FaxPress Premier + eCopy ShareScan OP Integration

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Castelle’s FaxPress 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 Premier for fax transmission.

The benefits of the eCopy ShareScan OP and FaxPress Premier 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 Premier email gateway, refer to the FaxPress Premier Email Gateways Guide.

Supported Copier and MFP Devices

FaxPress Premier integration with eCopy ShareScan OP v3.0 supports faxing from a range of copiers and MFPs. FaxPress Premier 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 at:

http://www.ecopy.com/support/platforms.htm

Phone Book Integration

The FaxPress Connector’s Phone Book button provides access to FaxPress Premier 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 Premier they become visible to the Connector and show up in the Admin Console’s Configuration tab. 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 Premier Phone Book with external databases.