Scanner client

Scanner Client allows capturing images from scanners and uploads to the OpenKM repository.

Note

Optionally:

• The images can be converted to PDF files.
• Can add metadata group while uploading files to the OpenKM repository.

	Feature	Description
	Scan	Starts scanning process.
	Convert to PDF	Convert an image or group of selected images to a PDF document.
	Refresh	Refreshes tree.
	Upload	Uploads a document.
	Delete the PDF page.	Deletes a page from the selected PDF document.
	Add page to PDF	Adds a new page to the selected PDF document.

Requirements

Before running the application, make sure you have installed the following:

• Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio
  • .NET 4.0: Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 (x86 or x64) ( Recommended ).
  • .NET 2.0: Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2008 ( x86 or x64).
• PDF Acrobat Reader.
• Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 or upper.

Configuring

• Click on File > Configuration.
• Set the version to “Webservices 2.0”.
• Choose a language ( by default, English ).
• Set the username.
• Set the password.
• Set the host ( for example, http://localhost:8080/OpenKM ).
• Click on the Test button to check the connection configuration.

Compression CCITT Group4

• Click on Configuration > Compression group4 menu option.
• Check the black and white CCITT Group4 compression checkbox
• Set the percentage (Threshold), by default, is set to 80%.
• Click on Accept button.

Setting destination folder

• Click the top right Change button.  
• Select the destination folder and click on the Select button.

Setting scanner configuration

• Click on Configuration / Scanner configuration.
• Change the configuration parameters.
• Click on Accept button.

Caution

We suggest the TWAIN protocol rather than WIA for better scanner features support.

Scanning

• Click on the Scanning button.
• Follow the wizard. 

Note

Will be created a folder based on the date (year-month-day) on your server at My images/OKMScan/Images.

Convert scanned images to PDF

• Choose one or several image files from the tree.
• Click on the Images to PDF button.

Note

A PDF file will be created into a folder based on date (year-month-day) on your server at My images/OKMScan/Pdfs.

Uploading

• Choose one or several files ( images or PDF ).
• Click on the Upload button.
• Optionally you can set metadata groups.
  • Choose the metadata group.
  • Click on Add button.
  • Fill in the metadata group fields.
  • Click on Add button.

Add images to an existing PDF file.

• Click on Add page to PDF button. Will be shown extra icons in the toolbar.

• Action has three steps: selecting a PDF file and then clicking on the icon to confirm the PDF selection.

• The second step is to select one or several images and click on the icon to confirm the image selection.

• And finally, click on the icon to add the images. You will be shown a popup to confirm the action; click the Yes button.

Remove pages from an existing PDF file.

• Choose a PDF file.
• Click on the Delete PDF page button.
• Select a range of pages.
• Click on Accept button.