Form dialog box

Add a basic form when your workflow requires capture of index data. Use the following tabs to configure a basic form:

General tab

Scan Settings tab

Components tab

General tab

Option Description
Form name The name of the form to be displayed on the Ricoh MFP.
Icon file Browse to the folder location that contains the icon to be displayed on the MFP device panel for this menu entry. The images supported are Windows BMP images with 2 or 256 colors. The maximum image size should be 260 pixels wide by 85 pixels tall. The recommended image size is 48x48. For 256 color images, the transparency color is RGB (255,0,255)
Restrict access If this check box is selected, access to the form can be restricted to certain users or groups. When the authentication type is Windows you can use the browse button (...) to select Windows groups or users. Group membership is determined by the authentication type:
  • Windows: Determined by the Windows groups that the authenticated user is a member of.
  • NetWare: Groups are not support.
The User Membership custom script can be created to provide the groups of which an authenticated user is a member.
VBScript file Enter the VB Script file name for loading/validating the index data on the devices.
Run on form load If this check box is selected, the provided script file will be executed on the server prior to loading the form on the MFP device.
Run on scan If this check box is selected, the provided script file will be executed on the server prior to starting the scan job on the device.
Forms fields Add fields by clicking on the New field button appearing as the first column header and labeled with “N”. Once you have added the first row, you can tab through to get additional fields added. For each field you can configure the field attributes:
  • Name — Field name is a string type and can be any alphanumeric characters. Use of special characters (~,&, <, >, %, “, /, \, :, ?, |) are not recommended.
  • Type — The supported string types are:
  • Required — Check this box if the field is required to be filled.
  • Comment — Description field for administrator reference. This field is not currently used anywhere on the device.
  • Properties — Set the field attributes by selecting the Properties button on the rightmost column on each entry.

Scan Settings tab

Option Description
File type Specifies the scan file type.
  • HCPDF — High Compression PDF document
  • JPEG — JPEG image
  • MTIFF — Multipage TIFF image file
  • PDF — PDF document
  • TIFF — Single page TIFF image file
File name Enter the file name for the scanned document.
Resolution Select the scanning resolution.
Scan type Select a scan type that corresponds to the properties of the scan source. The File type value that you select controls the values that you can select from the Scan type drop-down list box.
  • B & W: Text / Line Art — Black and white text documents that have simple line art.
  • B & W: Text / Photo — Black and white documents that have graphics, photos, and text.
  • Black & White: Text — Black and white documents to be processed with OCR to convert printed text to digital text.
  • Black & White: Photo — Black and white documents that have graphics and photos.
  • Grayscale — Documents in gray scale.
  • Full Color: Glossy Photo — Color documents that have graphics and photos.
  • Full Color: Text / Photo — Color documents that have graphics, photos, and text.
  • Auto Color Select (7.x and above) — Select this option to scan based on the colors in the document.
Scan source Specifies the source for the scan.
  • Auto Detect — Automatically detects whether the document is on the glass or in the document feeder.
  • SADF — The scan job contains multiple batches to be placed in document feeder. Scanning is automatically resumed once the next batch is placed in the document feeder.
  • Batch — The scan job contains multiple batches to be placed on the glass or in the document feeder.
Feed type Select the feed orientation:
  • Left (Readable Direction) — Documents are scanned in the same direction in which they are read.
  • Top (Unreadable Direction) — Documents are scanned orthogonally to the direction in which they are read.
Scan sides If supported by the device, this option determines if the back side of a document in the feeder is scanned.
  • 1 Sided — Scans only one side of the original.
  • 2 Sided -Top to Top — When scanning the second side, the image is created by supposing that the second side is in the same direction as the first.
  • 2 Sided-Top to Bottom — When scanning the second side, the image is created by supposing that the second side is in the opposite direction as the first.
Scan size Auto Detect: Same Size, Auto Detect: Mixed Sizes, A3, B4 JIS, A4 LEF, A4 SEF, B5 JIS LEF, B5 JIS SEF, A5 LEF, A5 SEF, 11x17, 8.5x14, 8.5x13, 8.5x11 LEF, 8.5x11 SEF, 5.5x8.5 LEF, 5.5x8.5 SEF.
LEF refers to Long Edge Feed and SEF refers to Short Edge Feed. These terms describe the manner in which the documents are fed into the MFP.
The Auto Detect option is not supported for MP C300/400SR devices. The appropriate paper scan size must be selected. It is recommended that the Allow user to change default option for Scan size be turned off for MP C300/400SR devices.
Scan density Move the slider to the right to increase scan density or to the left to decrease scan density. Adjusting scan density can improve the quality of scanned images for sources such as newspapers and transparent documents.
Allow user to change If you enable this option for a scan setting, the user can change that setting on the device panel at scan time.

Components tab

List of all process components and the route component, along with their descriptions and types. To configure a component, click its configuration button in the C column.