I.R.I.S. POWERSCAN 9.5 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?...........................................................................................................................18
Chapter3Startingup..........................................................................................................21
Configuringyouranti‐virus...........................................................................................................21
Startingup...................................................................................................................................21
Startupwindow...........................................................................................................................23
UsingaQuickProject....................................................................................................................25
UsingaSolutionPackage..............................................................................................................27

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UsingaTemplateProject..............................................................................................................29
Creatingaproject.........................................................................................................................32
Importing/exportingaproject......................................................................................................33
Userinterface...............................................................................................................................35
Panes........................................................................................................................................................36
Toolbars....................................................................................................................................................38
Viewer.......................................................................................................................................................39
Slider.........................................................................................................................................................40
Availableworkspaces...................................................................................................................40
Chapter4SoftwareOptions.................................................................................................43
Softwareoptions..........................................................................................................................43
Generaloptions............................................................................................................................44
Userprofiles.................................................................................................................................45
Workspaces..................................................................................................................................48
Shortcuts......................................................................................................................................50
Advanced.....................................................................................................................................51
Chapter5Projectsetup.......................................................................................................53
Projectsetup................................................................................................................................53
General........................................................................................................................................54
Projectoptions...............................................................................................................................................54
Scanning.......................................................................................................................................56
Scanningoptions............................................................................................................................................56
Barcode/OCR..................................................................................................................................................59
BarcodeandOCRsetup............................................................................................................................59

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Capturingtemplateimages......................................................................................................................60
Definingbarcodes.....................................................................................................................................61
DefiningOCRzones...................................................................................................................................64
Settingbarcodeproperties.......................................................................................................................66
Settingamasksyntax...............................................................................................................................72
SettingOCRzoneproperties.....................................................................................................................73
GeneralbarcodeandOCRproperties.......................................................................................................76
TestingbarcodesandOCRzones..............................................................................................................78
Patchcode......................................................................................................................................................79
Definingandusingpatchcodes................................................................................................................79
Testingthepatchcodes............................................................................................................................81
Blankpage......................................................................................................................................................82
Definingandusingblankpages................................................................................................................82
Testingblankpages..................................................................................................................................84
Imageprocessing............................................................................................................................................85
Definingimageprocessingoperations......................................................................................................85
Stamp.............................................................................................................................................................91
Addingstampsonimages.........................................................................................................................91
Indexing.......................................................................................................................................92
Indexing..........................................................................................................................................................92
Definingbatch/documenttypes.....................................................................................................................92
Definingindexfields.......................................................................................................................................94
Settingbatch/documentnames.....................................................................................................................98
Definingvalueformulas..................................................................................................................................99
DataLink........................................................................................................................................................101

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Processing..................................................................................................................................101
Processingoptions........................................................................................................................................101
Connectors...................................................................................................................................................105
Built‐inconnectors..................................................................................................................................106
Extendedconnectors..............................................................................................................................107
User‐builtconnectors.............................................................................................................................108
Extendedconnectors....................................................................................................................................108
Abouttheextendedconnectors.............................................................................................................108
Configuringthegeneraloptions.............................................................................................................110
Configuringtheindexingoptions............................................................................................................117
Configuringtheadvancedoptions..........................................................................................................121
Security......................................................................................................................................125
Chapter6Scanning............................................................................................................127
Scannerselection.......................................................................................................................127
Scannersetup.............................................................................................................................128
Runningemulationimages.........................................................................................................130
Capturingexistingfiles...............................................................................................................131
Pagesetup(scanningparameters)..............................................................................................134
Pagesetup(scanningparameters).........................................................................................................134
Scannersettings......................................................................................................................................136
Imageparameters..................................................................................................................................138
Automaticmerge/split............................................................................................................................140
Scanningtasks............................................................................................................................141
Scanningoperations...............................................................................................................................141

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Creatingnewbatches/documents..........................................................................................................142
Attachingdocuments..............................................................................................................................144
Insertingpages.......................................................................................................................................144
Rescanningpages...................................................................................................................................145
Chapter7Indexvalidation.................................................................................................147
Indexvalidation..........................................................................................................................147
Indexingtasks.............................................................................................................................148
Indexingoperations................................................................................................................................148
Indexingtools.............................................................................................................................149
Indexingtools.........................................................................................................................................149
Drag&DropOCR......................................................................................................................................150
Dropdownlists.......................................................................................................................................151
Lastfivevalues........................................................................................................................................152
Chapter8Post‐scanningoperations..................................................................................153
Post‐scanningoperations...........................................................................................................153
Editingimages............................................................................................................................155
Editingimages.........................................................................................................................................155
Zoomingandscrollingimages................................................................................................................156
Selectingandfilteringimages.................................................................................................................157
Rotatingandflippingimages..................................................................................................................159
Erasingimagezones...............................................................................................................................160
Croppingimages.....................................................................................................................................160
Adjustingimages.....................................................................................................................................161
(Re)organizingimages................................................................................................................163

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(Re)organizingimages.............................................................................................................................163
Reorderingimages..................................................................................................................................165
Splittingandmerging..............................................................................................................................165
Chapter9Outputprocessing.............................................................................................167
Outputprocessing......................................................................................................................167
Index.................................................................................................................................169
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