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Introduction
Presentation
Fully Automated
Web or Server based
Document Processing
High level production automation
in Print-on-Demand environments
Processing
scanned documents, manuals and books
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Introduction
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IoFlex – Basic Facts
 Ann Arbor, Michigan based Corporation
Specializing in makeready for the short run book trade
 10 Years in Software Development
Proprietary images processing engine with remarkable scalability
 Off-the-shelf products
Current products includes Adobe Acrobat Plug-in Suites for Book and CTP Marketplace
 Partnerships
InfoPrint BookFlow (Ricoh/IBM) Ultimate/Io Flex co-marketing arrangement
 Reference users
Includes higest volumen POD printers in USA
 New management – currently in “Stealth Mode”
Depreciated link at www.ioflex.com
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Background: We Get Things Done!
Example: IBT product development
Placed at IBT by Xerox, 27 million page per week
operation, with all incoming work vetted/editied
through the IoFlex Bookmaker product
 6 seats deployed – used to process all incoming
scaning, supplied scans and supplied PDF files
 Customer considers the IoFlex workflow their “secret
weapon” responsible for numerous wins in vendor
“bakeoffs”.
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Introduction
Background: We Get Things Done!
Presentation
IoFlex BlackBox: Replacing the need
for Segmentation Scanners
Scans and/or PDF files
B&W
Color
 Web or Server Based
 Hot folder Processing
 Deskew
 Despeckle
 Border removal
 Page alignment
 Error reporting
 Web optimized
Large Size
Single or Multipage
Fully automated page segmentation
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Introduction
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IoFlex – short product history for the
printing market
 1999 – IoScan and IoCapture
TIFF-based scanned processing –
 Customers Lightning Source and Edwards Brothers
 2002 – Image Optimizer
Modify digital halftones, copydot scans, TIFF files or part of PostScript
 2004 – Move to true PDF workflow via Adobe Plug-ins
BookMaker Acrobat Plug-in Suite and IoPlate CTP Plug-in suite
 Customers RRDonnelly, Bertelsmann, Courier, etc…
 2006 – IoFlex BlackBox
Post-scan fully automated lights out processing server
 Segmentation processing software, including deskew, despeckle,
border clean, spot color extraction, halftone identification and
descreening, page flattening and much more.
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IoFlex BlackBox Workflow
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BlackBox Workflow Overview
 Specialized product developed to replace hand performed
book engineering
 Superior image processing
 Web based / Server-based infrastructure
 Massively scalable and multi-user implementation
 Presently deployed, with Web 2.0 play - 7 million titles
 Document processing GUI is highly evolved
 Full color workflow
 SQL database for process tracking and logging/reporting
 QC applications for during or after each major step
 Works seamlessly with existing Xerox FFPM installations
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IoFlex BlackBox Workflow
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Web based
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Xerox 665 or Fujitsu 5750c to IoFlex watched folder
BlackBox fully automatic processing
QC in Acrobat with IoFlex Plug-ins
Xerox FreeFlow Process Manager / DocuSP RIP
Xerox 665 / Fujistu 5750c scanner
IO Flex BlackBox server
Mac or Windows Workstation
Xerox FreeFlow Print manager
Scan Workstation
Image or Processing
Acrobat QC and Edit
Post Processing/Print
Scan
Input
Input
HotFolder
Scan
QC
Web
QC
Output
Input
HotFolder
Output
Acrobat
Input
Output
PDF Out
TIFF Out
QC
Note: the output of one process can be the same as the input to the next process
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IoFlex Framework
Presentation
The IoFlex Framework provides the infrastructure to build massive and highly scalable
image processing and conversion applications. The framework was initially developed for
a book scanning workflow for millions of documents making them ready for high quality
print on demand and plate-making for heat set offset commercial printing environments.
Features:
 Hotfolder based operation with XML tickets
 All vital processing is controlled by XML files on the file system
(redundancy and recovery) that are also logged to an SQL
database
 Processing is performed by engines spawned by a Windows
service
 Processing servers with engines work in parallel
 Processes can be daisy chained
 Each process is associated with a QC client application
 QC may only sets parameters, processing is done on the serverside – or QC may occur in user workstation using IoFlex Adobe
Acrobat plug-ins
 Job center is web interface
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IoFlex BlackBox Framework
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Archive Folder:
Processed images will archived
after processing
IoFlex BlackBox -basic processing flow
ARCHIVE
QC: Compares Input and
Output and resubmits to the
engine if needed
QC
Hotfolder:
Input images or PDF files sent
INPUT
ENGINE
Processing Engine:
Performs image processing
and creates output
OUTPUT
Output Folder:
Processed images will be
placed here
SQL
Database
Database:
All operations are logged in an SQL
database or existing MIS via ODCB
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IoFlex BlackBox Framework
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Archive Folder:
Processed images will archived
after processing
ARCHIVE
QC: Compares Input and
Output and resubmits to the
engine if needed
QC
Hotfolder:
Input images or PDF files sent
INPUT
ENGINE
Processing Engine:
Performs image processing
and creates output
OUTPUT
Output Folder:
Processed images will be
placed here
SQL
Database
Database:
All operations are logged in an SQL
database or existing MIS via ODCB
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Unique, Powerful, Reliable!
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Deskew
Black Background Crop & Deskew
Page Alignment
Page Segmentation
Preserves Granular Object Modifications
 Uneven Background Removal
 Upscale Threshold
Text Improvement (Sanding / Filling)
 Works with Images or Vector PDF files
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Deskew
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Multiple Algorithms
Tracked by Database
Interpolated for High Quality
Manual override
Color, Grayscale and B&W
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Black Background Crop & Deskew
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User definable page size
Automatic page detection
Automatic page edge deskew
Automatic page content deskew
Tracked by database
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Black Background Crop & Deskew
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Page Segmentation
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Finds and masks images
Creates unique object
Threshold & Despeckle 1 bit
Descreen 8 and 24 bit
Optimizes page data footprint
Tracked by database
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Image processing options
 Fully automated image detection
no manual mask creation !
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Descreen (24bit, 8 bit & 1 bit) images
Text on Images
Text on Tints
Apply Curves (Brightness, Contrast)
Apply Curves (Color correction)
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Descreening
 Images with detail
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Descreening
 Protect shapes
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Image Analysis
 shapes and text
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Descreening
 Protect text
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Uneven Background Removal
 Page segmentation feature
 Converts text background
 Protects 8 bit
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Despeckle – Artifact Removal
 Page segmentation
feature
 Cleans background
 Protects the Text
 Anything smaller
than 9 x 9 pixels at
600 ppi is most likely
dirt !
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Upscale Threshold Text Improvement
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Input 150 / 300 ppi color
Output 600 / 900 ppi B&W
Optimizes page data footprint
High quality output
Sanding / Filling
Segmentation
Color to 1 bit
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Page Alignment
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Sophisticated tool set
Refined settings in XML
Easy to use interface
Tracked by database
Page by page manual override
Page group manual override
Front to back visualization
Zone alignment (area of interest)
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Area of Interest
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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User Interface for Operators
 IO Flex Job Builder
 Scanning
 Universal Job Ticket Creation
 Submission to Hotfolder
 Process Monitoring Application
 IO Flex BlackBox
 IO Flex QC Applications
 IoEdit
 IoBatch
 IoAlign
 IoGhost
 IoGuides
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Job Builder Application
Based on common principles
 Integrated scanning application
 Includes the following setup tools:
 Job Ticket set up web page)
 Scanning
 Integrated image processing settings
 Job Ticket Creation
(descreen, threshold, etc…) for all parameters
 Job Submission
 Page alignment settings
 XML-based job ticket generation
 Hotfolder submission using multi-threaded operation
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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BlackBox Setup & Process Monitoring
Any PC on the local network (Server
version of BlackBox) or to the internet (Via
FTP) is capable of monitoring the running
servers and services
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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Setting up a Job Ticket ;
Dialog Box / Web page
The Job ticket is saves as an XML file.
BlackBox will process files
According to settings in that XML file
In directory/folder
To reprocess or add processing
Simply change XML and re-process
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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IoFlex Acrobat Plug-ins
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IoFlex BlackBox Automatic Processing
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User Interface for Administrators
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Hot Folder service setup
Database Configuration
Automatic update capable
IoFlex processor setup
 User Rights Admin
 Backdoor Access
 Database Access
 Monitoring Application setup
 License Server setup
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