Supplementary installation notes
This section will be updated with released notes from our 3rd party vendor InfoScan either due to new software releases or bug handling by KMD.
Configure the page size of blank pages
In InfoScan Setup you can enable or disable a function that explores the page size of blank pages and removes “noise” from the pages.
When this function is enabled you can define a general page size for blank pages to be disregarded independently of the scanner make. It is a prerequisite, however, that all scanners have the exact same setup regarding paper size, color depth and resolution.
Install Service for several instances
It is possible to install Enterprise Imaging (ServerScan) as a service for more than one instance. To create several instances, you must substitute ISPollServiceInstall with ISPoll.
You can only run one instance per account. If you run several, you run the risk of mixing documents from several instances in the same queue.
When using InfoScan Poll service installation, you can enter the name of the Service and which ispoll.ini that the service must utilize.
You are able to install a service as a Local System Account or with an active user account. You can allow the service to show its interface but only when the service is installed with the Local System Account.
InfoScan automatically writes to the individual ispoll.ini which Service it is attached to.
To install ISPoll:
- Open the properties of the shortcut.
- Insert relevant parameters in the Destination. For example:
C:\Programmer\InfoScan\ISPoll.exe –installIn connection with service for several instances the file NTSVC.ocx must be utilized. It is a Microsoft Active-X Control for controlling the services. You can read more here at Microsoft.com. - Register the file with
Regsvr32.exe.
Setup in SJ ServerScan Admin
In SJ ServerScan Admin you are able to enter which ispoll.ini, you want to publish to.
In general practice, this means that you create multiple setups of SJScan. Furthermore, you are able to run these as Services with different configurations.
Paths in SJ ServerScan Admin must be entered in UNC format, for example:
\\ComputerName\SharedFolder\Resource
Set Filter013 to export directly to a document (ISFILTER013.DLL version 1.8.77)
In the Database Setup dialog in the section Document Storage Properties, it is possible to set up ISFILTER013 to export to a specific document queue instead of the file system.
The. FILTER013 explores the queue type and automatically queues the documents in the correct format.
In this case the document order is maintained and the risk of duplicates is eliminated.
- Open the database Setup Dialog.
- Enter the path of the queue in Folder to Store Documents in.
- In Filename for Saved TIF Files enter
queuendx.dat.
The FILTER013.DLL will now export to this queue instead of the file system.- Only queue type 0x02030001 (InforRecon scanned or created) is supported at the moment.
- SingleIrDocument value is by default selected. If you wish to disable this selection, you must create a field named SingleIrDocument with the value
0.
Change TWAIN scanning Tiff compression format
In the file twain.cfg, which is placed in the InfoScan folder, you can indicate which compression type of the scanned documents TIFF files that are accepted.
In the section [Scanner], three keys can be entered to indicate the TIFF compression at either Black/white, Gray or Color.
[Scanner]Name=FUJITSU fi-4120CdjBWCompression=3GrayCompression=9ColorCompression=9
If a specific compression type is wanted for a specific scanner, you must enter it in the fashion shown below in the Twain.cfg:
[FUJITSU fi-4120Cdj]BWCompression=3GrayCompression=9ColorCompression=9
In the table below are shown the individual compression types and where they are valid.
| Code | Description | Black\White | Gray | Color |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -1 | Benyt Twaindrivers kompressionstype | V | V | V |
| 0 | Ukomprimeret | V | V | V |
| 1 | CCITT modified Huffman RLE | V | ||
| 2 | CCITT Group 3 fax encoding | V | ||
| 3 | CCITT Group 4 fax encoding | V | ||
| 4 | LZW | V | V | V |
| 6 | 'new-style' JPEG | V | V | |
| 8 | CCITT RLEW | V | ||
| 9 | Apple Macintosh PackBits | V | V | V |
| 12 | PixarLog | V | ||
| 13 | ‘old style’ Defalte | V | V | V |
| 18 | Adobe Deflate | V | V | V |
A scanned TIFF file is converted after the scanning has been fully performed and thus will create a time laps.
InfoScan’s default TIFF compression is:
B/W: CCITT Group 4 fax (3)Gray: Apple Macintosh PackBits (9)Color: Apple Macintosh PackBits (9)
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New Barcode Engine
Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 or newer demands new bar code engine.
The new barcode engine (DTK) is always installed by default from version 1.8.77 and onwards. The former barcode engine (PIX) can only be installed if you select it during setup..
If you select PIX at installation, this is the engine used to decode barcodes. If you at a later date want to revert to the new engine, you must remove the file: ISBARCODE_DLL.DLL to force decoding with the DTK engine.
However, please note that PIX (the former barcode engine) is not supported for Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 or newer. In these cases only DTK may be used!
In InfoScan’s barcode tester you can see which barcode engine that has been installed.
Note that version 1.8.76 is locked to the PIX barcode engine. If you wish scanning performed on the above-mentioned platforms, you must upgrade to 1.8.77 or newer.
Configure Barcode Reader (DTK) for Other Barcode Types
If you want to support other barcode types than the types installed by default, you will have to manually create an INI-file with the name iscapture.ini and place it in the WINDOWS folder.
The default barcode types are: Code 39 + Code39 extended + Code128 + EAN13
In the configuration file iscapture.ini you can indicate which barcode types should be read (decoded):
[BARCODES]BARCODETYPE=xxx
xxx stands for a combination of the following codes, where the codes are added for reading several barcode types:
| Code | Barcode type |
|---|---|
| 1 | Code11 |
| 2 | Code39 |
| 4 | Code93 |
| 8 | Code128 |
| 16 | Codabar |
| 32 | Inter2of5 |
| 64 | PatchCode |
| 128 | EAN8 |
| 256 | UPCE |
| 512 | EAN13 |
| 1024 | UPCA |
| 2048 | Plus2 |
| 4096 | Plus5 |
| 8192 | PDF417 |
| 16384 | DataMatrix |
| 32768 | QRCode |
| 65536 | Postnet |
| 131072 | Planet |
| 262144 | RM4SCC |
| 524288 | AustraliaPost |
| 1948576 | IntelligentMail |
| 2097152 | Code39Extended |
You must add the codes of the barcode types you want the bar code engine (reader) to recognize and indicate the sum.
Example: Let’s say you want to support Code11, Code39, Code93 and Code 128. Now add up the code numbers: 1+2+4+8. The sum is 15.
In the incapture.ini file this should be indicated as follows:
[BARCODES]BARCODETYPE=15
InfoScan ID is Not Compatible With Older Ispoll Versions
Workaround of error in manual scanning in version 1.8.76:
Since InfoScanID is incompatible with older versions of ispoll, the key below disables InfoScanID=XXXXXXX from the scanned or polled documents’ dat files:
Added key to cfg files:
[SCAN]DONTUSEDOCID=1
This key should only be added if ispoll older than version 1.8.56 or isCapture newer than version 1.8.56. And vice versa.
Minimize Barcode Errors
For a correct decoding of bar codes, it is important that the barcode font complies with specifications for ratios between black and white. Furthermore, the thickness of white and black bars also influences how the barcode should be read.
You can find many free bar code fonts on the net such as Free3of9.tff and FRE3of9x.tff, however common for all these fonts are that they are NOT certified. In other words, users of these fonts may experience that when they scale or curb the fonts at different sizes the ratio between black and white is skewed or the thickness varies to such an extent that error occur in the decoding process.
The font that is supplied with InfoScan's software package is a FREEWARE font and suffers from the same lack of certification as the ones mentioned above.
Another source of error is the scanner equipment itself. Local scanners with VRS usually generate a better result than older network scanners of the Xerox multifunction types.
Mind you that bar code sheets (cover pages) wears out over time and should be replaced time and again with a new printed version and NOT a photo copy!
To sum up our advice: to assure correct decoding we advise you to purchase a certified barcode from a trusted vendor, for example, www.idautomation.com.
And adhere to the following steps:
- Test the cover page fonts in both color and B/W
- Test cover pages in different sizes and resolutions
- Replace you cover page too early rather than too late
- Do not copy your cover pages. Reprint cover pages instead.
- Wipe the scanner surface.
