[sane-devel] network scanning

[Jon Chambers]

Hi John,

I have a Dell 1600n network printer/fax/copier/scanner running with
Debian.

Network printing is fine with a generic postscript driver.  The printer is
a monochrome laser.  There are also colour ones in the series but I've
never used one.

When I bought it I didn't find any Linux network scanning support but I
have written a perl script which works as a driver for JPEG (200dpi
colour) and TIFF (monochrome) network scanning.  See
http://www.jon.demon.co.uk/dell1600n-net-scan.

The current status of the driver is "basic but working".

I don't know how well the USB interface works under Linux as I don't have
any computers that are new enough to support it....

regards,
Jon

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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, John (yt) Hogenmiller wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I would like to setup a multi-function device (printer/scanner) to
> work off of the network.  I'm looking at an Epson Stylus CX5400
> because of some reviews and it appears to be well supported in linux
> (both the scanner and the printer).  However, I am well open to
> suggestions.  For inkjet, I'm looking at the < $250 range, but I am
> also interested in color lasers under $500 if one could be found.
>
> I have a building with about 15 computers networked, and I'd like to
> share both the printing and scanning capabilities.