User`s guide

MarkVision components

• Display devices that meet predefined criteria (such as Toner Low) so you can fix problems

before they affect user productivity.

• Schedule time-intensive activities, such as company-wide device discovery, gathering printer

inventory data, or updating print server firmware when network use is at a minimum.

• Prevent unauthorized access to devices on the network.

• Download plug-ins for additional device support at runtime.

Note: This book is written for administrators. To complete these tasks successfully, you

should have a working knowledge of your network hardware and software.

MarkVision components

The MarkVision client

The MarkVision client is a Java program that provides the user with an interface for managing

devices. The client can exist in two forms: as a stand-alone Java application or as a browser-based

Java applet.

MarkVision Client Application

The stand-alone application can be installed locally on a user’s workstation. MarkVision client files

are then copied onto the user’s computer during the installation process.

MarkVision Web Client

The browser-based client is a version of the client that can be accessed through a supported web

browser by using the URL http://<yourserver>/markvision. If the MarkVision Server is not the

default server on your machine, you can use the URL http://<yourserver>:9180/markvision.

In order to run the web client, you must first enable your web browser to support Sun’s Java Runtime

Environment (JRE) by installing the Java plug-in.

Note: In Windows environments, the plug-in is provided and the user will automatically be

prompted to install it the first time they run the MarkVision web client. For

information on the Java plug-in software and to download available versions of the

plug-in for UNIX and other platforms, go to: http://java.sun.com/products/plugin/

index.html

The MarkVision client application and the web client are essentially the same program. All

information that is being managed by the MarkVision Server is available to users of either the

application or web client. The only differences are that the application does not require installation of

the Java plug-in and may require less startup time because some files are stored locally on the user’s

workstation. However, anyone who does not run MarkVision Professional on a regular basis, or who

is not currently working from their workstation, should use the web client version of MVP. In this case,

there is no need to install any MarkVision files in order to use the client.