tech:faxscancopy
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| There are two color scanners one can use in the RAD Lab | There are two color scanners one can use in the RAD Lab | ||
| - | * The Fax/Scan/Printer in 465B works as a scanner via the (occasionally missing) USB cable or, if one is adventurous, over the network | + | * The Fax/Scan/Printer in 465B works as a scanner via the (occasionally missing) USB cable and via a network scanning function: |
| + | * add [[http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public/us/us/en/dlf/download_top.html?reg=us&c=us&lang=en&prod=mfc8860dn_all|software drivers appropriate to your OS/platform]] | ||
| + | * Windows: select the "Full Driver & Software Package" - this comes with its own scanner interface | ||
| + | * OS X: select the "Scanner Driver" (The "CUPS Printer Driver" is optional for scanning support) - this also comes with its own scanner interface | ||
| + | * Linux: select the "brscan2" scanner driver for your distribution (RPM or deb) from Brother's [[http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_scn.html#brscan2|Linux site]] | ||
| + | * this provides the ''brsaneconfig2'' command that ties into the scanner system ([[http://www.sane-project.org/|SANE]]) that many linux systems use. | ||
| + | * register the scanner (called scan465b for this example) using the ''brsaneocnfig2'' command: | ||
| + | * ''% brsaneconfig2 -a name=scan465b model=MFC-8860DN ip=128.32.132.242'' | ||
| + | * This allows applications using the SANE protocol, such as ''gimp(1)'' or ''xsane(1)'' to interface with the scanner. | ||
| + | * The scanner has a scan->email function, but the way it works is not compliant with campus security standards, so we did not set that up. | ||
| + | * If you would like to scan something and have it sent to an email address, read further about the 374 Soda copy machine. | ||
| * There is an HP scanner about halfway down the hall that can be used as well (Driver installation may be necessary) | * There is an HP scanner about halfway down the hall that can be used as well (Driver installation may be necessary) | ||
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| * Randy has a color scanner on the drawer unit by his shelf - ask him if you can use it | * Randy has a color scanner on the drawer unit by his shelf - ask him if you can use it | ||
| * The copy machine in 374 Soda also serves as a B&W/Grayscale scanner that can e-mail the scans to you. | * The copy machine in 374 Soda also serves as a B&W/Grayscale scanner that can e-mail the scans to you. | ||
| - | * This requires a valid copy card, but it doesn't need any funds on it - it's just needed to unlock the copier interface. | + | * This requires a [[tech:faxscancopy#photocopy|valid copy card]], but it doesn't need any funds on it - it's just needed to unlock the copier interface. |
| * Further instructions are posted by the copier in 374 Soda. | * Further instructions are posted by the copier in 374 Soda. | ||
tech/faxscancopy.txt · Last modified: 2012/10/26 14:10 by jkuroda
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