Kodak I7300 - Manual

A-61133 March 2003 2-3 The File menu The File menu provides the following options: Open Image… — displays the Open Image dialog box, which allows you to open a previously saved image from this application or other applications. You cannot open multi-page TIFF files, from File>Open Image . See Cha...

2-4 A-61133 March 2003 Fax Setup… — if a fax utility is available on the PC you are using, this option allows you to set up a fax connection. Send as e -mail… — if an e-mail utility (MAPI-compliant) is available on the PC you are using, this option allows you to send an image, selected images or the...

A-61133 March 2003 2-5 The Edit menu The Edit menu provides the following options: Undo — cancels the last edit action. Redo — repeats the last edit ac tion. Cut — removes the selected image or portion of an image from the display and places it on the Windows clipboard. Copy — allows you to copy a c...

2-6 A-61133 March 2003 The Annotate menu The Annotate menu provides the following options: NOTE: When using these options, the Annotation toolbox should be displayed which allows you to take advantage of all the options. When applicable to an option, the Annotation toolbox provides the ability to sp...

A-61133 March 2003 2-7 Select  allows you to edit previously created text, move and/or resize previously created arrows, boxes, etc. Image  displays the Open dialog box, which allows you to select a Windows bitmap image to overlay on the currently displayed image (e.g., Approved, Paid, Canceled, e...

2-8 A-61133 March 2003 The View menu The View menu provides the following options: Fit Width — allows you to display the image so the entire width of the image fits in the Image display pane. The vertical scroll bar may be required to view the entire length of the image. Fit Height — allows you to d...

2-10 A-61133 March 2003 Error Log  displays the Error Log dialog box which shows the messages and errors that occurred for the current scanner session. The messages posted in the Error Log are normal system messages and can be both informational and critical messages. For troubleshooting informatio...

2-12 A-61133 March 2003 The Customize menu The Customize menu provides the following options: Control Panel  allows you to position the Control Panel to the right or left of the window, or to hide it. Keyboard… — allows you to assign commonly used commands to function keys or a combination of keys....

A-61133 March 2003 2-13 3. Place the cursor in the New Shortcut field and enter the desired shortcut. Valid entries include any individual alphanumeric character or function key used in conjunction with the Ctrl+Alt or Ctrl keys. The function keys can also be used alone. Examples of valid shortcuts:...

2-16 A-61133 March 2003 The Navigate menu The Navigate menu provides the following options: Browse Forward… and Browse Backward… — allows you to automatically browse forward or backward one image at a time through a series of contiguous images, pausing for a number of milliseconds (of your choice) a...

A-61133 March 2003 2-17 Batch Scan… — scans a specified group of images , which do not have to be contiguous or continuous. The images must be automatically saved to a directory and/or printed. See the section entitled, “Batch scan” in Chapter 3 for more information. Clear  used to clear informatio...

2-18 A-61133 March 2003 Pause – momentarily stops the film at the selected image until you select Resume . When you select Resume , scrolling will begin at the image where it left off when Pause was selected. How you process your image is dependent upon how your application is set up. One of the fol...

2-20 A-61133 March 2003 The CAR menu The CAR menu provides the following options: Setup  allows you to associate a retrieval application with a CAR mode and configure the CAR communication port. Ready  signals back to the CAR system that it is ready to receive downloads, batch downloads or direct ...

A-61133 March 2003 2-21 The Setup menu The Setup menu provides the following options: Application… — displays the Select Application dialog box, which provides access to create a new application(s) and modify or delete an existing application(s). See Chapter 4, Application Setup for more information...

2-22 A-61133 March 2003 The Help menu The Help menu provides the following options: i7300 Scanner Help — displays the contents of the Application Software on-line help topics, including menus, procedures, glossary terms and messages. Contents and Index — displays the Help Topics dialog box. The Inde...

A-61133 March 2003 2-23 The Toolbar If the toolbar is not displayed, it can be displayed by choosing View>Toolbar. Procedures on how to use these functions are included in this section or Chapter 3, Using the Software . Most of these options can also be accessed from the menus. The following tabl...

2-28 A-61133 March 2003 Clr (Clear)—the Clr button is used to c lear information from the Image Retrieval keypad text box. When Clr is selected, it will also stop any film movement (i.e. searching, refiling, etc.) Set A — when used with the number keys, allows you to: • preset the starting image add...

A-61133 March 2003 2-29 The Control Panel All functionality of the Control Panel is described in this section. The Control Panel: Allows you to select an application from the drop-down box. Provides the ability to hide or display the Image Processing control panel. Allows you to hide or display the ...

2-32 A-61133 March 2003 <<  moves the film rapidly backward, then resume scrolling. <  moves the film slowly backward, then resume scrolling. Pause  momentarily stops the film at the selected image until you select Resume . Film will be repositioned to scroll where you left off. >  m...

2-34 A-61133 March 2003 The Image Processing Control Panel allows you to change image processing values to obtain the best image possible for the current application. Changes will remain in effect until the application is changed, or the Application Software is exited. Application — select the desir...

A-61133 March 2003 2-41 The Thumbnail pane The Thumbnail pane can be displayed by selecting the View> Thumbnails option. You can display thumbnails as small icons, large icons, a list, or a list with details. Select None to hide the Thumbnail pane. The Application Software is only capable of open...

2-42 A-61133 March 2003 The Status bar The Status bar indicates the application name, the image address of the image that is displayed and whether or not it is in Film or Programmed mode. Informational messages may also be displayed in the Status bar. NOTE: If IMC is enabled in Application setup, an...

A-61133 March 2003 3-1 3 Using the Software After you have reviewed Chapter 2, Getting Started , you will be ready to start using the Application Software. Images can be retrieved from film by using the scanner. This chapter provides procedures for: • Calibrating the scanner • Opening applications •...

3-4 A-61133 March 2003 Searching for a preset image address The scanner is set to count the first image mark on a roll of film as 1 or 1.0 or 1.0.0 (depending on the number of levels in the image address). If the first image on the film has an image address or sequence number other than 1 or 1.0 or ...

A-61133 March 2003 3-5 Batch scan To automatically save and/or print a group of images from the same roll of film, use the Batch Scan option. Before accessing Batch Scan, be sure film is inserted into the scanner and that you have searched to the first image address in the batch. Adjust the images a...

3-8 A-61133 March 2003 Opening images You may want to open an image that has been previously saved. To do this: 1. Select File>Open Image… . The Open Image dialog box will be displayed: 2. Select the desired directory using the Look In drop-down box and tool buttons. 3. Select the file type from ...

A-61133 March 2003 3-9 Saving an image You can save a previously saved image to another file or save a new image using a non-default film name and/or path by using the Save As option. To do this: 1. Select File>Save As… . The Save As dialog box will be displayed: 2. Enter a new file name. 3. Sele...

3-10 A-61133 March 2003 Printing an image The Application Software allows you to print images individually or group them in folders and print them. A print utility program must be installed for the Print options to work. 1. Select File>Print . The Print Options dialog box will be dis played. 2. S...

A-61133 March 2003 3-11 To print a folder of images: 1. Click on the folder to print in the Thumbnail pane with the right mouse button. 2. Select Print from the Popup menu. The images will be printed using the current print options. For detailed procedures on how to use the printer software package,...

A-61133 March 2003 3-13 Cropping images Use the Crop option to save or print only the significant part of an image. The area inside the yellow rectangle will be retained and the area outside the rectangle will be removed . Make any desired image processing changes before cropping. To crop an image: ...

3-14 A-61133 March 2003 2. Retrieve an image that you want to duplex process. The Duplex Processing dialog box will be displayed showing the image area defined in Application setup. Selection tool Zooms in on the image area. Zoom Area tool Zooms in on the image area. Image Area tool Activates the gr...

A-61133 March 2003 3-17 Rotating an image using duplex processing If you want to rotate an image 90 ° when you are using duplex processing, you can use either the Rotation option on the Control Panel, or select the Rotate toolbar button. Depending on which option/tool you use, the res ults will be d...

3-18 A-61133 March 2003 Annotating an image The Annotate option allows you to highlight a particular area of an image, blank out information on an image or add a note to an image before printing, faxing or saving. You can use this feature to mask confidential information or add a customer message on...

3-20 A-61133 March 2003 Loading images Use the Load Image… option to load a different image file into memory. 1. Select Annotate>Load Image… . The Load Image dialog box will be displayed: 2. Select the desired directory. 3. Select the file type from the Files of type drop-down box. 4. Select the ...

A-61133 March 2003 3-21 Creating a canned annotation file The Canned option allows you to save annotation created for an image, for use on other images. This option is useful if you have many images that you want to apply the same annotation information to. 1. Retrieve an image. 2. Using the Annotat...

3-22 A-61133 March 2003 Using canned annotations Once you have created annotation files, you can use the information in the annotation files to add the same information on other images. To do this: 1. Retrieve the image you want to annotate. 2. Select Annotate>Canned>Load . The Open Canned Ann...

A-61133 March 2003 3-23 Deleting annotation To delete annotation: 1. Select Annotate>Select , and click on the annotation you want to delete. 2. Press the DEL (delete) key on the PC keyboard. The annotation will be deleted. Resizing the application window The Application window can be resized. To...

A-61133 March 2003 4-1 4 Application Setup This chapter provides the following: • How to access the Application Setup option. • Procedures for setting up a new application. • Procedures for modifying and deleting existing applications. Kodak provides predefined applications, for more information see...

4-2 A-61133 March 2003 Setting up a new application The Setup Application dialog box allows you to predefine retrieval and image processing parameters for a specific application. Click on each tab to set all the desired values. Do not click OK until you have made all of your selections on all of the...

A-61133 March 2003 4-3 2. Search Program . Select the Search Program based upon the image marks on film you will be searching. These search programs are identified in Appendix B, Search Programs. Be sure the correct program is selected to match the film index format and image mark location channel. ...

4-4 A-61133 March 2003 Determining the threshold value Follow the procedure below to determine the threshold value. • Disable Auto Back Removal. • Set up your application with the options that you will be using with Auto Back Removal (i.e. auto cropping, scan output types, etc.). • Insert a roll of ...

A-61133 March 2003 4-5 Setting values on the Image Marks tab Use the Image Marks tab to define the type of image marks on the film associated with the application you are setting up. Do not click OK until you have made all of your selections on all of the tabs. 1. Select the Image Marks tab. 2. Imag...

A-61133 March 2003 4-11 9. Border Removal Recursions : the number of times (one, two or three) the system will attempt to determine and remove the boundaries of the image. Three is the default. Longer processing times are required for each attempt. Even though you may enter a value of 3 in this fiel...

4-12 A-61133 March 2003 Setting values on the Image Processing tab The options on the Image Processing tab are selected based upon how you want to alter the image. Do not click OK until you have made all of your selections on all of the tabs. 1. Select the Image Processing tab to set the image proce...

4-18 A-61133 March 2003 Setting values on the Output tab The Output tab allows you to set up file saving options, compression level and how you want the image to be printed, faxed or emailed. 1. Select the Output tab. 2. File Saving Options . If you want to save images to a non-default location and/...

4-24 A-61133 March 2003 Determining the image mark position The scanner requires that the leading edge of the image marks be located even with the leading edge of the document images . Some microfilmers place image marks after the leading edge of document images. The Image Mark Position enables you ...

4-28 A-61133 March 2003 3. Units : Select either 1/10 Inch or Millimeter . The unit measurement is based on paper size, not how the image is displayed on the screen. 4. Simplex/Duplex Front : select a value for image placement on the paper. The value you enter is equal to 1/10 of an inch (or millime...

A-61133 March 2003 4-29 The following table provides the maximum values of paper width and length: Units = 1/10 inch Maximum Units = Millimeters Maximum Image Size Length Width Length Width Letter 110 85 279 216 Legal 140 85 356 216 Ledger 170 110 432 279 8.5 x 5.5 85 55 216 140 A3 165 117 420 297 A...

4-30 A-61133 March 2003 6. Image Scale Options: • Fit on page : scales the displayed image to fit on the defined page size. The resulting resolution of the final image* will be the same as what was defined by the combination of Reduction setting (on the Film tab) and defined Image size (on the Outpu...

A-61133 March 2003 4-31 6. Annotation Position: enter your text annotation in the Text box and set the Upper Corner and Left Corner position as to where you want the annotation to appear on every image. Your text message will appear on every image within the batch in the designated location. Typical...

4-32 A-61133 March 2003 Modifying an existing application Modifying applications is similar to creating a new application. Refer to the previous section entitled “Setting up a new application” if you need a description of the fields on the tabs. To modify an application: 1. Select Setup>Applicati...

A-61133 March 2003 4-33 Deleting an application Existing applications can be deleted by using the Select Application dialog box. To delete an application: 1. Select the application you want to delete from the Application drop- down list box. 2. Click Delete . The following message will be displayed:...

A-61133 March 2003 5-1 5 Setting up CAR Applications This chapter provides procedures that allow you to use CAR applications with the scanner. If you have purchased CAR functionality and if CAR does not appear on the menu bar, call Kodak service. The scanner can accept image addresses, commands and ...

5-2 A-61133 March 2003 Setting up CAR communication and modes Before you begin processing CAR commands , CAR communication and modes should have previously been set up. It is suggested that you record these settings, in case you need to change them for some reason. Setting up CAR communication To se...

A-61133 March 2003 5-3 Changing the CAR communication settings If you need to change any of the settings listed on the Setup CAR Communication dialog box. If you change these settings, the Bits per second, Data bits , Parity and Stop bits must match the s ame settings defined on the CAR system. To c...

5-4 A-61133 March 2003 Setting up CAR modes Setting up CAR modes is a way to allow a remote CAR host to change values in the application parameters. This function is used primarily to support the A, B, and D commands. To set up CAR modes: 1. Select CAR>Setup>Modes… from the main screen. The Se...

A-61133 March 2003 5-5 Processing Download requests The Download menu allows you to start and stop downloads, batch downloads and direct search transmissions. It also allows loading of previously saved download and batch download files to the scanner memory registers. Diagnostic capability is provid...

5-6 A-61133 March 2003 Dumping jobs Occasionally it may be necessary to view the data that is sent by the host computer and analyze it. The Dump menu options are intended for diagnostics, not everyday operation. The following options are provided: View Dump…  allows you to view the data that is sen...

A-61133 March 2003 5-7 CAR registers The Registers menu allows you to save or view what is currently loaded in the registers, or load a previously saved file to the registers. You can also start a batch download using the Registers function. Saving and loading registers The Save and Load functions a...

5-8 A-61133 March 2003 To load the registers with a previously saved file: 1. Select CAR>Registers>Load . The Load Register File dialog box will be displayed: 2. Locate and select the desired file. 3. Click Open . Starting a Batch download and using View registers During a batch download, comm...

5-10 A-61133 March 2003 Changing the starting register: 1. Select CAR>Registers>Vie w . The CAR Registers dialog box will be displayed: 2. Highlight the register from the list box where you want to start at and double-click the mouse button. 3. Click Start . 4. Click OK to close the CAR Regist...

A-61133 March 2003 6-1 6 Troubleshooting Software advisory messages This chapter contains information on software-advisory messages that may occasionally arise while using the Kodak i7300 Scanner Application Software. These codes are usually informational messages and often require no action. Hardwa...

6-2 A-61133 March 2003 Problem solving Use the chart below as a guide to check possible solutions to problems you may encounter when using the Scanner Application Software. Problem Possible Solution Large batch-related messages/problems Image not found This is a normal message when running a large b...

A-61133 March 2003 7-1 7 Network Operations One or more scanners can be networked with Kodak Image Server Software. Image Server Software is a background process software application, which runs on a separate PC. It provides an integral component of a larger system of Kodak and integrator-supplied m...

A-61133 March 2003 7-3 Connecting to a VNN The Image Server Software contains from 1 to 4 virtual network nodes (VNN). Each VNN operates discretely from the others. The scanner must be connected to a VNN to utilize the features of the Image Server Software. The Image Server option from the Navigate ...

A-61133 March 2003 7-5 Storing images in a VNN A VNN within the Image Server Software can store scanned microfilm images as documents in folders for later printing, faxing or emailing. A document consists of one or more scanned images from a scanner, held in a folder on a VNN. Document names may be ...

A-61133 March 2003 7-7 4. Select Navigate>Image Server>Print Chapter from the menu. • If you are using Level 1 film, the requested image and every subsequent image to the end of the film will be printed. • If you are using Level 2 or Level 3 film and the requested image is a chapter level or p...

A-61133 March 2003 7-11 To include a delay for the dial tone in the Fax Number/eMail field (as when dialing 9 for an outside line), use one or more commas (,) as shown in the table below. Each comma causes a 1.5 second delay. Number of commas = Delay time (seconds) 1 1.5 2 3.0 3 4.5 4 6.0 5 7.5 6 9....

A-61133 March 2003 A-1 Appendix A Microfilm Information Introduction This appendix contains information that will be helpful when operating the Kodak i7300 Scanner or Kodak Intelligent Microimage Scanner. Some of the information is general, while some of it supports specific operating procedures. Th...

A-2 A-61133 March 2003 Image mark sizes The scanner can accept a set of three customer-specified image mark sizes in the overall range of 0.024 to 0.310 inches (0.61 to 7.87 mm). Image mark sizes can be specified in the machine setup. Small mark Medium mark Large mark Min 0.024 in (.61 mm) 0.085 in ...

A-61133 March 2003 A-3 Loading film The scanner is designed to offer optimum performance with ANSI magazines ( Kodak Ektamate Magazines, or equivalent, and Kodak Ektamate A Magazines). In addition, the scanner accepts M-type magazines and enclosed ANSI magazines. Enclosed ANSI magazines may experien...

A-61133 March 2003 A-5 M-type magazines To insert the reel into the magazine: • Orient the magazine as shown in the illustration. Remove the two retainer screws and set them aside. Separate the two parts of the magazine. • Place the film into the magazine with the film feeding counterclockwise off t...

A-8 A-61133 March 2003 Film trailer — M-type magazine When using an M-type magazine, use a trail end holder to fix the film end to the supply reel. The following criteria should also be met. • Be sure to wind the film onto the supply reel in the correct direction. • The film trailer must be at least...

A-61133 March 2003 A-9 • Make sure there is minimal skew (a slanted cut leaving an angled gap) between the leader tape and film. The skew should be no more than 0.002 in./in. (0.05 mm/mm). • The thickness of the connecting section should be no more than 0.014 (0.38 mm). Film curl For most film types...

A-10 A-61133 March 2003 Film Curl  Ektamate Cartridge

A-12 A-61133 March 2003 Film twist Besides curl, the film should also be checked for twist. To make sure that the film’s twist is within allowable limits: • Allow about 12 in. (305 mm) of film to hang down from the reel. • If the film twists more than 90° in either direction, a leader should be atta...

A-61133 March 2003 A-13 Film magazine condition The condition of the film magazine is another factor affecting optimum performance of the scanner. Film magazine conditions should meet the following criteria: • The film magazine must not be distorted in shape (either closed downward or stretched outw...

A-14 A-61133 March 2003 Microfilm storage Microfilm should always be handled and stored with care. Storage of your film should be based on the following: • How long you want to keep the images on the microfilm: short, medium, long term, or permanently. • How difficult the images are to replace. • Th...

A-61133 March 2003 B-1 Appendix B Search Programs You have a choice of 30 search programs to count image marks. These programs are identified in tables on the following pages. Selecting a search program To select the appropriate search program: 1. Look at the film to see which channel(s) contain(s) ...

B-2 A-61133 March 2003 When you have the information from Steps 1-3, select the appropriate search program table on the following pages. • Table B-1 is for simplex or duplex film with image marks in Channel A only. • Table B-2 is for simplex or duplex film with image marks in Channel B only. • Table...

A-61133 March 2003 B-5 Image marks in both Channels: duo film In these films, the image mark sequence continues from Channel A to Channel B (see the following illustration). You can reduce search time by setting the last image address in Channel B by using the keypad or by Image Management Code on t...

A-61133 March 2003 C-1 Appendix C Glossary Application  contains all the software parameters that will allow images to be easily searched, processed and delivered to the PC. Auto-Crop  automatically removes the border of an image. Auto Deskew  automatically straightens the displayed image. Batch ...

A-61133 March 2003 D-1 Appendix D Productivity Tools Introduction This appendix provides information regarding two batch files contained on the CD that is packed with the scanner. The files are located in the Product Software directory found in the Application Software directory on the CD. These two...

D-2 A-61133 March 2003 Application setup templates The application setup templates represent combinations of parameter values that have been found to provide the best retrieval results for several typical film types. The templates are documented below including explanations of the various settings. ...

A-61133 March 2003 D-5 3890 film, Film tab template settings The information below includes only the values that are different from the system default settings. For more information about the Film tab, see the section entitled “Setting values on the Film tab” in Chapter 4. Template specific settings...

A-61133 March 2003 D-7 Explanation of settings (see the illustration that follows) 1. Scan Area: • When Primary is selected, the same image processing settings will be applied to both front and back. • When Film View is selected, the image processing settings will be applied in the Select Overscan a...

D-8 A-61133 March 2003 Template 2  County Land Title film This template is recommended when retrieving County Land Title images that were captured to film (24X reduction) using planetary or rotary microfilmers, or the Kodak i9600 Series Writer. County Land Title film, General tab template settings ...

A-61133 March 2003 D-9 County Land Title film, Image Marks tab template settings The Image Marks tab uses all system default settings. For more information about this tab, see the section entitled “Setting values on the Image Marks tab” in Chapter 4. County Land Title film, Film tab template setting...

D-10 A-61133 March 2003 County Land Title film, Image Processing tab template settings The information below includes only the values that are different from the system default settings. For more information about the Image Processing tab, see the section entitled “Setting values on the Image Proces...

A-61133 March 2003 D-15 Template 4  Claims 3 -level film This template is recommended when retrieving claims or insurance images from 3-level film (40X reduction). This template is identical to Template 3 except for the changes indicated below. Claims 3 -level film, General tab template settings Th...

A-61133 March 2003 D-19 Odometer film, Image Processing tab template settings The information below includes only the values that are different from the system default settings. For more information about the Image Processing tab, see the section entitled “Setting values on the Image Processing tab“...