Oce 3000, User Manual

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Page 2: ...0 and the microfilm scanning that can be done with it The introduction chapter 1 contains a general description of the working methods for using the microfilm scanner and it is recommended that you re...

Page 3: ...anning Loading cards 18 The Control window 19 The option bar 19 The selection buttons 20 The Control window 21 Scanning in Single mode 23 Cards with unknown Hollerith codes 23 Settings in the Control...

Page 4: ...Hollerith Control 56 Predefined File Name 67 Automatic Card Selection 69 The printer setup 71 Print sequence 72 RCF file 72 Settings in the Print Control window 73 Configuration 85 Chapter 6 File hand...

Page 5: ...1 Appendix B Safety information Instructions for safe use 106 Safety data sheets 108 Safety data sheet Oc 3000 109 Appendix C Defining User Defined file format User Defined file format 112 Header Defi...

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Page 7: ...7 Oc 3000 User Manual Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter contains a general description of the Oc 3000 Microfilm Scanner...

Page 8: ...r The Oc 3000 Microfilm Scanner is a table top machine which is controlled by the Oc 3000 Windows application software running in the controlling PC The figures on the inside of the cover of this manu...

Page 9: ...the controlling PC as the cards are scanned The controlling software provides a zoom and pan facility to inspect the produced images carefully According to the control settings in the software 4 the...

Page 10: ...parameters before automatic scanning of a series of cards in BATCH mode AUTO FEED mode After a single card is fed and scanned as in SINGLE mode the next card is automatically fed after pressing the C...

Page 11: ...11 Oc 3000 User Manual Chapter 2 System installation This chapter informs you how to install the Oc 3000 Microfilm Scanner and the Oc 3000 Windows application software...

Page 12: ...minimal 32MB RAM 100 MB Hard Disk colour SVGA Monitor and Controller minimum Resolution 800 x 600 display adaptor must be set to 256 colours Windows NT 3 51 or Windows NT 4 0 CD ROM drive a Windows m...

Page 13: ...o install the Oc 3000 software 1 Insert the Oc 3000 installation CD ROM in the disk drive of the PC 2 Run setup exe from the CD ROM 3 Now follow the instructions on the screen Preparing the PC for pri...

Page 14: ...1 Open the Control Panel menu in Windows 2 Select Regional Settings 3 Specify the desired language in the Language selection box Note If you choose a language that is not supported English will be se...

Page 15: ...Switch the controlling PC on 2 Start Windows 3 With Windows running open the Oc 3000 Scanner Group 4 Double click the Oc 3000 icon The system starts up and performs a self test When the calibrating p...

Page 16: ...16 Oc 3000 User Manual 4 When the PC is shut down switch the ON OFF switch on the rear of the scanner to the O OFF position 5 Switch off the controlling PC if not already switched off automatically...

Page 17: ...nual Chapter 3 Scanning This chapter gives an overview of the various parts of the Control window It also provides all necessary information to run a scanning session in Batch Single Auto Feed and Hol...

Page 18: ...anner as shown in the illustration below Depending on the setting in the Configuration menu you must load the cards face up or face down see Configuration on page 85 4 Loading cards To load a batch of...

Page 19: ...he following figure displays the default Control window 5 Default Control window The different parts of this window are described in the following paragraphs The option bar The option bar provides fiv...

Page 20: ...is not available below version 3 1 The selection buttons There are four main selection buttons which are placed at the top of the Control window Each of these opens a setup dialogue box 7 The selectio...

Page 21: ...ode entry box is only accessible in Batch running mode This mode allows you to automatically pause the scanner after a preset number of scanned cards and to check the quality of the scanned images You...

Page 22: ...cess as selected batch or single If Hollerith Naming is off depending of your choice File or Print File the following window appears before scanning starts 9 Image file name This window allows you to...

Page 23: ...Auto Feed mode you can add a string of Hollerith data to cards without Hollerith punches or with unknown Hollerith codes The special Hollerith Add Mode in the Configuration menu is designed for this...

Page 24: ...in the input hopper of the scanner 7 Click the Start button to start the scanning 8 If required set the names for image files and log file see figures 9 and 10 on page 22 The system switches to the R...

Page 25: ...ftware so that scanning can be performed automatically requiring your intervention only for loading and unloading supplies of cards Quality mode 11 Quality mode When using the Quality mode feature sca...

Page 26: ...ity mode Select the desired output mode of the Quality mode If you do not want a quality check take care the options buttons are empty not black not on 3 Select the Input Size or select Hollerith sizi...

Page 27: ...duces the desired output In the View mode no output is generated Cards without Hollerith punches In Single and Auto Feed mode you can add a string of Hollerith data to cards without Hollerith punches...

Page 28: ...rol settings as required 6 Place the aperture cards in the input hopper 7 Click the Start button to start the scanning session 8 If required set the names for image files and log file see figures 9 an...

Page 29: ...ning controls in the Control window To start a scanning session in Hollerith Check mode 1 Click the Hollerith Check button in the Running Mode entry box 2 Select the Hollerith in the Input Size entry...

Page 30: ...ning is paused the Scanner Setup window can be called to change the imaging parameters and the drawing size of the scan In case a different display mode is preferred you can choose full enlarged or du...

Page 31: ...selecting pause in stead of File Print Print File Reject This button rejects the scanned image No output is generated and the system returns to the Control window The card is ejected from the scanner...

Page 32: ...a yourself Defining a new scanning area using the Frame option 1 Click the Frame button at the bottom of the screen The following window will appear 14 Frames window 2 Click on a standard frame size o...

Page 33: ...ottom of the screen The area inside the defined frame will be rescanned Note To go back to the original image click Frame again The Frames window will disappear Then click Rescan to get the original i...

Page 34: ...lay the images in three different modes The three display modes are available in the Display pull down menu They are described below Full Image This option provides a full screen display of the whole...

Page 35: ...ng the zoom and pan facility The zoom ratio defines the level of detail of the image to be displayed and the pan position defines which part of the image is displayed The display area and zoom factor...

Page 36: ...g mode The status section of the Dual display consists of three subjects Cards Processed shows the number of cards already scanned in the batch and autofeed mode Scan Disk Usage is giving the disk cap...

Page 37: ...button defines the top left corner of the area to enlarge Dragging the mouse with the button still depressed defines a rectangular area The aspect ratio of this rectangle is the same as for the displa...

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Page 39: ...39 Oc 3000 User Manual Chapter 4 The Viewing mode...

Page 40: ...ck the View button in the option bar to enter the viewing function Click the Select option in the View pull down menu to open a file selection box showing all the file names of a specified type in the...

Page 41: ...en 19 The View screen If more than one file is selected you can scroll to the next image the previous image auto after approx 3 seconds the next image appears automatically on the screen stop the stop...

Page 42: ...e will be printed without zoom factor Print Enlarged Only the selected frame will be printed using a zoom factor to fill up the chosen paper format Leaving the View mode You leave the View mode by sel...

Page 43: ...43 Oc 3000 User Manual Chapter 5 Setting up the Oc 3000 Microfilm Scanner This chapter explains how to set the configuration of the Oc 3000 Microfilm Scanner and peripherals...

Page 44: ...sts of five different cards Imaging Drawing Size Hollerith Control Predefined File Name Automatic Card selection Each card can be selected by clicking its label Besides these entry boxes the window al...

Page 45: ...ost cases this improves the image quality Some images will look better in the original background In this case switch ABC off Lighter Darker With the scroll bar the black white level with which an ima...

Page 46: ...e current set of parameters to be saved for future use Up to nine different sets can be stored Delete This button enables you to remove a set of imaging parameters from the setup list To load a predef...

Page 47: ...ging setup 5 Type the name of the new setup in the Name entry box 6 Click the Save button to add the new setup to the list To delete an imaging setup 1 Open the Scanner Setup window 2 Select the Imagi...

Page 48: ...a specific drawing size from the drawing size file When selecting one of the drawing sizes the values for reduction ratio drawing width and drawing length are filled in automatically and they are dimm...

Page 49: ...sizes listed in the DWGSIZES DRG file You can define the input size reduction ratio drawing width and length and print size for your personal requirements 26 Drawing Size File After clicking the Edit...

Page 50: ...ard 3 Click the Edit File button to open the Edit Drawing Size File window 4 Click New Size 5 Enter a name for the new size in the upper right entry box 6 Choose the units to work with 7 Enter the val...

Page 51: ...only be altered manually when the NON STD size has been selected X and Y offsets This is the number of microns by which the image in the microfilm on the card is known to be off the centre of the fil...

Page 52: ...le Any name up to 8 characters will do Units In this part of the window you can enter values in millimetres or inches Control buttons Resolution The resolution may be set to any value between 100 dpi...

Page 53: ...nformation can be coded via the punches To understand the interpretation of the holes in the cards both the punches in the vertical direction column as in horizontal direction row must be explained se...

Page 54: ...her attention The punches in the horizontal direction row The interpretation of the numbers and characters in the horizontal direction row is company or project specific Every company had made the str...

Page 55: ...in a so called Hollerith control file programming of it has to be done once how a company project specific card can be identified the so called card key on which positions the drawing number can be re...

Page 56: ...ng Hollerith naming Control File 32 Hollerith Control card Hollerith sizing When this option is on the Hollerith reader in the scanner reads the information for the size of the scanned images from the...

Page 57: ...llerith sizing is automatically switched on Hollerith Naming however remains off Editing the Hollerith Control File When you click the Edit File button in the Hollerith Control entry box the Edit Holl...

Page 58: ...Hollerith elements in a file first a filename for the Hollerith control must be defined 1 Insert the filename max 8 characters and the extension hcf in the filename entry box In this example the filen...

Page 59: ...th elements representing the key you have to follow this procedure 1 Click the Card Key radio button in the Display elements entry box see figure 33 on page 57 or see figure 34 2 Click New Card Key in...

Page 60: ...e Hollerith Control File No Card Key ALL_CARDS If no card key is used type ALL_CARDS in the Card Keys entry box Beware that all Hollerith elements are switched off Continue with inserting the filename...

Page 61: ...see figure 38 2 In the Card Key list select the key you want to delete 39 Deleting a Card Key 3 Click Delete Card Key in the Card Keys window 4 Click Update to confirm and go back to the Scanner Setup...

Page 62: ...ple of a card with the Hollerith elements representing the drawing number 12345678 of the microfilmed drawing in position 4 to 11 To insert the place of the Hollerith Elements of the filename mostly t...

Page 63: ...k the Hollerith Elements 4 to 11 in the Edit Hollerith Control FIle window see figure 41 on page 62 As a DOS file name can contain maximum 8 characters you can select a maximum of 8 Hollerith elements...

Page 64: ...nted by the hollerith elements 79 and 80 Any drawing size can be interpreted Figure 42 shows an example of a card with the Hollerith elements representing the format of the microfilmed drawing in posi...

Page 65: ...es in the control screen is free If another number than 0 is chosen this number will overrule the number of copies in the control screen Note The activated drawing size file in the Scanner Setup menu...

Page 66: ...y window 2 In the Key list select the Size Key you want to delete 45 Deleting a Size Key 3 Click Delete Size Key 4 Click Update to confirm and go back to the Scanner Setup window If you want to edit m...

Page 67: ...rith Naming see Hollerith Control on page 56 the name of the file will be determined by the hollerith information Predefined File Name If you have not selected Hollerith Naming you can specify the fil...

Page 68: ...te Time If you select this option the root name will be followed by the numeric count the time and the date of scanning Log File Record If you select this option the root name will be followed by the...

Page 69: ...the throughput of the scanning process 48 Automatic Card Selection card of the Scanner Setup window You can select the following operating modes Off All cards will be scanned Match Only if the Holleri...

Page 70: ...ecifying Automatic Card Selection 1 Open the Scanner Setup window 2 Select the Automatic Card Selection card 3 Specify one of the operating modes and select the ASCII file with Hollerith strings that...

Page 71: ...eneric Printer is for installing a TIFF printer To set the File Only option 1 Click File Only in the list of installed printers 2 Click Set As Default Printer File Only appears in the Default Printer...

Page 72: ...rint sequence of a pack of cards by changing the way of loading the cards face up or face down In the Configuration menu you can select the way of loading cards see Configuration on page 85 In this wa...

Page 73: ...have made when setting the default printer File Only When no printer is selected the Print Control entry box looks like this 50 No printer selected PC Printer When your PC printer is set as default pr...

Page 74: ...communication interface between your printer and the controlling PC You can connect the printers via a network a SCSI port or a Centronics parallel port If you choose the network connection the Netwo...

Page 75: ...when Folder and Belts are already selected 12 Click OK You return to the Printer Setup window 13 Click OK 14 From Utilities choose Configuration In the appearing Configuration window click save as new...

Page 76: ...g More in the Media Type entry box the Advanced Paper Settings window will appear 56 Oc 9800 Advanced Paper Settings window In this window you can choose standard cut which cuts copies on standard len...

Page 77: ...ientation Only portrait oriented drawings can be folded with the legend on top When choosing Automatic you can feed your original in portrait orientation as well as in landscape orientation Depending...

Page 78: ...e Print Control entry box The number of copies the number of prints you want to make of one scanned image The maximum number of copies is 99 The output size the size of the print If set to 1 1 the pri...

Page 79: ...ters via a network a SCSI port or a Centronics parallel port If you choose the network connection the Network entry box becomes available where you enter the path to the printing spool directory If yo...

Page 80: ...indow The following settings can be made in the Print Control entry box The number of copies the number of prints you want to make of one scanned image The maximum number of copies is 99 The output si...

Page 81: ...ntronics parallel port If you choose the network connection the Network entry box becomes available where you enter the path to the printing spool directory 4 Select the required interface for your Oc...

Page 82: ...the number of prints you want to make of one scanned image The maximum number of copies is 99 The output size the size of the print If set to 1 1 the print has the same size of the original image on...

Page 83: ...l directory If you choose a SCSI connection the SCSI entry box becomes available where you set the SCSI address and the path to the printing spool directory 5 Select the required interface for your pr...

Page 84: ...as default You return to the Control window 65 Oc 9500 Control window The following settings can be made in the Print Control entry box The number of copies the number of prints you want to make of on...

Page 85: ...stallation The Start Up settings you can choose the factory settings for the system to start up or define your own start up settings The Machine Offsets the machine offsets are used to calibrate the m...

Page 86: ...to contain the image file The counter this counter can be reset to start from any number within the range 0 to 9999999 Proceed as follows to select the required start up settings To set your own star...

Page 87: ...87 Oc 3000 User Manual Chapter 6 File handling and administration...

Page 88: ...n Data Path window you enter the path to the disk and directory for storing image data files They can be stored either locally in the controlling PC or on a different system in a network The path must...

Page 89: ...ant byte of the binary header data is written in the higher memory address Use this option for PC With the Motorola option set the most significant byte of the binary header data is written in the low...

Page 90: ...rmation Save Option You can select one of the following save options Scan Data If you want to store your images on disk select Scan Data All images will be stored in the directory that is specified as...

Page 91: ...gement menu Maximum File Size This option sets the maximum size of a data file in MB If the specified file size is exceeded the card is automatically rejected if in Batch mode In Single or Auto Feed m...

Page 92: ...ile is ON you are prompted for a log file name whenever a new scanning session is started File Name This entry defines the log file name Path This entry defines the log file path Note The log file pat...

Page 93: ...contains the same information but for rejected scans only Print Clicking this button prints the LOG FILE or the REJECT FILE currently specified In order to print the contents of the LOG file or REJ fi...

Page 94: ...Hollerith information of the card The name of this file will be the same as the name of the image file but the extension will be HOL Single Line Record If you select this option all information of ea...

Page 95: ...95 Oc 3000 User Manual Chapter 7 Maintenance and troubleshooting This chapter contains all information on clearing card jams It also explains how to clean the scanner drum...

Page 96: ...clear the card jam by clicking the Clear button in the Control screen Scanning can proceed if the card is ejected into the output hopper If this does not work you should remove the card manually Proc...

Page 97: ...ockwise to remove the card The position of the thumb wheel is shown in the illustration below 71 Thumb wheel The card slides upwards as you turn the wheel in the direction indicated by the arrow 3 Clo...

Page 98: ...re window appears on the screen 72 Clean Drum 3 Open the scanner access door Caution Make sure your tie or hair is not hanging over the scanner as it may get caught when the drum starts rotating 4 Cli...

Page 99: ...99 Oc 3000 User Manual Appendix A Technical specifications...

Page 100: ...amount of data A1 200 dpi 9 sec A1 400 dpi 14 sec A0 200 dpi 11 sec A0 400 dpi 19 sec Input 35 mm aperture cards Silver or Diazo Tape construction or jacket construction Negative or positive images op...

Page 101: ...MSG16 Printer Setup cannot be changed during scanning IDS_MSG17 File Handling parameters cannot be changed during scanning IDS_MSG18 Specified scan file directory does not exist Please try a new direc...

Page 102: ...ction failure IDS_MSG1104 Card failed to feed out of the machine IDS_MSG1106 Card failed to scan IDS_MSG1107 Unable to find a valid Hollerith format code Image re jected no data written to disk IDS_MS...

Page 103: ...rint spool directories have reached the percentage usage specified in the configuration dialogue box IDS_MSG1126 Maximum file out of range IDS_MSG1127 Disk usage exceeded Press Retry if more disk spac...

Page 104: ...t Queue Status IDS_SBOX_SCAN Scan Disk Usage IDS_SBOX_SIZE Size IDS_SBOX_USED Used IDS_STATUS_AUTOFEED Autofeed IDS_STATUS_BATCH Batch IDS_STATUS_FILENAME Filename IDS_STATUS_ HOLLCHECK Hollerith Chec...

Page 105: ...105 Oc 3000 User Manual Appendix B Safety information...

Page 106: ...oint has the right fuse capacity See the Oc 3000 safety data sheet in this appendix for information about maximum current Do not bridge any mechanical or electrical circuit breakers Do not use an exte...

Page 107: ...about space and ventilation requirements General Always use materials recommended by Oc and developed for this Oc machine Materials not approved by Oc may result in faults in your machine Do not use...

Page 108: ...to the best of our knowledge as a compact guide to safe handling of this product We reserve the right to revise safety data sheets as new information becomes available It is the user s responsibility...

Page 109: ...t 1 A Power consumption operation 100 W Power consumption standby 100 W Mains connection Cable with plug Safety class I IEC 536 Protective earth connection Protection class IP 20 IEC 529 Sound pressur...

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Page 111: ...pendix C Defining User Defined file format This appendix gives an description of the procedure to define the User Defined file format It informs you about the contents of the Header Definition file an...

Page 112: ...Header Definition file which defines the image dependent data records tobe written into each image file header The Header Defenition file will always be called USER DEF It will always be found in the...

Page 113: ...te As default Padding Character space is used Note As default Data Format string is used Note Constant from the corresponding record in the Header Template file Note Pointer in bytes to the start of t...

Page 114: ...rmat string Length 57 Offset 13 Data hollerith Record_1 Padding Character 0 Data Format string Length 6 Offset 82 Data length Record_2 Padding Character 0 Data Format string Length 6 Offset 99 Data wi...

Page 115: ...able characters and CR LF characters However non printable characters may also be used Separator characters may be used or omitted depending onthe user s requirements Hollerith is 12345678901234567890...

Page 116: ...eated file Checking the created Header Definition file 1 Start the Oc 3000 application 2 Scan a Hollerith card to file 3 Open an editor 4 Open the scanned file with the defined extension in the editor...

Page 117: ...117 Oc 3000 User Manual Appendix D Miscellaneous...

Page 118: ...ollowed by a series of numbered steps that take you step by step through all phases of performing the operation Figures and tables Figures and tables are titled and numbered sequentially throughout th...

Page 119: ...y and arrangement page layout chapter order etc Yes No Could you find the information you were looking for Always Most of the times Sometimes Not at all What did you use to find the required informati...

Page 120: ...s completed by If you prefer to remain anonimous please do fill in your occupation Name Occupation Company Phone Address City Country Please return this sheet to Oc Technologies B V To the attention o...

Page 121: ...USAGE 86 SCAN DISK USAGE 36 DISPLAY 20 DRAWING SIZE 48 E EDITING HOLLERITH CONTROL FILE 59 66 HOLLERITH DATA 31 NEW DRAWING SIZE 50 EXIT 19 F FILE FORMAT 89 FILE NAME PREDEFINED 67 FILE SIZE OPTIMIZAT...

Page 122: ...9700 9800 74 PC PRINTER 71 72 73 Q QUALITY MODE 25 R RCF FILE 72 REJECT 31 RESCAN 31 RUNNING MODE 21 RUN TIME DISPLAY 30 S SAFETY DATA SHEETS 108 SAFETY INFORMATION 106 SCAN WINDOW 51 SCANNING AUTO F...