[lubuntu-users] Scanning thru network not working?

[Jörn Schönyan]

Windows can share printers but not scanners. 

Best regards

Am 2. September 2016 13:57:40 MESZ, schrieb Marlon Ng <guikaye at gmail.com>:
>Two desktop computers, both connected to the same wifi.
>
>Desktop 1 is windows 7.  An Epson L210 is connected to this machine via
>cable.
>
>Desktop 2 is Lubuntu 16.04.1.  This machine can print with the Epson
>L210
>(which is connected to Desktop 1 via cable).  I suppose this is
>possible
>thru the installed smbclient, correct?  Desktop 1 needs to be running,
>obviously.
>
>Desktop 2, in addition to having this installed:
>
>epson-inkjet-printer-201207w_1.0.0-1lsb3.2_i386.deb
>
>also has "iscan" installed.  Although Lubuntu already comes with
>"Simple
>Scan".
>
>As stated above, network printing is possible.  But I get this error
>when
>running "Simple Scan":
>
>"No scanners detected.  Please check your scanner is connected and
>powered
>on"
>
>....and this error when I run "iscan"
>
>"Could not send command to scanner.  Check the scanner's status."
>
>Please note that network printing is only possible because I had to
>manually type in:
>
>smb://192.168.1.105/EPSON%20L210%20Series
>
>in the "Windows Printer via SAMBA" (which you can find when you click
>the
>+Add button in Printers app.
>
>I believe that is not the best way to do it? I'm not sure, but I think
>it
>used to be that I click "Find Network Printer" and type the ip address
>of
>the computer to which the Epson printer is connected (Desktop 1 /
>windows 7
>machine), then it would be able to detect the printer and I would
>continue
>from there.
>
>I wonder if that has anything to do with the network scanning problem.
>
>In other words, network printing is possible only because of a
>workaround;
>the root of the problem seems unsolved, and so the network scanning
>problem
>is to be expected.  Am I wrong?
>
>Please also note that the following files are installed.
>
>cups
>sane
>smbclient
>samba
>cifs-utils
>
>Thanks for your time
>
>
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