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Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner

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On 2021-04-01, Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

> On 31/03/2021 04.22, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> I just got a Brother ADS-2700W sheet-fed scanner and am trying
>> to access it from xsane.
> ...
>
>> I'm beginning to wonder, though, whether fashions are changing.
>> Scanners nowadays seem to want to push data to a server, rather
>> than being commanded to scan by a computer.  Is this really
>> happening?  If so, whither (or should that be "wither") xsane?
>
> What type of server? If it is just a file server of some type, that will 
> probably means a Windows shared directory, that is, Samba. Or maybe a 
> NAS. You could prepare this in Linux, if they document it somewhere.
>
> Or is it a server "in the cloud out there"?

Take your pick.  It can also do e-mail and [S]FTP.

>> If anyone has gotten one of these newfangled machines to work
>> as a slave, rather than a master, please share your secrets.
>
> Sorry, no. But I'm curious about that "server" idea. It would make sense 
> for an office, as a shared independent machine, same as the office printer.

That's why I'm wondering whether there's been a philosophical shift
in people's view of a scanner.  I've tried to get SFTP going, but
I haven't managed to get it to accept my server's public key yet.

I worry about my wife and her Macbook, though.  It seems to be
into the old computer-driven mindset.  I'll have to dig deeper
to find out whether the gods, looking down from their Olympian
mountain top near Cupertino, approve of the server paradigm.

If all else fails it scans to a thumb drive just fine.

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xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-03-31 02:22 +0000
  Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> - 2021-03-31 02:11 -0500
  Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> - 2021-03-31 07:46 -0400
  Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner ray <ray@zianet.com> - 2021-03-31 08:52 -0600
    Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner HASM <hasm@example.invalid> - 2021-03-31 14:57 -0700
  Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2021-04-01 05:28 +0000
    Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2021-04-01 02:24 -0400
  Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-04-01 12:16 +0200
    Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-04-01 17:31 +0000
      Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-04-01 23:38 +0200
      Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> - 2021-04-04 13:04 -0400
        Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2021-04-05 00:52 +0000
          Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner James Cloos <cloos@jhcloos.com> - 2021-04-05 17:30 -0400

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