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.