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Re: [PLUG] inexpensive network scanner or MFP?
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I looked at these Brother MFP's. The thing that has me worried is in
the manual for the printers, it says about needing software installed
on the PC (Win or Mac) that gets registered with the printer. You then
select the destination PC from the MFP to scan to as an image, e-mail
(using e-mail software on the PC) or OCR / PDF.
I haven't seen one yet that you can go into the setup of the printer
and give it any FTP site or SMB share and let it rip. Or using it's
own SMTP server (or another on the network) and having it send out the
e-mails with PDF attached directly.
I can't believe this would be that hard to find. It seems like a
relatively simple request. Unfortunately, printer manufacturers seem
to rely more on client side software than actually putting the
functionality into the MFP's.
Chad
Rich G wrote:
I have a Brother MFC 640W which does all you ask for exceot it is a lser
jet. Printing text is fine. Graphics works well but I've seen better.
Scanning to PDF works w/o a PC which is awesome - multipaged PDF or TIFF
as well. It connects wired Ethernet (how I use it) or wireless (USB as
well).
The only thing I'm hesitant about is the ink cartridge has a lifespan
and I've not looked into how to (if it is possible) to bypass.
Rich
On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 16:01 -0400, Chad Vogelsong wrote:
Not directly related to Linux, but more of a general network question...
I'm looking for an inexpensive (less than $300) MFP for home network
use. Right now I have a Lexmark X215. It has the multi-page scanner,
but it only works when attached directly to a Windows PC via USB. Even
then, you have to scan each page into Adobe Acrobat individually. What
a PITA!
I have it on a Hawking print server so it can be used as a network
printer so it's only a printer, copier and fax machine now. I don't
want to keep a PC on full time for it.
What I would like is something that connects via ethernet. Ideally, a
MFP N&W laser printer with b&w / color scanning to PDF. It should be
able to put those PDF's on a network share (Windows or Samba) or an FTP
site or just e-mail them. If it only did one of those, I would be
happy. I don't care if it faxes or not. I would also consider just a
scanner that plugs into a network with similar functions.
What does everybody else use for their scanning or a network MFP?
Anybody in a similar situation?
Thanks,
Chad
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