Using networked printer as scanner

I have a printer attached to our Airport Extreme and I can print off my mac but was wondering if there was way of using the scanner feature within iPhoto?

You can't use any scanner "within iPhoto". It's just not what the app does.
You can use Image Capture with the Scanner (assuming you have the drivers for it, of course) and scan the pics to a folder on the desktop. Then import them to iPhoto.
Regards
TD

Similar Messages

Is there any method to use network printer without installing driver?

We have some embeded win7 devices which we cannot install drivers to.
Is there any method to use network printer without installing driver?

Hi,
Please read the following article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_driver
You definitely need this middle man.
Regards.
BH
**Click the KUDOS thumb up on the left to say 'Thanks'**
Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.

Is there any methods to use network printer without installing driver?

We have some embeded win7 devices which we cannot install drivers to.
Is there any methods to use network printer without installing driver?

Hi,
Please refer to your other post:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/forums/replypage/board-id/Printing/message-id/77319
Thanks.
BH
**Click the KUDOS thumb up on the left to say 'Thanks'**
Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.

Set up macbook to use network printer

how do I set up my macbook to use a network printer if I have a wireless router that isn't an Apple product?

Hi Katie,
Is Printer Sharing still setup on the XP PC?
Might try Bonjour for Windows to make it easier to see the Print Services offered by the PC...
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl999

Applications crash when attempting to use network printer

I just upgraded to Tiger. Now, all applications crash when I attempt to select my network printer (HP laserjet 4600) from the 'File' ->'Print' menu. If the network printer is selected as my default printer, the program closes before the print menu even comes up. However, I can print to this printer if it is my default printer and I use the print icon instead of 'File'->'Print'. I also have a USB printer (Lexmark) which I can print to no problem. I can print to all printers with no problems from Classic applications, and I had no problems printing from either Classic or OS X before upgrading to Tiger. Anyone have any ideas?
Faris

Did you run Disk Utility> Repair Permissions after installing the HP driver software? While Repair Permissions may no longer be a useful as it was as a generic troubleshooting step under OS X 10.2.x, it's still essential if you have any third-party software that requires an administrative password to install, especially HP or Adobe software, which are known to trample around placing files with mis-set permissions all over the place.

Use network printing

I have à Windows network running. I now have à new macbookpro and i want to use the network printer.
When i use my windows pc I can see that my macbookpro is part of the Windows network, but on my MacBook i cannot see the network, i also cannot Finder the network printer.
How can i use the printer,?

Well please list the Windows PC (version of Windows) you are Sharing the printer and how you are sharing (Windows 7 HomeGroup doesn't work outside Windows). Plus are you telling OS X 10.6.x where to find the shared printer?
Plus read this Windows 7 sharing printer thread and there is a lot of solutions in that thread.

Window 7 32 bit excel or word hangs when print using network printer

When trying to print from Word or Excel 2010 32bit, once I click print, there is a drop down menu to select
a printer. When I select the network printer (a HP Color Laserjet 5550), underneath the printer drop down it says "connecting to printer". Word or excel will hang and then show up as "not responding".
My pc is running on Windows 7 pro 32 bit, Word and Excel of Office 2010

Hi,
I noticed that you replied the similar thread, have you tied to the customer's resolution(Update/Reinstall the 32 bit driver on the network Print Server and then re-install the network printer, and then ran malwarebytes and
removed malware.)?
Then, we may try to plug the USB cable from your printer into an available USB port on your PC to test if possible.
If the issue still exists, I recommend we go to Event Viewer and collect the Event log. It'll help us to troubleshoot the issue, you could upload here.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/open-event-viewer#1TC=windows-7
Regards,
George Zhao
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

Trouble using networked printer

I am a new iMac user with quesiotns regarding netowrked printing. Any advice/explanations would be appreciated.
I am using an Epson RX580 printer which is physically connected to a Windows PC. I am able to print from the Mac over a wireless connection through a Belkin router and the PC. I was running into trouble with print quality when printing photos (faint pictures) as well as text (dot matrix quality) from the Mac. I checked on the Epson website which advocated NOT using the Gutenprint drivers. I downloaded the latest driver from Epson's website. However, I do not know how to find that driver to identify it as the one to use. In the Print dialog box, I chose the Epson SP RX580 driver, which looks like just one of the long list of provided Apple drivers, so I do not know if it is actually the updated driver or not. In any case, when trying to print using this driver, the whole process locks up when I click on Print for some reason, and then I have to do a Force Quit.
My questions:
1. How can I find out if the proper driver has been downloaded and installed?
2. I have read posts on this forum suggesting incompatibility issues with Epson printers and Macs. Is there any truth to this? I note that Epson's website seems to give instructions regarding avoidance of Gutenprint drivers on computers running OS X 10.5, so I assume the Epson printers are ok to use if the right driver is used.
3. I have not tried direct connecting the printer to the Mac, but wonder if my problem may be due to the network situation. Obviously, I am able to print with the Gutenprint driver, so it isn't an issue of the Mac finding the printer, but rather of print quality.
4. I have contacted Epson as well, but am not sure how much help they will be, so wanted to see if I could get any answers from this forum.
Thanks.

Michael Bernstein1 wrote:
I have downloaded the Gutenprint drivers and installed them. I added the printer using "Print & Fax" and clicked on Windows to locate the printer. I can print to the printer now. However, the print quality is still lacking. I have tried to adjust the print settings, but can't get it right. I want to print text docs, but also photos from the Mac through the network outlined above.
In general, I recommend that you use a higher quality setting such as "High" rather than "Standard" for most Epson printers. For photos, I would suggest that you set "Color Precision" to "Best". Also be sure to set the "Image Type" to the proper setting for the job you are printing. There are options for Text, Text and Graphics, Photograph, etc. You may also find that setting the Composite Gamma to 0.8 will improve the output.
Also, my "borderless" photos (4x6) still come out with a very thin border...
Did you set the printer feature to print borderless? What about the setting to Expand to maximum print area rather than Shrink to fit the page?
Any other tips?
There are almost too many settings with the Gutenprint drivers. If you are often switching between text and photograph printing, you may want to create Presets for the different settings.
Matt

Authentication asked for when using network printer... why

I have a printer set up on a windows vista PC, there is no password or authentication set up on this PC, But when I set up the printer from my iMac I am continually asked for authentication, however there is no password etc set up, just open sharing of printers. Coulsd some one asst please?

You say it's networked. How?

Unable print scheduled report on network printer using BOEXI 3.0

Hi,
I'm unable to print a scheduled report on network printer using BOE XI 3.0. I get the following error
Error Message: Error in File ~ce6a054be1a25b52.rpt: Request cancelled by the user. ]
Has anyone encountered this kind of problem and know what the solution is?
Thanks,

Hey Falk,
Thanks for the response.
I can print on a network printer after I changed 'Crystal Reports Job Server' to run under a user account that has privileges to access the printer.
To answer your questions regarding the problem:
>Can you schedule the report successfully ?
>>Yes I was able to schedule the report successfully
>Can you print the report successfully?
>>NO the scheduled task would fail with the error message as posted above.
Thanks,

Can I set up a wireless printer as a network printer and not use Airport?

I have a HP Photosmart Plus wireless printer set up in my network for use by several iPods, iPads, and iPhones. I have an iMac running 10.6.8 that I want to set it up on, but to use it as a regular network printer, not using Airport. Is this possible? I haven't been able to hit on the right combination of settings. I have a Samsung laser printer that works this way, and an Epson that is attached to an Airport Express, but all I get on the HP is garbage. It will work when I set it up using the HP install disk, but I have to use Airport and I don't always get a good signal where the iMac is located. I would prefer to use the wired connection to my router and access the HP's IP address, like a wired network printer. Any suggestions?

I'm using a Canon printer here which is networked via my Airport Express. My printer cannot be Wi fi enabled simultaneousely with an ethernet cable connection. It is either or. I realise that this doesn't fully answer your question, but I just wanted to give you a clue. You'd need to consult your owners manual, or HP to get a definitive answer.
If you want to use the HP printer printer only with the wired ethernet connection to your router, that should be no problem as long as it is ethernet capable.
After setting it up for wired ethernet capability, you will need through the sequence of powering your router down, and resetting you Lan network so the router and printer can pick up their respective IP assignments.

Use HP network printer in OS 9.2.2 without official driver?

Hello!
I have a HP Photosmart C5180 All-in-one which is connected over ethernet to a router. I also have an old PowerMac G4 (and an iMac G3) that boot into OS 9 and 10.3 and/or 10.4. While I usually use the G4 under Tiger, I'll often boot into OS 9 to work on things that either won't run under OS X or require a lot of CPU/RAM, such as Photoshop, to avoid the greater system overhead with OS X.
While the printer is capable of scanning, I'd just like to be able to print from OS 9.2.2 - which it seems HP doesn't officially support anymore. The driver for the printer will only work under 10.3.9 and up. This brings up two questions:
1. Where do the third-party printer drivers that Apple includes with OS X come from? Do they have OS 9 versions?
2. I know the G4 can print to a network printer (via the Chooser), but what is required for this to work? That is, do I need a driver, or can I choose one of the pre-existing "printer" settings in the chooser?
Thanks for any help,
-Dan

A little more insight on your number 1:
Mac OS X uses Postscript as its central imaging language. This should have meant that printer support was a cinch. It was, provided your printer could do Postscript level 2. All the old LaserWriters that were Postscript level 2 or better moved right into Mac OS X without skipping a beat. Start with the Postscript printer driver, add a PPD that details the printer's special features, and you were done.
Postscript level 1 printers were left high and dry until CUPS/Ghostscript/Gimp-Print/GutenPrint invented a post-processor and turned Postscript level 2 into Postscript level 1.
The ImageWriter (not a Postscript printer) was left high and dry until someone decided that by using Ghostscript and CUPS, you could simulate a Postscript printer, do the rasterization on the Mac, and send the raterized output to the ImageWriter. and AppleTalk Imagewriter. And ImageWriter LQ. and about 800 other raster printers, including many inkjets.
Do these drivers have OS 9 versions? Sorry, No.

How to set HP OfficeJet 4500 used as a network printer to print in black not color as a default.

I have my HP officejet printer set as a network printer but it prints color when I had initially set it for B&W as my default during set-up
How do I set my HP OfficeJet 4500 used as a network printer to print in black not color as the default.
Thanks,
Bob

OK, go to Start > Control Panel > Printers. Right click the printer in question and choose Printing Preferences. Set it the way you want, then click OK.
That should set the defaults for all programs using the printer.
Say thanks by clicking "Kudos" "thumbs up" in the post that helped you.
I am employed by HP

How to Use Remote Printer's FAX and Scanner on Win 7

HP LaserJet 3050 hosted by an XP computer. I've been able to install it for printing from a Win 7 machine but I can't find a way to install its fax or scanner functions. I tried using the printer driver to print to the fax and it corrupted the XP's spool program requiring an entire C:\ drive restore from backup!
I have the HP 64 bit driver for the printer, and I can see in the list of .inf files one that seems to be for fax, but I can't make it install.

Hello colinobj,
I have looked at the link that you have provided that gives the steps to resolve the installation issue.
Just so you are aware, this is the solution to the issue at hand. Seeing that XP is on its way of being not supported, this is the best solution that Bob_Headrick has provided.
Thank you.
Click the “Kudos Thumbs Up" at the bottom of this post to say “Thanks” for helping!
Please click “Accept as Solution ” if you feel my post solved your issue, it will help others find the solution.
W a t e r b o y 71
I work on behalf of HP

Having network printer connection problems using a Macbook Pro

I hope a "greater mind" can suggest a solution to the following problem:
Up until 2 days ago, I was successfully connected to the network printer at my office using both my Macbook Pro at work and at home (both wirelessly, OS 10.6.8). From yesterday, however, I now only receive the following message when I send a file for printing: "network host (and then its IP address) is busy. Will try again in 10 seconds."
All right, my system admin. advised me to re-install the printer on both computers. I did. In printer set-up, 1) Protocol: Line Printer Daemon - LPD; 2) Address: the IP address of the printer; 3) Queue: secinmac. This is the queue name specifically for Mac use and given to us by the company who installed our network printer; 4) Name: we use the printer's IP address; 5) Location: left blank; 6) Print Using: Generic PCL Laser Printer. Further for 6), in the "installable options" dialog box, I click "Duplexer". Then, finally, I click "ADD". The printer is added.
However, when I try to print a file, I continue to get the "busy" message. The file spools for about 3%, and then the "busy message" appears, and I cannot print. You can imagine how frustrating this is when the problem has arisen from one day to the next! A colleague who also uses a MacBook Pro sent a file to print on the network printer today, and he had no problems! I, however, have no success !
Any ideas that can help me? Thanks, in advance!

Thank you for taking the time to respond.
Yes, I tried this when I was reading a bit of Apple communities history on this matter, and it did not work. I also tried this, and then rebooted my Mac, but to no avail! While I was at the office today, my system admin also logged into our network and tried to get something to print on his Mac, but he now has the same problem as I do.
He gets the "busy message", too !
I'll try to see if I can get a solution from APPLE by going through my support service agreement.....From reading the history on this issue, I would have thought that APPLE would have worked on this to come up with a fix by now...!
Thank you again for your suggestion! Cheers.

Using networked printer as scanner

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for