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Networking a canon scanner
Hi all, I have a Canon N670U USB flatbed scanner. I also have three machines running W2K (on one machine) and Win98SE on the other two. All machines are networked using home networking and a router. I want to be able to share the scanner to all PC's on the network but have no idea how to go about it. When I go into control panel and into scanners, there is no option to share. Everything is possible, how do i do it??
You cannot share a scanner. no way to do it sorry... Some big copier with scanning feature can be shared, but this is entirely another system....
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What's the goal of networking the scanner? Even with networked scanners the scannign has to be done at the scanner itself. The only real benefit is that scanned material is sent to the user's computer. There are other ways of accomplishing that sort of thing without actually networking anything and without having to purchase anything.
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I use a computer based fax system and have to scan in attachements all the time. If i use a networked scanner it would save me having to disconnect it every time each individual wanted to use it and would enable one person to just drop something into the scanner for others.
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Thanks very much for the help guys its appreciated.
You're welcome. Glad to be of assistance.