[Ti] TimeCapsule & scanner

[John McGibney]

On Aug 10, 2008, at 5:36 PM, Scott Strehlow wrote:

> 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


If I initiate the scan from any machine it will work. But if I  
initiate from the scanner I can only send the file to a wireless  
computer.
Odd!

John

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