Kofax Image Products VRS4 - User manual

VirtualReScan 4.0
Installation Guide
10300468-000
Revision A

Copyright
Copyright © 2005 Kofax Image Products, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printed in USA.
The information contained in this document is the property of Kofax Image Products, Inc.
Neither receipt nor possession hereof confers or transfers any right to reproduce or disclose
any part of the contents hereof, without the prior written consent of Kofax Image Products,
Inc. No patent liability is assumed, however, with respect to the use of the information
contained herein.
Trademarks
Kofax, the Kofax logo, VirtualReScan, the “VRS VirtualReScan” logo, ImageControls, and
Adrenaline are registered trademarks of Kofax Image Products, Inc.; and VRS is a trademark
of Kofax Image Products, Inc.
ISIS is a registered trademark of Pixel Translations, a division of Captiva Software
Corporation.
TWAIN is a registered trademark of the TWAIN Working Group.
All other product names and logos mentioned herein are the property of their respective
companies.
Disclaimer
The instructions and descriptions contained in this document were accurate at the time of
printing. However, succeeding products and documents are subject to change without
notice. Therefore, Kofax Image Products, Inc. assumes no liability for damages incurred
directly or indirectly from errors, omissions, or discrepancies between the product and this
document. An attempt has been made to state all allowable values where applicable
throughout this document. Any values or parameters used beyond those stated might have
unpredictable results.

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Contents
How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
How this Guide is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Using VRS with Your Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
VRS Plus Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
VRS Scanners: Certified vs. Non-Certified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
VRS Component Installers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using VRS with the Adrenaline Image Processing Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
VRS System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Minimum Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Recommended Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
TWAIN and ISIS Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
USB and FireWire Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Certified Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Certified Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Certified SCSI Scanner Controllers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installation Scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
VRS and Ascent Capture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Other Kofax Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Adrenaline SCSI Scanner Controller Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PCI Slot Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Supported Operating Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Peripheral Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2 Installing VRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installation Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Install the VRS Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Activating Your VRS License After Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Licensing VRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Demonstration Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Evaluation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Activating Your VRS License Without an Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Install the SCSI Scanner Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Attach the Scanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
TWAIN Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
USB and FireWire Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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Post USB/FireWire Driver Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Verify the Scanner Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Resolve the Found New Hardware Wizard Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Install the Scanning Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Updating VRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Activating the Windows XP Look and Feel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
3 Testing Your VRS Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Testing VRS with an ImageControls Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Testing VRS with an ISIS Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Testing VRS with a TWAIN Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
4 Installing an Adrenaline SCSI Scanner Controller. . . . . . . . . 55
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Install the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Install the SCSI Scanner Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Create or Configure a Scan Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5 Testing Your Adrenaline SCSI Scanner Controller . . . . . . . . 67
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Testing with VCDemo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

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6 Removing VRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Removing VRS and Related Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Deactivating Your License Without an Internet Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
A Creating or Configuring a Scan Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Creating a Scan Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Updating Source Configuration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
B VRS Non-Interactive Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
C Using VCDemo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Starting VCDemo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
File Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Source Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
View Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Imaging Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Help Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

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How to Use This Guide
Introduction
This guide includes the information that you will need to successfully install and test
VirtualReScan (VRS). The guide outlines the basic system requirements and gives you
step-by-step procedures for installing and testing VRS. Additionally, the guide
includes instructions for installing and testing an Adrenaline SCSI scanner controller
on your computer.
This guide is written with the assumption that you are familiar with basic Windows
functionality and that you know how to set up and use a scanner with your scanning
application.

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How this Guide is Organized
This guide consists of the following chapters and appendices:
Chapter 1 - Overview gives a synopsis of the VirtualReScan (VRS) product and
outlines the requirements for running VRS. This chapter also gives an overview of
Adrenaline SCSI scanner controllers and related system requirements.
Chapter 2 - Installing VRS includes the step-by-step VRS installation and license
activation procedure.
Chapter 3 - Testing Your VRS Installation describes how to test your VRS
installation with an ImageControls-based application, an ISIS application, and a
TWAIN application.
Chapter 4 - Installing an Adrenaline SCSI Scanner Controller explains how to
install a Kofax Adrenaline SCSI scanner controller and configure a source
associated with it.
Chapter 5 - Testing Your Adrenaline SCSI Scanner Controller explains how to test
your Kofax Adrenaline SCSI scanner controller with VCDemo, an ImageControls-
based scanning application.
Chapter 6 - Removing VRS explains how to remove VRS and related components.
Appendix A - Creating or Configuring a Scan Source explains the procedure for
using the Kofax Source Manager to add or update a scan source.
Appendix B - VRS Non-Interactive Mode explains how to switch VRS from non-
interactive mode to interactive mode.

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Appendix C - Using VC Demo gives an overview of VCDemo, a demonstration
application that is included in every VRS and Adrenaline SCSI scanner controller
installation.
Related Documentation
The VRS Installation Guide is just one piece in the VRS documentation set. Your VRS
product package also includes related documentation, as outlined in this section.
VRS User’s Manual
The VRS User’s Manual includes instructions for using VRS and explains the product
features in detail. The manual is intended for all potential scan operators, regardless of
their scanning expertise. This manual is available in PDF format from the VRS user
interface and also from your installation CD. If desired, you can order a printed
manual from the Kofax Web site.
VRS Online Help
The online help provides on-screen assistance with the VRS product. You can access
the online help by pressing F1 from the VRS user interface, or by selecting “VRS Help”
from the Help menu in the VRS Interactive Viewer.
VRS Release Notes
Late-breaking product information is available from the VRS Release Notes. Read the
release notes carefully, as they contain information that may not be available in the
other VRS documentation.

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Training
Kofax offers both classroom and computer-based training that will help you make the
most of your Kofax solution. Visit the Kofax Web site at www.kofax.com for complete
details about the available training options and schedules.