New solution for an old scanner

[markosjal]

Thanks to SANE-Airscan and the new middleware eSCL compatibility layer called AirScanS400W which I created. I am happy to announce compatibility with the following scanners:

Century CPS-A4WF
Halo Magic Scanner
ION AirCopy
ION AirCopy E-Post Edition
iScan Fly
Kaiser Baas WiFi Photo & Document Scanner
Mustek iScan Air / S400W
Transcription Patri Kun A4 Wi-Fi Portable Scanner

I took an old project of mine, stripped out the Scanning Web Interface and refined the eSCL communication

This code runs on Linux but will also run on Mac by switching or compiling the binary. pre-compiled binaries are included for the following host machines ( as server)
Linux_x86-64
Linux_x86-32
Linux_ARM32 (Raspberrry Pi 2 and 3)
OSX_x86-64 (Sorry I have no M1 Binary)

The scanner is then available to the local machine as well as over the entire network. As these scanners are WiFi, an available WiFi adapter dedicated to the scanner is necessary.

Any newer version of the following can be clients
MacOS (Native)
Linux (SANE-AirScan)
Android (Mopria Scan)
iOS (AirScanner)
ChromeOS (Mopria Scan)

What this means is a truly portable Wireless scanner that can pass fro Cubicle to cubicle for instance.

You will also need the SANE-AirScan backend for Linux, and together they permit native scanning in Linux with most Linux apps.

This is a completely free and open source project. It is written in mostly in PHP for the eSCL interface and the only compiled code is a binary for the interface to the s400w scanner, with source code included if you prefer to roll your own.

Here you can see the same project running on a Mac which also uses eSCL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J55s1MLgjss

More info
http://scannershare.com

More scanning projects to follow!