Kodak i30 User manual

Product
Information
i30 Scanner
i40 Scanner

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You want easy, fast and great images … get the new Kodak i30 and i40 Scanners
The new Kodak i30 and i40 Scanners are the perfect match for all kinds of small-office
applications. You get fast scanning with the high-quality images you expect from Kodak.
Easy setup and operation, and a small footprint that fits any desktop.
Both scanners feature black-and-white, color and grayscale imaging; a 50-page
automatic feeder, automatic cropping and image straightening; electronic color dropout
and multi-feed detection. The Kodak i30 Scanner captures one side of a document at up
to 25 pages per minute. The Kodak i40 Scanner captures both sides of a document at
up to 25 pages per minute (50 ipm). Both models scan up to 1,000 pages per day.
Features at a Glance
• Perfect Page with iThresholding — a first in the workgroup scanning, automatically
adjusts the scanner to all document types and conditions, improving OCR accuracy
and producing high-quality scanned images from even poor-quality original
documents — time-consuming rescans are virtually eliminated.
• Auto crop and deskew — improved productivity and simplicity of operation by
virtually eliminating the need for time-consuming rescans.
• Brightness and contrast controls — allows end users to customize color output for
specific applications, improving readability and further reducing the need for
rescanning.
• Scanning speed — a built-in 50-page ADF allows continuous and reliable scanning.
The ADF handles a wide variety of documents from 8.9 x 5 cm (3.5 x 2 in.) to 21.6 x
35.5 cm (8.5 x 14 in.) at speeds of 25 pages per minute (ppm). This speed and paper
handling greatly improves throughput and reduces waiting time for the images, while
maintaining the highest quality levels. Available resolutions: 75, 100, 150, 200, 240,
300, 400 or 600 dpi.
• USB 2.0 interface — enables easy, plug-and-play connectivity and rapid transfer of
images. The USB 2.0 card and cable are included for customer convenience and
instant deployment.
• Industry-standard ISIS and Kodak-developed TWAIN Driver —enables Kodak’s
advanced image processing at the scanners’ rated speed and provides easy system
integration with a wide variety of document management, workflow, archiving, and
forms-processing applications.

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• Bundled software — offers easy-to-use features that maximize the value delivered
from the Kodak i30 and i40 Scanners right out of the box.
− Kodak Capture Software Lite has sufficient functionality for typical workgroup
applications and can be easily upgraded to the full version of Kodak Capture
Software.
− Readiris Pro CE provides key office productivity functions such as optical
character recognition and scanning directly to searchable PDF files, enabling the
user to search scanned documents for textual information.
− Kofax Capio software (For US&C only): a demo version which offers professional-
strength document capture for desktop information management
− Pixel Translations QuickScanTM Pro (For US&C only): an out-of-the-box solution
for document and data capture for small- to mid-sized businesses making the
move to an automated capture environment.
• VRS compatible — both scanners are VRS compatible offering customers even
more imaging options and convenience.
• One-year warranty — Kodak Service & Support offers an optional upgrade of the
one-year mail-in warranty to two years of Advanced Unit Replacement (AUR)
coverage that provides next-business-day replacement. Consumables are also
included for two years. Kodak Service & Support service agreements protect
customers’ hardware investments, with fast response times and phone support to
resolve questions quickly and maximize scanner up-time.
Key features
The following key features differentiate Kodak scanners from the competition.
• Kodak Perfect Page with iThresholding is standard – first in this category.
 automatically deskews and crops documents
 automatically adjusts exposure to maximize image quality and readability
 minimizes file size
 improves OCR accuracy
 leverages Kodak digital imaging technology previously available on Kodak low- to
high-volume scanners
• Kodak color processing technology.
• Scans duplex documents at rated speed (when using USB 2.0 interface).
 Scans two-sided documents as fast as one-sided documents
 Scans color and grayscale as quickly as black-and-white
 Perfect Page processing at rated speed

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What’s in the box?
• Kodak i30 or i40 Scanner
• Input tray
• Output tray
• Feed Module
• USB 2.0 cable
• USB 2.0 board
• Power supply
• Power cord bundle*
• Installation and application CDs
• Registration card
• User’s Guide (English)
• Bundled Software
 Kodak Capture Software, Lite
 Readiris Pro 8, Corporate Edition
 Captiva QuickScanTM Pro for Kodak Scanners (available in United States only)
 Kofax Capio software (available in United States only)
System requirements
• Intel Pentium IV, 2.5 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM
• USB port 2.0 (compatible with USB 1.1)
• Windows 2000 Professional, Windows ME, Windows 98SE, Windows XP
(Professional/Home)
• 100 MB free hard disk space
• CD-ROM drive
Physical dimensions
Height: 16.23 cm / 6.4 in. (not including input tray)
Width: 33.72 cm / 13.3 in. (not including input/output trays)
Depth: 16.78 cm / 6.6 in.
Weight: i30: 3.6 kg / 8 lbs
i40: 4.1 kg / 9 lbs
* For US&C and LAR only two power cords are packed with the scanner.
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Environmental conditions
Operating Temperature: 10°C to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
Humidity: 10 to 85%
Environmental Factors: Energy Star qualified scanners
Power Consumption: i30 Standby: <20 watts
i30 Running: <30 watts
i40 Standby: <25 watts
i40 Running: <40 watts
Acoustic Noise: Operating: less than 58 dB
Standby: less than 46 dB
Speeds
Scanning speeds will vary depending on a number of conditions, including software
application, size of paper scanned, selected resolution, and PC speed. The table below
shows typical speeds in pages per minute (ppm) for A4 or letter-sized paper scanned
using the ADF in black-and-white, grayscale, and color.
Black-and-white Grayscale Color
Resolution Simplex Duplex Simplex Duplex Simplex Duplex
150 dpi 25 ppm 25 ppm
50 ipm
25 ppm 25 ppm
50 ipm
25 ppm 25 ppm
50 ipm
200 dpi 25 ppm 25 ppm
50 ipm
25 ppm 25 ppm
50 ipm
25 ppm 20 ppm
40 ipm
300 dpi 17 ppm 17 ppm
34 ipm
17 ppm 17 ppm
34 ipm
10 ppm 10 ppm
20 ipm

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Scanner components
Front view
Input tray — holds up to 50 documents in place. Adjusts to fit the document size.
Start button — reserved for future use.
Arrow button — allows you to select or scroll through predefined functions or
applications for scanning (not implemented yet).
Function window — displays 1 through 9. These numbers correspond to a defined
function or application (not implemented yet). The function window will also display error
codes.
Indicator LED light — illuminates or flashes indicating scanner status.
• Steady green: ready to scan
• Flashing green: preparing to scan
• Flashing red: error indication such as, Scanner Cover Open, in conjunction with
the Function window displaying an “E”.
• Output tray — collects the documents after they have been scanned.
Output tray
Input tray
Start button
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Indicator LED light
Function window

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Inside view
Feed module — provides smooth document feeding and separation of various sizes,
thicknesses and textures of documents.
Calibration guides — for optimum image quality, keep the calibration guides clean.
There are two guides - one upper and one lower. Only the lower guide is shown in the
photo above.
Rollers — provides smooth document feeding of various sizes, thicknesses and textures
of documents.
Back view
Power switch — turns the scanner on and off.
Power port — connects the power cord to the scanner.
USB port — connects the scanner to the PC.
Feed module
Calibration guide
(upper guide not shown)
Rollers
USB
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Power port
Power
switch

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The Kodak i30 and i40 Scanners are compact
document scanners perfect for small office and other
decentralized applications. These scanners have a 50-
page automatic document feeder that scans 25 pages
per minute. The scanner interface is USB 2.0. For your
image processing needs, the TWAIN Datasource and
ISIS Driver are included with the Kodak i30/i40
Scanners. The scanners provide excellent functionality
and scanning speed for the price.
The information provides more in-depth information on
the product features.
Image quality and image processing
The i30/i40 Scanners offer excellent “true color” image quality which allows the scanner
to be used for image processing applications such as desktop publishing. This begins
with high-quality mirrors, lenses, and a 5340-element color CCD that captures 24
lines/mm at 600 dpi. It captures 48-bit color in a single pass. Grayscale images are
captured with 8-bit equals 256 levels of gray. Black-and-white images contain one-bit per
pixel.
Perfect Page with iThresholding
Perfect Page with iThresholding delivers high-quality black-and-white images from a
large range of both poor- and high-contrast documents and reduces the need to pre-sort,
rescan, and perform post-image processing. You get better image and text legibility,
smoother lines, minimal to no artifacts, and fewer shaded areas with minimal or no user
intervention.
Scan mixed batches of documents of varied contrast in background and/or text with the
iThresholding features and the scanner dynamically evaluates each document in the
batch to determine the optimal threshold value to produce the highest quality image.
Brightness is automatically adjusted for each individual document for highlighting, low
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Perfect Page is a combination of built-in powerful imaging technologies. Every scan is
optimized as it is captured. Perfect Page scanning also shifts gears automatically to
handle a wide range of documents.
Auto crop
Auto crop dynamically adjusts the cropping window for different document sizes. Based
on the edges of the image detected, the i30/i40 Scanner dynamically detects the
boundaries of the document and only delivers the actual document to the end user. Auto
cropping for a page accurately occurs anywhere within the imaging window of the
transport.
Deskew
The skew detection and correction feature performs accurate deskew on the 8-bit image.
The front and back of the image are deskewed independently at full scanner speed.
Deskew is based on the document edges not the content within the document. This
provides an assurance that document information will not be lost.
The algorithm is also less sensitive to background noise and provides for deskew at an
angle up to 45 degrees with an accuracy of ±0.3 degrees.
Color drop-out
For forms processing applications, the i30/i40 Scanners enable color dropout through
the driver. Many colors can be dropped out during black-and-white and grayscale
scanning by adjusting the red, green, or blue channels. This allows you to improve your
forms processing and text recognition applications by eliminating unwanted boxes and
lines.

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Image output
The scanner outputs either compressed or uncompressed raw data to your application.
This ensures the highest possible image quality for all kinds of applications. Use your
scanning application to select an image format in which to save the image data.
The bundled software applications can output a variety of popular image formats,
including:
• TIFF (single- and multi-page)
• PDF via Readiris
• BMP
• JPEG
Brightness and Contrast Control
Brightness and Contrast Control provides customers with the ability to create their own
custom color tables to meet any unique scanning need. Once a color table has been
created, it can be downloaded to the scanner and used in production. The color tables to
be used for front and back images are set independently. When scanning, only one color
table can be applied to each image (front or back). The same color table can be used for
both the front and the back, or use one color table for the front and one color table for
the back. These tables can be easily managed by capture applications.
Simultaneous Output
The i30/i40 Scanners scan in color, but can output in color, grayscale, or bi-tonal
images; grayscale and bi-tonal images; or color and bi-tonal images without further
processing required by the host.
Multi-Feed Detection
Consistent with other Kodak scanners is the option for length checking (maximum
lengths). This allows the Multifeed Detection system to be used in applications where
document thickness may vary and provides an extra level of confidence when scanning
similar length documents.