Controlling your scanner's endorser

1. Open the Scan job description.

2. Click the Scan tab.

3. Click Options.

4. In the Scan job options dialog, select Manual endorse or Auto endorse.

   Note: With Manual endorse, scanning speed can decrease substantially, or even take twice as long, depending on which scanner you are using. Exception: Some Kodak models can run at full speed even with Manual endorse enabled, namely those that have a patch reader and that are certified by ReadSoft for using with FORMS together with the patch reader.  

5. If your scanner supports it, specify the vertical position of the endorser. (Most scanners do not allow you to adjust the horizontal position.) Specify in millimeters or in inches (depending on the settings in your Ehglobal.ini file) where you want the string to be printed, relative to the upper left-hand corner of the page. The upper left-hand corner of the first character in the string appears in the position you indicate.

   Exception: Panasonic KV-SS905C uses a different way of specifying the position of the endorser string.

6. Optional Auto endorse settings:

   • Select Confirm start value if you want to confirm or specify the prefix string (including the counter’s start value) each time the scanner starts. This is handy if the number that is printed on each form is important and a paper jam occurs, for example. You simply look at the number on the form that caused the jam and type the next number in the Confirm start value dialog when you are ready to continue.

   • Specify a prefix string.

   • In the Start value box, specify the number that the counter is to start counting from. This number is printed after the prefix (if any) on the first page scanned in the job.

   • Some scanners allow you to change the amount by which the counter is incremented with each page—normally 1.

   • In the Length box, you can specify how many characters the counter can contain before restarting at 1. Four (4) is the default value, and it means that 9999 pages will be scanned continuously before restarting at 1.

   Optional Manual endorse setting:

   Select the Select string to imprint box, select one or more of the predefined variables to stamp on each form as it is scanned. The order in which you select variables does not matter. If you select more than one variable, they are printed in the same order in which they appear in the list and are separated by one space. The maximum length of the string to be printed is 80 characters.

7. Click OK twice to close the two dialogs. Do not forget to resave the job description.

It is also possible to compose your own variable by creating an event handler for the JobFormEndorseString event. If you do so, FORMS ignores any variable specified as the imprint string in this dialog.

Warning: If you scan batches of forms with appendices using a Scan job description with the endorser enabled, the batch counter that is printed on the paper is incorrect in certain cases.

Related topic

Endorser overview