Organization Use

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This page provides technical documentation for using NAPS2 in a organization where installations are centrally managed.

Deployment

NAPS2 provides an MSI installer for easy deployment via Group Policy. You can find the latest MSI by browsing the NAPS2 files.

Configuration

You can configure NAPS2 for your users by deploying application-level configuration files to the NAPS2 installation directory ("%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%\NAPS2").

There are two configurable application-level files:

• profiles.xml
• appsettings.xml

profiles.xml

This file stores a list of scanning profiles. It acts as a set of default profiles that new users start with. If no application-level profiles.xml file exists, new users will start with no profiles. Note that once a user makes a change to any profile, changes to the application-level profiles.xml will no longer have any effect for that user.

The user-level profiles are stored in "%APPDATA%/NAPS2/profiles.xml". You can use your copy of this file as a base for the application-level profiles.xml (they use the exact same format).

appsettings.xml

This file stores global configuration information for all users. To make changes, use the default appsettings.xml file as a base and make changes in a text editor. The default content is this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<AppConfig>
  <DefaultCulture></DefaultCulture>
  <StartupMessageTitle></StartupMessageTitle>
  <StartupMessageText></StartupMessageText>
  <StartupMessageIcon>Information</StartupMessageIcon>
  <DefaultProfileSettings>
    <DriverName>wia</DriverName>
    <UseNativeUI>false</UseNativeUI>
    <IconID>0</IconID>
    <MaxQuality>false</MaxQuality>
    <AfterScanScale>OneToOne</AfterScanScale>
    <Brightness>0</Brightness>
    <Contrast>0</Contrast>
    <BitDepth>C24Bit</BitDepth>
    <PageAlign>Left</PageAlign>
    <PageSize>Letter</PageSize>
    <Resolution>Dpi100</Resolution>
    <PaperSource>Glass</PaperSource>
  </DefaultProfileSettings>
</AppConfig>

Default Culture

If you'd like to specify NAPS2's default language to be something other than the machine default, use the DefaultCulture element with a language tag (e.g. "en-US" for US English, "de-DE" for German).

Example:

<DefaultCulture>de-DE</DefaultCulture>

Startup Message

If you'd like users to see a message every time users start NAPS2 (e.g. to remind them of regulatory requirements), use the StartupMessage elements.

StartupMessageTitle: An optional string that will be displayed as the message box window's title.
StartupMessageText: The message text to be displayed. If not specified, no message box window is displayed at startup.
StartupMessageIcon: The message box window's icon name. Possible values: "None", "Information", "Warning".

Example:

<StartupMessageTitle>Notice</StartupMessageTitle>
<StartupMessageText>Confidential documents must be dealt with in accordance with company policies.</StartupMessageText>
<StartupMessageIcon>Information</StartupMessageIcon>

Default Profile Settings

If you'd like to customize the default settings used when users create a new profile, you can change the DefaultProfileSettings elements.

DriverName: The driver to use to connect to the scanner. Possible values: "wia", "twain".
UseNativeUI: Whether to use the native scanning UI (rather than the profile's detailed settings).
Brightness, Contrast: -1000 to 1000
BitDepth: "C24Bit" (color), "Grayscale", "BlackWhite".
PageAlign: "Left", "Center", "Right".
PageSize: "Letter", "Legal", "A5", "A4", "A3"
Resolution: "Dpi100", "Dpi200", "Dpi300", "Dpi600", "Dpi1200"
PaperSource: "Glass", "Feeder", "Duplex"

Example:

...
<PageSize>A4</PageSize>
...