Fingerprinting and Barcodes

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Fingerprinting and barcodes are both related to scanning. They are each a way to help speed up the process of scanning documents into IES. Many IES forms have a barcode in the bottom right hand corner of the document. The barcode contains a unique ID that, when scanned into IES with software called DataCap , determines what form it is and which case it belongs to. The document is then routed to the correct local office and Queue in IES. As a backup, in case the barcode is not readable, each document is also "fingerprinted". The fingerprint allows the scanning software to identify the document, even if the barcode is not readable. A scanning operator, either at the Central Scan Unit (CSU) or local office, can manually select the form number and case number if the software fails to identify either.

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Fingerprinting and Barcodes

Official source

Fingerprinting and barcodes are both related to scanning. They are each a way to help speed up the process of scanning documents into IES. Many IES forms have a barcode in the bottom right hand corner of the document. The barcode contains a unique ID that, when scanned into IES with software called DataCap , determines what form it is and which case it belongs to. The document is then routed to the correct local office and Queue in IES. As a backup, in case the barcode is not readable, each document is also "fingerprinted". The fingerprint allows the scanning software to identify the document, even if the barcode is not readable. A scanning operator, either at the Central Scan Unit (CSU) or local office, can manually select the form number and case number if the software fails to identify either.