Kodak 100/120EX - Manuals

1-2 A-61544 January 2008 Features at a glance • With just a touch you can send your documents to multiple destinations simultaneously: email addresses, networked printers, network folders and USB flash drives. • Simple color touch screen and graphical user interface for intuitive operation. • Networ...

A-61544 January 2008 1-3 • Automatically deskews and crops document images. • Scans up to 25 pages per minute (50 images per minute). • Handles up to 215 x 863 mm / 8.5 x 34 inches using the automatic document feeder. • Choose black and white, grayscale, or color images. • Output resolutions from 75...

1-4 A-61544 January 2008 File Output Types The Kodak Scan Station 100 offers you a choice of saving the images of your paper documents to these industry-standard file types. • TIFF – Tagged Image File Format. In single- or multi-page format, these images can be either color, grayscale or black and w...

1-6 A-61544 January 2008 European Union This symbol indicates that when the last user wishes to discard this product, it must be sent to appropriate facilities for recovery and recycling. Please contact your local Kodak representative or refer to www.kodak.com/go/recycle for additional information o...

A-61544 January 2008 1-7 Japan This is a Class A product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for interference by information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this is used in a domestic environment, radio disturbance may arise. When such trouble occurs, the user may be required to t...

A-61544 January 2008 1-9 11 Cover release button — press this button to open the cover for maintenance and clearing documents. 12 Side guides — may be adjusted to accommodate document size. Control Panel Following is a description of the buttons on the control panel and how to use them. Up press to ...

1-10 A-61544 January 2008 Inside view 1 Feed module — provides smooth document feeding and separation of various sizes, thicknesses and textures of documents. 2 Imaging guides — for optimum image quality, keep the imaging guides clean. There are two guides - one upper and one lower. 3 Rollers — prov...

A-61544 January 2008 2-1 2 Using the Scan Station This chapter describes how a walk-up user can easily send documents using the Scan Station. It can be as simple as placing your documents in the input tray, selecting a destination and pressing the Go button. But first, you may want to check your doc...

2-2 A-61544 January 2008 Turning the Scan Station on and off In most cases, the Scan Station will be powered on by turning the main power switch to the On position. If the Scan Station fails to start up, press the green Soft Start button. • Press the main power switch on the back of the Scan Station...

A-61544 January 2008 2-3 • Open the extender on the output tray. NOTE: The Special Document Feeder requires no special adjustments. Using the control panel and touch screen The Kodak Scan Station 100 provides a touch screen and control panel for easy access and operation. You can use either the touc...

2-4 A-61544 January 2008 Scan Station touch screen The interface on the Scan Station touch screen has two main screens or modes. The button in the lower left-hand corner is labeled either Settings or Exit and toggles between the two modes: Destination mode and Settings mode. Destination mode Destina...

A-61544 January 2008 2-7 Bottom of the Destination mode screen The button on the bottom of the screen allows you to toggle from Destination mode to Settings mode. The icons at the top of the screen will change depending what mode you are in. The icons to the right of the Settings button represent th...

2-8 A-61544 January 2008 Settings mode The Settings mode screen displays the image processing icons. When you select an icon, the default values associated with that icon will be displayed in the list. These settings do not need to be changed unless the original document that you are scanning requir...

2-10 A-61544 January 2008 Scanning documents with the default settings To scan one or more documents: 1. Place the documents in the input tray. For more information, refer to the section entitled, “Basic operation”. 2. On the Destination mode screen, select the destinations you want to send your doc...

A-61544 January 2008 2-11 • To save the documents to a network share, select the Network Share icon and then select the desired folder from the list. When a document has been sent to a network folder, it will be saved in a directory at the root of the Network Share and will be named for the exact da...

A-61544 January 2008 2-13 Resend and Reset Resend At the end of scanning, the Processing Review screen will be displayed. In the lower left corner the Resend option will be available. By clicking Resend the main screen will be displayed with all of your original settings still selected (destinations...

A-61544 January 2008 2-15 • Click More to display any additional addresses that match your search criteria found in the local search results from the email group that you selected. To add one or more of the email addresses from the search results list, click on the each address you want to add then ...

A-61544 January 2008 2-17 Icon Description Default Resolution — determines the quality of the scanned image. The image resolution is defined by the number of dots-per-inch that are used to create the image. The higher the resolution the sharper the image. Available resolutions are 75, 100, 150, 200,...

2-18 A-61544 January 2008 NOTE: By default, when you select Settings mode, the Settings icons with the Scan As icon selected and output choices are displayed. If you scroll to another Settings type (i.e., File Type), then toggle back to Destination mode, the last selected Settings type is remembered...

A-61544 January 2008 2-19 Changing the Scan As option Scan As — three input options are available: Color, Grayscale, and Black and White. • If you choose Black and White, the Black and White screen will be displayed allowing you to choose either Best (iThresholding) or Normal (ATP). • Best (iThresho...

A-61544 January 2008 2-21 This screen allows you to select three different options for creating PDF files. - Quality, will display a screen which allows you to select a Good, Better or Best quality option. - Single Pages allows you to create a PDF file for every page scanned. If scanning a two-sided...

A-61544 January 2008 2-25 Changing the Resolution option Resolution (dots per inch) — allows you to select the scanning resolution. 300 dpi is optimal for creating PDF files. Choices are: 75, 100, 150, 200, 240, 300, 400, and 600. Changing the Black and White Adjustment option Black and White Adjust...

2-26 A-61544 January 2008 • Contrast ⎯ adjusts the difference between black and white, thereby making an image sharper or softer. In a low contrast setting, the difference between black and white is small, so the image is softer. In a high contrast setting, the difference between black and white is ...

A-61544 January 2008 2-27 Advanced option Advanced — when you click this icon you can select the Blank Image Detection option. This option is used to detect blank pages (i.e., the back side of a document), so these pages can be discarded. This is typically used when scanning black and white document...

A-61544 January 2008 2-29 The user interface screen will change, showing additional icons at the top of the Destination mode screen. These icons have a small human figure on them, indicating they are your personal destinations. 3. Load your document(s). 4. Select additional destinations or if your p...

A-61544 January 2008 3-1 3 Installing and Using the Configuration Organizer Before you begin The Kodak Scan Station 100 uses configuration files to determine which destinations to display and what default settings to use when sending documents. The tool you can use to create these configuration file...

3-2 A-61544 January 2008 2. Click Next. The Welcome screen will be displayed. 3. Click Next. The License Agreement screen will be displayed. 4. Read the license agreement, click I Agree and then click Next.

3-6 A-61544 January 2008 Configuration Organizer window After you install the Kodak Scan Station Configuration Organizer on your PC, the Configuration Organizer icon is placed on your desktop. • Double-click on the icon to start the Configuration Organizer. The Configuration Organizer window will be...

3-8 A-61544 January 2008 User menu The User menu provides these options: Configuration Password — allows you to enter a 4-digit numeric password that will prevent unauthorized access to the current configuration file. The password is saved in the file and will be read by the Scan Station or Configur...

A-61544 January 2008 3-9 The Toolbar The Toolbar provides quick access to commonly used features. The toolbar is always displayed and you cannot add, delete or move toolbar buttons. Modifying a configuration file You can create a new configuration file from system defaults or modify one that already...

3-10 A-61544 January 2008 5. If desired, access Settings mode and change one or more settings. The current settings appear at the bottom of the window. Refer to “Customizing settings for your scan session” in Chapter 2 for more information. NOTE: If you make a mistake, you can revert to the last sav...

A-61544 January 2008 3-11 Creating tasks Tasks allow you to group together scanner settings (e.g., resolution, file type, one-sided/two-sided, etc.) with one or more destinations. Once Tasks are created, use them to streamline your workflow by eliminating steps which will allow you to scan more quic...

3-12 A-61544 January 2008 The Choose Destinations screen will be displayed. Any destination groups in the configuration will be displayed in this list. Clicking on one of the items in the list will immediately display the contents of that group. 3. Select one or more Destinations (e.g. in this case,...

A-61544 January 2008 3-13 The Choose Settings screen will be displayed. 5. Click on any of the settings in the list to change the setting for this task and click Done. The keyboard will be displayed allowing you to name your task. 6. Enter the task name and click Done. Your new task will be added to...

3-14 A-61544 January 2008 Deleting tasks To delete a task: 1. Select the task icon from the destination toolbar. 2. Select the task that you want to delete. 3. Select Edit>Delete Item. The message, Are you sure you want to delete this item will be displayed. 4. Click Yes.

A-61544 January 2008 3-15 Renaming tasks To rename a task: 1. Select the task icon from the destination toolbar. 2. Select the task that you want to rename. 3. Select Edit>Rename Item. The keyboard will be displayed allowing you to rename your task. 4. Click Done. Editing tasks You can make chang...

A-61544 January 2008 3-17 Renaming an email group By default, when you add an email group, the group is named E-mail. 1. Access Destination mode and select the email group that you want to rename and select Edit>Rename Group. The Rename Group dialog box will be displayed. 2. Make the desired chan...

A-61544 January 2008 3-19 To import your email address book: 1. In the Configuration Organizer window, access Destination mode and select the email group you want to import your email address book to. 2. Select Edit>Import Emails. The Import Email Addresses dialog box will be displayed. 3. Specif...

A-61544 January 2008 3-21 Renaming a flash drive group By default, when you add a flash drive group, the group is named Flash Drive. 1. Select the flash drive group that you want to rename and select Edit>Rename Group. The Rename Group dialog box will be displayed. 2. Make the desired change in t...

3-22 A-61544 January 2008 Adding a network group If you want to add a folder to a network group that already exists, skip to step 2. 1. In the Configuration Organizer window, access Destination mode and select Edit>Add Group>Network folder. A Network group icon is added to the toolbar on the C...

A-61544 January 2008 3-23 Renaming a network group By default, when you add a network group, the group is named Network. 1. Access Destination mode, select the network group you want to rename and select Edit>Rename Group. The Rename Group dialog box will be displayed. 2. Make the desired change ...

3-24 A-61544 January 2008 Adding an FTP group To add an FTP group to your configuration: 1. Select Edit>Add Group>FTP. The Add: Ftp Folder dialog box will be displayed. 2. Make an entry in the Description, Folder, Username and Password fields. The Folder field should contain a complete path to...

A-61544 January 2008 3-25 Specifying Proxy settings If your company requires the use of a proxy server before communicating with an FTP site, define these proxy settings by clicking on the Proxy button. The Proxy Settings dialog box will be displayed. 1. Select the Proxy Type. USER after login and N...

A-61544 January 2008 3-27 Renaming an fax group By default, when you add a fax group, the group is named Fax. 1. Access Destination mode, select the fax group that you want to rename and select Edit>Rename Group. The Rename Group dialog box will be displayed. 2. Make the desired change in the Des...

A-61544 January 2008 3-29 Setting up a flash drive password You may want to set up a password that will prevent unauthorized access to your configuration file. When a password is assigned, the Scan Station or Configuration Organizer will prompt the user for this password before accessing the informa...

3-30 A-61544 January 2008 Testing your configuration file Once you have created the configuration file, added any destinations you want, selected your preferred device settings and set up a password, save and test the file. 1. Insert a USB flash drive into the USB port on your PC. 2. Select File>...

A-61544 January 2008 4-1 4 Troubleshooting Occasionally you may encounter a situation with your Scan Station where it may not function properly. Refer to the information in this chapter to help you resolve the situation before calling Technical Support. Indicator lights and error codes The indicator...

4-2 A-61544 January 2008 Problem solving Use the chart below as a guide to check possible solutions to problems you may encounter when using the Kodak Scan Station 100. Problem Possible Solution Scan Station will not scan/feed documents Make sure that: • the power cord is plugged securely into the b...