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Old 11-28-2006   #2 (permalink)
Rick Rogers


 
 

Re: Accessing a PnP scanner from a second computer

Hi,

Scanners designed for the home user have never been supported in this way.
You'd need a scanner that supports being networked, and you'll find that
they are significantly more expensive.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Wally3178" <Wally3178@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have a home network and one of the computers has a scanner attached. I
> can't find a way to access this scanner from my other computers. Is
> there a
> way to 'see' and use this scanner from the other computers, especially my
> system admin machine?
>
> I am using XP with full updates.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Wal


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