diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/PollingStationServerToyRun.java b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/PollingStationServerToyRun.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7dc37f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/PollingStationServerToyRun.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package meerkat.voting.gui;
+
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.FutureCallback;
+import meerkat.pollingstation.PollingStationScanner;
+import meerkat.pollingstation.PollingStationWebScanner;
+import meerkat.protobuf.PollingStation;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
+
+/**
+ * Created by Laura on 2/1/2017.
+ */
+public class PollingStationServerToyRun {
+
+    private PollingStationScanner.Consumer scanner;
+    private static final String ADDRESS = "http://localhost";
+    private static final String SUB_ADDRESS = "";
+    private static final int PORT = 8080;
+
+    private Semaphore semaphore;
+    private Throwable thrown;
+    private boolean dataIsAsExpected;
+
+    private class ScanHandler implements FutureCallback<PollingStation.ScannedData> {
+
+        private final PollingStation.ScannedData expectedData;
+
+        public ScanHandler(PollingStation.ScannedData expectedData) {
+            this.expectedData = expectedData;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onSuccess(PollingStation.ScannedData result) {
+            dataIsAsExpected = result.getChannel().equals(expectedData.getChannel());
+            semaphore.release();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onFailure(Throwable t) {
+            dataIsAsExpected = false;
+            thrown = t;
+            semaphore.release();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ErrorHandler implements FutureCallback<PollingStation.ScannedData> {
+
+        private final String expectedErrorMessage;
+
+        public ErrorHandler(String expectedErrorMessage) {
+            this.expectedErrorMessage = expectedErrorMessage;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onSuccess(PollingStation.ScannedData result) {
+            dataIsAsExpected = false;
+            semaphore.release();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onFailure(Throwable t) {
+            dataIsAsExpected = t.getMessage().equals(expectedErrorMessage);
+            semaphore.release();
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void init() {
+
+        System.err.println("Setting up Scanner WebApp!");
+
+        scanner = new PollingStationWebScanner(PORT, SUB_ADDRESS);
+
+        semaphore = new Semaphore(0);
+        thrown = null;
+
+        try {
+            scanner.start();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            System.out.println("Could not start server: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String [] args) {
+        PollingStationServerToyRun run = new PollingStationServerToyRun();
+        run.init();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/VotingBoothToyGraphicalRun.java b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/VotingBoothToyGraphicalRun.java
index 23881a6..f138908 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/VotingBoothToyGraphicalRun.java
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/VotingBoothToyGraphicalRun.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import meerkat.voting.encryptor.VBCryptoManager;
 import meerkat.voting.encryptor.VBCryptoManagerImpl;
 import meerkat.voting.gui.uiFX.GraphicalUI;
 import meerkat.voting.gui.output.FXWindowOutputDevice;
+import meerkat.voting.output.NetworkVirtualPrinter;
 import meerkat.voting.storage.StorageManager;
 import meerkat.voting.storage.StorageManagerMockup;
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ public class VotingBoothToyGraphicalRun {
 
         StorageManager storageManager = new StorageManagerMockup();
         FXWindowOutputDevice outputDevice = new FXWindowOutputDevice();
+//        NetworkVirtualPrinter outputDevice = new NetworkVirtualPrinter("http://localhost:8080");
         VBCryptoManager cryptoManager = new VBCryptoManagerImpl(rand, enc, sig);
 //        SystemConsoleUI ui = new SystemConsoleUI ();
         GraphicalUI ui = new GraphicalUI();
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/output/FXWindowOutputDevice.java b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/output/FXWindowOutputDevice.java
index 77ae2eb..429e602 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/output/FXWindowOutputDevice.java
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/output/FXWindowOutputDevice.java
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 package meerkat.voting.gui.output;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
+import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
 import com.google.zxing.WriterException;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Crypto.EncryptionRandomness;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Crypto.RandomnessGenerationProof;
+import meerkat.protobuf.PollingStation;
+import meerkat.protobuf.PollingStation.ScannedData;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.BallotSecrets;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.PlaintextBallot;
 import meerkat.protobuf.Voting.SignedEncryptedBallot;
+import meerkat.rest.Constants;
 import meerkat.voting.gui.controllersFX.VistaNavigator;
 import meerkat.voting.output.AsyncRunnableOutputDevice;
 import meerkat.voting.output.outputcommands.AuditOutputCommand;
@@ -16,8 +20,10 @@ import meerkat.voting.output.outputcommands.CommitOutputCommand;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import javax.ws.rs.client.Entity;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Base64;
 
 /**
  * A toy OutputDevice class
@@ -113,8 +119,22 @@ public class FXWindowOutputDevice extends AsyncRunnableOutputDevice {
             logger.error("plaintext and encryption serial numbers do not match!! plaintext# = " +
                     plaintextSerialNumber + ", ciphertext# = " + encryptedSerialNumber);
         }
-        ByteString encryptedData = signedEncryptedBallot.getEncryptedBallot().getData().getData();
-        encryptedText =  encryptedSerialNumber+"|"+bytesToString(encryptedData);
+
+        ScannedData scannedData = ScannedData.newBuilder()
+                .setChannel(command.getChannelIdentifierByteString())
+                .setSignedEncryptedBallot(command.getSignedEncryptedBallot())
+                .build();
+
+        System.out.println(scannedData.getSerializedSize());
+        encryptedText = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(scannedData.toByteArray());
+
+        try {
+            ScannedData result = ScannedData.parseFrom(Base64.getDecoder().decode(encryptedText.getBytes()));
+            System.out.println(result.getChannel());
+            System.out.println(command.getChannelIdentifierByteString());
+        } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
 
         try {
             printQRCode(encryptedText, 250);
diff --git a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/uiFX/GraphicalUI.java b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/uiFX/GraphicalUI.java
index e51dfd0..a4cde32 100644
--- a/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/uiFX/GraphicalUI.java
+++ b/voting-booth-gui/src/main/java/meerkat/voting/gui/uiFX/GraphicalUI.java
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ public class GraphicalUI implements VotingBoothUI, Runnable {
         cmdPend.trample(new FatalErrorUICommand(errorMessage, buttonLabels, (ControllerCallback<Integer>)callback));
     }
 
+    // TODO: make javafx interface for handling fatal error
     /**
      * show an error to the voter. let him press a (chosen) button for handling the error.
      * @param command a FatalErrorUICommand with the callback