Service manual

AR-P17 PRINTER STATUS MONITOR/PRINTER MANAGEMENT UTILITY 8 - 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 duplex print enable?
• 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, Windows XP Home Edition
Professional TCP/IP necessary
C. V3.1 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-M237/M277/M236/M276 series, the SC-Print2000 (Win-
dows 95/98/Me) should be installed, 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.
(2) Install and uninstall
In the case of WindowsNT/2000/XP, the administrator authority is
required for install and uninstall.
(3) Status display when in the auto power shut off
The status information when the printer is in the "Auto power shut off"
mode is the status information immediately before entering the "Auto
power shut off mode.
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
Toner Low
Printer Warning
Paper Empty
Cover open
Off-line
Printer error (Service call)
Output Tray Full
Notifying method:
Status window pop-up
Tip pop-up
Sound
(3) Selection of printer to be monitored
The printer to be monitored can be switched by the following two ways.
• Switch by the printer menu
• Switch by the setting dialog
(4) Job complete notification
Status of the job which was sent by the machine
Print complete
Temporary interruption of print by an error
1) Tool bar
Displays the status window, revises the display to the latest state,
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.
3) Tip
Turns on for a certain time (when setting) when the status
changes.
4) Task tray icon
Memory-resident. Displays the printer status which is monitored.
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