User manual PIXELS TRANSACTION PIXTOOLS QUICKSTART GUIDE

[. . . ] No part of this document may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without the prior consent, in writing, of Pixel Translations. The software described in this document is furnished under a contract and license agreement. The ISIS® specification was developed by Pixel Translations, Inc. , and is © 1990-2003 Pixel Translations. Permission is hereby granted to make copies of and use the specification so long as the specification is not resold for profit, and so long as the original copyright notices are left intact. [. . . ] You can now launch the QuickScan application by clicking Start> Programs> QuickScan> QuickScan. Note: See QuickScan's online help for information about uninstalling this product. 1. 1 Using Online Help To display QuickScan's online Help for additional information on topics discussed in this guide, choose Contents from the Help menu, or press F1. Scan Profiles Scan profiles are a convenient way to store settings that tell QuickScan how you want to process images while those images are being scanned. Scan profiles also provide powerful tools that ensure consistency across the documents you scan. By using scan profiles to process your documents, you can save time and ensure all the documents you specify are saved in the same format with the same compression type, and in the same location. Scan profiles can also automatically apply Image Processing (IP) Filters in the order you specify and allow you to process job separation pages. Pre-configured Scan Profiles QuickScan includes three pre-configured scan profiles: Binary TIFF for scanning black and white documents. Grayscale JPEG for scanning documents with up to 256 shades of gray. Scan a Document using a Scan Profile 1. The New Batch dialog appears: 2 3. Choose one of the three pre-configured profiles from the Select a Profile section. Once you select a profile, its definition appears below the highlighted profile in the scroll box. In the example New Batch dialog above, we've selected the Binary TIFF profile. Its definition states the file format, compression, and naming schema used. The Path text box shows the location where your file will be saved and it is determined by the profile you've selected. For now, accept the naming schema specified, but be sure to check the online Help (F1) for further information about editing profiles and naming schemas. As each page of your batch is scanned it will appear in QuickScan's Page Viewer on the right side of the application window. A thumbnail version of each page will appear in the Thumbnail Viewer on the left side of the application window. When your scanner finishes scanning your pages the Continue Scan dialog appears: 4. 5. 6. 3 7. Click Stop Scanning to finish your batch, or place more pages in your scanner and click the Continue Scanning button to scan more pages using the same scan profile. Notice that you were not prompted to save your files because the scan profile automatically saved all your pages in the same folder using the same file naming schema with the same file format. 8. Custom Profiles In addition to the three pre-configured profiles included with QuickScan, you have the ability to create as many custom profiles as you need. The New Batch dialog box appears: Highlight one of the three pre-configured profiles. [. . . ] For the options on the Job Separation tab to become available, you must activate the Use advanced Schema file naming option in the File Naming section on the Output tab, click the Edit button and choose the following pre-configured schema: ####\$$$$####;. Consult QuickScan's online Help (F1) or more information about file naming schemas. The IP Tab Use this tab's simple Add/Remove interface to add image-processing filters to your custom profile to correct skew, rotate the page, remove blank pages, remove noise, remove holes, etc. Many of the filters 5 The Output Tab The Scan Tab The Job Separator Tab Tab Purpose contain configurable parameters via the Configure button directly below the Add list. [. . . ]