Configure Conversion Jobs to TIFF
By creating conversion jobs to TIFF, you can convert non-image files to black and white, grayscale, or color files.
- In the procedures pane on the left, select your procedure.
The configuration pages for the selected procedure are displayed on the right.
- Open the Processing tab.
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In the Conversion Jobs to TIFF table, click , or to edit an existing job, click .
You can also copy a conversion job by selecting it, clicking , and entering a new name when prompted. Copying a job allows you to quickly duplicate and modify it.
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On the Document Selection page:
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In the Job Details section, enter a name and description for the job name.
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In the Documents Conversion section:
- Select the Convert Documents check box. You can create a job that does not convert documents and only performs a merge by deselecting this check box if it's selected.
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In Documents to Convert, select whether to process all non-image documents or only ones matching a specified file name filter. You can enter an asterisk (*) as a wildcard character and separate multiple filters with a comma or semi-colon.
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To process documents for specific document profiles, select one or more document profiles listed in the Restrict to Document Profiles field, or select All to process documents for all defined document profiles.
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In the Attachment Conversion section:
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Select the Convert Attachments check box. You can create a job that does not convert attachments and only performs a merge by deselecting this check box if it's selected.
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In the Attachments to Convert field, select whether to process all non-image document attachments or only ones matching a specified file name filter. You can enter an asterisk (*) as a wildcard character and separate multiple filters with a comma or semi-colon.
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To process attachments for specific attachment types, select one or more attachment types listed in the Restrict to Attachment Types field, or select All to process attachments for all defined attachment types.
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If this Convert Documents and Convert Attachments check boxes are not selected, the Output Format, PDF Conversion Engine, and Output Destination pages are disabled. -
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On the Output Format page, in the Output Image Format drop-down list, select a format in which you want to convert non-image documents. The options are: Black and White (default), Grayscale, and Color. If you select Color, specify an image quality in the Image Quality field and resolution in the DPI field.
Under Image Settings, in the Blank Page Byte Threshold field, enter a file size value (in bytes). Any image whose size is less than or equal to the threshold is considered a blank page and therefore deleted. Also specify a value in the Maximum Paper Size Allowed During Conversion field.
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Choose a conversion engine on the PDF Conversion Engine page. See Configure PDF Conversion Engine.
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On the Output Destination page, in the Document Destination section (this section is enabled if you selected the Convert Documents check box in the Document Conversion section):
- In the Conversion Output Destination drop-down list,
select a suitable option:
- Document: Replaces the original document with the conversion results. You can also change the document profile if desired in the New Document Profile drop-down list.
- Document, Preserve Copy: Replaces the original document with the results, but allows for a copy of the original to be preserved as an attachment in the Content Capture Client. You can also choose a document profile if you select this option. However, you must select an attachment type from the Preserve Attachment Type drop-down list.
- Attachment: Stores the results of the conversion as an attachment. You must select an attachment type from the New Attachment Type drop-down list. This drop-down list provides those attachment types that you configured in your document profile. If your document profile doesn't include any attachment types, then those that you created on the Classifications tab in the Attachment Types section are available for you to choose from.
- In the New Document Profile drop-down list, select the required profile. You have the option of changing the original document's present document profile if its being overwritten.
- The Preserve Attachment Type drop-down list is enabled only if you selected the Document, Preserve Copy option in the Conversion Output Destination field. If applicable, select the relevant type. You can select None if you want to opt out of using a specific attachment type from the Classification tab.
- The New Attachment Type drop-down list is enabled only if you selected the Attachment option in the Conversion Output Destination field. This drop-down list provides those attachment types that you configured in your document profile. If your document profile doesn't include any attachment types, then those that you created on the Classifications tab in the Attachment Types section are available for you to choose from. You can select None if no attachment types should be considered or if none are available. If applicable, select the relevant type.
- In the Conversion Output Destination drop-down list,
select a suitable option:
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On the Output Destination page, in the Attachment Destination section (this section is enabled if you selected the Convert Attachments check box in the Attachment Conversion section):
- In the Conversion Output Destination drop-down list,
select a suitable option:
- Attachment: Replaces the original attachment with the conversion results. You can also change the attachment type, if desired, in the New Attachment Type drop-down list.
- Attachment, Preserve Copy: Replaces the original attachment with the results, but allows for a copy of the original to be preserved in the Content Capture Client. You can also choose a new attachment type if you select this option. However, you must select an attachment type from the Preserve Attachment Type drop-down list.
- In the New Attachment Type drop-down list, select the relevant type. This drop-down list provides those attachment types that you configured in your document profile. If your document profile doesn't include any attachment types, then those that you created on the Classifications tab in the Attachment Types section are available for you to choose from. You can select None if no attachment types should be considered or if none are available. You have the option of changing the original attachment's present document profile if its being overwritten.
- The Preserve Attachment Type drop-down list is enabled only if you selected the Attachment, Preserve Copy option in the Conversion Output Destination field. If applicable, select the relevant type. You can select None if you want to opt out of using a specific attachment type from the Classification tab.
- In the Conversion Output Destination drop-down list,
select a suitable option:
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Complete settings on the Document Merge Options page.
See Specify How Documents are Merged and Metadata is Assigned.
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On the Post-Processing page, specify what happens after conversion processing completes, depending on its success.
See Configure Post-Processing and Monitoring of a Conversion Job to TIFF.
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Review settings on the Summary page and click Submit to save the job.
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Configure how batches flow to convert documents to TIFF. See Configure Batch Flow to a Conversion Job to TIFF.
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Test the conversion job to TIFF you created.
Configure Blank Page Detection in a TIFF Conversion Job
You configure Content Capture to automatically detect and delete blank pages from non-images documents at the time when these documents are converted to images. To enable Content Capture to accomplish this, you need to specify a threshold file size for an image to be considered a blank page.
- When you add or edit a TIFF conversion job, select the Output Format page.
- Under Image Settings, in the Blank Page Byte Threshold field, enter a file size value (in bytes) to detect a blank page. If you specify 0, then blank pages are included, not deleted.
- Click Submit to save the conversion job.
Specify How Documents are Merged and Metadata is Assigned
The TIFF conversion processor lets you specify how documents should merge in a batch during conversion processing and how metadata values are assigned when documents are merged. The merge and metadata assignment options accommodate common document conversion scenarios.
For example, the import processor might import email messages with PDF attachments, then send them for conversion. Because the email message is common to each attached PDF document and might be important for processing or indexing each one, you would select one of the document merge options that merges a source document (email message, in this case) with all other target documents (PDF).
Configure PDF Conversion Engine
The PDF Conversion Engine page lets you choose between Oracle Outside In and Artifex Ghostscript to convert documents.
Configure Post-Processing and Monitoring of a Conversion Job to TIFF
Use post-processing options of a conversion job to TIFF to specify what happens after processing completes, depending on processing success.
Configure Batch Flow to a Conversion Job to TIFF
To run a conversion job to TIFF, you must configure batches to flow to the job for processing. You do this by setting the conversion processor job as a post-processing step in a client profile, an import processor job, or a processing job discussed under processing settings. (See the post-processing information for the job or client profile from which you want to configure a batch flow, under Configure Processing Settings or Configure Capture Settings.). For example, you might create an import processor job that imports email messages and their PDF attachments and then sends them to the conversion processor for converting them to images. These images are then sent to a recognition processor job for bar code recognition.
Deactivate or Delete a Conversion Job to TIFF
When you delete a conversion job to TIFF, it no longer remains available for batches for which it is set as a post-processing step. If a job specified for post-processing is not available, an error results for the batch. You may want to change a job to offline for a time before deleting it, allowing you to resolve unexpected issues with its deletion. Online conversion jobs to TIFF run when they are selected in a client profile or on the processor job's Post-Processing page. You can temporarily stop a job (take it offline) or change a deactivated job to run again. You cannot delete batch processing jobs if they are configured as a post processing job in another batch processor.