Using the Scan Toolbar

The Scan Toolbar provides quick access to all scan-related functions and settings. The Scan Toolbar also allows you to create scan profiles that can be used to quickly change between predefined settings for different document types, such as those for color photos, duplex documents, or single-sided black and white documents. All available scan settings can be saved with a scan profile.
 

Until the first scan profile is created, all scan settings will be saved to the "<Default>" scan profile. This profile will always exist and cannot be deleted. After one or more profiles are created, the designated scan profile will be stored at the case level, allowing you to retain case- or customer-specific scan settings. Changing cases will automatically restore the scan profile that was last used in the case.
 

Scan profiles are specific to a particular scanner model due to differences in the settings available for each scanner, for example, color modes, page size, and resolution. So although scan profiles can be shared between users if desired, they can only be shared by users on workstations with the same scanner model. A user or workstation with one scanner model will not be able to see shared profiles for a user or workstation with a different scanner model.
 

Scan Toolbar dialog box

 

Scan Toolbar features

Feature

Description

Task Bar

Task bar in the Scan Toolbar dialog box

New Document - Opens the Scan New dialog box for scanning new documents.

New Attachment - Manually adds the new document as an attachment to the last document in the current folder.

Append - Adds the pages to the end of the currently selected document.

Insert - inserts pages or entire document

Replace - replaces pages or entire document

For more information about scanning new documents, attachments or appending pages, see Scanning.

For more information about inserting pages and documents, see Inserting Documents and Pages.

Scan Profile

Scan Profile list - The existing scan profiles for the case. The selected scan profile determines the current scan settings.

New button - Opens the New Profile dialog box.

Edit button - Opens the Edit Profile dialog box.

Show Settings button

Expands the Scan Toolbar dialog box to display the scan settings tabs.

Hide Settings button

Hides the scan settings tabs in the Scan Toolbar dialog box.

Scanner Settings tab

Scanner Settings tab

Color Mode - The Color Mode setting determines the color format to use when scanning documents. For example, Black and White or 24-bit color.

Resolution - The Resolution setting determines the dots per inch.

Page Size - The Page Size setting provides a quick alternative to selecting the page size from the Scanner Settings dialog. This option allows users to toggle between the four most popular page sizes: Letter (<F7>), Legal (<F8>), Double Letter (<F9>), and A4.

Scan Mode - The Scan Mode controls how the scanner will scan documents.

Simplex is used to scan single-sided documents and Duplex is for double-sided documents.

Flatbed is used to scan a page from the glass bed; although, if pages are in the document feeder, it defaults to Simplex and scans a single page from the feeder. If the scanner does not support duplex scanning, use the Turnover Mode option on the Other tab to scan double-sided documents.

Advanced - Opens the Scanner Settings dialog box.

 

For more information about these settings, see Adjusting Scanner Settings and Configuring Scan Options.

Scanner Output tab

Scanner Output tab

File Type - The File Type setting determines what type of format, or packaging, is used to save newly scanned images. Common file types include Adobe (*.pdf), Bitmaps (*.bmp), Calera (*.pda), Fax (*.dcx), JBIG (*.jbg), JPEG (*.jpg), PaintBrush (*.pcx), Portable Network Graphics (*.png), and TIFF (*.tif). The file types available are determined by the color format selected. For example, if Binary (Black & White) is the current color mode, JPEG is not available as a file type because it can only be used for True Color and 256-Level Grey images.

TIFF images (specifically CCITT Group 4) are accepted as the industry standard and are the recommended format for black & white images. Users can scan to PDF (a frequent request). However, certain features (e.g., endorsing images and OCR to a non-text format) will not be available to PDF images. If PDF images are required in the destination application, this conversion can be handled during the export process after the images have been endorsed and OCR'd by selecting the PDF Conversion export format or by choosing PDF as the Output Format (see Options tab).

Compression - The Compression setting determines the type of compression used for the specified file type and is specifically determined by the file type and color format. CCITT Group 4 is the common compression for a TIFF image, although this compression is not available for non-bitonal images. If scanning color or grayscale images, we recommend Sequential JPEG as the compression type (TIFF as the File Type). It offers excellent compression for both color and grayscale images and can be used with multi-page images.

Storage Schema - The Storage Schema setting determines how scanned documents are stored. The Serialized option stores images as single-page images. For example, scanning a 5 page document stores each page as a separate file. The files are stored in the $Image Archive folder located in the root case folder. The Multipage option stores images as multiple pages in one file. For example, scanning the same 5-page document stores one file with 5 pages. The files are stored within the case folder structure displayed in the folder view.

Note that records scanned using the Serialized Storage Schema can be moved in the thumbnails display.

Rotation - The Rotation setting can be used to rotate pages as they are scanned. Images can be rotated 90, 180, or 270 degrees. Scanning documents in landscape mode may increase the scanner throughput and help prevent paper jams. If using this feature to scan landscape, the scanner must support double-letter page size in order to capture the full height of the document.

 

For more information about these settings, see Configuring Imaging Options.

 

Contrast/Brightness tab

Contrast/Brightness tab

Brightness - The Brightness setting determines the brightness value applied to the scanned documents.

Contrast - The Contrast setting determines the optical density value applied to the scanned documents.

 

For more information about these settings, see Adjusting Scanner Settings.

 

Filters tab

Filters tab

Auto Deskew - The Auto-Deskew scan option will straighten documents as they are scanned. The deskew filter can also be applied to multiple documents during Batch Processing and to individual documents (see Page-level Cleanup).

Black Border Removal - The Black-Border Removal scan option will remove black edges from all newly scanned images. This filter will only pick up even black edges. If the black edge is uneven or slanted down the page, it will not be dropped. These borders are a result of the scanner model being used and the scan area will have to be adjusted in order to remove them. The scan area can be adjusted from the Scanner Settings dialog. Black borders left on pages can prevent LAW from recognizing blank pages, so this filter should be selected if using the Drop Blank Pages scan option. The black-border removal filter can also be applied to multiple documents during Batch Processing.

Detect Barcode Breaks - The Detect Barcode Breaks setting allows users to scan multiple documents in a single batch. Barcode pages can be used to determine both document- and folder-level breaks while scanning. The settings for the break sheets can be specified from the Imaging tab of the Options form. Images with the default barcode settings can be found in the installation directory for CloudNine™ LAW. These images can be opened with any image viewer and printed if users need to prepare a scan job with break sheets. Light-colored paper is recommended when printing barcode sheets (e.g., white, light blue, light yellow, or light green). LAW relies on the contrast between the bars in the barcode and the background color of the paper for detecting the barcode value. Scanner brightness or contrast (Scan > Scanner Settings) may require adjustment if LAW is having a difficult time recognizing the barcodes. See Using Barcodes for more information about barcodes.

Drop Blank Pages - The Drop Blank Pages setting determines whether or not to disregard pages that have a very low percentage of text or graphics (possibly blank pages attached to a document). If this option is set, pages with very low pixel ratios will not be saved. If this option is not set, all pages scanned will be saved. This feature can be extremely useful as it allows users to combine both single- and double-sided documents in a single batch. Blank backsides of all single-sided documents will be dropped. The backsides of the double-sided documents containing text or images will be retained.

Hole Removal - The Hole Removal setting removes afterimages of standard size holes (1/4" - 5/16") left from scanning pages that were hole punched, and can be used to perform quality control on images batch processed for hole removal. Hole removal can be done for RAW Image and scanned documents, and documents imported in ED Loader and converted to TIFF before hole removal. The letters o and e and zeros, are ignored by the hole removal process.

There are two ways to configure the size of borders for hole removal on images:

In the Scan Toolbar select the Hole Removal check box and then click Configure.

Or

Open the Configure Scan Filters dialog box (Scan > Scan Options > Configure Filters.) Add Hole Removal to the Selected Filters list, select Hole Removal and then click Configure.

Noise Removal - The Noise Removal setting allows users to apply a filter to reduce the amount of random dots and specks that appear on the scanned image. OCR results may improve if Noise Removal is performed on a document before converting it to text.

Configure - This option allows advanced users to modify the default settings for the filters. To modify the settings for a filter, on the Filters tab, click the filter name, and then click the Configure button.

For more information about these settings see, Configuring Scan Options.

 

Other tab

Other tab

Invert Pages - The Invert Pages setting allows users to invert (rotate 180 degrees) odd or even pages of a document. This feature is used for double-sided documents that are printed with opposite orientations on the front and back.

Scan Page Limit - The Scan Page Limit feature can be used to specify a page limit for the number of pages scanned per document. This feature can be very useful for scanning checks or note cards, for example.

OCR All New Pages - The OCR All New Pages setting determines whether or not all new pages being scanned will be flagged for OCR. LAW allows users to flag certain pages for OCR to help increase OCR speed and efficiency. Pages with graphs and tables or handwriting are not good OCR candidates and may negatively impact OCR performance. See the Flagging Documents/Pages for OCR section for information on flagging pages after they have been scanned.

Single Pages - The Single Pages setting instructs LAW to save all pages in a batch as one-page documents. This can be used to scan a large group of single-page documents in one batch, saving a great deal of time.

Turnover Mode - The Turnover Mode setting can be used to scan double-sided documents without a duplex scanner. If this option is enabled, LAW will prompt to flip the document and continue scanning after the front side of a double-sided document has been scanned. LAW then rebuilds the document in the proper order.

 

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If this option is enabled, the "Detect Barcode Breaks" setting will be ignored because the document must be flipped after the front side has been scanned.

 

 

For more information about these settings see, Configuring Scan Options.

 

 

To open the Scan Toolbar

There are two ways to open the Scan Toolbar dialog box:

On the Scan menu, click Scan Toolbar.

Scan menu
 

OR

Double-click the scan profile name in the scanner status bar located at the bottom of the main LAW application window.

Note that if a scan profile has not been created the profile option is marked as <Default>. This is shown in the following graphic:

Scanner status bar

 

If a custom scan profile is loaded, it is shown in place of <Default>. In the following graphic a profile named Scan Profile 1 is loaded.

Scanner status bar

hmtoggle_plus1To create a scan profile
hmtoggle_plus1To edit a scan profile
hmtoggle_plus1To delete a scan profile

 

Need additional help? E-mail the CloudNine™ LAW Technical Support team at: lawsupport@cloudnine.com, or contact a support representative at 713-462-6464 for CloudNine™ LAW Ext. 12 or CloudNine™ Explore Support Ext. 13. The Technical Support team is available between the hours of 9:00 A.M to 7:00 P.M. Eastern Time, Monday - Friday.

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