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 +====== Fax Machine(s) =======
 +The RAD Lab has a fax machine in 465B Soda by the Front Entrance [1].  It also serves as a color scanner and does light duty as a [[tech/​printers|printer]] and small volume copier (really small volume).
  
 +There are also faxes in the two administrative offices that one can ask to use during business hours if this one is unavailable.
 +
 +The phone number is listed on the front of the fax machine (not listed here to avoid harvesting by fax spammers - yes they do still exist).
 +
 +====== Scanners =======
 +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 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 directly 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)
 +
 +Additionally:​
 +  * 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.
 +    * 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.
 +
 +====== Photocopy ======
 +  * For small jobs - like a couple of pages - you can use the Fax/​Scan/​Printer in 465B.
 +  * For larger copy jobs, use one of the EECS copy machines in 374 Soda.
 +    * A valid copy card with funds on it is required.
 +    * The RAD Lab copy card is kept in a well known location
 +  * For copy jobs related to teaching EECS Instructional courses, please make use of [[http://​www.eecs.berkeley.edu/​Resguide/​acad.shtml#​instsupport|Departmental Resources]]
 +====== ======
 +[1] Yes, having a fax machine right by the front door to the RAD Lab is perhaps not the best idea ever, but it was the only place we had to put it.
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