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WARRANTY

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Card Scanning Solutions reserves the right to revise this publication, and to make changes in the content hereof from time to time without notification. Some countries or states in the

USA do not allow a disclaimer of express or implied warranties in certain transactions; if you are a resident of such country or state, this statement may not apply to you.

This publication may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors. Changes are made periodically to the information herein; these changes will be incorporated in new editions of the publication. Card Scanning Solutions may make improvements and/or changes in the products and/or the software described in this publication at any time.

NOTICE TO USER

This manual should not be construed as a representation or warranty with respect to the software named herein. Occasionally, changes or variations exist in the software that are not reflected in the manual. Generally, if such changes or variations are known to exist and to affect the product significantly, a release note or “read me” file accompanies the manual and/or the distributed software. In that event, be sure to read the release note or “read me” file before using the product.

PUBLICATION

The descriptions, specifications, design and procedures contained in this manual were effective at the time of publication of this manual. Card Scanning Solutions reserves the right to modify any of the above at any time without notice and without incurring obligations.

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Table of Contents 3

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Warranty......................................................................................................................................................................2

Notice to User .............................................................................................................................................................2

Publication ..................................................................................................................................................................2

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS .......................................................................................................................................................3

T ABLE OF F IGURES ...........................................................................................................................................................4

GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................................................5

B EFORE USING THE SCANNER .........................................................................................................................................5

M INIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ...............................................................................................................................5

C ONNECTING THE SCANNER ...........................................................................................................................................5

I NSTALLATION ..................................................................................................................................................................6

S TARTING THE P ROGRAM ...............................................................................................................................................6

U NINSTALL ........................................................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................................7

M AGNETIC STRIPS ............................................................................................................................................................7

T HE P ROGRAM I NTERFACE .............................................................................................................................................8

T HE MAIN SCREEN CONTROLS ........................................................................................................................................8

PROGRAM OPERATION ................................................................................................................................ 11

O VERVIEW .......................................................................................................................................................................11

S CANNING MODES ..........................................................................................................................................................12

Scanner support....................................................................................................................................................... 12

S CANNING A NEW DOCUMENT ......................................................................................................................................12

ID Data Scanning Mode ........................................................................................................................................ 12

Editing data.............................................................................................................................................................. 13

Custom fields - User defined fields ...................................................................................................................... 14

ID data saving.......................................................................................................................................................... 14

Business card and Check scanning mode ........................................................................................................... 15

General Document Mode....................................................................................................................................... 16 scanning modes – Document type combination................................................................................................. 16

Reading Passports................................................................................................................................................... 17

Magnetic strips........................................................................................................................................................ 18

ID C ARD AUTHENTICATION ..........................................................................................................................................20

To authenticate a card:.......................................................................................................................................... 20

Understanding the authentication status light ................................................................................................... 21

What to do when verification fails? ..................................................................................................................... 21

CONFIGURING THE PROGRAM ................................................................................................................ 22

A UTOMATION TAB ..........................................................................................................................................................23

Data Source.............................................................................................................................................................. 23

Scanner button assignment.................................................................................................................................... 24

Saving options.......................................................................................................................................................... 25

Image manual save ................................................................................................................................................. 25

Image auto save....................................................................................................................................................... 25

File Naming.............................................................................................................................................................. 26

Driver License images tab ..................................................................................................................................... 26

General documents images.................................................................................................................................... 27

L ICENSE T EXT E XPORT TAB .........................................................................................................................................28

Extract full image.................................................................................................................................................... 29

Extract face image to file ....................................................................................................................................... 29

Extract signature image to file.............................................................................................................................. 29

Export id data to web ............................................................................................................................................. 29

Extract ID data to a file ......................................................................................................................................... 29

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Append records: ...................................................................................................................................................... 31

OCR TEXT EXPORT TAB ................................................................................................................................................32

I MAGE TAB ......................................................................................................................................................................33

Text Stamp ................................................................................................................................................................ 35

Scanner Calibration................................................................................................................................................ 36

Cleaning the Scanner ............................................................................................................................................. 36

P RINTING – P RINT TAB ..................................................................................................................................................37

Image Print Size ...................................................................................................................................................... 37

L IVE U PDATE T AB ..........................................................................................................................................................39

APPENDIX A – SUPPORT ED STATES FOR DETECTION ................................................................. 41

APPENDIX B – SUPPORTED SCANNERS ................................................................................................ 45

APPENDIX C - MAINTAINING THE SCANNER .................................................................................... 46

C ALIBRATING THE SCANNER ........................................................................................................................................46

C LEANING THE SCANNER ..............................................................................................................................................46

APPENDIX D - MINIMIZED INTERFACE MODE & COMMAND-LINE SWITCHES ............. 47

U SING THE COMMAND LINE SWITCHES .......................................................................................................................47

R UNNING IN M INIMIZED I NTERFACE MODE ................................................................................................................47

APPENDIX E – FULL EXPORT FIELDS LIST......................................................................................... 50

TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Main Screen.............................................................................................................8

Figure 2: ID Data (basic mode).............................................................................................13

Figure 3: Cusotm fields creation window.............................................................................14

Figure 4: Business Card data window ..................................................................................15

Figure 5: Check data window ...............................................................................................15

Figure 7: Document type indication in the status bar ...........................................................17

Figure 8: ScanShell 1000, ID placing ...................................................................................17

Figure 9: The placing of a passport.......................................................................................18

Figure 10: Scanner configuration panel................................................................................22

Figure 11: Scanshell 1000 button configuration...................................................................24

Figure 12: File naming configuration – Driver license.........................................................26

Figure 13: File naming configuration – General documents ................................................27

Figure 14: Scanner configuration panel - License data processing tab ................................28

Figure 15: Scanner configuration panel – OCR TEXT EXPORT tab ..................................32

Figure 16: Scanner configuration panel – Image tab ............................................................33

Figure 17: Document Measurements ....................................................................................34

Figure 18: Text stamp configuration window.......................................................................36

Figure 19: Scanner configuration panel – Print tab ..............................................................37

Figure 20: Print custom fields dialog....................................................................................38

Figure 21: Live Update tab ...................................................................................................39

Figure 22: Live Update user details ......................................................................................40

Figure 23: Main screen in minimized mode .........................................................................48

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1. GETTING STARTED

BEFORE USING THE SCANNER

The application has been carefully packaged to avoid damage during transportation. Before operating the scanner, please remove the packaging materials. After removing the packaging materials, you will find the following:

§ ScanShell scanner

§ CD of the application

§ USB interface cable

§ User license card

§ Calibration card (only with ScanShell 800/800N)

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

The minimum system requirements are:

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Pentium III with 128MB

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Win 98 Second Edition or higher

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USB port

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15 MB free storage space

CONNECTING THE SCANNER

The scanner is connected to the computer via the USB port. To connect the reader, do the following:

§ Place the scanner on a flat, firm, solid surface with easy access.

§ Plug the USB interface cable into the USB port of the computer

§ After the Add new hardware wizard dialog box appears, click Next until you are asked to set the driver for the reader. You’ll find the driver on the Installation CD at:

<CD ROM drive>:\Scanner Driver\ScanShell800 (for scanner model

ScanShel800)

<CD ROM drive>:\Scanner Driver\ScanShell800N (for scanner model

ScanShel800N)

<CD ROM drive>:\Scanner Driver\ScanShell1000 (for scanner model

ScanShel1000)

<CD ROM drive>:\Scanner Driver\MagShell900 (for magnetic reader model MagShel900)

After you specify the driver, click Next until the installation is complete.

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INSTALLATION

To install the software on the computer, do the following:

1. Close all programs.

2. Insert the CD into the CD ROM drive.

3. Wait until the install program begins and follow the instructions on the screen.

4. If the install program does not automatically start, click the My Computer icon on the desktop and then select the CD ROM drive.

5. Double click on the Setup program.

Once the Setup program starts, select the application name from the left list and click on the

Setup icon. Enter your license key number when prompt, and follow the instructions.

STARTING THE PROGRAM

The very first time you start the program after installation, you will be prompted to enter your registration key. You'll find your registration key sticker on the box of your ScanShell scanner.

On the first time you start the program, you will also be prompted to check for new updates. Click Yes to let the program check for updates (make sure you are connected to the Internet at that time), or No to skip the update check and proceed to the program's main screen.

If you click yes , the program will check for updates. If updates are found, you will be prompted to confirm download and installation. If you confirm, the program will download the most recent updates and install them automatically.

UNINSTALL

To uninstall the software, open the Add-Remove Program control panel. Select the

Application icon and click on Add/Remove. Follow the uninstall instructions until the operation is completed.

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Introduction

2. INTRODUCTION

IdScan scans various ID documents such as driver licenses and passports, and extracts the textual information as well as the document image into an external file, clipboard or third party software.

In addition, IdScan is capable of reading magnetic strips. With an outstanding card scanning and processing speed of up to 4 seconds per card, combined with a powerful OCR businesses, and third party kiosk applications.

When using the automatic page-feed detection, idScan launches the scan job immediately upon the insertion of a document into the ScanShell 800 scanner. In the ScanShell 1000, the scan job is initiated by pressing any of the scanner buttons. The image is scanned and saved to the hard disk in a predefined color scheme, resolution, and scanning area, in a userdefined format (BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TIFF, TGA, PSD). The scanned image can also be rotated automatically, using predefined angles to obtain the proper orientation. idScan offers three naming conventions to the saved images: fixed name, ascending numerator name, and naming according to the customer name as extracted from the ID card.

Full automation of the scan process allows the user to chain- feed the media to the Scanshell

800 scanner while image processing takes place in the background.

The ScanShell 800 scanner is capable of scanning any photo media due to its powerful scanning engine – including paper photos, ID cards, and even rigid plastic credit cards.

The ScanShell 1000 scanner is designed for Passport reading but can also scan any 3" x 5" or smaller document including ID cards.

MAGNETIC STRIPS

If a magnetic reader such as magshell 900 is connected to the computer, idScan can read the magnetic strip of ID documents, and extracts the textual information stored on it into a file or the clipboard.

When reading magnetic strips, idScan starts analyzing the data on the magnetic strip as soon as the document is swiped, and the data is saved in a text file. In magnetic reading mode, idScan offers three naming conventions to the saved text data:

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Fixed file name

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Ascending numerator name (i.e. Card-0.txt, Card-1.txt, Card-2.txt…)

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Naming according to the customer name or ID Number, as extracted from the ID card.

Full automation of the process allows the user to chain- feed documents to the MagShell reader while processing takes place in the background.

The MagShell readers are capable of reading any AAMVA and ISO compliant Driver

License with a magnetic strip.

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THE PROGRAM INTERFACE

The following figure shows the application main screen:

Figure 1 : Main Screen

THE MAIN SCREEN CONTROLS

Always on Top : Toggles the application window between normal mode and always-on-top mode.

Help : Shows this document.

Print Preview : Shows the scanned image and the data before printing.

Print : Prints the scanned image and the data.

Toggle Toolbar : Minimizes the application screen to display only a toolbar with the application controls, and restores the full application screen again. off.

Card Insertion Auto-Detect : Set the automatic detection of card insertion on and

Live Update : Updates your software with the most recent version, using the

Internet.

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Category: Toggles between the available scanning modes according to document type and the scanner used, and sets the source for data detection accordingly. For more information on idScan scanning modes please see Program

Operation, page 11 .

Driver’s license country : Sets the card issuing country and state to be used for the OCR recognition temp late. In the case of the US only, you can select ‘Auto Detect’ (top of the list), which will enable the Driver license/business card option in the 'Category' field, or select a state manually from the state list.

To select a country/state: Click on the arrow, and move the cursor over the desired region/country/ state in the popup menus that open.

Rotate Image : Rotates the image 90 degrees clockwise. This allows you to control the image orientation prior to saving.

Zoom Image : Click to enlarge the image for better reading.

Scan Image : Starts the image scan if using manual scan and the image source is set to scanner. Otherwise, activates the FILE OPEN dialog.

Note: ‘Toggle to file’ is possible only if a scanner is physically connected to the PC, or if the license key used is a temporary key.

Toggle Image Source : Sets the input image source to Scanner

(ScanShell 800 or ScanShell 1000), Magnetic Strip, or an image file on the hard disk.

Scanner Connection : A green light indicates that the scanne r is connected to the PC. A red light indicates that no scanner was found.

Delete Image : Deletes the scanned image. This gives you a way to control the image prior to saving.

Save to File : Active only in manual save mode: Opens the SAVE AS dialog if file saving is enabled, or saves the file to the clipboard.

Toggle Image Output : Active only in manual save mode: Sets the output destination to file or clipboard.

Card Verification : Activates the verification function.

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Toggle reference : Sets the reference source for card verification

Open OCR View : Opens extracted text view.

Open Configuration Dialog : Opens the configuration dialog screen in which all the application behavior can be set.

Exit / End of Scan : Used to close the application or to save the current image

(used in automatic save mode only).

Background Save Progress (Status bar): Shows the background saving progress (used in automatic save mode only).

FTP Progress (Status bar): Shows the progress of FTP Export

Detected State (Status bar): Displays the detected state when

State Auto Detect is selected.

Device connection indicator

Red – device is not connected

Green – device is connected

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Program Operation - Overview

3. PROGRAM OPERATION

OVERVIEW

idScan operation can be divided into six main operation categories:

1. Scanning and Image import

2. Saving and exporting data and images

3. Magnetic Strip reading

4. Extracted text manipulation and export

5. ID card Verification

6. Setting Image formats and other parameters

Image scanning and import – Images can be imported from two sources: from a scanner

(ScanShell 1000 or ScanShell 800) or from an existing image file. When using the

ScanShell 800 scanner as input source, you can choose between two operating modes: manual scan, i.e. each scan starts when the user places the card in the scanner and clicks on the Scan button, or auto-scan, i.e. the scan starts automatically when the user inserts the card into the scanner. When using the ScanShell 1000 scanner, the scan starts as soon as one of the silver buttons on the scanner is pressed.

The text information in the imported image is extracted using one of two methods: Optical

Character Recognition (OCR), in which the text is extracted directly from the scanned image, and Barcode reading, which extracts the data from a Barcode image. In both cases images are either scanned by the scanner or opened from a file.

Image export – Images can be exported to one of two destinations: An image file and the clipboard. When saving to an image file, the application offers two operating modes: manual save, i.e. the user clicks on the Save button to save the image using the Save As dialog box, and auto-save, i.e. the image is automatically saved to a predefined destination folder.

Magnetic Strip Detection - Available when a magnetic strip reader is connected to the computer and indicated in the idScan application as the data source.

Extracted text export - Saves the detected text from the card / passport (name, ID number, address, etc.) to a user-defined text file. The text is saved in records format of one record per line. The fields are separated by user defined separator characters.

ID Verification – Verification of the ID card authenticity by comparing two data sources, such as OCR and Barcode, OCR and magnetic strip information, etc.

Image format - Defines the way the input image is scanned (color scheme, resolutions, scan size) and saving format (BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TIFF, TGA, PSD).

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SCANNING MODES idScan has several scanning modes, available according to the scanner used.

SCANNER SUPPORT

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Magshell scanners (magnetic readers): Support Driver License and General Document modes (if the documents have magnetic strips). General document (in magnetic mode) extracts data from magnetic strips of general document (e.g., credit cards) and displays the text data as-is.

ScanShell800N: Supports barcode, business card and general non-OCR reading.

ScanShell800\1000: Support all modes as follows:

Driver License

Business card

Barcode

Passport

2D barcode – extract the data form 2D barcodes

1D barcode – extract the data form 1D barcodes

Checks

SCANNING A NEW DOCUMENT

To scan a new document, just feed the document into the scanner. If the scanner is set to automatic scan mode, the scanner will start scanning the card automatically. In manual scan mode, the scanner starts scanning when you click on the Scan button in the main screen.

See Paper auto detection page 23 . Once the scan is complete, the program will process the image. The scanned image and data will be saved according to the settings you specified in the configuration panel.

ID DATA SCANNING MODE

1. To scan a document in ID data scanning mode, select one of the following categories: s Driver License ID, Business card s Driver License ID s Passport s 2D Barcode s 1D Barcode

2. Scan the ID document using either auto detect or manual scanning mode.

3. After scanning and processing an ID card in one of the categories above, you can review the text data by opening the ID Data window. To open the ID Data window, press the OCR button on the main screen.

The ID Data window shows the data retrieved either by OCR (Optical Character

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Recognition) from a scanned image, from the scanned image Barcode, or from the document magnetic strip if a magnetic reader was used. The extraction method used depends on the selected category. Irrelevant fields are disabled (depending on the state). The data displayed in the ID Data window can be reviewed and edited. Once a new ID card is scanned, this data is transferred to a text file (if this option is enabled).

Figure 2 : ID Data (basic mode)

The ID Data window can be viewed in three modes:

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Basic mode : Only the most important data is displayed.

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Detailed mode : Displays all the data on the card (click on the Details button).

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Custom mode : lets you add custom, user-defined fields and data (click on the

Custom button), see Custom fields - User defined fields in the next page.

You can toggle between the three modes using the Basic / Details / Custom buttons at the bottom of the ID Data window.

EDITING DATA

You can edit data in the fields of the ID data window. Note that the changes you make will be saved.

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State: Select the card- issuing state manually from the dropdown list, or, in the case of the

US, let the program detect the state automatically (By selecting 'United state (auto detect) at the top of the countries list.

CUSTOM FIELDS - USER DEFINED FIELDS

Custom fields can be useful for creating badges and other purposes.

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Click on the 'OCR' button at the bottom left of the main screen.

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Click on the 'Details' button at the bottom left of the window that opens.

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Click on the 'Custom' button at the bottom left of the window that opens.

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Click on the 'Labels' button at the bottom of the window that opens to create a label for the field.

Figure 3 : Cusotm fields creation window

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Click 'Add' and type in a name for the field.

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Repeat the process to create additional fields.

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Click OK. You will find new fields in the Custom fields' window. You can now type values or data into the field.

Editing and deleting custom fields

Repeat the process above. After the 'Add' window opens, select a label and click 'Edit' to change the field's name, or 'Remove' to remove it. When you are done, click OK.

ID DATA SAVING

Text data saving options are controlled from the configuration panel ‘Data Extraction’ tab.

See ‘License Text Export tab’ page 28 .

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BUSINESS CARD AND CHECK SCANNING MODE

Business card and check scanning modes work in the same way as described above.

However the data window that opens when clicking on the OCR button is different:

Figure 4 : Business Card data window

Figure 5 : Check data window

As in all other data windows, you can edit data in the fields, and your changes will be saved to the data file.

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GENERAL DOCUMENT MODE

The General Document Mode lets you scan a general document type and extract its text data. The data window displays the extracted text in raw format (not in fields). The data cannot be edited, however you can control the font used to display the data by clicking on the Fonts button and adjusting font parameters.

Figure 6 : General Document data window

In General Document scanning mode, both sides of a document can be scanned. Use the

A/B button at the button of the window to view the two document sides.

SCANNING MODES – DOCUMENT TYPE COMBINATION

Categories with combined document type perform the scan expecting the first document type specified in the category. If the data extracted does not match the first document type pattern, idScan switches to the other document type specified in the category.

For example:

Driver license ID/Business card: In this mode, ScanShell scans a document assuming that the document is a driver license. If it is indeed a driver license, the process shows the license details (and exports the data). If the document is not a driver license, ScanShell switches automatically to business card mode and attempts to process the scanned card as a business card. The progress of this process can be followed in the status bar at the bottom of the screen, which also indicates whether the card is being processed as a driver license or a business card.

Clicking the OCR button will open an appropriate window according to the document type detected; driver license details for scanned driver licenses and business card details if the document scanned was a business card.

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Note: This option is only available if the United State (auto detection) option is selected in the

'State' field!

Figure 7 : Document type indication in the status bar

READING PASSPORTS

Passports can only be scanned with the ScanShell 1000 scanner. This scanner was designed specifically for reading / scanning passport; however, it can also be used for ID / Driver

License reading / scanning.

Both Passport and ID cards should be placed on the glass of the scanner with the side to be scanned facing the glass.

When scanning ID cards, they should be placed on the top right corner as shown in the figure below.

Figure 8 : ScanShell 1000, ID placing

When scanning a passport, the entire glass surface (3" X 5") is being scanned unless the idScan software is configured to scan only the data lines of the passport.

The proper way to scan a passport is to put the information page (the page that includes the person picture) facing down on the glass, and the data lines (the lines at the bottom of the page) against the plastic frame closer to the ScanShell 1000 logo as shown below.

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Figure 9 : The placing of a passport

While using the Scanshel 1000, you can assign a specific document category to each of the scanner buttons, see Scanner button assignment, page 24. Once assigned, pressing one of the scanner buttons will initiate a scan in the assigned scanning mode.

MAGNETIC STRIPS

Reading magnetic strips works in much the same way. The data is extracted as soon as you swipe a card through the magnetic reader.

Extracted text

The Extracted text can be saved in two ways:

1. Each record in its own text file.

2. Each record appended to the last record at a new line in the same text file.

Text file naming in auto save mode - Allows the user to choose between three types of file names:

1. Ascending file name (e.g. MyData-0.txt, MyData-01txt, MyData-02txt…).

2. Fixed file name: Each record will be saved with the same file name, either overwriting the previous file, or appending the new record as a new line in the same txt file according to user definition.

3. Person’s name or ID number (as extracted form the magnetic strip) - The text file name can be saved either under the name of the person or under the ID number in the data record.

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Text File Delimiters, the delimiters are simply a way to indicate to the user or third party application, where each field starts and stops. IdScan allows three types of delimiters:

1. Comma delimiter: Each field is separated by a comma and looks as follows: ("DL number, First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Address, City, State, Zip, Expire,

DOB, Class, Eyes, Hair, Sex, Weight, Height, Restrictions, Endorsements").

2. Tab delimited: Each field is separated by a tab and looks as follows:

("DL number First Name Middle Name Last Name

Address

Class

Height

City

Eyes

Restrictions

State

Hair

Zip

Sex

Endorsements").

Expire DOB

Weight

3. Custom character delimiter: Each field is separated by a user defined character; for example, the character "~" will look as follows: ("DL number~ First Name~ Middle

Name~ Last Name~ Address~ City~ State~ Zip~ Expire~ DOB~ Class~ Eyes~

Hair~ Sex~ Weight~ Height~ Restrictions~ Endorsements").

MagShell 900 Reader Operation

When the reader is in standby and ready to be used, it should have a steady green light indicator. The reading of a driver license can be done from right to left or left to right (the reader is bi directional). The magnetic strip should be down and facing the green light.

When the reading is successful the light will turn off for a second and one beep will sound.

If the reading is unsuccessful the light will dim and several beeps will sound.

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ID CARD AUTHENTICATION

Use this option to check if the card you scan is genuine.

IdScanPro will scan the data on the card using OCR, and then compare it to data from a second source on the card, either the barcode or the magnetic strip (if available). If the data from the sources match, the card is genuine. Else, the card is either faked, one of the data sources on the card is corrupted.

TO AUTHENTICATE A CARD:

1. Select Record -> New Record from the menu bar or click on the New Record button from tool bar.

2. The New Record Screen will appear.

3. Select a state from the State dropdown list or use the State Detect option (for OCR).

You are advised to select the state manually, because if the state is not recognized for some reason, you’ll have to repeat the process. You can also select a state from the quick state selection buttons, if you have predefined them. (To set a button for the desired state, right-click on the button. Select the desired state from the list.

After you release the mouse button, you’ll notice that the button name has been changed to the state you selected).

4. Use the popup menu of the card authentication button to select a second card data source (barcode or magnetic strip), which will be used for comparison the OCR results.

5. Click on the Card Authentication button to start the authentication (When the authentication process is active, the icon on the button will flash, if it’s not active it will be black) with

6. Place the ID card in scanner.

If you are not using the Auto detect card insertion option: Click on the Scan button to scan the data source (This scan will be saved to the database if you will save the record).

If you are using the AutoDetect card insertion mode, just insert the card into the scanner

7. IdScan will scan the card, and than prompt you to scan the card a second time.

Insert the card again in the scanner/reader and repeat the steps above.

8. If the data from the two sources on the card matched, the icon on the authentication button will be green. If it did not match, the icon will be red, which means the card is not in order, (either faked, or one of the data sources on the card is corrupted.

9. Press OK to save the record to database. two or

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UNDERSTANDING THE AU THENTICATION STATUS LIGHT

The status light provides indications for the authentication process, as follows:

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Solid black color, the authentication function is not activated.

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Solid brown color, the authentication function is activated and waits for the reference scan or swipe.

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Flashing brown light, the reference scan or swipe has been successful, waits for the scan of the source.

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Solid green color - the source was scanned successfully and the authentication is successful (the data of the two sources match).

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Solid red color - the source was scanned badly or the authentication is failed (the data of the two sources don’t match).

WHAT TO DO WHEN VERIFICATION FAILS?

If the status light remains solid red after the reference scan or swipe, it means that the data from the two sources don’t match. He reason can be one of the following:

1. The card could be faked

2. Bad reading of either one of the source

3. Corruption of one of the data sources.

If verification fails, you can try the following:

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Make sure the current (US) State box is set to the correct state of the driver license.

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Try authenticating the card again.

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Configuring the Program

4. CONFIGURING THE PROGRAM

Before you start scanning, it would be a good idea to configure the program’s scanning and file saving options. Click on the ‘Open configuration screen’ button in the main screen (see figure 1 page 8 ). The following configuration panel will be displayed:

Figure 10: Scanner configuration panel

The configuration panel first tab is the Automation tab. Here you can set various parameters of scanning and saving data and images. The Automation tab consists of three main sections:

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Data source

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Manual file save

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Auto file save

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AUTOMATION TAB

DATA SOURCE

The Data Source section determines the data input source: Scanners, magnetic strip or image file.

Checking the ‘Scanner’ option does the following:

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Sets the scanner as the input image device.

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Sets the Scan button icon to a scanner image in the main screen.

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Enables the lower checkbox, titled ‘Paper auto detection’.

Checking the ‘Image File’ option does the following:

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Sets the image source as a local image file from the hard disk.

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Sets the Scan button icon to an ‘Open file’ image in the main screen.

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Disables the lower checkbox, titled ‘Paper auto detection’.

Checking the ‘Magnetic Strip’ option does the following:

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Sets the Magnetic Strip Reader as the input device.

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Sets the Scan button icon to a magnetic strip card image in the main screen.

Disables the lower checkbox, titled ‘Paper auto detection’.

Checking the 'Automatic scan size' option does the following:

(This feature is available only if the ScanShell800\N scanner is connected!)

It allows for scanning undefined document sizes and continuous scan of the full length of the document. Once the scan is complete, the image is cropped automatically to its proper size. This feature is useful for scanning different documents of different sizes.

Paper auto detection - Checking this option will cause the scanner (ScanShell 800) to auto-detect document insertion and start the scanning and saving process automatically.

When using the ScanShell 1000 scanner, any of the scanner buttons can be pressed to start the scan.

If the ‘Paper auto detection’ is unchecked, the scanner starts scanning when you click on the Scan button in the main screen.

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SCANNER BUTTON ASSIGNMENT

If you use the Scanshell 1000 scanner, clicking the 'Scanner button assignment' will open the following window, allowing you to assign specific document category to each of the scanner buttons.

Figure 11: Scanshell 1000 button configuration

To configure the Scanshell 1000 buttons:

§ Select a document type from the dropdown list of the desired scanner button. Note that an arrow is marking the corresponding button in the picture.

§ Click OK.

§ Repeat the selection for the other buttons.

Note: The scanner button assignment option is available only if auto-detection is enabled.

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SAVING OPTIONS

Once an image is imported, it can be saved to a file or to the clipboard. Images can be saved in two ways:

Manual save: The image is saved to the hard disk or to the clipboard as soon as the user clicks on the Save button or immediately after the scanning, depending on user settings.

Automatic save: The image is saved to the hard disk in a predefined directory. Saving can be performed as soon as scanning is complete, or when the next card scanning starts.

IMAGE MANUAL SAVE

The scanned image can be saved manually either to a file on the hard disk, or to the clipboard. You select the file destination as follows:

Save to clipboard: To save the scanned image to the clipboard, check the ‘Save to

clipboard’ checkbox (See Figure 2 page 11 ).

Note that the Save button in the main screen now displays a clipboard icon.

Save to file: To save the scanned image to a file, check the ‘Save to file’ checkbox (See

Figure 2 page 11 ).

Note that the Save button in the main screen now displays a diskette icon.

Scan scheme : Select the desired saving scheme (single side, double side or two sides on the same image. If the later is selected, you can specify the image layout by clicking on the orientation button (Side A above B or B above A).

Default save type : Once Save to File is selected, you can set the default file format in which the file will be saved, by using the Default save type dropdown list. idScan supports seven image file formats: BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TIFF, TGA, PSD.

IMAGE AUTO SAVE

Image auto save is particularly useful for large batch scanning jobs. This option enables chain- feeding the scanner while image saving is done automatically without user interference.

Scan scheme : Select the desired saving scheme (single side, double sided, or two sides on the same image. If the later is selected, you can specify the image layout by clicking on the orientation button (Side A above B or B above A).

Save immediately after scan - Checking the checkbox titled ‘Save immediately after scan’ will save the image and data immediately after the scan is done.

If the ‘Save immediately after scan’ checkbox is unchecked, the saving will occur on the next scan job (in the automatic saving option) or when the user clicks on the Save button (in the manual saving option).

Once the ‘Auto save’ checkbox is checked, the ‘File naming and type’ button is enabled, and clicking on it opens the ‘AutoSave file naming’ configuration dialog:

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FILE NAMING

Clicking on the ‘File naming and type’ button will take you to the following configuration screen:

Figure 12: File naming configuration – Driver license

This dialog sets the naming properties of the automatically saved image files. The file destination folder can be typed into the ‘File Path’, or selected by clicking the File Path button. In the window that opens you can navigate to the directory in which you want to save the files. The file format may be one of seven supported formats (BMP, JPG, PCX,

PNG, TIFF, TGA, PSD). You determine the file format in which the images will be saved by selecting the format extension in the ‘File Extension’ combo box. The file name is determined by the ‘Saving Types’ radio buttons as follows:

DRIVER LICENSE IMAGES TAB

Use this tab to specify driver license saving options.

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Save to ascending file name: The software will create a new file name for each saved file, based on a combination of the ‘Base File Name’ and the ‘Name Index’ that determines the value by which the index is increased for each file.

For example, if the ‘Base Name’ is set to IMAGE and the ‘Name Index’ is set to 1, the first saved file name will be IMAGE1.BMP, the second saved file name will be

IMAGE2.BMP, etc.

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Save to a fixed file name: This method saves the image to a fixed file name based on the value in ‘Base Name’. Each new scan saves a new image file that is written over the previous scanned image file.

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Use file time stamp as file name: The image is named with the current time and date.

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Save to a file name using extracted data from ID: The image file name is based on the value of a selected field. Currently, the only option is to use the NAME field from the ID card. Accordingly, if the ID card belongs to JOHN SMITH, the saved file name will be JOHN SMITH.BMP.

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File name: Type in a name and select the start number with which the files are automatically numbered. Select the graphic file type to use .Click on brows button left of the path field, to specify a path for the saved files.

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When you are done, click Apply .

GENERAL DOCUMENTS IMAGES

Use this tab to specify general documents saving options, see the paragraph above for explanations.

Figure 13: File naming configuration – General documents

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LICENSE TEXT EXPORT TAB

Figure 14: Scanner configuration panel - License data processing tab

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Extract full image : extracts the complete ID card image and saves it as a separate file.

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Extract face image: Isolates the face image rectangle from the ID card image and saves it as a separate file.

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Extract signature image to file : Isolates the signature image rectangle from the ID card image and saves it as a separate file.

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Export id data to web: Export the scanned card data to a predefined web address according to the settings in the data.txt file.

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Extract ID data to a file : Extracts the textual information from the ID card image and saves it to a text file.

To activate these features, select the ‘License text export’ tab in the configuration panel, and check the appropriate checkboxes.

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EXTRACT FULL IMAGE

The full card image is extracted from the ID image and saved to a file. The face image is saved under the ID image name (e.g. c:/images/ID-1.bm). To find out more about file naming methods, see the Image manual save and Image auto-save sections on page 25 .

EXTRACT FACE IMAGE TO FILE

The face image rectangle is extracted from the ID image and saved to a file. The face image is saved under the ID image name with the .Face extension (e.g. if the card image name is

c:/images/ID-1.bmp, the face image is saved as c:/images/ID-1-Face.bmp). To find out more about file naming methods, see the Image manual save and Image auto-save sections on page 25 . The saved face image has the same properties as the ID card image (color scheme, resolution and file type).

To activate this feature, check the checkbox titled Extract face image to file.

EXTRACT SIGNATURE IM AGE TO FILE

The signature image rectangle is extracted from the ID image and saved to a file. The signature image is saved under the ID image name with the Sig extension, e.g. if the card image name is c:/images/ID-1.bmp, the signature image is saved as c:/images/ID-1-

Sig.bmp). The saved signature image has the same properties as the ID card image (color scheme, resolution and file type).

To activate this feature, check the checkbox titled Extract signature image to file.

Note: The signature extraction feature is currently not supported by all the states. Appendix A shows the states that support signature extraction.

Using the signature extraction feature in documents of states that do not support it yields no result.

EXPORT ID DATA TO WEB

If you select this option, the scanned card data is exported automatically to a predefined web address, according to the settings in the data.txt file, located in the application (.exe file) directory.

EXTRACT ID DATA TO A FILE

The textual data is extracted from the ID image and saved to a user-selected text file. The data is organized in fields in a constant order separated by a unique character. The field separating character can be any of the following:

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Comma character “,” (default).

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Tab character.

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Custom-defined character: any single character from the keyboard.

Each ID scan (record) is organized in a single line. Each record has the following organizational order:

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ID number, License number, Name, Address, City, State, Zip, Issue date, Expiry date, Birth date, Sex, License class, Social security, ID image file name, First name, Middle name,

Last name, Name suffix, Scan time, Scan date, Text line1, Text line2, Text line3.

Note: For a full list of exported fields please see Appendix E – Full Export Fields List, page 50.

Document type export strings

The document type is specified in the exported text file with the following (exact) strings:

§ When scanning driver licenses using OCR, the last fields will contain the string:

"Driver license (ocr)"

§ When scanning driver licenses using barcode, the last fields will contain the string:

"Driver license (barcode)"

§ When scanning driver licenses using a magnetic reader, the last fields will contain the string: "Driver license (mag)"

§ When scanning passports using OCR, the last fields will contain the string:

"Passport (ocr)"

§ When scanning business cards using OCR, the last fields will contain the string:

"Business card (ocr)"

Notes:

4. If a specific field is not supported in the current state, its corresponding value is empty.

5. ID number and License number have the same value in the US.

6. ID image file name holds the full path and name of the ID card image file.

7. First name, Middle name, Last name, Name suffix fields are generated by parsing the Name field and not directly from the cards.

8. Text lines 1-3 are extracted only for Chile driver licenses. These data fields are not extracted for other states or countries.

Important! This order is guaranteed to remain in this format in future versions of idScan. However, this list may expand in the future to include additional fields, as more states are supported.

These new fields will be added to the end of the list.

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APPEND RECORDS:

The records can be written to the text file in two ways:

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Appending mode : In this mode, each new record is appended to the end of the text as a new text line. To activate this mode, check the checkbox titled Append

Records.

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Single record mode : In this mode, each new record overwrites the previous record; thus the text file always contains a single record. To activate this mode, uncheck the box titled Append Records.

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OCR TEXT EXPORT TAB

Figure 15: Scanner configuration panel – OCR TEXT EXPORT tab

By checking the checkbox, text extracted from the scanned card will be saved to a text file, which will have the same name as the image file (ending with the .txt extension), and which will be placed in the directory where the image files are saved.

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IMAGE TAB

The Image tab lets you set various image scanning parameters as follows:

Figure 16: Scanner configuration panel – Image tab

Document size: The document size determines the size of the scanned area. This area is defined by the width and height values, as shown in Figure 11 below using the

ScanShell800 scanner:

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Height

Width

Figure 17: Document Measurements

Passport size - the drop-down list offers the following options:

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Full size (3"x5") Scan the full size of the document

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Data section only – Scan only the data section of the document.

Driver License size - offers the following options:

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ID card (landscape)

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ID card (portrait)

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Photo size (3” x 5”)

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Large Photo size (4” x 6”)

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Custom size: offers variable scan size from (1.85” x 2”) to (4.1” x 9”) (W x H). If selected, the Custom button becomes available, allowing you to define the scanning area.

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Autodetect size – the application will attempt to detect the document size automatically.

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MRZ section only – applicable to European documents. If selected, only the 2-3

MRZ lines at the bottom of the document are scanned.

Note: If the scan size is smaller than the actual document, the image will be cropped to the size defined by the scan size.

Color Scheme: Color scheme defines the number of colors used to display the image. In general, the higher the number of colors, the better and clearer is the image. Ho wever, please bear in mind that more colors result in a larger file size. idScan offers the following color schemes:

True color: 24-bit color image

256 colors: 8-bit color image

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256 shades of gray: 8-bit gray image

Black and white: 1-bit image

As mentioned above, more colors mean larger image file size. The relation between color scheme and file size can be defined approximated as follows:

File size = 2 number of bits

Accordingly, if a certain document scanned in black and white format produces a file of

50KB, the same document produces an image file of 400KB when scanned in 256 colors

(or gray scale), and 1.2 MB for true color.

Resolution: The resolution parameter defines how vividly the image will be displayed. In general, an image that is scanned in higher resolution shows more details of the original document image. However, as with the color scheme – higher resolution means larger image file size. idScan supports scanning resolutions in the range of 50 dpi to 600 dpi, in increments of 10 dpi. idScan calc ulates the approximate file size for bitmap format based on the current document size, color scheme and resolution. The result is displayed under ‘Image dimensions and size’.

JPEG Quality: Sets the image quality when saving in JPEG format. This value range can be between 11 and 100. 100 represents the best image quality, but would also result in the biggest file size.

TEXT STAMP

The text stamp window allows you to add an automatic text stamp to the scanned image.

This window lets you insert a text string and control various text parameters.

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Figure 18: Text stamp configuration window

SCANNER CALIBRATION

With time, the scanner colors detection tends to change to incorrect values. This phenomenon affects the text detection accuracy as well as the resulted image quality. For detailed instructions on how to clean the scanner, see Appendix C - Maintaining the

scanner, page 46.

CLEANING THE SCANNER

Cleaning the scanner from time to time to improves the scan quality. For detailed instructions on how to clean the scanner, see Appendix C - Maintaining the scanner, page

46.

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PRINTING – PRINT TAB

IMAGE PRINT SIZE

Surprisingly, the printed image size depends very much on the graphic program used. In some low-end graphic applications (such as Microsoft Paint that comes with Windows), the printed image size depends on the image resolution. The more dpi – the larger the image size that will be printed. To get a properly printed image size, use a more professional graphic package (such as Adobe Photoshop) that prints the image in the correct dimensions regardless of the image dpi.

The Print tab has the following options :

Figure 19: Scanner configuration panel – Print tab

Image size as percent of actual size : Reduces / enlarges the image size from 50% to 200% of the actual document size. Selecting the default (100%) prints the image the same size as the document.

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Print data from driver’s license card: Places the data from the card under the card image.

The printed image and data fields can be selected using the appropriate check boxes.

Printing Font : Select the desired printing font parameters.

Printing custom fields : Allows you to print custom, user defined fields. This is useful for creating badges and for other purposes. Custom fields can be added in the OCR window,

see Custom fields - User defined fields, page 14. This is useful to print badges.

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Click on the 'Print custom fields' button.

Figure 20: Print custom fields dialog

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Select the fields you want to print.

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Select Print label and data or Print data only.

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If you check the 'Clear custom fields' your custom fields will be deleted after printing (useful for a one-time extra marking of records).

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Click OK.

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LIVE UPDATE TAB

Live Update checks for updates whenever you are connected to the Internet, and updates your program automatically with the most recent version of your program available.

Note: If you don’t configure your software for automatic Live Update, you can still update it manually using the Live Update button in the main screen.

To use the automatic Live Update feature, go to the Live Update tab in the configuration screen:

Figure 21: Live Update tab

1. Check the Live Update checkbox.

2. Choose the updating frequency: a. Every time the program is started (providing you are connected to the

Internet) b. At preset times; Use the combo boxes to specify the updating frequency.

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3. Click on the ‘Set User Data’ button.

ABC12345 jfk80DD

Figure 22: Live Update user details

4. Fill in your details.

Note: License, Email and company are obligatory and must be filled in.

5. Click ‘OK’.

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5. APPENDIX A – SUPPORTED STATES FOR DETECTION

The following table lists the countries and states supported by idScan. This list will be updated in each new version release of idScan.

Region

Name

USA

Regio n ID

Country Name Count ry ID

Document Name

0 Alabama 0 USA

Alaska

Arizona

Docum ent ID

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Washington D.C.

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

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1 Canada

CHILE

Mexico

Brazil

Bermuda

Bahamas

Costa Rica

Peru

Puerto Rico

Canada

America

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Hawaii

Permanent Resident

(Green Card)

USA Army

Social Security Card

NY Police department

Matricula consular

(Mexican Id)

3 Ontario

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland

North West Territories

Nova Scotia

Saskatchewan

Canadian Citizen ID

Quebec

4 Chile - DL + National ID

6 Driver license, identity card & voter card

8 Brazil

13 Bermuda driver license

21 Bahamas driver license

28 Costa Rica identity card

29 Driver license and identity card

30 Driver license and

1079

100

130

170

250

320

330

340

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Europe

Australia

Nicaragua

Guatemala

El Salvador

Bolivia

3 France

United

Kingdom and

Ireland

Israel

Germany

Spain

Romania

Norway

Holland

Luxemburg

Lithuania

Switzerland

Sweden

Italy

Turkey

Poland

Portugal

Bosnia

Hungary

Ireland

Serbia

4 Australia

Austria

Russia identity card

32 Driver license and identity card

33 Driver license and identity card

34 Driver license and identity card

60 Passports

5 France

7 United Kingdom and

Ireland

9 Driver license

10 Driver license

Identity card

11 Spain

12 Romania

15 Driver license

17 Holland

18 Luxemburg

19 Lithuania

20 Switzerland

22 Sweden driver license

23 Identity card & driver license

25 Turkish driver license

27 Identity card & driver license

31 Identity card & driver license

48 Identity card & driver license

49 Identity card & driver license

54 Identity card & driver license

57 Passports

58 Passports

59 Passports

1 New South Wales

Australian Capital

Territory

Queensland

Victoria

Tasmania

530

540

600

640

650

660

120

140

141

150

160

190

210

220

230

240

260

270

290

310

350

360

370

380

670

110

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Asia

General

Documen ts

5 Malaysia

New Zealand

Singapore

China

United Arab

Emirates

Bahrain

6 University documents

(USA)

Africa

Employment card

USA Pilots

Access Cards

OCB Cards

Spain Police

7 South Africa

Western Australia

South Australia

Northern Territory

Cook Islands

Fiji

2 Identity card & driver license

16 New Zealand

14 Singapore

43 China

55 United Arab Emirates

56 Bahrain

24 Student Id (UMASS,

Boston Un., Emerson

Clg., Harward Un.,

NorthEastern Un.,

Suffolk Un.)

26 Employment card

42 USA Pilots

44 Access Cards

52 OCB Cards

61 Spain Police

35 South Africa

300

460

480

570

630

390

200

180

470

610

620

280

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6. APPENDIX B – SUPPORTED SCANNERS

Before using idScan, the scanner driver must be installed. idScan can work with the following scanner types:

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Scanshell 800: Driver for the scanner can be found at http://www.id-scan.com/FTP/Scanner_Drivers/scanshell800

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ScanShell 900: Driver for the scanner can be found at http://www.id-scan.com/FTP/Scanner_Drivers/MagShell900

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ScanShell 1000: Driver for the scanner can be found at http://www.id-scan.com/FTP/Scanner_Drivers/ScanShell1000

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Scanshell 600, USB 201: Driver for the scanner can be found at http://www.ID-scan.com/FTP/Scanner Drivers/USB 201

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7. APPENDIX C - MAINTAINING THE SCANNER

CALIBRATING THE SCANNER

With time, the scanner colors detection tends to change to incorrect values. This phenomenon affects the text detection accuracy as well as the resulted image quality. To reset the scanner to the proper colors, the scanner needs to be calibrated.

How to calibrate?

To calibrate the ScanShell 800scanner, open the configuration panel’s Image tab, insert the calibration paper card that was part of the scanner package into the scanner, and click on the Calibrate button. The ScanShell 1000 does not require a calibration paper, just click on the Calibrate button.

CLEANING THE SCANNER

Cleaning the scanner improves the scan quality.

How to clean the scanner:

Open the configuration panel’s Image tab, and click on the “Clean Scanner” button. Follow the Cleaning Wizard instructions. This operation requires a cleaning sheet (supplied with the scanner) and alcohol solution.

Scanner model ScanShell 800/800N: Place the cleaning sheet (that came with the scanner package) in the scanner tray, and click on the Clean Scanner button. The sheet is fed back and forth through the scanner and cleans the scanner lens. Add a few drops of alcohol for better results.

Scanner model ScanShell 1000: Use a soft cloth to clean the scanner glass surface.

Scanner model ScanShell 600: Unscrew the scanner cover (the screw is located on the bottom of the device). Use a soft cloth to clean the scanner lens.

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8. APPENDIX D - MINIMIZED INTERFACE MODE & COMMAND-LINE

SWITCHES

The IdScan application behavior can be modified to best suit your needs. This is done by running the program while using command lines switches. IdScan offers the following switches:

MI – Runs the application with minimum amount of control buttons on the main screen and eliminate access to the configuration dialog screens.

ShowGUI – When using the system tray icon, this switch adds the option to show/hide the application main screen from the system tray.

NOMAG – Eliminates the use of the magnetic strip engine. Using this option speeds up the application start-up.

USING THE COMMAND LINE SWITCHES

To use the command line switch, add the switch to the application shortcut as follows;

Assuming that you have a shortcut to idScan on your desktop and you want to add to the program the MI switch that will cause it to run in minimized mode:

1. Right click on the shortcut and select properties.

2. Modify the TARGET field from "F:\Program Files\Card Scanning

Solutions \idScanOCR Ver. 6.3.0\IDScanOCR.exe" to: "F:\Program Files\Card Scanning Solutions \idScanOCR Ver.

6.3.0\IDScanOCR.exe" /MI

3. Click OK to close the properties dialog.

Important: Make sure you type the switch value after the double quote character!

You can add several switched one after the other as follows:

"F:\Program Files\Card Scanning Solutions \idScanOCR Ver. 6.3.0\IDScanOCR.exe" /MI

/NOMAG /ShowGUI

RUNNING IN MINIMIZED INTERFACE MODE

Running in Minimized Interface mode displays the program with a minimum set of controls, thus preventing the user from altering the program configuration. Nevertheless, this operating mode allows the user to take full advantage of all the features embedded in the program.

To run in Minimized Interface mode, the program needs to be started with the /MI switch.

To do so, change the program shortcut used to start the program from

"C:\Program Files\Card Scanning Solutions\…\IDScanOCR.exe" to:

"C:\Program Files\Card Scanning Solutions\…\IDScanOCR.exe" /MI

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This alters the program main screen as follows:

Calibrate

Scanner

Help

Clean

Scanner

Barcode

Select country & State

Scanner connection status

Figure 23: Main screen in minimized mode

Main screen function controls:

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Help : Opens this help document.

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Calibrate Scanner : Activates the scanner’s Calibration Wizard.

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Clean : Activates the scanner Cleaning Wizard.

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Country list : Selects the current country. If the current country contains several states, the state list is loaded to the State List control.

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State List : Sets the current country and state detection algorithm.

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Exit : Closes the application.

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•

Scanner connection status : Indicates if the scanner is connected to the PC.

Note: All the settings described in previous sections of this documents apply when running in

Minimized Interface mode.

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9. APPENDIX E – FULL EXPORT FIELDS LIST

The full list of fields exported from idScan (in this order). Total: 108 fields.

1. ID

2. License

3. Name

4. Address

5. City

6. State

7. Zip

8. Issued

9. Expired

10. DOB

11. Sex

12. Class

13. SocialSecurity

14. estFile

15. NameF

16. NameM

17. NameL

18. NameS

19. timeStamp

20. Text1

21. Text2

22. Eyes

23. Hair

24. Height

25. Weight

26. Rest

27. Type

28. End

29. Audit

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47. Custom8

48. Custom9

49. Duplicate

50. Title

51. Company

52. Country

53. City2

54. State2

55. Zip2

56. Country2

57. City3

58. State3

59. Zip3

60. Country3

61. City4

62. State4

30. IssueCountry

31. Nationality

32. PersonalNumber

33. County

34. Address2

35. Address3

36. Address4

37. Address5

38. Address6

39. Custom0

40. Custom1

41. Custom2

42. Custom3

43. Custom4

44. Custom5

45. Custom6

46. Custom7

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80. Fax2

81. FaxLabel3

82. Fax3

83. EmailLabel0

84. Email0

85. EmailLabel1

86. Email1

87. EmailLabel2

88. Email2

89. EmailLabel3

90. Email3

91. WebLabel0

92. Web0

93. WebLabel1

94. Web1

95. WebLabel2

63. Zip4

64. Country4

65. PhoneLabel0

66. Phone0

67. PhoneLabel1

68. Phone1

69. PhoneLabel2

70. Phone2

71. PhoneLabel3

72. Phone3

73. PhoneLabel4

74. Phone4

75. FaxLabel0

76. Fax0

77. FaxLabel1

78. Fax1

79. FaxLabel2

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96. Web2

97. WebLabel3

98. Web3

99. RecentDocType

100. Text3

101. IdCountry

102. CheckAmmount

103. CheckDate

104. CheckIssue

105. CheckIssueBank

106. CheckMicr

107. CheckNum

108. Original

109. CheckRouting.

110. CheckAccount.

111. SigNum

112. Issue date with year in 4 digits.

113. Expire date with year in 4 digits.

114. Date of birth date with year in 4 digits.

IdScan User Manual version 9.19

Mainos

User Manual

1. GETTING STARTED

2. INTRODUCTION

3. PROGRAM OPERATION

4. CONFIGURING THE PROGRAM

5. APPENDIX A – SUPPORTED STATES FOR DETECTION

6. APPENDIX B – SUPPORTED SCANNERS

7. APPENDIX C - MAINTAINING THE SCANNER

8. APPENDIX D - MINIMIZED INTERFACE MODE & COMMAND-LINE

SWITCHES

9. APPENDIX E – FULL EXPORT FIELDS LIST

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