Scanning a document

I have a router that has a USB port and I can use it as a network
printer. I don't use it because I had a couple of trial and error
attempts to get the thing to print with drivers and such. Now that my
P2P machine has went down, I want to try to use it as the network
printer again, but I have a question about scanning something.

If I hook my printer/scanner/fax to the router will I be able to scan
with it.

The way I have it now, I have to use the P2P computer to scan a
document because the software is on that machine.

On Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:09:15 -0400, Seymore4Head
wrote:

I have a router that has a USB port and I can use it as a network
printer. I don't use it because I had a couple of trial and error
attempts to get the thing to print with drivers and such. Now that my
P2P machine has went down, I want to try to use it as the network
printer again, but I have a question about scanning something.

If I hook my printer/scanner/fax to the router will I be able to scan
with it.

The way I have it now, I have to use the P2P computer to scan a
document because the software is on that machine.

A matter of shared devices, rather connection within network;- as much
then given, discounting mandatory drivers, when not already provided
by the OS, followed by the next layer software and features, in
response to the hardware engaged by and through the network. You'd be
short-changed at a minimum not to realize that precept, although
implementation no doubt would be within a variance of greater, or
lesser, "standards" for accounting expertise qualifying a task,
whether hardware meets that caliber, and so forth. Offhand, I'd say a
latter weight placed first to further evaluate how replete, indeed,
the capacity of the router's implementation to serve for a printer
platform.

Seymore4Head wrote:
I have a router that has a USB port and I can use it as a network
printer. I don't use it because I had a couple of trial and error
attempts to get the thing to print with drivers and such. Now that my
P2P machine has went down, I want to try to use it as the network
printer again, but I have a question about scanning something.

If I hook my printer/scanner/fax to the router will I be able to scan
with it.

The way I have it now, I have to use the P2P computer to scan a
document because the software is on that machine.

I don't think that will work.

If the router has a printer USB, it's going to be running
spooler software inside the router. All it expects to do is
print.

I don't see a reason for the router to include scanner
software. Like, TWAIN drivers or something. That would
be pretty crazy. It's theoretically possible, because
the router could be using a cut-down Linux inside, but
a pretty far-fetched thing to be "standard".

Don't you have at least one PC to run the printer with ?
Why does it need to be the router ?

If you managed to install it on the P2P machine, you
should be able to do the same kind of installation on
some remaining PC.

Paul

On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 01:42:18 -0400, Paul
wrote:

Seymore4Head wrote:
I have a router that has a USB port and I can use it as a network
printer. I don't use it because I had a couple of trial and error
attempts to get the thing to print with drivers and such. Now that my
P2P machine has went down, I want to try to use it as the network
printer again, but I have a question about scanning something.

If I hook my printer/scanner/fax to the router will I be able to scan
with it.

The way I have it now, I have to use the P2P computer to scan a
document because the software is on that machine.

I don't think that will work.

If the router has a printer USB, it's going to be running
spooler software inside the router. All it expects to do is
print.

I don't see a reason for the router to include scanner
software. Like, TWAIN drivers or something. That would
be pretty crazy. It's theoretically possible, because
the router could be using a cut-down Linux inside, but
a pretty far-fetched thing to be "standard".

Don't you have at least one PC to run the printer with ?
Why does it need to be the router ?

If you managed to install it on the P2P machine, you
should be able to do the same kind of installation on
some remaining PC.

Paul

I bet you are right and because it has a small chance of working I am
not going to try it.

The only reason that I wanted it was because the P2P computer is not
on 24/7 (and breaks occasionally) and I have others on in the house
that need to print. Scanning comes up even more rarely. It would be
nice if the feature was available 24/7, but I can easily get by
without it.

Thanks

On Thu, 26 Oct 2017 01:16:18 -0400, Flasherly
wrote:

On Wed, 25 Oct 2017 23:09:15 -0400, Seymore4Head
wrote:

I have a router that has a USB port and I can use it as a network
printer. I don't use it because I had a couple of trial and error
attempts to get the thing to print with drivers and such. Now that my
P2P machine has went down, I want to try to use it as the network
printer again, but I have a question about scanning something.

If I hook my printer/scanner/fax to the router will I be able to scan
with it.

The way I have it now, I have to use the P2P computer to scan a
document because the software is on that machine.

A matter of shared devices, rather connection within network;- as much
then given, discounting mandatory drivers, when not already provided
by the OS, followed by the next layer software and features, in
response to the hardware engaged by and through the network. You'd be
short-changed at a minimum not to realize that precept, although
implementation no doubt would be within a variance of greater, or
lesser, "standards" for accounting expertise qualifying a task,
whether hardware meets that caliber, and so forth. Offhand, I'd say a
latter weight placed first to further evaluate how replete, indeed,
the capacity of the router's implementation to serve for a printer
platform.

Thanks

On 26/10/2017 11:09 AM, Seymore4Head wrote:
I have a router that has a USB port and I can use it as a network
printer. I don't use it because I had a couple of trial and error
attempts to get the thing to print with drivers and such. Now that my
P2P machine has went down, I want to try to use it as the network
printer again, but I have a question about scanning something.

If I hook my printer/scanner/fax to the router will I be able to scan
with it.

Printer is output, scanner is input! You possibly need custom firmware
to make a router handle a scanner. But wait... Samba can support
SANE-based scanners. Um... DD-WRT the 3rd-party firmware has Samba.

BUT, with factory firmware, I still will try it before concluding!

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