Overview of the Network TWAIN Scanner

This section describes the network TWAIN scanner function.

In the TWAIN scanner mode, you can share this machine among multiple computers. Therefore, you don't have to prepare a special computer for scanner or reconnect the scanner and each computer every time you need to use it.

Illustration of Network TWAIN Scanner

This Machine
Scans an original after receiving a scan instruction from a client computer, and then sends the scan file over the network to the client computer.
Client Computer
Specifies the scanner settings and controls the scanner using an application, such as DeskTopBinder Lite, that supports the network TWAIN scanner. Receives the files scanned by the machine and displays them using an application that supports the network TWAIN scanner.
- When using the machine as a network TWAIN scanner, you do not need to press the [Scanner] key on the machine's control panel. The screen switches automatically when you scan an original from a client computer using the TWAIN driver.