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Index ..................................................................................IX-1
Contents ❖ vi i
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WelcomeChapter1
Welcome to Xerox FlowPort. FlowPort enables you to
transform your paper do cuments easily into electronic
documents, so that you can share and access them in your
digital workplace. It uses an innovative paper user interface
called PaperWare
This c h apter p rovides an overview of FlowPo rt, contents
of this guide, and where to find additional information
about FlowPort.
This chapter contain s the fo llowing:
About FlowPort and PaperWare® ....................................... 1-2
®
.
Benefits of FlowPort ........................................................ 1-2
Applications included in this release ................................ 1-2
What’s in this guide ........................................................... 1-4
Where to find more information ......................................... 1-6
Online help .................................................................... 1-6
Contacting your FlowPort administrator .......................... 1-6
Going to the FlowPort web site ....................................... 1-6
Chapter 1: Welcome ❖ 1-1
About FlowPort and PaperWare®
About FlowPort and PaperWare®
FlowPort provides an innovative paper use r inte rface
called PaperWare. Using FlowPort PaperW are forms with a
Xerox Document Centre or an Internet Fax device, you
instruct your FlowPort server to distribute, store, and
retrieve your paper and electronic documents.
Benefit s of Fl owPort
Applications include d
in this release
FlowPort brings you an intelligent and powerf ul way t o
integrate your paper documents into electronic workflow ,
with benefits t h a t include:
• one touch distribution of a document to email
recipients
• one touch storage of documents to a repository (such
as Xerox DocuShare , Microsoft Exchange Folder, and
Lotus Notes)
• easy retrieval of stored documents using Do cument
Tokens and Do cument Catalogs
• output to a wide va riet y of rec ipien ts simultaneously
(by email, Internet Fax , re mote printing, and storag e)
FlowPort currently provides you with the following
applications.
Distribute Document—Scans paper documents and
distributes the resulting electronic documents through
email, Internet Fax, remote p rinting, or storage to a
document repo sito ry. The application featu res a FlowPort
form called a Distribute Document Cover Sheet that you
scan with your printed document to provide distributio n
instructions to a Xerox Document Centre or an Int ern et
Fax machine.
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Docume nt Token—A ccesses a document stored in a
repository using a Document Token form that rep rese nts
the stored document. When you want to retrieve the
stored document, yo u scan the one-page Document
Token to print the original document, or scan a
Document Token with a Distribute Document Cover
Sheet to retrieve and distribute the stored document.
About FlowPo rt and PaperWare®
Document Catalog—Accesses the documents stored in a
repository using a Documen t Cata log form, which is a
printed list of the repository's contents with a checkbox
for each stored object. T o retrieve stored documents, mark
the checkboxes for the documents you want and scan the
form to print the original documents. When using a
Document Catalog f orm with a Distribute Document
Cover Sheet, you can distribute th e retrieved documents,
regardless of their original format.
Internet Fax Mailbox—Receives Internet Faxes so that
you can print, store, and access the faxes. When storing
received faxes, the FlowPort server prints a one-page
Document Token of the fax and emails the URL where the
fax is s tored.
Login Sheet—Specifies your personal identification
number (PIN) on a Login Shee t form when submitting
jobs that require auth entication. You can use a L og i n
Sheet at a Xerox Doc ume nt Centre as an alternative to
logging in at the device's control panel, or when
submitting jobs to the FlowPort serv er from an Internet
Fax machine.
PaperWare Copy—Prints copies of documents. As t he
default application, it makes a co py of your document
when you scan a Document Token, Document Catalog, or
document at a Xerox Document Ce ntre without a Cover
Sheet.
Document Optio ns —Adds document management fields
to a document when you store it to a repository, and
charges print jobs to your account on a Document Centre
network accounting system. The application uses a
Document Options Sheet that you place after a Distribute
Document Cover Sheet to add fields or account
information to the document.
Network Accounting—Charges each printing job to an
Account ID set up on a Document Centre network
accounting system.
Chapter 1: Welcome ❖ 1-3
What’s in thi s gui de
What’ s in this guide
Chapter 2 Getting Started
This guide d escribes ho w you can use the basic FlowPort
applications to simplify your work with paper.
Using FlowPort you can:
• Share your paper documents with others through
email, Internet Fax, remote p rinting, or storage to a
repository.
• Access your stored documents and print them on a
network printer or distribute the docum en ts.
• Store a document and rece ive a Document Token, a
piece of paper that represen ts th e stored document,
that you can later use to copy, Internet Fax, or email
the actual document.
• Receiv e an d access Internet Faxes by printing the
entire fax, storing the fax and retrieving it later using a
Document Token, or viewing the fax on the Web.
In addition to this chapter, this guide includes these
chapters:
Chapter 3 Quick look at using FlowPort
Chapter 4 Using FlowPort forms
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Describes how to log on to the FlowPort Web Centre, use
features of the Web Centre, open the online Quickstart
tutorial, and logout.
Introduces you to FlowPort, presents a nu mber of quick
scenarios for using FlowPort to scan, store, and distribut e
paper documents, and to access stored documents
seamlessly.
Provides procedures to scan forms by a Xerox Document
Centre or submit them by Internet Fax. A lso describe s
how to get fresh copies of a form or get prin ted help.
What’s in this guide
Chapter 5 FlowPort capabilities
Provides a task-oriented approach to using your FlowPort
applications. Choose a task and follow the specific steps
required to create a form and use it fo r that task.
Chapter 6 Manag ing FlowPort forms
Describes how to create, view, print, and edit forms in the
Web Centr e.
Chapter 7 Specifying user pre feren ces and printers
Provides details about setting your user account
information and specifying printers.
Chapter 8 Using shared and private forms
Describes how to add security to your forms an d stored
documents, and how to authenticate yourself as a user
when you use a secure form.
Appendix A Vi ew ing documents scanne d by FlowPort
Gives in formation and troubleshooting pointers about
viewing multi-page TIFF docum en ts that a re emailed or
stored by FlowPort.
Chapter 1: Welcome ❖ 1-5
Where to find more information
You can get more information in several places.
Online help
Contacting your
FlowPort
administrator
Y ou can access online help in the FlowPort Web Centre by
clicking the help link in the upper right corner of the
window. Refer to the “Getting started” chapter on page
2-2 for informati on about how to use the Web Centre
window.
Yo ur F lowPort administrator can provide you with
information about your local FlowPort system.
For example, your administrator can assist you with using
your Xerox Document Centre with FlowPort. Your
administrator can also help you if you forget your
FlowPort password, or tell you how to locate do cument
repositories on your network su ch as Xerox DocuShare,
Microsoft Exchange, or Lotus Notes/Domino, for
scanning and storin g documents.
Contact your FlowPort administrator with questions
about using your local version of FlowPort.
To obtain your FlowPort administ rator’s e-mail address:
In your We b browser, go to the FlowPort Login/Welcome
1
page.
In the Login box, click the link "Contact your
2
administrator...." A help window is opened, displaying
the ema il address for your FlowPort adm in istrator.
Going to the
FlowPor t w eb site
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To get more inf or mation about FlowP ort, visit the
following web site:
http://www.xerox.com/flowport
Getting startedChapter2
This chapter desc r ibes how to login to the FlowPor t Web
Centre, use features of the Web Centre, open the online
Quickstart Tutorial, and logout.
This chapter contain s the fo llowing:
Login to the FlowPort Web Centre ...................................... 2-2
About the Web Centre ....................................................... 2-4
Ta king the Quickstart tutorial ............................................ 2-5
Logout from FlowPort ........................................................ 2-5
Chapter 2: Gett ing sta rted ❖ 2-1
Login to the F low Port We b C entr e
Login to the FlowPort W eb Centre
As a FlowPort user, you use paper forms to distribute,
store, and retrieve your documents directly from a digital
copier or Int ernet Fax devi ce. I n the Fl owPor t Web Centre,
you can customize and print your own forms to carry out
these ta sks.
To log in to the FlowPor t Web Centre:
You are sent a ‘Welcome to Flo wP o rt ’ email message when
1
your FlowPort administrator adds you as a user. The email
mess a g e c ontai ns the Flo wPort Welcom e page U RL, your
user name and password to login, and if required, your
personal identification number (PIN, see page 8-6 for
information about using the PIN).
The URL consists of “http://” followed by th e name of the
FlowPort server. For example, if the server’s name is fish,
the URL will be http://fish.
Enter the FlowPort URL in the Location or Address line of
2
your Web browser.
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The F lo wPort Welco m e page is disp la yed.
Note: Create a bookmark for the FlowPort We lcome
page. In Netsc ape , click B oo k m arks and select Add
Bookmark. In Internet Explorer, open the Favorites
menu and select Add to Favorites. The bookmark
‘Welcome to FlowPort’ is added to your Bookmarks or
Favorites list. You can select it any time to access the
FlowPort page.
Login to the FlowPort Web Centre
In the Login box, enter your user name and password.
3
Click Login.
4
The We b Centre opens to your user page.
Chapter 2: Gett ing sta rted ❖ 2-3
About the Web Cen tre
About the Web Centre
The Fl owPort Web Centre window is shown in the
following diagram.
Click the Forms
button to view,
print, and create
forms
Click to open help window
Links to the
Web Centre
pages
Click to start
QuickStart tutorial
Click to logout
The links to the Web Centre pages allow you to do the
following:
• IntroSee an introduction to the Web Centr e and
open a Quicks ta rt tut ori al. Click th e lin k at the bo ttom
of the page if you do not want this page displayed each
time you lo gin.
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• FormsCreate new forms, and view, print, edit, or
delete your existing forms.
• AccountChange your accou nt information,
including user name, password, email address,
personal identification n umber (PIN) used by yo ur
Login Sheet, and default printer.
• OptionsSpecify application options, including
options for receiving Intern et faxe s.
Taking the Quickstart tutorial
A brief “Quickstart” online tutorial introduces you to
FlowPort and gets you started with printing and using a
FlowPort PaperWare form.
The Quickstart instructs you to do the following:
• Print y ou r first Cover Sheet.
• Proc ess the Cover Sheet in a Xerox Document Centre,
to scan and email a document to yourself in just one
step.
• Receiv e an d view the scanned docum ent on your
desktop.
• Look at ot her tasks you can perform with FlowPort
forms.
To open the Quickstart tutorial:
Click the blue graphic that says step me through the
1
Quick Start.
Taking the Quic ksta rt tu toria l
2
Logout fr o m F lowPort
To logout from the FlowPo r t Web Centre:
1
The Q uicksta rt online help window o pens. U se the gre en
back and forward arrows to navigate through the pages.
When you a re finished, click the u p per right corner of the
window to close it.
Click th e lo gout link in th e upper right c orner of the Web
Centre interface. You are returned to the Welcome page
Note: Closing your Web browser or going to another
Web site does not l og you ou t of FlowPort. You should
always click the logout link to logout.
Chapter 2: Gett ing sta rted ❖ 2-5
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Quick look at using
FlowPortChapter3
This chapter introduces you to FlowPort, and
demonstrates a numbe r o f ways you can use FlowPort’s
PaperWare forms to simplify scanning, distributing, and
storing your hard copy documents for later access.
Use this chapter as a companion to Chapter 5, “FlowPort
capabilities.” Each scenario described in this chapter refers
to detailed steps in Cha p ter 5 that you can follow to
perform that task.
This chapter contain s the fo llowing:
Introduction to FlowPort .................................................... 3-2
Copying a stored document to another repository ......... 3-17
Retrieving your documents when traveling .................... 3-18
Getting a form at anytime ............................................ 3-19
Getting Help about a form .............. ......... ..................... 3-20
Chapter 3: Quick look at using FlowP ort ❖ 3-1
Introduct ion t o Flo wPort
Introduction to FlowPort
FlowPort enables you to easily t ransform your paper
documents into electronic f orm, so that you can
distribute and access them within the digit al world of
your office.
For instance, FlowPort lets you scan an d:
• store d ocu ments
• email documents
• Internet Fax documents
• remotely print your docu ments
• later print and route your stored do cuments for
emailing, storage, Internet Fax, or remote printing .
To help you with these tasks, FlowPort provides you with
PaperWare forms. Using DataGlyph
PaperWare forms contain machine-readable instructions.
The DataGlyph is locat ed in the lower right quandrant of
each example form shown in this chapter.
To process your documents, you typically use a Co ver
Sheet to give instructions to the FlowPort server. The
Cover Sheet information is scanned in with a digital
device, such as a Docu ment Centre or Internet F ax
machine.
Figure 3.1 illustrates how you can enter FlowPort
PaperWare forms in a digital device like the Xerox
Document Centre to perform various tasks.
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technology,
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Introduction t o Flo wPort
Figure 3.1Xerox Document Center
In the same way, you can submit forms by Internet Fax.
You can use an Acce ss Sh eet, such as a Document Token
or Document Catalog, to access and retrieve a stored
document for printing or distributing.
Chapter 3: Quick look at using FlowP ort ❖ 3-3
Docume nt ma nag eme nt sc ena rio s
Document management scenarios
A list of document management scen arios is provided in
Table 3.1. Each scenario is explained in more detail in the
following sections.
Table 3.1Document management scenarios
ScenarioDescription
Scan to email; page3-5 If you email documents frequentl y to an i m portant
recipi e n t— j u st create a C ov e r Sheet fo r th is t a sk an d
use it repeatedly.
Distribut ing documents multiple ways; page 3-6Email, Internet Fax, remotely print, and store a paper
document all in one step
Storing a document with special information;
page 3-8
Accessing documents with Document Tokens;
page 3-10
Retrieving doc ument s with Docume nt Ca talog s;
page 3-11
Use a work flow Cove r S heet to st or e a docu ment w ith a
title, su m mary, keywords, an d o ther information, to
help make sharing your documents easy.
Carry a single Document Token in place of a 50-page (or
more) stored document.
Use a Document Catal og to select and pri nt the exact
combination of documents you need.
Distributing previousl y sto red documents;
page 3-12
Copying a stored document to another
repository; page 3-17
Retrieving your documents when traveling;
page 3-18
Getting a form at anytime; page 3-19Re-fetch a fresh version of any form d irectly from the
Getting Help about a form; page 3-20Get printe d h elp about a PaperWare form any time.
Distribute a stored document by em ail, Internet fax, or
remote pr in ti n g.
Copy a stored docum ent to another repository.
When traveling, retrieve an d print documents that ar e
stored at your workplace
digital device— no need to go to the desktop.
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Document management sce narios
Scan to email
Checkbox for emailing
to John Friend
TIP: This Cover sheet is
specially created with a
checkbox pre-checked,
so the email address is
always selected
With FlowPort, scanning to email is as easy as copying.
For example, if you email documents frequently to an
important recipient, you can create a Document
Distribution Cover Sheet with one email recipient, as
follows:
Figure 3.2Document Distribution Cover Sheet to one
recipient
When you ha ve a hardcopy document to send to a single
1
person , m a rk the che ckbox for
JohnFriend @com pany.com.
Put this Cover Sheet in front of the document.
2
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Docume nt ma nag eme nt sc ena rio s
Put both in the Xerox Document Centre; select the Scan
3
tab/FlowPort scan template, and press the Start button (or
fax them from an Internet fax device to
flowport@your-FlowPort-addressname. See “Sending the
Internet Fax job” section on page 4-5).
The document is emailed as a PDF or TIFF image
attachment.
Note: The example form above was created with the
email checkbox pre-checked. When you create a form,
you can make a ch eckbox pre-checked if you want that
option always to be selected.
For detailed steps, refer to the “Emailing a document with
FlowPort” section on page 5-3.
Distributing
documents multiple
ways
You can email, Internet Fax, sto re, an d remotely print a
document.
In the FlowPort Web Centre, you create a Cover Sheet
with checkboxes for emailing, storing to a repository,
submitting an Internet Fax, printing to a remote location,
or any combination of these tasks. Figure 3.3 illustrates an
example of a Cover She et.
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Checkboxes
for email
Checkboxes
for selecting
an email
subject
Checkbo xes
for storing in a
repository
Document management sce narios
Figure 3.3Cover Sheet with Checkboxes
Checkbox for
Internet faxing
Check this option to send
an image attachment as
well as the URL of a
document (when both an
email and a repository
checkbox a re marked)
Checkboxes for
remote printing
For example, to email a document to two recipients and
then Interne t Fax the document, perform the follow i ng
steps:
Mark the app ro priate Email to an d InternetFax to
1
checkboxes.
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Docume nt ma nag eme nt sc ena rio s
Place this Cover Sheet and the document into a Xerox
2
Document Centre or an Internet Fax machine.
Select the Scan tab/FlowPort scan template on a
3
Document Centre (or an Internet Fax machne sending to
flowport@FlowPort-InternetFaxAddress) and press Start.
The document is emailed and faxed, all in one step.
For detailed steps, refer to the “Distributing a document
in multiple ways” section on page 5-14.
Storing a document
with special
information
You can store a docu ment to a document repository with
identifying information—Title, Summary, Keywords, and
other document ma nagement fields that help you
organize and share your doc ume nts.
For examp l e, t h e w ork f low Cov er Sheet (Fig u r es 3.4) lets a
member of the marketing group store a document by
product name such as tagging it as an article, brochure, or
press release. At the same time, the marketing member
can send the sales team a m essag e wit h a URL pointer to
the stored documen t, print it at a group printer, or both.
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Marketing checkbox stores to a repository
Product checkboxes store the document
with a “Ti tle” that is the product name.
Type of Do cument check b oxes store t he
document with a “Summary” describing
the type o f document.
Notify checkboxes send email with the URL
of the stor ed document t o the Sales Group,
print th e d ocument at a remote pri nter, or
both.
Document management sce narios
Figure 3.4Cover Sheet with Spec ial Information
For more information, re fer to the following sections:
• “Storing docu ments to a repository” section on
page 5-18 to store to a repository (example: Marketin g
checkbox).
• “Storing a document with document manage ment
fields” section on page 5-25 to associate a Title,
Summary, and other fields with the stored document
(for example, Type of Docum ent and Product
checkboxes).
• “Emailing a stored document URL” section on page 5-7
to ema il a UR L (example: Sales Group checkbox).
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Docume nt ma nag eme nt sc ena rio s
• “Sending a document to a remote printer” sectio n on
page 5-12 to send to a remote printer (example: Palo
Alto Printer checkbox)
Accessing documents
with Document
Tokens
Document Token has a
thumbnail image of
the documen t that th is
Token repre sen ts
When you store a document to a repository that supports
access from FlowPort, you receive a PaperWare Document
®
Token
document you stored. Figure 3.5 illustrates an examp le of
a Document Token.
Figure 3.5Document Token
which is a piece of paper that re presents the
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You can use a Document T oken to re trieve, print, re-route,
or re-fax the original docume nt b y scanning this one
page, even if that document is a large file.
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