FaxPress Enterprise and eCopy ShareScan OP Integration

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Castelle’s FaxPress Enterprise eCopy Connector offers an ideal scan-to-fax integration solution for copiers, scanners and multifunction peripherals (MFPs). The Connector uses eCopy’s ShareScan Open Platform software to transform copier and MFP devices into reliable, high-powered fax machines.

With the FaxPress eCopy Connector, walk-up copier and MFP users can access Castelle’s user-friendly, touch-screen fax interface right from the copier/scanner/MFP control panel. Paper documents scanned into the copier, scanner and MFP devices are converted immediately to electronic files and sent to the FaxPress Enterprise for fax transmission.

The benefits of the eCopy ShareScan OP and FaxPress Enterprise integration include:

This chapter describes integration using the FaxPress eCopy Connector and eCopy ShareScan OP v2.0 and v3.0. For information on integrating eCopy ScanStation (a component of the eCopy Suite) with a FaxPress Enterprise email gateway, refer to the FaxPress Enterprise Email Gateways Guide.

Supported Copier and MFP Devices

FaxPress Enterprise integration with eCopy ShareScan OP v3.0 supports faxing from a range of copiers and MFPs. FaxPress Enterprise integration with eCopy ShareScan OP v2.0 supports faxing from MEAP-enabled Cannon imageRunner devices only. A complete, up-to-date list of eCopy ShareScan OP supported devices is available on the web. 

Phone Book Integration

The FaxPress Connector’s Phone Book button provides access to FaxPress Enterprise Phone Books, which are easily integrated with external ODBC databases. Supported databases include:

The eCopy connector runs as a system service. In order to access SQL database, the admin needs to create a Data Source Name (DSN) under system DSN. This is different than creating DSN for FaxPress Plus. FaxPress Plus runs under the user account so that it can work with user DSN. But to connect to the same database, the eCopy connector requires that the DSN is configured as a system DSN.

Once the ODBC Phone Book and views are configured on the FaxPress Enterprise they become visible to the Connector and show up in the Admin Console’s Configuration tab (see Select the Configure tab. The Configure tab provides a number of configuration options. The Connector can save one configuration or multiple configuration profiles. If there are multiple FaxPress Enterprise servers on the network, use the Server List to select a FaxPress Enterprise server.). The Configuration tab allows you to specify which ODBC phonebook and view will be accessible to users via the Connector user interface. See Contacts and Phone Books for more information on integrating the FaxPress Enterprise Phone Book with external databases.