Contents The TWAIN Datasource ........................1 Using the TWAIN Datasource ....................1 How do I begin? .........................2 Changing or creating a Setting Shortcut ..................3 The main Scanner window ......................5 The Image Settings window .......................9 Preview area ........................11 General tab ..........................12 Size tab ..........................14 Adjust tab: black and white ....................17 Adjust tab: color/grayscale ....................19 Enhance tab ........................21...
Datasource interface, it may not match the default screen configurations as described in this guide. Using the TWAIN The Kodak i5x50 Scanners can provide a wide variety of electronic images. This can be done by using the TWAIN Datasource that is Datasource provided 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.
Changing or creating From the main Scanner window: a Setting Shortcut 1. Select a Setting Shortcut from the Setting Shortcuts list. It is recommended that you select a Setting Shortcut that best 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 drop- down list.
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3. Select Settings on the main Scanner window. The General tab of the Image Settings window will be displayed. 4. Select the appropriate options on the General tab. These options are explained in detail in “General tab” on page 12. NOTE: If necessary, review each setting on the other tabs and make any changes.
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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NOTE: If you have made changes to a Setting Shortcut and have not saved your changes, the Setting Shortcut will be appended with the word <changed>. Input document is — allows you to select which side(s) of the document have information that you want an electronic image of. •...
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Icons on the main scanner window: Save — saves any changes made to the selected Setting Shortcut. 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.
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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 Device 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 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 by default: General, Size, Adjust (color/grayscale and black and white), Enhance and Detect.
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Toolbar buttons for the Image Settings window 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 select Document: Manually Select or Image: Part of document on the Size tab, the preview area will also show the current Outline selections.
General tab The General tab contains 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 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 will straighten any document that may have been fed crooked.
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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) this 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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• Remove: produces an image that contains just the document by eliminating any residual border. Residual 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: •...
NOTE: This option is only available with Kodak Capture Pro Software. Refer to the software’s documentation for more information.
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Contrast — allows you to make an image sharper or softer. Decreasing this setting makes the image softer and reduce noise in the image. Increasing this setting makes the image clearer and light information more visible. The options range from -50 to 50. The default is 0. NOTE: This is only available for Conversion quality: Best and Conversion quality: Normal.
Adjust tab: color/grayscale 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 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 who 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 settings.
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Image Edge Fill — fills the edges of the final electronic image by covering the area with the specified color. • Color: - (none) - Automatic: the scanner will automatically fill the edges of the image using the surrounding color. - Automatic - include tears: in addition to filling the edges, the scanner will also fill in tears along the edge of document.
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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.
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The following red, green and blue Pantone values should provide good dropout performance. These values were established by using the 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.
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 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 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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White background — when turned on, indicates which side(s) of the document will see White instead of Black where there is no paper. • (none): uses the Black background for the front and back sides. • Both Sides: uses the White background for the front and back sides. The following are examples of when white background is used: •...
Toolbar buttons: Add: adds an image type to the bottom of the configuration 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. Content Settings tab The options on the Content Settings tab can be used for either one- or two-sided scanning.
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Sensitivity • 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. •...
Creating color/grayscale or In this example, let’s assume you want to configure a scan session that black and white images has a mix of color and black and white documents with information on based on the content of both sides. In addition, you want the scanner to detect whether the your documents, page is color or not, and then output either a color or black and white Example 1...
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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: Color (24-bit) and Both: Black and White (1-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 document, Example 2 scanner to produce both a color and a black and white image for each side of each document.
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7. 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: •...
Creating different settings In this example, let’s assume you want to configure a two-sided for each side of a document stream of business documents that have color on the front of document, Example 3 the document but the rear side is fine in black and white. 1.
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7. Select Color (24-bit) for the Scan as option on the General tab. NOTE: Make any other adjustments to the front side settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window. 8. Select Side: Back. 9. Select Black and White (1-bit) for the Scan as option on the General tab.
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 by default: General, Transport, Indexing, Multifeed, Batch and Patch.
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 elevator, the scanner will scan from the flatbed.
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• 100 Sheets — this selection is recommended when you are scanning between 25 and 100 sheets from the input elevator. • 250 Sheets — this selection is recommended when you are scanning between 100 and 250 sheets from the input elevator. •...
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Automatically start scanning — if checked, and not scanning from the flatbed, the scanner will wait 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.
Device - Transport tab The Transport tab allows you to set options for how your documents are managed by the scanner’s transport area. Handling — allows you to select how the scanner transports documents through the scanner. This affects how the documents are fed into the scanner, how fast they move through the scanner, and how they are placed in the output tray.
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• Best Stacking: when your document set contains a great variability in size, this option provides the best control of how the documents are stacked/ordered within the output tray. - Slight reduction in throughput - Controlled stacking On - Large interdocument gap •...
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• The Maximum Length will always range from 2.5 to 180 inches but the true maximum length of the scan will depend on the bit depth (color/grayscale/black and white and the resolution used for the scan). Black and white 200 dpi will be 180 inches, but color 600 dpi will be much less.
Device - Sorting tab The Sorting tab allows you to set options for sending sheets of paper within your document set to different output locations, based on criteria you set up. NOTE: The Sorting tab is available for only the i5650S and i5850S scanners.
Sorting - General tab The General tab allows you to set options to sort multi-fed papers and/ or sheets of paper that are a specific size. Multifeed Multifeed sorting always takes precedence over other sorting rules. • On — turns multifeed sorting on and makes multifeed options available.
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Buttons for rules: Add — allows you to create a new rule. The Size window will be displayed. NOTE:This option will not be available if you have created the maximum number of allowed rules. Change — allows you to change the currently selected rule. The Size window will be displayed, with the current options for this rule selected.
Destination — indicates the output location to deliver each sheet that this rule is applied to. OK — saves any changes and closes this window. Cancel — closes this window without saving any changes. Help: displays help information for this window Sorting - Patch tab Multifeed and Size sorting rules take precedence over Patch sorting.
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Delete — allows you to remove the currently selected rule. NOTE: Refer to “The Device Settings window” on page 39 for information about common buttons and options. Sorting - Patch window From this window you can select all options for one patch rule. NOTE: A patch can be used in only one rule.
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Sheets After The Patch To Sort — allows you to select which sheets of paper, immediately following the patch sheet, will be sent to the Destination you set up. • (none) • Specified Number: allows you to select an exact number of sheets from 1 to 99.
Sorting - Barcode tab Multifeed, Size, and Patch sorting rules take precedence over Barcode sorting. The Barcode tab allows you to set options to sort barcode sheets and pages that follow the barcode sheet. • On — turns barcode sorting on and makes barcode sorting options available.
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Buttons for rules: Add — allows you to create a new rule. The Barcode window will be displayed. NOTE: This option will not be available if you have created the maximum number of allowed rules. Change — allows you to change the currently selected rule. The Barcode window will be displayed, with the options for the current rule selected.
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Sorting - Barcode window From this window you can select all options for one barcode rule. Criteria You can have up to four criteria in a barcode rule. All criteria must be met in order for the rule to be applied. The table displays the details for the criteria;...
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Sheets After the Barcode to Sort — allows you to select which sheets of paper, immediately following the barcode sheet that matches the rule, to send to the destination you set up for them. • (none) • Specified Number: allows you to select an exact number of sheets from 1 to 99.
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Sorting - Barcode Criteria window From this window you can select all options for one criterion within a barcode rule. Barcode — allows you to select the type of barcode that must be recognized on the sheet of paper. • Codabar •...
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Search — indicates where on the sheet of paper to look for the sorting barcode. • Side: select which side of the paper to look on, for the sorting barcode. Both: look on both sides of the paper. It does not matter which side the barcode is on.
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Data — indicates what must be in the barcode data. • Contains — select the type of data. Any Value: the data can be anything. Use this option to sort by barcode type — e.g. any Code 3 of 9. Number: allows you to compare the barcode data with a number up to 9 digits long.
Device - Stacking tab If you have added and enabled the Kodak Controlled Dual Stacking Accessory for your scanner, the Stacking tab will be available. The Stacking tab allows you to set options for separating documents into the two stacks of the Kodak Controlled Dual Stacking Accessory output tray.
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Format • (none) • Single Sheet Documents: use this when the documents in your job consist of only one sheet of paper. The scanner will increment the Document number for each sheet of paper scanned. i5650/i5650S/ i5850/i5850S only. • Multiple Sheet Documents: use this when the documents in your job have multiple sheets of paper and you want to track each sheet within each document.
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The following options are available when the Format selection is NOT Image Address. Starting Value • Document: allows you to enter the starting value for the Document number. The values range from 0 to 999,999,999. This value is maintained by the scanner. When powered on, the scanner initializes this value to 1.
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The following options are available when the Format selection is Image Address. 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. NOTE: This value is also displayed on the Information screen on the Operator Control Panel of the scanner.
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NOTES: • When you make a Format selection, the Field width and Next Level settings will automatically be set to the defaults for that format. • If you made a change to the Field width or Next Level settings, the Format will be appended with the text <changed>, and the name will be displayed in italics (e.g., *Level 3 <changed>).
Device - Printer tab The Enhanced Printer provides a vertical print capability and supports alphanumeric characters, date, image address, time, document count and a custom message. All print information is captured in the image header of each document. Print on sheet of paper — turns printing on for the physical sheet of paper.
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Printer Template Toolbar buttons Add — displays a list of items you can add to your print 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.
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• Date - Format: MMDDYYYY MMDDYY DDMMYYYY DDMMYY YYYYMMDD YYMMDD DDD (Julian) YYYYDDD (Julian) YYDDD (Julian) - Separator: (the examples indicate a format of YYYYMMDD) (none) Slash: 2010/08/24 Hyphen: 2010-08-24 Period: 2010.08.24 Space: 2010 08 24 - Specific date: allows you to select a specific date if you do not want to use the current date within the scanner.
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- Message: allows you to specify custom text to be included in your print string. A maximum of 40 characters (including spaces) is allowed. NOTE: To view the Japanese characters correctly you must get the MS Gothic font set by installing the Microsoft Global IME for Japanese - with Language Pack, English Language Version.
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Offset from Edge — select a value to determine how far the printed information will appear from the edge. • Paper’s Lead: select a value for the distance from the leading edge of the document. NOTES: • 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.
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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Sensors — five sensors cover the width of the paper path. In order for multifed documents to be detected correctly, they must pass under one of these sensors. • Left through Right: these controls allow you to select which of the five sensor(s) you want to have turned on.
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• Pause Scanning - leave paper in path: scanning will stop immediately (i.e., making no attempt to clear the paper path) but the scanning application will be waiting for additional images (i.e., stops the feeder). Image(s) of the multifed document will not be generated. Clear any documents from the paper path prior to resuming the scan session.
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The preview image will be oriented per the image processing settings that were selected within the TWAIN Datasource (Rotate 90). If the scanning application is rotating the image or performing other image processing, the preview image will not have scanning image processing applied.
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• Interactive Multifeed Recovery: scanning will stop but the scanning application will be waiting for additional images (i.e., stops the feeder). Images of the multifed document will be displayed on your computer. You can accept these images or rescan to replace them. You can make your selection on your computer or by using the scanner’s Operator Control Panel.
Device - Batch tab Batching is the operation of counting pages or documents. NOTE: This tab is only available when Format is set to Image Address on the Indexing tab. On — turns batching on and makes the rest of the options on this tab available.
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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 scanner’s Operator Control Panel.
Device - Patch tab The Patch tab provides choices of what patch type(s) to recognize. One or more patches can be selected at a time. The type of patch recognized is returned in the image header. Patch Readers can automatically sense predefined patch code(s) and be configured to control document level changes.
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Feature • 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, use these patch types for workflow control, such as changing between black and white and color/grayscale imaging.
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You could also print instructions on the patch pages to indicate what change needs to be made. NOTE: Scanning applications (e.g., Kodak Capture Pro Software) can also embed data on the Stop Scanning patch page to automatically make a change to the scanner settings and restart scanning thereby totally automating any required change.
Intelligent Printing allows you to do this. There are three options available with Intelligent Printing. 1. Patch counting: the Kodak i5x50, i5x50S, and i5x50V Scanners have options that when you are printing the scanner counter on your images/pages, you can have the counter incremented for every page scanned or only when a page with a patch pattern is scanned.
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2. Indexing: the i5650, i5650S, i5850, and i5850S scanners have indexing capabilities. Indexing provides three pre-configured options to determine how you want the physical pages or images of your documents to be numbered. When any indexing option is selected, the print control will automatically be updated to include the Index counter(s).
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- Multiple Sheet Documents indexing provides a two-level counter for your pages. The Document counter will increment whenever a Type 2 patch is scanned. The Sheet counter will always reset to zero when each patch page is read and will increment for every page scanned following the patch page.
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Image Addressing option which provides a full range of options for up to three level counters. Applications that have been built to use the image address feature on the i1860 and i800 Scanners will continue to work with the Kodak i5850/i5850S scanners. A-61848 / TWAIN October 2016...
The Diagnostics The Diagnostics window can be accessed via the Diagnostics button which is located on the General tab of the Device Settings window. window From the Diagnostics window you can access the diagnostic functions of the scanner. The Diagnostics window includes the following tabs: General, Debug and Logs.
Diagnostics - General tab The General tab allows you to perform a scanner test and calibrate the scanner. Tests • Scanner — similar to, but more extensive than, a power-on self test; selecting this will immediately put the device through a series of checks to determine that all the scanner hardware is working.
Diagnostics - Debug tab The Debug tab allows you to turn on options that allow support personnel to diagnose any issues you may encounter with using your scanner. It is suggested that you only make changes on this tab when instructed by Technical Support.
• 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 Alaris Technical Support. Toolbar buttons Save As: saves all the logs for viewing by Technical Support. When selected, a Save As window will be displayed: •...
The Scan Validation Another useful diagnostic tool is the Scan Validation Tool (SVT), a diagnostic application provided by Kodak Alaris, Inc. The SVT user Tool interface allows access to all the features of the scanner and is a good way to verify that the scanner is working properly. The Scan Validation Tool allows you to verify scanner functionality using the TWAIN/ TWAINDSM Datasource and the ISIS Driver.
The Scan Validation Tool toolbar buttons Buttons on the SVT toolbar provide the following features:. Setup — displays the user interface for the selected driver. Start Scanning — scans the documents in the input elevator. Scan One Page — scans only one page. Stop Scanning —...
Kodak Controlled Dual Stacking Accessory output tray. NOTES: • The Stacking tab is only available when the Kodak Controlled Dual Stacking Accessory has been enabled for your scanner. • Stacking tab options are not supported on the i5x50S scanners.
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Detect Based On • Patch Type — allows you to select which patch sheets, if any, to separate from the document set and place in the selected stack. Options are any combination of: T, 1, 2, 3, 4 and Toggle, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.
Recommended configurations for using the Stacking option Following are some examples of how to use the Stacking option. Short document out-sorting Short document Long documents If your goal is to sort checks or short documents from your other documents, configure the Stacking settings as follows: Stack to put detected documents in: 1 (Stack #1), and set the Length option to: Less Than: the length of your shortest...
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Patch code document separator out-sorting Non-patch documents Patch documents If your goal is to sort document separator sheets with patch codes (or color toggle patch sheets) from your other documents, configure the Stacking settings as follows: Stack to put detected documents in: 2 (Stack #2), and set the Detect Based On: Patch Type option to one or more patch types, and...
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Selected document out-sorting Non-patch documents Patch documents If your goal is to out-sort a selected document(s) from the stack (e.g., invoices that are over a $10,000), configure the Stacking settings as follows: Stack to put detected documents in: 2 (Stack #2), and set the Detect Based On: Patch Type option to one or more patch types, and configure Dual Stacking on the scanner’s Operator Control Panel to a...
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Multifeed alarm document out-sorting If your goal is to sort documents that have triggered a multifeed alarm, configure the Stacking settings as follows: Stack to put detected documents in: 2 (Stack #2), and set the Detect Based On: Multifeed option, which will trigger exception stacking by multifeed.
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