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Creating a Personal Space in the Advanced Box (Open to Public by WebDAV)

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Advanced Box is a storage for sharing information. You can store scanned documents in the Advanced Box of this machine and view the file from a computer, enabling a paperless communication.

  • Benefits from Using the Advanced Box
  • Allowing/restricting the use of data according to its content

There are two types of storage in the Advanced Box: the Shared Space and the Personal Space. The files stored in the latter can be kept confidential by restricting access.

  • Document management using generic data formats

Also, not only can you scan the document with this machine and store it in a file format; such as PDF, JPEG, and TIFF, but you can also print the stored file on this machine at any time with your desired print setting.

  • Linking data with computers

By accessing the Advanced Box from a computer, you can store files inside the Advanced Box and inside the computer back and forth.

  • Opening the Advanced Box to the Public

The following two methods are available.

Type Feature
By SMB You can open the Advanced Box on the machine to public by using the shared file system of the SMB protocol.
By WebDAV You can open the Advanced Box on the machine to public by using the file management system on the Web server. If you are using the imagePASS, you must use WebDAV when opening the Advanced Box to public.

Required Condition
  • Network settings are set.
  • The user is registered.

This section describes how to create a personal space on the Advanced Box. Since only the logged in user can access the personal space, this is best suited for storing files with high confidentiality.

The screen may differ, depending on the version of your operating system.

Follow the procedures below.

Registering User Information

Specifying the Settings to Open by WebDAV

Creating a Personal Space

Accessing the Advanced Box from a Computer


Registering User Information

Register the information of the user that will use the personal space.


  1. Start the Remote UI → enter the following URL on the Web browser → click [Administrator Login].

http://<IP address of this machine>/


  1. Click [User Access Control for Advanced Box] from the application on the portal screen.


  1. Enter the user name and password → click [Log In].

The default setting for user name is 'Administrator' and the password is 'password'.

The [User Management] page is displayed.


  1. Click [Add User].


  1. Enter each item → click [Add].

The new user information is registered.

For information on registering/editing user information, see "Security."


Specifying the Settings to Open by WebDAV

Specify the personal space settings from the control panel of the machine.


  1. Follow the procedures below to set [Use WebDAV Server] to 'On'.

Press (Settings/Registration) → [Preferences] → [Network] → [TCP/IP Settings] → [Use WebDAV Server].

Select [On] → press [OK].


  1. Follow the procedures below to open the Advanced Box to public by WebDAV.

Press (Settings/Registration) → [Function Settings] → [Store/Access Files] → [Advanced Box Settings] → [Open to Public].

Select [By WebDAV] → press [OK].


  1. Follow the procedures below to set [Authentication Management] to 'On'.

Press (Settings/Registration) → [Function Settings] → [Store/Access Files] → [Advanced Box Settings] → [Authentication Management].

Select [On] → press [OK].


  1. Follow the procedures below to set [Authentication Management] of the WebDAV Server settings to [Basic].

Press (Settings/Registration) → [Function Settings] → [Store/Access Files] → [Advanced Box Settings] → [WebDAV Server Settings].

Select [Basic] → press [OK].


  1. Follow the procedures below to check whether writing from external is prohibited.

Press (Settings/Registration) → [Function Settings] → [Store/Access Files] → [Advanced Box Settings] → [Prohibit Writing from External].

Select [Off] → press [OK].


Creating a Personal Space


  1. Follow the procedures below to allow personal space to be created in the Advanced Box.

Press (Settings/Registration) → [Function Settings] → [Store/Access Files] → [Advanced Box Settings] → [Allow to Create Personal Space].

Select [On] → press [OK].


  1. Press [Scan and Store] or [Access Stored Files] on the Main Menu screen → press [Advanced Box].

The Log In screen is displayed.


  1. Enter the user name and password that were set in step 5 in "Registering User Information" → press [OK].


  1. Press [Edit Personal Space].


  1. Select [Create Personal Space] → press [OK].

A personal space is created in the Advanced Box.


Accessing the Advanced Box from a Computer


  1. Double-click [My Network Places] → click [Add a network place] → [Next] → [Next] → enter the following path under <Internet or network address:>. (case sensitive)

http://<IP address of this machine>/users

To access the shared space, enter the following:

http://<IP address of this machine>/share


  1. Enter the user name and password that were set in step 5 in "Registering User Information" → click [OK].

If you successfully log in, you can access the personal space in the Advanced Box.


Reference Information
  • Registering Shortcuts

By registering the personal space as a shortcut on your computer, you can use it as a scan folder.

  • Creating a Folder

You can create folders in the personal space and organize files.

  • Accessing by SSL

To encrypt the information when accessing the Advanced Box, press (Settings/Registration) → [Function Settings] → [Store/Access Files] → [Advanced Box Settings] → [WebDAV Server Settings ] → [Use SSL] → [On]. If the SSL is valid, enter the following URL to access the machine.

http://<IP address of this machine>/users


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