Re: Can't Scan on Network
From: Rick \ (rick_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/08/04
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Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 20:33:52 -0400
Hi,
Again, it's not an XP problem. Virtually *any* printer (local or otherwise)
can be shared on a network, scanners are different. It might be the same
unit, but the function is different. You would have to purchase a scanner
that supports network use to do what you are asking.
-- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone Windows help - www.rickrogers.org "etobycoe" <etobycoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:21f101c47cd8$12e6eb00$a601280a@phx.gbl... > Thanks for getting back to me. Yes, it IS a network > printer. It is a $650 Dell Laser Multi-Function Printer > 1600n. The network works fine for printing from the two > computers, but just not for scanning, and Dell Support is > claiming this is a Windows XP issue. For instance, when I > go to My Computer "Scanners and Cameras" it is not > recognising the scanner, even after I add it and the > drivers. Why? How do I solve this? > > P.S. Don't ever buy a Dell, their support is the worst > thing I have ever encountered. > >>-----Original Message----- >>Hi, >> >>It's not XP, it's a limitation of the scanner. Network > scanners cost >>considerably more than a standard household device. >> >>-- >>Best of Luck, >> >>Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP >>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ >>Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone >>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone >>Windows help - www.rickrogers.org >> >>"etobycoe" <etobycoe@hotmail.com> wrote in message >>news:1da501c47ccd$52e97cf0$a301280a@phx.gbl... >>>I have two Dell computers networked to run off one Dell >>> 1600n 4 in 1. Both computers can print off of it, and > the >>> copy and fax functions work fine. But it WILL NOT SCAN. >>> Dell support informs me that Windows XP does not allow >>> for scanning on a network, because it doesn't know > which >>> of the two computers to scan the image to. Could this >>> possibly be true of XP? Is there any way around this? >>> >>> >> >> >>. >>
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