MacOS – How to scan from the HP-1610 (all in one) networked printer/scanner (Lion)

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I have an HP-1610 all in one. It's hooked up to my TimeCapsule as a networked printer. Networked-printing works. I'm on Lion (latest; 10.7.3 as of this writing.) I'd like to scan a sheet from my printer and get it onto my desktop (or wherever.)

I tried opening Preview.app and Import From Scanner -> Include networked devices, but the scanner never shows up in the popup menu.

I tried "Share scanner" in sharing preferences.

Oddly, in Print & Scan preferences, there is no "scan" option. I think that's the bit I'm missing.

Hints?

Thanks!

EDIT: In Print & Scan prefs, my instance of the printer for when it's hard-wired has Print/Scan tabs but, for the networked one (the same printer appears in the list 2x), there is no Scan, only Print. Same thing when I open the print queues.

Best Answer

Use Image Capture (Applications>Image Capture). Select the printer from the sidebar: image capture

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