[Ti] TimeCapsule & scanner

[Scott Strehlow]

On Jul 22, 2008, at 1:18 PM, Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote:

> Is there any solution / workaround to this issue ?

In my experience, the HP software (beyond the basic drivers) is  
problematic, at best.  I cannot scan from my Macs at all using the HP  
software.  I have a Photosmart C6100 HPF74458 All-In-One which is  
connected to my network via ethernet.  I have not tried using its  
wireless connection.  What I can do, however, is to go to the  
Jetdirect's IP address in the browser and use the configuration web  
site to scan.  I don't have the fancy tools like OCR or the ability  
to use the document feeder, but it works in a pinch.  If I need the  
other features, I use the Windows laptop.  I have not actually tried  
installing the HP suite on my Win 2k installation under Parallels to  
see if that will work.   Hmm.  One more project...

On Jul 22, 2008, at 5:54 PM, John McGibney wrote:

> I have an HP6180 all-in-one printer connected to my network via  
> Airport. I can scan to other wireless computers but not to the  
> ethernet connected ones. Maybe its a limitation of the scanner to  
> connect to computers via its connection type only (usb, airport,  
> ethernet). Or maybe the new HP printer software update for Leopard  
> will help.

All the computers and devices on your network should be "in the same  
space" regardless of being plugged in or wireless.  I'm not sure  
about your network configuration, but it is possible that the wired  
machines are connected to your access point on the WAN side, so they  
cannot see the printer.  I can't think of any reason that the printer  
should care which network port you are using.  I don't know this for  
sure, but the gist I got from the instructions on my printer is that  
it doesn't like using both its wired and wireless ports at the same  
time.  Could that be the issue?  I have the wireless port on mine  
disabled and use the access point to pass traffic to the printer.

Scott