In general, the USB port on an Airport it is made to attach only to a printer, and the Airport has simple printer server programming included in it. Unfortunately, run-of-the-mill printer server programming does not support scanning.
https://forums.techguy.org/threads/solved-print-server-for-a-scanner.552626/ > On Nov 10, 2018, at 8:07 PM, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >>> On Nov 10, 2018, at 7:53 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> On Nov 11, 2018, at 10:22, Carl Hoefs <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I figured out what the problem is... but I don't think there's a solution. >>> >>> My Canon p/s/c is connected via USB to my Airport Extreme, which shares it >>> to all of my Macs. >>> >>> I tried running Canon's own scanning utility, and it says it can't connect >>> to the scanner, though printing works just fine. >>> >>> So... if I connect the printer directly to my Mac Pro, it sees it as a >>> scanner, and Sys Prefs shows the "Print/Scan" tab. >>> >>> Is there a way to configure this through the Airport? >> >> I have no idea why the scanning doesn't work anymore, but the Canon that I >> used to have never connected wirelessly to my mac for scanning. Printing >> worked fine though. >> >> Could it be an update from Canon that disabled that function on your system? > > I'm fairly certain that scanning would work wirelessly. I use my Airport > Extreme as a router and network switch / printer sharing hub, but not as a > wireless access point. I didn't realize when I got it that it wouldn't > support scanning through USB. > > The workaround is to plug the printer USB into my Mac Pro when I need to > scan, which isn't very often. I just didn't realize what the issue was at > first. > > -Carl > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
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