Gabriel Sechan wrote:
From: Ralph Shumaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
OK, I guess I'm going to have to spell out my confusion. Let's begin
by assuming there's no wireless transmissions of any kind in this
process. I take the paper that's in my hand and put it into the
scanner feed. It feeds through and is scanned. The machine then
converts this to an image file that still is in the (scanning)
machine. I previously asked if USB was used to get it to the PC, and
the response sounded like "no, it goes to email". Email could mean
that it ended up anywhere in the world, including the PC attached via
USB. How the image gets to "email" (whatever that means in this
context), who knows?! But somehow this email is the means by which
it somehow gets to the computer that, to the best of my knowledge, is
only attached via USB (although now you've thrown in ethernet and
forwarding to a service via who-knows-what cable to who-knows-what
machine who-knows-where). Clairevoyance is sounding more and more
like what you're describing. I realize that you're trying to help me
understand this. But I hope I've been able to make clear my
confusion. If you understand the process, please tell me what does
what and what paths are used. I feed the paper through the scanner
which creates some sort of image in the (scanning) machine. After
this, I'm totally lost (except that email is somehow involved) until
it actually ends up in the PC, if it even ever gets /there/.
Yes, an all in one uses USB to send scanned images back to the PC.
That is the default method.
Some all in ones allow you to forward faxes (and possibly scans) to
email instead. To do this, they need to be plugged into an ethernet
port. THe reason someone (I think Tracy?) mentioned this feature is
that this is garunteed to work under Linux, because Linux can read
email. Otherwise you need drivers to talk to the scanner. I know HP
does have those drivers, I don't know if all companies do.
Drivers between HP scanners and Linux? Or windows? (The context seems
to suggest Linux, but I don't care to proceed on assumptions only to
have them bite me later on.)
Based on what you write below (mentioning linuxprinting.org), it seems
almost certain that you are indeed talking about drivers to make it work
with Linux.
Maybe I should just tell my friend "Buy this one. It's supposed to
work. My friends tell me so. If it doesn't work right out of the
box, I'll just have to post requests for help and hope the answer
comes right away.".
I feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place.
This friend is not patient. When she wants something, she wants it
now. She often does not express that she wants something until she's
ready to have it. Every time I have been doing anything on her
computer, invariably she asks "How long is this going to take?". She
doesn't understand how I cannot know. She is the most decisive
person I have ever known. And she has already told me (multiple
times) that she wants an all-in-one. She has shown remarkable
patience. She is the kind that could easily tell me "Forget Linux.
Put windows back on if that's what it takes to get it to work.". And
to be honest, I wouldn't blame her. (She's already mentioned it.)
Printing and scanning work from hp all in ones with the drivers at
http://hpinkjet.sf.net/. This is taken from linuxprinting.org. If
you post a feature list she needs, I can give you an exact model for
HP, although you might want to research other companies (I know the
stuff I worked on far better than I know my competition). Here's a
feature list, tell me which of these are important:
Full bleed printing- this means it can print all the way to the
edges of the paper. People who do lots of photos like that.
ADF- automated document feeder. It allows you to put a stack of
papers in the machine and scan/fax them one by one. Useful for people
who copy or fax multipage documents
Photo cards- useful for people who do a lot of photo printing, and
don't like to touch them up in photoshop
DPS port- useful for the same people as photo cards, if you have a
DPS capable camera.
LCD display- useful for photo print previews
Built in ethernet/wireless- useful if you need to share the printer
and don't want to set up a print server, or deal with a JetDirect box.
Fax- pretty obvious here, does she want fax (I think its worth it,
but it is an extra 30-50 bucks)
Price range- whats the max she wants to spend?
Tell me that, and I can give you a model number.
I've printed out your email for her to look over. We'll see.
Thanks Gabe.
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