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Front Office Scanning

Platform
OnBase
Product
Front Office Scanning
Release
Foundation 23.1
License
Premier
Standard
Essential

Several general document options can be configured at the Document Type level using settings in the DocType sub-element of the Front Office Scanning configuration file.

These settings require that your Front Office Scanning client be configured to have multiple input buttons (i.e., the multiplebuttons setting in the ScanOptions element is set to true).

A brief summary of the options is displayed below. For specific information on the options, see The DocTypes Element.

Setting

Description

Potential Values

ImageScale

This setting allows you to specify how documents assigned to the Document Type associated with this Document Type button are displayed, by default, in the Working window.

Tip:

At any time documents can be displayed differently by clicking one of the Fit to... toolbar buttons or by selecting one of the View | Scale to... option in the Main Menu.

This setting takes precedence over the imagescale setting in the ScanOptions element. That setting sets the default behavior for how all pages are displayed in the Working window.

If imagescale is set to fitwidth, then documents in the Working window are displayed as Fit to Width by default.

If imagescale is set to fitheight, then documents in the Working window are displayed as Fit to Height by default.

If imagescale is set to fitimage, then documents in the Working window are displayed as Fit in Window by default.

If imagescale is set to fullsize, then documents in the Working window are displayed as their actual size.

Tip:

For more information on these display options, see The Front Office Scanning Toolbar.

PixelType

This setting is used to determine the color of the document that is scanned or converted to an image when scanning documents or when converting E-Forms to images.

Tip:

When converting E-Forms to images, it is considered a best practice to create bi-tonal (black and white) images.

If pixeltype is set to BW, the resulting images will be black and white.

If pixeltype is set to GRAY, the resulting images will be grayscale.

If pixeltype is set to RGB, the resulting images will be color.

BitDepth

This setting sets the number of bits per pixel for each color plane (specified by the pixeltype setting) when scanning is initiated by clicking the input button associated with this Document Type button.

Note:

This setting is only used when scanning documents.

Note:

This setting overrides the BitDepth setting in the ScanOptions section of the configuration file.

Acceptable values for the bitdepth setting are 1, 4, or 8.

Tip:

The higher the bitdepth, the more accurate the images will be.

XResolution

This setting sets the horizontal resolution for documents scanned/created by clicking the input button associated with this Document Type button.

This setting is used when scanning documents or when converting E-Forms to images.

Set the xresolution setting to a value greater than zero. A typical document's resolution is 200 DPI.

If a value is specified for the yresolution setting, but not for the xresolution setting, the yresolution value is used for the xresolution setting as well.

Tip:

It is considered a best practice to ensure that a document's resolution is always square (e.g., 100x100, 200x200, 300x300, etc.), meaning the xresolution and yresolution settings should always be the same.

YResolution

This setting sets the vertical resolution for documents scanned/created by clicking the input button associated with this Document Type button.

This setting is used when scanning documents or when converting E-Forms to images.

Set the yresolution setting to a value greater than zero. A typical document's resolution is 200 DPI.

If a value is specified for the xresolution setting, but not for the yresolution setting, the xresolution value is used for the yresolution setting as well.

Tip:

It is considered a best practice to ensure that a document's resolution is always square (e.g., 100x100, 200x200, 300x300, etc.), meaning the xresolution and yresolution settings should always be the same.

DisplayPage

This setting is only used when creating a document from a multi-page image template. It allows you to specify which page of the image template to display first

Note:

If a TOPAZ device is being used to mark up an image template, this setting is used to determine the page that is displayed on the device.

Set the displaypage setting to contain the page number of the of the image template page that is to be displayed first.

To display the last page of the template form, set the displaypage setting to 0.

If no value is set for the displaypage setting, or if the setting is not present, the first page of the image template is displayed by default.

AutoDiscard

This setting configures the Front Office Scanning client to automatically discard images once they are scanned/created in the Front Office Scanning client (e.g., once they are scanned or once the image template or E-Form is displayed in the Working window).

Tip:

The autodiscard setting is often used in conjunction with the preprint setting to print a document without storing it in OnBase.

If autodiscard is set to true, documents are automatically discarded once it is scanned/created.

If autodiscard is set to false, documents remain in the Working window once they are scanned/created.