NCR iTRAN 8000

The new generation in image item processing.

NCR has long been an industry leader in the mid-volume image item processing market. We know you want speed, capacity, availability, ease-of use, and performance. And we've provided it.

But now the best-in-class...just got better.

Checks and remittances aren't going away. So we built new technology that processes more items faster and with fewer errors than ever before.

Introducing iTRAN 8000-a new generation transport-designed to deliver for now and the future.

Overview

What is iTRAN?

iTRAN 8000 is a high-throughput imaging transport designed to handle a wide variety of document conditions in a mid to high volume processing environment. Offering the best of today's technologies and built on a foundation of our experience and expertise, iTRAN 8000 delivers superior reliability, increased availability, enhanced ergonomics, and improved user interface.

Who is iTRAN 8000 Designed for?

iTRAN 8000 is the transport of choice for banks, financial institutions, data centers, utilities, and other companies that process significant volumes of checks each day. Built to complement the existing line of NCR mid-volume offerings, iTRAN 8000 supports a variety of image item processing applications, including:

• Proof of deposit
• Sorting
• Power encoding
• Reject repair
• Returned item processing
• Image-based re-pass capture
• Distributed capture
• Remittance processing
• ATM balancing

iTRAN 8000 Benefits

High Reliability

Every aspect of iTRAN 8000 has been designed to process items quickly and easily, with a goal of improving overall throughput. In addition to increasing the track speed to 600 DPM (documents per minute), iTRAN 8000's availability rating is an impressive 98.7%, substantially higher than other transports in the market today, which translates into lower costs per item and a superior return on investment.

Serviceability

The easier it is to service the transport, the higher its availability, the lower its maintenance rate, and the more volume you can process. NCR has incorporated a number of serviceability aids to keep downtime to a bare minimum. For example, the transport controller collects real-time performance data and keeps an ongoing record of transport activities, which are then summarized and available for viewing through a user-friendly interface. Help-based diagnostics are also available for a service engineer to quickly and effectively isolate problems.

Preparing Your Bank for the Check 21 Processing Environment and Beyond

The iTRAN 8000's capabilities allow your bank to go beyond compliance with Check 21 Legislation. It ensures your bank is creating high quality images and taking advantage of the future-check image exchange and truncation, by using the latest in image capture technology and quality assessment tests.

Features and Benefits

iTRAN 8000 is easy to install and its feature-rich technology means you get the latest advances. And that translates into greater accessibility, faster recoveries, lower cost of ownership, and improved performance. Take a look at the numerous features that iTRAN 8000 offers, making image item processing a smoother and more productive operation.

Workstation and Operator Interface

iTRAN 8000 is a stand-up imaging unit designed for a semi-attended environment. Its flat LCD touch screen is easy to access and offers high resolution. The sculptured top offers better leaning surfaces and there is more work and storage space throughout. A footrest provides posture relief and reduces back stress.

Document Feeding

iTRAN 8000's high performance hopper holds up to 2500 documents. It incorporates a double-feed detect mechanism, hand-drop feeder, merge feeder that holds up to 150 items, and a short-item outsort, all designed to increase transport throughput by decreasing misfeeds, jams, and interrupts.

Reading

Using highest quality imaging technology, iTRAN 8000 offers capabilities for MICR, dual MICR, OCR or MICR/OCR combinations. The MICR reader can read either one or two lines of characters in either E13B or CMC7. The OCR reader can read up to three lines of characters in 10 different fonts.

Optional software, Enhance Codeline Recognition (ECR), can be added to optimize MICR and OCR data to provide a "best read" result.

Imaging

iTRAN 8000 utilizes the latest imaging technology. The highly reliable LED-based light bar illuminates documents to be imaged and lasts far longer (five years or better) than traditional halogen lamps, produces more consistent images with less heat and noise, and requires fewer components. To obtain better image quality, iTRAN 8000s contain larger image buffers (512Kb) and advanced digital camera technology delivers better image quality, greater consistency, and higher resolutions. Upstream and downstream imaging options are supported.

Additionally, NCR's WiseIP (Windows Integrated Services Environment for Item Processing) provides advanced Image Quality Assessment (IQA) functions and NCR performance tests that meet or exceed ANSI image quality standards. Enhanced NCR testing enables iTRAN transports to out-sort suspect documents and minimize workflow complications. In order to facilitate end-users to establish effective IQA tests, NCR provides extensive user-friendly tools for analyzing and reporting image quality.

Encoding

iTRAN 8000's versatile design offers reliable high-speed encoding for all processing needs, power encode or full-field encode, and it can be disabled when not required. Using proven impact encoding technology and dual encoders, it provides accurate, high-quality encoding of E13B and CMC7 fonts at full track speed (600 DPM). Error detection and built-in redundancy keep items moving and minimize jams. And for applications that do not include encoding, such as reader/sorter processing, a stager can be ordered in place of the encoder.

Endorsing

Using the latest ink-jet technology, the iTRAN 8000 supports up to 4 lines of standard text endorsement and offers full graphics capability: use of programmable bit-map graphics enable users to simulate logo endorsement. During installation, the endorsement height can be selected at one of three positions. The Graphical Endorser is user friendly, reliable and requires minimal operator maintenance.

MICR Verifying

iTRAN 8000 provides a MICR reader downstream from the encoder to verify that the encoder is working correctly. The MICR verifier sends MICR data to the application so it can check for mismatched characters and rejects.

Sorting

iTRAN 8000's robust pocket design maximizes operator effectiveness and eliminates sorting errors. There are 4 pockets per module, to a maximum of 10 modules, and they can hold up to 350 documents each. Each pocket contains sensors to detect errors as well as pocket empty and pocket full conditions. There are also software programmable indicator lights to signal operators as to which pocket needs attention. To minimize operator movement the pockets can be programmed to automatically restart or the operator can initiate the restart by pressing a button.

Software Environment

The default application software platform loaded on each controller PC is NCR's WiseIP. WiseIP provides a common toolset and transport interface designed to simplify the application development process. It also provides operators with an easy-to-use interface in a Windows NT environment.

Application Software

NCR, together with its many Solution Partners offers a wide array of imaging solutions, including Image Capture, POD, Image Archive, Remittance Processing, Reject Repair, Return Items, and ATM Balancing.