Scanning to SMB error

I have the same problem from OS Lion. I thought this problem was gone with Mavericks.

Many of us need a solution for this.

I found the solution. You must use the smb port 445. In your screenshot I see a space to do so. Tested and working on Samsung copiers.

I hope I have helped you.

hi.

why dont you switch on your ftp scanning ( sudo -s launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist ) in your terminal window. Go to your home folder, add a Scans folder . Go to your copier and setup a ftp scan instead of a smb scan. This would be a xerox E.g

At copier address book, input....

1 - FTP

2 - your I.P address

3 - Share name - which is Scans

4 your login

5 Your password

@ Roger

your server would be - 192.168.1.123

port 445 / 443

network path - Scans

if you have maverick, go Ftp , much easier...

FTP is much less secure. Your password is sent in unencrypted text as I understand it. When Apple went to 10.7 they abandoned the standard SMB so scanning was not working with SMB and the easiest workaround was FTP. However, now that they have brought back compatible SMB in Mavericks it seems foolish to use FTP.

Message was edited by: GBH

I'm having the same problem with my Xerox WorkCentre 6605DN. I think it depends on the brand of printer / scanner. No matter what I do, I can not get my WorkCentre to connect to the SMB share (os 10.9). However, works flawlessly with a windows installation.

Hi BehSik,

I am getting mad with this issue. I have the 6505 and have the same problem, no way to scan to my shared folder on my mac.

Did you find a sollution so far?

The overall issue of multi-function-printers not being able to scan to an SMB share on a Mac server relates to when Apple switched to using their own SMB software called SMBx instead of the previously used open-source Samba software.

This change was caused by the Samba project moving to a GPL3 type license which Apple felt they could not agree to. Apple made the switch when they released Lion aka. OS X 10.7. Prior to that Apple had stuck with an older version of Samba under the GPL2 license but had fallen further and further behind the current Samba versions as a result.

With SMBx Apple wrote their own solution from scratch and was able to add new features like compatibility with SMB2 which newer versions of Samba are also compatible with. However Apple did also fail to implement some other features. One of these was the ability to act as an NT style Primary Domain Controller (PDC) or even a Backup Domain Controller, and similar older less secure types of Window authentication also got lost. It is these losses that caused most of the compaibility problems with MFP scanner type devices although the SMB2 vs. SMB1 difference has also had some impact.

Apple has gradually improved things but overall the situation remains unchanged even with Mavericks, however it is also the case that makers of MFP devices have now been aware of this situation for some time and some of them have issued new firmware to get round these issues.

Therefore you should see if there are any new firmware updates for your MFP that may help or the only other options are as follows -

1. Use a different protocol, some MFPs support FTP and/or email as options and yes particularly with FTP there are security concerns
2. or use a different server for the SMB share, this could even by a virtual machine (running on a Mac) using a shared folder on the Mac and then serving it via Samba or of course you could use a 'real' Windows server
3. or you could look at installing yourself the Samba software on the Mac and 'replacing' Apple's SMBx software, see SMBup at http://eduo.info/apps/smbup