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RTE8000 HS Evaluators' Guide 97-0183-15.doc
Why buy from 3M Rochford Thompson?
3M Rochford Thompson has over 20 years experience in document scanning technology and 15 years in the
airline and immigration business. It designs advanced scanning products which are in use all over the world. An
exceptionally committed team of hardware and software engineers are there to help resolve any technical
problems.
Why should your organisation use the 3M
TM
RTE8000 HS?
The 3M
TM
RTE8000 HS is an excellent data capture device and its first time, every time read rate minimises
queuing during passenger processing both at Self Service Kiosks and at employee operated control points.
Accurate data along with document authentication and the capability to add new document types reduces
attempts by criminals and asylum seekers to gain entry to a country or access services they are not entitled to.
For an airline this keeps immigration and ID check fines to a minimum.
The 3M
TM
RTE8000 HS supports a very wide range of documents and security checks and its Software
Development Kit (SDK) provides the freedom to add new documents makes your investment in the 3M
TM
RTE8000 HS safe.
Who uses page scanners and why?
These are some examples:
Airlines APIS data capture with cross checking of FAA watch lists
Border control and immigration ePassport reading and authentication
Ferry companies Electronic manifests with traveller photo images
Cruise lines Scanning full colour or greyscale images of travel documents
Police forces ID checks
Railway companies Ticket fraud detection
Car Hire firms Travel document authentication
Hotels Hotel check-in and reporting
How do I evaluate the 3M
TM
RTE8000 HS?
This manual describes how to install the scanner and the evaluation programs available to evaluate its
performance. You can be reading your first document using the 3M
TM
Page Reader Expo program in less than 5
minutes. For a detailed analysis of RFID ePassports then use the eMRTD Reader program. Look at section 4.2
below.
If you are a developer you may wish to try the various SDK application and language samples to help you
decide on your integration strategy (see the section on Sample Applications in the 3M
TM
Page Reader
Programmers' Guide for more detail).
Detailed specifications for the 3M
TM
RTE8000 HS are provided in Appendix A.