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AR-P17 PRINTER STATUS MONITOR/PRINTER MANAGEMENT UTILITY 8 - 3
2. Printer administration utility
A. Purpose
This application provides easy and simple view of the following items:
• What kinds of network printers are connected in the network?
• Are the network printers operating normally?
• What functions does the printer have?
B. Operating environment
Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT4.0 Workstation
(SP3 or later)/2000 Professional, Windows XP Home Edition Profes-
sional TCP/IP, Winsock2 necessary
C. Outline of functions
(1) Network printer retrieval/list display
• Retrieval and list display of the network printers which conform to the
Printer MIB (RFC1759) specifications.
(2) Alert/log function
• Alert by the pop-up/sound when the printer status changes.
• Making of the alert/log file
(3) Printer property display
• Device information
Model name, status, name, installing place, RAM size, max. print
speed, etc.
• Paper exit tray information
Tray name, number of trays, paper empty/presence of each tray,
paper exit method, printing sequence, etc.
• Paper feed tray information
Number of trays, tray name, paper empty/presence of each tray,
paper size etc,
• Print setup
Channel & PDL information, default PDL, paper direction, single/
duplex print information
• Resource information
Print quantity, toner status
• Summary information
Information on the system and network
• SHARP NIC information
NetWare setup, IP address, hardware address, etc.
D. Note
(1) Install and uninstall
For NT/2000/XP, the administrator authority is required.
(2) Status display when auto power shut off
• The various information when the printer is in the "Auto power shut
off" mode is information immediately before entering the "Auto
power shut off mode.
1) Main window
List display of network printers.
The status of a printer is indicated by the color of the icon.
2) Printer property page
Detailed information (on the functions and status) of a printer is dis-
played.
3) Pop-up alert
The pop-up-alert can be displayed by the setup when the printer
status changes.
• Printer status display by the color of the icon
– Normal state (No color)
On-line
– Warning state (Yellow)
Paper low, toner near empty, printer warning
– Error state (Red)
Paper empty, cover open, toner empty, paper jam, printer error,
Specified output tray full
• List display filter function
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