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From: Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Scanner sharing with HPLIP?
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 03:23:33
Message-Id: 49bf44f10902181923l59c4d8eawc6a680a0d03ab8e@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Scanner sharing with HPLIP? by Grant
1 >> Here is a method for sharing a scanner over a network with
2 >> sane-backends and inetd:
3 >>
4 >> http://www.linux.com/articles/57798
5 >>
6 >> My prospective printer/scanner (HP c4599) is not listed in the SANE
7 >> compatible devices:
8 >>
9 >> http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html#Z-HEWLETT-PACKARD
10 >>
11 >> It is listed in HPLIP, but the network feature is apparently not
12 >> working (Network I/O):
13 >>
14 >> http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/models/photosmart/photosmart_c4500_series.html
15 >>
16 >> Can I share the scanner over the network without SANE support since it
17 >> has HPLIP support?
18 >>
19 >> - Grant
20 >
21 > I'm going to get the Epson Artisan 700 instead of the HP so I'm
22 > wondering about using media-gfx/iscan instead of HPLIP and how that
23 > will work for network sharing of the scanner.
24 >
25 > - Grant
26
27 Epson Artisan 700 printing and scanning with
28 net-print/gutenprint-5.2.3 from the alexxy overlay and media-gfx/iscan
29 from portage renamed to 2.16.1.
30
31 - Grant