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1 Introduction The Kodak i600 Series Scanners is a high-volume production scanner which includes image processing technology that can improve image quality and sometimes make the reproduction better than the original. You can use the ISIS Driver or TWAIN Datasource (both are available on the CD that is included with the scanner) or Kodak Capture Software to enable image processing. Other popular scanning applications are also compatible with these scanners, however these applications may n
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Image outputs The i600 Series Scanners are duplex scanners This means both the front and the rear side of each document may be captured. For each side captured, the scanner creates a black and white and color/ grayscale image. The host application controls which of these images is transferred to the host to be stored as an image file. The Kodak i600 Series Scanners can return black and white, grayscale or color images to the host. Below is a description of the valid combinations. • Front bl
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Another example of a simultaneous output where all four images are returned to the host would create the following four files: • Front grayscale: FG.jpg. This image file represents the contents of the front side of the document using 8-bits per pixel. • Front black and white: FB.tif. This image file represents the contents of the front side of the document using 1-bit per pixel. • Back grayscale: BG.jpg. This image file represents the contents of the rear side of the document using 8-bits pe
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2 Best Practices This chapter provides you with recommendations for program logic, which will allow you to interact efficiently with the i600 Series Scanners. This high-level information is not intended to be used as a coding guide. The following information is provided in this chapter: • Basic image capture • Switching between color/grayscale and black and white • Jam recovery • Image file storage locations • Bar code recognition • Controlling print strings • Electronic Color Dropout (form
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Scanner setup To set up the scanner: 1. Set up your scanner operating conditions: • simplex/duplex • image order • transport timeout • transport timeout response • length detection status and response • multi-feed detection status and response • starting document count • Energy Star timeout • printing parameters (printing status, print font, orientation and strings) • confirmation tone For information on programming these conditions, see Chapters 3 or 4 (depending on your driver). For other ve
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Enable scanning The host must issue a Scan command to enable scanning before documents can be transported through the scanner. If scanning has not been enabled, the feeder and transport system will not turn on. Initiate polling Initiate host system polling of the scanner to ensure scanned document images are transferred from the image buffer to the host system. Polling should continue until scanning is disabled. For more information see the sections entitled, “Controlling image transfer ord
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Some error conditions disable scanning and cause the document transport to stop. This is done to prevent additional images from entering the image buffer while allowing the host to perform fault recovery activities. NOTE: The scanner cannot determine exactly which images were affected by the error and which images were not. If an error occurs that disables the scanner, the host can continue to read images from the image buffer without enabling the scanner. However, when the image buffer h
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Color only - duplex This job stream is available for i620, i640 and i660 Scanners. 1. Prepare documents. 2. Start the scanner to do color duplex scanning (front color and rear color). 3. Setup the scanner to retrieve color images. 4. Enable the scanner and start polling. Loop Read front color image header Read front color image Read rear color image header Read rear color image End loop Grayscale only - duplex This job stream is available for all i600 Series Scanners. 1. Prepare documents. 2. S
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Dual stream - black and This job stream is available for i620, i640 and i660 Scanners. white and color - duplex 1. Prepare documents. 2. Start the scanner to do dual stream duplex scanning by selecting front black and white, front color, rear black and white and rear color. 3. Setup the scanner to retrieve black and white images first. 4. Enable the scanner and start polling. Loop Read front black and white image header Read front black and white image Read front color image header Read front
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Single-stream duplex This job stream is available for i620, i640 and i660 Scanners. For the alternating between black i610 Scanner, you can only toggle between black and white and and white and color/ grayscale. grayscale (Toggle patch) 1. Prepare documents with a Type 4/Toggle patch before and after any color/grayscale documents. 2. Configure image processing parameters for all four images. Before enabling the scanner, select only the front and rear black and white images to be retrieved.
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Jam and fault This section provides recommendations for application logic associated with scanner jam and fault recovery. recovery If your scanner is enabled and you are polling when a document jam or other fault occurs, use the following procedure to restart scanning. IMPORTANT: Before beginning fault recovery, make sure all the headers and images have been transferred from the image buffer to the host system. When a document jam or other fault occurs, the feeder and the transport will sto
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Bar code recognition The i600 Series Scanners do not include a bar code accessory. The host system provides bar code functionality. The main imaging parameter, which may effect bar code read rates, is resolution. Either black and white, grayscale or color images may be used for bar code applications. Refer to your software documentation for their recommendations and/or requirements for image quality to achieve desired read rates. Controlling print strings Full control and access to the sca
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Red dropout Following is a list of Pantone colors which may be used with the red dropout option. Red Dropout — Complete Dropout. 100U 129U 155U 177U 1925U 231U 372U 101U 130U 156U 178U 196U 232U 379U 102U 134U 157U Warm Red 197U Rhodamine 380U Red U Yellow U 135U 158U 1765U 198U 236U 386U 106U 136U 1555U 1767U 199U 237U 387U 107U 137U 1565U 1775U 203U 238U 393U 108U 1345U 1575U 1777U 204U 239U 394U 109U 1355U 1585U 1785U 205U 2365U 395U 113U 1365U 162U 1787U 206U 2375U 3935U 114U 1375U 163U 178
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Green Dropout Complete Dropout 100U 113U 1345U 3375U 374U 387U 3935U 101U 114U 155U 351U 375U 388U 3945U 102U 120U 2706U 352U 379U 389U 3955U Yellow U 1205U 317U 365U 380U 393U 3965U 106U 1215U 3245U 366U 381U 394U 107U 127U 331U 372U 382U 395U 108U 134U 332U 373U 386U 396U Green Dropout Near Complete Dropout 121U 2975U 318U 324U 3242 344U 358U 148U 304U Blue Dropout Complete Dropout 100U 256U 2716U 284U 298U 311U 3242U 1205U 2562U 2707U 290U 2975U 312U 3252U 217U 263U 2717U 291U 2985U 310
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Image header An image header is associated with every image captured by the scanner. Following is a list of information available in the image header. information Image length size of the image. Image identifier indicates whether the image is front black and white, rear black and white, front color or rear color. Resolution the scanner records the selected scanner image resolution in dots per inch. X-axis upper left pixel horizontal offset to upper left corner of the image. For more
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Patch Detect indicates whether or not the scanner detected a toggle patch on the document (side independent). If a toggle patch appears on a document, all images created from this document will have this indicator set in their image header. Toggle Patch indicates the side of the document where the where the toggle patch was detected. If a toggle patch appears on a document, only the images created from the side of the document containing the patch will have this indicator set in their
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3 Using the TWAIN Datasource Installation The TWAIN Datasource is included with the scanner. You can install the Datasource from the CD. 1. Insert the CD into the drive. 2. If auto-run is not enabled, double-click the setup.exe file. 3. Follow the instructions on each screen as prompted. After installation is complete, install your application software on the host PC. A sample application called the Scan Validation Tool, is also provided as part of this installation. This application can be
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Accessing the Scan 1. Select Start>Programs>Kodak>Document Imaging>Scan Validation Tool. Validation Tool 2. From the Driver Types box, select TWAIN. 3. From the Drivers box, select Kodak Scanner: i600 and click OK. 4. Select the Setup icon. The main Kodak Scanner screen will be displayed. 3-2 A-61504 April 2007
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The TWAIN interface is divided into three main sections: • Image Settings: clicking the Settings button on the main Kodak Scanner window, displays the Image Settings window. From this window you can set your image processing parameters by using the General, Size and Enhancements tab. • Device Settings: the Device button is located on the Image Settings window. From this window you can set all scanner control functions by using the General, Printer, Multifeed and Patch tabs. • Diagnostics:
