[sane-devel] Sharing a network scanner thru saned

[Alexander Pevzner]

Hi Thiago,

On 1/21/21 8:05 PM, Thiago Milczarek Sayão wrote:

> |Note: The device does not work using escl.

Did you try sane-airscan instead of sane-escl? 
(https://github.com/alexpevzner/sane-airscan, 
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/pzz/)

> |Since we have 530 stores, I would like to configure only 530 machines 
> (instead of 3000). So the idea is to install the Ricoh package on this 
> "central" machine and share with the others.

Do you really need each of 3000 machines to have access to each of 530 
scanners?

I guess, on each of the 530 stores you have one scanner and ~6 machines, 
connected through the local network.

If you use eSCL protocol with the working backend, and client machine 
and scanner are on the same LAN, typically no configuration is required; 
scanner is automatically discovered by client computers via LAN.

So in your situation, it would be better to rely on automatic discovery 
and configure 0 machines instead of 530 or 3000.

I'm also concerned about technical possibility for a single computer to 
serve 530 scanners to 3000 clients. It can be quite noticeable load for 
a single computer.

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	Wishes, Alexander Pevzner (pzz at apevzner.com)