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Kodak i5000 series Setup Manual

Kodak i5000 series Setup Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Datasource as well as descriptions of the features. The same features should be available on the user interface of the scanning application you are using (i.e., Kodak Capture Pro Software). This guide describes the default TWAIN Datasource interface. Your application may change the TWAIN Datasource user interface to better suit its purpose.

  • Page 3: Starting The Scan Validation Tool

    The 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.
  • Page 4 • To access the TWAIN Datasource (or ISIS driver), double-click the Setup icon on the Scan Validation Tool dialog box to access the main Kodak Scanner window. Last File ⎯ displays the full path and file name for the last stored image.

  • Page 5: Using The Twain Datasource

    Using the TWAIN The Kodak i5000 Series Scanners can provide a wide variety of electronic images. This can be done by using the TWAIN Datasource Datasource Kodak provides in concert with your scanning application. The TWAIN Datasource is the part of the capture system which links the scanner to your scanning application.

  • Page 6: Changing Or Creating A Setting Shortcut

    The procedures that follow describe how to configure a customized Setting Shortcut. Complete descriptions of the features and options on the Kodak Scanner window and tabs are found in the section entitled, “The main Kodak Scanner window”. NOTE: Setting Shortcuts can sometimes be overridden by your scanning application.
  • Page 7 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 elevator 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...

  • Page 8: 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 simply selecting a Setting Shortcut and Scanner window then selecting OK/Scan. Setting Shortcuts — provides a listing of the Setting Shortcuts currently set up.
  • Page 9 NOTE: If you have made changes to a Setting Shortcut and have not saved your changes, the Setting Shortcut will be appended with the text <changed>, and the name will be displayed in italics (e.g., *Default<changed>). Input document is — allows you to select which sides of the document has information that you want an electronic image of.
  • Page 10 Icons 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 Shortcuts. Delete — deletes the selected Setting Shortcut; you will be prompted for confirmation.
  • Page 11 NOTE: If this button is OK, any unsaved changes will remain in effect for the current scan session. Cancel — closes the main Kodak Scanner window without saving any changes. Information Icons About: displays the scanners’ version and copyright information.

  • Page 12: The Image Settings Window

    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, Adjustments (color/grayscale and black and white) and Enhancements.

  • Page 13: Preview Area

    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.
  • Page 14 OK/Scan — when selected, you will be prompted to save any unsaved changes. NOTE: If this button is OK, any unsaved changes will remain in effect for the current scan session. Cancel — closes the main Kodak Scanner window without saving any changes. A-61671 / TWAIN February 2013...

  • Page 15: General Tab

    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. •...
  • Page 16 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.

  • Page 17: Size Tab

    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.
  • Page 18 Image — allows you to select which part of the document you want to use for creating your electronic image. • Entire document: if you select Document: Automatically Detect and Straighten, Document: Automatically Detect or Document: Manually Select, returns the entire document. •...
  • Page 19 • 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: •...

  • Page 20: Adjustments Tab: Black And White

    NOTE: This option is only available with Kodak Capture Pro Software. Refer to the software’s documentation for more information.
  • Page 21 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 22: Adjustments Tab: Color Or Grayscale

    Adjustments tab: color/ The options available on the Adjustments 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.
  • Page 23 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.

  • Page 24: Enhancements Tab

    Enhancements tab The options on the Enhancements 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.
  • Page 25 - Content amount: allows you to select the maximum amount of content that the scanner will consider to be blank. Any image that has more content than this value will be considered non-blank and will be given to the scanning application. The values range from 0 to 100 percent.
  • Page 26 Streak Filter — allows you to configure the scanner to filter vertical streaks from your images. Streaks are lines which may appear on an image and are not part of the original document. Streaks may be caused by contaminants on your documents (e.g., dirt, dust or frayed edges) or by not following the recommended cleaning procedures for your scanner.
  • Page 27 The following is a list of colors which may be used with the red, green and blue dropout options. RGB Electronic Color Dropout for i5000 Series Scanners, Firmware V3.09.01 Red Dropout 144U...
  • Page 28 Green Dropout 106U 107U 108U 109U 113U 114U 115U 120U 121U 122U 1205U 1215U 127U 134U 135U 1345U 148U 317U 3245U 331U 332U 333U 337U 3375U 3385U 3395U 344U 345U 351U 352U 353U 358U 359U 360U 365U 366U 367U 368U 372U 373U 374U...

  • Page 29: Advanced Image Setup

    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 —...
  • Page 30 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.
  • Page 31 Images per side — indicates how many images the scanner will create for a side, based on your imaging selections. • One: indicates you want the scanner to create one image. • One - Based on Document Content: indicates you want the scanner to automatically detect if the document is color/grayscale or black and white.

  • Page 32: 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 checked on the Advanced tab.
  • Page 33 • 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 34: Creating Color/Grayscale Or Black And White Images Based On The Content Of Your Documents

    Example 1 image based on that. 1. Select a Setting Shortcut from the main Kodak Scanner window that closely describes your desired output. 2. Select Settings to display the Image Settings window.
  • Page 35 NOTE: Make any other adjustments to the black and white image settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window. 12. When finished, select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window and then select Save to save your selections to the shortcut.

  • Page 36: Creating Multiple Images For Each Side Of A Document

    1. Select a Setting Shortcut from the main Kodak Scanner window that closely describes your desired output. 2. Select Settings to display the Image Settings window.
  • Page 37 NOTE: Make any other adjustments to the black and white image settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window. 11. When finished, select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window and then select Save to save your selections to the shortcut.

  • Page 38: Creating Different Settings For Each Side Of A Document

    1. If you are not already on the Advanced tab: • Select a Setting Shortcut from the main Kodak Scanner window that closely describes your desired output. • Select Settings to display the Image Settings window.
  • Page 39 NOTE: Make any other adjustments to the back side settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window. 10. When finished, select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window and then select Save to save your selections to the shortcut.

  • Page 40: The Device Settings Window

    NOTE: If this button is OK, any unsaved changes will remain in effect for the current scan session. Cancel — closes the main Kodak Scanner window without saving any changes. Information Icons About: displays the scanners’ version and copyright information.

  • Page 41: Device - General Tab

    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 from the input elevator.
  • Page 42 Document Feeder • Timeout: allows you to select the amount of time, in seconds, the scanner will wait once the last document enters the feeder before the timeout action occurs. This option can be turned off. • Action when timeout occurs: indicates the action that will be taken when the document feeder timeout has been reached.
  • Page 43 Document Management NOTE: When Controlled Dual Stacking is enabled, Document Handling will automatically be set to a custom level with a throughput that will be less than Best Stacking. • Handling — allows you to select how the scanner transports documents through the scanner.
  • Page 44 • Maximum Length — select a value that indicates the length of the longest document in your document set. NOTES: - Changing this value will affect the maximums for the following settings: Image Size - Outline; Printer - Offset From Lead Edge; Multifeed - Length Detection.

  • Page 45: Device - Printer Tab

    Device - Printer tab The Enhanced Printer provides a vertical print capability and supports alphanumeric characters, date, time, document count and a custom message. All print information is captured in the image header of each document. NOTE: This tab is only present if the optional printer accessory has been purchased and installed.
  • Page 46 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 47 • Time: the format is HH:MM. - Specific time: allows you to select a specific time if you do not want to use the current time within the scanner. - Space: adds a space. - Message: allows you to specify custom text to be included in your print string.
  • Page 48 Offset from lead edge — select a value to determine how far the printed information will appear 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.

  • Page 49: Device - Stacking Tab

    Device - Stacking tab The Stacking tab allows you to set options for separating documents into the two stacks of the Kodak Controlled Stacking Accessory output tray. NOTE: The Stacking tab is only available when the Kodak Controlled Dual Stacking Accessory has been enabled for your scanner.
  • Page 50 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 Patch and 6.

  • Page 51: Recommended Configurations For Using The Stacking Option

    Recommended Following are some examples of how to use the Stacking option. configurations for using Short document out-sorting the Stacking option 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)
  • Page 52 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.
  • Page 53 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. Triggering exception stacking by multifeed can provide additional functionality.

  • Page 54: Device - Multifeed Tab

    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 55 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.
  • Page 56 • Pause Scanning (Interactive Multifeed): allows you to inspect a preview image of the scanned page and choose to Accept the scanned image or Rescan the page and discard the image from the scan that triggered a multifeed alarm. The scanned images will not be sent to the host application until accepted.

  • Page 57: Device - Patch Tab

    Device - Patch tab Patch Readers can automatically sense predefined patch code(s) and be configured to control document level changes. See the Kodak publication A-61599, Patch Code Information for Kodak Document Scanners for complete information.

  • Page 58: The Diagnostics Window

    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.

  • Page 59: Diagnostics - General Tab

    Diagnostics - General tab The General tab allows you to perform a scanner test and displays the scanner time. 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.

  • Page 60: Diagnostics - Debug Tab

    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 your support personnel.

  • Page 62: Diagnostics - Logs Tab

    • Operator: displays the scanner’s log. This log can only be cleared by Kodak support personnel. Toolbar buttons Save As: saves all the logs for viewing by Kodak support personnel. When selected, a Save As window will be displayed: • Description: enter a brief description of problem/reason for saving the logs.

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