Kodak i4x50 Series Scanner Setup Manual

Using the ISIS Driver

Contents Starting the Scan Validation Tool .......................................................2

Scan Validation Tool dialog box ......................................................... 3

Configuring Image settings................................................................5

Main tab........................................................................................7

Layout tab.....................................................................................9

Scan Area dialog box.................................................................10

Image Processing tab.................................................................12

Auto Color Detect tab.................................................................15

Dropout tab.................................................................................17

Adjustments tab..........................................................................18

Background tab..........................................................................20

Image Edge Fill tab .................................................................... 22

Blank Image Detection tab......................................................... 23

Barcode Reading tab..................................................................24

About tab....................................................................................26

Configuring Scanner settings...........................................................27

Scanner tab................................................................................28

Multifeed Detection tab...............................................................31

Imprinter tab...............................................................................34

Imprinter Format table................................................................38

Log tab .......................................................................................39

The Kodak i4250, i4650 and i4850 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
image off to remove unneeded borders or cleaning up extraneous
“noise” on the image).

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 Alaris Inc. This driver can be used to interface
with many scanning applications that support ISIS drivers.

The information in this guide provides descriptions of the features on
the tabs of the ISIS driver windows. The same features should be
available on the user interface of the scanning application you are
using.

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Starting the Scan
Validation Tool

NOTE: The Scan Validation Tool is provided by Kodak Alaris and is a

diagnostic tool only. Kodak Alaris does not support the use of
the Scan Validation Tool as a scanning application.

1. Select Start>Programs>Kodak>Document Imaging>Scan
Validation Tool.

2. Select ISIS for the Driver Type and the KODAK Scanner i4250/
i4650/i4850 as the driver and click OK. The main Scan Validation
Tool window will be displayed.

3. Click the Setup icon. The Setup dialog box will be displayed.

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4. Click ISIS. The Preset Configurations dialog box will be displayed.
This dialog box maintains a list of saved driver settings.

You can Save, Delete or Import a preset by clicking one of the Preset
Configuration icons; or you can select/modify a predefined preset
that is shown in the Preset Name list box.

The Scan Validation
Tool dialog box

5. Click Image to configure settings associated with the image.

The Scan Validation Tool (SVT) 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 ISIS Driver.

NOTE: There are many full featured applications that support the

Kodak i4x50 Scanners. The Kodak Capture Pro Software
Limited Edition scanning application that is included with this
scanner is a good choice for basic scanning. Kodak Capture Pro
Software Limited Edition can be upgraded to the full version of
Kodak Capture Pro Software as your scanning needs increase.

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Toolbar buttons

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 — ends the scan session.

Change — switches between the TWAIN Datasource and ISIS

Driver.
Destination — allows you to select a directory to stor e scanned

images and their file names. This option is not available for the
ISIS Driver.

Delete — deletes the destination files.

License Key — displays the License Key window.

No Image Display mode — closes the Image Viewer window

(no images will be displayed).

One Image Display mode — displays one image at a time.

Two Image Display mode — displays two images at a time.

Four Image Display mode — displays four images at a time.

Eight Image Display mode — displays eight images at a time.

TWAIN Settings — displays the TWAIN Settings screen.

About: displays the scanners’ version and copyright inform ation.

The following sections provide descriptions and procedures for
configuring Image settings. See the section later in this chapter entitled,
“Configuring Scanner settings” for scanner configuration procedures.

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Configuring Image
settings

The main ISIS Driver window provides a set of several tabs for
configuring images. You can select each of these tabs and make any
choices necessary to meet your scanning needs.

NOTE: The Image Mode, Camera, Mode and T oggle Patch selections

are available on all of the Image tabs (e.g., Main, Layout, Image
Processing, etc.).

Image Mode — select one of the following options:

• Normal — typically for a document, one image is created for the front

side and another image is created for the back side. Select this
option if you want the front and back side to be individual images.

• Merged — select this option if you wa nt one image that cont ains both

the front side and back side of the document. Image Merged options
are: Front on Top; Front on Bottom; Front on Left or Front on

Right.

Camera — the selections in the Camera list displays the available

sides (front and back) of an image where you can define individual
image processing values. 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.

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Mode — select one of the following modes:

• Black and White: if you want your electronic image to represent all

elements of your document in black and white.

• Grayscale: if you want your electronic image to have a range of

varying shades of gray from black to white.

• Color: if you want your electronic image to be in color.

• Auto Detect Grayscale: sets auto color detect for grayscale. See

the section entitled, “Auto Color Detect tab” for more information.

• Auto Detect Color: sets auto color detect for color. See the section

entitled, “Auto Color Detect tab” for more information.

Toggle Patch — indicates you want to tell the scanner, via a toggle
patch document, if the document is color/grayscale or black and white.

• Off: no patches will be used.

• Same Side: only the side which recognizes the patch sheet will

toggle.

• Both Sides: a patch will be recognized on either the fro nt or the back

side.

Buttons — the buttons on the bottom of the window apply to all tabs:

• Copy ⎯ this function is only available when scanning two-sided

documents. The Copy button provides a convenient way to set up the
color, grayscale or black and white image settings on one side and
transfer them to the other. For example, if you highlight and set up
Front Image #1, you can use the Copy button to duplicate those
settings for Back Image #1.

• OK ⎯ saves the values set on all tabs.

• Cancel ⎯ closes the window without saving any changes.

• Help — displays on-line help about the options available on the

selected window.

• Default ⎯ resets the values on all tabs to the default settings.

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Main tab The Main tab provides the following options:

Dots per inch (dpi) or resolution ⎯ indicates the scanning resolution,

which largely determines the quality of the scanned image. The greater
the resolution, the better the reproduction. However, scanning at a
higher resolution also increases scanning time and file size.

Select a resolution value from the drop-down list. The default is 200 dpi.
Available resolutions are: 100, 150, 200, 240, 250, 300, 400, 500 and
600 dpi.

Cropping ⎯ allows you to capture a portion of the document being
scanned. All cropping options can be used with color/grayscale and
black and white images. Front and Back cropping are independent,
however, for simultaneous scanning, color/grayscale and black and
white cropping must be the same per side. Only one cropping option
can be assigned per image.

• Automatic: dynamically adjusts the cropping window for different

document sizes based on the edges of the image.

• Aggressive: eliminates any residual black border on any image

edges. In order to achieve this, there is a possibility that a small
amount of image data from the edge of the document may be lost.

• Fixed to Transport: (used for batches of same-sized documents)

allows you to define the area to be imaged. Fixed to Transport
cropping is used in conjunction with paper size and page layout and
assumes you are center-feeding your documents. If you are not using
center feeding, you must select the Layout tab to define your scan
area. See the section entitled, “Layout tab” later in this guide.

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• Relative to Document: (zone processing): (used for batches of

same-sized documents) — zone processing is a floating fixed crop
window (the zone) located relative to the upper left corner of a
document. It allows you to select an area on the document to be
delivered in either color/grayscale or black and white format (a
separate window for both black and white and color/grayscale may
be defined). Different parameters may be selected for both the front
and back of the image.

This option may be used in conjunction with Automatic cropping
where a separate color/grayscale or black and white area to be
saved is desired. It is useful in applications where a photograph,
signature, embossment or seal appears in a consistent area for an
application (you may want that small area in color/grayscale and the
rest in black and white). To define a zone, select the Layout tab.

Binarization — these options work on grayscale images and outputs a
black and white electronic image. Their strength lies in the ability to
separate the foreground information from the background information
even when the background color or shading varies, and the foreground
information varies in color quality and darkness. Different types of
documents may be scanned using the same image processing
parameters and results in excellent scanned images.

• 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 (e.g., faint text, shaded backgrounds, color
backgrounds) to be scanned using a single setting thus reducing the
need for document sorting. When using iThresholding, only Contrast
can be adjusted.

• Fixed Processing (FP): used for black and white and other high

contrast documents. If Fixed Processing is selected, only Brightness
can be adjusted.

• Adaptive Thresholding (ATP): separates the foreground

information in an image (e.g., text, graphics, lines, etc.) from the
background information (e.g., white or non-white paper background).
When using Adaptive Thresholding, Brightness and Contrast can be
adjusted. Use this option when scanning similar type documents.

Threshold (Brightness) — this option is available when you select
Fixed Processing or Adaptive Thresholding (ATP). This option

allows you to change the black and white image to be darker or lighter.
The higher the threshold value, the darker the image. Use the slider to
select a value from 0 to 255. The default is 90.

Contrast ⎯ adjust s how much of the fain t detail you want to see in the
output image. The higher the contrast value, the more fa int lin es will be
shown in the image. The lower the contrast value, the clearer (or less
detailed) the output image will be. If contrast is set too high, you may
get lines or black areas in your output image that you do not want. If the
contrast is set too low, some letters or lines may not show in the output
image. Select a contrast value from -50 to 50. The default is 50.

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Layout tab The Layout tab provides the following options:

Page Size ⎯ the default page size is set when a scanner is first

selected. Y ou can choose a different p age size using the drop-down list.
Page size should be set to the Scanner’s maximum when using the

Automatic or Aggressive cropping option.
Image Orientation

• Portrait: displays the image orientation in the shape of a

conventional portrait, where height is greater than width.

• Landscape: displays the image orientation in the shape of a

conventional landscape painting, where width is greater than height.

Page Orientation — allows you to select the way you place your
documents in the scanner, Top edge first, Bottom edge first, Left

edge first or Right edge first.
Scan Area — displays the Scan Area dialog box. The Scan Area

options are only available for images when the cropping option is Fixed
to Transport or Relative to Document. See the next section entitled,

“The Scan Area dialog box” for more information.

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Scan Area dialog box The Scan Area dialog box allows you to define the amount of image

data which is returned to the host.
NOTES:

• Select the Image Mode (either Normal or Merge) based on the

cropping option selected on the Main tab. If you select Normal, select
the side(s) (i.e., Front Image #1, Front Image #2, Back Image #1
and/or Back Image #2) to be defined.
If you Select Merge, select the orientation of the merged images (i.e.,
Front on Top, Front on Bottom, Front on Left or Front on Right).
The scan areas defined for all camera selections are independent.

• The Scan Area dialog box is only available when Fixed to Transport

or Relative to Document is selected on the Main tab.

When you select Scan Area on the Layout tab, the Scan Area dialog
box.

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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.

NOTE: Page Size also appears on the Layout tab. If you make a

change on the Scan Area dialog box, the same selection
appears on the Layout tab and vice versa.

Page Layout

• Portrait: displays the image orientation in the shape of a

conventional portrait, where height is greater than width.

• Landscape: displays the image orientation in the shape of a

conventional landscape painting, where width is greater than height.

Area

• Snap ⎯ enable this option to control the dimensions of the preview

area to fixed 0.3175 cm (1/8-inch) increments. This option is not
available in Pixels mode.

• X: the distance fro m the left end of the scanner to the left edge of the

scanning area.

• Y: the position from the top end of the document to the top end of the

scanning area.

• Width: the width of the scanning area.

• Height: the height of the scanning area.

Units — select whether you want the area to be defined in Pixels,
Inches or Centimeters.

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Image Processing tab The Image Processing tab provides the following options:

General Options

• Barcode Image Enhancement — allows you to configure the

scanner so it will optimize the barcodes for reading by your
application. The scanner will automatically find the 1D and 2D
barcodes in a black and white image and will apply special image
processing to the barcodes to make them easier for barcode reading
after they are scanned. Barcode Image Enhancement does not ef fect
barcode reading that is enabled in the ISIS Driver, as the barcode
reading functionality that Kodak Alaris provides is performed using
high resolution grayscale data during image processing.

• Hole Fill — allows you to fill in the holes that are around the edges of

your document. The types of holes that are filled include: round,
rectangular, and irregularly shaped (e.g., double-punched or those
having a slight tear that could have occurred when the document was
removed from a binder).

NOTE:Do not turn Hole Fill on if you are scanning photos.

• Add Border — allows yo u to add a fixed amou nt of border to the left,

right, top and bottom edge of the image. This option is not available
when Aggressive is selected.

• Halftone Removal ⎯ enhances images containing dot matrix text

and/or images with shaded or colored backgrounds using halftone
screens and effectively eliminates noise caused by the halftone
screen.

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