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I bought a scanner (Canon DR-2020 U), but it doesn't have the network card.

How can I make this a network scanner?

I can hook the scanner to a computer that is on most of the time, but is it possible to connect the scanner with a router and use it with the ethernet network?

Andrea Ligios
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Lorenzo
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    Connect it to any Windows machine then configured the WIndows machine to share the scanner. [This](http://superuser.com/questions/81454/can-i-use-a-scanner-connected-to-another-computer-on-my-computer) question might also be of some help. – Ramhound May 18 '15 at 13:05
  • If the scanner doesn't have network capabilities, you can't just add a peripheral on like you can on a console. – TheWanderer May 18 '15 at 13:08

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Probably the nicest way to do this is to install the USB scanner onto one machine and then share the scanner over TCP/IP using something like the Network Twain Engine. (Free - Open Source)

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This is not a network ready scanner, so it would not be easily connected to Ethernet.

A solution I have used non-network scanners is to connect the scanner to a PC that is on the network and have all scans saved to a network share. Then each person who scans something can go to the network shared folder to retrieve their scan.

In your case, you can use Canon's CaptureOnTouch feature to make scanning simple.

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