networking with Samba

[john s.]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Monday 27 November 2006 02:59, john s. wrote:
>   
>> Anne Wilson wrote:
>>     
>>> On Sunday 26 November 2006 17:21, john s. wrote:
>>>       
>>>>   Its just me here... My aunt has old family photos (1897+); I packed up
>>>> the laptop and scanner and went through the first batch Friday. I have
>>>> one of the Windows boxes set up as storage only and would like to have
>>>> the photos in a more 'secure' (meaning its easier to swipe the laptop
>>>> than the box) place. Being able to access the printer would be a bonus.
>>>>   Sidenote- my aunt/uncle are in their 60's/70's; having me scan the
>>>> photos was quite a kick for them... They finally got a dvd player for
>>>> the tv, but haven't figured out how it works- scanning the photos into
>>>> the laptop was like rocket science. I was -very- impressed with the
>>>> scanner prog I was using; I've been working with Windows for 7-8 years
>>>> and the HP scanner program I've been using is -total- junk. I'm glad
>>>> I've been installing Fedora (and other builds) onto the boxes here...
>>>> I've been seeing how lame Windows really is.
>>>>         
>>> If it were just to copy photos around, I'd say it's easier to just use a
>>> pen-drive, memory-stick or CD.  However, the remote printing alone is
>>> valuable enough to try for samba.  As Craig said, it's not very
>>> difficult, and you'll get any help you need from the list.
>>>
>>> BTW, what did you use for your scanner?  Just interested, as there are
>>> many possibilities and I haven't tried most of them.
>>>
>>> Anne
>>>       
>>   I considered the usb toys; I have the cat5 crossover cable plugged
>> into the desktop- which would be easier to use than crawling around on
>> my hands and knees. There's three sets of kvm's, cables, computers and a
>> 15# cat to deal with, while I'm down there.
>>     
>
> USB pen-drives are so much less trouble :-)
>
>   
>>   I used xane; I was looking at the photos again today, in different
>> lighting. I few of the photos will have to be done- though it seems as
>> though those were done towards the end of the project.  I looked at one
>> of the PDF's I created from a handwritten letter. The writing seemed a
>> little garbled...
>>
>>     
> That could be default settings.  I generally scan through Gimp > Acquire which 
> fires up XSane, then loads the capture into Gimp.  I like that because it's 
> often necessary to slightly adjust contrast, on captures from my scanner.  
> The default settings are very low resolution, but you can set them to what 
> gives you a good result, then save that as your default.  There's also an 
> auto-adjust for gamma, which saves a lot of problems.
>
> The only other app that I've used in the last couple of years is a proprietary 
> (but low-cost) program called VueScan.  I bought this because it was capable 
> of talking to my scsi film-scanner, and got better results than XSane did for 
> that piece of equipment.  I haven't tried it with my Epson scanner, though.  
> The good thing about VueScan is that you get a free trial before having to 
> pay anything, and if you buy a license it is for more than one machine in 
> your home.
>
> I'm only recommending this if the normal scanning tools can't get the results 
> that you need.
>
> Anne
>   
  Doh! I'll check the software out when I'm done buying usb drives... 
O:-)  
  Anyways, there's usb to ide cables available (I have two); I'll go 
that ave if I can't get the buzzards to play nice. Thanks.

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