Printer User Guide

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Monitoring and Configuring the Printer
Using SmartDeviceMonitor for Client
SmartDeviceMonitor for Client is an application that has functions such as the peer-to-peer printing machine
monitoring. We recommend you install this application on the client computer. SmartDeviceMonitor for Client is
required if you need to print over a network in a Windows 98/Me environment.
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Operating System: Windows 98/Me
Protocol Stack
TCP/IP protocol supplied with Windows 98/Me
NetBEUI protocol supplied with Windows 98/Me
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Operating System: Windows 2000
Protocol Stack
TCP/IP protocol supplied with Windows 2000
NetBEUI protocol supplied with Windows 2000
IPX/SPX transport protocol supplied with Windows 2000
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Operating System: Windows Server 2003
Protocol Stack
TCP/IP protocol supplied with Windows Server 2003
IPX/SPX transport protocol supplied with Windows Server 2003
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Operating System: Windows XP
Protocol Stack
TCP/IP protocol supplied with Windows XP
IPX/SPX transport protocol supplied with Windows XP
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Operating System: Windows NT 4.0
Protocol Stack
TCP/IP protocol supplied with Windows NT 4.0
NetBEUI protocol supplied with Windows NT 4.0
IPX/SPX transport protocol supplied with Windows NT 4.0
What can you do with it?
Using SmartDeviceMonitor for Client, you can do the following:
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Peer-to-peer printing
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Send print jobs directly to the network printer without going through a print server.
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Print using a substitute printer if there are too many jobs waiting on the specified printer, or if an
error disables printing (Recovery Printing).
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Allocate multiple print jobs to multiple printers (Parallel Printing).
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Preregister groups of printers specified for Recovery Printing or Parallel Printing.
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Receive error message notification if an error occurs in the machine while it is printing or sending a
job.
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Monitoring function
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Check the printer status such as the remaining amount of paper while printing.
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Simultaneously monitor multiple printers in use.