 200 d pi; 80 Threshold; 20 Contras t 200 d pi; 80 Threshold; 100 Contras t Lighten, Normal and Darken are used as qui ck set s to adjust the threshold. Lighten = 72, Normal = 9 0 and Darken = 128.[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-15 More Scanner Settings dialog box Additional image processing values unique to the i80 0 Scanner are available when you choose the More button on the Scanne r Settings dialog box.[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-16 Camera settings are a The selections in the Camera area list the available sides (front an d back) of an image where you can defin e individual image processing values. If you have an i810 or i830 scanner , only Front Binary and Back Binary will be displayed. If you have an i820 or i840 scanne r , Front Color , Back Color [...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-17 JPEG Quality  JPEG compression of fers a JPEG quality of Draf t , Good , Better , Best , Superi or and Sharpen . • Draf t  the smallest file size with draf t image quality . • Good  a larger file size with good imag e quality . • Better  a large r file size with better image quality . • Best  a large[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-18 Deske w  check this opti on to automatically deskew a document within ±0.3 degrees of the docum ent’s leading edge. Automatic deskew can detect up to a 45-degree skew and corre ct up to a 24-degree angle at 200 dpi or a 10-d egree skew angle at 300 d pi. NOTE: T o prevent data loss, the doc ument must have all four c[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-19 Noise Filter Occasionally small dot s or specks appe ar in the background of a scanned image. These specks increase file compression size and usually contai n no image information. Using the Noise Filter on documents cont aining very fine det ail (e.g., the dot on an "i" in 4-point type) may cause information to [...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-20 Buttons on the Scanner Settings dialog box Following are descriptions of the butt ons located at the bottom of the dialog box. Scanner Control  displays the Scanner Control dialog box. This dialog box allows you to set multi-feed detection, transpo rt control, enable/disable lamp saver and set the programmable key funct[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-21 Setting scanner controls The Scanner Control dialog box allows you to set the following controls: • Multi-feed and Ultra sonic detection • T ransport Control • Lamp Saver functionality • Function Keys (Programmable keys)[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-22 Setting Multi-feed detec tion Multi-feed Detection aids in document processing by detecting documents th at may go through the feeder overlapped . Multi-feeds can happen due to st apled document s, adhesives on docu ments, or electrostatically charg ed document s. 3D Multi-feed Detection combi nes ultrasonics (amplitude an[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-23 Ultrasonic Detection Sensitivity  Sensitivity  controls how aggressively the scanner will work to det ermine if more than one document is fed into the transport. Multi-f eeds are triggere d by detecting air gaps between docu ments. This allows multi-feed detection to be used with job set s containi ng documents with [...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-24 Response  allows you to specify the ac tion that will be ta ken when the transport timeout has been reach ed. • Stop Feed er and T ransport: stop s the feeder and the transport but leaves the scanner enable d. Scanning may be resumed by pressi ng the S tart/Resume button. • End Job: stops the feede r and the transpo[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-25 Enabling and setting Document Printer options The Document Printer 1 provides a vertical print capability that is programmed to suppo rt alphanumeric ch aracters as defined by the host. It supports d ate, image address, time, document cou nt and custom messages. All print information is captured in a docu ment header recor[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-26 Format T emplate  the format template is used to build the print string. The print string is what is printed on docu ments as the y travel through the transport. The print string is printed before the d ocument is scanned, therefore, it is part of the image. The maximum amo unt of characters for each print string is 40 [...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-27 The following information can be printed: • Formatting characters: – Image Address Field % A , % B, %C, %D  these fields are defined on the Image Address dialog box. – Sequential Counter %S: this value is used to assi gn the document count for the next doc um ent entering the transport. This value is incremented s[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-28 Counter • Initial V alue :  this value is used to assign the document cou nt for the next document entering the transp ort. This value is incremented sequentially by the scanner unless another document cou nt is received from the host. Thi s value is returned in the im age header . • Field Wid th : used to control t[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-29 T ext Optio ns • T op Margin : allows you to define the dist ance from the lead edge before the print string begins. This value can be defi ned in Inches, Centimeters or Pixels. Set this value using the slider bar . 0.5 inches Pape r Printing area Start position A Character top NOTE: Printing automatically sto ps 6. 3 mm[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-30 • Font/Orient ation : Y ou can select the orient ation you want your information to be printed in as well as the location on your document. − Character sizes : Norm al or Large − Font Orient ation : Portrait or Landscape. − Direction: Up or Down Y ou can choose: Large Landscape Down Large Portrait Down Normal Lands[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-31 Setting Color Dropout values Electronic Color Dropout is used to elimi nate a form’ s background so that a document management system may automatically (through OCR and ICR technology) read pertinent dat a without interference from the lines and boxes of the form. The Color Dropout dialog box allows you to select the des[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-32 Background Va l u e  this value will be substituted in the grayscale (pre-thresholded) image fo r the color being removed. Therefore, this value should be higher than the thre shold value selected on the S canner Settings dialog box for this pixel to become the ba ckground color . The default value is 160. For example, [...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-33 Defining Batch and Patch Code Definition values Batching is the operation of counting p ages or document s. Enabling Batch Sep aration The Batch function allows you to define the level to count the num ber of documents i n the batch and any acti ons to be t aken at the beginning and end of a batch. T o enable Batch Separat[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-34 Enabling Patch Codes Patch Control allows you to sele ct what patch type s to recognize. One or more patches can be selected at a time. Enable Patch Codes  to enable Patch Codes click the Enable Patch Codes box. Recognition Modes  allows you to select the p atch type the scanner will recognize. Y ou can se lect Level[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-35 Feature Patches (Patch T ypes 1, 4 and 6)  these patch types can be used by the host for post-scan im age control (they a re not used for image addressing). For example, us e these p atch types for changing between binary and color/grayscale ima ging or workflow control. Patch 1 (Do not use these patches for production [...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-36 Image addressing Image addressing provides better do cument management opportunities. Image addressi ng is used for document tracking, batch control and image management. The Image Address dialog box allows you set an image address st arting point and increment the image address according to how the applicat io n is setup.[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-37 Format string  this text field allows you to structure your image address. Fixed field information ente red in this field will be reflected in the Image Address area in Fields A through D. T o indicate the position of an image address level use the format character (%3 L – Level 3, %2L – Level 2, %1L – Level 1) wh[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-38 Counters  for each imag e address level enter a S ta rt V a lue, Wid th and Level to Follow level. • Star t Valu e: the start value is reflected in the image address in the field designed by the format string. • Wid th : a value of 0 indicates that no image address level will be used. Wi dths cannot exceed 9 charact[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-39 Defining the Scan Area The Scan Area dialog box is only available for images whe n the Cropping option selecte d on the Scanner Settings dialog box is either Fixed Cropping or Relative Cropping . NOTE: Select the side and image to be define d by highlighting Front Color , Front Binary , Back Color or Back Binary as appropr[...]

A-61510 January 2005 4-40 Page size and layout  the default paper size is set when a scanner is first selected. Y ou can choose a dif ferent p aper size using the drop-down list box. NOTE: The Page Size and Page Layout selectio ns also appear on the Scanner Settings dialog bo x. If you make a change on the Area dialog box, the same selections wi[...]

A-61510 January 2005 A-1 Appendix A High V olume Scanner Comp arison Ta b l e The chart below provides a comp arison of Kodak High V olume Scanners. 7520 9520 I800 Feature Mode Host OCP Mode Host OCP Host OCP Programmable Function Keys X X Measurement System X X X Date Format X X X T ime Format X X X Alarm/Confirmation T one X X X X X X Printer Mes[...]

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