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Chapter 9
Chapter 9 101
Reading from and Writing to a Memory Card
Reading from and Writing to a Memory
Card
Setting up the Card Slot as the Memory Card Drive of
the Computer
The machine’s Card Slot can also be used as a memory card drive of a computer over a wireless or
wired LAN as well as over a USB connection. However, you cannot write to a memory card over a
network. To write files to a memory card, you need to connect the computer to the machine with a
USB cable.
The Card Slot must be mounted to use it over a wireless or wired LAN.
z Complete the network setup if it is not complete.
For details on the network setup procedure, refer to the Setup Guide and setup the wireless LAN
or wired LAN settings.
z If after the network setup is complete the Card Slot is not mounted, mount the Card Slot.
For details on how to mount the Card Slot, refer to “Using the Card Slot over a Network” in the
Network Guide and mount the Card Slot.
Important
z If the following occurs when using the network drive for the Card Slot over a wireless or wired
LAN, refer to “Troubles in the network setup of the Card Slot” in the Network Guide.
– Cannot access the Card Slot after the network setup of the Card Slot is complete.
– Can read the memory card in the Card Slot, but cannot write to it.
– The Card Slot is disconnected.
z When <Read/write attribute> under <Device settings> is set to <USB enabled> using the
Operation Panel of the machine, card direct printing cannot be done. After using the Card Slot as
the memory card drive of the computer, remove the memory card, then be sure to set <Read/write
attribute> to <Read-only mode>.
z You cannot access the network drive for the Card Slot over the network if the machine’s <Read/
Write attribute> is set to <USB enabled>. To enable reading from LAN connections, set <Read-
only mode>.
z If the machine is connected to a wireless or wired LAN, Card Slot can be shared by multiple
computers. Multiple computers do not have access to the Card Slot at the same time. When one
computer connected over a wireless or wired LAN is reading from the memory card data in the
Card Slot, other computers do not have access to the Card Slot at the same time.
Note
When you use the machine over the network, if the network drive icon appears in [My Computer]
(Windows) or on the desktop (Macintosh), Card Slot is already mounted.