[vox-tech] Scanning remotely (was: IDE cdrw/dvdrw

[Dave Margolis]

Speaking of SANE and scanning, I just picked up a refurbished HP PSC
1210 Printer, Scanner, Copier from Office Max for $60 ($80 less a $20
rebate).

This isn't an endorsement for Office Max or HP, but I just wanted to let
anybody who's looking to save some deskspace that all three parts work
great in Linux.

printer: hpijs/cups (printer should support 1200x1200, but driver only
supports 600x600)
scanner: hpoj/sane - flawless scans up to 600dpi*
copier: hardware, just press the bottons on the device

(*) The only caveat is that every time I scan, cupsd gets confused
and I have to kill a few things and restart cups to be able to print
again.  This problem is documented and supposedly fixed in a CVS version
of hpoj, which i haven't tried yet...

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004, Bill Kendrick wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 11:45:33AM -0800, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> > Just out of curiosity, how do you scan remotely?
>
> Plain ol' SANE lets me do it.  I think even the HOWTO docs that come in
> Linux (Debian, at least) cover it.  Run a "saned" or some-such on the
> machine with the scanner, and then just tell your local sane configuration
> "go scan over there -->"
>
> So, for example, in Gimp I click "File->Acquire->[whatever the 'scan' one is]"
> and then Melissa's hard disk churns a little, and the scanner's light lights
> up.
>
> If you want, I can give more specifics (e.g., config examples) tonight
> when I get home from work...
>
> -bill!
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