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Kodak i780 Manual

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  • Page 2 1 Introduction The Kodak i600/i700 Series Scanners are high-volume production scanners which includes 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).
  • Page 3 Image outputs The i600/i700 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.
  • Page 4 Another example of a simultaneous output where all four images are returned to the host would create the following four files: • Front grayscale: FG.jpg. This image file represents the contents of the front side of the document using 8-bits per pixel. •...

  • Page 5: Best Practices

    2 Best Practices This chapter provides you with recommendations for program logic, which will allow you to interact efficiently with the i600/i700 Series Scanners. This high-level information is not intended to be used as a coding guide. The following information is provided in this chapter: •...

  • Page 6: Scanner Setup

    Scanner setup To set up the scanner: 1. Set up your scanner operating conditions: • simplex/duplex • image order • transport timeout • transport timeout response • length detection status and response • multi-feed detection status and response • starting document count •...

  • Page 7: Error Handling

    Enable scanning 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 polling Initiate host system polling of the scanner to ensure scanned document images are transferred from the image buffer to the host system.
  • Page 8 Some error conditions disable scanning and cause the document transport to stop. 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.
  • Page 9 Color only - duplex This job stream is available for i620, i640, i660 and i780 Scanners. 1. Prepare documents. 2. Start the scanner to do color duplex scanning (front color and rear color). 3. Setup the scanner to retrieve color images. 4.
  • Page 10 Dual stream - black and This job stream is available for i620, i640, i660 and i780 Scanners. white and color - duplex 1. Prepare documents. 2. Start the scanner to do dual stream duplex scanning by selecting front black and white, front color, rear black and white and rear color.
  • Page 11 Single-stream duplex This job stream is available for i620, i640, i660 and i780 Scanners. For alternating between black the i610 Scanner, you can only toggle between black and white and and white and color/ grayscale. grayscale (Toggle patch) 1. Prepare documents with a Type 4/Toggle patch before and after any color/grayscale documents.
  • Page 12 Jam and fault This section provides recommendations for application logic associated with scanner jam and fault recovery. 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.

  • Page 13: Bar Code Recognition

    Bar code recognition The i600/i700 Series Scanners do not include a bar code accessory. Your capture application (e.g., Kodak Capture Software) may provide bar code functionality. The main imaging parameter, which may effect bar code read rates, is resolution. Either black and white, grayscale or color images may be used for bar code applications.
  • Page 14 Red dropout Following is a list of Pantone colors which may be used with the red dropout option. Red Dropout — Complete Dropout. 100U 129U 155U 177U 1925U 231U 372U 101U 130U 156U 178U 196U 232U 379U 102U 134U 157U Warm Red 197U 380U...
  • Page 15 Green Dropout  Complete Dropout 100U 113U 1345U 3375U 374U 387U 3935U 101U 114U 155U 351U 375U 388U 3945U 102U 120U 2706U 352U 379U 389U 3955U Yellow U 1205U 317U 365U 380U 393U 3965U 106U 1215U 3245U 366U 381U 394U 107U 127U 331U...
  • Page 16 Image header An image header is associated with every image captured by the scanner. Following is a list of information available in the image header. information Image length  size of the image. Image identifier  indicates whether the image is front black and white, rear black and white, front color or rear color.
  • Page 17 Patch Detect  indicates whether or not the scanner detected a toggle patch on the document (side independent). If a toggle patch appears on a document, all images created from this document will have this indicator set in the image header. Toggle Patch ...
  • Page 18 1. Prepare documents. 2. Start the scanner to do dual stream simplex scanning (front black and white and front color). 3. Setup the scanner to retrieve black and white images first. 4. Setup front black and white to be auto cropping. 5.

  • Page 19: Using The Twain Datasource

    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. If auto-run is not enabled, 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.
  • Page 20 Accessing the Scan 1. Select Start>Programs>Kodak>Document Imaging>Scan Validation tool Validation Tool. 2. From the Driver Types box, select TWAIN. 3. From the Drivers box, select Kodak Scanner: i600 or i700 and click 4. Select the Setup icon. The main Kodak Scanner screen will be displayed. A-61504 October 2007...
  • Page 21 The TWAIN interface is divided into three main sections: • 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 tabs.

  • Page 22: The Main Kodak Scanner Window

    The main Kodak The main Kodak Scanner window is the home window of the scanner’s user interface. You can scan by selecting a Setting Shortcut and then Scanner window selecting OK/Scan. Setting Shortcuts — provides a list of the Setting Shortcuts. The supplied shortcuts are: •...
  • Page 23 Input document is — allows you to select which sides of the document have information that you want an electronic image of: • Two Sided: scans the front and back of the document. • One Sided - Front: scans only the front side of the document. •...

  • Page 24: Information Icons

    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.

  • Page 25: The Image Settings Window

    The Image Settings The Image Settings window allows you to define image processing options by using the available tabs. The values used in Image Settings window are saved in the selected Setting Shortcut. The Image Settings window includes the following tabs: General, Size, Adjustments, and Enhancements.
  • Page 26 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.
  • Page 27 Preview — initiates a scan and places the image 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.
  • Page 28 Image Settings - General The General tab contains the commonly used image options. In most cases you will not have to change options on other tabs. Scan as — allows you to select the electronic image format. • Color (24-bit): the scanner will produce a color version of your document.
  • Page 29 Compression — allows you to reduce your electronic image size. • 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.
  • Page 30 Image Settings - Size tab The Size tab provides the following options. 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.
  • Page 31 Outline — allows you to select the location and size to use for creating your electronic image. The preview area will show the outline. • 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.
  • Page 32 NOTES: - This feature is only available with the Kodak i780 Scanner. - There must be a sufficient amount of text on the page for this option to work properly.
  • Page 33 These options are not available with the Kodak i780 Scanner. NOTE: Using these options with Compression Type: Group 4 may produce a much larger file size than Compression Type: (none).
  • Page 34 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 0.
  • Page 35 Image Settings - The options available on the Enhancements tab depend on the Scan as Enhancements tab selection on the General tab. Blank Image Detection — allows you to configure the scanner to not include blank images. • On: turns Blank Image Detection on and makes the rest of the Blank Image Detection options available.

  • Page 36: Advanced Tab

    Advanced tab The Advanced icon is located at the top of the Image Settings window next to the Side drop-down box. When you select the Advanced icon, the Advanced tab will be displayed. Input document is — select Two Sided, One Sided - Front, or One Sided - Back depending on what side(s) you want to configure.
  • Page 37 Once you have done this, the Side option on the Image Settings window will no longer be grayed out and you can select different settings for each side. Now that you have turned on Different settings per side, your selections will apply only to the front side of the document you are scanning.
  • Page 38 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 configuration list.

  • Page 39: Content Settings Tab

    Content Settings tab The options on the Content Settings tab can be used for either one- or two-sided jobs. 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.
  • Page 40 • Custom: 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.

  • Page 41: Creating Color/Grayscale Or Black And White Images Based On The Content Of Your Documents

    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 both sides. In addition, you want the scanner to detect whether the images based on the page is color or not, and then output either a color or a black and white content of your...

  • Page 42: Creating Multiple Images For Each Side Of A Document

    Creating multiple images In this example, let’s assume you want to configure a scan session that for each side of a 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 document side of each document.

  • Page 43: Creating Different Settings For Each Side Of A Document

    Creating different In this example, let’s assume you want to configure a two-sided settings for each side of document stream of business documents that have color on the front of the document but the rear side is fine in black and white. a document 1.

  • Page 44: The Device Settings Window

    The Device Settings From this window you can set all scanner-specific options, as well as diagnostics, by using the available tabs. The values used in Device window Settings are saved in the selected Setting Shortcut. The Device Settings window includes the following tabs: General, Printer, Multifeed Patch and OCP.
  • Page 45 Device - General tab The General tab allows you to set scanner-specific options and provides access to scanner diagnostics. Paper source • Document Feeder: the input elevator is in the highest position. This selection is recommended when you are scanning 25 sheets or less. •...
  • Page 46 • Action when timeout occurs: allows you to specify 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.e. ends the job). - Pause Scanning: scanning will stop but the scanning application will be waiting for additional images (i.e.
  • Page 47 Device - Printer tab The Enhanced Printer provides a vertical print capability and supports alphanumeric characters, date, time, document count and custom messages. All print information is captured in the image header of each document. On — turns printing on and makes the rest of the options on this tab available.
  • Page 48 Items — when an item is selected, any associated options will be displayed to the right of the Format list. • Counter: this is the document count for the scan session. This value is incremented sequentially by the scanner and returned in the image header.
  • Page 49 • Space: adds a space. • 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. NOTE: To view the Japanese characters correctly you must get the MS Gothic font set by installing the Microsoft Global IME 5.01 for Japanese - with Language Pack, English Language Version which can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/...
  • Page 50 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. Ultrasonic detection Sensitivity — controls how aggressively the scanner will work to determine if more than one document is fed into the scanner.
  • Page 51 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.
  • Page 52 Device - Patch tab The Patch tab allows you to enable a patch confirmation tone. For more information regarding patch codes, see the Kodak publication A-61599, Patch Code Information for Kodak Document Scanners for complete information. Patch Confirmation Tone — the confirmation tone may be used to signal that a patch has been recognized by the scanner.
  • Page 53 Device - OCP tab The OCP tab is used to set the scanner alarm volume. Alarm Volume — allows you to adjust the volume level of the scanner’s speaker. You can turn this option On or Off and choose from one of the following options: Low, Medium or High.

  • Page 54: Creating A New Setting Shortcut

    Creating a new Setting Shortcuts are separately named and contain all scanner settings required to do a certain scanning job. By default, the i600/i700 Setting Shortcut Series Scanners come 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.
  • Page 55 3. Select Settings on the main Kodak Scanner window. The General tab of the Image Settings window will be displayed. 4. Select the appropriate options on the General tab. NOTE: If necessary, review each setting on the other tabs and make any changes.
  • Page 56 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. 4. Before making any adjustments, browse through the tabs on the Device Settings window to get familiar with features that are available.

  • Page 57: The Diagnostics Window

    The Diagnostics From this window you can access the diagnostics functions of the scanner. The Diagnostics window includes the following tabs: General, window Debug and Logs. The Diagnostics window can be accessed via the Diagnostics button which is located on the General tab of the Device Settings window.
  • Page 58 Scanner Time • Actual (GMT): displays the Greenwich Mean Time of the scanner. • Corresponding local time: displays the scanner’s Greenwich Mean Time in the PC’s local time zone. Refresh: displays the scanner time Calibrate — displays the Calibration window allowing you to perform an Image or UDDS calibration.

  • Page 59: Diagnostics - Debug Tab

    • While calibration is being performed, the following message will be displayed. 3. Click OK when calibration is successful. Diagnostics - Debug tab The Debug tab allows you to turn on options that allow support personnel to diagnose any issues you may encounter when using your scanner.
  • Page 60 Images Received From Scanner: saves the images received at the PC from the scanner. • Held in memory: if scanning a large job and you only need to save the last few images, then turn this on by selecting the number of images you want to save.

  • Page 61: Diagnostics - Logs Tab

    Diagnostics - Logs tab The Logs tab allows you to view scanner information. Logs • General: displays the scanner’s version information, serial number, attached/installed accessories, meters, etc. • Operator: displays the scanner’s log. This log can only be cleared by Kodak support personnel.

  • Page 62: Using The Isis Driver

    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 provided 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.
  • Page 63 Main tab The Main tab provides the following options: 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.
  • Page 64 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.
  • Page 65 • 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).
  • Page 66 Threshold — changes the amount of white in the color and grayscale image. Use the slider to select a value from 0 to 255. The default is 90. Threshold: 50 Threshold: 127 Contrast  adjusts the difference between black and white, thereby making an image sharper or softer.

  • Page 67: Layout Tab

    Layout tab The Layout tab provides these options: 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. Image Orientation • Portrait: displays the image orientation in the shape of a conventional portrait, where height is greater than width.

  • Page 68: Image Processing Tab

    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. • Deskew  automatically straightens a document within ±0.3 General options degrees of the leading edge of the document.
  • Page 69 Noise Filter — occasionally small dots or specks appear in the background of a scanned image. These specks increase file compression size and usually contain no image information. Using the Noise Filter on documents containing very fine detail (e.g., the dot on an "i"...

  • Page 70: Scanner Tab

    Scanner tab The Scanner tab provides the following options. Document Feeder Feeder Position — select the desired paper source. • Normal: select when you are scanning a stack of documents of 25 sheets or less. The input elevator is in its highest position. •...

  • Page 71: Multi-Feed Detection Options

    Timeout On — enable this option to set the amount of time the scanner will wait after the last document enters the transport before the transport timeout action is taken. You can specify a time delay setting from 1 to 300 seconds.
  • Page 72 • Low: least aggressive setting and is less likely to detect labels, poor quality, thick or wrinkled documents as multi-fed documents. • 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.
  • Page 73 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. • If you select Image Chain, use the calibration target provided with your scanner. Be sure to use a good, clean calibration target. Place the calibration target in the input elevator face up and click IMPORTANT:If the White Background Accessory is installed, it must be replaced with the black background strips,...

  • Page 74: Auto Color Detect Tab

    Auto Color Detect tab The Auto Color Detect tab provides the following options. Color Content Select one of the following options for automatic color detection. • 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 highlighted text or small colorful photos.
  • Page 75 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.

  • Page 76: Dropout Tab

    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. Color Dropout Color Dropout is used to eliminate a form's background so that a document management system may automatically - through OCR (Optical Character Recognition) and ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition) technology - read pertinent data without interference from...
  • Page 77 Blank Image Detection Use the slider bar to select the image size before which an image is determined to be blank. Images with sizes less than the size number you select (ranges from 1 to 1000 KB) will not be created. If you use this option, you must specify a blank image size for each image type (Black and White, Grayscale and Color) you want to delete.

  • Page 78: Imprinter Tab

    Imprinter tab The Enhanced Printer provides a vertical print capability that is programmed to support alphanumeric characters as defined by the host. It supports date, time, document count and custom messages. All print information is captured in a document header record. These printer controls and functions are accessed via the Imprinter tab.
  • Page 79 NOTES: This feature is only available with the Kodak i780 Scanner. There must be a sufficient amount of text on the page for this option to work properly.

  • Page 80: About Tab

    About tab Displays information about your scanner and driver. A-61504 October 2007 4-19...

  • Page 81: Scan Area Dialog Box

    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.
  • Page 82 Area • 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. • X: the distance from the left end of the scanner to the left-edge of the scanning area.

  • Page 83: Twain Image Processing Terminology

    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.
  • Page 84 Feature: Cropping Location: Paper tab Location: Image Settings - Size tab Options: Options: • Automatic with Automatic Deskew • Document: Automatically Detect and Straighten Image: Entire Document Border: (none) • Automatic without Automatic Deskew • Document: Automatically Detect • Aggressive •...

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