[K12OSN] How do I...?

[jconlon1 at elp.rr.com]

Unfortunately all I have are thin clients and no access to anything else
to use.
Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: Shawn Powers <spowers at inlandlakes.org>
Date: Friday, September 30, 2005 11:01 am
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] How do I...?

> 
> On Sep 30, 2005, at 12:57 PM, jconlon1 at elp.rr.com wrote:
> 
> > What do I need to do to make an HP scanjet6500 scanner work from 
> a  
> > thin
> > client?
> 
> There may be an answer, but you could install a full install of 
> Linux  
> on a computer, and mount /home remotely.  That particular computer  
> wouldn't be a thin client, but it would be running linux, and 
> perform  
> the same.  If it was the "scanner" computer, kids could log into it 
> 
> in order to use the scanner.
> 
> The places I use scanners in linux have a smallish server in the 
> room  
> with a handful of thin clients.  The scanner is plugged into the  
> server itself, and the thin clients can use it just fine.
> 
> That may not help much in your situation, but it's what we do here.
> 
> -Shawn
> 
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