KOFAX Front-Office Server 2.
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Contents How to Use This Guide ................................................................................................................................5 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................5 Related Documentation ........................................................................................................................5 Training ...........................................
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Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs How to Use This Guide Introduction This guide describes how to prepare the HP LaserJet multifunction peripheral (MFP) to work with Kofax Front-Office Server. After preparing the HP MFP, you can upload profiles with shortcuts from Kofax Front-Office Server Administration Console whenever needed. Before continuing, refer to the Kofax Web site at www.kofax.com for supported HP MFP models and software updates.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs Release Notes Late-breaking product information is available from the release notes. Read the release notes carefully, because they contain information that may not be included in other Kofax Front-Office Server documentation. The release notes are available for viewing or downloading from the Kofax Web site. Documentation for Deprecated Features Documentation for deprecated features is provided for your reference.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs Summary of Features The following Kofax Front-Office Server features are available with the HP MFP. Refer to the Help for Kofax Front-Office Server Administration Console and Kofax Front-Office Server Web Client for more information. Management Through Kofax Front-Office Server Administration Console Kofax Front-Office Server Administration Console is able to discover MFPs on the network, and you can add them to Kofax Front-Office Server.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs If a list is available for a field, the user can simply select the desired entry. If a user forgets to enter values, the front panel prompts the user to complete required fields before continuing. Using the Data Validation SDK, you can specify a variety of validation and field lookup options. Enhanced Lookup Depending on the destination configuration, at the MFP, lookup is possible for fax number and email address fields.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs We also recommend that you set up a DNS server on the device so that the OXPd can resolve host names. For more information, refer to the HP documentation. Configuring Internet Information Services (IIS) If you are using IIS 7, you need to increase the maximum allowed HTTP request size to allow large documents to be transferred from the MFP. HP MFPs send an entire document in a single transfer.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs number of your model of HP MFP. HP models have similar numbers, so make sure that you identify the HP model and Group number correctly. Table 1. Release Notes Files for HP Models HP MFP Model Release Notes Files to Use Group 10 hp-ext-10-OXPd-ReleaseNotes-1.4.2.0.txt Group 20 hp-ext-20-OXPd-ReleaseNotes-1.4.2.0.txt Group 40 hp-ext-40-OXPd-ReleaseNotes-1.4.2.0.txt Group 50 hp-ext-50-OXPd-ReleaseNotes-1.4.2.0.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs Figure 1. HP Package Loader Page 3 Scroll to the Reloadable Packages section of the page. 4 Select the box to the right of the Open eXtensibility Platform for Devices (OXPd), Device eXtensibility Platform (DXP), or Simple Document Capture (SDC) package. 5 Click Remove Selected Packages. The HP Package Loader Page refreshes to indicate that the package has been removed. 6 Remove other packages installed with the OXPd, DXP, or SDC as needed.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs X To install the OXPd 1 Open the HP loader page in a Web browser window. Enter the following URL: http://mfp/hp/device/this.loader Where mfp is the IP address or host name of the HP MFP. 2 When prompted, enter the user name and password of the HP administrator user. If you have not created an administrator password for the HP, a Package Loader page appears that prompts you to create a password. Click the link on the page to create a password.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs Table 2. OXPd Files for HP Models (continued) HP MFP Model OXPd Files to Use Group 50 hp-ext-50-oxpd.1.4.2.0.jar 4 Click Load Package Now. The Package Loader page indicates that the file has been loaded successfully. 5 Wait for the HP MFP to load the OXPd and restart. Different HP models may restart differently. Refer to the HP documentation if you need more information. 6 Click the Loader Home link at the bottom of the page.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs mfp.scan.file.type mfp.scan.image.adjust.background.cleanup mfp.scan.image.adjust.darkness mfp.scan.image.adjust.sharpness mfp.scan.page.size mfp.scan.page.orientation mfp.scan.output.quality mfp.scan.optimize.text.photo mfp.scan.ocr.language After the installation of Kofax Front-Office Server, these properties have default values. Information about the possible values for each property is in the mfp.hp.properties file.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs 5 For HTTPS, on the Web page for the HP MFP, define the DNS server for the MFP. X To configure the connection from Kofax Front-Office Server to the MFP 1 In the \conf folder, locate mfp.hp.properties and open it in a text editor. 2 Edit the mfp.hp.properties file as follows: a Specify whether you want to use a secure (HTTPS) or unsecure (HTTP) connection (mfp.protocol).
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs 2 Edit the sendtome.auth.required property as follows: sendtome.auth.required=true The Send to Me button is not available on the MFP until the user logs on, and the prepopulated user name is read-only. Documents can only be sent to the user that is logged on. 3 Save and close the file. 4 For the changes to take effect, stop and restart Kofax Front-Office Server.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs example mfp.hp.M3035.properties for the HP LaserJet M3035 MFP, or mfp.hp.4345.properties for the hp LaserJet 4345 mfp. Tip The HP model number is displayed on the front panel of the MFP. In Kofax FrontOffice Server Adminstration Console, the HP model number can be found in the Devices section if the original device name has not been changed after discovery. 2 Copy and paste the scan settings content from mfp.hp.properties to mfp.hp.HPmodel.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs Note In case of invalid field values, a notification message appears at the MFP, but users can continue scanning. Form validation: All the field values of a form and their interdependencies are validated. Note In case of invalid field values, an error message appears at the MFP, and users are unable to scan.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs 4 Select the HP MFP on the Added Devices tab. Then, select Available Actions | Deploy Profiles and click Apply. The front panel and the profile are deployed on the MFP. The HP MFP is now ready to use with Kofax Front-Office Server. You can use Kofax Front-Office Server Administration Console to create and change profiles and to deploy a profile on the MFP.
Kofax Front-Office Server Administrator’s Guide for HP MFPs Why am I unable to send documents to a destination from the MFP? For global shortcuts, make sure that you have established credentials with the destination type in Kofax Front-Office Server Administration Console. Documents may also fail to be sent if the data that was entered in the index fields is invalid. Make sure that you have entered information for all required index fields and that all information is correct.
