Patent ID: 8693031

Claim:
A network scanner operable within a computer network and controllable via post scan processes (PSPs) of a Distributed Scan Management (DSM) protocol, wherein the PSPs include settings that are used to establish scan acquisition and post scan instructions for the network scanner, the network scanner comprising: a processor; a network interface operable to communicatively couple to the computer network; a user interface operable to receive login information associated with a user, wherein the login information is operable to grant access to one or more of the PSPs on the computer network; and a storage module operable to store scanner software instructions that, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to present the one or more accessed PSPs to the user for selection via the user interface, wherein the user interface is further operable to receive override information from the user that is used to override at least one setting of a selected PSP, wherein the software instructions further direct the processor to determine whether the override information is supported by the network scanner, to determine whether the selected PSP is valid for the network scanner in response to determining that the override information is supported by the network scanner, and to ignore the selected PSP after determining that the selected PSP is invalid for the network scanner, and wherein the storage module is further operable to store the override information in a format that enables subsequent use by the user.