• Makes order out of chaos
  ImagePrep uniquely combines image capture, document conversion and clean-up with data collection

• Automatically makes order out of chaos
  ImagePrep has an intuitive user friendly interface for workflow creation to provide you with the ability to implement highly productive automated solutions.

• Organized any way you want it
  ImagePrep delivers high quality, properly named images of documents in combination with virtually any file format structure that can be launched for use with other applications.

If you create scanned images of documents or work with files of scanned documents, you will want to use ImagePrep to improve, organize and index those images for storage, retrieval and distribution.

Output ready to use, high quality, fully indexed images that are ready for storage or distribution

ImagePrep is available in five versions of increasing capabilities and automation.

• ImagePrep - Image Processing with Data Acquisition

• ImagePrep Plus - Image Processing with Data Acquisition and Automated Workflow

• ImagePrep Ultra - Image Processing with File Conversion, Data Acquisition and Automated Workflow

• ImagePrep Max - Image Processing with Metadata Processing, File Conversion, Data Acquisition and Automated Workflow

• ImagePrep Universal - Image Processing with Schema Processing, Metadata Processing, File Conversion, Data Acquisition and Automated Workflow

Available features includes:

• Image Processing – Clean up, edit and index images of drawings and related page size documents from 8.5 ”x11 ” to oversized technical and engineering drawings and architectural plans
• Data Acquisition Designer – User defined templates to capture or associate metadata to image files. Index data is remapped or formatted to create output files that conform to input requirements of various document management or business systems.
• Workflow Designer – Easy to use interface for designing intelligent, streamlined processing of documents. Using the features of ImagePrep, a workflow can be created that can be applied to a group of documents or even a specified directory.
• Workflow Processor – Automatically processes the workflow designed in Workflow Designer
• File Format Conversion – Converts various file format such as DWG, DWF, DXF, HPGL, CGM, C4 and others to raster formats such as TIFF, PDF, CALS, JPEG or PNG
• Advanced Image Processing and Manipulations – Provides tools for grouping, splitting, binding, and advanced watermarking and stamping of images
• Workflow Extensions – A set of additional functional blocks (objects) that extend the capabilities of Workflow Processor to include the Advanced Image Processing capabilities and File Format Conversion.
• Metadata Processor – Provides tools for automatically acquiring index or metadata data from disparate data sources for outputting with images in multiple formats and unlimited data structures
• Schema Processor - Converts data from multiple sources and multiple formats to a format that is compatible with each recipient of the data. It also produces XML that conforms to the customer's schemata for input into any database.

ImagePrep Product Guide

Image Processing
ImagePrep provides a myriad of powerful image processing tools that can be applied to the entire image or sections of the image. Clean up, edit and index images of drawings and related page-size technical documents including oversized technical and engineering drawings and architectural plans. With ImagePrep, you get near-perfect images that are ready for distribution, printing, archiving – whatever you need

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The Data Acquisition Designer allows you to create templates for the data fields you want to capture as well as map locations on your images where the data is located to allow for quick input of the desired data. Tameran's Acquisition Designer also allows you to map template data acquisition fields to files that contain the desired data, thereby reducing data input time.

After using the data acquisition templates to acquire the data, the images can be loaded individually or in bulk to databases in virtually any structure or format you desire.

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Workflow Designer is an easy-to-use interface that allows you to design intelligent, streamlined workflow for image processing of your documents. Using the features of ImagePrep, you create a workflow that can be applied to a group of documents or even a specified directory. With just a click of your mouse, Workflow Processor automatically processes the workflow designed in Workflow Designer, allowing you to sit back and relax while your images are deskewed, despeckled, named, sorted and filed right where you want them to be.

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File Format Conversion
Be independent of original applications for conversion and input of document or drawing images into business management systems such as Electronic Document Management (EDMS), Product Design Management (PDM) or Product Life Management (PLM) systems.

Convert File Formats

Output Image Files
Create image files such as TIFF, PDF, CALS, JPEG or PNG from CAD files and various other native application formats as well as vector and raster formats in seconds.

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Group and Ungroup Documents

Group related documents together in a single image for convenience of printing on one sheet of paper or for archiving as a single digital image or microfilm image for long-term digital preservation. Applications include construction drawings, engineering change notices, building permits and more.

Create single or multi-page documents from multi-up images. This is a common situation when scanning aperture cards or microfilm for digital access or distribution.

Bind and Burst Documents

Create multi-page documents in TIFF or PDF, independent of file format, application and original document size.
Take multi-page TIFF or PDF files and burst into single page output in TIFF, PDF or CALS to facilitate distribution.

Stamp and Watermark

Utilize time and date stamp to meet ISO or corporate standards for revision control.
Automatically add page numbers or Bates stamp document images for indexing and document handling convenience.
Add watermark messages and notices to document images such as “Confidential”, “Preliminary”, “Use Restrictions” or anything else you can dream up.

Split

Automatically split long documents for distribution to a more convenient size or to meet document size constraints for use with business management systems such as EDMS, PDM, PLM or microfilm archives.

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Metadata Processor allows you to automatically retrieve and format metadata associated with document image files. Metadata can be extracted from the input file name, an associated text file or from the input file header. This metadata can then be used to retrieve additional data from one or more databases. Output can then be generated from any combination of the input and retrieved data. This output metadata can be used in the output file path and name, written to one or more text files and/or stored in the output file header

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Data from multiple sources and multiple formats can be converted to be compatible with formats that each recipient ("end user") wants or needs. This can be accomplished sequentially as many times as necessary.

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XML files generated by ImagePrep can be read directly by other systems within or outside of the original system.

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To learn more about ImagePrep Solutions, click on ImagePrep/ImagePrep Plus or ImagePrep Ultra/Max/Universal.