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AR-P11 PRINTER STATUS MONITOR/PRINTER MANAGEMENT UTILITY - 1
[8] PRINTER STATUS MONITOR/PRINTER ADMINISTRATION UTILITY
1. Printer status monitor
A. Purpose
• Is printing enabled or disabled?
• Is toner sufficiently supplied?
• Is paper sufficiently supplied?
• Is the previous printing completed?
This application provides easy and simple view of the above items.
B. Operating environment
Windows95, Windows98, WindowsMe, WindowsNT4.0 Workstation
(SP3 or later), Windows2000 Professional, TCP/IP necessary
(SP3 or later), Windows2000 Professional, TCP/IP necessary
C. V3.0 limitations and notes
(1) Requisites of printer to be monitored
• The printer driver should have been installed. (Necessary)
• The driver should allow peer-to-peer printing.
For the AR-235/275 series, the attached SC-Print2000 should be
installed to the AR-NC5J, and the "Print destination port" of the
printer should be set to TCP/IP port,
installed to the AR-NC5J, and the "Print destination port" of the
printer should be set to TCP/IP port,
or
• In the case where the driver is shared with the printer server, the
printer should be connected with TCP/IP. In this case, monitoring is
allowed after printing once.
allowed after printing once.
(2) Install and uninstall
In the case of WindowsNT/2000, the administrator authority is required
for install and uninstall.
for install and uninstall.
D. Outline of functions
(1) Status display
Simple view : For beginners
Detailed view : For experts
Simple/Detailed selection allowed
(2) Status change notification
Device status when the machine is sending a job
Print enable
Print disable
Paper jam
Toner empty
Cover open
Off-line
Printer error (Service call)
Notifying method:
Status window pop-up
Tip pop-up
Sound
(3) Selection of printer to be monitored
If the driver is installed, the printer can be monitored.
(4) Job complete notification
Status of the job which was sent by the machine
Print complete
Error
(5) Information supply to the driver
The obtained option information is reflected to the driver setup.
1) Tool bar
Displays the status window, revises the display to the latest state,
makes setups, and displays Help.
makes setups, and displays Help.
2) Status window
Displays the printer status.
Selection of Simple/Detailed view is allowed.
Pop-up to indicate a change in the status is also allowed by setup.
Selection of Simple/Detailed view is allowed.
Pop-up to indicate a change in the status is also allowed by setup.
3) Dip
Turns on for a certain time (when setting) when the status
changes.
changes.
4) Task tray icon
Memory-resident. Displays the printer status which is monitored.
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