Scanner User Options

Use the Scanner tab of your User Options window to select the devices to use when you perform certain scanning actions from this computer. Only scanning devices properly installed and available to this computer workstation will be available to you. Your security rights must include full access to the User Options Editor setting in the Practice Administration security group for this feature to work for you.

Workstation-Specific Settings - .These settings are specific to this computer. All users that log into this computer workstation will use these settings. Other computers in your network may have different settings.

Click to OpenOpen Scanner User Options

Open the User Options window from the File, Home, Patient, or Scheduler ribbon bar. Then choose the Scanners tab.

Click to OpenChoose Your Scanner Settings

Click to OpenGeneral Scanner

Choose which scanning device driver to use for your general purposes.

Click to OpenImaging Scanner

You can choose which scanning device or system to launch automatically when you initiate an image scan from this machine. If you do not select a default scanner, and you do not enable the Prompt option beside the TWAIN option, the device you select the first time you scan an image will become the default scanner.

TWAINClosed - Enable this option and select a scanner from the drop down list. Or, enable the Prompt option if you want to select the scanner to use at the time you initiate the scan.

Kodak OMSClosed - If you use the Kodak OMS integration on this workstation, enter the location of your OMS imaging files in this field.

VatechClosed - If you use Vatech digital imaging, select the device to use for that system.

Click to OpenDocument Scanner

Choose which scanning device to activate automatically when you initiate a document scan from this machine. Or, enable the Prompt option if you want to select the scanner to use at the time you initiate the scan. If you do not select a scanner here, and you do not enable the Prompt option, the device you select the first time you scan a document will become the default.

Click to OpenBarcode Scanner, Printer, and Format

Use the Barcode fields of your Scanners user options to select the type of barcode scanner you have, which format to generate, and which printer to use to obtain a hard copy of the codes.

Click to OpenSave Your Changes

You can click another User Options tab at the left to work with other Edge Cloud settings, or click Ok to immediately save any changes, and exit the window.