title: Commnication with scanner using Node js
body: <p>Is it possible to to communicate with scanner using node js     ?
  We are using a php application which currently uses a Java applet to communicate with a scanner.
  Since latest chrome versions have stopped support for applets we are looking for an alternative method for usb port communication
  Can nodejs help us initiate the scan and read bufferstream from the port ?
  If not what others options do we have ?</p>