Scanner client

Scanner Client allows you to capture images from scanners and upload them to the OpenKM repository.

Note

Optionally:

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

	Feature	Description
	Scan	Starts the scanning process.
	Convert to PDF	Convert an image or a group of selected images to a PDF document.
	Refresh	Refreshes the tree.
	Upload	Uploads a document.
	Delete 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:

• 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).
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or higher.

Configuring

• Click on File > Configuration.
• Set version to “Web Services 2.0”.
• Choose 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 the Configuration > Compression group4 menu option.
• Check the black and white CCITT Group4 compression checkbox.
• Set the percentage (Threshold); by default it is set to 80%.
• Click on the Accept button.

Setting destination folder

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

Setting scanner configuration

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

Caution

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

Scanning

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

Note

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

Uploading

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

Add images to an existing PDF file

• Click on the Add page to PDF button. Extra icons will be shown in the toolbar.

• The action has three steps: first, select a PDF file and then click on the icon to confirm PDF selection.

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

• Finally, click on the icon to add the images. A popup will be shown to confirm the action; click the Yes button.

Remove pages from existing PDF file

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