[opensuse] You will love this printer/scanner issue
Yesterday the wife handed me a US legal size paper (8.5"x14") to scan, so I dutifully put it in our Brother mfc-j450dw multifunction printer but xsane's preview would only show a portion of the document. Then started about 45 minutes of fighting with printer drivers, different scan software, even something on Win7 in virtualbox, all to no avail. Finally, in disgust I reached over to the printer to remove the document to learn that the scan bed is maxed out at 8.5"x11" and that 3 inches of the paper was sticking out from under the lid. Those are the times for adult beverages. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/02/18 01:30, Stevens wrote:
Yesterday the wife handed me a US legal size paper (8.5"x14") to scan... Did your scanner report 'illegal size paper'? :-D
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Le 09/02/2018 à 01:30, Stevens a écrit :
Yesterday the wife handed me a US legal size paper (8.5"x14") to scan, so I dutifully put it in our Brother mfc-j450dw multifunction printer but xsane's preview would only show a portion of the document. Then started about 45 minutes of fighting with printer drivers, different scan software, even something on Win7 in virtualbox, all to no avail. Finally, in disgust I reached over to the printer to remove the document to learn that the scan bed is maxed out at 8.5"x11" and that 3 inches of the paper was sticking out from under the lid. Those are the times for adult beverages.
oh, yes, for this sort of paper a smartphone is the best scanner :-) jdd -- http://dodin.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/09/2018 02:41 AM, jdd@dodin.org wrote:
Le 09/02/2018 à 01:30, Stevens a écrit :
Yesterday the wife handed me a US legal size paper (8.5"x14") to scan, so I dutifully put it in our Brother mfc-j450dw multifunction printer but xsane's preview would only show a portion of the document. Then started about 45 minutes of fighting with printer drivers, different scan software, even something on Win7 in virtualbox, all to no avail. Finally, in disgust I reached over to the printer to remove the document to learn that the scan bed is maxed out at 8.5"x11" and that 3 inches of the paper was sticking out from under the lid. Those are the times for adult beverages.
oh, yes, for this sort of paper a smartphone is the best scanner :-)
I have an Epson flat bed scanner that will handle legal size. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2018-02-09 01:30, Stevens wrote:
Yesterday the wife handed me a US legal size paper (8.5"x14") to scan, so I dutifully put it in our Brother mfc-j450dw multifunction printer but xsane's preview would only show a portion of the document. Then started about 45 minutes of fighting with printer drivers, different scan software, even something on Win7 in virtualbox, all to no avail. Finally, in disgust I reached over to the printer to remove the document to learn that the scan bed is maxed out at 8.5"x11" and that 3 inches of the paper was sticking out from under the lid. Those are the times for adult beverages.
:-D We all have those moments - thanks for sharing! :-D -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)
Feels like when I tried to set up the internal GSM modem in my new work laptop last weekend, which did not even show up as a device... After typing in the service tag on the Dell homepage it turned out to be a placeholder with the SIM card slot that looks like the real deal but does actually nothing....... On 02/09/2018 01:30 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2018-02-09 01:30, Stevens wrote:
Yesterday the wife handed me a US legal size paper (8.5"x14") to scan, so I dutifully put it in our Brother mfc-j450dw multifunction printer but xsane's preview would only show a portion of the document. Then started about 45 minutes of fighting with printer drivers, different scan software, even something on Win7 in virtualbox, all to no avail. Finally, in disgust I reached over to the printer to remove the document to learn that the scan bed is maxed out at 8.5"x11" and that 3 inches of the paper was sticking out from under the lid. Those are the times for adult beverages.
:-D
We all have those moments - thanks for sharing! :-D
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Benjamin Zeller
On 02/08/2018 04:30 PM, Stevens wrote:
Brother mfc-j450dw
Will that model scan via its sheet feeder? Sometimes they will scan longer documents that way than when using the flatbed. -- After all is said and done, more is said than done. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/09/2018 04:23 PM, John Andersen wrote:
On 02/08/2018 04:30 PM, Stevens wrote:
Brother mfc-j450dw Will that model scan via its sheet feeder? Sometimes they will scan longer documents that way than when using the flatbed.
My thought too, and generally they will. I have a 13 year HP scanner with sheet feeder and it does legal just fine through the feeder, but can't from the deck (it leaves 3" hanging out too -- damn, I hate it when that happens...) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 02/08/2018 06:30 PM, Stevens wrote:
Yesterday the wife handed me a US legal size paper (8.5"x14") to scan, so I dutifully put it in our Brother mfc-j450dw multifunction printer but xsane's preview would only show a portion of the document. Then started about 45 minutes of fighting with printer drivers, different scan software, even something on Win7 in virtualbox, all to no avail. Finally, in disgust I reached over to the printer to remove the document to learn that the scan bed is maxed out at 8.5"x11" and that 3 inches of the paper was sticking out from under the lid. Those are the times for adult beverages.
ROTFLMAO! Glad to have you as part of the human race.... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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