Woozle Hypertwin  

#softwareGripe Can someone plz explain to me why an image scanner isn't an input device that I can configure with the control panel and share over the network??

I was told 15 years ago that Linux, because it separates the back and front end of the scanning process (unlike the way Windows did or does with TWAIN), makes it possible to share scanners over a network -- but every time I've tried to follow the (fiddly, non-user-friendly) instructions on how to do this, it worketh not.

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@woozle If it's an option, my Brother multifunction can do scanning over its Ethernet connexion. Works on Linux via a script that installs drivers and sets up the printer for you.

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mathew ✅  

@bthylafh @woozle Yes, just as you can pay extra and get a network printer, so you can pay extra and get a network scanner. That’s the only way I’ve ever managed to get scanning across the network to work.

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bthylafh  

@mathew @woozle fwiw my networked multifunction (Brother DCP-7065dn) was pretty cheap at the time, I think about $150 for printing, scanning, and copying.

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Woozle Hypertwin  

@mathew @bthylafh

Yeah, and that isn't a good solution. We want to be able to use any scanner that still works and has a Linux driver. Money is an obstacle, making functioning hardware unusable is an obstacle.

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mathew ✅  

@woozle @bthylafh
So, how about USB-over-IP?
geekdashboard.com/how-to-share

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Woozle Hypertwin  

@mathew @bthylafh

That seems to require special software which is only available for Windows and Mac.

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mathew ✅  

@woozle @bthylafh
usbip.sourceforge.net

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