networking with Samba

[john s.]

Grumpy wrote:
> On Monday 27 November 2006 07:46, john s. wrote:
>   
>> 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:
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>>>>>>   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.
>>     
> Ever consider burning the photos to a CD or DVD ?
>   
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  Yeah, the final copies. I picked up several hundred photos and 
negatives when my Grandmother died. There's probably over a thousand 
photos around, just between my mother, aunt, sister and I. My aunt has 
photos from 3-5 branches of the family tree.