User manual KONICA MINOLTA PAGESCOPE NET CARE QUICK GUIDE V5.5

[. . . ] PageScope Net Care 5. 5 Quick Guide Foreword Welcome · KONICA MINOLTA PageScope Net Care is utility software that provides central control over printers, copiers, and other devices on a network. With KONICA MINOLTA PageScope Net Care, you can use a Web browser to check the status of each device on a network and configure device settings. KONICA MINOLTA PageScope Net Care uses SNMP, which is standard network protocol, which means it can be used to manage KONICA MINOLTA devices, as well as other network devices that support standard Printer-MIB. KONICA MINOLTA PageScope Net Care is implemented based on Java 2 technologies, enabling functions and operations that are equivalent to those found on a most platforms that support Java. [. . . ] To cancel your settings, click the Cancel button instead of Apply. 48 6 Configuring PageScope Net Care Settings Important!· It can take to 20 or 30 seconds after you click the Apply button until the device is added. · In the Java mode, a dialog box appears to show the results of address assignment. In the HTML mode, the results appear on the Add Device screen. 49 6 Configuring PageScope Net Care Settings 6. 7 Assigning an IP Address to a Device By assigning an IP address to a device on the network, you can add a device to the List Manager screen. Note that before you can perform this procedure, you must first find out the MAC address of the network interface of the device to which your want to assign and IP address. Displaying the Assign IP Address screen Double-click the Assign IP Address icon (single-click in the HTML mode). If you are using a Java mode and the Server Setting menu tree is not expanded, double-click the following icons: Server Setting List Manager Assign IP Address. To assign an IP address to a device 1. Type the IP address you want to assign to the device into the IP Address boxes. Type the MAC address of the device network interface into the MAC Address boxes. After everything is the way you want, click the Apply button. To cancel your settings, click the Cancel button instead of Apply. 50 6 Configuring PageScope Net Care Settings Important!· It takes some time after you click the Apply button for the IP address assignment to go into effect. · In the Java mode, a dialog box appears to show the results of address assignment. In the HTML mode, the results appear on the Assign IP Address screen. 51 6 Configuring PageScope Net Care Settings 6. 8 Configuring Device Link Settings When a device under the control of the PageScope Net Care server is equipped with multiple NICs (such as a device that has both the printer NIC and the scanner NIC), Device Link Setting can be used to link their device panels. Displaying the Device Link Setting screen Double-click the Device Link Setting icon (single-click in the HTML mode). If you are using a Java mode and the Server Setting menu tree is not expanded, double-click the following icons: Server Setting List Manager Device Link Setting. 52 6 Configuring PageScope Net Care Settings To link devices 1. After making sure that Link Devices is selected in the box at the top of the Device Link Setting screen, select the check boxes in the Link column next to the devices you want to link. After everything is the way you want, click the Apply button. To cancel your settings, click the Cancel button instead of Apply. 2. To unlink devices 1. Click the down arrow of the box at the top of the Device Link Setting Screen and select Unlink Devices on the list that appears. If you are using the HTML mode, select Unlink Devices from the list and then click the Go button. On the device list, select the check boxes in the Unlink column next to the devices you want to unlink. After everything is the way you want, click the Apply button. To cancel your settings, click the Cancel button instead of Apply. 2. 3. 53 6 Configuring PageScope Net Care Settings 6. 9 Registering Users and Unregistering Users Use the procedures in this section to register and unregister users on the PageScope Net Care server. You can also specify passwords and e-mail addresses for registered users. Displaying the User List screen Double-click the User List icon (single-click in the HTML mode). [. . . ] If you are using the HTML mode, select Counter Reader in the list, and then click the Go button. Double-click the Server Setting icon (single-click in HTML mode). Specify the settings for the following parameters from the server. · Time of Data Acquisition: Specify the time when the PageScope Net Care server obtains counter information from a compatible device. A time when both the PageScope Net Care server and its compatible device are running must be specified. 124 10 Obtaining and Viewing Device Counter Information · Preservation Period: Specify how long the counter information is kept. 125 10 Obtaining and Viewing Device Counter Information 10. 6 Registering Devices Using This Function With the PageScope Net Care Server (This procedure is performed from the PageScope Net Care server. ) From the devices that support this function, register with the PageScope Net Care server the devices to be managed. [. . . ]