IRIS IRIScan Executive 4 User Manual
User Guide – IRIScanTM Executive 4
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IRIScan
Executive 4
Capture Tool
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1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3
2. Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box (Setup) ............................................................................. 5
2.1 A Glance at the Scanner Properties Dialog Box ........................................................................... 5
2.2 Buttons on the Scanner Properties Dialog Box ............................................................................ 6
2.3 The Image Tab ....................................................................................................................... 7
2.3.1 The Image Selection Box .................................................................................................... 7
2.3.2 Other Image Options ......................................................................................................... 9
2.3.3 Scanning color images ..................................................................................................... 12
2.3.4 Scanning grayscale images ............................................................................................... 12
2.3.5 Scanning B&W images ..................................................................................................... 13
2.4 The Compression Tab (Windows PC only) ................................................................................. 15
2.5 The Color Dropout Tab ........................................................................................................... 16
2.5.1 Color Dropout Selection .................................................................................................... 16
2.5.2 Other Color Dropout Options ............................................................................................. 16
2.6 The Paper Tab ...................................................................................................................... 18
2.6.1 Cropping ........................................................................................................................ 18
2.6.2 Other Paper Selection ...................................................................................................... 21
2.7 The Preview Tab ................................................................................................................... 22
2.8 The Options Tab.................................................................................................................... 22
2.9 The Setting Tab .................................................................................................................... 26
2.10 The Imprinter Tab ............................................................................................................... 27
2.11 The Information Tab ............................................................................................................ 29
3. Legal Information ................................................................................................................. 30
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Image
Selection
Box
Setup
Actual Size
Fit Page
Scan
File Format
Save File Path
1. Introduction
With the Capture Tool, you can perform simple scans and view the captured images.
Important: the scanner must be connected to your computer to start the Capture Tool.
On a Windows PC:
1. Start the Capture Tool from Start>All Programs>IRIS IRIScan Executive 4 Scanner.
2. Select your driver type and scanner model and click OK. The Capture Tool dialog box will be displayed.
On a Mac computer:
1. Click the Capture Tool icon on the Desktop.
Interface
1. Choose your desired file format from the File Format drop down list box. The choices include JPEG,
TIFF, MTIFF, PDF, MPDF, GIF, and BMP. The supported file formats vary depending on your scanner
model.
2. Type your desired folder name and file name in the File Path box.
3. Click the Setup button ( ) or choose Setup from the File menu to prompt the Scanner Properties
dialog box.
4. From the Image Selection Box, choose your desired image type for your scanned image. (Default is
Front Color) If you have a duplex scanner, choose Front and Rear to scan both sides of your
document.
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5. Click OK to quit the Scanner Properties dialog box.
6. Place your document face up in the feeding slot.
7. In the Scan Validation dialog box, click the Scan button ( ) or choose Scan from the File menu.
8. The document will be scanned and displayed in the Scan Validation screen.
9. You can view the scanned image Fit to Page ( ) or in Actual Size (100%) ( ).
10. Click the Close box or Quit from the File menu to exit the Scan Validation Tool.
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1. Tab Options
Choice: Image, Compression (PC), Color Dropout, Paper, Preview (PC),
Rotation, Separation, Enhancement, Settings, Imprinter, Information.
Note: by default only 4 tabs are shown. To add extra tabs, click the Settings
tab and then select the tabs you want to add.
2. Image
Selection Box
Choose your image type and the side of document you wish to scan. Options
vary based on type of scanner.
3. Brightness
Adjust the brightness level from –100 to +100.
4. Contrast
Adjust the contrast level from –100 to +100.
5. Resolution
Determine the quality of the scanned image. The industry standard is 300 dpi.
6. Invert
Reverse the color of your scanned image.
7. Scan Source
Choice: Auto Document Feeder
8. Defaults
Reset all values on the tabs to the factory default settings.
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2. Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box (Setup)
In this chapter we provide an overview of the Scanner Properties dialog box (Setup).
The Scanner Properties dialog box allows you to configure the scanner’s settings. It consists of several
tabbed windows each of which will be described in this chapter.
Note:
In this chapter, all options are described based on a duplex (double-side) scanner. If you have purchased a
simplex (single-side) scanner, not all options will be available.
2.1 A Glance at the Scanner Properties Dialog Box
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Buttons
Description
Defaults
Click the Defaults button, the factory default settings will be
shown on each tab.
OK
After all the scan settings are satisfactory, click OK to save
and close the Scanner Properties.
Cancel
Click Cancel to exit the Scanner Properties without saving.
Tab name
Default settings
Image
Image：Front Color
Binarization：Dynamic Threshold
Resolution：300 dpi
Invert：Blank on White
Scan Source：Auto Document Feeder
Threshold：None
Brightness：None
Contrast：None
Compression
None
Color Dropout
None
Paper
Cropping：Automatic
Deskew：Yes
Orientation：Portrait
Unit：Inch
Preview
None
Rotation
Rotation Degrees：None
Split Image: None
Flip Side Rotation: Book
2.2 Buttons on the Scanner Properties Dialog Box
The buttons on the Scanner Properties dialog box
The following table shows the default settings：
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Image Control Option：None
Separation
None
Setting
Show Scanning Progress：Yes
Show Warning Message：No
Imprinter
None
The Image Selection box includes
the image type and document side
option. If you wish to scan both
the front side and the rear side of
your color document, you can
check both Front Color and Rear
Color at the same time. Note that
the options vary based on type of
scanner.
2.3 The Image Tab
The Image tab allows you to choose the front side and (or) the rear side of your document, the type of
image, andconfigure several basic scan settings. Note that except for the resolution, you can set individual
scan settings for the front side and the rear side. For example, all settings in the Image tab, Compression
tab and Color Dropout tab can be set individually for the front and the rear side. However, the settings in
the Paper tab, the Options tab (Rotation, Separation, Enhancement), and the Settings tab have to be the
same for the front and rear side.
2.3.1 The Image Selection Box
The Image tab dialog box
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Side/Image
Selection
Front
Rear
Side/Image
Selection
Front
Rear
Image Type
Description
Color
Choose Color if you wish to scan a color
image for your original in color.
Gray
Choose Gray image if your original contains
actual shades of gray.
B&W
Choose B&W if your original contains only
text, pencil or ink sketch.
B&W
Gray
Color
Example 1：Scanning a two-sided color document, both sides in color
Example 2：Scanning a two-sided color document, one in B&W (Drop Blue Color：Threshold：
10, Background：79), the other in color
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Binarization
This is the process of converting a grayscale or color image to a bi-tonal
image. There are several different methods of performing this conversion.
Options: Dynamic Threshold, Fixed Processing, Halftone 1~5, Error
Diffusion.
Dynamic Threshold: Selecting Dynamic Threshold allows the scanner
to dynamically evaluate each document to determine the optimal threshold
value to produce the highest quality image. This is used to scan mixed
document containing faint text, shaded background, or color background
with a single setting. If Dynamic Threshold is selected, Threshold,
Brightness, and Contrast are not available.
Sensitivity of Dynamic Threshold
Occasionally your scanned image may contain small dots or speckles. To
remove these spots, increase the sensitivity value by moving the bar to the
right. The value ranges from 1 to 30. The default is 20.
Fixed Processing: Used for black-and-white and other high contrast
documents. A single level is set to determine the black-and-white
transition. The threshold is programmable over the entire density range.
Fixed Processing sets Contrast to 0. If Fixed Processing is selected,
Contrast is not available.
Halftone: In addition to the black and white display, Halftone can present a
somehow gray shade of image by using different size of dots. Halftone image
looks like the picture we have seen in the newspaper. Options include
Halftone 1, Halftone 2, Halftone 3, Halftone 4, Halftone 5.
Error Diffusion: Error Diffusion is a type of Halftone. Error Diffusion gives
good image texture and makes text in images more readable than Halftone.
Halftone Image Error Diffusion Image
Front/Rear Auto Color Detection:
Click to automatically detect and scan the front or the rear page of your color document in color image
mode. If your document is in color, the scanner will automatically scan the document into a color image.
If your document is non-color, you can choose the output to be either B&W or Gray from the Non-Color
Selection option. This option is useful when you have a mixture of color and non-color document.
Note: If you choose Front Rear Auto Color Detection, you can not specify the image mode of your rear
page and vice versa.
Sensitivity of Auto Color Detection
If your documents contain primarily B&W text and a small amount of light or pale colors and you do not
wish them to be recognized as color image to save the file size, you can reduce the sensitivity value by
moving the bar to the left to let these images to be detected as B&W. The value ranges from 1 to 100. The
default is 37.
2.3.2 Other Image Options
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