[PLUG] question on automating a scan to computer operation

[Tony Schlemmer]

Have you looked up “OpenSuse Leap 15.5 hooking a HP Officejet scanner” to see if you can find anything?  
I got some results…

> On Feb 8, 2025, at 20:26, Tomas Kuchta <tomas.kuchta.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> 
>>