I'm resending this to the NAG list. My first message
had an attachment of a document scanned on the copier but it's been about 30
minutes since I sent it. I suspect the LISTSERV is blocking it.
Sorry if folks get a duplicate.
Chris,
The Maintenance department at the Physical Plant recently
leased a Cannon Image Runner 4570. This is a copier/printer/scanner/
fax system. The thing I like about the scan feature on this copier is it
will let you send a scan from the copier as an attachment to an
E-mail. You can input the E-mail address at the front panel or create
an address book of addresses that can be selected at the front panel. We
have it configured to put the scanned image into a PDF formatted file
but the attachment format is configurable. I also understand
that this device can dump it's scans to an network share but the E-mail method
works so well we haven't even looked at implementing it.
The scan feature, I have seen, on copiers up to
this point required coordination between starting up software on the workstation
and starting up scanning on the device which has been too clumsy for most people
to use. I've also seen the copiers
where you need to have a workstation dedicated to being a scan server.
Neither of these are required for the Cannon Image Runner 4570. The only
thing you need to set up to use the E-mail scan function is to configure the
copier to point to an SMTP server.
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David Vietti
Systems Administration
Manager
Michigan State University
Physical Plant Division
Room 1
Physical Plant
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517)432-0240
Office
(517)353-5001
fax
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I'm looking into
scanners that have an Ethernet connection to allow them to be shared across a
department or workgroup. If anyone has this kind of setup I'd like to hear
about what you're using, how well it works, etc.
Thanks.
--Chris
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Chris
Wolf
Computer Service Manager
Agricultural
Economics
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University 517 353-5017