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New Computer being built.
Want to share my old WinXP with new machine. Need a switch that has: Internet/Audio/ Printer/Scanner/Keyboard/Mouse and Digital Camera sharing. Anyone please these very old drybones? Many thanks |
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Not a hope in hell to get a KVM that can do all of them.. your printer can be networked easily enough.. scanners can too, but you will need extra software.. http://www.remote-scan.com/ Webcams can be networked.. http://www.pricewatch.com/networking/463489-1.htm ... here are some already set to do so.. Note that use of a KVM switch does not turn anything off.. both computers remain running unless you physically power them off.. switching over is very simple.. if you are using a webcam on one of the machines, people will still see you even when you switch over.. -- Mike Hall MS-MVP Windows Shell/User "drybones" wrote in message ... New Computer being built. Want to share my old WinXP with new machine. Need a switch that has: Internet/Audio/ Printer/Scanner/Keyboard/Mouse and Digital Camera sharing. Anyone please these very old drybones? Many thanks |
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Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
Not a hope in hell to get a KVM that can do all of them.. your printer can be networked easily enough.. scanners can too, but you will need extra software.. http://www.remote-scan.com/ Mike, have you used this product? How well does it work? Are you happy with it? -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Not a hope in hell to get a KVM that can do all of them.. your printer can be networked easily enough.. scanners can too, but you will need extra software.. http://www.remote-scan.com/ Mike, have you used this product? How well does it work? Are you happy with it? -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup Thanks Mike. And "Ken", good question grin. drybones |
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Ken
No, I haven't, but they offer a personal package, server and two clients, for $25.. if I wasn't so cheap, I might even send off for it such that I could definitely recommend it.. I do have misgivings re it's overall usefulness however.. I often use my scanner as a copier, sending output directly to the printer.. RemoteScan can't do this.. neither can it send directly to e-mail.. I think that one would have to have a more regular use for a scanner than somebody like me.. Where it does score highly, despite slightly reduced functionality is price.. $25 is a whole lot less than buying individual scanners.. I am slowly talking myself into buying the package.. I will keep you informed.. :-) -- Mike Hall MS-MVP Windows Shell/User "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Not a hope in hell to get a KVM that can do all of them.. your printer can be networked easily enough.. scanners can too, but you will need extra software.. http://www.remote-scan.com/ Mike, have you used this product? How well does it work? Are you happy with it? -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
Ken No, I haven't, but they offer a personal package, server and two clients, for $25.. if I wasn't so cheap, I might even send off for it such that I could definitely recommend it.. I do have misgivings re it's overall usefulness however.. I've never felt that sharing a scanner was particularly valuable. Because you have to put the document to be scanned in it, using it remotely doesn't really work for most people. But I was curious as to what your experience with it had been, if you had tried it. Sometimes people can find ways of using things that those who haven't tried it haven't though iof. I often use my scanner as a copier, sending output directly to the printer.. So do I. RemoteScan can't do this.. Why not? Does it say it can't, on their web site? If so, I must have missed it. neither can it send directly to e-mail.. I think that one would have to have a more regular use for a scanner than somebody like me.. Where it does score highly, despite slightly reduced functionality is price.. $25 is a whole lot less than buying individual scanners.. I am slowly talking myself into buying the package.. I will keep you informed.. :-) Please do. If you get it, I'm still interested in hearing about your experience with it. Thanks. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Not a hope in hell to get a KVM that can do all of them.. your printer can be networked easily enough.. scanners can too, but you will need extra software.. http://www.remote-scan.com/ Mike, have you used this product? How well does it work? Are you happy with it? -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Ken
If you go to the site and try it, you will see that it has an interface not too different from that of a scanner control program, like the part you see when you click on SCAN, but that is all that it can do.. you do not get access to the 'front panel button' functions because you are not installing full scanner functions to the remote computer.. In many ways, it is similar to setting up a remote printer.. you can print from a remote site, but you don't get the applet that informs of ink levels and crap like that.. I agree that the logistics of using a remote scanner seem dubious, especially if one had to negotiate stairs to alter the position of the 'document to be scanned' a little.. :-) One thing going for it is price.. if the OP feels a need for shared scanners, then $25 is not too much.. even if it didn't work out that well, one has not lost too much.. it looks like the same application maybe able to share a webcam too, it being essentially a 'twain' device a la scanner.. So, Mr Drybones, if you do decide to get it, come back and tell us all about it.. One thing that you should know about KVM switches.. very few allow the use of keyboard customisation programs.. that is to say, your Logitech or Microsoft Keyboard customization program will not show up.. the same goes for 'on screen' info like volume, caps lock etc.. to retain this facility, you would have to get an expensive variety, because none of the cheap ones play ball.. check with manufacturers first.. -- Mike Hall MS-MVP Windows Shell/User "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Ken No, I haven't, but they offer a personal package, server and two clients, for $25.. if I wasn't so cheap, I might even send off for it such that I could definitely recommend it.. I do have misgivings re it's overall usefulness however.. I've never felt that sharing a scanner was particularly valuable. Because you have to put the document to be scanned in it, using it remotely doesn't really work for most people. But I was curious as to what your experience with it had been, if you had tried it. Sometimes people can find ways of using things that those who haven't tried it haven't though iof. I often use my scanner as a copier, sending output directly to the printer.. So do I. RemoteScan can't do this.. Why not? Does it say it can't, on their web site? If so, I must have missed it. neither can it send directly to e-mail.. I think that one would have to have a more regular use for a scanner than somebody like me.. Where it does score highly, despite slightly reduced functionality is price.. $25 is a whole lot less than buying individual scanners.. I am slowly talking myself into buying the package.. I will keep you informed.. :-) Please do. If you get it, I'm still interested in hearing about your experience with it. Thanks. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Not a hope in hell to get a KVM that can do all of them.. your printer can be networked easily enough.. scanners can too, but you will need extra software.. http://www.remote-scan.com/ Mike, have you used this product? How well does it work? Are you happy with it? -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
Ken If you go to the site and try it, you will see that it has an interface not too different from that of a scanner control program, like the part you see when you click on SCAN, but that is all that it can do.. you do not get access to the 'front panel button' functions because you are not installing full scanner functions to the remote computer.. I have a Canon LIDE 60. The scanner software (not just the front panel buttons) permits using it as a copier, so it isn't completely clear to me whether this software would permit using it remotely. In many ways, it is similar to setting up a remote printer.. you can print from a remote site, but you don't get the applet that informs of ink levels and crap like that.. I agree that the logistics of using a remote scanner seem dubious, especially if one had to negotiate stairs to alter the position of the 'document to be scanned' a little.. :-) My wife and I share a small home office, and the scanner is connected to my computer. Since no stair negotiation is required and the scanner is only about six feet from her chair, something like this could be at least a slight convenience for her, in our situation. One thing going for it is price.. if the OP feels a need for shared scanners, then $25 is not too much.. even if it didn't work out that well, one has not lost too much. Yep! -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup . it looks like the same application maybe able to share a webcam too, it being essentially a 'twain' device a la scanner.. So, Mr Drybones, if you do decide to get it, come back and tell us all about it.. One thing that you should know about KVM switches.. very few allow the use of keyboard customisation programs.. that is to say, your Logitech or Microsoft Keyboard customization program will not show up.. the same goes for 'on screen' info like volume, caps lock etc.. to retain this facility, you would have to get an expensive variety, because none of the cheap ones play ball.. check with manufacturers first.. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Ken No, I haven't, but they offer a personal package, server and two clients, for $25.. if I wasn't so cheap, I might even send off for it such that I could definitely recommend it.. I do have misgivings re it's overall usefulness however.. I've never felt that sharing a scanner was particularly valuable. Because you have to put the document to be scanned in it, using it remotely doesn't really work for most people. But I was curious as to what your experience with it had been, if you had tried it. Sometimes people can find ways of using things that those who haven't tried it haven't though iof. I often use my scanner as a copier, sending output directly to the printer.. So do I. RemoteScan can't do this.. Why not? Does it say it can't, on their web site? If so, I must have missed it. neither can it send directly to e-mail.. I think that one would have to have a more regular use for a scanner than somebody like me.. Where it does score highly, despite slightly reduced functionality is price.. $25 is a whole lot less than buying individual scanners.. I am slowly talking myself into buying the package.. I will keep you informed.. :-) Please do. If you get it, I'm still interested in hearing about your experience with it. Thanks. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Not a hope in hell to get a KVM that can do all of them.. your printer can be networked easily enough.. scanners can too, but you will need extra software.. http://www.remote-scan.com/ Mike, have you used this product? How well does it work? Are you happy with it? -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Ken
The CanonScan Toolbox software allows all functions and front panel buttons, but the RemoteScan software doesn't.. the interface that RemoteScan presents is like the screen that you or I get when we hit the 'scan' button either on the front panel or the Canon Toolbox.. I have the lide30 (1240U).. a smokin little scanner it is too.. years old but still fast and cute.. I would like the lide 80, but I can't justify the cost on the basis that I do not use the scanner enough.. I have asked permission from 'she who must be asked first' and have had clearance to get the program.. now all have to do is battle with my own conscience.. :-) -- Mike Hall MS-MVP Windows Shell/User "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Ken If you go to the site and try it, you will see that it has an interface not too different from that of a scanner control program, like the part you see when you click on SCAN, but that is all that it can do.. you do not get access to the 'front panel button' functions because you are not installing full scanner functions to the remote computer.. I have a Canon LIDE 60. The scanner software (not just the front panel buttons) permits using it as a copier, so it isn't completely clear to me whether this software would permit using it remotely. In many ways, it is similar to setting up a remote printer.. you can print from a remote site, but you don't get the applet that informs of ink levels and crap like that.. I agree that the logistics of using a remote scanner seem dubious, especially if one had to negotiate stairs to alter the position of the 'document to be scanned' a little.. :-) My wife and I share a small home office, and the scanner is connected to my computer. Since no stair negotiation is required and the scanner is only about six feet from her chair, something like this could be at least a slight convenience for her, in our situation. One thing going for it is price.. if the OP feels a need for shared scanners, then $25 is not too much.. even if it didn't work out that well, one has not lost too much. Yep! -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup . it looks like the same application maybe able to share a webcam too, it being essentially a 'twain' device a la scanner.. So, Mr Drybones, if you do decide to get it, come back and tell us all about it.. One thing that you should know about KVM switches.. very few allow the use of keyboard customisation programs.. that is to say, your Logitech or Microsoft Keyboard customization program will not show up.. the same goes for 'on screen' info like volume, caps lock etc.. to retain this facility, you would have to get an expensive variety, because none of the cheap ones play ball.. check with manufacturers first.. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Ken No, I haven't, but they offer a personal package, server and two clients, for $25.. if I wasn't so cheap, I might even send off for it such that I could definitely recommend it.. I do have misgivings re it's overall usefulness however.. I've never felt that sharing a scanner was particularly valuable. Because you have to put the document to be scanned in it, using it remotely doesn't really work for most people. But I was curious as to what your experience with it had been, if you had tried it. Sometimes people can find ways of using things that those who haven't tried it haven't though iof. I often use my scanner as a copier, sending output directly to the printer.. So do I. RemoteScan can't do this.. Why not? Does it say it can't, on their web site? If so, I must have missed it. neither can it send directly to e-mail.. I think that one would have to have a more regular use for a scanner than somebody like me.. Where it does score highly, despite slightly reduced functionality is price.. $25 is a whole lot less than buying individual scanners.. I am slowly talking myself into buying the package.. I will keep you informed.. :-) Please do. If you get it, I'm still interested in hearing about your experience with it. Thanks. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Not a hope in hell to get a KVM that can do all of them.. your printer can be networked easily enough.. scanners can too, but you will need extra software.. http://www.remote-scan.com/ Mike, have you used this product? How well does it work? Are you happy with it? -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Hee Hee Hee,
Mike, I thought it was, "She Who Must Be Obeyed". Please note, I just purchased the, IOGEAR Miniview Symphony Multi-function KVM Switch, https://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc=...t&Item=GCS1772 Drybones "Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" wrote in message ... Ken The CanonScan Toolbox software allows all functions and front panel buttons, but the RemoteScan software doesn't.. the interface that RemoteScan presents is like the screen that you or I get when we hit the 'scan' button either on the front panel or the Canon Toolbox.. I have the lide30 (1240U).. a smokin little scanner it is too.. years old but still fast and cute.. I would like the lide 80, but I can't justify the cost on the basis that I do not use the scanner enough.. I have asked permission from 'she who must be asked first' and have had clearance to get the program.. now all have to do is battle with my own conscience.. :-) -- Mike Hall MS-MVP Windows Shell/User "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Ken If you go to the site and try it, you will see that it has an interface not too different from that of a scanner control program, like the part you see when you click on SCAN, but that is all that it can do.. you do not get access to the 'front panel button' functions because you are not installing full scanner functions to the remote computer.. I have a Canon LIDE 60. The scanner software (not just the front panel buttons) permits using it as a copier, so it isn't completely clear to me whether this software would permit using it remotely. In many ways, it is similar to setting up a remote printer.. you can print from a remote site, but you don't get the applet that informs of ink levels and crap like that.. I agree that the logistics of using a remote scanner seem dubious, especially if one had to negotiate stairs to alter the position of the 'document to be scanned' a little.. :-) My wife and I share a small home office, and the scanner is connected to my computer. Since no stair negotiation is required and the scanner is only about six feet from her chair, something like this could be at least a slight convenience for her, in our situation. One thing going for it is price.. if the OP feels a need for shared scanners, then $25 is not too much.. even if it didn't work out that well, one has not lost too much. Yep! -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup . it looks like the same application maybe able to share a webcam too, it being essentially a 'twain' device a la scanner.. So, Mr Drybones, if you do decide to get it, come back and tell us all about it.. One thing that you should know about KVM switches.. very few allow the use of keyboard customisation programs.. that is to say, your Logitech or Microsoft Keyboard customization program will not show up.. the same goes for 'on screen' info like volume, caps lock etc.. to retain this facility, you would have to get an expensive variety, because none of the cheap ones play ball.. check with manufacturers first.. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Ken No, I haven't, but they offer a personal package, server and two clients, for $25.. if I wasn't so cheap, I might even send off for it such that I could definitely recommend it.. I do have misgivings re it's overall usefulness however.. I've never felt that sharing a scanner was particularly valuable. Because you have to put the document to be scanned in it, using it remotely doesn't really work for most people. But I was curious as to what your experience with it had been, if you had tried it. Sometimes people can find ways of using things that those who haven't tried it haven't though iof. I often use my scanner as a copier, sending output directly to the printer.. So do I. RemoteScan can't do this.. Why not? Does it say it can't, on their web site? If so, I must have missed it. neither can it send directly to e-mail.. I think that one would have to have a more regular use for a scanner than somebody like me.. Where it does score highly, despite slightly reduced functionality is price.. $25 is a whole lot less than buying individual scanners.. I am slowly talking myself into buying the package.. I will keep you informed.. :-) Please do. If you get it, I'm still interested in hearing about your experience with it. Thanks. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Not a hope in hell to get a KVM that can do all of them.. your printer can be networked easily enough.. scanners can too, but you will need extra software.. http://www.remote-scan.com/ Mike, have you used this product? How well does it work? Are you happy with it? -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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I don't always obey, but I do ask.. :-) Nice switch.. I use the $19 variety.. -- Mike Hall MS-MVP Windows Shell/User "drybones" wrote in message ... Hee Hee Hee, Mike, I thought it was, "She Who Must Be Obeyed". Please note, I just purchased the, IOGEAR Miniview Symphony Multi-function KVM Switch, https://www.iogear.com/main.php?loc=...t&Item=GCS1772 Drybones "Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User" wrote in message ... Ken The CanonScan Toolbox software allows all functions and front panel buttons, but the RemoteScan software doesn't.. the interface that RemoteScan presents is like the screen that you or I get when we hit the 'scan' button either on the front panel or the Canon Toolbox.. I have the lide30 (1240U).. a smokin little scanner it is too.. years old but still fast and cute.. I would like the lide 80, but I can't justify the cost on the basis that I do not use the scanner enough.. I have asked permission from 'she who must be asked first' and have had clearance to get the program.. now all have to do is battle with my own conscience.. :-) -- Mike Hall MS-MVP Windows Shell/User "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Ken If you go to the site and try it, you will see that it has an interface not too different from that of a scanner control program, like the part you see when you click on SCAN, but that is all that it can do.. you do not get access to the 'front panel button' functions because you are not installing full scanner functions to the remote computer.. I have a Canon LIDE 60. The scanner software (not just the front panel buttons) permits using it as a copier, so it isn't completely clear to me whether this software would permit using it remotely. In many ways, it is similar to setting up a remote printer.. you can print from a remote site, but you don't get the applet that informs of ink levels and crap like that.. I agree that the logistics of using a remote scanner seem dubious, especially if one had to negotiate stairs to alter the position of the 'document to be scanned' a little.. :-) My wife and I share a small home office, and the scanner is connected to my computer. Since no stair negotiation is required and the scanner is only about six feet from her chair, something like this could be at least a slight convenience for her, in our situation. One thing going for it is price.. if the OP feels a need for shared scanners, then $25 is not too much.. even if it didn't work out that well, one has not lost too much. Yep! -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup . it looks like the same application maybe able to share a webcam too, it being essentially a 'twain' device a la scanner.. So, Mr Drybones, if you do decide to get it, come back and tell us all about it.. One thing that you should know about KVM switches.. very few allow the use of keyboard customisation programs.. that is to say, your Logitech or Microsoft Keyboard customization program will not show up.. the same goes for 'on screen' info like volume, caps lock etc.. to retain this facility, you would have to get an expensive variety, because none of the cheap ones play ball.. check with manufacturers first.. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Ken No, I haven't, but they offer a personal package, server and two clients, for $25.. if I wasn't so cheap, I might even send off for it such that I could definitely recommend it.. I do have misgivings re it's overall usefulness however.. I've never felt that sharing a scanner was particularly valuable. Because you have to put the document to be scanned in it, using it remotely doesn't really work for most people. But I was curious as to what your experience with it had been, if you had tried it. Sometimes people can find ways of using things that those who haven't tried it haven't though iof. I often use my scanner as a copier, sending output directly to the printer.. So do I. RemoteScan can't do this.. Why not? Does it say it can't, on their web site? If so, I must have missed it. neither can it send directly to e-mail.. I think that one would have to have a more regular use for a scanner than somebody like me.. Where it does score highly, despite slightly reduced functionality is price.. $25 is a whole lot less than buying individual scanners.. I am slowly talking myself into buying the package.. I will keep you informed.. :-) Please do. If you get it, I'm still interested in hearing about your experience with it. Thanks. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Not a hope in hell to get a KVM that can do all of them.. your printer can be networked easily enough.. scanners can too, but you will need extra software.. http://www.remote-scan.com/ Mike, have you used this product? How well does it work? Are you happy with it? -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote:
Ken The CanonScan Toolbox software allows all functions and front panel buttons, but the RemoteScan software doesn't.. the interface that RemoteScan presents is like the screen that you or I get when we hit the 'scan' button either on the front panel or the Canon Toolbox.. OK, thanks. I understand now. I have the lide30 (1240U).. a smokin little scanner it is too.. years old but still fast and cute.. I would like the lide 80, but I can't justify the cost on the basis that I do not use the scanner enough.. I have asked permission from 'she who must be asked first' and have had clearance to get the program.. now all have to do is battle with my own conscience.. :-) Great. Keep me posted, and thanks. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Ken If you go to the site and try it, you will see that it has an interface not too different from that of a scanner control program, like the part you see when you click on SCAN, but that is all that it can do.. you do not get access to the 'front panel button' functions because you are not installing full scanner functions to the remote computer.. I have a Canon LIDE 60. The scanner software (not just the front panel buttons) permits using it as a copier, so it isn't completely clear to me whether this software would permit using it remotely. In many ways, it is similar to setting up a remote printer.. you can print from a remote site, but you don't get the applet that informs of ink levels and crap like that.. I agree that the logistics of using a remote scanner seem dubious, especially if one had to negotiate stairs to alter the position of the 'document to be scanned' a little.. :-) My wife and I share a small home office, and the scanner is connected to my computer. Since no stair negotiation is required and the scanner is only about six feet from her chair, something like this could be at least a slight convenience for her, in our situation. One thing going for it is price.. if the OP feels a need for shared scanners, then $25 is not too much.. even if it didn't work out that well, one has not lost too much. Yep! -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup . it looks like the same application maybe able to share a webcam too, it being essentially a 'twain' device a la scanner.. So, Mr Drybones, if you do decide to get it, come back and tell us all about it.. One thing that you should know about KVM switches.. very few allow the use of keyboard customisation programs.. that is to say, your Logitech or Microsoft Keyboard customization program will not show up.. the same goes for 'on screen' info like volume, caps lock etc.. to retain this facility, you would have to get an expensive variety, because none of the cheap ones play ball.. check with manufacturers first.. "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Ken No, I haven't, but they offer a personal package, server and two clients, for $25.. if I wasn't so cheap, I might even send off for it such that I could definitely recommend it.. I do have misgivings re it's overall usefulness however.. I've never felt that sharing a scanner was particularly valuable. Because you have to put the document to be scanned in it, using it remotely doesn't really work for most people. But I was curious as to what your experience with it had been, if you had tried it. Sometimes people can find ways of using things that those who haven't tried it haven't though iof. I often use my scanner as a copier, sending output directly to the printer.. So do I. RemoteScan can't do this.. Why not? Does it say it can't, on their web site? If so, I must have missed it. neither can it send directly to e-mail.. I think that one would have to have a more regular use for a scanner than somebody like me.. Where it does score highly, despite slightly reduced functionality is price.. $25 is a whole lot less than buying individual scanners.. I am slowly talking myself into buying the package.. I will keep you informed.. :-) Please do. If you get it, I'm still interested in hearing about your experience with it. Thanks. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup "Ken Blake, MVP" wrote in message ... Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User wrote: Not a hope in hell to get a KVM that can do all of them.. your printer can be networked easily enough.. scanners can too, but you will need extra software.. http://www.remote-scan.com/ Mike, have you used this product? How well does it work? Are you happy with it? -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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