Introduction To The Network Scan Driver; Installing The Network Scan Driver; System Requirements; Supported Operating Systems - Lexmark Dot Matrix User Manual

Introduction to the network scan driver

The network scan driver provides a SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) interface to allow scanning from a network-based
printer.

Installing the network scan driver

System requirements

Before installing the network scan driver, make sure:
• You are logged on with root user authority.
•
You have 62MB of free disk space for a complete installation.
•
You have SANE and/or SANE back ends installed on your server.
•
Your computer is properly configured to communicate with a supported network printer over TCP/IP.
• Your printer has an internal network card and can communicate through an IPv4 network. External network adapters
are not supported.

Supported operating systems

Make sure you are running any of the following Linux distributions:
•
Debian GNU/Linux
• Fedora
• Linux OpenSUSE
•
Red Flag Linux Desktop
•
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS
•
Linux SUSE Enterprise Desktop
• Linux SUSE Enterprise Server
•
Ubuntu Linux
•
Linpus Linux Desktop
Note: For specific supported operating system versions, see the the Web site for your operating system, or see the file
supported-platforms.txt in the path /usr/lexscan/docs/ after installation.
Installing on Fedora, Linpus Linux, SUSE Linux, Linux openSUSE, Red Hat Enterprise
Linux, or Red Flag Linux
1
Download the driver:
a
Go to www.lexmark.com.
b
Select Driver Finder from the Drivers & Downloads list.
c
Select the Linux distribution running on your computer.
d
Select network-scan-linux-glibc2-x86.rpm, and then download it to your computer.
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