home network scanner connection

[andy mccrone]

Windows XP says clearly in its help files that i can
share a scanner in my home network.
It doesnt tell me how.

Anyone offer any ideas?


Andy

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Well I did read on that a while back and not to sure that
will work unless your scanner has that feature to support network
interface.

Alvin


andy mccrone wrote:

> Windows XP says clearly in its help files that i can
> share a scanner in my home network.
> It doesnt tell me how.
>
> Anyone offer any ideas?
>
> Andy

[Steve Winograd]

In article >, "andy mccrone"
> wrote:
>Windows XP says clearly in its help files that i can
>share a scanner in my home network.
> It doesnt tell me how.
>
>Anyone offer any ideas?
>
>
>Andy

That's not right -- there's nothing built into Windows XP that
supports scanner sharing. What topic are you reading in the Help
files? What exactly does it say?

Scanner sharing is only possible if the scanner manufacturer provides
software for that purpose.

Sharing a scanner isn't as useful as sharing a printer. You need to
be physically present at the scanner to operate it, so you're within a
few feet of the computer that it's connected to. You can scan images
into a shared folder on that computer and access the images from other
computers on the network.
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[andy]

>-----Original Message-----
>In article <05c901c31598$fc84a6b0
>, "andy mccrone"
> wrote:
>>Windows XP says clearly in its help files that i can
>>share a scanner in my home network.
>> It doesnt tell me how.
>>
>>Anyone offer any ideas?
>>
>>
>>Andy
>
>That's not right -- there's nothing built into Windows
XP that
>supports scanner sharing. What topic are you reading in
the Help
>files? What exactly does it say?
>
>Scanner sharing is only possible if the scanner
manufacturer provides
>software for that purpose.
>
>Sharing a scanner isn't as useful as sharing a printer.
You need to
>be physically present at the scanner to operate it, so
you're within a
>few feet of the computer that it's connected to. You
can scan images
>into a shared folder on that computer and access the
images from other
>computers on the network.
>--
>Best Wishes,
>Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
>Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news
group
>for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer
questions
>addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
>Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>.
>



Here is the snippet i read in the home networking section
of help and support

"Share a printer, scanner, and other hardware. You may
have a printer that is connected to a computer in another
room. With home networking, you can print to this printer
from your computer. You no longer have to copy a file
onto a floppy disk and take it to the computer that has
the printer. "


Andy

[Steve Winograd]

In article >, "andy"
> wrote:
>>>Windows XP says clearly in its help files that i can
>>>share a scanner in my home network.
>>> It doesnt tell me how.
>>
>>That's not right -- there's nothing built into Windows XP that
>>supports scanner sharing. What topic are you reading in the Help
>>files? What exactly does it say?
>>
>>Scanner sharing is only possible if the scanner manufacturer provides
>>software for that purpose.
>>
>>Sharing a scanner isn't as useful as sharing a printer. You need to
>>be physically present at the scanner to operate it, so you're within a
>>few feet of the computer that it's connected to. You can scan images
>>into a shared folder on that computer and access the images from other
>>computers on the network.
>
>Here is the snippet i read in the home networking section
>of help and support
>
>"Share a printer, scanner, and other hardware. You may
>have a printer that is connected to a computer in another
>room. With home networking, you can print to this printer
>from your computer. You no longer have to copy a file
>onto a floppy disk and take it to the computer that has
>the printer. "

Thanks, Andy. I found that snippet under the topic "Home Networking"
in the list of "Overviews, Articles and Tutorials". I've reported it
to the networking folks at Microsoft and asked them to check into it.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
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[Steve Winograd]

In article >, Steve
Winograd > wrote:
>In article >, "andy"
> wrote:
>>>>Windows XP says clearly in its help files that i can
>>>>share a scanner in my home network.
>>>> It doesnt tell me how.
>>>
>>>That's not right -- there's nothing built into Windows XP that
>>>supports scanner sharing. What topic are you reading in the Help
>>>files? What exactly does it say?
>>
>>Here is the snippet i read in the home networking section
>>of help and support
>>
>>"Share a printer, scanner, and other hardware. You may
>>have a printer that is connected to a computer in another
>>room. With home networking, you can print to this printer
>>from your computer. You no longer have to copy a file
>>onto a floppy disk and take it to the computer that has
>>the printer. "
>
>Thanks, Andy. I found that snippet under the topic "Home Networking"
>in the list of "Overviews, Articles and Tutorials". I've reported it
>to the networking folks at Microsoft and asked them to check into it.

Here's the response from Microsoft: that's a known error, and it's
documented in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Help and Support Incorrectly States That Sharing of Scanners is
Possible
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;304097
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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