A CLI and web frontend for scanning with HP Envy printer / scanners.
- 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
covet can be installed with cargo.
$ cargo install covet
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.
$ covet web -h
Start a web server to handle scan jobs
Usage: covet web [OPTIONS] <SCANNER>
Arguments:
<SCANNER> The hostname of the scanner
Options:
--no-tls Do not use TLS to secure the connection to the scanner
-p, --port <PORT> Port to use for the web server [default: 3000]
-l, --listen <ADDR> Listen address to use for the web server [default: 127.0.0.1]
--disable-jpeg-fix Do not fix the heigt of JPEG files scanned from the automatic
document feeder
-h, --help Print help
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.
$ covet scan -h
Scan a document
Usage: covet scan [OPTIONS] <SCANNER>
Arguments:
<SCANNER> The hostname of the scanner
Options:
--no-tls
Do not use TLS to secure the connection to the scanner
-s, --source <SOURCE>
The document source [default: auto] [possible values: auto, adf, glass]
-f, --format <FORMAT>
The format of the output [default: pdf] [possible values: pdf, jpeg]
-c, --color <COLORSPACE>
The color space of the output [default: color] [possible values: gray, color]
-r, --resolution <RESOLUTION>
The scan resolution in dpi [default: 300] [possible values: 300, 600]
-q, --compression-quality <QUALITY>
Compression quality level (lower is better) [default: 25]
--disable-jpeg-fix
Do not fix the heigt of JPEG files scanned from the automatic document feeder
-h, --help
Print help
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.
The favicon is based on the scanner icon from the Freehand color icons by Streamline.
This project is licensed under the terms of the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE version 3 or later.