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Everything you need for installing this is on the code page, but there is a easy installer on the downloads page I know you would like to see how it looks before installing so there are screenshots available on the download page (they are a bit old, there are more features now)

Project Goals:

• Provide me with a thorough learning experience with PHP (I would say that was accomplished, but you be the judge)
• Provide a full featured open source web based scanner suitable for use in a professional use environment

• Obviously that allows you to scan from your smart phone
• Would this require a fancy user name and login system

• Provide a equivalent to or better service than any desktop GUI software for scanning

• Flatbed scanning in batch mode with prompt to continue is not feasible as far I am aware

• Include basic to moderate image editing for scans
• Make similar software (both proprietary and open-source) look incomplete by comparison
• Reduce the number of times a day you get the joy of dealing with people and "i can't print" issues.

Features:

• Easy to install

• Quick installer on the download page for Ubuntu
• Manual instructions in the README

• Optical Character Recognition (OCR)

• Supports many languages requires you install them, the scanner will detect and use whatever you have installed

• Flatbed Scanning
• Document Feeder scanning (given hardware supports it)
• Double sided scanning (given hardware supports it)
• Optional Login system

• Enable on line 6 of config.php
  The next line controls the max login duration
• Allows any name/password without restriction

• Edit scans

• Both images and text files
• Image Contrast
• Image Brightness
• Rotate images (with live preview in browsers^{Excluding IE 8 and below})
• Scale images (make them bigger/smaller)
• Crop images (using imgAreaSelect for the UI)
• Change the color mode [Line Art (black and white no gray), Grayscale, and color]

• Download PDF copies of image/text files

• Both single page and multi page

• Download a zip file of scans (useful for some phones)
• Diagnostic features (Error handling/debug info)

• Can even can give you fortunes in the debug console at every page load
  Can be disabled at the top of config.php
• Tell you how to fix common issues

• Warn about low disk space

• Defined on at the top of config.php

• Secure (don't allow unchecked access to the command line)

• Even if there was a security hole the system permissions should prevent damage
• No back doors

• Designed for collaborative projects
• Email scans directly from the server using your own email account

• Auto detect email server settings based on email address domain as well as Thunderbird

• Upload scans to the Internet (imgur.com)

• Both Albums and Images (Anonymously only, not linked to a account)
• Included image manager for uploaded images (none for albums, at least not yet)
  All images in a album are added to the manager

• User friendly (you don't need to take a class to use it)

• Only offers options options compatible with your hardware

• Customizable color theme
• Store custom scan settings
• Store custom paper sizes

• It also can detect paper sizes from the system

• Display measurements in inches and millimeters (in tool-tips)
• Supports multiple scanners at the same time

• Supports networked scanners also

• Able to auto delete old scans

• Not enabled by default
• Old is defined at the top of cleaner.php

• Simulate scanners for development

• Option at the top of config.php

• Print scans

• Requires client have a configured printer

• Supports most browsers

• See README
• While IE8 is supported, I don't recommend using it. (It work, but it looks like crap)

• Check for updates from the configuration page

• Requires a Internet connection on the server

• Auto automatically check for updates (as of 1.3-6)

• Can be disabled at the top of config.php

• Advertisement free (no ads)

• Does saying "Scanned with PHP Scanner Server" in emails count as a add? (It is mainly to keep you from getting blamed for lack of fancy formating in the email)

• Integrated Printer (as of 1.4-11)

• Generated server side and upload support
• Offer all options provided by the printer(double sided, input tray, color, etc.)
• Print raw text
• Make it possible to print from mobile devices (phone/tablet)
• Provide workaround for the hell that is cross platform printer sharing

Notes

I will be keeping download-able versions on the download page for convenience.
I will leave plenty of old version there at least until disk space becomes a issue.

You can download released versions on the downloads page. You can read the Change Log if you like.
Older versions are here it also includes instructions to use simple-scan across your network.