Dynamic scanner system

A method for scanning a paper document, comprising:

• at a scanner, receiving an indication that a user has actuated a predetermined input device corresponding to scanning a paper document having a predetermined type of printed information thereon;
• scanning the document to create a digital image of the paper document;
• sending data comprising the digital image to a predetermined software application executing on a separately housed user computer, said predetermined software application being other than a device driver and a scanner management application;
• at the computer, comparing the digital image of the paper document to template information corresponding to the paper document to determine the predetermined type of printed information and to identify handwritten changes made to the predetermined type of printed information on the paper document by a user;
• automatically interpreting and integrating a first portion of the identified handwritten changes into the predetermined type of printed information maintained by the information management software application, based on the comparing step;
• and
• appending a remainder portion of the identified handwritten changes as an image of a handwritten annotation to the integrated first portion.

An image reproducing device, comprising:

• an interface module providing two-way wireless communications between the image reproducing device and a separately housed user computer;
• an input system providing first and second input devices;
• a scanner module that, upon actuation of the first input device, scans a paper document to create a digital image of the paper document, wherein said paper document has predetermined information printed thereon, wherein said paper document further has handwritten changes to the predetermined information;
• a storage module storing a database or lookup table for receiving a request to scan a particular document and for uniquely determining from the digital image of the scanned particular document a user related to the particular document, said storage module using the database or lookup table to determine a corresponding information management software application on the user computer, and to further determine a specific data type of the corresponding information management software application, wherein the scanner periodically synchronizes with the computer to update said database or lookup table, wherein the storage module further receives, via user input subsequent to the received request, a specification of one view of a plurality of selectable views of the specific data type;
• a printer module;
• and
• a processor controlling operation of the image reproducing device, said processor configured with instructions to wirelessly send data comprising the digital image to the computer for delivery to the corresponding information management software application executing on the user computer, wherein receiving the request and wirelessly sending said digital image is based on completion of scanning the document after the actuation of the first input device, and wherein the processor is further configured with instructions to, upon actuation of the second input device, generate a request for a print job comprising updated predetermined information and send the request to the information management software application, said updated predetermined information formatted according to the specified one view and having a first portion of the handwritten changes incorporated therein as data values and having a remainder portion of the handwritten changes appended to the first portion as an image of a handwritten annotation.