scanserv

Please note that scanservjs is a newer and more up-to-date version of this software. It is based on nodejs which may or may not float your boat.

scanserv is a simple web-based UI for SANE which allows you to share a scanner on a network without the need for drivers or complicated installation. scanserv does not do image conversion or manipulation (beyond the bare minimum necessary for the purposes of browser preview) or OCR.

Copyright 2015 Sam Strachan

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.

requirements

• SANE
• ImageMagick
• Apache web-server with PHP-support

installation notes

• Installation notes here

background

This is yet another apache-php-scanimage-web-front-end. Why?

• I wanted a simple server which would simply scan an image with as little dependency on other software as possible. I already have Photoshop / GIMP I don't need a webapp to do that stuff
• Desire for easier and cleaner set up and configuration
• Separation of presentation and control logic with json-rpc
• I just wanted to

roadmap

• Setup page (auto diagnostics)
• Remove cmdline
• Raspberry Pi
• Nicer looking UI
• Configuration page for debugging set up assisting new users
• Multi-language support
• Server storage of configuration
• Add local storage too (amplify?)
• nodejs implementation

acknowledgements

• This project owes a HUGE amount to phpsane. In many respects phpsane is more powerful than this. Scanserv does not support jpeg conversion or OCR. phpSANE, however, is also more brittle and somewhat dated in its implementation.

more about SANE

• http://www.sane-project.org/