Shared Scanner?

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I have a small home network and I want to know how I can share my
scanner across two computers? I browsed around in the devices for a bit,
and scanner properties and didn't see anything.

Any help would be appreciated.

Yours, Fringe4
 
The manufacturer of the scanner also writes the drivers for that scanner.
You might check with them for drivers for your scanner that allow sharing.

hth
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I checked and they say my scanner has reached the end of its life cycle.
Its a Visioneer 5600 series scanner, and I only bought it three years
ago. Its a USB scanner even. I can't believe they've already stopped
supporting it. Ugh. =(

Yours, Fringe4
 
Yeah, in with my standard cheapness, I'm trying to find something for
under $10, preferably free.

Yours, Fringe4
 
Fringe4 said:
I have a small home network and I want to know how I can share my
scanner across two computers? I browsed around in the devices for a
bit, and scanner properties and didn't see anything.

Any help would be appreciated.

Yours, Fringe4
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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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Yeah, mine is a $30 Wal-Mart special Visioneer flatbed. Thanks for the
info then. =)

Yours, Fringe4
 
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