MAUI Scan & PDF Upload App
Budget: $250 – $750 USD
I need a .NET MAUI desktop utility that can do two things on any standard Windows PC:
1. Talk to any connected scanner, capture pages (text documents, images, existing PDFs), and instantly ship the resulting file to my website’s REST endpoint using an API-key header.
2. Register a silent “PDF Printer” so that whenever a user prints from Word, Excel, a browser—anything—the job is turned into a PDF and uploaded to the same endpoint just as the scans are.
Key points I care about
• No brand-specific dependencies: the scanning routine must work with any TWAIN/WIA compliant device out of the box.
• Minimal UI: a small settings screen for the endpoint URL and API key, a status log, and a retry queue if the network is down.
• Clean, well-structured C# code and an MSI/EXE installer so our IT team can deploy it easily.
Deliverables
• MAUI application source, compiled binaries, and installer
• Virtual PDF printer driver bundled with the app
• Brief setup guide and code comments explaining where the scan/print streams are captured and where the API call is made
• A short test plan showing successful uploads for a text doc, an image, and a multi-page PDF
If you’ve built similar device-agnostic scanning or virtual printer solutions in .NET, I’d love to see your work and discuss timeline.
1. Talk to any connected scanner, capture pages (text documents, images, existing PDFs), and instantly ship the resulting file to my website’s REST endpoint using an API-key header.
2. Register a silent “PDF Printer” so that whenever a user prints from Word, Excel, a browser—anything—the job is turned into a PDF and uploaded to the same endpoint just as the scans are.
Key points I care about
• No brand-specific dependencies: the scanning routine must work with any TWAIN/WIA compliant device out of the box.
• Minimal UI: a small settings screen for the endpoint URL and API key, a status log, and a retry queue if the network is down.
• Clean, well-structured C# code and an MSI/EXE installer so our IT team can deploy it easily.
Deliverables
• MAUI application source, compiled binaries, and installer
• Virtual PDF printer driver bundled with the app
• Brief setup guide and code comments explaining where the scan/print streams are captured and where the API call is made
• A short test plan showing successful uploads for a text doc, an image, and a multi-page PDF
If you’ve built similar device-agnostic scanning or virtual printer solutions in .NET, I’d love to see your work and discuss timeline.
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.NET
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.NET Core
API Development
Desktop Application