Scanner profile

Scanner profile feature helps save all the settings of current scanner as a profile, and apply the profile in future scanning. The user needs to configure the scanner one time, and apply the same setting in future scanning easily. This feature supports to save scanner profiles in user setting or in local folder. If the users chooses to save the profile in local folder, then scanner profiles can be shared between all users using the same machine of browser. The scanner profile is specific to scanner types, so that user might need to create profile for each scanner type. Currently Datacap Navigator already has some standard scanner settings in task setting, and it could cover most of cases, and user does not need to create scanner profile one-by-one.

The following four approaches can be used to configure scanner settings, and as to the priority of these approaches, 4) > 3) > 2) > 1)
  1. Scan task setting
  2. Configure scanner setting in Scan client UI
  3. Scanner Profile
  4. Manufacture UI
To manage the scanner profile settings, complete the following steps:
  1. Enable the scanner profile feature using the following task setting, and choose where to save the profile:
    <V label="Use Scanner Profile" n="useScannerProfile" tip="Save or load scanner settings to or from scanner profile" type="checkbox">1</V>
<V label="Save Scanner Profile to Local Disk" n="isLocalScannerProfile" tip="Save or load scanner profiles to local disk when Use Scanner Profile is selected" type="checkbox">0</V>
<V label="Local Scanner Profile Folder" n="localScannerProfileDir" tip="The full path of folder to save or load scanner profiles when Save Scanner Profile to Local Disk is selected, for example: C:\temp\LocalScannerProfiles" type="text"></V>
    If these task settings do not exist in your application, try adding the above lines under:
    <P tip="Visibility of scanner capabilities" title="Visibility of scanner capabilities" n="VisibilityScannerCapabilities">
  2. Create a scanner profile. Click Create Scanner Profile, the manufacture UI opens, configure the scanner, and then scan one page. You can then create a profile.
    • If you are saving the profile in the user setting, input a name for the new profile, and it will be saved to user setting.
    • If you are saving the profile in the local folder, input a name for the new profile, and it will be saved as file under the folder.
  3. Delete a scanner profile if needed.
    • If saving in user setting, choose the profile from the drop-down list, and click the Delete Scanner Profile button.
    • If saving in local folder, browse to the profile through File Explorer, and delete the profile.
  4. Apply a scanner profile to scan pages.
    • Select the Scanner Profile check box of in Scan client UI.
    • If saving in user setting, choose the profile from the drop-down list.
    • If saving in local folder, click Select Profile to browse the folder to choose a profile.
Note:
  • This feature depends on TWain driver of the scanner to save and apply the scanner profile. If your scanner does not work with this feature, then you may need check with your scanner manufacture.
  • This feature will be disabled if you choose to use manufacture UI to do scanning.

Enabling scanner profile for Scan task

  1. Browse to application DCO folder. For example, C:\Datacap\TravelDocs\dco_TravelDocs.
  2. Open the scan task setting file, for example, nscan.set.xml with preferred text editor.
  3. Add the following entry to “CapabilityVisibility” section:
    <V label="Use Scanner Profile" n="useScannerProfile" tip="Use scanner profile." type="checkbox">1</V>
  4. Ensure the “showScannerCapabilities” is “1”.
  5. Log in to Datacap Navigator, open Datacap Admin Console, navigate Workflows > <Workflow Name> > <Job Name> > <Task Name>. For example, Workflows > TravelDocs > Navigator Job > NScan, and click the Advanced tab.
  6. Enure that the Show scanner capabilities and Use Scanner Profile are selected.
  7. Switch to Datacap main page. The scanner profile option appears when using a physical scanner.

Creating a scanner profile

  1. Click Create Scanner Profile.

    The manufacturer scanner user interface opens.

  2. Change the settings, and click Scan.
  3. In the Scanner Profile Name window, specify the scanner profile name, and click Save.

    The scanner profile is saved and appears in the Scanner profile list.

Applying a scanner profile

  1. Create several scanner profiles.
  2. From the Scanner profile list, select a scanner profile, and click Scan.
  3. Select another scanner profile, and click Scan.

Deleting a scanner profile

  1. From the Scanner profile list, Select a scanner profile.
  2. Click Delete Scanner Profile.
  3. On a confirmation window, click Delete.

    The selected scanner profile is deleted.