i200 Series Scanners
Image
Processing
Guide
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Image Processing Guide for i200 Series Scanners
Overview This documentation introduces concepts that may be new to many 
users. The Kodak i200 Series Scanners provide the ability to process 
scanned images to improve their quality. Using these features the 
scanner can sometimes make the scanned image look better than the 
original document. Basic image processing concepts are reviewed in 
this chapter to help you take advantage of these powerful features.
Image processing refers to several separate features of the scanner 
that allow you to automatically adjust each image in a certain way that 
may improve the resulting images. Common examples of image 
processing features are correcting any skew in the fed document, 
cutting the edges of the image off to remove any unneeded border or 
cleaning up extraneous “noise” on the image. The idea is to do this 
automatically so you can get better images with a minimum amount of 
rework.
The information that follows describes the image processing features 
by walking you through the Scan Validation Tool. The same options 
should be available on the user interface of the software application you 
are using (i.e., Kodak Capture Software). All fields on the Scan 
Validation Tool are described in this document.
Common terms Following are a few common terms that are used throughout this 
document:
Bi-tonal or Binary — black-and-white.
Simplex — indicates that only one side of the document (the front side) 
will be scanned, creating a single page image.
Duplex — indicates that both sides of the document will be scanned, 
creating two page images.
Cameras — it is important to understand the concept of “cameras”. 
The Kodak i250 Scanner is a simplex scanner. The camera has the 
ability to separate color and bi-tonal/binary data simultaneously. This 
means it scans one-sided documents; a front color image and a front bi-
tonal/binary image, allowing you to capture one side of a document 
either in color/grayscale or black-and-white. Effectively the means you 
have two cameras on the i250 Scanner; front color and front bi-tonal.
The Kodak i260 and i280 Scanner are a duplex scanners. The cameras 
have the ability to separate color and bi-tonal/binary data 
simultaneously. This means it scans both sides of a two-sided 
document; a front color image, a rear color image, a front bi-tonal/
binary image, and a rear bi-tonal/binary image, allowing you to capture 
both sides of a document in either color/grayscale, black-and-white, or 
a combination of color and black-and-white. Effectively this means that 
you have four cameras on the i260 and i280 Scanners; front color, rear 
color, front bi-tonal and rear bi-tonal.
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When you use the Kodak Scan Validation Tool, you will need to select 
which camera(s) you want to use to scan your document to get the 
desired results. You can use the following examples as a guide when 
making camera selections.
Making camera When you launch the Kodak Scan Validation Tool, you will be making 
selections selections on the dialog boxes to set up your images for scanning test 
documents. Both TWAIN and ISIS have camera selection boxes that 
refer to the cameras within the scanners. Following are some examples 
of choosing the correct camera for the desired results. For the purpose 
of these examples, the TWAIN Datasource has been used.
Example 1: scanning a two-sided color document both sides in 
color
If you want to scan a two-sided color document, make your camera 
selections as follows:
Camera selection Result - Side 1 Result - Side 2
• Select both Front Color and Rear Color. Depending on which 
camera (in this example, Front Color) is highlighted, will depend on 
which side of the document is scanned first. The result is two images 
in color.
Example 2: scanning a two-sided color document, front side only 
in bi-tonal
If you want to scan only the front side of a color document in black-and- 
white, make your camera selections as follows:
Camera selection Original - Side 1 Result - Side 1
• Select and highlight Front Bitonal. The resultant image will be the 
front side of the document in black-and-white.
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Starting the Scan 1. Select Start>Run or select Programs>Kodak>Document 
Validation Tool Imaging>Scan Validation Tool. Enter the filename or choose 
Browse to locate the ScanValidation.exe file. 
2. Select TWAIN (or ISIS) for the Driver Type and the Kodak Scanner 
i200 as the Driver. The Scan Validation Tool dialog box will be 
displayed.
3. Double-click the Scanner icon to access the Kodak Scanner 
Properties dialog box.
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Scan Validation Tool The Scan Validation Tool (SVT) is a diagnostic application that Kodak 
dialog box provides with most Kodak scanners. The SVT user interface allows 
access to all the features of the scanner and is a good way to verify that 
the scanner is working properly. The Scan Validation Tool allows you to 
verify scanner functionality using both the TWAIN Datasource and the 
ISIS Driver. 
Displays the user interface
Displays four 
for the selected driver.
Disables the scanner images at a time
Enables the scanner Displays eight 
Closes the image viewer images at a time
(no images will be 
displayed)
Enables to scanner Displays two
to feed one page images at a time
Displays one
Allows you to select
image at a time
the directory to store
scanned images and Displays the 
their file names. Only License Key 
available when Save window
Images to Files is selected.
Display Every   enter the sampling rate of the images you wish to 
display while scanning. For example, to see every image, enter a value 
of 1. To see every 10th image, enter a value of 10. 
Last File   displays the full path and file name for the last stored 
image.
Total   displays the total number of images scanned during the current 
Scan Validation Tool session.
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Using the TWAIN The TWAIN Datasource is a piece of software that communicates with 
Datasource your scanner. It is provided by Kodak with the i200 Series Scanners. 
Many scanning applications support the TWAIN standard and this 
datasource can be used to interface with these applications.
This section provides descriptions of the scanner features using options 
on the TWAIN tabs and how to set these options. If you are using the 
TWAIN Datasource, follow the procedures in this section to set up your 
scanner. If you are using the ISIS Driver, see the section entitled, 
“Using the ISIS Driver” later in this document. 
For the purpose of this manual, all displayed dialog boxes assume the 
features available on the Kodak i260 and i280 Scanners (duplex 
scanners). If you have a Kodak i250 Scanner (simplex scanner) all 
options are limited to simplex scanning only.
Kodak Scanner The Kodak Scanner Properties dialog box allows you to review and 
Properties dialog box configure the scanner’s settings. It consists of several tabbed windows 
each of which will be described within this chapter.
Click on each tab to set all the desired values. You do not have to click 
OK until you have made all selections on all of the tabs.
Buttons on the Kodak Following are descriptions of the buttons located at the bottom of the 
Scanner Properties dialog dialog box.
box
Defaults   when you select Defaults, the message Reset all values 
to factory defaults? will be shown. Clicking Yes on this message will 
reset all values on all tabs to the factory default settings.
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Copy   copies the settings of the front camera to the rear camera for 
the selected camera (bi-tonal, color or grayscale). For example, if you 
have Front Bi-tonal highlighted, these values will be copied to the 
Rear Bi-tonal camera. If you have Front Color highlighted, these 
values will be copied to the Rear Color camera. This option is only 
available for the Kodak i260 and i280 Scanners. 
OK   saves the values set on all tabs. 
Cancel   closes the dialog box without saving any changes.
The Imaging tab The Imaging tab allows you to define several image processing values 
that can be applied to your scanner.
The Camera Selection box   lists the available sides (front and rear) 
of any document where you can define individual image processing 
values. For detailed information about the cameras, refer to the 
beginning of this chapter, “Making camera selections”. 
On the Kodak i250/i280 Scanner (duplex) there is a separate camera 
for each side of the document being scanned. The Kodak Scanner 
Drivers allow you to control the camera settings independently. Some 
settings apply only to bi-tonal images, other apply to color images. By 
selecting the appropriate camera and image type you can control the 
scanner’s output.
• If you have a Kodak i260 or i280 Scanner, you can select any 
individual camera (i.e., Front Color, Rear Color, Front Bi-tonal and/
or Rear Bi-tonal) or any combination of the cameras. This means 
you can do the front side, rear side or both sides of a document.
• If you have a Kodak i250 Scanner, you can select either Front Color 
and/or Front Bi-tonal. This means you can do the front side of a 
document depending on how the documents are placed in the feeder.
• Whatever is highlighted in the Camera Selection box determines the 
values available on the Imaging, Paper, Compression and Dropout 
tabs. 
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Scanning bi-tonal images Bi-tonal images are scanned images that are made up of only black-
and-white elements. The descriptions below are for bi-tonal images 
only.
Binarization is the process of converting a grayscale or color image to 
a bi-tonal image. There are several different methods of performing this 
conversion. Two of the options are iThresholding and Adaptive 
Threshold Processing.
These options are applied to grayscale scanned images and output a 
bi-tonal electronic image. iThresholding and Adaptive Threshold 
Processing separate the foreground information from the background 
information even when the background color or shading varies, and the 
foreground information varies in color quality and darkness. Different 
types of documents may be scanned using the same image processing 
parameters and still result in excellent scanned images.
•  iThresholding: selecting iThresholding allows the scanner to 
dynamically evaluate each document to determine the optimal 
threshold value to produce the highest quality image. This allows 
scanning of mixed document sets with varying quality (i.e., faint text, 
shaded backgrounds, color backgrounds) to be scanned using a 
single setting thus reducing the need for document sorting.
When using iThresholding, only Contrast may be adjusted.
• Adaptive Thresholding (ATP): the Adaptive Threshold Processor 
separates the foreground information in an image (i.e., text, graphics, 
lines, etc.) from the background information (i.e., white or non-white 
paper background).
When using Adaptive Thresholding, Threshold and Contrast may be 
adjusted.
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