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<blockquote data-quote="allen-uk" data-source="post: 1793588" data-attributes="member: 383404"><p>Right-**, so this is where we are (and thanks for the links, everyone).</p><p></p><p>It WAS a driver issue. Once I'd loaded the latest scanner and printer drivers from Canon into her Macbook, I had some sort of connection.</p><p></p><p>But when I was working on her machine, I pulled out the ethernet lead, so I was working only on wifi.</p><p></p><p>And had all sorts of 'communication' problems with the scanner.</p><p></p><p>Once I had put her ethernet lead back in the communication problems disappeared, and she had scanner access.</p><p></p><p>Now, is this because my original setting up of the Canon was wrong? Did I choose the wrong type of connections? I would have chosen 'USB' as the connecting option, because it was on my machine, and that's how I'd always connected my scanners.</p><p></p><p>Should I have chosen some sort of wifi connection during that set up process? Should I do it all again, and if so, would it be better? (Blimey, lot of question-marks).</p><p></p><p>Our machines live in the same room, so why are we on a network? Well, sometimes she wants a file that I have, and the easiest way seems to be to Connect to Server, connect to her Mac, and drop it onto her desktop.</p><p></p><p>Our Mac set-up has evolved rather than been planned. Should we start again?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks.</p><p></p><p>Allen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="allen-uk, post: 1793588, member: 383404"] Right-**, so this is where we are (and thanks for the links, everyone). It WAS a driver issue. Once I'd loaded the latest scanner and printer drivers from Canon into her Macbook, I had some sort of connection. But when I was working on her machine, I pulled out the ethernet lead, so I was working only on wifi. And had all sorts of 'communication' problems with the scanner. Once I had put her ethernet lead back in the communication problems disappeared, and she had scanner access. Now, is this because my original setting up of the Canon was wrong? Did I choose the wrong type of connections? I would have chosen 'USB' as the connecting option, because it was on my machine, and that's how I'd always connected my scanners. Should I have chosen some sort of wifi connection during that set up process? Should I do it all again, and if so, would it be better? (Blimey, lot of question-marks). Our machines live in the same room, so why are we on a network? Well, sometimes she wants a file that I have, and the easiest way seems to be to Connect to Server, connect to her Mac, and drop it onto her desktop. Our Mac set-up has evolved rather than been planned. Should we start again? Thanks. Allen. [/QUOTE]
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