Networkable all in one scanner/printer copier?

[Acurajustin1978]

Do they exist? We have a Sharp AL-1651CS here at the office and its
pretty nice. I figured great, I finally get a scanner. Nope. It has
to be on a JetDirect Port and thus I can't use the scanner functions.
Is there a printer like this that can connect to an ethernet and still
have scanningf functions from a few different PCs?

 

[tinnews]

Do they exist? We have a Sharp AL-1651CS here at the office and its
pretty nice. I figured great, I finally get a scanner. Nope. It has
to be on a JetDirect Port and thus I can't use the scanner functions.
Is there a printer like this that can connect to an ethernet and still
have scanningf functions from a few different PCs?

The HP 7310 and related printers can do this, I think some of the cheaper
HP all-in-ones may be able to as well.

 

[Fenrir Enterprises]

Do they exist? We have a Sharp AL-1651CS here at the office and its
pretty nice. I figured great, I finally get a scanner. Nope. It has
to be on a JetDirect Port and thus I can't use the scanner functions.
Is there a printer like this that can connect to an ethernet and still
have scanningf functions from a few different PCs?

I believe some print servers with 'multi port' capabilities will work
with certain models of all-in-ones. Most consumer level print servers
warn they will not work at all with all-in-ones.

I think if you buy a print server specifically from the company that
makes your printer, it will also work.

In most cases, it tends to be a big hassle to make it work at all,
nevermind making all the functions work.

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[Edwin Pawlowski]

Do they exist? We have a Sharp AL-1651CS here at the office and its
pretty nice. I figured great, I finally get a scanner. Nope. It has
to be on a JetDirect Port and thus I can't use the scanner functions.
Is there a printer like this that can connect to an ethernet and still
have scanningf functions from a few different PCs?

Scanners on networks are not very practical, unless they are only a few feet
away. How do you handle a three page scan when the unit is down the other
end of the hall?

 

[Warren Block]

Scanners on networks are not very practical, unless they are only a few feet
away. How do you handle a three page scan when the unit is down the other
end of the hall?

Usually a network scanner has a document feeder. The Sharp mentioned
above does, and lots of big digital copiers do also.

 

[Martin]

Do they exist? We have a Sharp AL-1651CS here at the office and its
pretty nice. I figured great, I finally get a scanner. Nope. It has
to be on a JetDirect Port and thus I can't use the scanner functions.
Is there a printer like this that can connect to an ethernet and still
have scanningf functions from a few different PCs?

There's something called a USB Server (Note: not their print server)
from keyspan that recently appeared on the market..

This supposedly creates a virtual USB hub that's reachable via a LAN so
it may be worth a shot.. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get one to
test out properly so I can't recommend it based on experience.

Using that with any MFP should resolve the issue..

 

[Acurajustin1978]

There's something called a USB Server (Note: not their print server)
from keyspan that recently appeared on the market..

This supposedly creates a virtual USB hub that's reachable via a LAN so
it may be worth a shot.. Unfortunately I haven't been able to get one to
test out properly so I can't recommend it based on experience.

Using that with any MFP should resolve the issue..

I've seen those. Basically its a USB to ethernet adapter - you can use
them with keyfobs and the like. I never tested one either.

 

[Otto Sykora]

I bought recently the HP2575, it is so called all in one and I am
running it via network connection, since it failed to install the
software for USB connection on w2k.

it works, somehow, OK it was cheap, 260 Swissfranks here, so it is
some kind of junk toy.

 

[Brian Smither]

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Do they exist?

We have a Sharp BC-260 at work. Once you load the network scanner drivers
on all the workstations you need, and send the names of those workstations
to the printer, you have what you want.

The receiving workstation is chosen via the printer control panel, your
document is scanned (glass or ADF), then it is sent via TFPT (or e-mail).
The document arrives at the workstation as a PDF or TIFF.

The scanner drivers listen for the TFTP data and automatically deposit the
file in a pre-arranged folder.

However, I am majorly pissed. I was lead to believe that this unit could
fax from the desktop. It can't. You can only fax from the printer.

 

[andmalc]

Brian Smither wrote:
[snip]

However, I am majorly pissed. I was lead to believe that this unit could
fax from the desktop. It can't. You can only fax from the printer.

The HP Officejets from the 6310 on up have built-in networking. They
also satisfy the other requirements mentioned in this thread: They have
sheet feeders, a button you press while at the printer to initiate
scanning, and you can fax from the PC.