How To Remote Access Or Remote Control A Scanner From LAN or INTERNET

This is a very common situation for most of us . Accessing your printer over a network is pretty simple to setup but remote accessing your scanner over the network can be difficult. This tutorial will show you how to remote access your scanner over the network be it via LAN or via internet . This setup runs on ubuntu and i will be using ssh to remote access the scanner. So here's how you do it :

Step 1 : You first need to setup SSH on your computer , HERE is a basic tutorial on how to set it up and how to use it.
Step 2 : Once you've set it up . You basically go to the client machine and type the following

ssh -X prash@192.168.1.10 where prash is the name of the machine which has the ssh server and the scanner attached . 192.168.1.10 is its ip address(LOCAL OR WAN depending on your setup )
Then type xsane
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Step 3 : Thats it , the scanning application would launch now , just hit the SCAN button and your done!!


Step 4 : After the image is scanned , you can now choose the save location. Hit the save button and your done!