User's Manual Part 1

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4.5.4 Searching for a printer
Under either the “THUMBNAILS VIEW”or“LIST VIEW”ofprint-
ers (see Figure 4.55 or Figure 4.110, respectively), the “SEARCH”
tab allows searchi n g for accessible-to-you printers, mat ching u pon
serial number, name, description, or location text (see Section
4.5.3), which m ay be useful if you have access to a large number
of printers.
4.5.5 Allowing access to a printer
Access to a p r i nter through the Polar Cloud i s controlled by the
printer’ s man ag er ( s) . Initi al l y, the only manager of a printer
is the printer’s owner – the person who initially connected the
printer to the Polar Cloud – but the printer owner (and only the
printer owner) can authorize additional Polar Cloud members to
become managers.
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A manager may add Polar Clo u d members to a list o f mem-
bers allowed to use the printer, or may share a printer with a
group.
To authorize printer access for an additional Polar Cloud
member or authorize an additional printer manager, select (click
on) the specific printer fro m the list of printer(s) (see Figu r e
4.55), and then from the printer’s dashboard screen (see Figure
4.56), click on the “MANAGE” tab (see Figure 4.59)totakeyou
to the manage page for the printer, shown in Figure 4.60. (An
alternate way to get to the selected printer’s summary page:
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Note that Section 4.5.2 discusses how to change the printer owner, for cases where
you want to reassign who is in charge of determining the printer’s managers; in particular,
the printer owner may reassign ownership to another user of the printer.