Using Ricoh Aficio 1515MF as a scanner

I am gonna install this Scanrouter V2 Lite :
I want a user to scan a document from RICOH and save it in the network for instance as PDF and then he can grab it from his workstation( windows XP) and open it.

<<enables network communication between ricoh and computer. >>
how to do that?

I already installed smart device monitor for client
but in select server type, whatever I select I can't connect to it.

<<Have you installed printer driver for the ricoh on that computer?>>
Yes

<<You have to add smartdevice port (printer propertios-add port- new port- smartdevice port- then search. The IP address of 1515 shoud be displayed.>>

This part is done too

No firewall is enabled.
 

The 1515 only supports Scanrouter, TWAIN,  or scan to email.
Smartdevice monitor is nothing to do with scanning, it is just a printer port monitor.

Scanrouter Lite is no longer supported by Ricoh , it will not work with newer versions of windows (Vista or server 2003+), it is no longer available for download.

Installing Scanrouter is not a trivial task.
It needs to be installed on a computer that is on all of the time (whenever you need to scan). it cannot be a domain controller, it cannot be an email server, and you cannot use remote desktop at the same time, or it will crash.
Once installed, you need to associate it with the scanner, using the "add I/O device" option in the server menu, and then set up destinations which will appear on the copier.
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wyliecoyoteuk:

I have installed ScanRouter V2 Administration utility in the Print server where the Ricoh print drivers are installed.
<<<Once installed, you need to associate it with the scanner, using the "add I/O device" option in the server menu>>>
when I run the Scanrouter if prompts me to type the server, when I type either the name of the server or the IP it says "the specified name or Ip is not valid"
did you say that I need to go to the console of the server in order to run the ScanRouter? if I use RDP to remote to the server and run ScanRouter it won't work??

wyliecoyoteuk is right - especialy about smartdevice monitor.
Location of instructions in user manual:
page 293-295 options (outline) of network scaning
page 296-305 device setup as scanner
page 306-323 software installation (with list of supported OSes)
page 321-336 sending scans as email
page 337-350 using network delivery
page 351-355 network twain scanner

if you use remote desktop it will disable scanrouter, this is because they use the same dcom port.

When running the scanrouter admin, it will connect by default to localhost, with no password.

I have read and applied what is in user guide, but it is not working

but the scanrouter server will need to be run under the same username and password that was used to install it, unless you install it as a service.

Am I using wrong scanrouter admin ?
I have downloaded ScanRouter V2 Administration utility

And yes, RDP will not work.

Scanrouter Lite is the only free one.

Scanrouter is an added cost option, which requires a license, scanrouter lite is free, but no longer supported.

<<Scanrouter Lite is the only free one.>>

Do you have a link?

Scanrouter lite is no longer available for download, it has been discontinued and is no longer supported.

so how am I going to set up the Ricoh to scan and store documents in the network?

Unless you can install the software from the disks that came with it, obtain the Scanrouter lite software from somewhere else, or set it up to scan to email, you can't.
End of story, sorry.

Note, the Scanrouter  V2 administration utility is not the full package, it is just a remote control management tool for Scanrouter server V2.
You need to install Scanrouter Lite Server V2 to enable network scanning on these older Ricoh MFDs

Link of ScanRouter V2 Lite 2.0.6.0

http://www.nrgcss.com/drivers/Page4.asp?Brand=ntec&Vw=&Fltr=0&Ky=339190727&Usr=&Cat=3&Mdl=206&Utid=118

Nashuatec, NRG, Ricoh, Afficio - they all have the same products under different names.

Interesting, the  official Ricoh website no longer has a download link.

I have downloaded it from here:
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:3iKA8BCD_w4J:www.metrosales.com/servicedept/ScanRouterV2/Install_ScanRouterV2.ppt+download+Scanrouter+Lite+Server+V2&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

Now when I open the console of ScanRouter, I see :
Delivery Server
Local Host
Delivery table
Destination
Sender
etc...

What do I need to do next so that when I scan a document from RICOH I will be able to save the document in the network???

OK , I added the I/O device, I might need to do something at the print device(scanner)

Under Scan Settings, there is no option to enter the IP address of the server.

In  the error logs at the ScanRouter Admin utility console, I see a lot of logs saying:
"Launching of the scanner driver failed"
But when I look at the windows services, I see ScanRouterDriverV2 started.

It may be under system settings> file transfer> delivery server.
Not sure if it picks it up automatically or not, the later models do, not sure of the 1515, it one of the last to use scanrouter, so it might.
Check under the scanrouter admin server menu that services are running. If you can see "resume services" they aren't.

There can be various issues that cause that error.

Using RDP, (VNC works ok without causing Scanrouter to stop working)
Windows firewall blocking port 3670.
Server 2003 R2 policies blocking unsigned packets
Specifying a username without a password, or without admin rights.

I did point out above that Scanrouter will not work with Server 2003 (actually, it will, just not Server 2003 R2).
It was built for windows 2000, and not updated after XP.
Are you running it as a service? if so the username and password for the service will need admin rights.

It would be far easier to use scan to email, rather than struggle on with a deprecated peice of software.

when I open Scanrouter, it rpompt me for password but when I click OK it will let me in.

Now I am running Dds Scheduler Deamon and ScanRouterDriverV2 services under Domain admin account.
I don't see any error in the logs. But when I open Server information, the status is Services Suspended.
When I check the services they show started.
It's confusing....

I believe the problem is in the Services suspended in the Scanrouter, even when I click Start Delivery Services, it shows that the services suspended.

wyliecoyoteuk:

I know you have been working too hard on this.
I am gonna reward points and close this question.
I want to open a new question regarding how to send a scanned file to email server from Ricoh 1515. If this works that would be great.