USB print server and scanner?

[Kenny]

Have ordered a 1 port USB print server so that I can print from wireless
enabled laptop without switching on main PC.
Question is can I also scan from laptop if scanner is connected to it
assuming scanner drivers are loaded on laptop?
Win XP Pro/SP2 and using 3Com wireless modem/router.

 

[Chuck]

That's a big maybe. Problem 1 can be getting the scanner driver and
software to install.
I've had some luck on occasion by first installing the drivers and software
when a multifunction is connected directly via USB to the computer.
Then changing the port to the remote port setup for the print server.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Usually, NO you will not be able to use the scanner option. However, if the
print server and the printer/scanner are both from HP, then the answer is
"maybe?"

Print servers only provide a means of re-directing print requests to a network
port (wireless in your case.) They do not provide a "remote" USB port, which
the scanner part requires. However, HP has several printers/scanner that
"can" work with the print server devices and also gives your the scanning
options.