Zone Pages Setup dialog box

By default, the bar code (OCR, mark detection) zone(s) will only be applied to the first page of a document. To read bar codes (extract text or check for marks) on additional pages use the Zone Page Setup dialog box to select a specific page or a range of pages. The Zone Page Setup dialog box is displayed by selecting the Select pages to apply for all zones icon located in the bottom right corner of the Bar Code, OCR and Mark Detection Job Setup dialog box. The Zone Pages Setup dialog box allows you to separately select the page or pages to apply the defined bar code, OCR and mark detection zones.

Pages to read OCR zones — used to select the page or pages to apply all the defined OCR zones. Multiple pages may be entered by separating the page numbers with commas “,”. For example, “3-8”. For each of the defined OCR zones, the specified page or pages will be checked for valid text. If valid text is found in the zone, the zone will be assigned the text read. Any valid text within the zone on a following page will replace any previous text that had been read.

If a document has less pages than the page entered, then the zone value will remain empty. For example, if a document has 6 pages and the pages to read is set to “8, 11-15”, the zone value will remain empty even if the first 6 pages contained valid text within the zone.

If you need to always read the value in the zone on the last page of the document and the document may contain a variable number of pages, the asterisk ‘*’ may be used to read every page of the document. The value read on the last page will be the final value assigned to the zone.

If the value on the last page is not readable or valid, then a valid value on a previous page will be assigned to the zone.

If the Pages to read Bar Code is empty, then none of the OCR zones will be read.

Pages to read Bar code — used to select the page or pages to apply all the defined bar code zones. Multiple pages may be entered by separating the page numbers with commas ‘,’.  For example, “1,2,5,6”.  A range of pages may be entered by entering the first page number, a dash ’-‘, and the last page number. For example, “3-8”. For each of the defined bar code zones, the specified page or pages will be checked for a valid bar code. If a valid bar code value is found in the zone, the zone will be assigned the bar code value read.  A valid bar code within the zone on a following page will replace any previous bar code values that have been read.

If a document has less pages than the page entered, then the zone value will remain empty.  For example, if a document has 6 pages and the pages to read is set to “8, 11-15”, the zone value will remain empty even if the first 6 pages contain one or more valid bar codes.

If you need to always read the value in the zone on the last page of document and the document may contain a variable number of pages, the asterisk ‘*’ may be used to read every page of the document. The value read on the last page will be the final value assigned to the zone.

If the value on the last page is not readable or valid, then a valid value on a previous page will be assigned to the zone.

If the Pages to read Bar Code field is empty then none of the bar codes zones will be read.

Pages to read OMR zones — specifying multiple pages for applying mark detection zones is rarely practical. If the mark detection zones are defined as “No Frame” then the last page specified in the page range will determine the value of the mark detection zone.  Even mark detection zones defined as containing a “Frame” may produce poor results.