[X4U] networked scanner

[Daly Jessup]

At 21:4 -0800 1/9/08, John Terranova wrote:
>Does Image Capture sharing actually work these days?  It hasn't in the past.

I just tested it on our network. I have an Epson 3200 Photo scanner 
connected by Firewire to my Intel iMac and shared it over our 
wireless network. I accessed it from my husband's G5 through Image 
Capture. I had to wait until it wasn't doing anything at my end, and 
then it worked perfectly from his end.

The only thing I have never understood is that sharing a scanner 
seems kind of pointless. You already have to go to the machine where 
the scanner is connected, to put your document into the scanner, so 
what's the advantage of sharing it?

I suppose so you don't have to interrupt the person at the computer 
connected to the scanner?

Anyway, it showed up fine and worked perfectly over a wireless network.

We are both running OS X 10.4.11.

Daly
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