[sane-devel] sane-devel Digest, Vol 101, Issue 5

[Johannes Meixner]

Hello,

On Nov 6 15:44 Beau Jamo wrote (excerpt):
> Does sane support network devices directly?

It depends on the scanner driver (the so called backend in SANE)
if it can access a scanner directly via network connection, see
http://www.sane-project.org/sane-backends.html
and look for supported models where the "Interface" column
also lists "Network" and read the comments.

There is in particular the so called "extrenal backend" (i.e.
a SANE compatible scanner driver that is not part of SANE) "epkowa"
which is provided in the "Iscan" software by Epson (formerly Avasys)
that supports several scanners directly via network connection
usually by an additional non-free iscan-network-nt package, see
http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-backends-external.html#S-EPKOWA

Note that non-free software packages are usually only availabe
for standard PC architecture (e.g. 32-bit i386/x86 Intel compatible
or 64-bit x86_64 AMD compatible).


> I mean can sane scan using a scanner that is not attached
> to a host computer but is attached directly to
> the network like big MFP's?

Regarding "big MFP's" see the section about
"Scanning via Network" in
http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Configuring_Scanners

In short:
For big MFPs, don't use SANE - instead ensure that
the device supports "stand-alone scan to e-mail".


Kind Regards
Johannes Meixner
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