I.R.I.S. IRISPOWERSCAN 9.0 User manual

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User Guide

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Table of Contents
Copyrights...................................................................................................................................................1
Aboutthisguide.........................................................................................................................................3
Chapter1AboutIRISPowerscan..............................................................................................5
WhatisIRISPowerscan?..................................................................................................................5
HowtouseIRISPowerscan?............................................................................................................7
IRISPowerscanprocessingsteps......................................................................................................9
Softwareversions.........................................................................................................................10
Supportedscanners......................................................................................................................11
Chapter2Installation...........................................................................................................13
Systemrequirements...................................................................................................................13
InstallingIRISPowerscan...............................................................................................................13
Installingyourscanner..................................................................................................................16
UninstallingIRISPowerscan...........................................................................................................17
Howtogetproductsupport?........................................................................................................18
Howtoregister?...........................................................................................................................19
Chapter3Startingup...........................................................................................................23
Configuringyouranti‐virus...........................................................................................................23
Startingup...................................................................................................................................23
Startupwindow...........................................................................................................................25
UsingaQuickProject....................................................................................................................27
UsingaSolutionPackage..............................................................................................................29

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UsingaTemplateProject..............................................................................................................31
Creatingaproject.........................................................................................................................34
Importing/exportingaproject......................................................................................................35
Userinterface...............................................................................................................................38
Panes........................................................................................................................................................39
Toolbars....................................................................................................................................................41
Viewer.......................................................................................................................................................42
Slider.........................................................................................................................................................42
Availableworkspaces...................................................................................................................43
Chapter4SoftwareOptions.................................................................................................45
Softwareoptions..........................................................................................................................45
Generaloptions............................................................................................................................46
Userprofiles.................................................................................................................................47
Workspaces..................................................................................................................................50
Shortcuts......................................................................................................................................52
Advanced.....................................................................................................................................53
Chapter5Projectsetup........................................................................................................55
Projectsetup................................................................................................................................55
General........................................................................................................................................56
Projectoptions...............................................................................................................................................56
Scanning.......................................................................................................................................58
Scanningoptions............................................................................................................................................58
Barcode/OCR..................................................................................................................................................60
BarcodeandOCRsetup............................................................................................................................60

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Capturingtemplateimages......................................................................................................................61
Definingbarcodes.....................................................................................................................................62
DefiningOCRzones...................................................................................................................................65
Settingbarcodeproperties.......................................................................................................................67
Settingamasksyntax...............................................................................................................................72
SettingOCRzoneproperties.....................................................................................................................74
GeneralbarcodeandOCRproperties.......................................................................................................77
TestingbarcodesandOCRzones..............................................................................................................78
Patchcode......................................................................................................................................................80
Definingandusingpatchcodes................................................................................................................80
Testingthepatchcodes............................................................................................................................81
Blankpage......................................................................................................................................................82
Definingandusingblankpages................................................................................................................82
Testingblankpages..................................................................................................................................85
Imageprocessing............................................................................................................................................85
Definingimageprocessingoperations......................................................................................................85
Indexing.......................................................................................................................................89
Indexing..........................................................................................................................................................89
Definingbatch/documenttypes.....................................................................................................................90
Definingindexfields.......................................................................................................................................92
Settingbatch/documentnames.....................................................................................................................95
Definingvalueformulas..................................................................................................................................96
DataLink..........................................................................................................................................................98
Processing....................................................................................................................................99

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Processingoptions..........................................................................................................................................99
Security......................................................................................................................................102
Chapter6Scanning............................................................................................................103
Scannerselection.......................................................................................................................103
Scannersetup.............................................................................................................................104
Runningemulationimages.........................................................................................................106
Capturingexistingfiles...............................................................................................................107
Pagesetup(scanningparameters)..............................................................................................108
Pagesetup(scanningparameters)...............................................................................................................108
Scannersettings...........................................................................................................................................111
Imageparameters........................................................................................................................................112
Automaticmerge/split..................................................................................................................................114
Scanningtasks............................................................................................................................115
Scanningoperations.....................................................................................................................................115
Creatingnewbatches/documents................................................................................................................117
Attachingdocuments....................................................................................................................................118
Insertingpages.............................................................................................................................................119
Rescanningpages.........................................................................................................................................120
Chapter7Indexvalidation..................................................................................................121
Indexvalidation..........................................................................................................................121
Indexingtasks.............................................................................................................................122
Indexingoperations......................................................................................................................................122
Indexingtools.............................................................................................................................123
Indexingtools...............................................................................................................................................123

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Drag&DropOCR............................................................................................................................................124
Dropdownlists.............................................................................................................................................125
Lastfivevalues..............................................................................................................................................126
Chapter8Post‐scanningoperations..................................................................................127
Post‐scanningoperations...........................................................................................................127
Editingimages............................................................................................................................128
Editingimages..............................................................................................................................................128
Zoomingandscrollingimages......................................................................................................................129
Selectingandfilteringimages.......................................................................................................................130
Rotatingandflippingimages........................................................................................................................132
Erasingimagezones.....................................................................................................................................133
Croppingimages...........................................................................................................................................133
Adjustingimages..........................................................................................................................................134
(Re)organizingimages................................................................................................................135
(Re)organizingimages..................................................................................................................................135
Reorderingimages........................................................................................................................................137
Splittingandmerging....................................................................................................................................138
Chapter9Outputprocessing..............................................................................................139
Outputprocessing......................................................................................................................139
Index..................................................................................................................................141

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