Differences in Library Formats

Folder Restrictions

Folders That Cannot Be Used as a Library

Personal Library

Folders on a drive other than a hard disk or network drive of the computer that you are using

Windows folders (such as "C:\Windows")

Folders for which you do not have read, write, and delete permissions (Windows)

Folders already configured as a library

Folders in directories above or below the following libraries

Personal Libraries

DM Data Libraries

Folders with the system attribute set

Folders with the hidden file attribute set

Network Library

Folders on a drive other than a hard disk or network drive of the computer that you are using

Windows folders (such as "C:\Windows")

Folders for which you do not have write permissions (Windows)

Folders already configured as a library

Folders in directories above or below the following libraries

DM Data Libraries

Folders with the system attribute set

Folder with the hidden file attribute set (however, registration is possible if the directory attribute is set)

Prohibited Characters/Names

Personal Library	\ / : * ? " < > \| , Control codes and periods at the beginning/end The following folder names cannot be used. "Recycle Bin", "$Recycler.DT", "dt.iwu", "dt.iwn", "NUL", "CON", "PRN", "AUX", "COM1", "COM2", "COM3", "COM4", "COM5", "COM6", "COM7", "COM8", "COM9", "LPT1", "LPT2", "LPT3", "LPT4", "LPT5", "LPT6", "LPT7", "LPT8", "LPT9" Folder names starting with the following strings cannot be used. "NUL.", "CON.", "PRN.", "AUX.", "COM1.", "COM2.", "COM3.", "COM4.", "COM5.", "COM6.", "COM7.", "COM8.", "COM9.", "LPT1.", "LPT2.", "LPT3.", "LPT4.", "LPT5.", "LPT6.", "LPT7.", "LPT8.", "LPT9." Names of folders or documents that already exist in the same level in the hierarchy
Network Library
Document Server Library	"Recycle Bin" and other characters prohibited in Document Server Names of folders or documents that already exist in the same level in the hierarchy

Restrictions on Numbers of Characters

Personal Library	The path to folders must be 220 characters or less, excluding "file:///".
Network Library	The path to folders must be 220 characters or less, excluding "file:".
Document Server Library	Folder names: 128 characters or less The path to documents must be 256 characters or less, excluding the "http://hostname" or "https://hostname/" at the beginning

Folder Restrictions

Personal Library	1,000
Network Library
Document Server Library
Libraries in the Advanced Box of an imageRUNNER ADVANCE Device	1,000 total of documents and folders

Folder Hierarchy Restrictions

Up to 50 levels of hierarchy can be created including libraries and folders.

Prohibited Characters/Names

Personal Library	\ / : * ? " < > \| , Control codes and periods at the end The following document names cannot be used. "Recycle Bin", "$Recycler.DT", "NUL", "CON", "PRN", "AUX", "COM1", "COM2", "COM3", "COM4", "COM5", "COM6", "COM7", "COM8", "COM9", "LPT1", "LPT2", "LPT3", "LPT4", "LPT5", "LPT6", "LPT7", "LPT8", "LPT9", "Thumbs.db" Document names starting with the following strings cannot be used. "NUL.", "CON.", "PRN.", "AUX.", "COM1.", "COM2.", "COM3.", "COM4.", "COM5.", "COM6.", "COM7.", "COM8.", "COM9.", "LPT1.", "LPT2.", "LPT3.", "LPT4.", "LPT5.", "LPT6.", "LPT7.", "LPT8.", "LPT9." Extensions iwu, iwn, iwx, grb, tmp, ~lock Names of folders or documents that already exist in the same level in the hierarchy
Network Library
Document Server Library	"Recycle Bin" and other characters prohibited in Document Server Names of folders or documents that already exist in the same level in the hierarchy

Restrictions on Numbers of Characters

Personal Library	The path to folders must be 220 characters or less, excluding "file:///".
Network Library	The path to folders must be 220 characters or less, excluding "file:".
Document Server Library	128 characters or less

File Size Restrictions

Personal Library	Same as the restrictions of the file system
Network Library	Same as the restrictions of the file system
Document Server Library	300 MB

Connecting to Libraries

Personal Library	Not required
Network Library	Required (when authentication is required)
Document Server Library	Required (when not yet connected)

Personal Library	Folders registered as a Personal Library/Network Library by another user can be used by changing the owner information.
Network Library
Document Server Library	Edit permissions or higher are required for the following operations. Creating shortcuts Renaming Copying/duplicating folders Moving folders Creating a Folder Copying/duplicating documents Moving Documents Deleting documents

Document Server Library

May be required, depending on the settings.