Networking a USB Scanner

Can a bog standard USB scanner be made available via a wired LAN for all
users to access?

Thanks in advance,

Binky

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:03:05 GMT, "Binky" <(E-Mail Removed)>
strung together this:

>Can a bog standard USB scanner be made available via a wired LAN for all
>users to access?
>
No, nor can any scanner without additional hardware which usually
costs more than buying a load of cheap USB scanners for everyone.
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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Lurch"
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> On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:03:05 GMT, "Binky" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> strung together this:
>
> >Can a bog standard USB scanner be made available via a wired LAN for all
> >users to access?
> >
> No, nor can any scanner without additional hardware which usually
> costs more than buying a load of cheap USB scanners for everyone.
>
That's simply not true - Linux has the SANE scanner interface, which
is network capable and supports some USB devices. I believe there
are also tools available to make SANE accessible from a TWAIN-enabled
Windows machine.

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:03:05 +0000, Binky wrote:

> Can a bog standard USB scanner be made available via a wired LAN for all
> users to access?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Binky

Whats the point of networking a scanner ?

Dave

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Dave Stanton wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:03:05 +0000, Binky wrote:
>
>> Can a bog standard USB scanner be made available via a wired LAN for
>> all users to access?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Binky
>
> Whats the point of networking a scanner ?
>
So that more than one person can use it.

You assume that all the users are going to be a great distance apart which
may not be the case


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On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 19:16:42 -0000, Rob Morley <(E-Mail Removed)>
strung together this:

>That's simply not true - Linux has the SANE scanner interface, which
>is network capable and supports some USB devices. I believe there
>are also tools available to make SANE accessible from a TWAIN-enabled
>Windows machine.

Fair enough, not heard of that one and it's never been mentioned
before when this question has come up in various groups, (Google
anyone?).
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"Lurch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:03:05 GMT, "Binky" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> strung together this:
>
>>Can a bog standard USB scanner be made available via a wired LAN for all
>>users to access?
>>
> No, nor can any scanner without additional hardware which usually
> costs more than buying a load of cheap USB scanners for everyone.
> --

Thanks for the answers - even yours Dave Stanton.

I currently have a Umax Astra 1220P on a parallel connection which has XP
drivers but can be tempremental.

With regard to networking, there is an option for this unit, when installing
these drivers, to add a network capability via custom install. I tried it
but started getting error messages about networking protocols and it turned
into a right kerfuffle, resulting in me sounding out the USB option that you
all contributed to.

"Binky" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ZiMNd.1677$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can a bog standard USB scanner be made available via a wired LAN for all
> users to access?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Binky
>

should be able to

right click it, choose sharing

share it

connect from other hots

there we go