Sharing a Scanner?

[Guest]

Hi, I have a Microtek Scanner and I was wondering if it was possible to share
it on a network like sharing a printer. I tried to figure it out, but was
unsuccessful.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "brymerr921" <[email protected]>

| Hi, I have a Microtek Scanner and I was wondering if it was possible to share
| it on a network like sharing a printer. I tried to figure it out, but was
| unsuccessful.

Forget the whole idea !

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No, you cannot share a scanner over a network.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Shell/User

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| Hi, I have a Microtek Scanner and I was wondering if it was possible to share
| it on a network like sharing a printer. I tried to figure it out, but was
| unsuccessful.

 

[Vanguard]

Hi, I have a Microtek Scanner and I was wondering if it was possible to
share
it on a network like sharing a printer. I tried to figure it out, but was
unsuccessful.

Google does work. The very first match in:

http://www.google.com/search?q=+share++scanner++network

found:

http://www.remote-scan.com/share-scanner.php.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Brymer

Yes, you can share a scanner on a network, but I really doubt that it is
worth the money..

http://www.remote-scan.com/

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <[email protected]>

| Brymer
|
| Yes, you can share a scanner on a network, but I really doubt that it is
| worth the money..
|
| http://www.remote-scan.com/
|

From my experinces with a Xerox 432ST and various HP printer+scanners using HP JetDirect
print servers, it is NOT worth the trouble. It is much easier to have the TWAIN and
hardware drivers on each PC and move a USB scanner (or SCSI) from PC to PC.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

David

I agree, or better still, just scan on the one PC and then send the file
through the network.. I see it much like sharing a 'scroll wheel' mouse..

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" <[email protected]>

| David
|
| I agree, or better still, just scan on the one PC and then send the file
| through the network.. I see it much like sharing a 'scroll wheel' mouse..
|

Yepper ! I'll drink to that !

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi, I have a Microtek Scanner and I was wondering if it was possible to share
it on a network like sharing a printer. I tried to figure it out, but was
unsuccessful.

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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[Sven]

If your PC is located in the basement, and the scanner is attached to your
daughter's PC in the third-story loft, you will be running a page from the
basement to the loft to place it in the scanner, running back to your
basement PC to start the scan, running back to the loft to retrieve your
original page, and, finally, running back to your PC to view the scan.



Viewed in that light, you may consider scanner sharing to be exercise
equipment whose cost compares favorably to BowFlex and is far less likely to
become an expensive coat-rack.



steve