scan to mac

[luis8832]

I have a km-3050 at a customers account, set up scan and print on all pc's. Come to realize one person has a mac, i know they have print drivers for the unit. Does anyone know if scanning to the mac from this unit is possible?

[TheOwl]

Re: scan to mac

You can use SMB or FTP for scanning to the Mac.

Just make sure that the protocol is enabled from Apple - System Preferences - Sharing. You will then be able to enable the protocol that you want.

I have had the most success with FTP on Macs as it is easy to test if the FTP is working or not. Once you have enabled it, go to the terminal console and type in 'FTP localhost' with out the quotation marks. You should then be prompted for a user name and then a password. Use the credentials that you enabled for Read & Write and make sure that you can login ok.

If you can login ok on the Mac, then you should be able to get a scan from the machine to the Mac ok.

[luis8832]

Re: scan to mac

Do you use software for the ftp to mac? Which one?

[TheOwl]

Re: scan to mac

Use either or, but you don't need software for FTP or SMB on the Mac or even most versions of Windows.

Just enabling FTP on the Mac get the FTP Server running as Mac OSX is a port from Linux, everything is inbuilt so to speak. With Windows, you need to install a feature called Internet Information Services (IIS) with the FTP component.

[luis8832]

Re: scan to mac

Thanks i will try that, as i am not too familiar with macs, where do i turn on the ftp feature? Also thanks for all your help!

[TheOwl]

Re: scan to mac

If you aren't that familiar with Macs, then I would suggest that you Google "Mac OSX Enable FTP".

Apple have some good guides on how to get the job done and should show up in the Google search.

[luis8832]

Re: scan to mac

Thank you i will. Thanks for all your help! Will keep you posted as i hope to be successful 2moro.

[davida]

Re: scan to mac

Thanks i will try that, as i am not too familiar with macs, where do i turn on the ftp feature? Also thanks for all your help!

It may vary with the OS version, but usually:
Apple menu->System Preferences->Sharing
Click 'File Sharing', and make sure it's checked
Click Options button
check 'Share files and folders using FTP'
Mac FTP enable.jpg