How to tell if a scanner can be used over the network with WIA (or another network protocol)

I have been searching for an ADF scanner/multifunction device that is visible as a scanning device in "Devices and printers" and/or to Windows's "Scan and fax" (since it's WIA-based) software while connected via network. A little insight: I am developing an application which communicates with scanners via WIA API and was asked by the client for looking into possibility of using a shared network scanner - one scanner, multiple clients. The scanning needs to be started from my application running on the computer, so starting it from manufacturer software or from device's control panel and droppi

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