Scanner on home network ?

[(RIP) Kaister]

ok - smarty pants's ..

Can this even be done ?

I've got a printer working and available to 3 computers on the network

2 being wireless laptops - but no worries.

however - can i get my scanner to be found by the laptops ? Nope .

Is it network-able ?

its USB off the main PC if that helps.

 

[cookie]

just wondering, could it be used off a print server?

 

[trotsky]

These people (http://www.programurl.com/capturix-scanshare.htm) will flog you some software to do it so it is possible. I asume that it means redirecting the TWAIN out put elsewhere, which is not something that comes in the box as standard as far as I know...

 

[Cheesy Mike]

I have a scanner on the main PC at home and save all the files to a folder that is shared out to the other PCs. To do a scan you have to go to the main PC but at least you can access the results from anywhere.

Mike

 

[Iain Hogg]

Me suspects that scanners can't be shared like printers, must have read it somewhere

 

[cookie]

scanners are cheap. buy another?

 

[Tim Cullis]

Scanners can certainly be networked, but need to be either built for the job with an internal network server device, or be attached to the network through a standalone server such as the HP JetServer or JetDirect (which is how our all-in-one device is networked).

Tim