Installation of RemoteScan Client Software
RemoteScan is provided as self extracting, self installing file (RemoteScan.exe). RemoteScan.exe contains both the Server and the Client software for RemoteScan. Depending on the terms of your license with RemoteScan Corporation, you can install RemoteScan Server onto computers which have scanners attached, and you can install RemoteScan Client onto other computers on the network which need to access the scanners.

NOTE: Do not break the terms of your license with RemoteScan Corporation. Please Do NOT install more copies of the Client software than you are licensed for, and do not install the Server Software on more than one computer unless your license with RemoteScan Corporation specifically grants you permission. RemoteScan licenses its software at different prices for personal home use than it does for business use. Please do not use a personal use license at a business location.

After you have saved the distribution file, RemoteScan.exe, it to your hard drive, open it and run it. You do this either from the download dialog box, or from your file explorer. Then follow the on screen prompts.

During the installation process you will be prompted to select to install as a Server or as a Client. Install the "Client" software. Do this by leaving the box marked 'Client' and do not check the box marked 'Server.'

Depending on the version of Windows you are using, during installation you may be prompted to allow RemoteScan™ access through your firewall. You should grant this access, as without it other may not be able to use their client copies of RemoteScan™ to operate your scanner. There is no known security risk in granting this access.

Once you have installed a copy of RemoteScan™ Client you will be able to access the scanner connected to the computer where RemoteScan™ Server is installed. (If you are testing RemoteScan with the Free client software, you will only be able to access the scanner located at our offices).

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Using RemoteScan Client

After installing Client copies, users can then access your scanner from within your graphic applications such as Photoshop® or any other application, such as MS Word®, which can import directly from TWAIN compatible devices.

After RemoteScan Client is installed, from within all applications that can access TWAIN devices, there will be a menu choice for RemoteScan. When selected, the RemoteScan Client Settings and Control Dialog will be displayed.

From this dialog (opened from within any of your application software, from the "import" or "Acquire" or "Insert" menu choices) you can now operate the remote scanner as if it were directly connected to your computer.

The color and resolution of can be set to whatever the scanner is capable of, and you can also Preview and select specific areas of the previewed image to scan.

If your scanner has advanced features, such as sheet feeders or duplex scanning, you will be able to set those options as well.

The entire dialog box can also be resized, either increased or decreased, for better viewing of your preview area. To resize the dialog box, drag on its lower right corner.

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Adding and Editing Scanner List in RemoteScan Client.

The Client Dialog box should display in the upper right corner your "Scan Server" computer and the scanner which is attached to it. If it does not, you can manually ad additional scanners by clicking on the "Add" button of Client Dialog Box (opened from within any of your application software, from the "import" or "Acquire" or "Insert" menu choices).

RemoteScan Client requires either the Network name or IP# of the computer where RemoteScan Server is installed.

In addition, RemoteScan communicates between the server and the client through "Ports." Leave these at the default, or, if these need to be changed, contact your network administrator.

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Operating a scanner from a remote computer over the Internet
To connect to scan from a RemoteScan™ Server that is not located on your immediate network, you can 'Add' it to your Scan Server list by clicking on the 'Add' button that is beneath the 'Scan Server' list, and then entering the IP# where of the computer where the RemoteScan Server is running. Note: this requires that the remote computer have a static IP#.

NOTE: Do not break the terms of your license with RemoteScan Corporation. Please Do NOT install more copies of the Client software than you are licensed for, and do not install the Server Software on more than one computer unless your license with RemoteScan Corporation specifically grants you permission. RemoteScan licenses its software at different prices for personal home use than it does for business use. Please do not use a personal use license at a business location. RemoteScan Client and RemoteScan Server are trademarked and copyrighted software. This software is not freeware. This software is not shareware.

 

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RemoteScan for Windows Terminal Services
RemoteScan works well with Windows Terminal Services. With RemoteScan, Windows Terminal Services users can access any scanner on the network, as well as accessing scanners connected to their own "client" computers.

To use RemoteScan with Windows Terminal Services, you need to install RemoteScan Server on each computer which has an attached scanner. You will also need to have your network administrator install a copy of RemoteScan Client for each user on the computer(s) where application software is being run.

1. Install RemoteScan Server software on the client work stations.
2. Install RemoteScan Client software on the Windows Terminal Server.

When the RemoteScan Client and the RemoteScan Server software is installed, application software (such as MS Word, PhotoShop, etc.), which is running on a Windows Terminal Server, will display remote scanners as if they were attached locally to the Windows Terminal Server computer, even if the "remote" scanners are attached directly to a user's workstation.

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