Hardware and Software Requirements
The following minimum hardware and software is required to use the Network Scanner Tool.
• Microsoft Windows 98, Millennium, NT 4.0 with SP6, 2000, and XP
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or above
• Pentium II 300 MHz or above
• 64 MB RAM
• 80 MB available hard disk space
• SVGA display
• TCP/IP networking installed (WinSock2 must be installed on all platforms)
• Ethernet card
• 10Base or 100Base compatible Ethernet
Network Scanner Tool Setup
After installation, the Network Scanner Tool setup wizard automatically starts and scans your
network to detect Sharp multifunction scanners. The configuration utility provides default
destination identification and image-processing commands, which may be modified or
expanded. Once specified, these definitions are stored in your scanner’s Desktop Destination
Profile web page.
SETTING DESCRIPTION
Profile Name A name that appears on the scanner’s front panel that refers to the rest of
the settings in the destination profile. You typically select a profile by
name before scanning a document.
IP Address or
Desktop Host
Name
This IP address or desktop host name is used to identify your computer
that’s running the Network Scanner Tool.
Desktop Port
Number
This number is used to contact the Network Scanner Tool on your
computer. The default is 5133. If you change this number in the web page,
be sure to also make the change in each computer’s Network Scanner
Tool configuration that will receive scans from the scanner.
Process Directory The Process Directory setting specifies the name of the currently selected
Process Definition. Process Definitions that are defined in the Network
Scanner Tool. For example, “Convert by OCR” tells the Network Scanner
Tool to execute the “Convert by OCR” process when a scanned image
arrives. Refer to the Process Definition Tab discussion below for more
information.
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