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Anyone have any tips for scanning from a networked Epson CX7400 (connected to an Airport Express) from a Mac?
I can print just fine, but the scan application won't even open unless I connect the printer directly to my computer. The Epson troubleshooting pages are utter crap.
FWIW, I was never able to solve this issue on our old HP printer, so I'm not terribly optimistic.
The last time I checked (years ago) scanning over a Windows network required special scanning server software (which was expensive). I have no idea if the same applies to a Mac network.
Anyway, let us know if you figure anything out, because I'm about to connect my HP printer/scanner to my Time Capsule....
There is an option in the scanner software settings to select a networked printer, but naturally it can't see one when I tell it to do that.
Jess, are you trying to print through the Airport Express from a Leopard machine?
I had a similar problem trying to install the printer onto S's new laptop. First, I specifically needed to download new 10.5 drivers from the Brother web site (so maybe scanner drivers for print/scanner/fax machines don't play nice with Leopard). It sounds like Epson's site sucks ass, but check their downloads section to see if there's an update or driver just for 10.5.
Now, once I'd done that with S's laptop, I *still* had problems installing the printer -- the laptop just did not want to see the printer over the network, even though the installer gave the option to look for the printer over a network (wireless or otherwise). Eventually, I had to unplug the USB printer cable from the Airport and plug it directly into the laptop for the computer to see the printer and finish installation.
Now that installation is finished, the laptop sees the printer just fine over the Airport.
So, unfortunately, that's all very general advice, not specific to you, but I hope it helps.
Also, what's your specific model of Epson?
Jesse, it's pretty darn easy. We ran into a problem where we had to update the BIOS on the laptop to get it to properly recognize the memory, but the actual opening the case and installing the memory is very easy.
Jesse, I've done the RAM thing also (though on a mac) and it was not hard.
That laptop isn't very LIGHT, though, if you're worried about carrying it around--looks like it's over 5 pounds.
The one I have now is almost 7 lbs, so.... It's not like I want to carry it anywhere regularly, so it's not a huge deal.
It just seems like there's a pretty big jump in price between the "value" laptops and the good ones, and I don't think I care enough to spend double the money.
Wow. This discussion of laptop weight led me to check the weight on the laptop I'm looking at purchasing, and it's almost 7 lbs. S's is a nice, light 5 lbs.
Well, I was planning on picking up a backpack for it anyway.
this [link] seems to suggest that it's the default directory for external media volumes
I don't think that's what they mean. I think they mean a directory where the mp3s are located, but I'm not sure how the mp3s are to get there in the first place--do I install something iTunish on the Linux box? Or do I just install Firefly and copy mp3s over and let everything do its job. If so, how can I sync my iPods?