User manual MICROTEK PC M LANWIZARD 1001

[. . . ] As an optional utility, the MSS provides scanner services to people (clients) in a work group through their network. Through the MSS, a scanner server manager is able to control locally connected scanners and share/unshare them for public use. If the MSS is not installed on your own system, you still can access the shared or remote scanners of others on the network, but you will not be able to share your connected local scanner for public use. To install the MSS utility program, select "Yes" from the on-screen instructions during installation of ScanWizard Pro. [. . . ] Make sure that you have ScanWizard Pro with the MSS utility installed on your system. Enable the MSS to verify the status of your connected local scanners on the network. Right-click the mouse button on the MSS icon to select Probe scanners from the menu. The connected local scanners (server scanners) should display in the Probe Scanners window, indicating that your connected local scanners are ready to be shared for use by other people (clients) on the network. Server station Note: If none of the connected local scanners (server scanners) are listed in Probe Scanners window of the MSS menu, this indicates that your connected local scanners cannot be shared for public use on the network. To resolve this problem, refer to the troubleshooting documentation on the Microtek CD-ROM . Unsharing your scanners Unsharing your connected local scanner prevents anyone from accessing the scanner. To unshare your scanners, do either of the following below: · · Uninstall the MSS utility program. Select Exit from the MSS menu to close the MSS utility program, or terminate the connected local scanners (server scanners) from the network if the MSS utility program is installed on your system. 3 Choosing a remote scanner on the network You can use the network scanner for scanning, instead of a locally connected scanner. Make sure that your computer connected to a network before you start Windows. Make sure that the remote user is connected to a server, and that the remote scanner is ready for public use. Bring up the TCP/IP Scanner Setup window from the Scanner menu, and check the option "Enable TCP/IP scanning". If this option is checked, your system is enabled to access the remote scanners on the network. If unchecked, remote scanning is disabled, and only connected local scanners can be located. Locate the remote scanner by using either of the two ways below: a) By using auto search Check the option "Automatically find scanner servers, " and let the system automatically find the shared scanners (remote scanners) on the network. b) By using manual search Uncheck the option "Automatically find scanner servers, " and in the Server Edit location box, type the host name or the corresponding IP address of the host from which scanner services are desired. To know the name of the host computer: · For Windows 95/98/Me users: Right-click the Network Neighborhood on the Windows desktop; select Properties, then click the Identification tab on the server station. · For Windows 2000/NT users: Right-click the My Computer on the Windows desktop; select Properties, then click the Network Identification tab on the server station. The computer name is shown. 8 6 7 4 5 Client station Server station Host name IP address 4 The IP address is identified by dot-segregated four-position numbers, should be within the range 0 to 255 (e. g. , 172. 16. 17. 38). The first three numbers are common to users in a work group, and the fourth number is unique to each user on the network. [. . . ] If none of the connected local scanners is listed in the Scanner menu, use either of the two ways listed below to locate the local scanners: · · Choose Scanner Probe from the Scanner menu, and click Probe to locate the connected local scanners; or Right-click the mouse button on the MSS icon to select Probe Scanners from the menu. If connected local scanners can be found by system, then they will be listed in the Probe Scanners window. When the connected local scanners are found by the system, this indicates that the found, local scanners can be selected in the Scanner menu of ScanWizard Pro. If no connected local scanner can be found by the system, refer to the troubleshooting document on the Microtek CD-ROM for more details. No scanners found when ScanWizard Pro is launched When ScanWizard Pro is launched and the system is unable to find any local or remote scanner, the Microtek ScanWizard Pro window will appear, as shown below. Click TCP/IP Scanner Setup to specify network scanner servers for accessing scanners, then click Scanner Probe to detect all linked scanners on the network. [. . . ]