H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Friday 17 January 2003 11:22, Marcel Pol wrote:
> But what's the point of having a shared scanner? Same could mostly be said for a shared printer (assuming users only print a few pages at a time. I find it useful, and other Mandrake users would like to do it, but it's currently a mission to setup. > > You still physically have to put your original on the glass plate and making > multiple scans of the same original doesn't happen that often. But if you are scanning multiple items that are smaller (say 3 or 4 photos at a time) it is worthwhile. In many non-graphic-houses, users only need to scan seldomly (once a month maybe), and only one or two pages. Walking to the scanner 5 times takes less time than finding the shared scanner and making sure the software is installed. > > In those rare cases a telnet or ssh session would suffice wouldn't it? My mom can't use ssh, but she can use sane-twain (well, just hit the scan button) on Windows. Buchan -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
