Application Settings Dialog Box

NOTE: This is a feature that has carried over from previous versions of ScanTools. It is necessary to maintain backward compatibility.

The number is a unique identifier for each application. The number of the application is found in the first three positions in the data record (in the NCS Header).

You can specify the number, however ScanTools does not allow you to save a duplicate. If you don't specify a number, then the next available number is selected automatically.

Select the read cell spacing that matches the forms you are using. Read cell spacing is usually dependent on national standards.

The following spacing options are available:

• .166 spacing (6/inch) - displays 47 cells across one timing mark for grid definition (default).
• .200 spacing (5/inch) - displays 40 cells across one timing mark for grids. The .200 spacing option represents a standard data collection form with .200 spacing.
• Offset .200 spacing (5/inch) - displays 40 cells across one timing mark for grids. The offset .200 spacing option is used when the OMR response positions either lead or lag the timing marks.
• .200 line read spacing (5/inch) - displays 40 cells across one timing mark for grids. This .200 spacing option represents a differently formatted data collection form. If using an image scanner,we recommend the Tick Mark Mark Style for this spacing.

NOTE: (For iNSIGHT 20 and iNSIGHT 30 scanners only.) When using .200 line read spacing, using skew marks within the form design is recommended for optimum accuracy.

• .300 line read spacing - shows 24 cells across one timing mark pair for grids. This .300 spacing option represents a differently formatted OMR timing track and response bubbles. The ScanFlex function does not currently support this spacing. We recommend the Tick Mark Mark Style for this spacing.
• .166 spacing (48 cell) - shows 48 cells (6/inch) across one timing mark for grid definition. This spacing is supported only on image scanners.
• .166 spacing (48 cell) - shows 48 cells (6/inch) across one timing mark for grid definition. This spacing is supported only on image scanners; if you attempt to scan with this selection on an OMR-only scanner, you will receive an error message and will not be able to scan.

  NOTE: For sheets using .166 spacing, you can change to a wider spacing only if there are no grids in:

  • cells 25-48 for .300 spacing
  • cells 41-48 for .200 spacing

For OpScan OMR scanners: OMR From Scanner is used. Read cell spacing is based on the hardware actually installed in the scanner regardless of the selection in this dialog box.

For EZData OMR scanners: OMR From Scanner is used. Read cell spacing is .250 spacing (4/inch) and displays 12 cells across one timing mark for grid definition. It’s based on the scanner read head hardware regardless of the selection in this dialog box.

Specify the type of readhead to be used for this application:

• Infrared (pencil read): Select this option to use the infrared light source with forms marked with a pencil.
• Red (ink read): Select this option to use the red light source with forms marked with a black or blue pen or with a pencil.

Enables performance of scan-time image archiving with the iNAME image archive function.

• Select Disabled if you do not intend to perform application-wide scan-time image archiving.
• Select Run Before User Exits if you are using the iNAME image archiving function and the user exit you entered in User Exit File Name:
  • uses the index data from the index file or from a field used to capture the index data
  • uses the images generated by iNAME (some user exits move the data immediately)
  • uses data (i.e. sticky data) filled in by iNAME in the editor
• Select Run After User Exits if you are using the iNAME image archiving function and the user exit you entered in User Exit File Name modifies (at scan- or edit-time) the data which is to be used by iNAME.

If your application includes a user exit that is unrelated to iNAME image archiving, we recommend you select Run Before User Exits.

If your application does not include a user exit, you can select either Run Before User Exits or Run After User Exits to enable iNAME.

If you are using an existing iNAME Image Archive Utility application, it operates exactly as it did in the previous version of ScanTools software. See iNAME Configuration Dialog for details.

NOTE: This setting affects only the iNSIGHT 2/4 with imaging and the iNSIGHT 4ES in image mode.

Image scanners can collect OMR data in two ways:

• To use OMR from Image, leave the box unchecked.

When using OMR from image, OMR data is created from a scanned image that is stored in the PC memory buffer where the image is accessed by ScanTools software.

• To use OMR from scanner, leave thecheck this box unchecked.

When using OMR from scanner, OMR data is created in the scanner and sent to ScanTools software in ASCII format.

We recommend using OMR From Scanner only when sharing an application between scanner models (i.e. iNSIGHT 2/4, iNSIGHT 4ES, and OpScan 4U).

Do not select this option if you are using the optional ScanFlex module.

If the ScanFlex module is installed, check Enable ScanFlex to enable ScanFlex functions for your application, including any selected ScanFlex Options. If checked, ScanFlex is used for processing all documents in the application. Any of the ScanFlex Options that are checked are also enabled. ScanFlex can be disabled by unchecking the box. If disabled, all of the ScanFlex Options are also disabled, whether they are checked or not. The default setting for ScanFlex is disabled. There is no performance penalty for using any ScanFlex function.

NOTE: When defining your application, be sure to enable ScanFlex before scanning to define timing marks, form ID marks, or OMR grids.

This includes the following additional options:

• Enable Minimum Grayboxes

  When the ScanFlex module is installed and enabled, this box is checked by default. If grayboxes are analyzed, ScanFlex automatically adjusts the size of the Evaluate Region and the Clip Region to compensate for variations in print location. The Evaluate Region is reduced, if necessary, to make sure dark areas outside the evaluation area are not included, even if the area is skewed. The Clip Region is enlarged, if necessary, to make sure the entire area is clipped, even if the area is skewed. This setting is enabled by default and used for processing all forms.

  Clear the box to disable analyzing grayboxes as described above.

  CAUTIONS:

  • No adjustment is made if you use absolute Units of Measurement (.001 in or .01 mm) for the locations of Standard Graybox or ICR/OCR Graybox Evaluate Regions and Clip Regions. You must use Cell/TM Position Units of Measurement in the Grid Measurement dialog box.
  • In cases of extreme skew, the evaluation region may be reduced to a very small area when enable minimum grayboxes is selected. 
• Enable TM Height/Width Check

  When the ScanFlex module is installed and enabled, this box is checked by default. ScanFlex expects timing marks to be of uniform size and shape. This setting enables ScanFlex to ignore doodling or other marking in the timing track that is not consistent with average timing mark height and width.

  Uncheck this box if timing marks on your form are not uniform in size and shape.

Select which timing mark contains the printed form ID mark uses for the horizontal adjustment.

• If you check Enable Form ID Adjust TM 1, a form ID mark must be present on the first timing mark, near the outside edge of the form.
• If you check Enable Form ID Adjust End TM, a form ID mark must be present on the last timing mark, near the outside edge of the form.

You can select both items, in which case ScanTools software uses whichever form ID mark is encountered first.

If the required form ID mark is not present, no horizontal adjustment is made, even if Enable Form ID adjust is checked for your application.

NOTE: The mark used for the horizontal adjustment must be defined as a form ID mark. See Define New Document Dialog or Document and Sheet Properties Dialog - General Tab for details.

TIP: Enabling one or both of these settings can improve the alignment between the scanned data and the background image if you are using the iNAME Merge utility to combine scanned data clips and background images.

NOTE: This bitone limit applies only to Handprint data type HAPI bitone and is a global setting that applies to all documents/sheets/sides in the application.

Check this element whenever you are experiencing bitone images that are darker than usual or are speckled. This limits the bitone point to +/- 12 grayscale levels around the average for the specific side of the document/sheet/form. This limiting function takes effect only after a sheet has been captured three times to ensure that an appropriate average is used.

Uncheck this element if you are not experiencing this issue or if you do not care if bitone images are dark or speckled.

Image Header Fields are unviewable header fields that follow the NCS Header. They are for internal use only, and supply data base information that is needed by ScanTools Plus SDK for image clipping. For more information see the ScanTools Plus Link documentation.

Check this box if the application is going to be used for a ScanTools Link application.

Leave this box unchecked if this application will not be used with a Link application.

These image settings apply to iNSIGHT 70/150 and 5000i scanners only:

• Scan Speed

  Specify the scanning speed:

  • High Speed

  Select the high speed option if the application will be processed entirely within ScanTools and low image resolution (240x120 DPI) is acceptable. Applications will also run in the low speed mode but there is no advantage to doing so except if processing ICR, very small characters, or very complex characters.

  NOTE: An image viewer that supports JFIF (JPEG File Interchange Format) images with a non-uniform aspect ratio must be used to properly display 240 x 120 dpi JPEG images created by high speed scans.

  • Low Speed

  Select the low speed option if you desire a resolution of 240x240 DPI or if the application uses ICR via a user exit.

• Thickness Sheet Length

  Select the value that is equal to or greater than the length of the shortest sheet being scanned. This will ensure that all double sheets are detected while not producing thickness errors due to thicker areas on the form, such as security tabs. The default for all applications is 8.5-inch sheet. The default setting should be used if all documents in the application are between 8.5 and 12 inches long.

Check this element to include selected parts of the NCS Header in the data file. See the Literal Tool for details on how to specify which parts of the header to include.

Uncheck this element if you do not want to include selected parts of the NCS Header in the data file.

This element has one further specification:

• Translation Sentinel Character

Type a character that identifies the start of the string of special characters used to define which parts of the NCS Header to include in the data file. This character is used as the sentinel character for all documents in the application. The default character is the pipe character ( | ). Non-visible characters such as tab, space, enter key, etc. are not allowed.

Check this element to configure the transport printer's characters to be printed upside down.

Uncheck this element to configure the transport printer's characters to be printed right-side up.

If you did not select Transport Printer in the Scanner Configuration dialog box, this element is not available.

Check this element to indicate that the application is considered to be complete: required items are defined and the application is ready to be used for scanning operations (from the scanning module).

Uncheck this element if the application is considered to be under development and not ready to be used for scanning operations.