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Re: Networking a Scanner
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Dave Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 30 Sep 1999 03:53:14 -0800
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On 28 Sep 99, at 17:03, Patrick Black wrote:

> Is it possible to network a scanner. My parents just bought a
> scanner that works through the printer port on their computer. I
> thought for sure Windows 98 would be able to share it in the small
> LAN I have with just our computers.

  No.  The TWAIN standard for connecting software to scanner drivers
has no provision for networking.  The best I've been able to do is
scan to a drive/folder that I then share over the network.

David G

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