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When sending to a shared folder on a network, see Preparation for Sending by Scan to Folder and confirm the following items for the destination computer:
Destination computer name
Destination computer's user name and password
Destination shared folder name
Depending on the operating system of the client computer, access to the shared folder may require authentication.
If the firewall of an antivirus program is active, you may not be able to specify a shared folder on the computer as a folder destination. If this is the case, see the antivirus program's Help.
If Windows firewall is active and you cannot specify a shared folder on the computer as a folder destination, the machine may be able to communicate with the computer by changing the exceptions of the Windows firewall. For details, see Windows Help.
Select [Scan to Folder].
Press [
].
Press [Manual Entry].
Press [SMB].
Press [Path].
Enter the path for the folder.
In the following example path, the shared folder name is "user" and the computer name is "desk01":
\\desk01\user
Press [Done].
Depending on the destination setting, enter the user name and password for logging in to the computer.
Press [Connection Test].
A connection test is performed to check whether the specified shared folder exists.
If the message “Connection with PC has failed. Check the settings.” appears, see "When You Cannot Send Scanned Files", Troubleshooting.
Check the connection test result, and then press [Exit].
Press [OK].
The connection test may take time.
You may not be able to press [Connection Test] right after pressing [Cancel] during a connection test.
Even if the connection test was successful, the machine may fail to transfer the file if you do not have write privileges for the file or there is not enough free hard disk space.
If the client computer has a fixed IP address assigned to it, you can specify the IP address manually by including it in the path name of the destination folder. For example, if the IP address is "192.168.1.191" and the shared folder name is "user", enter "\\192.168.1.191\user" as the path.
