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Selecting an Enhanced Bar Code Engine

Kofax VRS is equipped with two Enhanced Bar Code (EBC) engines:

  • Kofax EBC engine (default)

  • OmniPage

By default, Kofax VRS uses the Kofax EBC engine exclusively. However, you can direct VRS to use OmniPage exclusively or alongside the Kofax EBC engine by modifying an .ini file (or creating it if it does not exist.)

When setting up your scanner for batch scanning, test each EBC engine on some of the document types you typically scan. This can help you determine which engine should be your primary EBC engine.

Selecting the primary EBC engine

To select the primary EBC engine:

  1. Modify the KBarMode.ini file, or create the file if it does not exist.

    • %ProgramData%\Kofax\Vrs\KBarMode.ini

  2. Create or edit the properties in the Barcode section of the KBarMode.ini file, similar to the following sample. 

    [Barcode]
IniActive=1
Decoder=3
DecoderOutput=1
Log=1

    See the table below for a description of each property.

    Property Option/Description
    [Barcode] Section title.
    IniActive=

    0

    Disables OmniPage. The Kofax EBC engine continues to operate alone.

    1

    Enables OmniPage. Both the Kofax EBC engine and OmniPage can operate.

    Decoder=

    1

    Only OmniPage operates. If a DecoderOutput property is present, it is ignored.

    2

    Only the Kofax EBC engine operates. If a DecoderOutput property is present, it is ignored.

    3

    Both engines operate (Kofax EBC engine and OmniPage). The results used are determined by the DecoderOutput property, described below.

    DecoderOutput=

    1

    If OmniPage can read the barcode, only the OmniPage results are used. Otherwise, the Kofax EBC engine results are used.

    2

    If the Kofax EBC engine can read the barcode, only the Kofax EBC engine results are used. Otherwise, the OmniPage results are used.

    Log=

    0

    Suppresses the log file.

    1

    Creates the log file.

    The log file shows which engine is running (Kofax EBC engine or OmniPage, or both.) Log files are stored here:

    C:\ProgramData\Kofax\Vrs\Barcode.log

  3. Restart Kofax VRS to have the changes take effect.