covet
A CLI and web frontend for scanning with HP Envy printer / scanners.
Features
- Supports HP Envy scanners
- Scan documents from the command line or in a web UI
- covet communicates with the scanner through a REST interface implemented in HP Envy scanners
Installation
covet can be installed with cargo.
$ cargo install covet
Usage
Web UI
To start the web UI run
$ covet web <SCANNER>
where <SCANNER> is the hostname or IP address of your scanner. Then open http://127.0.0.1:3000/ in your browser. It will show the following page with a simple form to scan a document.
Options
$ covet web -h
covet-web
Start a web server to handle scan jobs
USAGE:
covet web [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <SCANNER>
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
--no-tls Do not use TLS to secure the connection to the scanner
OPTIONS:
-l, --listen <ADDR> Listen address to use for the web server [default: 127.0.0.1]
-p, --port <PORT> Port to use for the web server [default: 3000]
ARGS:
<SCANNER> The hostname of the scanner
Command line scanning
To scan a document directly from the command line run
$ covet scan <SCANNER>
where <SCANNER> is the hostname or IP address of your scanner. This will scan a document and store it as a PDF in the current directory.
Options
$ covet scan -h`
covet-scan
Scan a document
USAGE:
covet scan [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] <SCANNER>
FLAGS:
-h, --help Prints help information
--no-tls Do not use TLS to secure the connection to the scanner
OPTIONS:
-c, --color <COLORSPACE> The color space of the output [default: color] [possible values: gray,
color]
-f, --format <FORMAT> The format of the output [default: pdf] [possible values: pdf, jpeg]
-q, --compression-quality <QUALITY> Compression quality level (lower is better) [default: 25]
-r, --resolution <RESOLUTION> The scan resolution in dpi [default: 300] [possible values: 300, 600]
-s, --source <SOURCE> The document source [default: auto] [possible values: auto, adf, glass]
ARGS:
<SCANNER> The hostname of the scanner
License
This project is licensed under the terms of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 3 or later.
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