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Kodak i600 Series Image Processing Manual

Kodak i600 Series Image Processing Manual

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  • Page 2 You can use the ISIS Driver or TWAIN Datasource (both are available on the CD that is included with the scanner) or Kodak Capture Software to enable image processing. Other popular scanning applications are also compatible with these scanners, however these applications may not be able to access all of the image processing options.
  • Page 3 FB.tif (front black and white) The i600 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.
  • Page 4 FG.jpg (front grayscale) (front black and white) A-61504 April 2007 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

    A-61504 April 2007 This chapter provides you with recommendations for program logic, which will allow you to interact efficiently with the i600 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

    • The scanner is powered down using the power switch. • New imaging parameters are sent from the host. 3. Prepare documents according to the instructions found in the Kodak i600 Series Scanners User’s Guide. A-61504 April 2007...

  • Page 7: Error Handling

    For more information see the sections entitled, “Controlling image transfer order” and “Image header information” later in this chapter. Feed documents according to the instructions found in the Kodak i600 Series Scanners User’s Guide. Scanning is disabled to allow the host to download configuration/setup changes between jobs and to handle certain types of errors.
  • Page 8 The host application is responsible for determining the order in which the scanner returns images. Front images must always be retrieved before rear images. This job stream is available for all i600 Series Scanners. 1. Prepare documents. 2. Start the scanner to do black and white duplex scanning (front black and white and rear black and white).
  • Page 9 Read front color image Read rear color image header Read rear color image End loop This job stream is available for all i600 Series Scanners. 1. Prepare documents. 2. Start the scanner to do grayscale duplex scanning (front grayscale and rear grayscale).
  • Page 10 Read rear color image header Read rear color image End loop This job stream is available for all i600 Series Scanners. 1. Prepare documents. 2. Start the scanner to do dual stream duplex scanning by selecting front black and white, front grayscale, rear black and white and rear grayscale.
  • Page 11 2. Enable Auto Color Detection by choosing Low, Medium, High or Custom. 3. Start scanning. The scanner will determine if it should return a black and white or color/ grayscale image based on a document-by-document analysis of the color content.
  • Page 12 This section provides recommendations for application logic associated with scanner jam and fault 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

    Electronic color dropout A-61504 April 2007 The i600 Series Scanners do not include a bar code accessory. The host system provides 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 100U 101U 102U Yellow U 106U 107U 108U 109U 113U 114U 115U 116U 120U 121U 122U 123U 1205U 1215U 1225U 1235U 127U 128U Purple U 2-10 Following is a list of Pantone colors which may be used with the red dropout option.
  • Page 15 100U 101U 102U Yellow U 106U 107U 108U 121U 148U 100U 1205U 217U 230U 2365U 243U 244U 250U 251U A-61504 April 2007 Green Dropout  Complete Dropout 113U 1345U 3375U 114U 155U 351U 120U 2706U 352U 1205U 317U 365U 1215U 3245U 366U 127U...
  • Page 16 2-12 An image header is associated with every image captured by the scanner. Following is a list of information available in the image header. Image length  size of the image. Image identifier  indicates whether the image is front black and white, rear black and white, front color or rear color.
  • Page 17 Zone processing A-61504 April 2007 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 their image header.

  • Page 18: Using The Twain Datasource

    (GUI) which can be one option when creating your own Setting Shortcut. All Kodak Scanners have the capability of providing a wide variety of electronic images. This can be accomplished by using the provided TWAIN Datasource 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 19 1. Select Start>Programs>Kodak>Document Imaging>Scan Validation Tool. 2. From the Driver Types box, select TWAIN. 3. From the Drivers box, select Kodak Scanner: i600 and click OK. 4. Select the Setup icon. The main Kodak Scanner screen will be displayed. A-61504 April 2007...
  • Page 20 A-61504 April 2007 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 and Enhancements tab.

  • Page 21: The Main Kodak Scanner Window

    The main Kodak Scanner window 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 selecting OK/Scan. Setting Shortcuts — provides a list of the Setting Shortcuts. The supplied shortcuts are: •...
  • Page 22 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 23 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. Information icons About: displays the scanner’s version and copyright information.

  • Page 24: The Image Settings Window

    The Image Settings window A-61504 April 2007 The Image Settings window allows you to define image processing options by using the available tabs. The values used in Image Settings are saved in the selected Setting Shortcut. The Image Settings window includes the following tabs: General, Size, Adjustments, and Enhancements.
  • Page 25 Side: place the mouse cursor over one of the side graphics to adjust that side. Home — returns you to the main Kodak Scanner window. Device — displays the Device Settings window. A-61504 April 2007...
  • Page 26 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. Information icons About: displays the scanner’s version and copyright information.
  • Page 27 • Grayscale (8-bit): the scanner will produce a grayscale version of your document. • Black and white (1-bit): the scanner will produce a black and white version of your document. NOTE: The Scan As option is only available when Images per side: One is selected on the Advanced tab.
  • Page 28 A-61504 April 2007 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 29 (regardless of size). If a document is fed crooked, it will not be straightened. • Manually Detect: the scanner will return an image based on the area you specify with the Outline options. It is suggested that you only use this option for scan jobs that contain same-sized documents.
  • Page 30 - if you select Document: Manually Select, (x) is the distance from the left edge of the scanner’s paper path and (y) is the distance from the first portion of the document detected by the scanner.
  • Page 31 Post scan rotation — allows you to select any rotation to be applied to the electronic image after it has been scanned. • (none) • 90, 180, 270 degrees: the amount of rotation. The following example shows how these settings effect a document that was fed landscape.
  • Page 32 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.
  • Page 33 3-16 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 34 The options available on the Enhancements tab depend on the Scan as 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 35: Advanced Tab

    Advanced tab 3-18 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 36 NOTE: The Different settings per side option is only available for duplex scanner models. Images per side — indicates how many images the scanner will create for a side, based on your imaging selection. • One: indicates you want the scanner to create one image.
  • Page 37 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 38: Content Settings Tab

    Content Settings tab A-61504 April 2007 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 39 Custom to manually adjust Color amount and/or Color threshold. Custom also allows access to the Learn mode which provides a method for the scanner to analyze documents and recommend settings. Color amount — the amount of color that needs to be present in a document before it will be saved as color/grayscale.

  • Page 40: Creating Color/Grayscale Or Black And White Images Based On The Content Of Your Documents

    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 41: Creating Multiple Images For Each Side Of A Document

    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 42: Creating Different Settings For Each Side Of A Document

    Make any other adjustments to the back side settings on the rest of the tabs on the Image Settings window. 9. When finished, select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window and then select Save to save your selections to the shortcut.

  • Page 43: The Device Settings Window

    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. Information icons About: displays the scanner’s version and copyright information.
  • Page 44 • 500 Sheets: this selection is recommended when you are scanning between 250 and 500 sheets. Power Saver — allows you to set the amount of time the scanner has to be inactive before going into power saver mode. You can turn this option off or set a time from 5 to 60 minutes.
  • Page 45 • Automatically start scanning: if selected, the scanner will automatically start the feeder, without pressing the Start/Resume button on the scanner. The scanner will wait the amount of time specified by the document feeder timeout for a document to be fed into the scanner.
  • Page 46 Device - Printer tab A-61504 April 2007 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 47 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. - Starting value: allows you to set the document count for the next document that will be scanned.
  • Page 48 • The horizontal print position is set manually on the scanner. See Chapter 4, The Enhanced Printer, in the User’s Guide for information on changing the horizontal print position.
  • Page 49 Ultrasonic detection Sensitivity — controls how aggressively the scanner will work to determine if more than one document is fed into the scanner. Multifeeds are triggered by detecting air gaps between documents. This allows multifeed detection to be used with job sets containing documents with mixed thicknesses.
  • Page 50 “sticky” note on it, you can turn off the left sensor. Length Detection — allows you to select the maximum length of the documents in your job set. If the scanner detects a document of that length or longer, it will determine that a multifeed has occurred. You can turn this option off, or set a length of up to 34.5 inches.
  • Page 51 Device - Patch tab 3-34 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 52: Creating A New Setting Shortcut

    The procedures that follow describe how to configure a customized Setting Shortcut. Complete descriptions of the options on the main Kodak Scanner window and tabs are found in the section entitled, “The main Kodak Scanner window”. From the main Kodak Scanner window: 1.
  • Page 53 3-36 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 54 6. On each tab, select the appropriate options or action you want the scanner to perform. 7. When finished, select Home to return to the main Kodak Scanner window and then select Save to save your selections to the shortcut.

  • Page 55: The Diagnostics Window

    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 56 Frequent calibration is not necessary or recommended. Use the calibration target provided with your scanner. Be sure to use a good, clean calibration target. 1. Click Calibrate. The Calibration dialog box will be displayed.

  • Page 57: 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 Kodak support personnel.
  • Page 58 Simulation — allows you to use the TWAIN Datasource without using the actual scanner. • Model: allows you to select the specific scanner model to simulate. • Flags: if supported by your TWAIN Datasource, this will contain a list of accessories your simulated scanner has installed.

  • Page 59: Diagnostics - Logs Tab

    Toolbar buttons Save As: saves all the logs for viewing by Kodak support personnel. When selected, you will be prompted for the location to save the logs along with the option of including any debug images.

  • Page 60: 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.
  • Page 61 Options include: Front Image #1, Front Image #2, Back Image #1 and Back Image #2. The Kodak Scanner drivers allow you to control the camera settings independently. Some settings apply only to black and white images, others apply to color/grayscale images. By selecting the appropriate camera and image mode, you can control the scanner’s output.
  • Page 62 A-61504 April 2007 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 63 • iThresholding: allows the scanner to dynamically evaluate each document to determine the optimal threshold value to produce the highest quality image. This allows scanning of mixed document sets with varying quality (i.e., faint text, shaded backgrounds, color...
  • Page 64 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 65: Layout Tab

    • Landscape: displays the image orientation in the shape of a conventional landscape painting, where width is greater than height. Page size  the default page size is set when a scanner is first selected. You can choose a different page size using the drop-down list box.

  • Page 66: Image Processing Tab

    Image Processing tab General options Black and White options A-61504 April 2007 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. •...
  • Page 67 Color options 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 68: Scanner Tab

    • 500 Sheets: select when you are scanning a stack of documents between 500 and 250 sheets. Automatically start scanning — if selected, the transport and feeder will automatically start when the scanner is enabled from the host without touching the Scan button. Lightweight paper — improves output stacking when scanning lightweight paper.

  • Page 69: Multi-Feed Detection Options

    4-10 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 70 Post It disable the left sensor. Action — select an option of how you want the scanner to perform if it detects a multi-fed document. • Detect Only: •...
  • Page 71 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...

  • Page 72: Auto Color Detect Tab

    Auto Color Detect tab Color Content A-61504 April 2007 The Auto Color Detect tab provides the following options. 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.
  • Page 73 Learn 4-14 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 74: Dropout Tab

    (Optical Character Recognition) and ICR (Intelligent Character Recognition) technology - read pertinent data without interference from the lines and boxes of the form. Kodak Scanners can drop out either red, green or blue. Color Dropout options are only available when Black and White or Grayscale is selected.
  • Page 75 Blank Image Detection 4-16 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 76: Imprinter Tab

    Imprinter tab Defining your print string A-61504 April 2007 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 77 • Initial Value: this value is used to assign the document count for the next document entering the transport and is incremented sequentially by the scanner unless another document count is received from the host. This value is returned in the image header.

  • Page 78: About Tab

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

  • Page 79: Scan Area Dialog Box

    ISIS Driver tab. The scan areas defined for all camera selections are independent. Page Size  the default paper size is set when a scanner is first selected. You can choose a different paper size using the drop-down list box.
  • Page 80 • 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 81: Twain Image Processing Terminology

    • Pictures or Photographs A-61504 April 2007 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 82 Feature: Cropping Location: Paper tab Options: • Automatic with Automatic Deskew • Automatic without Automatic Deskew • Document: Automatically Detect • Aggressive • Fixed to Transport without Overscan • Fixed to Transport with Overscan • Relative to Document Feature: Polarity Location: Imaging tab Options: •...

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