User Guide

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3-1 Levels of access and control
To prepare for printing at your site, you must do some initial EX7750 configuration,
or Setup, to specify the network environment and the kind of printing you will do.
Before you perform Setup, you must decide the levels of access you will implement for
your site. Administrators and operators must also understand how EX7750 system
software is structured in order to configure and use the EX7750 system correctly.
Levels of access and control
When you configure the EX7750 during Setup, you (as system administrator)
implement a particular level of control by enabling or not enabling print connections,
passwords, and access to WebTools. The level of control you implement can range
from minimum to moderate to maximum—or none at all.
•Minimum control might be appropriate for a small site where anyone on the local
network can control all printing and EX7750 functions. Although there may be an
administrator or operator charged with certain duties, all users have equal access to
the system and job management tools.
•Maximum control might be appropriate for a high-volume printing environment
where an administrator or operator controls the job flow and all printing; jobs sent
by users are spooled (stored) to the EX7750 disk until the operator decides it is time
to print them. In addition, only the administrator and operator have access to job
management tools. We recommend this level of control.
EX7750 print connections
The EX7750 supports three print connections: Hold queue, Print queue, and Direct
connection. These print connections can be enabled, or “published,” to users on the
network when you configure Printer Setup. All published connections are constantly
checked for the presence of jobs. The Print queue and Direct connection give remote
users more direct access to the EX7750 than the Hold queue. Therefore, do not
publish the Print queue and the Direct connection in environments where maximum
control is desired.
Chapter 3:
Preparing
for EX7750
Setup