63. A system used to scan a document, the system coupled to a network, the system comprising: a client device; a scanner coupled to the client device; a server coupled to the client device via the network; and a database storage unit coupled to the server, the client device receiving document data generated by the scanner by scanning a document, the client device having a user interface capable of generating a display by execution of an hypertext mark-up language (HTML) document stored by the client device, the display including a document display portion, an index field portion, and a control portion separately defined in the display, the document display portion displaying document data received from the scanner, the document data generated by scanning the document in print form with the scanner, the document data representing the scanned document, the index field portion permitting index data to be input by a user via an input device of the client device for association with the document data, and the control portion including at least one control element operated by the user with the input device for use in generating at least a start scan signal with the input device to initiate scanning of the document with the scanner and for use in generating a send data signal with the input device to transmit the document data with the index data to the server over the network using a destination address from an address field of the display, the server storing the document data and index data in the database storage unit.
63. A system used to scan a document, the system coupled to a network, the system comprising: a client device; a scanner coupled to the client device; a server coupled to the client device via the network; and a database storage unit coupled to the server, the client device receiving document data generated by the scanner by scanning a document, the client device having a user interface capable of generating a display by execution of an hypertext mark-up language (HTML) document stored by the client device, the display including a document display portion, an index field portion, and a control portion separately defined in the display, the document display portion displaying document data received from the scanner, the document data generated by scanning the document in print form with the scanner, the document data representing the scanned document, the index field portion permitting index data to be input by a user via an input device of the client device for association with the document data, and the control portion including at least one control element operated by the user with the input device for use in generating at least a start scan signal with the input device to initiate scanning of the document with the scanner and for use in generating a send data signal with the input device to transmit the document data with the index data to the server over the network using a destination address from an address field of the display, the server storing the document data and index data in the database storage unit. 66. A system as claimed in claim 63 , wherein the user interface includes a web browser in which the document data is displayed.