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Custom Scanning Scripts:

Art-Copy Scripting Edition allows you to configure the type of scanning job you want to perform, and then apply Art-Copy's advanced scanning options to the image. Once you finish configuring the options you can save the settings into a script file that stores your customized settings. You can create a script for each scan job that you need; create a script for scanning legal documents in pure black and white to a PDF, create a script that scans in full color then sends the image to a printer, create a script to scan a document and then FTP it to a server. Then when you need to process a document just run the appropriate script and you don't have to worry about any of the settings.

Editing Scanning Scripts:

With the Open Script Button you can bring back the options from a saved script. So if you need to make a change to a script that you already have, you can load it back up, make the necessary changes and then save the script again.

Scan to Files/ Printers/ Fax/ Applications/ FTP sites/ Email/ Databases/ and now even Text Files:

FTP Support:

Create and send files to an FTP location, or transfer existing files to a specified FTP connection. Great for uploading images to a website, or for backup purposes. In order to upload to an FTP site simply setup the FTP configuration settings, use the test button to check connection, and then locate the folder on the remote FTP location to have the files sent to.

Scan to Email:

Scan and attach the image to an email automatically. Instead of having to manually scan in the image, open your email client, attach the file, and then send it just create a script and with a click of a button you can do the same thing.

While using Art-Copy Scripting Edition to send email you can use Art-Copy's email client or you can use your computer's default email client, Art-Copy will even tell you if it is MAPI compatible.

Art-Copy Scripting Edition email function has been modified to allow emailing an entire batch of images. There is also an option to limit the file size of the attachments, so that you will no go outside of your email server's limit.

Scan to Database:

Instead of manually having to save a scanned image/document into a database, Art-Copy Scripting Edition can now do it for you. After scanning an image/document in, Art-Copy Scripting Edition can save the image/document as a link or as an OLE Object so you can open it from Microsoft Access. With the latest release of Art-Copy Scripting Edition you can now insert the image into an existing record by specifing the primary key field. There is also a Database Add-On that allows you to easily enter the database connections.

You can also scan binary data or the image path to most major database management systems, utilizing the ODBC feature built into most Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Examples: MySQL, Oracle, Access, or SQL Server databases are now supported with the Art-Copy Scripting save to database feature.

Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

Art-Copy Scripting Edition now has an OCR option. With OCR, Art-Copy Scripting Edition enables you to scan in a document, harvest the text from it and create a text document, not just an image. You can then edit the text document with word processing software, or treat it just like any other text document.

File Type Support

Art-Copy Scripting Edition supports the following file types: *.JPEG, *.BMP, *.GIF, *.Tif, and *.PDF.

Convert File Types

Art-Copy Scripting Edition enables you to take a file that already exists, and convert it into any one of the supported file formats. You can increase the image size, change the color mode, or make any other adjustment you'd like.

Space Saving Script Files:

Save your own custom scripts, and with a file size of only 4k never worry about filling your drive.

File Type Conversion:

Art-Copy Scripting edition has just redesigned the way to convert file formats. Imagine the time it would take to convert a folder full of bitmap files to jpg, or imagine converting both jpg and bitmaps to Tifs. With Art-Copy just select the file format you wish to convert to, set any settings you wish to apply to the images, and then save the script. Click the script, select as many files from the folder you wish to have converted, and Art-Copy Scripting Edition will take care of the rest. For a completely user free conversion just set the auto name option, and allow Art-Copy Scripting Edition to automatically assign a name to each new file being created. If converting to file to file wasn't easy enough, now with Art-Copy Scripting Edition you can select any images you wish in any supported format, and create either a multiple page PDF or Tif file.

Automatic File Creation:

By setting the automatic file name option Art-Copy Scripting Edition will never again prompt you for the name of the file. You can set up Art-Copy Scripting Edition to create file names in one of three ways: auto-generated based on time, OCR generated, or by custom naming options. If you use auto-generated based on time, Art-Copy Scripting Edition will use the exact point in time that the file is created and assigns the file a numeric file name based on that time. You can also set Art-Copy Scripting to OCR the file and pull specific text from within the document and name the file with this text. Or you can enter part of the file name and with Art-Copy Scripting Editions custom naming options add an autonumber and create a unique name.

Which ever method you use, Auto naming files can save you the time and hassle to specify each and every name. This comes in extremly handy when working with large batch jobs.

Advanced Settings:

Art-Copy Scripting Edition also has advanced settings so that you are able to configure the scanning exactly how you need it to be. There are ten main tabs within the 'More Settings' option that allow you to configure the scanning script. You can change anything from the compression of the saved images, image/document page size, printer to be used with the script, or what the default application to open the file should it be scanned to application, as well as the other features of Art-Copy Scripting. You can find thumbnails of each tab from the Art-Copy Scripting Edition Screenshots page, which should give you a good idea of what options are available to you with Art-Copy Scripting Edition:

Automatic Deskew:

Take your documents and automatically straighten them according to their edges. If a document is slightly misaligned Art-Copy Scripting Edition will determine the exact angle of the alignment, and will automatically correct it according to the text and images surroundings. If you are planning on any OCR processing with the images then this is a must. If the document is misaligned then the OCR might not be able to recognize the text.

Sharpening Tool:

Art-Copy Scripting Edition can now apply sharpening automatically to give images a crisp look. Some amount of sharpening should always be applied to every color or grayscale scan -- especially in conjunction with rotation or descreening. When you select the "Do Sharpening After Scan" option, Art-Copy Scripting Edition automatically sharpens the image. If you wish to modify the default settings simply use the slide bars to increase the percentages applied to each area of the image. High values increase the amount of contrast and sharpen the image, and smaller values blur the image.

Advanced File Compression:

When saving files with Art-Copy Scripting Edition file compression is key to the file size. Art-Copy Scripting Edition offers compression settings for JPG, TIF, and PDF documents. TIF and PDF also have advanced options for black and white compression for both group 3 and group 4 images. Compression settings run from lossless LZW compression to no compression applied to the images being created.

Descreening images:

Problems can arise when scanning a picture that has been printed with a halftone such as one you would find in a book or a magazine. Magazine pictures don't scan as well as a photograph because they have less quality. The reason is that these pictures have been printed with a series of tiny dots that make up the image. When scanned, a scanner's imaging assembly will emphasize some of these dots and not others creating a pattern called a moiré pattern. The descreen setting improves the image by removing the moiré pattern by blending the dots into surrounding dots and converting them into shades of gray based on the quality of the material being scanned. With the descreen feature just select the type of material you'll be scanning such as newspaper (65-110lpi), or lithograph (200lpi), and Art-Copy Scripting Edition will apply the best setting to defuse the moiré pattern. This feature works best at maximum resolution (recommended 600dpi) but will increases scanning time.

Security:

Art-Copy Scripting Edition is designed specifically for high-end business applications, but is also tailored for standard commercial use as well. In order to meet both standards we've designed Art-Copy Scripting Edition with an Administrative control that allows computer Administrators to limit access by the non-administrative users to where their scanned images will be sent. Administrators can set the directory where images will be sent after they're created, and by clicking the restrict non-administrators option will restrict non-administrative level users from being able to change the path for their images. This is exceptionally handy for those administrators who do not want users scanning images to valuable system directories where space is limited, or from overwriting sensitive data.