> > The scanner ist connect via 1G ethernet. > > On the Touchscreen is an Option "Scan to network". > > The scanner scans direct to a cifs share (aquarella on > plan9). > > No need for spezial software except a Cifs Server. > > The scanner use smbclient. > > That's neat. It makes sense too, using ethernet almost > always seems a > better deal than using USB. It's so cheap to put a network > stack and > ethernet into these devices, and the network stack is > doubtless less > software than a USB stack ...
I definitely agree with this part of it. However, I would much rather see the higher-level protocol be something that is simpler and not tied to any commercial interests. I don't even object to having cifs as an option. But when did it become popular to say that ftp should not be an option for transferring a file? BLS
