RICOH 3224c NAS STORAGE

[Guest]

hello!
I have a printer RICOH 3224c working good, but I want scan to the internal storage of this printer!

Where I can manage and create forlders in internal storage of this printer?

Thanks

[Eric1968]

You can store documents in the document server of the machine. It's the button beneath the copy button. You can not create folders with this function. Don't forget to switch off the auto-delete-afer-three-days-function in the user tools.

[treks]

hello. You did not realize my question. I want to scan for the internal disk of the machine. I do not know how. I do not know how I can configure the scan to the disc. I can only scan to FTP, NAS, or e-mail. Thanks

[TonerMunkeh]

He DID realise your question. You can scan files into the document server and then use web image monitor to retrieve them. You might need a file format convertor to get them into a format your PC can read.

[treks]

I know how to use the web image monitor to see the scanned files!
I currently scan for my NAS to my FTP server and e-mail.
My problem don't is how to scan or use the web image monitor.

My printer has a HDD! This HDD works as internal NAS!
Correct?

I just want to know how I can create folders inside the internal HDD of 3224c RICOH!

Because when I know how to create folders inside the HDD on my machine I can scan for the internal disk without using other network resources!

I can access to them via Web Image Monitor!

They saw my question?
It sure is easy, as I've been reading manuals and can not find how to solve!

Thanks

[Eric1968]

You can not create folders on the HDD of your machine. You can scan documents to the HDD through the document server function. You can not use this HDD as a network storage device or something.

[treks]

You can not create folders on the HDD of your machine. You can scan documents to the HDD through the document server function. You can not use this HDD as a network storage device or something.

ok.
How do I set the "document server" function to scan for the internal HDD?

If you scan for an external HDD I have to indicate the path to the directory!

How do I specify to scan the path to the internal HDD?

When I select scan on the machine to the NAS appears to me the disk 3224C but I can not sellect there, that gives error.

Thanks

[KenB]

I can understand the frustration; the MFP does have a HDD, but it simply can't be used for storage.

There are some MFPs on the market that do work this way - where the HDD is seen as an SMB share, but Ricoh does not do that on any model.

The best recommendation I can see is to simply designate one PC on the network to accept the scans, and then share that folder and its subfolders across the network.

As far as using the Document Server, you will need the Media Link Board (or File Format Converter Board - same thing) to pull the scans into a PC in .tif or .pdf format. Another drawback to using this method is that the machine can only store 100 files, regardless of how small they may be.

[KenB]

When I select scan on the machine to the NAS appears to me the disk 3224C but I can not sellect there, that gives error.

You see the 3224C on the network because the printing function is available as an SMB share - you're not actually seeing any sort of HDD - that's why the error results.

[ApeosMan]

A lot of manufacturers prevent you from sharing out an MFD's HDD for security reasons. Though I have seen a Toshiba have part of it's HDD shared on a network once, don't ask me how it was done.

Most MFD's will only allow you to create an internal mailbox/user box and then either retrieve the documents via a TWAIN scan driver or the MFD's web page.

[KenB]

Just imagine the potential chaos if the HDD of an MFP was a wide open share - now you have the potential of viruses being stored on the MFP!

Not only would the viruses have a place to breed, but you would have no way to added any sort of anti-virus protection.

The last thing an MFP manufacturer would want to be known as would be a purveyor of viruses - imagine the potential lawsuits. No, thank you!

[teebee1234]

The files stored in the Document Server are in a proprietary format. You can print them from WIM but if you wanted to export them you would need to add a file format converter. The HDD is partitoned for different functions and cannot be changed. As everyone has stated, you cannot "explore" it or create a path to/from it.

[Shadow1]

Just imagine the potential chaos if the HDD of an MFP was a wide open share

I have to take issue with that - I'm tired of fighting with Windows while trying to configure Scan to Folder, or IT directors who have the system locked down tighter than a Joan Rivers' Facelift, or IT directors who have no clue what SMTP authentication is let alone have a password for you.

I'd like to see Ricoh allow scanning to a READ ONLY folder on a SMB share on the machine's HDD. Firmware on all Ricoh's current models is NetBSD based, so viruses are just about nonexistant, and wouldn't be a problem on a read only partition anyway.

[ApeosMan]

I have to take issue with that - I'm tired of fighting with Windows while trying to configure Scan to Folder, or IT directors who have the system locked down tighter than a Joan Rivers' Facelift, or IT directors who have no clue what SMTP authentication is let alone have a password for you.

I'd like to see Ricoh allow scanning to a READ ONLY folder on a SMB share on the machine's HDD. Firmware on all Ricoh's current models is NetBSD based, so viruses are just about nonexistant, and wouldn't be a problem on a read only partition anyway.

Yes I've often wondered this myself, I'm sure some MFD manufactures have thought hard about this as well, but may have come to the conclusion that it's still a possible security hazard. But really when you think about it MFD's could be security hazards anyway, anybody who's got access to one and wants to intercept/snoop data on an MFD or printer can possibly do so I imagine, if they know what they're doing. The manufacturers these days are now very serious about the security of their boxes.

A NAS SMB storage facility would be perfect in peer to peer workgroup networks where there is no internal mail server and no proper network file share.

[Eric1968]

ok.
How do I set the "document server" function to scan for the internal HDD?

If you scan for an external HDD I have to indicate the path to the directory!

How do I specify to scan the path to the internal HDD?

When I select scan on the machine to the NAS appears to me the disk 3224C but I can not sellect there, that gives error.

Thanks

The document server is the button beneath the copy button. When you feed originals just press <Scan>, and press <Start>. That's it. You can not specify where on the HDD the scan will be stored and in what format. It's a very limited function. And please forget about using the HDD as a network share or network storage. That simply isn't possible.