#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.

@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.