Intelligent Job Select

Overview

The Intelligent Job Select capability found in the Capture Pro File menu allows you to set up advanced parameters to change Job Setups or Page Setups automatically during scanning. When a patch code with predefined conditions is scanned, either page or job setup will change without any operator action needed.

Effective use of Intelligent Job Select requires document preparation to add patch page(s) to the batch.

This feature is available for Kodak Scanners and Alaris Scanners only. If you do not have a Kodak Scanner or Alaris Scanner, this option will be disabled. Following is information and procedures on how to select options on Intelligent Job Select General and Setup tabs.

You will need to:

Set up one or more patch pages to signal setup changes.
Configure Capture Pro for the change meant by each patch page.

Intelligent Job Select - General tab

The Intelligent Job Select window allows you to define when and how setup changes will happen, based on patch codes read by the scanner. The General tab of the window has the following options:

Enable Intelligent Job Select Patch on — choose the patch type for your feature patch page. Valid feature patches are Patch 10, Patch 11, Patch 12, Patch 13, Patch 14, or Patch 15.

Sample Image — choose an image already stored as a sample image, to define the rule for this patch. The drop-down list contains all the images that have been scanned for Intelligent Job Select setup. You must have at least one image in this list before you can define a bar code or OCR zone.

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Start/Scan — opens the Scan Image dialog box, which allows you to enter an Image name and scan an image containing bar codes, OCR text segments or mark areas.

Capture Pro Software will use the currently selected Page Setup to scan the sample image.

Draw region — allows you to draw a rectangle around a bar code or OCR text segment on the scanned image and then displays the Bar Code Zone Setup or OCR Zone Setup dialog box.

Magnify — enlarges a portion of the image. You can enlarge any area on the image where you place the Magnify tool and click and hold.

Pan — allows you to move the image around when the image is larger than the Intelligent Job Select image window.

Zoom in — zooms in on the image.

Zoom out — zooms out on the image.

Fit window — changes the image display so the image fits the Intelligent Job Select Setup image window.

Actual size — displays the image at the actual size. One scanned pixel equals one pixel on the Intelligent Job Select Setup image window.

Test selected bar code, OCR or Mark Detection zone — opens the Bar Code, OCR and Mark Detection Values dialog box, which allows you to view test results on a selected zone.

Create OCR zone — enables you to create an OCR zone from the displayed image in the Intelligent Job Select Setup window.

Create barcode — enables you to create a bar code zone from the displayed image in the Bar Code, OCR & Mark Detection window.

Zone properties — opens either the Bar Code Zone Setup, OCR Zone Setup or the Mark Detection Zone Setup dialog box which allows you to view the properties of the selected bar code, OCR or mark detection zone.

Delete selected zone — allows you to delete a bar code, OCR or mark detection zone. A confirmation box will be displayed to verify your choice.

OK — saves your settings and closes the dialog box

CANCEL — discards changes that were not applied and closes the dialog box

APPLY — saves your settings and leave the dialog box open

Create a feature patch page

Create a patch page that will be used to initiate a setup change. Use either Patch 10, Patch 11, Patch 12, Patch 13, Patch 14, or Patch 15. The patch page must be customized with either a barcode or text. For example a Patch page could be used to implement a setup change such as, “If bar code value is 12345678, then change Page Setup to Color 150 DPI” or “If OCR zone = ‘Scan to PDF’ then change job to Scan to PDF.”

Only one zone is allowed for Intelligent Job Select Setup. To have multiple ways to change setups, create one patch page for each.

Create feature patch setup

Once you have prepared your patch sheet(s) you will configure the Intelligent Job Select Setup. On the General tab, check Enable Intelligent Job Select on. Select the feature patch type that you have customized for this function, from the drop-down list.
Choose an image of your patch page from the Sample Image drop-down list, or scan in the patch page you created in “Create a feature patch page”.
Create a bar code zone for the bar code or an OCR zone for the text that you added to the patch page.
Test the zone to be sure your bar code or text will be recognized.
Use the image right-click menu as needed to adjust your image or zone.
Next, set up one or more rules to define the setup change that will happen, when the scanner recognizes this patch page.

Intelligent Job Select Setup tab

After enabling Intelligent Job Select and setting up a sample image page with a bar code or OCR zone, you will need to create a rule to follow when the feature patch is detected.

The rules are defined on the Setup tab of the Intelligent Job Select setup window. The Setup tab has the following options:

If detect — enter the bar code value or OCR text value from the patch page that you set up on the General tab.

Change — choose Job Setup or Page Setup from the drop-down list.

To — choose a Job Setup or Page Setup name from the drop-down list. When the patch page is detected, setup will change to the setup you enter in this field.

Add — once you have defined a rule, the Add button will add it to the displayed list.

Delete — choose a rule from the displayed list and choose Delete to remove the selected rule.

When changing jobs — this option is not available for scanners that perform feature patch code reading in the scanners (e.g. Kodak i5x50). On these scanners, scanning will be performed at the scanner rated speed.

Always change to page setup in job (slower): choose if you want to use the Page Setup that was defined in the job or the last used Page Setup if one is not defined.
Use on page setup for all jobs (faster): choose if you want to scan at the scanner rated speed. You must defined a Page Setup from the drop-down list that will be used for all jobs.

OK — saves your settings and closes the dialog box.

CANCEL — discards changes that were not applied to the list, and closes the dialog box.

APPLY — saves your settings and leaves the dialog box open.

Your rule will have a format such as: If detect <value> change <job setup or page setup> to <desired setup name>.

Set up a rule for a patch page using the If detect, change, and to fields.
Once the rule is defined, select the Add button to add the rule to the list.
Use Apply or OK to save your changes.
Create additional rules if needed. If you have multiple kinds of customized patch sheets, you need a rule for each one.

To change a rule, delete it and add a new one.