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EdgarButan

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Registered: 2010-02-09

Posts: 42

[SOLVED] Scan over network

Hi,

this seems to be a very special request or I seem to be a very stupid man.
All I want to do is scan using a HP OfficeJet6500 (a combined scanner/printer) connected to my PC via Ethernet (no host PC, no SANE server connected to it via USB).
While I know that not every scanner supports this, this one seems to because my siblings are able to scan via Ethernet using Windows.
scanimage -L only offers my Webcam as a scanning device.

hp-check says:

[...]
'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...
OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is properly set up.
[...]

According to this (German) post, a HP 6500 OfficeJet can be detected by SANE.
By the way, printing using CUPS and hplip works perfectly.

If anybody got a hint...

Thanks,
EdgarButan

Last edited by EdgarButan (2010-11-09 17:09:43)

mianka

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From: BE LEUVEN

Registered: 2006-05-30

Posts: 229

Re: [SOLVED] Scan over network

See http://penguin-breeder.org/sane/saned/ and http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/su … cejet.html

EdgarButan

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Registered: 2010-02-09

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] Scan over network

Uhm, ok, I had a look at these two sites.
Hplip says my printer supports Network I/O and scanning (which I knew as I can print), and the SANE HOWTO tells me how to _share_ a scanner which is not what I want to do.

Did I overlook something?

mianka

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From: BE LEUVEN

Registered: 2006-05-30

Posts: 229

Re: [SOLVED] Scan over network

As far as I can tell, if you are on a network you are sharing, even with one computer; it worked for me in a 1 computer test setup.(saned)

EdgarButan

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Registered: 2010-02-09

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] Scan over network

Well, I don't have even one computer directly connected to it.
There's just a switch with my computer connected on one port and the printer/scanner on another.
Am I still misunderstanding you?

Last edited by EdgarButan (2010-10-26 12:35:05)

cjazz

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Registered: 2009-03-12

Posts: 47

Re: [SOLVED] Scan over network

Sorry ... failed to read one of your earlier posts.

Last edited by cjazz (2010-10-27 01:24:20)

mianka

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From: BE LEUVEN

Registered: 2006-05-30

Posts: 229

Re: [SOLVED] Scan over network

That is what i meant. I think the deamon is called "saned", but I am not quite sure.
Ir works with my Epson.

diegonc

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Registered: 2008-12-13

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] Scan over network

Ethernet printers, cool. I never saw one. Could you post hp-probe output? I'm just being curious

Try this: http://hplipopensource.com/node/212 Apparently a device uri must be registered with CUPS. hp-makeuri looks like the right tool.

And also hp-scan. It has a debug mode which could be useful.

Last edited by diegonc (2010-10-27 02:54:35)

EdgarButan

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Registered: 2010-02-09

Posts: 42

Re: [SOLVED] Scan over network

Wow! Thanks a lot!
I'm sorry I'm very late with answering, I did not expect any further replies.
hp-makeuri and your link did the trick.

Thanks again, here is your reward
hp-probe output (after choosing 'net' printers):

Device URI                                      Model                 Name   
  ----------------------------------------------  --------------------  --------
  hp:/net/Officejet_6500_E709a?ip=192.168.178.30  Officejet_6500_E709a  HP0AB663

Found 1 printer(s) on the 'net' bus.

(I hope this is what you were asking for, it doesn't seem too interesting to me)

Thanks to mianca too for your efforts.

Last edited by EdgarButan (2010-11-09 17:11:32)