By far the most common imaging application is the scanning of business documents for the purpose of filing them and keeping an index database. In its simplest form, the application involves using barcode pages to separate batches of related documents. Each batch gets its own identifier. Another technique is to apply known barcode value labels to the documents, and then letting the application manage the destination of the image based on that value. The images are usually scanned into multipage files that are subsequently processed by an indexing application that separates the batches or the individual images.

Most commonly these applications are used by departments that are paper intensive such as: billing, customer service, hospital admissions and clinics. A specialized version of the application assists legal firms to create a searchable archive of documents and other media for legal discovery.

Where Inlite Research Fits In

Inlite Professional Services can help you architect and debug your process for lower cost and higher performance.

In the image scanning step - ClearImage Repair, integrated into a scanning application, can automatically and without operator intervention clean up the image and repair forms and character defects. Examples include:

	Extracting the image from its background
	Aligning the image so that it is right side up - For example, reply cards are smaller than a page and can be misoriented by mechanical feeders
	Smoothing jagged lines

ClearImage Repair will:

	Reduce the size of the output image file by up to 2X. The most common image compression technique for bitonal documents is TIFF Group 4, whose algorithms are sensitive to noise and jagged objects. Smoothing characters and lines, and removing noise reduces the size of the output file.
	Make the image more legible, and with standardize its appearance. When operators view the image, it will be clear, readable and in the upright position, without borders and without jagged lines on forms.
	Automatically make the image files OCR and ICR Ready, thereby removing the need for later rescanning.

In the indexing step - ClearImage Barcode 1D Pro, integrated into a scanning application, can

Automatically identify the document based on its barcode labels
Automatically identify the batches

The benefits of using ClearImage Barcode 1D Pro include:

	Recognizing poor quality, substandard barcodes
	Reading them in any orientation, allowing the operators to quickly apply labels without worrying about where and how they are applied
	Accurately decoding any of 20 linear symbologies