[GRLUG] linux friendly print/scan server device?

megadave megadave at gmail.com
Mon Oct 8 13:59:15 EDT 2012


Just to clarify:

I'm not looking to buy a new $600 printer/scanner.

I'm looking to buy a $30 box to connect to an existing printer/scanner
via USB, and to my network via wired Ethernet.



On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Adam Tauno Williams
<awilliam at whitemice.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-10-08 at 13:49 -0400, megadave wrote:
>> *BUT* I can't seem to identify one of these types of devices for which
>> the scanning function is either compatible with SANE-net, or even
>> allows scanning from a web browser - everything seems to support
>> scanning only with the included proprietary windows-only tool (some
>> support Macs too).
>
> I have a Brother MFC-9970CDW;  it will scan to SMTP or FTP and possibly
> other targets.  It works great.  And you get a scanner with a document
> feeder.
>
> And it support IPv6.
>
> <http://www.brothermall.com/MFC/ProdDetail?Model=MFC9970CDW>
>
> _______________________________________________
> grlug mailing list
> grlug at grlug.org
> http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug


More information about the grlug mailing list