Canon ir 3200 printer scanner: two issues

Question

I have MacBook Pro running OSX 10.5.4. Some issues have shown up when interfacing with Canon color imagerunner C3200, connected through IP.
Problem 1: showed up when I installed Leopard about 3 months ago. The Canon C3200 is a color copier that can print and scan. When scanning, it pushes the file to a folder. I used to be able to scan to my Mac. Once I upgraded, the Canon could no longer scan to my computer. It scans fine to the PCs in house. I have installed all updates (Leopard, Canon, drivers, etc). No luck.
I tried a WIDE variety of pathnames and sharing privileges, but have been unsuccessful since the upgrade in using the scan feature. Anybody run into this?
Problem 2: started last week. I cannot print in color to the Canon IR C3200 - my documents come out in black and white. I have removed the printer, re-installed it, updated drivers, etc. I can print in color to other printers, just not the Canon.

Answer 1

Hi there,
The configuration of SMB sharing on Leopard has changed compared to Tiger. To enable SMB access on Mac OS X 10.5, perform the following steps.
1. Navigate to System Preferences > Sharing
2. Enable File Sharing
3. Select Options
4. Enable 'Share files and folders using SMB'
5. In the Accounts window, select the Account you will use to authenticate to the Mac. You will be prompted to authenticate as the Mac administrator.
6. Click Done
7. Ensure the folder you are scanning to is in the Shared Folders list and that the account you choose in Step 5 has Read & Write privileges to the folder.
Then on the iRC3200, check the following.
For the Host Name, the entry should read \\macbookpronameaccountname. Also, instead of using the 'macbookpro_name', you could use the MBP's ip address.
Note that the 'account_name' is the short name for the home folder where the scans folder (the folder you want to scan to) resides.
Then for the directory path, the file path syntax requires a leading back-slash ( \ ) and any additional sub-folders also require another back-slash as a separator. For example, \Desktop\Scans
So, for example, if the MBP was named 'Battlestar', the user home folder was 'Galactica' and the scans folder was 'Adama' located on the Desktop, then the syntax in the iRC3200 address book needs to be entered as follows:
Address Name: +Any name you want - this is just a label+
Select the Windows (SMB) protocol
Host Name: \\Battlestar\Galactica
File path: \Desktop\Adama
Username: The account name you enabled in the Mac sharing
Password: The password for the account above
Re the B&W printing, if you are using the iRC3200 PPD or Generic PostScript, rather than the PS v1.81 driver, then check the copier Color Mode setting. This is located in Additional Functions > Printer Settings > Settings > Color Mode. Ensure this is set to Auto.
HTH
PaHu