scanner and printers

I want to scan documents in my App, so I user ICDeviceBrowser


It didnt find any scanner, and I realized that I have only printers who has abilities to scan documents.

Is there a mean to open and control these printers scanners, or do I have to buy a real scanner?


Thank's

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Does you multifunction printer show up in the Image Capture app?

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Quinn “The Eskimo!”
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no, it doesn't

If it doesn’t show up there then you won’t be able to access it via the ImageCapture framework. You should talk with your printer vendor to see if they have driver software that integrates with Image Capture. If not, you’ll need to pursue other approaches:

  • Perhaps the printer vendor has an SDK for talking to its scanner component?

  • Or they have an app you can script?

  • Or they document the on-the-wire protocol it uses?

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Quinn “The Eskimo!”
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Did you find a solution for this? There are some work-arounds for getting AirScan by way of another OS.

I’d be interested if anyone has gotten an HO scanner (preferably a multipurpose device) to work. I I stalled the HP scanning software but it doesn’t see the scanner either. No problems with printing at all.