Can I network without having a network

[Gunpowder]

Just bought a Kyrocera Mita KM-1815 Printer/Copier/scanner. It works great connected via a USB port.

I am not on a network and the scanner option is scan to e-mail (requiring a network to use this option), not scan to PC. so I can not access this option as I am not on a network.

I am wondering if there is a way to connect this copier to my PC and use my internet connection to send docs. via e-mail without buying a router, etc. and creating a network.

It is a small non-profit office (one PC/one employee) with little need for a network and I have little time to mess with maintaining a network for only one PC I guess I could use a second computer to backup my data to its harddrive though. Might be easier than buring disk via retrospect.

I guess my question is how little do I have to do to get access to this option as I hate to create a network when I only have 1 PC in the office

Dell 2 GIG desktop
XP Home
Dial up 56K with no access to high speed internet (rural)
no network card installed.
Oh ya... one phone line !!!

 

[Treamayne]

Have you thought of simply trying some different scanner software. Get Adobe (or Corel or whatever), and it should recognize the scanner and make use of it exactly how you need.

-K-

 

[AVB]

A quick work-around which I'm sure you thought of already is to scan the document to a file and then just attach that file to your email. Not as pretty but should be effective. I've never seen a unit that limits functionality the way you described.

Does the Kyrocera have a network port on it besides the USB port? If it does there may be a cheap workaround but you'll need a network card in the PC you want to hook it up to. If there are a few people close by you can even get them the ability to print to this thing cheaply too. PM me with your phone number and I'll give you the details.

 

[Gunpowder]

A quick work-around which I'm sure you thought of already is to scan the document to a file and then just attach that file to your email. Not as pretty but should be effective. I've never seen a unit that limits functionality the way you described.

Does the Kyrocera have a network port on it besides the USB port? If it does there may be a cheap workaround but you'll need a network card in the PC you want to hook it up to. If there are a few people close by you can even get them the ability to print to this thing cheaply too. PM me with your phone number and I'll give you the details.

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I am hooked via USB but Yes it has a network port and the scanner only works through that port. :angry2:

It is a digital copier with a color scan-to-e-mail option and must be connected to a network as it sends the pdf scanned doc. directly to an e-mail address (kinda replacing the need of a fax). It will not send it to the PC (Scan to PC) like some other digital copiers costing much more.

It has an onboard menu to program SMTP settings and the e-mail address and has up to 8 programmable e-mail addys.

I already have a flatbed scanner and was hoping to trash it in favore of this method but I would hate to make my PC a server just so I could use this scanner option.

My brother said a crossover network cable might trick it into sending it to me but it is designed to connect to a mail server over a "LAN".

Gotta go...working a ball game tonight.

 

[AVB]

OK, if it says specificly that it has to hook into a mail server then I can't help with that. I don't know if it could be fooled into sending to an email address by your dial up connection or not. I've never had to use XP home so I don't know what limitations there are on it. I'd almost bet I could make it work with XP pro though.