I learned an interesting work around the other day while setting up a new copier machine in a small office that does not have an active server. There are a few work stations with different windows home versions, a basic Comcast router and a five port switch connected to that. The copier responds to DHCP well, so after plugging it into the switch / router I could access the copier from the other workstations. The fax line was simple enough, plug it in and it magically works.

Now the tricky part. The copier can connect via FTP (web servers) and SMB (windows folders). SMB needs a server environment to work. FTP works fine when linked up to the web server. So, I took the local box used for WAMP added the filezilla server (available free online), set it up as needed and voila FTP to your local IP address with the defined user name and password in the filezilla server settings. Now you can scan directly to the local shared folder.