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Follow these steps to add a Scan for ISIS profile.
In the Oracle Document Capture screen, click the Manage Scan Profiles button on the toolbar.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, click the Create button on the screen's toolbar to add a profile. A new profile is displayed in the side pane.
In the Profile Name field, enter a name for the scan profile.
Specify how batches will be automatically named as they are created. (Skip this step if you want users to name batches.)
In the Batch Prefix field, type a prefix (up to eight characters) to be assigned to batches.
Select the Auto Sequence field.
In the File Cabinet field, select the file cabinet to which you want batches assigned.
In the Task Description field, enter optional instructions for the user scanning with this profile.
Select Image Source options in the side pane. Select a scanner or folder from which to import images. See "Selecting a Scanner" or "Importing Images".
In the File Type field, specify how you want scanned images stored in Capture.
Select image processing settings (optional). Use the remaining options in the side pane to enhance scanned images. Select the Filter Execution Order option to select the order in which filters are run during scanning.
Click the Save button.
Test the scan profile's settings. See "Testing Scan Profiles as a User".
Follow these steps to remove a scan profile no longer in use. Deleting a scan profile does not affect batches previously scanned using the profile.
In the Oracle Document Capture screen, click the Manage Scan Profiles button on the main toolbar.
From the side pane of the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select a profile to delete.
Click the Delete button, then confirm the deletion.
Follow these steps to make a copy of a scan profile. This is useful for making variations to a scan profile while retaining the original.
In the side pane of the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the scan profile you want to copy.
Click the Copy button. A duplicate of the profile is added to the side pane.
Select settings and save the profile.
Follow these steps to select a scanner for use with the selected scan profile.
In the side pane of the Manage Scan Profiles screen, choose Image Source options for the selected scan profile.
Choose Scanner from the Select Image Source options.
Click Select Scanner. The Scanner Selection dialog box is displayed, listing all scanners for which you have ISIS drivers installed.
To add a scanner driver, click the Add button.
In the Add Scanner dialog box, specify a driver location and click OK. The driver is added and displayed in the Scanner Selection list.
For document imaging scanners, most manufacturers provide the ISIS drivers on a CD shipped with the scanner. It is recommended to check the manufacturer's Web site for update drivers. Typically, the ISIS drivers are installed using a separate installation program.
Click Setup to configure scanner settings. The settings that display depend on the selected scanner. See the documentation that came with the scanner for more information.
Select scanner settings. See "Selecting Scanner Settings".
Follow these steps to configure scanner settings for a selected profile.
Set your scanner settings so they accommodate most of the documents being scanned using the selected scan profile. Users can override a profile's scanner settings without changing the profile, then select the profile again to reload the default profile settings.
Click the Scanner Settings button from the Image Source options in the Manage Scan Profiles screen. The Scanner Settings dialog box is displayed. The fields and available options depend on your selected scanner.
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Note: This dialog box also displays to users when they click the Scanner Settings button in the Batch Scanning screen, allowing them to adjust settings for any new images scanned into the current batch. |
Select scanner settings. These may vary depending on scanner, but typically include settings such as resolution, page size, dither, paper source, duplex, endorsing, and brightness and contrast control.
Click the More button and select advanced options.
Follow these steps to set a selected scan profile to import rather than scan images.
In the side pane of the Manage Scan Profiles screen, choose Image Source options for the selected scan profile.
Choose Disk from the Select Image Source options. Specify a folder in the Default Import Folder field. When users begin scanning, this path will be selected in the standard file dialog box that prompts users to select files to import.
Select the Delete Files After Import field to delete images from the import folder as they are imported (optional).
Follow these steps to set automatic imprinting of images as they are scanned.
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Note: Endorsing options are available only if the scanner you are using supports endorsing. |
Click the Scanner Settings button from the Image Source options in the Manage Scan Profiles screen. In the Scanner Settings dialog box, select Use 'More' Settings or Manual. (See "Selecting Scanner Settings".)
If you selected Use 'More' Settings, click the More button and select Endorsing options in the dialog box that displays. The specific endorsing options available depend on the scanner driver being used. For information about specific endorsing options, refer to the documentation provided with the scanner.
If you selected Manual, click Configure and select settings in the Manual Endorsing Properties dialog box.
In the Prints text on every page field, type the text you want to imprint on each page.
Select the fields corresponding to items you want displayed on the document. For example, to include the date, select the Include Current Date field and select a date format.
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Follow these steps to set a different order for the filters by changing the default order.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Filter Execution Order option in the side pane.
Change the filter order. Reposition a filter in the list by selecting it and clicking the up or down arrow. To return to the default order, click the Default Filter Order button.
Save the profile.
Follow these steps to specify whether and how bar codes are detected during scanning. You can use bar code values detected during scanning in index profiles to separate documents or assign to index fields.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Bar Code Detection option in the side pane.
Select the Detect Bar Codes field.
If your scanner has built-in bar code detection, select Use Hardware Detection and skip the remaining steps. Otherwise, leave Use Software Detection selected.
In the Types to Detect field, select the bar code types you want Scan to detect. Click Select All to select all bar codes listed. The fewer types you select, the faster images are processed.
In the Orientations to Detect field, select the orientation of the bar code on the scanned paper. Selecting all three orientations (Horizontal, Vertical and Diagonal) is recommended, as scanned images may be skewed.
In the Detect by Height and Minimum Height fields, specify the page amount you want searched for bar codes (if known). Reducing the amount searched increases detection speed.
In the Detect by Length field, specify the number of characters in bar codes to detect (if known). This increases detection speed and accuracy. Detected bar codes that do not match that length are ignored.
Select the Return Raw Data field to return any special characters in bar code values. (This setting is typically for diagnostic purposes only.)
If poor quality images will be scanned using this profile, select the Use MultiBand Analysis field. Selecting this field, however, may increase processing time.
In the Apply to fields, specify the image area on which you want bar codes detected. Specifying the bar code's location on the scanned page will increase performance and reduce processing time.
Save the profile.
Follow these steps to remove blank pages during scanning and specify how blank pages are detected.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Blank Page/Patch Code Detection option in the side pane.
Select the Detect and Remove Blank Pages field.
In the Page is Blank If field, specify the maximum noise allowed for a page to be considered blank. You can choose:
Pristine White: Considered a blank page if total black pixels on the page are less than 0.01% of total pixels.
Dirty White (default): Considered a blank page if total black pixels on the page are less than 0.5% of total pixels.
Very Dirty White: Considered a blank page if total black pixels on the page are less than 1% of total pixels.
One Line OK: Considered a blank page if clusters of black pixels (that might be considered text) are found on the page
Save the profile.
Follow these steps to specify whether patch codes are detected during scanning. You can use patch codes detected during scanning in index profiles to separate documents.
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Note: If you encounter problems detecting patch codes, try improving pages' image quality using the Deskewing, Noise Removal, Line Editing or Smoothing/Inverting filters. Be sure to run these filters before the patch code detection filter. (See "Setting the Order in Which Filters Are Run".) |
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Blank Page/Patch Code Detection option in the side pane.
Select the Detect Path Codes field.
Save the profile.
Follow these steps to automatically remove black borders, halftones and punch holes from images.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Border/Halftone/Hole Removal option in the side pane.
Select the Remove Black Borders field to remove borders around image edges.
Select the Remove Halftones field to remove a background or graphics object from images. In the Apply to fields, specify the image area from which you want halftones removed.
Select the Remove Punch Holes field to detect and remove punch holes from image edges.
Save the profile.
Follow these steps to set image margins and add or remove white space around image edges.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Cropping/Picking Rectangle option in the side pane.
Select the Cropping Images/Picking Rectangle field.
To crop images based on an image edge, select the Detect Image Edge and Apply Margins option. In the Margins fields, specify the amount of white space around images.
To capture only a portion of a scanned image, select the Picking Rectangle option.
In the Horizontal Alignment and Vertical Alignment fields, specify the point from which to begin the picking rectangle.
In the Width and Height fields, specify size of the rectangle.
Save the profile.
Follow these steps to automatically straighten skewed images using the Deskew filter.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Deskewing option in the side pane.
Select the Deskew Images field.
To rotate images a set amount, select Rotate and enter the number of degrees by which you want them rotated. You can rotate images from -44.9 to 44.9 degrees. A positive number rotates images to the left. A negative number rotates them to the right.
To detect a skew angle and correct it, select Detect and Deskew and select settings.
Specify whether you want to use graphics or text to detect the skew angle.
Specify the minimum and maximum skew angle to detect (a range between 0 and 44.9 degrees).
Specify the direction in which you want the skew angle measured.
Specify how much of the image you want examined for the skew angle.
Select the Remove Shear field to remove shear from images.
Click the Save button.
Follow these steps to set the Dilation filter to expand the area of black objects or the Erosion filter to remove details from images.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Dilating/Eroding option in the side pane.
Select the Dilate Images field or the Erode Images field.
In the Apply Filter field, enter the number of times to run the dilation or erosion filter. Setting this value to more than 1 for either filter can cause significant portions of image content to be lost.
In the Direction field, choose the direction(s) in which you want dilation or erosion performed on images.
In the Apply to fields, specify the image area you want dilated or eroded.
Save the profile.
Follow these steps to set the Smoothing filter to delete bumps and spurs from text characters or objects on images. Set the Invert filter to change white pixels to black and black pixels to white.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Smoothing/Inverting option in the side pane.
Select the Smooth Images field or the Invert Images field.
If smoothing images, select one or more smoothing modes.
In the Apply to fields, specify the image area you want smoothed or inverted.
Save the profile.
Follow these steps to set the Line Editing filter to remove and optionally redraw straight lines on form-type images.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Line Editing option in the side pane.
Select the Enable Line Repair/Removal field.
Select one or more editing modes.
In the Apply to fields, specify the image area on which you want lines edited.
Select the Detect Horizontal Lines and/or Detect Vertical Lines field to detect horizontal and/or vertical lines.
Select the Use Straight Line Algorithm field to optimize straight line processing.
Specify minimum and maximum values.
In the Minimum Length field, enter the minimum length of horizontal or vertical lines to detect.
In the Maximum Gap field, enter the maximum white space allowed between two horizontal line-like or two vertical line-like objects for them to be considered a single line.
In the Maximum Curvature field, enter the maximum deviation from a straight line allowed for a horizontal line-like or vertical line-like object to be considered a line.
Save the profile.
Follow these steps to set the Noise Removal filter to detect and remove noise from images.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Noise Removal option in the side pane.
Select the Remove Noise field.
Specify how you want noise detected on images. Scan removes noise objects that fit within the Maximum Height, Maximum Width and Maximum Area Percent field values.
In the Apply to fields, specify the image area from which you want noise removed.
Save the profile.
Follow these steps to automatically rotate or scale images.
In the Manage Scan Profiles screen, select the Rotating/Scaling option in the side pane.
Select the Rotate Images field or the Scale Images field.
In the Rotate Images fields, choose how you want images rotated. Specify a rotation for front and back sides, if needed.
In the Scale Images fields, specify a new image width and height. Images will be resized so that they fit within the boundaries of the new width and height.
Save the profile.
Follow these steps to scan or import using a selected scan profile. For details about batch scanning options, see the User's Guide for Oracle Document Capture.
In the Oracle Document Capture screen, click the Batch Scanning button on the main toolbar. The Batch Scanning screen is displayed.
In the Profile field, select a scan profile.
If a prefix is not displayed in the Batch Name field, enter a batch name.
Place the documents on the feeder tray of the scanner. Click the Begin Scanning button on the toolbar. Scan begins scanning the documents, adding to the batch until there are no more pages on the feeder tray. When done, the batch is added to the Batch Name list.
Click the Review Batch button and examine the batch in the Reviewing Batch screen. Click the Page Information button to activate a new screen that displays details about the selected image. Keeping this screen open is useful while creating or editing profiles. You can use it, for example, to monitor patch and bar code recognition and image file size.
