On Tuesday 03 May 2016 16:45:58 Roger wrote: > ON-TOPIC REPLY: You may require two separate drivers, one for the USB > connection and another driver for the network connected device. And > separate drivers for the printer & scanner functions. Albeit, they > are sometimes bundled together by manufacturer. (ie. HP's HPLIP > package) > > > OFF-TOPIC REPLY: I'm seeing quite a few posts for network > scanners/printers. > > I used to use 100 Megabit network for printing some years ago, and > particularly preferred networked products due to the having the device > more remotely placed from the computer. (Hey, it's the UNIX/Linux > world here.) Recently within the past years, I found using 100Mbit > network was really just too slow, and found myself waiting for print > jobs to clear the printer queue. > This system has only USB2.0, so a 100mbit ethernet is still faster. I also have the original 400mbit firewire, but of course that horse was accused of having a broken leg and put down because apple wanted an outrageous price per seat. FWIW, I have a semi-hidef Sony Handicam, and KINO and it are 100% compatible. So generally speaking this aging computer has been rock solid stable, and I will run it till the fenders rust away and fall off. :)
> I've since migrated to USB over the past year(s) for my printer; I > just use the longest USB cord now. I have no experience with 1 > Gigabit network capable printers. Speeds maybe more acceptable using > Gigabit for printing, but I doubt for scanning. (For draft quality > printing using an HP printer, I've even opted to use the faster PCL > driver instead of PS driver.) > > As far as scanners, the speed will likely be exponentially affected > due to the larger amounts of data. > > -- > Roger > http://rogerx.freeshell.org/ Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> -- sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" to sane-devel-requ...@lists.alioth.debian.org
