Diagnostics - General tab ............46 Diagnostics - Debug tab .............. 48 Diagnostics - Logs tab ..............49 The Kodak ScanMate i1150/i1180 Scanners provide the ability to process scanned images to improve their quality by using image processing features. Image processing refers to features of the scanner that allow you to automatically adjust each image that may improve the resulting images (e.g., correcting any skew in the fed document, cutting the edges of the...
The information in this guide provides procedures for using the TWAIN/ TWAINDSM Data source as well as descriptions of the features. The same features should be available on the user interface of the scanning application you are using (e.g., Kodak Capture Software). Starting the SVT 1. Select Start>Programs>Kodak>Document Imaging>SVT Diagnostics.
Scan Validation The Scan Validation Tool (SVT) is a diagnostic application provided by Kodak. The SVT user interface allows access to all the features of the Tool dialog box scanner and is a good way to verify that the scanner is working properly.
Last File ⎯ displays the full path and file name for the last stored image. Using the TWAIN The Kodak ScanMate i1150/i1180 Scanners can provide a wide variety of electronic images. This can be done by using the TWAIN data source data source Kodak provides in concert with your scanning application.
How do I begin? The goal is to make scanning as simple as possible. This is accomplished by selecting a Setting Shortcut from the main Scanner window and then selecting OK/Scan. The scanner comes with some Setting Shortcuts already defined. In most cases, you will find that these shortcuts are all you will need.
Selecting Image From the main Scanner window: settings 1. Select a Setting Shortcut from the main Scanner window that closely describes your desired output. 2. Select an Input document is option from the main Scanner window. 3. Select Settings to display the Image Settings window. 4.
Selecting Device 1. Select a Setting Shortcut from the main Scanner window that closely describes your desired output. settings 2. Select Settings to display the Image Settings window. 3. Select Device. The Device Settings window will be displayed. 4. Before making any adjustments, click through the tabs on the Device Settings window to get familiar with features that are available.
The main Scanner The main Scanner window is the home window of the scanner’s user interface. You can scan by simply selecting a Setting Shortcut and then window selecting OK/Scan. Setting Shortcuts — provides a listing of the Setting Shortcuts currently set up.
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Input document is — allows you to select which sides of the document has 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. •...
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NOTES: • If you want to transfer Setting Shortcuts to another PC: select Export on the PC that has the shortcuts you want to transfer and then select Import on the other PC. • If you want to add a Setting Shortcut to an existing shortcut set: 1) select Import to load the shortcut set;...
The Image Settings From this window you can define image processing options by using the available tabs. The values used in Image Settings are saved in the window selected Setting Shortcut. The Image Settings window includes the following tabs: General, Size, Adjust, Enhance and Detect. Side —...
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Toolbar buttons Zoom In: enlarges the image that is currently being displayed in the preview area. Zoom Out: reduces the image that is currently being displayed in the preview area. Rotate Outline: rotates the outline 90 degrees. NOTE: This is only available if the rotated outline fits in the scanner’s maximum width.
Preview area The preview area displays a sample image that is based on your current shortcut settings. An image will be displayed in this area after a preview scan has been performed. • Outline: If you choose Document: Manually Select or Image: Part of a document on the Size tab, the preview area will also show the current outline selections.
General tab 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): produces a color version of your document. •...
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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 a CCITT standard to compress a black and white image, often used in conjunction with TIFF files.
Size tab The Size tab allows you to define values relating to the image output (e.g., cropping values, paper size, etc.). Document — allows you to select how the scanner will detect your document as it is being fed through the scanner. •...
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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.
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Post-scan rotation — allows you to select any rotation to be applied to the electronic image after it has been scanned. • (none) • Automatic — the scanner will analyze each document to determine how it was fed and will rotate the image to the proper orientation. •...
Adjust tab: black and white The options available on the Adjust tab depend on the Scan as selection on the General tab. The following options are based on a Scan as selection of Black and White. 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.
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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.
Adjust tab: color or The options available on the Adjust tab depend on the Scan as grayscale selection on the General tab. The following options are based on a Scan as selection of Color or Grayscale. NOTE: Most options have additional settings. Those settings will only be visible when the option is turned on.
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Color Balance • (none) • Automatic: adjusts the white background of each document to pure white. This option compensates for the variations that occur between different weights and brands of paper. This is not recommended for use with photographs. • Automatic - advanced: for advanced users that want to further adjust the Automatic option.
Enhance tab The options on the Enhance tab depend on the Scan as selection on the General tab. NOTE: Most options have additional settings. Those settings will only be visible when the option is turned on. If all of the settings do not fit on the screen, a scroll bar will appear giving you access to all setting.
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• All sides match: when turned on, an equal amount will be filled in on all sides. This option is only available for Black and White. • Top: determines how much of the top edge will be filled in. • Left/Right: the option on the left will determine how much of the left edge will be filled in and the option on the right will determine how much of the right edge will be filled in.
Detect tab The Detect tab provides the following options. Blank Image Deletion — allows you to configure the scanner to not give blank images to the scanning application. • (none): all images are given to the scanning application. • Based on Document Content: images will be considered blank based on the document content within the image.
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• Based on Size: images will be considered blank based on the size of the image that would be given to the scanning application (i.e. after all other settings have been applied). - Final image size: allows you to select the minimum image size that the scanner will consider to be non-blank.
Advanced Image Setup Advanced tab The Advanced Image Setup icon is located at the top of the Image Settings window next to the Side drop-down box. When you select the Advanced Image Setup icon, the Advanced tab will be displayed. Input document is —...
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Once you have done this, the Side drop-down list on the Image Settings window will no longer be grayed out and you can select different settings for each side. Now that you have enabled Different settings per side, your initial selections will apply only to the front side of the document you are scanning.
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NOTES: • This option is only available for duplex scanner models. • This option is only available when Input document is is set to Two Sided, Different settings per side is turned off and Images per side is set to One; and the document is scanned from the Document Feeder. •...
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 checked on the Advanced tab.
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• 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.
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 black and white content of your...
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7. Go to the Content Settings tab. 8. Select a Sensitivity option. 9. Select Done to return to the Image Settings window. NOTE: You will notice that the Side option now has two entries: Both: Black and White (1bit) and Both: Color (24-bit). 10.
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, Example 2 side of each document.
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7. By default the scanner will produce the first image listed (black and white in this example) and deliver it to the scanning application, then it will produce and deliver the second image listed (color/grayscale in this example). If you want the color/grayscale image to be produced and delivered first: •...
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 back side is fine in black and white. a document, Example 3 NOTE: This example is only available for duplex scanners.
Creating a new 1. From the main Scanner window, select a Setting Shortcut from the list. It is recommended that you select a shortcut that most closely Setting Shortcut 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 of your document and make the selection from the Input document is field.
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4. Select the appropriate options on the General tab. NOTE: If necessary, review each setting on the other tabs and make any changes. 5. Place one representative document in the input tray of the scanner. 6. Select Preview to review the resulting image. NOTE: If the 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...
Changing Image 1. Select a Setting Shortcut from the main Scanner window that closely describes your desired output. Settings 2. Select an Input document is option from the main Scanner window. 3. Select Settings to display the Image Settings window. 4.
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 Setting window includes the General and Multifeed tabs. Home —...
Device - General tab The General tab allows you to set scanner-specific options and provides access to scanner diagnostics. Paper Source • Automatic: looks for paper in the document feeder first. If there are no documents in the input tray, the scanner will scan from the flatbed. •...
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Document Feeder • Timeout: allows you to select the amount of time the scanner will wait once the last document enters the feeder before the timeout occurs. • 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 (e.g., ends the job).
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.
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Action When Detected — select what action you want the scanner to take when a multifeed is detected. With all options, the condition will be logged in the scanner. • Stop Scanning: scanning will stop and control will return to the scanning application (i.e., ends the job).
Changing Device 1. Select a Setting Shortcut from the main Scanner window that closely describes your desired output. settings 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 options that are available.
The Diagnostics From this window you can access the diagnostic 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.
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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 icon : redisplays the current scanner time. Calibrate — displays the Calibration window. A-61818 April 2014...
It is suggested that you only make changes on this tab when instructed by Kodak support personnel. NOTES: • All of the options on this tab apply to all Setting Shortcuts, not just the currently selected Setting Shortcut, and are saved immediately.
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 your support personnel.