[PLUG] question on automating a scan to computer operation

[Tomas Kuchta]

I used to have that printer/scanner - I have not explore it - because as
long as I kept paper in the feeder, it would just keep scanning.

That of course assumes that you are using the feeder, not the flat bed.

As I have said, I have never tried it - if I recall it correctly - the
scanner can sent pages to samba/cifs folder. If you setup one on your linux
host and configure it on the printer/scanner.

I hope that my memory serves me right and you find it helpful.

These days I use fujitsu/ricoh fi-xxxx scanners. They have superior paper
handling and speed about 60 double sided sheets per minute at 300dpi. That
said they are pricey and are not flatbed type, but they last.

-T

On Sat, Feb 8, 2025, 19:08 American Citizen <website.reader3 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello:
>
> I have a Hewlett Packard Officejet Pro 8600 scanner/fax/printer/copier
> connected to a LAN.
>
> Has anyone been able to get a LAN-connected scanner to automate scanning
> to a Linux OS folder, from the scanner itself? (computer and printer are
> on a LAN)
>
> I spent over 205 mins today manually scanning 107 pages of 8.5" by 11"
> sheets, and had to walk over 107 roundtrips from my scanner to my
> desktop, which was about a 50 ft roundtrip and this is physically tiring.
>
> I would like to automate this, if possible, by only feeding in sheets at
> the HP scanner/printer, instead of manually kicking off xsane to import
> into GIMP and doing several manual commands in GIMP.
>
> If you have done this, please give an explanation of how you got this to
> work? My OS is OpenSuse Leap 15.5 linux
>
> Randall
>
>
>