WO2022032246A1

WO2022032246A1 - Modified settings based image generation

Info

Publication number: WO2022032246A1
Application number: PCT/US2021/070493
Authority: WO
Inventors: Shinoj Bhaskaran
Original assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Priority date: 2020-08-04
Filing date: 2021-04-30
Publication date: 2022-02-10

Abstract

An example image forming apparatus may include a scanner module to scan a document and store electronic raw data representing the document. Further, the image forming apparatus may include a controller connected to the scanner module. The controller may process the electronic raw data to generate an image in accordance with setting information. Further, the controller may output a copy of the image and a hyperlink in accordance with a user-selectable scanning feature. The hyperlink may correspond to a webpage that specifies the setting information and available options to edit the setting information. Furthermore, the controller may receive modified setting information via the webpage and process the electronic raw data in accordance with the modified setting information to generate a modified image. Also, the controller may output a copy of the modified image in accordance with the user-selectable scanning feature.

Description

MODIFIED SETTINGS BASED IMAGE GENERATION

BACKGROUND

[0001] Image forming apparatuses may be capable of performing functions such as printing documents, transmitting facsimile documents, scanning documents, copying documents, scan-to-email, and/or the like. An image forming apparatus may be a single function peripheral (SFP) or a multi-function peripheral (MFP). Example SFP may include a printer, a facsimile machine, a scanner, or a copier that may perform one of the functions. Example MFP can incorporate the functionality of multiple devices in one, to perform a combination of some or all of a printer, a scanner, a photocopier, a fax machine, and the like. Such image forming apparatuses may be capable of scanning a document and generating an output image (e.g., a hard copy or a soft copy) based on user-defined setting information or default setting information.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0002] Examples are described in the following detailed description and in reference to the drawings, in which:

[0003] FIG. 1A is a block diagram of an example image forming apparatus, including a controller to generate a modified image in accordance with modified setting information;

[0004] FIG. 1B is a block diagram of the example image forming apparatus of FIG. 1A, depicting additional features;

[0005] FIG. 1C illustrates an example webpage, depicting setting information and available options to edit the setting information;

[0006] FIG. 2A is an example functional diagram of the controller of FIG. 1A, illustrating generation of an image in accordance with setting information and a corresponding webpage; [0007] FIG. 2B is an example functional diagram of the controller of FIG. 2A, illustrating generation of a modified image in accordance with modified setting information;

[0008] FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example method for generating a modified scan image in accordance with modified setting information;

[0009] FIG. 4A is a functional block diagram of an example system, including a controller to generate an image based on setting information and a corresponding webpage;

[0010] FIG. 4B is a functional block diagram of the example system of FIG. 4A, including the controller to generate a modified image based on modified setting information;

[0011] FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an example server, including a controller to generate a modified image in accordance with modified setting information; and

[0012] FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an example computing device including non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions to send an email with a scan image in accordance with selected setting information.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0013] An image forming apparatus can perform various scan functions, for example, a scan-to-email function (e.g., scanning a document and sending the scanned document to an email recipient via an email), a scan-to-fax function (e.g., scanning a document and transmitting the scanned document to a destination fax device), a scan-to-print function (e.g., scanning a document and printing the scanned document on a print medium), a scan-to-file function (e.g., scanning a document and storing the scanned document on a computing device or a storage device), and the like. [0014] Further, the image forming apparatus may perform such functions by scanning a document and processing the scanned document in accordance with setting information. Example setting information may include format settings (e.g., format such as PDF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and the like), quality settings (e.g., lightness of the image, color or black/white, resolution, halftone or binary image, contour enhancement, and the like), and/or the like. In some examples, the image forming apparatus may process the document using default setting information of the image forming apparatus. In other examples, the image forming apparatus may provide a user interface (Ul) through which a user or sender can define the setting information. Further, the image forming apparatus may generate a scan image using the default or user-defined setting information and output the scan image to a recipient in accordance with a user-selected scan function.

[0015] However, upon receiving the scan image, the recipient may prefer to have the document with different setting information. For example, consider that a sender may select the setting information (e.g., PDF format and black/while) and perform a scan-to-email function from the image forming apparatus. In this example, the image forming apparatus may generate the scan image using the selected setting information and send the scan image to the recipient’s email address. However, upon receiving the scan image, the recipient may prefer to have the document in different setting information (e.g., JPG format and color).

[0016] In such instances, when the sender is same as the recipient, the sender may have to select the different setting information and re-perform the scan-to- email function from the image forming apparatus to generate a modified scan image. When the sender is different from the recipient, the recipient may have to communicate the modified setting information to the sender and request the sender to re-perform the scan-to-email function with the modified setting information. In this case, the recipient may have to wait till the sender sends the modified scan image. Further, the sender may not be able to re-perform the scan-to-email function, for instance, when the original document is not available with the sender or the image forming apparatus is not accessible to the sender. In such scenarios, the user experience of the sender and/or recipient may be affected.

[0017] Examples described herein may provide an image forming apparatus including a scanner module and a controller connected to the scanner module. The scanner module may scan a document and store electronic raw data representing the document. The controller may process the electronic raw data to generate an image in accordance with setting information. Further, the controller may output a copy of the image and a hyperlink in accordance with a user-selectable scanning feature (e.g., a scan-to-print function, a scan-to-file function, a scan-to-fax function, or a scan-to-email function). In one example, the hyperlink may correspond to a webpage that specifies the setting information and available options to edit the setting information. Furthermore, the controller may receive modified setting information via the webpage and process the stored electronic raw data in accordance with the modified setting information to generate a modified image. Further, the controller may output a copy of the modified image in accordance with the user-selectable scanning feature.

[0018] Thus, examples described herein may provide an option for the recipient to modify the setting information upon receiving a scan image. Further, once the document is scanned and the electronic raw data is stored, the recipient can obtain multiple scan outputs from the image forming apparatus by trying out various combinations of settings without re-scanning the document.

[0019] In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present techniques. However, the example apparatuses, devices, and systems, may be practiced without these specific details. Reference in the specification to “an example” or similar language means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described may be included in at least that one example but may not be in other examples. [0020] Turning now to the figures, FIG. 1A is a block diagram of an example image forming apparatus 100, including a controller 104 to generate a modified image in accordance with modified setting information. As shown in FIG. 1 A, image forming apparatus 100 may include a scanner module 102 and controller 104 connected to scanner module 102. Example scanner module 102 may be an input device that scans a document such as a photograph, a page of text, and the like to convert the document into an electronic version.

[0021] During operation, scanner module 102 may scan the document and store electronic raw data representing the document. In an example, scanner module 102 may store the electronic raw data in an internal storage of image forming apparatus 100 or in an external storage connected to image forming apparatus 100. Further, the electronic raw data may be stored for a duration, which may be defined by an administrator or a user. The electronic raw data may be deleted after the duration. Further, the electronic raw data may be generated by image forming apparatus 100 based on maximum values of setting information. In an example, the electronic raw data may include minimally processed image data from an image sensor of scanner module 102. The purpose of the electronic raw data may be to save the image data obtained from the image sensor with minimum or no loss of information.

[0022] Further, controller 104 may process the electronic raw data to generate an image in accordance with the setting information. In an example, the setting information may include a user-defined setting or a default setting of image forming apparatus 100. Example setting information may include format settings (e.g., PDF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and the like), quality settings (e.g., light, color or black/white, resolution, halftone or binary image, contour enhancement, and the like), and the like. Furthermore, the setting information of the generated image may be different from the setting information of the electronic raw data. For example, the setting information of the generated image may include a black/white format with 200 dots per inch (DPI), while the setting information of the electronic raw data may include a color format with maximum possible DPI. [0023] Furthermore, controller 104 may output a copy of the image and a hyperlink in accordance with a user-selectable scanning feature. In an example, the hyperlink may correspond to a webpage (e.g., a webpage 152 as shown in FIG. 1B) that specifies the setting information and available options to edit the setting information. Example webpage is described in FIG. 1C. In other examples, the hyperlink may correspond to an Internet location that provides access to the setting information. Example user-selectable scanning feature can be a scan-to-print function, a scan-to-file function, a scan-to-fax function, a scan-to-email function, or the like.

[0024] In one example, controller 104 may output the copy of the image and the hyperlink as an email to an email recipient when the user-selectable feature is the scan-to-email function. In this example, the copy of the image may be included as an attachment in the email and the hyperlink may be included in a body of the email. In another example, controller 104 may output the copy of the image on a first print medium and the hyperlink on a second print medium when the user- selectable feature is the scan-to-print function. In other examples, the copy of the image and the hyperlink can be outputted on a same print medium or different print mediums.

[0025] In yet another example, controller 104 may output the copy of the image and the hyperlink to a destination device when the user-selectable feature is the scan-to-fax function. In this example, the destination device may print the image on a first print medium and the hyperlink on a second print medium. Example destination device may be a fax machine or a multifunction printer.

[0026] In yet another example, controller 104 may output the copy of the image and the hyperlink to a destination device when the user-selectable feature is the scan-to-file function. In this example, the destination device may store the copy of the image and the hyperlink at a specified location. The copy of the image and the hyperlink may be stored in a same file or different files in a same folder. Example destination device may be a flash drive, an external hard disk, a server, a user device, or the like.

[0027] Further, controller 104 may receive modified setting information via the webpage. In this example, a recipient of the output image may access the webpage using the hyperlink and modify the setting information in the webpage. Once the recipient submits the modified setting information, the modified setting information may be sent to image forming apparatus 100 via the webpage. Example reception of the modified setting information via the webpage is described in FIG. 1B. Furthermore, controller 104 may process the electronic raw data in accordance with the modified setting information to generate a modified image. In this example, controller 104 may retrieve the stored electronic raw data to generate the modified image without having to scan the document again. Further, controller 104 may output a copy of the modified image in accordance with the user-selectable scanning feature.

[0028] As used herein, the term “image forming apparatus” may refer to a device that may encompass any apparatus that accepts a job-request and performs at least one of the following functions or tasks: print, scan, copy, and/or fax. Image forming apparatus 100 may be a single function peripheral (SFP) or a multi-function peripheral (MFP). Example image forming apparatus 100 can be a laser beam printer (e.g., using an electrophotographic method for printing), an ink jet printer (e.g., using an ink jet method for printing), or the like.

[0029] In some examples, the functionalities described herein, in relation to instructions to implement functions of controller 104 and any additional instructions described herein in relation to the storage medium, may be implemented as engines or modules including any combination of hardware and programming to implement the functionalities of the modules or engines described herein. The functions of controller 104 may also be implemented by a processor. In examples described herein, processor may include, for example, one processor or multiple processors included in a single device or distributed across multiple devices. [0030] FIG. 1B is a block diagram of example image forming apparatus 100 of FIG. 1A, depicting additional features. Similarly named elements of FIG. 1B may be similar in function and/or structure to elements described in FIG. 1A. As shown in FIG. 1B, image forming apparatus 100 may be communicatively coupled to a web server 150 via a network. Example network may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, a wired connection, and/or the like.

[0031] In an example, controller 104 may generate webpage 152 in web server 150. Web server 150 may be a computing device that runs a website including webpage 152. For example, web server 150 may store, process, and deliver webpage 152 to the recipient. Further, controller 104 may associate the hyperlink to webpage 152.

[0032] Furthermore, the recipient, upon receiving the hyperlink, may access webpage 152 via a web browser 156 using a client device 154. For example, webpage 152 may be displayed via web browser 156 in response to activating the hyperlink (e.g., by clicking the hyperlink or manually entering the hyperlink in web browser 156) by the recipient.

[0033] Further, the recipient may modify the setting information in webpage 152 displayed via web browser 156. Furthermore, controller 104 may receive the modified setting information from web server 150. Upon receiving the modified setting information, controller 104 may retrieve the stored electronic raw data and process the retrieved electronic raw data in accordance with the modified setting information to generate the modified image. Then, controller 104 may output a copy of the modified image in accordance with the user-selectable scanning feature. Similarly, the hyperlink corresponding to webpage 152 can be utilized multiple times to obtain modified images with different setting information. [0034] FIG. 1C illustrates example webpage 152, depicting setting information 164A-164F and available options 166A-166F to edit setting information 164A- 164F. Similarly named elements of FIG. 10 may be similar in function and/or structure to elements described in FIG. 1B. In an example, webpage 152 may be displayed in a web browser (e.g., web browser 156 of FIG. 1B) of a client device (e.g., client device 154 of FIG. 1B) upon activating a hyperlink 162. Example webpage 152 may include setting information 164A-164F used to output the copy of the image from the image forming apparatus (e.g., image forming apparatus 100 as shown in FIG. 1A). Example setting information 164A-164F may be default setting information or user-defined setting information.

[0035] As shown in FIG. 1C, the setting information used to output the copy of the image may include file type ‘PDF’ (e.g., as shown in 164A), type ‘black/white’ (e.g., as shown in 164B), resolution ‘200 DPI’ (e.g., as shown in 164C), rotation angle ‘0’ (e.g., as shown in 164D), attribute X ‘VX1’ (e.g., as shown in 164E), and attribute Y ‘VY3’ (e.g., as shown in 164F).

[0036] Further, as shown in FIG. 1C, webpage 152 may display possible or available options 166A-166F to modify setting information 164A-164F. For example, the available options may include:

- file type - PDF and JPG (e.g., as shown in 166A),

- type - color, black and white (e.g., as shown in 166B),

- resolution - 100, 200, 300, 600, 1200, and 2400 (e.g., as shown in 166C),

- rotation angle - 0, 90, 180, and 270 (e.g., as shown in 166D),

- attribute X - VX1 , VX2, and VX3 (e.g., as shown in 166E), and

- attribute Y - VY1 , VY2, VY3, and VY4 (e.g., as shown in 166F).

[0037] Furthermore, upon modifying setting information 164A-164F using available options 166A-166F, the recipient may submit the modified setting information using a ‘submit’ 168 option. Upon submitting, the modified setting information may be transmitted to the image forming apparatus via a web server. In the example shown in FIG. 1C, the modified setting information may be transmitted to a printer address 170 (e.g., an email ID of the image forming apparatus) specified in webpage 152. In other examples, webpage 152 may also include an identifier that maps the stored electronic raw data to the webpage 152 such that the image forming apparatus can retrieve the electronic raw data using the identifier.

[0038] FIG. 2A is an example functional diagram of controller 104 of FIG. 1A, illustrating generating an image in accordance with setting information 204 and a corresponding webpage 208. Similarly named elements of FIG. 2A may be similar in function and/or structure to elements described in FIG. 1A.

[0039] As shown in FIG. 2A, controller 104 may receive electronic raw data 202 from a scanner module (e.g., scanner module 102 of FIG. 1A), for instance. Further, controller 104 may process electronic raw data 202 to generate the image in accordance with default or user-defined setting information 204. Furthermore, controller 104 may output the image along with a hyperlink (e.g., as shown in 206) in accordance with the user-selectable scanning feature. In an example, controller 104 may generate webpage 208 including setting information 204 and available options to edit setting information 204. Further, controller 104 may associate the hyperlink to webpage 208.

[0040] FIG. 2B is an example functional diagram of controller 104 of FIG. 2A, illustrating generating a modified image 254 in accordance with modified setting information 252. Similarly named elements of FIG. 2B may be similar in function and/or structure to elements described in FIG. 2A. In an example, controller 104 may receive modified setting information 252 via webpage 208. Further, controller 104 may retrieve electronic raw data 202 from a storage associated with the image forming apparatus, for instance. Furthermore, controller 104 may process electronic raw data 202 in accordance with modified setting information 252 to generate modified image 254. Further, controller 104 may output modified image 254 in accordance with the user-selectable scanning feature. [0041] FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example method 300 for generating a modified scan image in accordance with modified setting information. It should be understood that method 300 depicted in FIG. 3 represents generalized illustrations, and that other processes may be added, or existing processes may be removed, modified, or rearranged without departing from the scope and spirit of the present application. In addition, it should be understood that the processes may represent instructions stored on a computer-readable storage medium that, when executed, may cause a processor to respond, to perform actions, to change states, and/or to make decisions. The processes of method 300 may represent functions and/or actions performed by functionally equivalent circuits like analog circuits, digital signal processing circuits, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), or other hardware components associated with the system. Furthermore, example method 300 may not be intended to limit the implementation of the present application, but rather example method 300 illustrates functional information to design/fabricate circuits, generate machine-readable instructions, or use a combination of hardware and machine-readable instructions to perform the illustrated processes.

[0042] At 302, a scanner module may be enabled to scan a document. At 304, electronic raw data representing the document may be stored using an identifier. In an example, the electronic raw data may be stored in an internal memory of the scanner module or an external storage connected to the scanner module. Further, the electronic raw data may be mapped to the identifier.

[0043] In response to storing the electronic raw data, a webpage including the setting information, available options to edit the setting information, and the identifier may be generated. Further, a hyperlink may be associated to the webpage. The hyperlink may correspond to the webpage that specifies the setting information and available options to edit the setting information. Further, the webpage may be displayed in a web browser upon activating the hyperlink. In some examples, the webpage may be mapped to the identifier that is used to retrieve the corresponding electronic raw data. [0044] At 306, the electronic raw data may be processed in accordance with the setting information to generate a scan image. At 308, the scan image and the hyperlink may be transmitted to a destination device in accordance with a user- selectable scanning feature. In an example, the user-selectable scanning feature can be a scan-to-USB function, a scan-to-server function, a scan-to-fax function, or a scan-to-email function.

[0045] At 310, modified setting information and the identifier may be received via the webpage. At 312, the electronic raw data corresponding to the identifier may be processed in accordance with the modified setting information to generate a modified scan image. In an example, processing the electronic raw data in accordance with the modified setting information may include:

- retrieving the electronic raw data corresponding to the identifier in response to receiving the modified setting information and the identifier via the webpage, and

- processing the retrieved electronic raw data in accordance with the modified setting information to generate the modified image.

[0046] At 314, the modified scan image may be transmitted to the destination device in accordance with the user-selectable scanning feature. Example method 300 described herein can be implemented as part of an image forming apparatus that includes the scanner module or as part of a server that is connected to the scanner module.

[0047] FIG. 4A is a functional block diagram of an example system 400, including a controller 412 to generate a scan image 414 based on setting information and a corresponding webpage 418. A sender 402 may provide a document to a scanner module 406 and select a user-selectable scanning feature 404. [0048] Upon receiving the selection, scanner module 406 may scan the document to generate electronic raw data 408. Further, electronic raw data 408 may be stored in a storage 410 using an identifier. In an example, when user- selectable scanning feature 404 is a scan-to-email function, electronic raw data 408 may be mapped to an email message identifier. In this example, electronic raw data 408 may be stored as a key-value pair (e.g., a key may represent an email message identifier and value may represent electronic raw data 408).

[0049] Furthermore, controller 412 may process electronic raw data 408 in accordance with setting information to generate a scan image 414. Further, controller 412 may generate webpage 418 in a web server 420. In an example, controller 412 may transmit a hyperlink corresponding to webpage 418 along with scan image (e.g., as shown in 414) to a destination device 416 of a recipient in accordance with user-selectable scanning feature 404.

[0050] FIG. 4B is a functional block diagram of example system 400 of FIG. 4A, including controller 412 to generate a modified image 452 based on modified setting information 450. Similarly named elements of FIG. 4B may be similar in function and/or structure to elements described in FIG. 4A. In an example, recipient 454 may use destination device 416 or any other device to modify the setting information via webpage 418. Further, web server 420 may submit modified setting information 450 to controller 412 using the identifier. For example, when user- selectable scanning feature 404 (e.g., as shown in FIG. 4A) is the scan-to-email function, recipient 454 may receive an email with scan image 414 as an attachment and the hyperlink in a body of the email. Further, upon activating the hyperlink, recipient 454 may access the setting information via webpage 418. In webpage 418, recipient 454 can modify setting information and click on a “submit” option.

[0051] Further, modified setting information 450 entered in webpage 418 may be received by controller 412 along with the identifier. In the example of scan-to- email function, an email which comes as a reply to another email may include the identifier (i.e., the email message identifier). Thus, the key-value pair may be useful to identify corresponding electronic raw data 408. Further, the reply email may be configured in such a way that the reply to the email may be redirected to device’s (e.g., an image forming apparatus or a server) email address in which controller 412 resides. Upon receiving modified setting information 450, controller 412 may retrieve electronic raw data 408 corresponding to the identifier from storage 410.

[0052] In an example, controller 412 may fetch electronic raw data 408 using the email message identifier and also extracts modified setting information 450 in a data structure received via webpage 418. For example, the data structure may be parsed for a set of attributes (e.g., ‘file type’, ‘resolution’, and the like) with attributes names. Further, controller 412 may process retrieved electronic raw data 408 in accordance with modified setting information 450 to generate modified image 452, which may be transmitted to destination device 416 in accordance with user-selectable scanning feature 404.

[0053] When user-selectable scanning feature 404 is a scan-to-print function (i.e., copy function), controller 412 may print the scan image on a first print medium (e.g., a first paper) and the hyperlink on a second print medium (e.g., a second paper). In another example, when user-selectable scanning feature 404 is a scan- to-fax function, controller 412 may transmit the scan image to destination device 416 (e.g., a fax machine) to print the scan image on a first print medium and the hyperlink on a second print medium. In such instances, recipient 454 may open webpage 418 using a user device (e.g., a computing device) by entering the hyperlink in a web browser and modify the setting information in webpage 418.

[0054] FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an example server 506, including a controller 510 to generate a modified image in accordance with modified setting information. As shown in FIG. 5, server 506 may be communicatively connected to an image forming apparatus 502, a client device 512, and a web server 514 via a network (e.g., Internet). [0055] Image forming apparatus 502 may include a scanner module 504 to scan a document and generate electronic raw data 514 representing the document. Further, server 506 may receive electronic raw data 514 and store in memory 508, for instance. Example server 506 may be a physical server in an enterprise environment or a cloud-based server in a cloud environment.

[0056] Further, server 506 may include controller 510 to process electronic raw data 514 in accordance with setting information received from image forming apparatus 502 to generate a scan image. Also, controller 510 may generate a webpage 516 in web server 514. Webpage 516 may include the setting information and available options to modify the setting information. Furthermore, controller 510 may output the scan image and a hyperlink corresponding to webpage 516 to client device 512 based on a user-selectable scanning feature.

[0057] In an example, client device 512 may receive the scan image and the hyperlink from server 506. Furthermore, a user may modify the setting information and submit the modified setting information to server 506 via webpage 516. Further, controller 510 may process electronic raw data 514 in accordance with the modified setting information to generate a modified scan image, which may be transmitted to client device 512 based on the user-selectable scanning feature.

[0058] FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an example computing device 600 (e.g., server 506 as shown in FIG. 5) including non-transitory machine-readable storage medium 604 storing instructions (e.g., 606 to 616) to generate a scan image in accordance with selected setting information. Computing device 600 may include a processor 602 and machine-readable storage medium 604 communicatively coupled through a system bus. Processor 602 may be any type of central processing unit (CPU), microprocessor, or processing logic that interprets and executes machine-readable instructions stored in machine-readable storage medium 604. Machine-readable storage medium 604 may be a random-access memory (RAM) or another type of dynamic storage device that may store information and machine-readable instructions that may be executed by processor 602. For example, machine-readable storage medium 604 may be synchronous DRAM (SDRAM), double data rate (DDR), rambus DRAM (RDRAM), rambus RAM, etc., or storage memory media such as a floppy disk, a hard disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD, a pen drive, and the like. In an example, machine-readable storage medium 604 may be non-transitory machine-readable medium. Machine-readable storage medium 604 may be remote but accessible to computing device 600.

[0059] As shown in FIG. 6, machine-readable storage medium 604 may store instructions 606-616. In an example, instructions 606-616 may be executed by processor 602 to generate the scan image in accordance with the selected setting information. Instructions 606 may be executed by processor 602 to receive, via a scanner module, electronic raw data representing a document to be sent to an email address via an email. In an example, instructions to receive the electronic raw data representing the document may include instructions to receive the email address of a recipient and the electronic raw data associated with the scanned document from an image forming apparatus.

[0060] Instructions 608 may be executed by processor 602 to store the electronic raw data using an identifier. In an example, the identifier may map the stored electronic raw data to the email address. Instructions 610 may be executed by processor 602 to send the email including a hyperlink to the email address. In an example, the hyperlink may be mapped to a webpage that specifies available options to select setting information and the webpage may be mapped to the identifier.

[0061] Instructions 612 may be executed by processor 602 to receive selected setting information and the identifier via the webpage. Instructions 614 may be executed by processor 602 to process the electronic raw data corresponding to the identifier in accordance with the selected setting information to generate a scan image. Further, instructions 616 may be executed by processor 602 to send the email including the scan image. [0062] Further, instructions to send the email including the hyperlink may include instructions to process the electronic raw data in accordance with defined setting information to generate a default scan image and send the email including the default scan image and the hyperlink. In this example, the webpage may specify the defined setting information and the available options to select the setting information. Further, the default scan image may be included as an attachment in the email and the hyperlink may be included in a body of the email. In an example, the default scan image may be a low-quality image (e.g., a low- resolution image). In other examples, the default scan image may be a preview of the scanned document and displayed in the body of the email.

[0063] Furthermore, machine-readable storage medium 604 may store instructions to generate, at a web server that is communicatively coupled to the computing device, the webpage including the available options to select the setting information prior to sending the email including the hyperlink. Also, machine- readable storage medium 604 may store instructions to associate the hyperlink to the webpage. The webpage may be displayed in a web browser upon activating the hyperlink.

[0064] The above-described examples are for the purpose of illustration. Although the above examples have been described in conjunction with example implementations thereof, numerous modifications may be possible without materially departing from the teachings of the subject matter described herein. Other substitutions, modifications, and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the subject matter. Also, the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract, and drawings), and/or any method or process so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where some of such features are mutually exclusive.

[0065] The terms “include,” “have,” and variations thereof, as used herein, have the same meaning as the term “comprise” or appropriate variation thereof. Furthermore, the term “based on", as used herein, means “based at least in part on.” Thus, a feature that is described as based on some stimulus can be based on the stimulus or a combination of stimuli including the stimulus. In addition, the terms “first” and “second” are used to identify individual elements and may not meant to designate an order or number of those elements.

[0066] The present description has been shown and described with reference to the foregoing examples. It is understood, however, that other forms, details, and examples can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present subject matter that is defined in the following claims.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a scanner module to: scan a document; and store electronic raw data representing the document; a controller connected to the scanner module to: process the electronic raw data to generate an image in accordance with setting information; output a copy of the image and a hyperlink in accordance with a user- selectable scanning feature, the hyperlink corresponding to a webpage that specifies the setting information and available options to edit the setting information; receive modified setting information via the webpage; process the electronic raw data in accordance with the modified setting information to generate a modified image; and output a copy of the modified image in accordance with the user- selectable scanning feature.

2. The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is to: output the copy of the image and the hyperlink as an email to an email recipient when the user-selectable feature is a scan-to-email function, wherein the copy of the image is included as an attachment in the email and the hyperlink is included in a body of the email.

3. The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is to: output the copy of the image on a first print medium and the hyperlink on a second print medium when the user-selectable feature is a scan-to-print function.

4. The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is to: output the copy of the image and the hyperlink to a destination device when the user-selectable feature is a scan-to-fax function, wherein the destination device is to print the image on a first print medium and the hyperlink on a second print medium.

5. The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the controller is to: output the copy of the image and the hyperlink to a destination device when the user-selectable feature is a scan-to-file function, wherein the destination device is to store the copy of the image and the hyperlink at a specified location.

6. A method comprising: enabling a scanner module to scan a document; storing electronic raw data representing the document using an identifier; processing the electronic raw data in accordance with setting information to generate a scan image; transmitting the scan image and a hyperlink to a destination device in accordance with a user-selectable scanning feature, the hyperlink corresponding to a webpage that specifies the setting information and available options to edit the setting information; receiving modified setting information and the identifier via the webpage; processing the electronic raw data corresponding to the identifier in accordance with the modified setting information to generate a modified scan image; and transmitting the modified scan image to the destination device in accordance with the user-selectable scanning feature.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the user-selectable scanning feature is a scan-to-USB function, a scan-to-server function, a scan-to-fax function, or a scan- to-email function.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein processing the electronic raw data in accordance with the modified setting information comprises: retrieve the electronic raw data corresponding to the identifier in response to receiving the modified setting information and the identifier via the webpage; and process the retrieved electronic raw data in accordance with the modified setting information to generate the modified image.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising: generating the webpage including the setting information, the available options to edit the setting information, and the identifier in response to storing the electronic raw data; and associating the hyperlink to the webpage, wherein the webpage is to be displayed in a web browser upon activating the hyperlink.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein storing the electronic raw data comprises: storing the electronic raw data in an internal memory of the scanner module or an external storage connected to the scanner module, wherein the electronic raw data is mapped to the identifier.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the processor to: receive, via a scanner module, electronic raw data representing a document to be sent to an email address; store the electronic raw data using an identifier, the identifier mapping the stored electronic raw data to the email address; send an email including a hyperlink to the email address, wherein the hyperlink is mapped to a webpage that specifies available options to select setting information, and wherein the webpage is mapped to the identifier; receive selected setting information and the identifier via the webpage; process the electronic raw data corresponding to the identifier in accordance with the selected setting information to generate a scan image; and send the email including the scan image. - 22 -

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein instructions to receive the electronic raw data representing the document comprise instructions to: receive the email address of a recipient and the electronic raw data associated with the scanned document from an image forming apparatus having the scanner module.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein instructions to send the email including the hyperlink further comprise instructions to: process the electronic raw data in accordance with defined setting information to generate a default scan image; and send the email including the default scan image and the hyperlink, wherein the webpage is to specify the defined setting information and the available options to select the setting information.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the default scan image is included as an attachment in the email and the hyperlink is included in a body of the email.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , further comprising instructions to: generate, at a web server that is communicatively coupled to the computing device, the webpage including the available options to select the setting information prior to sending the email including the hyperlink; and associate the hyperlink to the webpage, wherein the webpage is to be displayed in a web browser upon activating the hyperlink.