User Guide

Consult the HP Marketing Assistant software CD for documentation and support information.
Readiris Professional V11.0 text-recognition software by IRIS
Readiris Pro V11.0 converts scanned images into text that can be edited in word-processing programs.
The user interface is localized into 21 languages. However, the software supports text-recognition in
123 languages. See
Readiris Pro V11.0 languages for a list of languages.
NOTE Readiris Pro V11.0 supports text recognition in 2-byte Asian characters. You must have
your operating system set up to display 2-byte characters in order to see the text.
When Readiris Pro V11.0 is installed on the computer, it appears as an option in the destination drop-
down box in the HP Scan software. If you select Readiris as the destination, your image is scanned
into .TIFF format and Readiris Pro V11.0 starts automatically to begin the text-recognition process.
For better text-recognition scanning results, start Readiris Pro V11.0 and scan directly into the program.
Readiris Pro V11.0 automatically starts a wizard to help you through this process.
Readiris Pro V11.0 uses a separate installer that comes on a separate CD. The CD includes the base
software along with the Middle-East and Asian options.
Text-recognition software
The HP Color LaserJet CM1015 MFP/CM1017 MFP printing-system software has an integrated text-
recognition feature. This feature is also known as optical character recognition, or OCR. Text-recognition
capability is also provided by Readiris Professional V11.0 text-recognition software by IRIS.
About text-recognition reliability
Text-recognition software turns an image into computer-editable text by analyzing the image and
defining the characters. The accuracy obtained through text-recognition software depends on the
quality, size, and structure of the original document, and on the quality of the scan itself. To obtain the
best possible results when using text-recognition software, use the following guidelines:
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Process only pages that contain 9-point text or larger.
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Limit pages that contain underlining, forms, graphics, rotated text, photographs, and handwriting.
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Scan images squarely.
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Make sure that the pages are free of extraneous marks.
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Maximize the scanning resolution.
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Process only pages that have crisp, clear text. Letters that have gaps, that "bleed" along their
edges, or that touch other letters do not work well. Text that is aligned closely to nontext items,
such as graphics, might also degrade text-recognition results.
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Fine-tune the amount of black and white on scanned images. See the user guide for information.
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Avoid scanning from thin media that has information printed on the back side. The information on
the back can bleed through.
Even following these recommendations, less-than-perfect results might occur. This is because text-
recognition technology itself is evolving and is still less than perfect.
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