Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

[taltmeyer]

Hi,

some years ago i got a Ricoh 1224C for nothing and took it in storage. The fuser unit was out of order.
Recently i cleaned out my storage and got a new fuser for this machine and it works again,
with some few problems regarding the magenta developer unit, a very slight image skew and
a smear problem in the duplex unit.

I am able to print over my LAN connection, but i was not able to scan over the network.

It seems that there is no working twain driver for Windows 7 x64, and no substitute for that old
scanrouter software wich won't work on Windows 7. The newer "Globalscan" software from
Ricoh seems to be unable to recognize that old machine.

Now my questions:

Is there a third party software for this machine to enable Windows 7 to scan over
the network or do i have to install a SMTP-Server somewhere in my network and then using the scan
to mail option?
Can i possibly scan to the internal harddisk of this machine and use FTP to get the image?
Did i have overlooked some simple solution?
Is there a simple solution with Windows 7?

Regards,

Thomas Altmeyer

[sandmanmac]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

The answers to your 4 questions are:
No
No
No
and, No

[morgansterne]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

If you got the 1224c for nothing, you still paid too much! These are Ricoh's worst boxes of the past twenty years.

I'm surprised that scanrouter doesn't work on windows 7. I used to install scanrouter all the time in the early 2000's and I have some customers still using it (or at least they have a delivery server IP entered in the appropriate spot in the machine).

I guess your best solution would be to buy a separate little machine for scanning, getting an old windows 95 computer would be more work than it's worth.

[vargue]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

wow. you are talking about the worst machine in ricoh's production. like ancient Egyptian machines ha ha.

[slimslob]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

wow. you are talking about the worst machine in ricoh's production. like ancient Egyptian machines ha ha.

Actually it is considered a dinosaur.

[Brianneoe]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

I had a customer a while back who needed to upload off the doc server to their PC. We used this option. Look on the controller side of the machine and see if there is a board in the slot that the wireless option would go in. Check these values also

SP No.	Value	SP No.	Value	SP No	Value
5-836-01	0(seeNOTE)	5-836-74	3	5-836-83	1
5-836-02	0	5-836-75	0	5-836-84	0
5-836-71	3	5-836-76	0	5-836-85	1
5-836-72	0	5-836-81	0	5-836-86	2
[IMG]file:///page550image39648[/IMG] 5-836-73	0	5-836-82	1	5-836-91	50

NOTE:






1.5.1 PURPOSE OF THE FILE FORMAT CONVERTER (MLB)
In previous models (such as B003 or B022 Series), DeskTopBinder V2 couldretrieve copy and print jobs from the document server and convert them to a TIFFformat. However, this software-based conversion was slow for many users.
So, for this machine, this conversion has been made hardware-based, using theoptional File Format Converter. Without the File Format Converter, copy and printjobs cannot be downloaded to a PC (or e-Cabinet) from the document server.
Two common target formats are provided for conversion to files that can beselected by the SP modes: JPEG, and TIFF.
In scanner mode, users can select file format from TIFF, JPEG, or PDF. The timeto create TIFF and JPEG files will be shortened with the File Format Converter,especially for high resolution scanning and large image size. When the customerselects PDF, the machine creates a TIFF or JPEG file from the scanned image firstthen converts it to PDF. So, the total time to create a PDF is also shortened withthe File Format Converter.
The sRGB color space can be selected in color scanning mode. The color-scanneddata (RGB data) are converted to sRGB color space using the File FormatConverter.

[taltmeyer]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

Hi,

i didn't know (when i aquired that machine) that it was considered "a dinosaur", "ancient egyptian machine", "Ricoh's worst machine" or in another
german forum "Pandoras Box". The worst machine i've seen so far was the Canon CLC200/300 series and some ancient Konica machines....

Anyway, i was able to solve my scan problem. I installed an SMPT Server and got that machine an account there so it can mail the scans.
The configuration of the server (especially forwarding the mails to another IMAP box) was a little bit tricky.

My magenta development problem was the backside gear not engaging properly, resettling the developer unit solved that problem.

The smear problem in the duplex unit was an unidentifyable piece of crap in the paper pathway and the slight image skew seems
to be a problem with the paper registration roller in the magazin.

to Brianneoe:

I'll check this out, a file format converter is installed in the machine.

Does someone have documentation about that small maintenance shell wich is reachable with a telnet-command to the machine?

Regards,
Thomas Altmeyer

I thinke there may be some commands wich a excluded in the internal help file of it... ?!?

[taltmeyer]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

Hi,

i didn't know (when i aquired that machine) that it was considered "a dinosaur", "ancient egyptian machine", "Ricoh's worst machine" or in another
german forum "Pandoras Box". The worst machine i've seen so far was the Canon CLC200/300 series and some ancient Konica machines....


Anyway, i was able to solve my scan problem. I installed an SMPT Server and got that machine an account there so it can mail the scans.
The configuration of the server (especially forwarding the mails to another IMAP box) was a little bit tricky.


My magenta development problem was the backside gear not engaging properly, resettling the developer unit solved that problem.


The smear problem in the duplex unit was an unidentifyable piece of crap in the paper pathway and the slight image skew seems
to be a problem with the paper registration roller in the magazin.

to Brianneoe: I'll check this out, a file format converter is installed in the machine.

Does someone have documentation about that small maintenance shell wich is reachable with a telnet-command to the machine?
I think there may be some commands wich are excluded in the internal help file of it... ?!?

Regards,

Thomas Altmeyer

[slimslob]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

Hi,

i didn't know (when i aquired that machine) that it was considered "a dinosaur", "ancient egyptian machine", "Ricoh's worst machine" or in another
german forum "Pandoras Box". The worst machine i've seen so far was the Canon CLC200/300 series and some ancient Konica machines....


Anyway, i was able to solve my scan problem. I installed an SMPT Server and got that machine an account there so it can mail the scans.
The configuration of the server (especially forwarding the mails to another IMAP box) was a little bit tricky.


My magenta development problem was the backside gear not engaging properly, resettling the developer unit solved that problem.


The smear problem in the duplex unit was an unidentifyable piece of crap in the paper pathway and the slight image skew seems
to be a problem with the paper registration roller in the magazin.

to Brianneoe: I'll check this out, a file format converter is installed in the machine.

Does someone have documentation about that small maintenance shell wich is reachable with a telnet-command to the machine?
I think there may be some commands wich are excluded in the internal help file of it... ?!?

Regards,

Thomas Altmeyer

Good luck when the machine crashes a HDD and you can't get a replacement.

[Oze]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

[QUOTE=Brianneoe;733689]I had a customer a while back who needed to upload off the doc server to their PC. We used this option. Look on the controller side of the machine and see if there is a board in the slot that the wireless option would go in."
You CLEARLY don't realise that this model of machine was around BEFORE wireless was invented

[jonhiker]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

I didn't think that any parts or supplies are even available for this darn box.

[sturmtrooper]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

Good luck when the machine crashes a HDD and you can't get a replacement.

Did it use a special interface or was it just a regular 40gb IDE hard drive? I did see a bulletin for the machine that Ricoh had started (and no longer) makes a "special" HDD that is 80gb but only reports as 40gb. Likely just through partitioning.

[slimslob]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

Did it use a special interface or was it just a regular 40gb IDE hard drive? I did see a bulletin for the machine that Ricoh had started (and no longer) makes a "special" HDD that is 80gb but only reports as 40gb. Likely just through partitioning.

As I remember it is 2 drives operating in parallel. They had a special formatting that installed coding that identified whether it was drive A or drive B. Due to the parallel operation, they had to be replaced as a set. Due to the special coding they had to come from Ricoh as a set.

[taltmeyer]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

Hi,

the harddisk in my machine is an IBM Deskstar with 40GB and a Jumpersetting for 16 Heads.
This harddisk was installed in many Windows2000-Pentium 3 Desktop Systems,
there is nothing unusual about it.
I opened the controllerboard because I had problem with the FAX module, all Video data was garbage.
The connector to the controller board was the culprit.
Afterwards i was promptly rewarded with the machine throwing a SC672 on me, i forgot to
reconnect power to the harddisk.....

Regards,
Thomas Altmeyer

[anothertech]

Re: Ricoh 1224C Network scanning question

As I remember it is 2 drives operating in parallel. They had a special formatting that installed coding that identified whether it was drive A or drive B. Due to the parallel operation, they had to be replaced as a set. Due to the special coding they had to come from Ricoh as a set.

Ricoh told me in MPC6000 training that we had to replace the drives as a set from Ricoh, that turned out to not be the case. We always put in whatever we had around, as long as both drives were the same size and model.

I don't know if all Ricoh models are the same.