[FreeNX-kNX] Scanning and NX

Jo-Erlend Schinstad joerlend.schinstad at gmail.com
Fri Sep 7 08:14:29 UTC 2007


Hello again,

On 04/07/2007, Paul van der Vlis <paul at vandervlis.nl> wrote:
> Jo-Erlend Schinstad schreef:
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > A quick question; is it possible to share a scanner between a client
> > and server so that you can scan from within an nx session? Printing
> > works perfectly, audio does too. If I could only get my scanner to
> > work, I'd have a perfect setup! :)
>
> This is no problem if you use a networkscanner or a normal scanner what
> is directly connected to the server.
>
> If you want to connect a scanner to a client it is more complex. You
> need to run a scanner-server on that client. This is possible with Sane,
> but has nothing to do with NX.
>
> With regards,
> Paul van der Vlis.

That's what I'm trying to do. The clients will be Windows-based with a
scanner and printer connected. I need to let them use that scanner and
printer from within a NX session. How do I fix this?

Thanks in advance,

Jo-Erlend Schinstad



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