Kodak I780 Users Manual

Speed and throughput ➡

Speed and throughput appendix ➡

Image and data integrity ➡

Image and data integrity appendix ➡

Sensor durability ➡

Misfeed management ➡

Misfeed management appendix ➡

Real-world environment ➡

Real-world environment appendix ➡

Competitive BenChmarking

Kodak i780 Scanner vs. Canon DR-X10C Scanner

Count on Kodak for consistent and true performance.

Count out Canon.

Canon DR-X10C Scanner

Kodak i780 Scanner

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All testing conducted in quality assurance labs at Kodak’s Document Imaging headquarters facility, 2600 Manitou Road, Rochester, NY from November 18th, 2008–December 11th, 2008.

Kodak i780 Scanner vs. Canon DR-X10C Scanner

The test results report the actual throughput of each scanner using real-world scanner conﬁgurations.

Test 1 through 6 Settings Kodak i780 ISIS Results DR-X10C VRS Results DR-X10C ISIS Results

i780 % performance

increase over

DR-X10C VRS

i780 % performance

increase over

DR-X10C ISIS

1)

200 dpi, Bitonal, Duplex*

124.8 ppm

84.6 ppm

51.7 ppm

47%

141%

2)

300 dpi, Bitonal, Duplex*

126 ppm

39.8 ppm

52.4 ppm

217%

140%

3)

300 dpi, Bitonal, Simplex*

124.9 ppm

89.9 ppm

97.2 ppm

38%

28%

4) 200 dpi, Color, Duplex**

121.4 ppm

58 ppm

42.1 ppm

109%

188%

5) 300 dpi, Color, Duplex**

125.2 ppm

28.7 ppm

38.2 ppm

336%

227%

6) 300 dpi, Color, Simplex**

125.5 ppm

66.8 ppm

75.3 ppm

88%

67%

ppm = Pages per minute

All documents were fed in landscape format

* Additional settings for test 1-3: Auto orientation, Auto thresholding, Multifeed detection and Multipage TIFF output

** Additional settings for tests 4-6: Auto orientation, Multifeed detection and Multipage TIFF output

Testing observations and conclusions



The use of landscape format and the need for basic

imaging features are part of daily jobs.



Enabling even basic features seriously impacts

productivity of the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner.



The

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner’s speed with the

additional VRS capability and cost drops by as much as

34% (128 ppm claim to 84.6 ppm actual) in a scenario

where the following image processing features are

enabled: 200 dpi, bitonal, duplex, auto thresholding,

auto orientation, multifeed detection, multipage

TIFF

format (Test 1).

•

When scanning at 300 dpi with all the other features

the same,

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner productivity

drops to 39.8 ppm (Test 2).



The use of basic image processing features severely

impacts the productivity of the

Canon

Scanner.



The

Kodak

i780 Scanner outperforms the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner with more imaging features

enabled, and at higher (300 dpi) resolution.



Canon markets productivity but in real-world

scenarios they run much slower. And despite a

customer’s additional investment in VRS,

turning on

features

continues to have a detrimental eect on

throughput speed (see charts 2 and 3 in appendices).

Canon DR-X10C Scanner

Competitive BenChmarking

Speed and throughput

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All testing conducted in quality assurance labs at Kodak’s Document Imaging headquarters facility, 2600 Manitou Road, Rochester, NY from November 18th, 2008 – December 11th, 2008.

Count on Kodak for consistent and true performance.

Count out Canon.

Competitive knockouts

Key takeaways:

The

Kodak

i780 Scanner delivers speed, throughput

Kodak i780 Scanner delivers speed, throughput Kodak

and productivity as rated, even with multiple imaging

features enabled, while the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner

suers severely compromised throughput that is far below

claimed speeds and volumes, with only the most basic

imaging features enabled.



Canon’s marketing materials promote optimal

speed and throughput levels but do not take into

account real-world scenarios, so claimed speeds

are not reﬂective of actual performance.



In the world of production scanning, it is the actual

features-enabled ppm results that truly count.

Methodology

1

For detailed information about testing methodology

and laboratory test results, click here

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Kodak i780 Scanner

Appendices

Appendix 1—Testing methodology and results for speed and throughput

Kodak’s Quality Assurance Team conducted a series of comprehensive, competitive benchmark

tests comparing the Kodak i780 Scanner with ISIS to the Canon DR-X10C Scanner with VRS.

Throughput tests

The intent of these tests was to determine the throughput of each scanner using typical scanner

conﬁgurations. All scanners were conﬁgured with similar settings and all tests were conducted

with EMC QuickScan Pro v6.5.1 and run on the same PC host. EMC QuickScan Pro was chosen

because of its popularity as a third party application. The EMC QuickScan Pro demonstration

version was used so it would be easier for interested parties to validate results. (See Reference

A for conﬁguration details.) The operator prepared documents prior to testing and fed them into

each scanner as quickly as possible. Five new sets of documents were used for each scanner

during testing. Each test was run for one hour with the total number of pages recorded.

Chart 1—Throughput testing

Test Number # Pgs

in 1 hr

Average

ppm

i780 ISIS Test #1 7487 124.8

i780 ISIS Test #2 7557 126.0

i780 ISIS Test #3 7491 124.9

i780 ISIS Test #4 7283 121.4

i780 ISIS Test #5 7510 125.2

i780 ISIS Test #6 7528 125.5

DR-X10C VRS Test #1 5075 84.6

DR-X10C VRS Test #2 2390 39.8

DR-X10C VRS Test #3 5391 89.9

DR-X10C VRS Test #4 3477 58.0

DR-X10C VRS Test #5 1719 28.7

DR-X10C VRS Test #6 4009 66.8

DR-X10C ISIS Test #1 3102 51.7

DR-X10C ISIS Test #2 3142 52.4

DR-X10C ISIS Test #3 5829 97. 2

DR-X10C ISIS Test #4 2527 42.1

DR-X10C ISIS Test #5 2293 38.2

DR-X10C ISIS Test #6 4516 75.3

Chart 2—Data and dierences on number of pages scanned in one hour

i780 DR-X10C

VRS

DR-X10C

ISIS

i780 Increase

Over

DR-X10C VRS

Performance

i780 Increase

Over

DR-X10C ISIS

Performance

Test #1 7487 5075 3102 2412 (47%) 4385 (141%)

Test #2 7557 2390 3142 5167 (217%) 4415 (140%)

Test #3 7491 5391 5829 2100 (38%) 1662 (28%)

Test #4 7283 3477 2527 3806 (109%) 4756 (188%)

Test #5 7510 1719 2293 5791 (336%) 5217 (227%)

Test #6 7528 4009 4516 3519 (88%) 3012 (67%)

See Reference A for conﬁguration details.

Chart 3—Graphic representation of data and dierences on number of pages scanned

in one hour

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0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

123456

i780 ISIS

DR X10C VRS

DR X10C ISIS

-

Pages in One Hour

Test #

Reference A—Testing conﬁguration details*

Test Job 1 Test Job 2 Test Job 3 Test Job 4 Test Job 5 Test Job 6

EMC QuickScan Settings

200 dpi, bitonal, duplex,

AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection,

multipage TIFF output

300 dpi, bitonal, duplex,

AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection,

multipage TIFF output

300 dpi, bitonal, simplex,

AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection,

multipage TIFF output

200 dpi, color, duplex,

AO, multifeed detection,

multipage TIFF output

300 dpi, color, duplex,

AO, multifeed detection,

multipage TIFF output

300 dpi, color, simplex,

AO, multifeed detection,

multipage TIFF output

QuickScan scan

proﬁle name i780 Test job 01 i780 Test job 02 i780 Test job 03 i780 Test job 04 i780 Test job 05 i780 Test job 06

Scan—show continue dialog

after scan Checked Checked Checked Checked Checked Checked

Scan—scan mode Duplex Duplex Simplex Duplex Duplex Simplex

Scan—scan type Black and white Black and white Black and white 24-Bit color 24-Bit color 24-Bit color

Scan—dpi 200 300 300 200 300 300

Scan—page size Scanner max Scanner max Scanner max Scanner max Scanner max Scanner max

Image format and naming—

enter ﬁle name at… Checked Checked Checked Checked Checked Checked

Image format and naming—

ﬁle type TIFF TIFF TIFF JPEG (*.jpg) JPEG (*.jpg) JPEG (*.jpg)

Image format and naming—

color format Binary Binary Binary 24-Bit color 24-Bit color 24-Bit color

Image format and naming—

compression Group 4 Group 4 Group 4 Sequential JPEG Sequential JPEG Sequential JPEG

Image format and

naming— append standard

extension …

Checked Checked Checked Checked Checked Checked

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Test Job 1 Test Job 2 Test Job 3 Test Job 4 Test Job 5 Test Job 6

i780 ISIS driver, main,

cropping Aggressive Aggressive Aggressive Aggressive Aggressive Aggressive

i780 ISIS driver, main,

thresholding iThresholding iThresholding iThresholding iThresholding iThresholding iThresholding

i780 ISIS driver, main,

contrast 0 0 0 0 0 0

i780 ISIS driver, layout,

image orientation (both front

and back image #1)

Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic Automatic

i780 ISIS driver, layout, page

orientation (both front and

back image #1)

Top edge ﬁrst Top edge ﬁrst Top edge ﬁrst Top edge ﬁrst Top edge ﬁrst Top edge ﬁrst

i780 ISIS driver, scanner,

document feeder

250—Automatically

start transport

250—Automatically

start transport

250—Automatically

start transport

250—Automatically

start transport

250—Automatically

start transport

250—Automatically

start transport

i780 ISIS driver, scanner,

ultrasonic detection

Medium—

3 sensors—end job

Medium—

3 sensors—end job

Medium—

3 sensors—end job

Medium—

3 sensors—end job

Medium—

3 sensors—end job

Medium—

3 sensors—end job

i780 ISIS driver, dropout,

blank image detection

Black and White

(back only)—2KB

Black and White

(back only)—2KB

Black and White

(back only)—2KB

Color (back only)—

125KB

Color (back only)—

125KB

Color (back only)—

125KB

i780 ISIS driver, image

processing, JPEG quality N/A N/A N/A Good Good Good

i780 ISIS driver, image

processing, color correction N/A N/A N/A Text with pictures Text with pictures Text with pictures

* Note: The Canon DR-X10C Scanner conﬁgurations were modeled as closely as possible to the Kodak i780 Scanner set-ups.

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Kodak i780 Scanner vs. Canon DR-X10C Scanner

Kodak i780 Scanner

Canon DR-X10C Scanner

Competitive BenChmarking

Image and data integrity

Testing observations and conclusions



Lower-quality characters pose a serious challenge for the

Canon

Scanner, requiring time consuming trial-and-error brightness/

contrast adjustments that reduce productivity.



The

Kodak

i780 Scanner exceeds the performance of the

Canon

Scanner with default settings—even with brightness/contrast

optimally adjusted for the

Canon

Scanner, the

Kodak

Scanner

outperforms it at default

settings.



The

Kodak

Scanner, with default settings, maximizes the

integrity of every document scanned, both for viewing and

downstream data extraction in real-world scenarios.



Perfect Page image processing automatically delivers

consistently high OCR read rates, exceptional image quality, and

a greatly reduced need for rescans.

Competitive knockouts

Key takeaways:

The

Kodak

i780 Scanner provides outstanding image and data

Kodak i780 Scanner provides outstanding image and data Kodak

integrity and OCR read rates, even for real-world imaging challenges,

while the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner does not perform nearly as well.



Even challenging documents become productive images

with

the

Kodak

i780 Scanner while the

Canon

DR-X10C

Scanner requires a great deal of time to optimize brightness/

contrast adjustments and eort to rescan documents.



Kodak helps ensure that scanned images comprise the

best image quality possible—a critical factor in document

management workﬂow—while the

Canon

Scanner can only

make a claim to pleasant aesthetics. Kodak delivers real-world

scanner performance.



Even with optimized settings,

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner delivers

substandard OCR performance for a production scanner.



Without adjustments and optimized settings, the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner performance drops even further.

Methodology

2

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laboratory test results, click here

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Count out Canon.

Reduced-size

versions of the

documents scanned

during testing

Test: Light Document Challenge

OCR Read Rate

for Canon

DR-X10C

Scanner2

OCR Read Rate

for Kodak i780

Scanner2

Batch of documents with light text density (8-point type) scanned at 200 dpi

(LO82) with default settings for both scanners

0%

94%

Batch of documents with light text density (8-point type) scanned at 200 dpi

(LO82); brightness and contrast settings optimized for Canon; default settings

maintained for Kodak

67%

94%

Batch of documents with light text density (10-point type) scanned at 200 dpi

(L102) with default settings for both scanners

0%

95%

Batch of documents with light text density (10-point type) scanned at 200 dpi

(L102) with optimized settings for Canon; default settings for Kodak

82%

95%

©Kodak, 2009. Kodak is a trademark of Kodak.

All testing conducted in quality assurance labs at Kodak’s Document Imaging headquarters facility, 2600 Manitou Road, Rochester, NY from November 18th, 2008 – December 11th, 2008.

Appendices

Appendix 2—Testing methodology and results for image and data integrity (OCR read rates)

Kodak’s Quality Assurance Team conducted a series of comprehensive, competitive benchmark tests comparing the Kodak i780

Scanner with VRS to the Canon DR-X10C Scanner ISIS.

Image and data integrity—complete testing results

Canon DR-X10C Scanner—

optimized brightness and

contrast settings

Canon DR-X10C Scanner—

Default conﬁguration settings

Kodak i780 Scanner—

Default conﬁguration settings

Font and dpi

variations*

Percent

from font

and dpi

variations

Font and dpi

variations

Percent from

font and dpi

variations

Font and dpi

variations

Percent from

font and dpi

variations

L102 81.7918 L102 0.0000 L102 95.2331

L082 67.1692 L082 0.0000 L082 93.9025

L083 98.9587 L083 0.0000 L083 88.3379

Average Score = 82.6399 Average Score = 0.0000 Average Score = 92.4912

*Font and dpi variations: L = Light; 08 or 10 = Font Size; 2 or 3 = 200 or 300 dpi

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Kodak i780 Scanner vs. Canon DR-X10C Scanner

Fact Check

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner

Kodak

i780 Scanner

Vendor’s marketing claim

Contact Image Sensor (CIS): “Robust design, outstanding

imaging quality.”

Charge Coupled Device (CCD): “Superior durability and image quality.”

Sensor technology

compare/contrast

CIS array requires that documents come into direct contact

with sensor glass during imaging; this is necessary for the

sensor to capture a quality image.

CCD sensors obtain a quality image without contact between document

and sensor glass.

Sensor placement in

transport path

Real-world scanning jobs, where documents introduce dust, dirt

and staples to the transport path, increase likelihood of damage

to

Canon’s

Contact Image Sensor during the scanning process.

In the

Canon

Scanner design, the sensor is encased in glass that

is directly exposed to documents during scanning.

The elegance of

Kodak’s

CCD sensor design means it is not placed in the

paper path and does not come into contact with documents as they are

scanned and pass through the transport. Instead, via a series of mirrors

that lie above the CCD sensor but beneath the glass barrier viewable

in the paper path, images and data are rapidly captured as documents

pass, while the CCD is protected by the glass barrier or imaging guide.

Additionally, foam guards seal the imaging guide and surround the

mirrors, further preventing contamination.

Impact of sensor technology

on productivity, incidence of

service calls

Direct contact between sensor glass and document originals

increases likelihood of sensor glass damage. With the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner, a service call is needed in order to replace

damaged sensor glass. Uptime and productivity are jeopardized

by Canon’s technological choices.

No contact is required between a document to be scanned and CCD

sensor glass during scanning process, minimizing any chance of risk

to sensor glass surface from staples, dust or dirt on documents. CCD

sensor is located far below paper path and is additionally protected

by a glass barrier known as an “imaging guide” in

Kodak

i780 Scanner

speciﬁcations. Replacement of glass imaging guide, if ever required, can

be completed by end user. Kodak’s intelligent design elements enable

maximum uptime and productivity for customers.

Sensor durability

Kodak’s CCD (Charge Coupled Device) sensor provides enhanced durability over Canon’s CIS (Contact Image Sensor) technology, which requires any document being

scanned to be in direct physical contact with the sensor glass. As a result, sensor damage is a possibility. CCD sensors do not require contact and produce high-quality

images without close proximity, eliminating the possibility of sensor glass damage due to contact. The

Kodak

i780 Scanner is designed to maximize uptime, reduce

service calls and optimize productivity for your operation.

Kodak i780 Scanner Canon DR-X10C Scanner

Competitive BenChmarking

Count on Kodak for consistent and true performance.

Count out Canon.

©Kodak, 2009. Kodak is a trademark of Kodak.

All testing conducted in quality assurance labs at Kodak’s Document Imaging headquarters facility, 2600 Manitou Road, Rochester, NY from November 18th, 2008 – December 11th, 2008.

Competitive BenChmarking

Count on Kodak for consistent and true performance.

Count out Canon.

Conclusions



The

Canon

Scanner, because of its Contact Image Sensor, requires documents

to come into physical contact with the sensor glass, creating a range of potential

problems when working with real-world documents. Some of these problems

require a service call.



The

Kodak

Scanner, thanks to its CCD (Charged Coupled Device) sensor’s

intelligent design and architecture, does not require documents to come into

physical contact with the sensor glass, eliminating the possibility of sensor glass

damage due to contact with documents that contain staples, dirt or dust.



Glass imaging guides and strategically placed mirrors that are part of the CCD

design, eectively protect the CCD from the paper path and contaminants

introduced from documents scanned. Replacement of the glass imaging

guides, if ever required, can be completed by the end user, optimizing uptime

and productivity.

Competitive knockouts

Key takeaways:

The

Kodak

i780 Scanner is not at risk of sensor damage due to physical contact with

Kodak i780 Scanner is not at risk of sensor damage due to physical contact with Kodak

documents during scanning, eliminating the possibility of sensor glass damage due to

contact. The

Kodak

i780 Scanner, using CCD technology, is designed to maximize uptime,

Kodak i780 Scanner, using CCD technology, is designed to maximize uptime, Kodak

reduce service calls and optimize productivity for your operation. The technology of the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner may be vulnerable to damage, and since sensor glass replacement

on the

Canon

Scanner requires a service call, there is a potential negative impact to uptime

and productivity.



In a real-world environment, busy scanning operations understand that scanners

that can’t elegantly manage the occasional stapled document without interrupting

their operation and seriously impacting their productivity, cannot provide the real

“robustness” needed in actual work environments.



The

Kodak

i780 Scanner handles occasional staples and common dust

without maintenance of special parts, in order to maximize uptime in busy

production environments.



The

Kodak

i780 Scanner’s sensor and scanner design easily tackles common real-

world work environment hazards in a busy production scanning environment.



The

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner utilizes sensor technology that may be vulnerable to

damage, and therefore puts customer productivity at risk.



The

Kodak

i780 Scanner’s sensor design, including CCD technology, sensor

placement far below the paper path, protective foam barriers that protect the sensor

from staples and other contaminants introduced on scanned documents, and

customer-replaceable imaging guides, all combine to optimize image quality and

productivity in real-world customer operations.



Kodak’s sensor technology is superior in durability to that used by Canon. For robust

imaging capabilities, turn to the brand you trust—Kodak—for technology you can

count on.

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Kodak i780 Scanner vs. Canon DR-X10C Scanner

Competitive BenChmarking

Canon Marketing Claims

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner Performance

3

Kodak

i780 Scanner Performance

3

“‘Double-Feed Re-try mechanism’ allows

the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner to re-feed

any document that appears to its sensors

as a double feed”

“User-adjustable ultrasonic double-feed

detection sensors”

“Rapid Recovery System for superior,

reliable and ﬂexible document handling”

When “retry feeding” is enabled, the

Canon

Scanner experiences

throughput deﬁcits as the operator is forced to interact with both the

operator control panel on the scanner and the host, to observe and

compare the image held in the output tray and displayed for action on

the

host.

Common documents can be mistakenly detected by the

Canon

Scanner

as double-feeds, based on the technology utilized, including common

applications such as checks or EKG printouts taped to letter-size paper

within a batch.

Any document overlap detected by sensors (documents with lead edges

oset by less than 3.5 inches) trips the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner’s retry

mechanism, resulting in documents being backed out of transport and

auto-fed again (retried). Operators can choose a setting of one, two, or

three “retries.”

If the set number of retries fail (the document continues to be seen as a

misfeed), a message appears on the OCP: “ignore” or “retry.” Message

must be cleared by the operator before the job will continue. The misfed

document will be held in the output tray, but resolving the image to be

saved or deleted and rescanned at the host, must be done after inspection

of the output tray, the paper path, and the image at the host. An action to

delete or save each image noted as a misfeed also must be taken by the

operator before the job continues.

These multiple operator steps, coupled with the slowdown caused by

the misfeed retries, result in reduced productivity for the operator and

diminished throughput for the operation.

3-D ultrasonic sensors reliably detect true double feeds and are aligned

with the transport to help ensure documents are imaged and saved to

the host. Operators resolve each incidence at the host by inspecting

the last scanned image and/or rescanning the misfed original. Options

exist in the

Kodak

i780 Scanner’s misfeed detection feature settings,

enabling the operator to optimize productivity, operator control,

or

throughput.

Operators can manage misfeed detection workﬂow in three ways:

Option 1:

Optimized operator control: “beep and stop”—alerts operator

with an audible beep, stops job and application, leaving detected

document in output tray at top of stack for retrieval while saving

the image to host. Operator inspects output tray and image at host.

Clicks at host to resume application and pushes button at scanner to

restart

job.

Option 2:

Optimized operator productivity: “beep and pause”—alerts

operator with an audible beep at the scanner and does NOT require

host interaction to continue the job. The triggering document is always

imaged and saved, so operator has option to review scanned image to

determine if intervention is really needed, or to continue job.

Option 3:

Optimized throughput: “beep and continue”—alerts operator

that a misfeed is detected but scanning continues. Image is saved and

passed to host for later operator inspection to determine if misfeed was

detected in error (such as when mixed batches turn up a previously

undetected envelope).

In side-by-side testing with a challenge document set, as well as with

intentionally induced double feeds into a document set, the

Kodak

i780

Scanner’s throughput performance and productivity exceeded that of

the

Canon

Scanner by as much as 50%.

3

These results demonstrate

that the elegant and ﬂexible misfeed management capabilities in

the

Kodak

i780 Scanner design and architecture, outperform those

from

Canon.

Misfeed management

Side-by-side testing shows that with a challenge set of 50 documents, fed ﬁve times as consecutive batches,

Canon’s

misfeed detection/retry mechanism and required operator

intervention—at both the Operator Control Panel and the Host—result in throughput deﬁcits. Overall productivity of the

Canon

Scanner with this challenge document set is

exceeded by the

Kodak

i780 Scanner’s performance with the same set of challenge documents.

3

The lack of ﬂexible options for the operator to eectively manage misfeeds,

based on both attributes and workﬂow priorities, contributes to both a “clunky” workﬂow for the operator to manage, and hampered throughput (when

Canon’s

misfeed

detection/“retry feeding” mechanism is enabled).

Count on Kodak for consistent and true performance.

Count out Canon.

Kodak i780 Scanner Canon DR-X10C Scanner

©Kodak, 2009. Kodak is a trademark of Kodak.

All testing conducted in quality assurance labs at Kodak’s Document Imaging headquarters facility, 2600 Manitou Road, Rochester, NY from November 18th, 2008 – December 11th, 2008.

Competitive BenChmarking

Testing observations and conclusions



The

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner does not oer ﬂexible options for the operator to

manage misfeeds in the most time-ecient manner.



The

Kodak

i780 Scanner’s throughput performance and productivity exceeds

that of the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner by as much as 50% with a challenge set

of documents.



The

Kodak

i780 Scanner provides far more elegant and ﬂexible misfeed

detection and control, allowing the operator a choice to prioritize throughput,

control or productivity, based on batch attributes, job and document

characteristics, and workﬂow needs.

Competitive knockouts

Key takeaways:

The

Kodak

i780 Scanner delivers far greater ﬂexibility, customization and practical

Kodak i780 Scanner delivers far greater ﬂexibility, customization and practical Kodak

real-world choices in terms of misfeed handling and management for optimum

productivity. The

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner’s options for handling misfeeds may at ﬁrst

seem creative and appear impressive in a simple demo, but side-by-side testing shows

that with a real-world set of documents, productivity is signiﬁcantly compromised by

Canon’s “retry feeding” feature. This feature takes time to stop the transport, reverse the

document back on the input stack, and repick the document from the stack. The retry

feeding feature may actually lead to the loss of data in misclassiﬁed true multifeeds, due

to over-reliance on this feature by operators.



Canon oers users limited options for enhanced productivity while managing

misfed documents.



In the real world of production scanning, a choice is often made to ﬂag a misfeed

and continue scanning to maximize throughput and eciency (as possible with

the

Kodak

i780 Scanner). The

Canon

model does not oer this possibility.



Canon makes no accommodation for real-world documents that are common

in certain industries, such as EKGs or checks taped to a letter-sized document.

These real-world documents are falsely detected as misfeeds by the

Canon

Scanner, slowing down operations; while the

Kodak

i780 Scanner will eectively

image and pass these critical documents through as needed, eciently and with

integrity, providing you with the imaging performance you’ve come to expect

from a trusted vendor like Kodak.

Methodology

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Appendices

Appendix 3—Part A—Misfeed management—Testing methodology and results

Kodak’s Quality Assurance Team conducted a series of comprehensive, competitive benchmark tests comparing the Kodak i780 Scanner/ISIS to the Canon DR-X10C Scanner ISIS/

Canon DR-X10C Scanner with VRS.

Misfeed management—test results

Multifeed productivity test

This test is intended to simulate a job set with pages that create real multifeeds where

two pages feed at the same time through the scanner and cannot be separated with

retry feeding.

The job stream consisted of 100 pages with induced multifeeds placed every 10 pages

in the document stack starting at page 5. The document stack was used for all multifeed

tests described.

Scanner features and settings proﬁle used for multifeed productivity test:

300 dpi bitonal, duplex, auto orientation ON, auto thresholding ON, multifeed detection ON,

all zones ON, set to disable scanner on multifeed detect. Multipage TIFF output selected.

Canon “retry” count set to one attempt.

General test steps:

• Operatorscannedveprepared100-pagemultifeedstacks.

• Thestackswereloadedseparately,onefollowinganother.

• Eachmultifeedpagewasrescannedasquicklyaspossiblebyremovingthesticky

note and placing the document back in the feeder.

• Whentheimagesofthemultifeeddocumentweresenttothehosttheywereremoved

(deleted) from the batch before the rescan.

Multifeed Productivity Test Kodak i780

Scanner ISIS

Canon DR-X10C

Scanner VRS

Time to scan batch of ﬁve sets of

100 pages with 10 induced multifeeds

in each set

19 min 11 sec 23 min 15.75 sec

Demonstrated performance in ppm 26.1 21.5

Challenging document productivity test

This test was intended to simulate a very challenging document including a wide range of sizes,

thicknesses and ﬁnishes.

General test steps:

• Operator scanned ﬁve prepared challenge stacks.

• The stacks were loaded separately, one following another.

• Each real multifeed was rescanned.

• Images of real multifeeds were not included in the batch.

Scanner features and settings proﬁle for challenge document productivity test:

200 dpi bitonal, duplex, auto orientation ON, auto thresholding ON, multifeed detection ON,

multifeed retry ON, all zones ON, set to disable scanner on multifeed. Multipage TIFF output.

Canon “retry” count set to one attempt.

Challenge Document

Productivity Test

Results

Duration

Product Tested # of Pages Total time Average ppm # Multifeeds

Kodak

i780 Scanner ISIS 250 5:18:03 47. 2 25

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner ISIS 250 11:36:63 21.5 25

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This appendix deﬁnes the job streams used in the multifeed productivity test and the

challenge document productivity test.

Multifeed productivity test

This is a set of 100 pages of 20# 8.5in x 11in copier paper. Sticky notes (3in x 3in) were

placed on the documents as deﬁned below.

Page # Sticky note

5 False multifeed

15 True multifeed

25 True multifeed (recovered)

35 False multifeed

45 True multifeed

55 False multifeed

65 False multifeed

75 True multifeed (recovered)

85 True multifeed

95 False multifeed

Challenge document productivity test

This document set was intended to be a collection of extremely dicult to scan documents.

Doc # Qty Description Orientation

1–5 5 Duplex printed copier paper (Pendleton) Portrait

6 1 Bank-sized check Landscape

7 1 Business card Portrait

8 1 Shipment air way bill Landscape

9 1 Personal check Landscape

10 1 W3 form (letter size) Portrait

11 1 Dark gray iThresholding document (Perfect Page set) Portrait

12 1 W2 form (letter size) Portrait

13 1 Empty business-sized envelope Landscape

14 1 Onionskin iThresholding document (Perfect Page set) Portrait

15 1 Kodak’s blue reseller questionnaire (Perfect Page set) Portrait

16 1 Value-added tax return (Perfect Page set) Portrait

17 1 5" x 7" Glossy color photo Landscape

18 1 8.5" x 17" Glossy chart Portrait

Challenge document productivity test, continued

Doc # Qty Description Orientation

19 1 8.125" x 17" Photo Portrait

20, 21 2 Personal checks (Perfect Page set) Landscape

22 1 Toggle patch 8.5" x 11" with 2 corners cut o Landscape

23 1 USPS Express Mail multipart mailing label (Label 11-B) Landscape

24, 25 2 Steno pad, torn from spiral but not cleaned Portrait

26 1 USPS PS Form 3811, 3½" x 11" card stock Landscape

27, 28 2 USPS Certiﬁed Mail receipt, PS Form 3800, 3

3

/

16

" x 5 ½" Landscape

29 1 USPS envelope EP14H w/large window, 5" x 10" Landscape

30–33 3 Duplex printed copier paper (Pendleton) Portrait

34 1 Gloss personal identiﬁcation card, 3¾" x 6 ¾" Landscape

35 1 Textured invitation card 3

7

/

8

" x 8

1

/

8

" Landscape

36 1 Duplex printed copier paper, wrinkled and

torn corner (Pendleton) Portrait

37 1Scissor-cut black card stock, edges not straight

(approx 3¾" x 4½") Landscape

38 1 Tri-folded Kodak i1200/i1300 Scanner Quick Tips Portrait

39 1 Order form photocopy, 11" x 17" Portrait

40 1 Extended warranty application (Perfect Page set) Portrait

41–47 6 Duplex printed copier paper (Pendleton) Portrait

48 1 Red Domestic/International USPS mailing envelope,

11 ½" x 15

1

/

8

"Portrait

49 1 Blue Extremely Urgent USPS mailing envelope, 11 ½" x 15

1

/

8

" Portrait

50 1 NexPress Press sample document, glossy, 8

1

/

8

" x 10

1

/

8

" Portrait

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Appendix 3—Part B—Misfeed management—Job stream conﬁgurations

Workstation Components Version

OptiPlex 755 Minitower: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6850 (3.0GHz, 4M, VT,

1333MHz FSB)

Operating system(s): Genuine Windows XP Professional, SP2, x32, with

Media, English

Memory: 2GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM, 667MHz, (2 DIMM)

Boot Hard Drives: 250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s and 8MB DataBurst Cache

Video Card: Integrated Video, Intel GMA3100

Scanner Related Components Version

PC Scanning Software EMC QuickScan Pro 6.5.1 demo (build 8372)

Created with QuickDriver Version

1.0.10710.10002 PixTools 32-Bit Runtime Libraries Version 7.0 build 2124

Canon DR-X10C Scanner ISIS Driver Canon DR-X10C version 1.1.10807.03001

Canon DR-X10C Scanner Firmware Version 2.10

Canon DR-X10C Scanner Driver Version 4.20.148

Interface Used (ISIS conﬁguration) USB interface was used

Canon DR-X10C Kofax Card CGA Firmware Version 3.10.011

Interface Used (Canon VRS conﬁguration) USB interface was used

Interface Used (Kodak) IEEE 1394—FireWire 400

Kodak i780 Scanner ISIS Drivers eki700 Version 2.0.10809.29001

Kodak i780 Scanner Firmware Version 2.00.21

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Appendix 3—Part D—Misfeed management—Scanner features and settings proﬁle

Kodak i780 Scanner conﬁguration EMC Captiva QuickScan Pro v6.5.1 demo settings

Kodak i780 Scanner ISIS Multifeed Productivity Test Challenge Document Productivity Test

200 dpi, bitonal, duplex, AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection, multipage TIFF output

300 dpi, bitonal, duplex, AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection, multipage TIFF output

QuickScan scan proﬁle name i780 Test job 01 i780 Test job 02

General—save images to this folder C:\Program Files\EMC Captiva\QuickScan\

My Images\i780\Job01

C:\Program Files\EMC Captiva\QuickScan\

My Images\i780\Job02

Scan—show continue dialog after scan Checked Checked

Scan—scan mode Duplex Duplex

Scan—scan type Black and white Black and white

Scan—dpi 200 300

Scan—page size Scanner max Scanner max

Image format and naming—enter ﬁle name at … Checked Checked

Image format and naming—ﬁle type TIFF TIFF

Image format and naming—color format Binary Binary

Image format and naming—compression Group 4 Group 4

Image format and naming—append standard extension … Checked Checked

i780 ISIS driver, main, cropping Aggressive Aggressive

i780 ISIS driver, main, thresholding iThresholding iThresholding

i780 ISIS driver, main, contrast 0 0

i780 ISIS driver, layout, image orientation

(both front and back image #1) Automatic Automatic

i780 ISIS driver, layout, page orientation

(both front and back image #1) Top edge ﬁrst Top edge ﬁrst

i780 ISIS driver, scanner, document feeder 250—Automatically start transport 250—Automatically start transport

i780 ISIS driver, scanner, ultrasonic detection Medium—3 sensors—end job Medium—3 sensors—end job

i780 ISIS driver, dropout, blank image detection Black and white (back only)—2KB Black and white (back only)—2KB

i780 ISIS driver, image processing, JPEG quality N /A N/A

i780 ISIS driver, image processing, color correction N /A N/A

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Canon DR-X10C Scanner, VRS conﬁguration EMC Captiva QuickScan Pro v6.5.1 demo settings

Canon DR-X10C with VRS Option Multifeed Productivity Test Challenge Document Productivity Test

200 dpi, bitonal, duplex, AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection, multipage TIFF output

300 dpi, bitonal, duplex, AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection, multipage TIFF output

QuickScan scan proﬁle name DR-X10C VRS test job 01 DR-X10C VRS test job 02

General—save images to this folder C:\Program Files\EMC Captiva\QuickScan\My Images\

x10c-VRS\Job01

C:\Program Files\EMC Captiva\QuickScan\My Images\

x10c-VRS\Job02

Scan—show continue dialog after scan Checked Checked

Scan—scan mode Duplex Duplex

Scan—scan type Black and white Black and white

Scan—dpi 200 300

Scan—page size Scanner max Scanner max

Image format and naming—enter ﬁle name at … Checked Checked

Image format and naming—ﬁle type TIFF TIFF

Image format and naming—color format Binary Binary

Image format and naming—compression Group 4 Group 4

Image format and naming—

append standard extension … Checked Checked

PixKofax, main tab, paper source Feeder Feeder

PixKofax, main tab, dpi 200 300

PixKofax, main tab, mode Black and white Black and white

PixKofax, main tab, page size Scanner’s maximum Scanner’s maximum

PixKofax, main tab, orientation Portrait Portrait

PixKofax, main tab, simplex/duplex Duplex Duplex

PixKofax, more, detect page size Checked Checked

PixKofax, main tab, (scanner preset) {preset

names are retained so you can use dierent

names as needed}

Test01 Test02

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), clarity,

auto brightness Checked Checked

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), clarity,

brightness N/A N/A

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Canon DR-X10C Scanner, VRS conﬁguration, continued

Canon DR-X10C with VRS Option Multifeed Productivity Test Challenge Document Productivity Test

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), clarity, contrast 50 50

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), clarity,

advanced clarity Enabled @ level 2 Enabled @ level 2

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), clarity, gamma 17 17

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), noise, line ﬁlter Normal Normal

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), noise, speckle removal Small Small

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), noise, ﬁll holes Not checked Not checked

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), skew, deskew Deskew, auto crop, auto orientation Deskew, auto crop, auto orientation

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), color,

enable detection N/A N/A

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), background,

enable smoothing N/A N/A

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), blank page Enabled detection, delete, context @ 50,

ignore holes

Enabled detection, delete, context @ 50,

ignore holes

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), (proﬁle name) {proﬁle

names are not retained in PixKofax so only use one} Test Test

PixKofax, VRS Admin, warnings, brightness out of range 35—Ignore error 35—Ignore error

PixKofax, VRS Admin, warnings, contrast out of range 40—Ignore error 40—Ignore error

PixKofax, VRS Admin, warnings, color conﬁdence out of range 50—Ignore error 50—Ignore error

PixKofax, VRS Admin, errors, paper jam Auto resolve Auto resolve

PixKofax, VRS Admin, errors, multifeed Auto resolve Auto resolve

PixKofax, VRS Admin, errors, out of paper Auto resolve Auto resolve

PixKofax, VRS Admin, errors, cover open Auto resolve Auto resolve

PixKofax, VRS Admin, errors, auto crop failure boundary

note detected Ignore error Ignore error

PixKofax, VRS Admin, errors, auto deskew failure Ignore error Ignore error

PixKofax, VRS Admin, errors, staple detection Auto resolve Auto resolve

PixKofax, VRS Admin, errors, excessive skew Auto resolve Auto resolve

PixKofax, VRS Admin, accelerated scanning Best Best

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments),

Canon ISIS, endorser No endorser No endorser

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), Canon ISIS,

color—front/rear color dropout None None

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Canon DR-X10C Scanner, VRS conﬁguration, continued

Canon DR-X10C with VRS Option Multifeed Productivity Test Challenge Document Productivity Test

PixKofax, advanced (VRS Adjustments), Canon ISIS, color, JPEG compression Good Good

PixKofax, advanced (VRS Adjustments), Canon ISIS, picking rectangle Not checked Not checked

PixKofax, advanced (VRS Adjustments), Canon ISIS, rotation (front/rear) 0 0

PixKofax, advanced (VRS Adjustments), Canon ISIS, multifeed Enabled with 3 zones Enabled with 3 zones

PixKofax, advanced (VRS Adjustments), Canon ISIS, other (speed/quality) High speed scanning enabled High speed scanning enabled

PixKofax, advanced (VRS Adjustments), Canon ISIS, other, moire removal Checked Checked

PixKofax, advanced (VRS Adjustments), Canon ISIS, other, staple detection Checked Checked

PixKofax, advanced (VRS Adjustments), Canon ISIS, other, error recovery Checked Checked

Canon DR-X10C Operator control panel settings

Canon DR-X10C OCP—buzzer control (ON2 ON1 OFF) ON2 ON2

Canon DR-X10C OCP—double feed control (ON/OFF) ON ON

Canon DR-X10C OCP—double feed retry (3-2-1-OFF) 1 1

Canon DR-X10C OCP—staple detection (ON/OFF) ON ON

Canon DR-X10C OCP—staple control (2/1/0) 0 0

Canon DR-X10C OCP—long document (ON/OFF) OFF OFF

Canon DR-X10C OCP—manual feed mode (ON/OFF) OFF OFF

Canon DR-X10C OCP—stand by mode (240-60-10) 240 240

Canon DR-X10C OCP—Japanese (ON/OFF) OFF OFF

Canon DR-X10C OCP—display contrast — —

Canon DR-X10C OCP—SCSI speed (20-10-5) 20 20

Canon DR-X10C OCP—USB short packet (ON/OFF) ON ON

Canon DR-X10C OCP—dust detection mode (ON/OFF) ON2 ON2

Canon DR-X10C OCP—tray position (2-1-0) 1 1

Canon DR-X10C OCP—torque control (5-4-3-2-1) 3 3

Canon DR-X10C OCP—auto USB power o (ON/OFF) OFF OFF

Canon DR-X10C OCP—total counter (display only) N/A N/A

Canon DR-X10C OCP—roller counter (reset to 0) N/A N/A

Canon DR-X10C OCP—imprinter test N/A N/A

Canon DR-X10C OCP—cleaning mode N/A N/A

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Canon DR-X10C Scanner, ISIS conﬁguration EMC Captiva QuickScan Pro v6.5.1 demo settings

Canon DR-X10C ISIS Multifeed Productivity Test Challenge Document Productivity Test

200 dpi, bitonal, duplex, AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection, multipage TIFF output

300 dpi, bitonal, duplex, AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection, multipage TIFF output

QuickScan scan proﬁle name DR-X10C ISIS test job 01 DR-X10C ISIS test job 02

General—save images to this folder C:\Program Files\EMC Captiva\QuickScan\

My Images\x10c-ISIS\Job01

C:\Program Files\EMC Captiva\QuickScan\

My Images\x10c-ISIS\Job02

Scan—show continue dialog after scan Checked Checked

Scan—scan mode Duplex Duplex

Scan—scan type Black and white Black and white

Scan—dpi 200 300

Scan—page size Scanner max Scanner max

Image format and naming—enter ﬁle name at… Checked Checked

Image format and naming—ﬁle type TIFF TIFF

Image format and naming—color format Binary Binary

Image format and naming—compression Group 4 Group 4

Image format and naming—append standard extension … Checked Checked

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, basic, user preference

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, basic, mode Black and white Black and white

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, basic, page size Auto detection Auto detection

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, basic, dpi 200 300

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, basic, scanning mode Duplex Duplex

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, basic, deskew Checked Checked

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, brightness, auto Checked Checked

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, brightness, gamma, custom Not checked Not checked

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, image processing, text orientation Checked Checked

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, other, rapid recovery system Checked Checked

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, other, JPEG transfer N/A N/A

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, other, staple detection Checked Checked

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, other, feeding option Standard feeding Standard feeding

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, other, double feed detection Ultrasonic Ultrasonic

DR-X10C ISIS Driver, other, double feed detection, setting 3 Sensors 3 Sensors

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Canon DR-X10C ISIS Multifeed Productivity Test Challenge Document Productivity Test

Canon DR-X10C Operator control panel settings

Canon DR-X10C OCP—buzzer control (ON2 ON1 OFF) ON2 ON2

Canon DR-X10C OCP—double feed control (ON/OFF) ON ON

Canon DR-X10C OCP—double feed retry (3-2-1-OFF) 1 1

Canon DR-X10C OCP—staple detection (ON/OFF) ON ON

Canon DR-X10C OCP—staple control (2/1/0) 0 0

Canon DR-X10C OCP—long document (ON/OFF) OFF OFF

Canon DR-X10C OCP—manual feed mode (ON/OFF) OFF OFF

Canon DR-X10C OCP—stand by mode (240-60-10) 240 240

Canon DR-X10C OCP—Japanese (ON/OFF) OFF OFF

Canon DR-X10C OCP—display contrast N/A N/A

Canon DR-X10C OCP—SCSI speed (20-10-5) 20 20

Canon DR-X10C OCP—USB short packet (ON/OFF) ON ON

Canon DR-X10C OCP—dust detection mode (ON/OFF) ON2 ON2

Canon DR-X10C OCP—tray position (2-1-0) 1 1

Canon DR-X10C OCP—torque control (5-4-3-2-1) 3 3

Canon DR-X10C OCP—auto USB power o (ON/OFF) OFF OFF

Canon DR-X10C OCP—total counter (display only) N/A N/A

Canon DR-X10C OCP—roller counter (reset to 0) N/A N/A

Canon DR-X10C OCP—imprinter test N/A N/A

Canon DR-X10C OCP—cleaning mode N/A N/A

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Kodak i780 Scanner vs. Canon DR-X10C Scanner

Competitive BenChmarking

Real-world situation

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner performance in real-world scanning scenarios

4, 5

Kodak

i780 Scanner performance in real-world scenarios

4, 5

Mixed batches—variety of

document weights, sizes and

thicknesses scanned

Any real diversity of documents (checks, envelopes, etc.) throttled

scanner throughput by detecting false misfeeds, unless “misfeed retry”

feature was turned o. A wide document range initiates misfeed detect/

rapid recovery mode, requiring ongoing operator intervention and slowing

down throughput. With misfeed retry feature on, operator had to respond

constantly to scanner control panel error message, as well as resolve

physical document output vs. electronic images saved at the host.

Operator must determine if documents held in tray are only images

not captured.

SurePath paper handling delivered consistent, rated productivity

with ultrasonic double feed detection sensors enabled, and

always fed the image to the host. (A design created with the

operator’s ultimate productivity in mind.) Minimal misfeeding

and jamming during testing. Messaging at host minimized the

“clicks” necessary to clear real misfeeds and quickly restart

the job.

Torque

Canon’s active torque control is not sensitive enough for a variety of

documents, which resulted in bowing and ripping of documents when

speed setting was not adjusted properly for document

types fed.

Kodak’s separation rollers ran fast at initial contact with paper to

smoothly peel document o the top, then returned to a stable

speed—no manual intervention needed.

Standard-size documents

with checks or EKG printouts

attached with tape

Documents viewed as misfeeds, slowing scanner throughput and

requiring operator intervention and resolution at control panel

and host.

Captured images accurately with no productivity loss.

Dust and contaminants

Detected dust and attempted to clear, but streaks still appeared on

images. Confused dust with denser objects, causing scanning to stop.

Auto dust detection occurred only when scanner was ﬁrst turned on, at

start of job, or coming out of energy saver mode. If dust accumulated

during a job, the scanner did not stop, clean and restart the job,

automatically. (Operator intervention and initiation of dust detection

mid-job resulted in dust being found and cleared in some instances.)

Streaks on images caused by dust accumulation were visible long before

the system auto initiated and cleared dust from the image path.

5

Kodak

i780 Scanner’s design focuses on keeping dust away

from optics. CCD sensors are encased in glass and additionally

protected by a glass barrier—known as an imaging guide—and

foam guards to prevent dust from accumulating. No issues with

dust forming on the plate. Blower fans pulled in clean air and

pushed out contaminants and dust (while cooling lamps).

5

Real-world environment

(Mixed Batches/Transport/Reliability/

SurePath/Dust Detection)

A variety of real-world scanning scenarios were created and tested with documents scanned by the Kodak i780 Scanner and Canon DR-X10C Scanner.4, 5

Count on Kodak for consistent and true performance.

Count out Canon.

©Kodak, 2009. Kodak is a trademark of Kodak.

All testing conducted in quality assurance labs at Kodak’s Document Imaging headquarters facility, 2600 Manitou Road, Rochester, NY from November 18th, 2008 – December 11th, 2008.

Kodak i780 Scanner Canon DR-X10C Scanner

Testing observations and conclusions



Operators of the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner must be constantly vigilant when

preparing documents for scanning, completing more extensive presorting, or risk

ongoing misfeeds along with associated downtime and productivity.



The

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner creates potential confusion because with misfeed

retry mechanism engaged, operator must respond to scanner control panel

messaging as well as resolve any discrepancy between physical document

output and electronic images saved at the host to discover if these were the

only images “missed.” Occurrences of this scenario during testing diminished

productivity signiﬁcantly.



No matter how much dust is introduced to the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner during

a job, dust detection software will not be induced to stop/check/clear the dust

automatically. Only when the operator intervenes will dust be cleared at this

point. Streaking on images was visible during the running of a batch, with auto

dust removal not being activated until a new batch was initiated.

Competitive knockouts

Key takeaways:

The real world of scanning is not a perfect world. Mixed sizes, shapes, and weights—

along with attachments, staples, colors, folds and other common issues—occur daily.

To achieve true productivity, variables must be accounted for and handled with ease

to ensure robust performance. The

Kodak

i780 Scanner delivers reliable productivity

Kodak i780 Scanner delivers reliable productivity Kodak

at rated speeds day after day, thanks to a combination of speed, productivity building

features, and robust paper handling. In tests, the

Kodak

i780 Scanner seamlessly

Kodak i780 Scanner seamlessly Kodak

handled mixed document batches and avoided the types of productivity issues that

encumbered the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner. The

Canon

Scanner arrives with a variety of

troublesome design elements that slash productivity, create headaches and hassles, and

negatively impact image quality.



Divergent document batches befuddle the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner. Envelopes,

checks and varied sizes throttle the scanner’s throughput, unless the “misfeed

retry” feature is turned o. Batches with a wide range of document types and

sizes send the

Canon

Scanner into misfeed detect/rapid recovery mode, which

reduced productivity in side-by-side testing.

4



Canon claims exclusive paper-feeding technology that easily handles

documents of the widest range of sizes, weights and types to deliver high

productivity. However, when testing the

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner side-by-side

with the

Kodak

i780 Scanner, the

Canon

Scanner’s retry feeding mechanism

slows down overall throughput as it detects false double feeds when common

document types are fed. Kodak’s CCD sensors track every page, check for

overlaps and misfeeds, and help deliver outstanding image quality at full rated

speed. The

Kodak

i780 Scanner is not fooled by adhesive labels or varying paper

thicknesses, and requires no operator calibration to optimally handle the widest

variety of document types and thicknesses as deﬁned in its speciﬁcations.

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Dust can be a signiﬁcant problem (for cleaning and image quality) with the

Canon

Scanner, as a questionable design for detecting and clearing dust may

allow it to negatively impact image quality while setting false expectations for

dust-free imaging with customers. Kodak’s exceptional sensor and transport

technologies and design eectively minimize quality issues due to dust.

Competitive BenChmarking

Count on Kodak for consistent and true performance.

Count out Canon.

Methodology

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Appendices

Appendix 4—Part A—Real-world environment—Testing methodology and results

Kodak’s Quality Assurance Team conducted a series of comprehensive, competitive benchmark tests comparing the Kodak i780 Scanner/ISIS to the Canon DR-X10C Scanner ISIS/

Canon DR-X10C Scanner with VRS.

Misfeed management—test results

Multifeed productivity test

This test is intended to simulate a job set with pages that create real multifeeds where

two pages feed at the same time through the scanner and cannot be separated with

retry feeding.

The job stream consisted of 100 pages with induced multifeeds placed every 10 pages

in the document stack starting at page 5. The document stack was used for all multifeed

tests described.

Scanner features and settings proﬁle used for multifeed productivity test:

300 dpi bitonal, duplex, auto orientation ON, auto thresholding ON, multifeed detection ON,

all zones ON, set to disable scanner on multifeed detect. Multipage TIFF output selected.

Canon “retry” count set to one attempt.

General test steps:

• Operatorscannedveprepared100-pagemultifeedstacks.

• Thestackswereloadedseparately,onefollowinganother.

• Eachmultifeedpagewasrescannedasquicklyaspossiblebyremovingthesticky

note and placing the document back in the feeder.

• Whentheimagesofthemultifeeddocumentweresenttothehosttheywereremoved

(deleted) from the batch before the rescan.

Multifeed Productivity Test Kodak i780

Scanner ISIS

Canon DR-X10C

Scanner VRS

Time to scan batch of ﬁve sets of

100 pages with 10 induced multifeeds

in each set

19 min 11 sec 23 min 15.75 sec

Demonstrated performance in ppm 26.1 21.5

Challenging document productivity test

This test was intended to simulate a very challenging document including a wide range of sizes,

thicknesses and ﬁnishes.

General test steps:

• Operator scanned ﬁve prepared challenge stacks.

• The stacks were loaded separately, one following another.

• Each real multifeed was rescanned.

• Images of real multifeeds were not included in the batch.

Scanner features and settings proﬁle for challenge document productivity test:

200 dpi bitonal, duplex, auto orientation ON, auto thresholding ON, multifeed detection ON,

multifeed retry ON, all zones ON, set to disable scanner on multifeed. Multipage TIFF output.

Canon “retry” count set to one attempt.

Challenge Document

Productivity Test

Results

Duration

Product Tested # of Pages Total time Average ppm # Multifeeds

Kodak

i780 Scanner ISIS 250 5:18:03 47. 2 25

Canon

DR-X10C Scanner ISIS 250 11:36:63 21.5 25

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This appendix deﬁnes the job streams used in the multifeed productivity test and the

challenge document productivity test.

Multifeed productivity test

This is a set of 100 pages of 20# 8.5in x 11in copier paper. Sticky notes (3in x 3in) were

placed on the documents as deﬁned below.

Page # Sticky note

5 False multifeed

15 True multifeed

25 True multifeed (recovered)

35 False multifeed

45 True multifeed

55 False multifeed

65 False multifeed

75 True multifeed (recovered)

85 True multifeed

95 False multifeed

Challenge document productivity test

This document set was intended to be a collection of extremely dicult to scan documents.

Doc # Qty Description Orientation

1–5 5 Duplex printed copier paper (Pendleton) Portrait

6 1 Bank-sized check Landscape

7 1 Business card Portrait

8 1 Shipment air way bill Landscape

9 1 Personal check Landscape

10 1 W3 form (letter size) Portrait

11 1 Dark gray iThresholding document (Perfect Page set) Portrait

12 1 W2 form (letter size) Portrait

13 1 Empty business-sized envelope Landscape

14 1 Onionskin iThresholding document (Perfect Page set) Portrait

15 1 Kodak’s blue reseller questionnaire (Perfect Page set) Portrait

16 1 Value-added tax return (Perfect Page set) Portrait

17 1 5" x 7" Glossy color photo Landscape

18 1 8.5" x 17" Glossy chart Portrait

Challenge document productivity test, continued

Doc # Qty Description Orientation

19 1 8.125" x 17" Photo Portrait

20, 21 2 Personal checks (Perfect Page set) Landscape

22 1 Toggle patch 8.5" x 11" with 2 corners cut o Landscape

23 1 USPS Express Mail multipart mailing label (Label 11-B) Landscape

24, 25 2 Steno pad, torn from spiral but not cleaned Portrait

26 1 USPS PS Form 3811, 3½" x 11" card stock Landscape

27, 28 2 USPS Certiﬁed Mail receipt, PS Form 3800, 3

3

/

16

" x 5 ½" Landscape

29 1 USPS envelope EP14H w/large window, 5" x 10" Landscape

30–33 3 Duplex printed copier paper (Pendleton) Portrait

34 1 Gloss personal identiﬁcation card, 3¾" x 6 ¾" Landscape

35 1 Textured invitation card 3

7

/

8

" x 8

1

/

8

" Landscape

36 1 Duplex printed copier paper, wrinkled and

torn corner (Pendleton) Portrait

37 1Scissor-cut black card stock, edges not straight

(approx 3¾" x 4½") Landscape

38 1 Tri-folded Kodak i1200/i1300 Scanner Quick Tips Portrait

39 1 Order form photocopy, 11" x 17" Portrait

40 1 Extended warranty application (Perfect Page set) Portrait

41–47 6 Duplex printed copier paper (Pendleton) Portrait

48 1 Red Domestic/International USPS mailing envelope,

11 ½" x 15

1

/

8

"Portrait

49 1 Blue Extremely Urgent USPS mailing envelope, 11 ½" x 15

1

/

8

" Portrait

50 1 NexPress Press sample document, glossy, 8

1

/

8

" x 10

1

/

8

" Portrait

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Workstation Components Version

OptiPlex 755 Minitower: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E6850 (3.0GHz, 4M, VT,

1333MHz FSB)

Operating system(s): Genuine Windows XP Professional, SP2, x32, with

Media, English

Memory: 2GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM, 667MHz, (2 DIMM)

Boot Hard Drives: 250GB SATA 3.0Gb/s and 8MB DataBurst Cache

Video Card: Integrated Video, Intel GMA3100

Scanner Related Components Version

PC Scanning Software EMC QuickScan Pro 6.5.1 demo (build 8372)

Created with QuickDriver Version

1.0.10710.10002 PixTools 32-Bit Runtime Libraries Version 7.0 build 2124

Canon DR-X10C Scanner ISIS Driver Canon DR-X10C version 1.1.10807.03001

Canon DR-X10C Scanner Firmware Version 2.10

Canon DR-X10C Scanner Driver Version 4.20.148

Interface Used (ISIS conﬁguration) USB interface was used

Canon DR-X10C Kofax Card CGA Firmware Version 3.10.011

Interface Used (Canon VRS conﬁguration) USB interface was used

Interface Used (Kodak) IEEE 1394—FireWire 400

Kodak i780 Scanner ISIS Drivers eki700 Version 2.0.10809.29001

Kodak i780 Scanner Firmware Version 2.00.21

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Appendix 4—Part D—Real-world environment—Scanner features and settings proﬁle

Kodak i780 Scanner conﬁguration EMC Captiva QuickScan Pro v6.5.1 demo settings

Kodak i780 Scanner ISIS Multifeed Productivity Test Challenge Document Productivity Test

200 dpi, bitonal, duplex, AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection, multipage TIFF output

300 dpi, bitonal, duplex, AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection, multipage TIFF output

QuickScan scan proﬁle name i780 Test job 01 i780 Test job 02

General—save images to this folder C:\Program Files\EMC Captiva\QuickScan\

My Images\i780\Job01

C:\Program Files\EMC Captiva\QuickScan\

My Images\i780\Job02

Scan—show continue dialog after scan Checked Checked

Scan—scan mode Duplex Duplex

Scan—scan type Black and white Black and white

Scan—dpi 200 300

Scan—page size Scanner max Scanner max

Image format and naming—enter ﬁle name at … Checked Checked

Image format and naming—ﬁle type TIFF TIFF

Image format and naming—color format Binary Binary

Image format and naming—compression Group 4 Group 4

Image format and naming—append standard extension … Checked Checked

i780 ISIS driver, main, cropping Aggressive Aggressive

i780 ISIS driver, main, thresholding iThresholding iThresholding

i780 ISIS driver, main, contrast 0 0

i780 ISIS driver, layout, image orientation

(both front and back image #1) Automatic Automatic

i780 ISIS driver, layout, page orientation

(both front and back image #1) Top edge ﬁrst Top edge ﬁrst

i780 ISIS driver, scanner, document feeder 250—Automatically start transport 250—Automatically start transport

i780 ISIS driver, scanner, ultrasonic detection Medium—3 sensors—end job Medium—3 sensors—end job

i780 ISIS driver, dropout, blank image detection Black and white (back only)—2KB Black and white (back only)—2KB

i780 ISIS driver, image processing, JPEG quality N /A N/A

i780 ISIS driver, image processing, color correction N /A N/A

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Canon DR-X10C Scanner, VRS conﬁguration EMC Captiva QuickScan Pro v6.5.1 demo settings

Canon DR-X10C with VRS Option Multifeed Productivity Test Challenge Document Productivity Test

200 dpi, bitonal, duplex, AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection, multipage TIFF output

300 dpi, bitonal, duplex, AO, auto thresholding,

multifeed detection, multipage TIFF output

QuickScan scan proﬁle name DR-X10C VRS test job 01 DR-X10C VRS test job 02

General—save images to this folder C:\Program Files\EMC Captiva\QuickScan\My Images\

x10c-VRS\Job01

C:\Program Files\EMC Captiva\QuickScan\My Images\

x10c-VRS\Job02

Scan—show continue dialog after scan Checked Checked

Scan—scan mode Duplex Duplex

Scan—scan type Black and white Black and white

Scan—dpi 200 300

Scan—page size Scanner max Scanner max

Image format and naming—enter ﬁle name at … Checked Checked

Image format and naming—ﬁle type TIFF TIFF

Image format and naming—color format Binary Binary

Image format and naming—compression Group 4 Group 4

Image format and naming—

append standard extension … Checked Checked

PixKofax, main tab, paper source Feeder Feeder

PixKofax, main tab, dpi 200 300

PixKofax, main tab, mode Black and white Black and white

PixKofax, main tab, page size Scanner’s maximum Scanner’s maximum

PixKofax, main tab, orientation Portrait Portrait

PixKofax, main tab, simplex/duplex Duplex Duplex

PixKofax, more, detect page size Checked Checked

PixKofax, main tab, (scanner preset) {preset

names are retained so you can use dierent

names as needed}

Test01 Test02

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), clarity,

auto brightness Checked Checked

PixKofax, advanced (VRS adjustments), clarity,

brightness N/A N/A

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