Running the Scan task with Datacap Desktop

You can use Datacap Desktop to scan hardcopy pages.

To scan hardcopy pages:

1. Load the pages that you want to scan into your scanner's feeder.
2. In Datacap Desktop, start the Scan task. Log on with an account that has sufficient rights to complete a scanning task.
   For more information, see Starting a task with Datacap Desktop.
3. Click Select, if you are scanning documents from Datacap Desktop for the first time or if you are changing your scanner.
   Note: There is no upper limit on the number of pages that can be processed in a single batch. The final number is determined after evaluating the throughput when running actions, rules, recognition and other components, and making necessary corrections.
4. After you select your scanner, click Configure, if you want to change your scanner’s settings.
   The settings that you can modify are determined by the scanner’s options and function.
5. After you modify the scanner settings, click OK.
   Tip: Datacap Desktop provides the option for specifying the paper source and the scanned image’s color mode, DPI resolution, brightness, and contrast.
6. Click Scan.
   • Datacap Desktop arranges the thumbnails of the scanned images in the Image View pane, which you can arrange by clicking Off, Vert, or Horz.
     Tip: You can rotate an image by selecting the image in the Batch View pane and clicking one of the rotation buttons in the center pane.
   • The Batch View pane displays a list of scanned images in the current batch. You can organize the scanned images by selecting an image and then clicking the corresponding button to insert, replace, remove, move up or down, join, or split the image or document.
     Tip: The buttons in Datacap Desktop are enabled with tooltips that provide information about the function of the button.
7. If necessary, you can place more pages into your scanner’s feeder and click Scan to add images to the batch.
8. After you finish scanning, select an image in the Batch View pane. Datacap Desktop displays the selected imaged in the Image View pane and assigns the page type by selecting an option from the Type menu.
9. In the Status field, select either OK or Problem from the menu.
   Important: Selecting the Problem value places the batch in a Pending status and the batch does not proceed to the next task in the workflow until a Fixup task is successfully completed.
10. After you finish organizing the batch and assigning page types and statuses, click OK.
    Datacap Desktop displays a message that the batch is finished and that you can proceed to the next batch.
11. You can confirm that the scan task is complete and that the next task is pending by checking the Job Monitor in Datacap Desktop, FastDoc, or your web client.