setup scan to network folder yosemite

[markitsmad]

Hedgert: thanks for that. I tried deleting and re-creating and it did not work unfortunately. Still getting incorrect credentials. Tried sending to \Public\Drop Box but that came up with icorrect credentials as well...

Are any of the paths case sensitive? I had assumed not.

Any other suggestions gratefully received

best wishes

Mark

[mrdavidsilva]

Mark,

What's the model number of your printer? The firmware update for the Office Jet Pro 8600 doesn't include a fix for the Yosemite scan to network feature. Only the Office Jet Pro 8600 PLUS works at this time. I'm in the same boat as you.

[jdownward]

Be sure to use TCP N.N.N.N address format & not
Name.local. Printer still does not work with the latter.

[Applesheep]

I have been frustrated since Yosemite was released with previously being able to scan to network folder in Mavericks.  Since Yosemite came out, I have been booting into windows to scan to network folder and that sucks.. here is my work around.

My Hardware:

1. Apple iMac running Yosemite 10.10.5
2. HP Officejet Pro 8500A Plus A910G connected with Wifi  static IP to Apple Airport Wifi Router
3. Airport Time Capsule 3TB (Airport Extreme will also work) running latest firmware
4. 8 GB USB Flash Drive

**Right click on pics and open in new tab for better aspect ratio/resolution, not sure why they are not showing correctly

Step 1

Connect Flash drive to USB port on back of Airport Time capsule or Airport Extreme

Step 2

In your web browser, enter IP address for printer, click on scans tab and head to Network Folder Setup (Mine is already in there)

Step 3

Display name, use whatever you want, this name will show up on the printer screen

Network Path as shown in picture \\local IP address of Airport Time Capsule\USB Flash Drive Name\specific folder name if you have one, I don't

User name: IP address again for Airport Time Capsule

Password: The password to log into your Airport Device (Refer to 1st pic in this post) as that will determine the password required to acces the Flash Drive, I have mine set to "With device password" meaning the password to log into the Airport Device

Step 4 I have no PIN Set

Step 5 

Set the default scan settings

Step 6 

Review Settings

Step 7

Worked Perfect

Had no problems with this method.

Logging into Windows through Bootcamp is annoying as I just want to stay in Mac OSX.  (and I hate Parallels for Mac) Even though I'm not scanning directly into the Mac OSX directory, I can easily open the Flash Drive connected to my Airport Time Capsule/Extreme in Finder and then easily copy or move the scanned PDF's into the correct directory.

I have also successfully scanned to a folder on the Airport Time Capsule's 3TB internal Hard Drive but prefer to scan to the USB Flash Drive, either way will work

Right Click and select "Get Info" on the folder or USB Drive to get the network path in General/ Server section but some parts will need to be removed and converted to the format in the previous pics.

Hope this helps, It surely has taken me over a year to finally be able to scan again to a Network folder without booting into Windows.

Happy Days

Cheers

Apple Sheep

[markitsmad]

Hi David:

Sorry for the delayed response.

Its a HP Officejet Pro 8600 N911g UK version - I get confused with the convaluted naming ... is that the Plus?

I am also using the IP address to identify the computer ...

I have had it working to a NAS drive but because I am lazy I really liked it scanning to the iMac's Dropbox folder.

best wishes

Mark

[markitsmad]

Thanks for the suggestion.

| am using the IP format to identify the computer.

Bit of irony - having taken two weeks to respond to the kind suggestions I was give the 'responsive' badge. 😉

thanks

Mark

[TonyAZ623]

When you are able to scan to Yosemite (not another smb enabled device) let us know.

This is not the fix I was looking for.

[net-buoy]

not a "fix" at all

[mrdavidsilva]

My solution was to buy a Scansnap ix500. Works like a charm.

[axiom-ret]

I have HP Officejet Pro 8620. So I am assuming it is futile for me to try and "fix" this. Typical HP behavior.