Comments on: Multifunction, but hold the printer http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/ where we're going, we don't need roads... Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:55:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Daniel http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-485 Daniel Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:22:31 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-485 HP sell a 'Digital Sender' (a previous job had a HP 9200c) which almost does what you're after. The modem isn't in the Sender, it uses a separate Windows box with some software loaded and a modem. http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF02a/15179-64175-64404.html not sure how OSS friendly it is though... HP sell a ‘Digital Sender’ (a previous job had a HP 9200c) which almost does what you’re after. The modem isn’t in the Sender, it uses a separate Windows box with some software loaded and a modem.

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF02a/15179-64175-64404.html

not sure how OSS friendly it is though…

]]> By: George http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-482 George Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:24:11 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-482 try avision maybe a little pricey tho try avision maybe a little pricey tho

]]> By: Tom http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-480 Tom Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:25:00 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-480 A recent visit to the local eye-doctor and I saw an interesting product. It was basically a "Scanner server". It had an ethernet jack and a couple of USB jacks. A small USB scanner was plugged into the USB jack. Looked like when they needed to "Copy" our insurance card they just put it in the scanner, hit the big green "SCAN" button on the scanner server and it scanned the document and placed it on an FTP server. Not sure if it's what you are looking for, but I'm going back soon and could get brand/model if you are interested. A recent visit to the local eye-doctor and I saw an interesting product. It was basically a “Scanner server”. It had an ethernet jack and a couple of USB jacks. A small USB scanner was plugged into the USB jack.

Looked like when they needed to “Copy” our insurance card they just put it in the scanner, hit the big green “SCAN” button on the scanner server and it scanned the document and placed it on an FTP server.

Not sure if it’s what you are looking for, but I’m going back soon and could get brand/model if you are interested.

]]> By: TinCan http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-479 TinCan Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:40:56 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-479 Good luck finding such thing. You would be better off finding a MFP that does everyting you want and ignore the printer portion. Sounds to me like you want a doc feeder. The mechanics of a doc feeder are usually the same mechanics that are used to feed print jobs. The marginal cost of NOT having a printer is very small. I would use the printer for some specic type of prinitng only (letterhead, checks, labels) and use my daily printer for daily tasks. ...I hope you have a large desk! :) Good luck finding such thing. You would be better off finding a MFP that does everyting you want and ignore the printer portion. Sounds to me like you want a doc feeder. The mechanics of a doc feeder are usually the same mechanics that are used to feed print jobs. The marginal cost of NOT having a printer is very small. I would use the printer for some specic type of prinitng only (letterhead, checks, labels) and use my daily printer for daily tasks. …I hope you have a large desk! :)

]]> By: jdub http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-478 jdub Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:12:53 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-478 <a href="http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-476" rel="nofollow">James</a>, that's the reason why this product would end up being quite nichey. It would have to compromise mass market compatibility (ie. Windows) to focus on a slim set of well deployed standards such as PostScript/PCL and IPP/JetDirect. James, that’s the reason why this product would end up being quite nichey. It would have to compromise mass market compatibility (ie. Windows) to focus on a slim set of well deployed standards such as PostScript/PCL and IPP/JetDirect.

]]> By: Andrew http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-477 Andrew Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:02:11 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-477 Just a fair bit of warning. Fax over VOIP is unreliable. Sure it works most of the time, but the 10% of the time that it doesn't ends up frustrating you too much. I use Asterisk extensively and have been endlessly frustrated with faxing over VOIP. YMMV. See below for discussions: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+fax http://www.soft-switch.org/foip.html Just a bit of altruistic advice. Just a fair bit of warning. Fax over VOIP is unreliable. Sure it works most of the time, but the 10% of the time that it doesn’t ends up frustrating you too much. I use Asterisk extensively and have been endlessly frustrated with faxing over VOIP. YMMV.

See below for discussions:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki-Asterisk+fax
http://www.soft-switch.org/foip.html

Just a bit of altruistic advice.

]]> By: James Henstridge http://bethesignal.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-476 James Henstridge Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:11:20 +0000 http://perkypants.org/blog/2006/08/17/multifunction-but-hold-the-printer/#comment-476 Most multifunction scanner/fax machines also include printing because people want to use them to receive fax transmission too, which generally means printing them. If you had a scanner with fax functionality built in but no printer, what would it do when it received a fax transmission? It starts getting complicated enough that you may as well look at using a general purpose computer to control things. Most multifunction scanner/fax machines also include printing because people want to use them to receive fax transmission too, which generally means printing them.

If you had a scanner with fax functionality built in but no printer, what would it do when it received a fax transmission? It starts getting complicated enough that you may as well look at using a general purpose computer to control things.

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