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I have a HP printer and would like to scan to a network folder that I can access on multiple computers in the network. On the HP Embedded Web Server (which you can open by typing the printers' IPv4 address in your internet browser), you can set a destination folder to scan to. It asks for the network path of a folder in the format \\mypc\sharedfolder (Windows pc with this folder). Scanned pages are stored in this folder, that can be accessed on the Windows computer.

Now I would like to access the same folder on a Mac computer in the network. I do not know to which server I can connect? Could it be something of the form smb://<printer IPv4 address>/<foldername>?

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Use this syntax smb://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx replace Xs with the IPv4 or the hostname. Then once you connect you will be prompted to select the share.

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  • If I want to connect to smb://xxx.xxx.xx.xxx (the IPv4 address I found after printing the network settings of the printer, note that it consists of 11 numbers instead of 12), I obtain "Connection failed - There was an error connecting to the server "xxx.xxx.xx.xxx". Check the server name or IP address, and then try again. - If you are unable to resolte the problem contact your system administrator."
    – Karlo
    Commented Aug 3, 2016 at 14:59
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    you need to use the Windows PC ip or name, not the printer.
    – sebastienvg
    Commented Aug 3, 2016 at 15:01
  • I see. So now I need to find the IPv4 address of the golder on the Windows computer. It is D:\Folder but I have difficulties to find its IPv4 address using the Terminal.
    – Karlo
    Commented Aug 3, 2016 at 15:10
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    ipconfig -all
    – sebastienvg
    Commented Aug 3, 2016 at 15:11

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