Re: [Hampshire] Accessing a scanner via the LAN

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Skribent: Tony Whitmore
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Mike Burrows wrote:
> Hello Folks.
>
> I have an Epson scanner (not supported by Doze XP) working in blissful
> harmony with my Sarge box using SANE and XSANE. Samba talks to the
> other doze clients on my home lan and provides file and print server
> services. Is it possible for a doze client to access and use the
> scanner though?


Not via Samba. Your best bet would be to use X forwarding and something
like the XLiveCD on Windows to control the scanner from a Windows box
and then save the output files into a Samba-exported directory.

HTH,

Tony