How To Troubleshoot Scanning Issues?

1. Basic Troubleshooting

 Description Work-flow/ Steps Understanding Guide (Why are we doing this?)
i. Check Internet Explorer Settings including Add-Ons and delete temporary Internet files cache For accessing add-ons

  1. Press Alt+X from the keyboard
  2. Select “Manage add-ons” option (Make sure all CureMD Add-ons are enabled).For clearing Temporary internet files cache
  3. Press Alt+X from the keyboard>
  4. Select “Internet Options”
  5. Click on “Settings”
  6. In browser history click on “View Files”
  7. Now a pop-up will appear
  8. Select all the files and delete them
Add-Ons are used by CureMD to integrate different features within the application (e.g. Scanning, Printing etc.) and we need to ensure that the relevant add-ons are enabled.

Temporary internet files cache is deleted to ensure that all the previously cached files that contain older information & settings are removed and a new session is cached in the directory. This will allow a user to view the latest information.

ii. Turn off Smart Screen Filters and Pop-up Blocker
  1. On the login page press the “Alt” key from the keyboard
  2. Click on “Tools”
  3. Pop-up Blockers (make sure it is turned off)
  4. Smart Screen Filters (make sure it is turned off
Smart screen filter & Pop-up Blocker, blocks CureMD’s ActiveX controls and disabling it helps a user to use ActiveX based features with ease.
iii. Turn off ActiveX Filtering (Make sure that it is not checked otherwise the ActiveX controls would not work)
  1. On the login page press the “Alt” key from the keyboard
  2. Click on the “Tools”
  3. Make sure ActiveX Filtering is unchecked
ActiveX Filtering blocks CureMD’s ActiveX controls and disabling it helps a user to use ActiveX based features with ease.
iv. Run Internet Explorer as Administrator to register ActiveX Controls
  1. Right click on internet explorer icon
  2. Select the “Run as Administrator” option
Running internet explorer as an administrator gives a user, permissions to register the ActiveX controls in the local registry.
v. Check Windows uptime. Restart the system if uptime is more than 24 hours
  1. Open Task Manager by right-clicking on the taskbar
  2. Click on the Performance tab
  3. Check the Uptime
The more uptime a PC has the higher is the system resources utilization.

2. Intermediate Troubleshooting 

 Description Work-flow/ Steps Understanding Guide (Why are we doing this?)
i. Check if the scanner is working locally on windows
  1. Go to Control Panel
  2. Click on Devices and Printers
  3. Right-click on the Scanner
  4. Select the “Scan” option
  5. A scanning interface will open Click on the scan option
This is an important step which will determine if the driver reinstallation is required or the device itself is faulty.
ii. Re-install ActiveX
  1. Download ” All CureMD ActiveX” file from “cloud2.curemd.com/cs”
  2. Run the setup file as an administrator
Make sure to reinstall the ActiveX controls using admin permissions.
iii. Check Scanner Profile
  1. Go to Control Panel
  2. Click on Devices and Printers
  3. Right-click on the Scanner
  4. Select the Scanner Profile option
  5. Set image type as .jpg
Scanning profile configurations are a part of the scanning interface that helps in the scanning process.
iv. From within CureMD application make sure to check “Devices” option before scanning a document and select the correct driver

There are two option in the scanning interface: “Scan” & “Devices”

  1. Select the “Devices” option
  2. Now select the device that has “TWAIN” or “32-32” in its name.
Selecting the correct device and driver dictates if the scanning process will succeed or fail.

3. Advanced Troubleshooting

 Description Work-flow/ Steps Understanding Guide (Why are we doing this?)
i. Reset Internet Explorer
  1. Press Alt+X from the keyboard
  2. Select “Internet Options”
  3. Click on the “Advanced” tab
  4. Click on the “Reset” option
By resetting Internet Explorer. All the settings are reverted to default and all cookies and temp files are deleted.
ii. Antivirus N/A Advise the client to contact their IT experts and request them to add CureMD and all its ActiveX Controls under the exceptions list.
iii. Reinstall drivers
  1. Go to Control Panel
  2. Select on Programs and features
  3. Uninstall the respective driver
  4. Unplug the scanner from the PC
  5. Download Twain Drivers (you can google the device drivers and download them)
  6. Run the Setup
  7. Once done, plug in the scanner
In some scenarios the drivers get corrupted and reinstalling them is the best way to fix the issue as the corrupted files get replaced.

4. Most Common Printer Issues

 Description Work-flow/ Steps Understanding Guide (Why are we doing this?)
A. Twain Driver
i. Check if the scanner is working locally on windows
  1.  Go to Control Panel
  2.  Click on Devices and Printers
  3.  Right-click on the Scanner
  4.  Select the “Scan” option
  5.  A scanning interface will open Click on the scan option
This is an important step which will determine if the driver reinstallation is required or the device itself is faulty.
Follow the instructions below if you were able to scan locally. Otherwise, request the client to contact their IT expert/vendor for assistance (because it’s an issue with the device).
If the scanner is not working in the CureMD application only, then follow the steps below:

There are two option in the scanning interface: “Scan” & “Devices”

  1. Select the “Device” option
  2. Now select the device that has “TWAIN” or “32-32” in its name.
  3. Verify if ActiveX is installed and registered properly (Run IE as Administrator to ensure that they are installed properly)
  4. Check if the correct Twain Drivers are installed
  5. If you only see WIA device name in scanning devices, then uninstall the scanner drivers from the control panel and download twain driver again (you can google the device drivers and download them).
NOTE: CureMD recommends Scan Jet Pro 3000 s3 Sheet-feed Scanner for document scanning.
B. Device Interface
Check scanner properties in Control Panel and make sure right scan profile is selected
  1. Go to Control Panel
  2. Click on Devices and Printers
  3. Right-click on the Scanner
  4. Select the Scanner Profile option
  5. Set image type as .jpg
Scanning profile configurations are a part of the scanning interface that helps in the scanning process.
i. IE Crashing when switching from single scan to batch scan
Inform the clients that this is a framework limitation since batch and individual folder scanning options cannot be used simultaneously.  Instruct the clients to use one scanning mechanism in a single session otherwise, the application will crash.

In CureMD application

  1. Document Manager> Batch Scan
  2. Document Manager> Folder Scan
Both functionalities were developed based on different frameworks, therefore using them simultaneously is not supported by CureMD application
c. Feeder/Flatbed Issue
i. Make sure paper is inserted properly in the feeder N/A Request the client to check if the paper is inserted properly
 ii. For flatbed scanners change device interface setting from two-sided to single side
  1. Go to Control Panel
  2. Click on Devices and Printers
  3. Right-click on the Scanner
  4. Select the Scanner Profile option
  5. Now select source as “Flatbed”
.A flatbed scanner will never scan both sides only one side at a time
D. Inability to Save Scanned Documents
 i. Re-install ActiveX Controls
  1. Download ” All CureMD ActiveX” file from cloud2.curemd.com/cs
  2. Run the setup file as an administrator
Make sure to reinstall the ActiveX controls using admin permissions
 ii. Change the option from multiple scans to single scan (Or vice versa)

In CureMD application

  1. Go to User Preferences
  2. Click Scan & Print option
  3. Select the required option
 If a client is having issues with scanning single pages, use the multiple page scan for quickly scanning multiple pages at once
 iii. Check uploads.exe file in Temp folder
  1. Open Windows Explorer
  2. In the address bar search “%temp%” and the temp folder will open
 The temp folder should contain “Upload.exe”, make sure it’s there. If it’s not, manually copy it. Otherwise, the scanned/uploaded files will not be sync with the server and the operation will fail