Buchan Milne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >H.J.Bathoorn wrote: >> On Friday 17 January 2003 11:22, Marcel Pol wrote: > >> But what's the point of having a shared scanner? > most likely scenario: a terminal server with thin clients with the scanner hooked to a thin client. This would allow any person to logon to their account through the scanner/thin client and scan docs or whatever seamlessly through their remote Xsession. With a linux terminal being so cheap, it is not unusual to have such a setup in the home either (mine does).
>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 > > -- SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] gpg public key ftp://ftp.p-p-i.com/pub/si-mindspring-pubkey.asc The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them. -Albert Einstein
