How do you share a scanner?

[vbbrown]

I purchased a Epson Perfection 4180 scanner last month and I have it
hooked up via a USB port on my computer. I currently have several
printers that I share with my wife (with the sharing option) and want
to know how to share
this scanner between us? I have looked for a "SHARING" option for the
scanner, but cannot find one. Is there a way, that she can access this
scanner via my USB port, with my computer turned on, similar to how we
share each others printers? I have loaded the scanner software on both
computers, but it does not find the scanner on her computer. I am
running
Windows XP Service Pack #2 and she is running Windows 2000, Service
Pack
#4. Any suggestions to obtain a solution to this, would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you in advance for your response

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Sharing a scanner is not supported natively in Windows XP.
You may wish to try the following third-party program:

RemoteScan
http://www.remote-scan.com/download-free-client.php

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I purchased a Epson Perfection 4180 scanner last month and I have it
| hooked up via a USB port on my computer. I currently have several
| printers that I share with my wife (with the sharing option) and want
| to know how to share
| this scanner between us? I have looked for a "SHARING" option for the
| scanner, but cannot find one. Is there a way, that she can access this
| scanner via my USB port, with my computer turned on, similar to how we
| share each others printers? I have loaded the scanner software on both
| computers, but it does not find the scanner on her computer. I am
| running
| Windows XP Service Pack #2 and she is running Windows 2000, Service
| Pack
| #4. Any suggestions to obtain a solution to this, would be greatly
| appreciated. Thank you in advance for your response

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I purchased a Epson Perfection 4180 scanner last month and I have it
hooked up via a USB port on my computer. I currently have several
printers that I share with my wife (with the sharing option) and want
to know how to share
this scanner between us? I have looked for a "SHARING" option for the
scanner, but cannot find one. Is there a way, that she can access this
scanner via my USB port, with my computer turned on, similar to how we
share each others printers? I have loaded the scanner software on both
computers, but it does not find the scanner on her computer. I am
running
Windows XP Service Pack #2 and she is running Windows 2000, Service
Pack
#4. Any suggestions to obtain a solution to this, would be greatly
appreciated. Thank you in advance for your response

Normally, input devices cannot be shared, at all, but this isn't
always true of scanners. You'll be able to share the scanner only if
it's manufacturer provided specialized software for that purpose.

You have to use a network-capable scanner (which immediately
eliminates most, if not all, USB scanners) and specialized software
(that comes with the scanner) to do this. If you're talking about a
home consumer grade flatbed USB or parallel port scanner, you very
probably can't.

HP, Canon, Xerox, Océ, Kyocera Mita, and other companies
manufacture network capable scanners (They're actually multi-function
devices that also copy, print, and sometimes fax and email) and the
requisite specialized software. The cost of such devices usually
starts somewhere just below $5,000.00 USD.

The HP PrecisionScan Pro application, versions 2.03 and higher,
which normally comes with some of HP's low-end business scanners,
permits some of the scanning functions to be shared. Consult the
documentation that came with the scanner. (I know it works, if not
very well; I've set up HP ScanJet 6300C and 7490C devices to be
shared, using the supplied software.)

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Bruce Chambers

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