Bluetooth question

I dont think so. If you wan the best experience, just plug it in via the USB port. Scanning over bluetooth prob wouldnt work to well.

 

I doubt bluetooth will work. You'll want something like the airport express that gives you a wirelessly usb port over Airport Extreme. Have you tried plugging it in and seeing what happens? It'd be quite cool if it worked.

 

I don't know of such an adaptor, and even if there was one... This machine is for your grandma? You don't want the headaches from some funky adaptor not working all the time.

Maybe if there was an all-in-one printer / scanner / etc that was bluetooth... but personally, I'd do USB.

 

I would say that this is definitely your best bet; I know they're starting to make Bluetooth printers, so this wouldn't be a big stretch.

 

network scanner

They do make network scanners. I'm not sure if they make cheap ones.

I've seen them work in different ways. Sometimes you run a special application on your desktop that interacts with the scanner over the network. Another way is to have the scanner just dump the image to a predefined network location.

 

tried this myself many moons ago and guess what .... it don't work

printers only on APX

 

Good Luck.

a) I can't see BT being fast enough for a scanner connection.

b) My HP PSC1350 refuses to scan (or even be seen as a scanner) even when connected with USB2.0, although it'll print happily by Airport and copy without a problem.

I've had 3 scanners in my life and I think I only ever managed to get each of them to scan once!

*resolves to tackle this problem tonight, again*