Kodak I7300 User Manual

User’s Guide A-61133 Part No. 3E9391 CAT No. 102 2581 i7300 Scanner

A-61133 March 2003 2-5 The Edit menu The Edit menu provides the following options: Undo — cancels the last edit action. Redo — repeats the last ed

A-61133 March 2003 4-29 The following table provides the maximum values of paper width and length: Units = 1/10 inch Maximum Units = Millimeters

4-30 A-61133 March 2003 6. Image Scale Options: • Fit on page: scales the displayed image to fit on the defined page size. The resulting resoluti

A-61133 March 2003 4-31 6. Annotation Position: enter your text annotation in the Text box and set the Upper Corner and Left Corner position as

4-32 A-61133 March 2003 Modifying an existing application Modifying applications is similar to creating a new application. Refer to the previous se

A-61133 March 2003 4-33 Deleting an application Existing applications can be deleted by using the Select Application dialog box. To delete an appli

A-61133 March 2003 5-1 5 Setting up CAR Applications This chapter provides procedures that allow you to use CAR applications with the scanner. If

5-2 A-61133 March 2003 Setting up CAR communication and modes Before you begin processing CAR commands, CAR communication and modes should have pre

A-61133 March 2003 5-3 Changing the CAR communication settings If you need to change any of the settings listed on the Setup CAR Communication dial

5-4 A-61133 March 2003 Setting up CAR modes Setting up CAR modes is a way to allow a remote CAR host to change values in the application parameter

A-61133 March 2003 5-5 Processing Download requests The Download menu allows you to start and stop downloads, batch downloads and direct search tra

2-6 A-61133 March 2003 The Annotate menu The Annotate menu provides the following options: NOTE: When using these options, the Annotation toolbox

5-6 A-61133 March 2003 Dumping jobs Occasionally it may be necessary to view the data that is sent by the host computer and analyze it. The Dump m

A-61133 March 2003 5-7 CAR registers The Registers menu allows you to save or view what is currently loaded in the registers, or load a previously

5-8 A-61133 March 2003 To load the registers with a previously saved file: 1. Select CAR>Registers>Load. The Load Register File dialog box

A-61133 March 2003 5-9 Using the View Registers function The CAR Registers dialog box allows you to change the order in which a download is execute

5-10 A-61133 March 2003 Changing the starting register: 1. Select CAR>Registers>View. The CAR Registers dialog box will be displayed: 2.

A-61133 March 2003 6-1 6 Troubleshooting Software advisory messages This chapter contains information on software-advisory messages that may occa

6-2 A-61133 March 2003 Problem solving Use the chart below as a guide to check possible solutions to problems you may encounter when using the Sca

A-61133 March 2003 7-1 7 Network Operations One or more scanners can be networked with Kodak Image Server Software. Image Server Software is a b

7-2 A-61133 March 2003 The Image Server dialog box provides the ability to connect to a dispatcher installed on the local or remote PC. The remote

A-61133 March 2003 7-3 Connecting to a VNN The Image Server Software contains from 1 to 4 virtual network nodes (VNN). Each VNN operates discretely

A-61133 March 2003 2-7 Select  allows you to edit previously created text, move and/or resize previously created arrows, boxes, etc. Image  displ

7-4 A-61133 March 2003 2. Enter the name of the VNN you want to connect to. This name must be entered exactly as it is defined on the Image Server

A-61133 March 2003 7-5 Storing images in a VNN A VNN within the Image Server Software can store scanned microfilm images as documents in folders fo

7-6 A-61133 March 2003 Printing individual images To print an individual image immediately: 1. If not already connected, connect to a VNN and Firs

A-61133 March 2003 7-7 4. Select Navigate>Image Server>Print Chapter from the menu. • If you are using Level 1 film, the requested image a

7-8 A-61133 March 2003 Printing foldered images To organize multiple individual images as a document in a folder for later printing as a folder: 1.

A-61133 March 2003 7-9 To add another document to an existing folder: 1. If not already connected, connect to the desired VNN and storage printer

7-10 A-61133 March 2003 The Fax/eMail dialog box The Image Server Software provides fax capability and email capability. When you are connected in

A-61133 March 2003 7-11 To include a delay for the dial tone in the Fax Number/eMail field (as when dialing 9 for an outside line), use one or more

7-12 A-61133 March 2003 • Enable Fax Header Page if you want the header page printed along with your fax. The default is no Fax Header Page. • Th

A-61133 March 2003 7-13 5. Click OK when finished. 6. Optionally disconnect when finished via Navigate>Image Server> Disconnect. Faxing or

2-8 A-61133 March 2003 The View menu The View menu provides the following options: Fit Width — allows you to display the image so the entire width

7-14 A-61133 March 2003 5. Select Navigate>Image Server>Fax/eMail Existing Folder from the menu. 6. Fill in the necessary information in th

A-61133 March 2003 A-1 Appendix A Microfilm Information Introduction This appendix contains information that will be helpful when operating the

A-2 A-61133 March 2003 Image mark sizes The scanner can accept a set of three customer-specified image mark sizes in the overall range of 0.024 to

A-61133 March 2003 A-3 Loading film The scanner is designed to offer optimum performance with ANSI magazines (Kodak Ektamate Magazines, or equival

A-4 A-61133 March 2003 Enclosed ANSI magazines IMPORTANT: Enclosed ANSI magazines must be used with solid flange reels designed specifically to fi

A-61133 March 2003 A-5 M-type magazines To insert the reel into the magazine: • Orient the magazine as shown in the illustration. Remove the two r

A-6 A-61133 March 2003 The amount of film on the reel should not go past the arrows indicated on the reel; there should be at least a ¼-inch distan

A-61133 March 2003 A-7 Film leader — M-type magazine When using an M-type magazine, a 31.5 in. (800 mm) leader must be affixed to the film. The fol

A-8 A-61133 March 2003 Film trailer — M-type magazine When using an M-type magazine, use a trail end holder to fix the film end to the supply reel.

A-61133 March 2003 A-9 • Make sure there is minimal skew (a slanted cut leaving an angled gap) between the leader tape and film. The skew should b

A-61133 March 2003 2-9 Rotated 90° Clockwise — allows you to rotate an image 90 degrees to the right (clockwise). Rotation is based upon the origin

A-10 A-61133 March 2003 Film Curl  Ektamate Cartridge

A-61133 March 2003 A-11 Film Curl  M Cartridge Curl should be less than 70 when toward roll; less than 40 when away from roll Away Toward 9080 70

A-12 A-61133 March 2003 Film twist Besides curl, the film should also be checked for twist. To make sure that the film’s twist is within allowable

A-61133 March 2003 A-13 Film magazine condition The condition of the film magazine is another factor affecting optimum performance of the scanner.

A-14 A-61133 March 2003 Microfilm storage Microfilm should always be handled and stored with care. Storage of your film should be based on the foll

A-61133 March 2003 B-1 Appendix B Search Programs You have a choice of 30 search programs to count image marks. These programs are identified i

B-2 A-61133 March 2003 When you have the information from Steps 1-3, select the appropriate search program table on the following pages. • Table B

A-61133 March 2003 B-3 Image marks in Channel A only NOTE: The film can be simplex or duplex (duplex is shown in the illustration). Table B-1 Im

B-4 A-61133 March 2003 Image marks in Channel B only NOTE: The film can be simplex or duplex (duplex is shown in the illustration). Table B-2 Im

A-61133 March 2003 B-5 Image marks in both Channels: duo film In these films, the image mark sequence continues from Channel A to Channel B (see th

2-10 A-61133 March 2003 Error Log  displays the Error Log dialog box which shows the messages and errors that occurred for the current scanner ses

B-6 A-61133 March 2003 Image marks in both Channels: simplex or duplex film In these films, the image mark sequence does not continue from Channel

A-61133 March 2003 C-1 Appendix C Glossary Application  contains all the software parameters that will allow images to be easily searched, pro

C-2 A-61133 March 2003 Duplex Microfilm — contains images of both the front and back of each document, exposed in one pass through the microfilmer.

A-61133 March 2003 C-3 Lead End Code — exposed by the microfilmer on a roll of film before any other code. It appears only after the recommended th

C-4 A-61133 March 2003 Plus Indexing — the capability of the scanner to advance across chapter boundaries. Portrait — image or paper orientation in

A-61133 March 2003 D-1 Appendix D Productivity Tools Introduction This appendix provides information regarding two batch files contained on the

D-2 A-61133 March 2003 Application setup templates The application setup templates represent combinations of parameter values that have been found

A-61133 March 2003 D-3 3. File Naming Convention: The scanner uses C:\IMAGES as the default root directory for saving image files. This may be cha

D-4 A-61133 March 2003 3890 film, Image Marks tab template settings The information below includes only the values that are different from the syst

A-61133 March 2003 D-5 3890 film, Film tab template settings The information below includes only the values that are different from the system defa

A-61133 March 2003 2-11 Viewing or hiding View menu options You can view or hide the following features using the View menu: • Toolbar • Control

D-6 A-61133 March 2003 3890 film, Image Processing tab template settings The information below includes only the values that are different from the

A-61133 March 2003 D-7 Explanation of settings (see the illustration that follows) 1. Scan Area: • When Primary is selected, the same image proc

D-8 A-61133 March 2003 Template 2  County Land Title film This template is recommended when retrieving County Land Title images that were captured

A-61133 March 2003 D-9 County Land Title film, Image Marks tab template settings The Image Marks tab uses all system default settings. For more inf

D-10 A-61133 March 2003 County Land Title film, Image Processing tab template settings The information below includes only the values that are diff

A-61133 March 2003 D-11 Template 3  Claims 2-level film This template is recommended when retrieving claims or insurance images from 2-level film

D-12 A-61133 March 2003 Claims 2-level film, Image Marks tab template settings The Image Marks tab uses all system default settings. For more infor

A-61133 March 2003 D-13 Claims 2-level film, Image Processing tab template settings The information below includes only the values that are differe

D-14 A-61133 March 2003 3. Sharpening: • Photo & Text provides the best clarity for front side images since they usually contain non-text inf

A-61133 March 2003 D-15 Template 4  Claims 3-level film This template is recommended when retrieving claims or insurance images from 3-level film

2-12 A-61133 March 2003 The Customize menu The Customize menu provides the following options: Control Panel  allows you to position the Control P

D-16 A-61133 March 2003 Template 5  Odometer film This template is recommended when retrieving images that were captured to film (24X reduction) w

A-61133 March 2003 D-17 Odometer film, Image Marks tab template settings The information below includes only the values that are different from the

D-18 A-61133 March 2003 Odometer film, Film tab template settings The information below includes only the values that are different from the system

A-61133 March 2003 D-19 Odometer film, Image Processing tab template settings The information below includes only the values that are different fro

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A-61133 March 2003 2-13 3. Place the cursor in the New Shortcut field and enter the desired shortcut. Valid entries include any individual alphan

2-14 A-61133 March 2003 Unassigning shortcut keys 1. Select the desired menu item from the Menu Entries list box. 2. If None is displayed in the

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A-61133 March 2003 2-15 To rearrange buttons on the toolbar: 1. Select the button to be moved on the Toolbar Buttons list box. 2. Click on the Mo

2-16 A-61133 March 2003 The Navigate menu The Navigate menu provides the following options: Browse Forward… and Browse Backward… — allows you to a

A-61133 March 2003 2-17 Batch Scan… — scans a specified group of images, which do not have to be contiguous or continuous. The images must be autom

2-18 A-61133 March 2003 Pause – momentarily stops the film at the selected image until you select Resume. When you select Resume, scrolling will be

A-61133 March 2003 2-19 The Image Processing menu The Image Processing menu provides the following options for the currently displayed image (bi-to

2-20 A-61133 March 2003 The CAR menu The CAR menu provides the following options: Setup  allows you to associate a retrieval application with a C

A-61133 March 2003 2-21 The Setup menu The Setup menu provides the following options: Application… — displays the Select Application dialog box, w

2-22 A-61133 March 2003 The Help menu The Help menu provides the following options: i7300 Scanner Help — displays the contents of the Application

A-61133 March 2003 2-23 The Toolbar If the toolbar is not displayed, it can be displayed by choosing View>Toolbar. Procedures on how to use thes

2-24 A-61133 March 2003 Button Description Zoom In — allows you to enlarge the image on the display. Zoom Out — allows you to reduce the image

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A-61133 March 2003 2-25 The Annotation toolbox The Annotation toolbox allows you to specify font attributes, color and line width, when applicable.

2-26 A-61133 March 2003 Freehand Line  allows you to draw free-form lines. Polyline  allows you to draw a series of line segments by connecting

A-61133 March 2003 2-27 The Image Retrieval keypad The Image Retrieval keypad is usually displayed at the bottom of the PC monitor. This keypad ca

2-28 A-61133 March 2003 Clr (Clear)—the Clr button is used to clear information from the Image Retrieval keypad text box. When Clr is selected, it

A-61133 March 2003 2-29 The Control Panel All functionality of the Control Panel is described in this section. The Control Panel: Allows you to s

2-30 A-61133 March 2003 Application  allows you to select the desired application from the drop-down list. When an application is selected, all of

A-61133 March 2003 2-31 The Browsing dialog box allows you to pause browsing, specify display time for each image in milliseconds, and change to br

2-32 A-61133 March 2003 <<  moves the film rapidly backward, then resume scrolling. <  moves the film slowly backward, then resume scro

A-61133 March 2003 2-33 The image processing Control Panel Image processing parameters are setup via the Setup>Application function at the time

2-34 A-61133 March 2003 The Image Processing Control Panel allows you to change image processing values to obtain the best image possible for the c

A-61133 March 2003 1-1 1 Introduction The Kodak i7300 Scanner Application Software controls the Kodak i7300 Scanner and the Kodak Digital Science

A-61133 March 2003 2-35 Scan Area  determines the area of the film that the image processing settings are applied to. • Primary  image processin

2-36 A-61133 March 2003 Separate Front and Back  check this option when you want to create two separate image files or prints; one file for the fr

A-61133 March 2003 2-37 Despeckle — reduces the amount of stray spots (specks, etc.) on an image. This option is for bi-tonal images only. NOTE: T

2-38 A-61133 March 2003 Border — choose one of the following options: • Leave: keeps the border around the image. • Auto crop: removes the borde

A-61133 March 2003 2-39 Overscan  to enable or disable scanning and display of a specified number of images before and after the image you request

2-40 A-61133 March 2003 ♦ Image Area  allows you to remove and redraw the Image Area green rectangle by clicking outside the rectangle with the

A-61133 March 2003 2-41 The Thumbnail pane The Thumbnail pane can be displayed by selecting the View> Thumbnails option. You can display thumbna

2-42 A-61133 March 2003 The Status bar The Status bar indicates the application name, the image address of the image that is displayed and whether

A-61133 March 2003 3-1 3 Using the Software After you have reviewed Chapter 2, Getting Started, you will be ready to start using the Application

3-2 A-61133 March 2003 Opening an application The Application Software allows you to select an existing application or create a new application. Ch

1-2 A-61133 March 2003 System requirements See the Installation Planning Guide, A-61405 for software and hardware requirements. Using this manual

A-61133 March 2003 3-3 Searching for next occurrence of an image address The Search Again function allows you search for the next occurrence of an

3-4 A-61133 March 2003 Searching for a preset image address The scanner is set to count the first image mark on a roll of film as 1 or 1.0 or 1.0.0

A-61133 March 2003 3-5 Batch scan To automatically save and/or print a group of images from the same roll of film, use the Batch Scan option. Befo

3-6 A-61133 March 2003 NOTE: If you want to change the path of the folder where images will be saved, and/or the conventions to be used for naming

A-61133 March 2003 3-7 In addition, the character “N” can be used as a wildcard to specify various ranges. For example, in a 3-level application:

3-8 A-61133 March 2003 Opening images You may want to open an image that has been previously saved. To do this: 1. Select File>Open Image….

A-61133 March 2003 3-9 Saving an image You can save a previously saved image to another file or save a new image using a non-default film name and

3-10 A-61133 March 2003 Printing an image The Application Software allows you to print images individually or group them in folders and print them.

A-61133 March 2003 3-11 To print a folder of images: 1. Click on the folder to print in the Thumbnail pane with the right mouse button. 2. Select

3-12 A-61133 March 2003 To fax a folder of images: 1. Select on the folder to fax in the Thumbnail pane with the right mouse button. 2. Select Fa

A-61133 March 2003 2-1 2 Getting Started The main window This chapter describes the menus, toolbars and Control Panel that are available when usin

A-61133 March 2003 3-13 Cropping images Use the Crop option to save or print only the significant part of an image. The area inside the yellow rec

3-14 A-61133 March 2003 2. Retrieve an image that you want to duplex process. The Duplex Processing dialog box will be displayed showing the image

A-61133 March 2003 3-15 3. Either a red rectangle or blue rectangle will be automatically displayed, or one green rectangle, depending on previous

3-16 A-61133 March 2003 5. If you did not get the image area you want, click on the Reprocess button on the Control Panel to redisplay the Duplex

A-61133 March 2003 3-17 Rotating an image using duplex processing If you want to rotate an image 90° when you are using duplex processing, you can

3-18 A-61133 March 2003 Annotating an image The Annotate option allows you to highlight a particular area of an image, blank out information on an

A-61133 March 2003 3-19 Using the Text option To add text to your image: 1. Select Annotate>Text. 2. You can change the color and/or font on t

3-20 A-61133 March 2003 Loading images Use the Load Image… option to load a different image file into memory. 1. Select Annotate>Load Image….

A-61133 March 2003 3-21 Creating a canned annotation file The Canned option allows you to save annotation created for an image, for use on other im

3-22 A-61133 March 2003 Using canned annotations Once you have created annotation files, you can use the information in the annotation files to add

2-2 A-61133 March 2003 The Title bar The Title bar provides the title of the Scanner Application Software. The Menu bar The Menu bar provides the

A-61133 March 2003 3-23 Deleting annotation To delete annotation: 1. Select Annotate>Select, and click on the annotation you want to delete. 2.

3-24 A-61133 March 2003 Deleting annotation To delete annotation: 1. Select Annotate>Select, and click on the annotation you want to delete. 2.

A-61133 March 2003 4-1 4 Application Setup This chapter provides the following: • How to access the Application Setup option. • Procedures for s

4-2 A-61133 March 2003 Setting up a new application The Setup Application dialog box allows you to predefine retrieval and image processing paramet

A-61133 March 2003 4-3 2. Search Program. Select the Search Program based upon the image marks on film you will be searching. These search program

4-4 A-61133 March 2003 Determining the threshold value Follow the procedure below to determine the threshold value. • Disable Auto Back Removal. •

A-61133 March 2003 4-5 Setting values on the Image Marks tab Use the Image Marks tab to define the type of image marks on the film associated with

4-6 A-61133 March 2003 3. Image Mark Position. Select the image mark position on the film. • Choose Lead Edge if the image marks are aligned with

A-61133 March 2003 4-7 7. Preset. The Preset option is used when the image address begins at something other than one (1). • If Set to First imag

4-8 A-61133 March 2003 Setting values on the Film tab The film format and reduction ratio of the images on film can be defined using the Film tab.

A-61133 March 2003 2-3 The File menu The File menu provides the following options: Open Image… — displays the Open Image dialog box, which allows

A-61133 March 2003 4-9 3. Film Reduction. Select the Film Reduction ratio for the film used. It is important that this value be accurate to achie

4-10 A-61133 March 2003 The User defined option provides the greatest efficiency and flexibility in choosing the image area that meets your specifi

A-61133 March 2003 4-11 9. Border Removal Recursions: the number of times (one, two or three) the system will attempt to determine and remove the

4-12 A-61133 March 2003 Setting values on the Image Processing tab The options on the Image Processing tab are selected based upon how you want to

A-61133 March 2003 4-13 2. Scan Area. Select an option in the Scan Area. This option determines the area of the film that the image processing se

4-14 A-61133 March 2003 4. Separate Front and Back  check this option when you want to create two separate image files; one file for the front of

A-61133 March 2003 4-15 6. Contrast. Select a Contrast setting from Low ( ) to High ( ) or enter the contrast value in the text field. Valid valu

4-16 A-61133 March 2003 11. Rotate. Select a Rotate option to specify whether images will be rotated when displayed: • None: to process the imag

A-61133 March 2003 4-17 16. Auto Deskew. Check Auto Deskew to automatically straighten the image NOTE: When using the Auto Deskew option, the enti

4-18 A-61133 March 2003 Setting values on the Output tab The Output tab allows you to set up file saving options, compression level and how you wan

2-4 A-61133 March 2003 Fax Setup… — if a fax utility is available on the PC you are using, this option allows you to set up a fax connection. Send

A-61133 March 2003 4-19 See the section entitled, “Changing naming convention properties” late in this chapter for more information. • Annotation

4-20 A-61133 March 2003 Changing naming convention properties The Naming Convention Properties dialog box allows you to change the file naming rule

A-61133 March 2003 4-21 The image address can be part of the name given to the image. Special keywords are used in this field by default, they are:

4-22 A-61133 March 2003 Example 2  using no optional parameter If the file naming convention was set to <book>.<chapter>.<image>

A-61133 March 2003 4-23 Setting up non-ANSI/AIIM image marks If the film you are retrieving images from has image marks that do not meet the ANSI s

4-24 A-61133 March 2003 Determining the image mark position The scanner requires that the leading edge of the image marks be located even with the

A-61133 March 2003 4-25 Setting up the odometer scale Some older microfilms are indexed with odometer units instead of image marks. The scanner can

4-26 A-61133 March 2003 Setting a User Defined image area When you are setting film parameters and you want to define a custom image area, use the

A-61133 March 2003 4-27 Setting page layout options The Page Layout dialog box provides options which allow you to position the displayed image whe

4-28 A-61133 March 2003 3. Units: Select either 1/10 Inch or Millimeter. The unit measurement is based on paper size, not how the image is displa