IRIScan Express 4 Capture Tool User Guide
1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 1-1 2. USING THE SCANNER PROPERTIES DIALOG BOX (SETUP) ..................... 2-1 2.1 A Glance of the Scanner Properties Dialog Box ...................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Buttons on the Scanner Properties Dialog Box ....................................................................... 2-2 2.3 The Image Tab .................
1. Introduction With the Capture Tool, you can perform simple scans and view the captured images. On a Windows PC: 1. Start the Capture Tool from Start>All Programs>IRIScan Express 4 Scanner. 2. Select your driver type and scanner model and click OK. The Capture Tool dialog box will be displayed. On a Mac computer: 1. Click the Capture Tool icon on the Desktop. Interface Fit Page Setup Scan File Format Save Actual Size File Path 1.
7. In the Scan Validation dialog box, click the Scan button ( File menu. ) or choose Scan from the 8. The document will be scanned and displayed in the Scan Validation screen. 9. You can view the scanned image Fit to Page ( ) or in Actual Size (100%) ( 10. Click the Close box or Quit from the File menu to exit the Scan Validation Tool. ).
2. Using the Scanner Properties Dialog Box (Setup) In this chapter we provide an overview of the Scanner Properties dialog box (Setup). The Scanner Properties dialog box allows you to configure the scanner’s settings. It consists of several tabbed windows each of which will be described in this chapter. Note: In this chapter, all options are described based on a duplex (double-side) scanner. If you have purchased a simplex (single-side) scanner, not all options will be available. 2.
2.2 Buttons on the Scanner Properties Dialog Box The buttons on the Scanner Properties dialog box Buttons Description Defaults Click the Defaults button, the factory default settings will be shown on each tab. Scan (PC) After all the scan settings are satisfactory, click the Scan button to start scanning your document. Close Click the Close button to leave the Scanner Properties dialog box.
Setting Imprinter Show Scanning Progress：No Show Warning Message：No None 2.3 The Image Tab The Image tab allows you to choose the front side and (or) the rear side of your document, the type of image, andconfigure several basic scan settings. Note that except for the resolution, you can set individual scan settings for the front side and the rear side. For example, all settings in the Image tab, Compression tab and Color Dropout tab can be set individually for the front and the rear side.
2.3.1 The Image Selection Box The Image Selection box includes the image type and document side option. If you wish to scan both the front side and the rear side of your color document, you can check both Front Color and Rear Color at the same time. Note that the options vary based on type of scanner.
B&W Gray Color Front/Rear Auto Color Detection: Click to automatically detect and scan the front or the rear page of your color document in color image mode. If your document is in colors, the scanner will automatically scan the document into a color image. If your document is non-color, you can choose the output to be either B&W or Gray from the Non-Color Selection option. This option is useful when you have a mixture of color and non-color document.
Fixed Processing: Used for black-and-white and other high contrast documents. A single level is set to determine the black-and-white transition. The threshold is programmable over the entire density range. Fixed Processing sets Contrast to 0. If Fixed Processing is selected, Contrast is not available. Halftone: In addition to the black and white display, Halftone can present a somehow gray shade of image by using different size of dots. Halftone image looks like the picture we have seen in the newspaper.
Gray Document Type: Choice: Normal, Photo, Document Three options of document type are provided when you choose Gray as the image type for your scanned document. Choice: Normal, Photo, Document. Document: Choose Document if your original contains pure text or a mixture of text and graphic since it is an optimal setting for regular business document. When using Document, only Threshold can be adjusted.
Contrast: -50 Resolution Contrast: 0 (Normal) Contrast: +50 Selecting a good resolution results in a quality scan. The resolution is measured in dots per inch (dpi). Normally, the greater the dpi number, the higher the resolution and the image file size. Be aware that greater resolution takes more time to scan, and more disk space for the scanning image. For your information, an A4 size color image scanned at 300 dpi at True Color mode consumes approximately 25 MB of disk space.
Color Matching The purpose of Color Matching is getting the accurate color. This option uses the default parameters (ICC profile) to adjust the colors of the image. Choice: None, Document, Photo None: Choose “None” to disable this option. Document: Choose “Document” if your original contains pure text or a mixture of text and graphic since it is an optimal setting for regular business document. Photo: Choose “Photo” if your original contains photo to reproduce your photo in vivid color image.
Editing Profiles The Scanner Properties dialog box allows you to change and save your frequently used scan settings into a profile. You can edit these profiles by renaming or deleting them. To add a new profile, 1. 2. Customize your settings. (For example, change your resolution, image type, cropping method, scan size, or other scan settings.) Click the Image tab and then choose “Profiles” to prompt the “Edit Your Profile” dialog box. 3.
4. Choose “Yes” to delete or “Cancel” to quit. To rename a profile, 1. From the Image tab dialog box, click “Profiles” to prompt the Edit Your Profile dialog box. 2. Choose the profile you want to rename from the dropdown list box and then click the Rename button. 3. Enter new name for the profile. 4. Choose “Save” to save the new profile or “Cancel” to quit.
The Compression tab dialog box 2.5 The Color Dropout Tab 2.5.1 Color Dropout Selection Color Dropout tab allows you to drop either of the red, blue, or green color in your scanned image. If your image contains red color watermark or background, choose the R (Red) channel then any red watermark or background will be removed. This feature is used to sharpen your text when using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software.
2.5.2 Other Color Dropout Options Advanced Processing provides two options that can adjust your scanned image in the best optimal result. Filter Threshold This value is used to determine the color which will be dropped out. A lower value will drop more of the selected color out, while a higher value will leave more of the selected color in. Background Level The pixel which is higher than the background value will be adjusted to the lightest point.
2.6 The Paper Tab The Paper tab allows you to define values relating to image output (i.e., Auto Crop or not, Scan Area, OverScan, Multi-Feed Detection). The Paper tab dialog box 2.6.1 Cropping Cropping allows you to capture a portion of the document being scanned. Choice: Automatic, Fixed to Transport, EOP (End of Page) Detection, Relative to Documents. Options Description Automatic Automatic adjusts the cropping window according to different document sizes.
Relative to Document This option allows you to crop different areas on your documents and deliver these images in B&W, Gray, or Color separately. For example, there are applications which require you to store the entire document in B&W and a part of the document in color to save storage space. This is useful for documents where a photograph or signature appears in a consistent area on the document such as resumes, and so on. The following options are only available when Fixed to Transport is selected.
3. Click the Preview tab to display the Preview window. A black rectangular box appears to indicate the max. scan size your have just selected. The selected image A black rectangular box The Image Selection Box 4. Click the Preview button to view the entire image in low resolution to correctly crop your relative scan area. The Preview Image The Preview Button 5. Select image type from the Image Selection box. The selected image will appear in highlighted color. (For example, Front Color) 6.
The entire document in B&W The relative area in color 2.6.2 Other Paper Selection Scan Area Choose your desired paper size with the drop-down list box. Or you may select a custom paper size by clicking the Scan Area box and then click Add to include in the choice. Choice: None, US Letter- 8.5”x 11”, US Legal – 8.5” x 14”, ISO A4 – 21 x 29.7 cm, ISO A5 – 14.8 x 21 cm, ISO A6 – 10.5 x 14.8cm, ISO A7 – 7.4 x 10/5 cm, ISO B5 – 17.6 x 25 cm, ISO B6 – 12.5 x 17.6 cm, ISO B7 – 8.8 x 12.5 cm, JIS B5 – 18.2 x 25.
2.7 The Preview Tab The Preview tab allows you to preview (a low-resolution scan) your image before final scan. This preview image lets you allocate your scan area. You can choose your scan area by the “Scan Area” drop down list box or placing your cursor on the Display window and dragging it diagonally on the Display window. Then, a red rectangle box will appear to indicate the selected area.
Flip Side Rotation Select “Fanfold” to rotate the image of the reverse side to 180 degrees. This is applied to double-sided document which are viewed in portrait are sometime fed into the scanner in landscape or vice versa. Choice: Book, Fanfold. If “Book” is selected, the image of the reverse side will not be rotated. The following illustration shows the documents which should be viewed in portrait are fed into the scanner in landscape.
Blank Page Removal Edge Fill Check if you wish to remove the blank page and move the slider to the left or right to your desired threshold. Check White or Black if you wish to add white or black edge on the border of your scanned image. Enter the value from 0 to 5 mm. Default value is 0. Original Image Control Option Check the Mirror box if you wish to reverse the right and left side of your image.
Despeckle Occasionally small dots or specks appear in the background of a scanned image. Remove unwanted speckles provides a cleaner image for OCR (Optical Character Recognition) processing, and also helps to reduce compressed file size. Define the speckles (also known as image noise) you wish to remove by specifying its number (size) and radius (range). The measuring unit is pixel. The higher the number, the more speckles will be removed.
2.9 The Setting Tab The Setting tab allows you to set the following settings: The Setting tab dialog box Cache Mode: None, Page Number, Memory Size. This option allows you to assign a specified memory size from the available RAM to process the image data. By specifying a smaller memory size, you can free more memory for other applications you are running.
2.10 The Imprinter Tab The Imprinter tab allows you to print alphanumeric characters, date, time, document count and custom message on your scanned image if digital imprinter is selected or at the back of your document if external imprinter is selected. Choice: External Imprinter, Digital Imprinter. If you have installed an external imprinter, choose external imprinter. If you do not have an imprinter, choose digital imprinter.
String Orientation Choose your string orientation. Choice: Normal, Rotated, Vertical, Vertical Inversion, 90 degrees CW, 90 degrees CCW Normal Rotated Vertical Vertical Inversion 90 degrees CW 90 degrees CCW If you check the digital imprinter to stamp text on your scanned image, the illustration of normal and rotated string is shown below: Rotated Normal Print Position Choose the position you wish to print your string.
Print Position (for digital imprinter) Choose the position of your printed string. Choice: Top, Middle, Bottom, Custom. If Custom is selected, enter the X and Y offset value to specify the position. 2.11 The Information Tab The Information tab displays the following system and scanner information. The Information tab dialog box The following options are PC only: The “Report” button： If you encounter any error message while using the scanner, click the Report button. A report.
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