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| From | "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: xsane can't see Brother ADS-2700W scanner |
| Date | 2021-04-01 23:38 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <g3rhjh-eao.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink) |
| References | <s40mc902at9@news3.newsguy.com> <m4jgjh-lti.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> <s450290god@news4.newsguy.com> |
On 01/04/2021 19.31, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > 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 it accepts local mail, you can set up an internal mail server. > >>> 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. Maybe the key has to be certain set of types or sizes. > 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. Yes, there is that. -- Cheers, Carlos.
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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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