Separating documents with bar code zones

The software allows you to separate documents with bar code zones within a batchA collection of documents or images that are uniquely indexed. A job setup can contain several batches, each up to 999999999 documents. Processing a batch means converting the batch to a specific output format (e.g., single-page TIFF, PDF, LaserFiche) and sending it to a batch destination folder/subdirectory. Batches can be processed one by one or together..

To separate documents with a bar code zoneA bar code image that the software recognizes as a separator between batches or documents in images being scanned. Before a bar code image can be used as a separator, the user must define it as a bar code zone in the Capture tab of the Job Setup dialog box. :

Select File>Job Setup and select a job and batch.
Open the Capture tab and select Separation>By Bar Code Zones settings.The Bar Code window will be displayed.
Select an existing bar code zone or define a new bar code zone. For information on drawing and selecting bar code zones, click here.
Click Zone Properties. The Bar Code Zone Setup dialog box will be displayed.
Under Separation, select the Create a new document radio button.
Check the Delete page option to delete the page containing the bar code that started the new document. For more information, click hereThis is important when inserts are used for the purpose of document separation and do not contain any significant information. The bar code, however, is still available for Document level indexing..
Fill in the Keep bar codes with mask and/or Minimum length field if you want to restrict document separation to a specific bar code value or mask.
Select Rotate based on bar code if you want to rotate all the pages in the document in the same orientation as the orientation of the bar code on the Document Header. Rotating the document based on bar code does not work when the bar code separator page is deleted. To view an example, click hereExample

Mask = “ER”9(8)”-“999 Minimum length = 14: Only bar code values with a length of 14 characters, starting with the string “ER” followed by eight numeric characters, a hyphen and three numeric characters start a new document.

For instance, the patient number bar code on the cover sheet of a folder starts a new document. The patient number can, in that case, also be used as a document index.. If a bar code in the same zone creates a batch with a certain value and a document with another value, two zones must be drawn on top of each other.
After entering your other settings, click OK to close the dialog box and return to the Bar Code window.
Click OK to save your settings and exit the Job Setup dialog box. Your new bar code zone for separating documents is now saved.

For special information about separating documents with color/grayscale scanning, click here.