Pixels transaction PIXTOOLS, QUICKSCAN User Manual

PixTools®/QuickScan™

Quick Start Guide

Version 3.0

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®

The ISIS

specification was developed by Pixel Translations, Inc., and is © 1990-2003 Pixel
Translations. Permission is hereby granted to make copies of and use the specification so long as the
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the purchaser for use only in strict accordance with the terms of the contract and license.

®

PixTools

, ISIS®, and ScaleToGray® are registered trademarks of Pixel Translations and Captiva
Software Corporation.

QuickScan

™

, ScanAhead™, and MultiStream™ are trademarks of Pixel Translations and

Captiva Software Corporation.

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For QuickScan sales or contact information, see the "About" box (available from QuickScan's Help
menu).

QuickScan 3.0 (MC 03-20-2003)

Minimum System Requirements

Computer: Pentium II or higher PC-compatible

(400MHz or higher recommended)

Memory: 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended)

Hard disk: 40 MB of hard disk space

Operating system: Windows NT with service pack 6

Windows 98, Me, 2000 and XP

Browser: Internet Explorer 4 or newer

Scanner (optional): QuickScan can display images from disk, so a scanner is

unnecessary unless you need to create images from
paper documents or photographs. You can get a
complete list of supported scanners, SCSI adapters,
Firewire boards and video cards from www.pixtran.com

Installing QuickScan

1. Launch Windows and insert the QuickScan CD into your CD-ROM drive.

The installation program will start automatically after you insert the CD.

2. Select the Install QuickScan option.

3. Click Next when the Welcome screen appears.

4. Enter your user name, organization and QuickScan serial number (located

on the back of the CD-ROM case) on the Customer Information screen.

5. Select whether you want QuickScan shortcuts to be available on the Start

menu for all user profiles, or for just your user profile.

6. Click Next.

7. Read and accept the license agreement on the License Agreement screen

and click Next.

8. Choose Complete to install all program features in the default location or

choose Custom to specify the directory location and program features to
install. Click Next.

9. Click Next on the Ready to Install screen to install QuickScan.

10. Click Finish to complete your installation.

11. You can now launch the QuickScan application by clicking Start>

Programs> QuickScan> QuickScan.

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Note: See QuickScan’s online help for information about uninstalling this
product.

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Using Online Help

To display QuickScan’s online Help for additional information on topics
discussed in this guide, choose Contents from the Help menu, or press F1.

Scan Profiles

Scan profiles are a convenient way to store settings that tell QuickScan how you
want to process images while those images are being scanned. Scan profiles also
provide powerful tools that ensure consistency across the documents you scan.

By using scan profiles to process your documents, you can save time and ensure
all the documents you specify are saved in the same format with the same
compression type, and in the same location. Scan profiles can also automatically
apply Image Processing (IP) Filters in the order you specify and allow you to
process job separation pages.

Pre-configured Scan Profiles

QuickScan includes three pre-configured scan profiles:

 Binary TIFF for scanning black and white documents.

 Color JPEG for scanning color documents.

 Grayscale JPEG for scanning documents with up to 256 shades of gray.

Scan a Document using a Scan Profile

1. Place one or more pages in your scanner.

2. Select New Batch from the Scan menu. The New Batch dialog appears:

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3. Choose one of the three pre-configured profiles from the Select a Profile

section. Once you select a profile, its definition appears below the
highlighted profile in the scroll box. In the example New Batch dialog
above, we’ve selected the Binary TIFF profile. Its definition states the file
format, compression, and naming schema used.

4. The Path text box shows the location where your file will be saved and it is

determined by the profile you’ve selected. You can accept this location or
browse to the appropriate folder.

5. The File Name is also determined by the profile you’ve selected. For now,

accept the naming schema specified, but be sure to check the online Help
(F1) for further information about editing profiles and naming schemas.

6. Click the Scan button to process your batch. As each page of your batch is

scanned it will appear in QuickScan’s Page Viewer on the right side of the
application window. A thumbnail version of each page will appear in the
Thumbnail Viewer on the left side of the application window. When your
scanner finishes scanning your pages the Continue Scan dialog appears:

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7. Click Stop Scanning to finish your batch, or place more pages in your

scanner and click the Continue Scanning button to scan more pages using
the same scan profile.

8. Select Close on the File menu to close your batch. Notice that you were not

prompted to save your files because the scan profile automatically saved all
your pages in the same folder using the same file naming schema with the
same file format.

Custom Profiles

In addition to the three pre-configured profiles included with QuickScan, you
have the ability to create as many custom profiles as you need.

To create a custom profile:

1. Select New Batch from the Scan menu. The New Batch dialog box

appears:

2. Highlight one of the three pre-configured profiles. Your new profile will be

based on this profile, but you can change any of the settings associated with
the default profiles.

3. Click the Add Profile button. The Profile Editor is displayed:

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You are ready to define your new profile using the options on the following
tabs:

Tab Purpose

The General Tab This tab contains the name of the profile, whether or

not it can be deleted, a brief description, the file type,
the color format, and the compression type. It also
contains an extra section devoted to the scan type,
page size, and DPI.

The Output Tab This tab contains options for naming files, storing

files in a specific location, and includes a check box
to warn you when a file with the same name will be
overwritten.

The Scan Tab The settings on this tab can be used to alter your

scanner settings, scan duplex (double sided)
documents, use advanced settings either before or
during a scan, and to use the flatbed scanner when
the page feeder is empty.

The Job Separator Tab Job separators allow batch separation or automatic

creation of files by inserting a job separator page
before a batch of pages. The scanner manufacturer
defines job separator pages used by the HW Job
Separator and Hardware Barcode options.
QuickScan recognizes job separator pages used by
the Number of Pages, Blank Page, Software
Patchcode, and Software Barcode options. This
allows job separation without the dependency on the
scanner manufacturer.

Note: The options on the Job Separation tab are
directly associated with the Output tab. For the
options on the Job Separation tab to become
available, you must activate the Use advanced
Schema file naming option in the File Naming
section on the Output tab, click the Edit button and
choose the following pre-configured schema:
####\$$$$####;. Consult QuickScan’s online Help
(F1) or more information about file naming schemas.

The IP Tab Use this tab’s simple Add/Remove interface to add

image-processing filters to your custom profile to
correct skew, rotate the page, remove blank pages,
remove noise, remove holes, etc. Many of the filters

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Tab Purpose

contain configurable parameters via the Configure
button directly below the Add list.

The Logging Tab The logging feature is available with QuickScan Pro

only. QuickScan Pro provides barcode, patch code,
and blank page information through a comma
delimited log file so that users can analyze the
retrieved information. With QuickScan Pro, each
scan profile has an extra tab in the Profile Editor to
enable logging and create a text file to hold the
information.

Note: For more information about creating Custom Profiles, consult
QuickScan’s online Help by choosing Help> Contents or by pressing F1.

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