Kyocera TASKALFA 250CI, TASKALFA 500CI, TASKALFA 300CI, TASKALFA 420I, TASKALFA 520I User Manual
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TableofContents
Chapter1QuickStart
StartingandLoggingin.................................................................................................................1-1
EditingAuthenticationOptions......................................................................................................1-1
DeviceDiscovery..........................................................................................................................1-2
UserInterface...............................................................................................................................1-4
ClosingtheViewerWindow...........................................................................................................1-7
Chapter2ViewManagement
ViewAs.........................................................................................................................................2-1
DefaultViews................................................................................................................................2-1
MyViews.......................................................................................................................................2-3
AddingaNewFoldertoMyViews.................................................................................................2-3
RenamingaFolderorView...........................................................................................................2-3
DeletingaFolder,View,orDevice................................................................................................2-3
Searches.......................................................................................................................................2-4
DynamicView...............................................................................................................................2-5
ManualView.................................................................................................................................2-5
UpdatingaView............................................................................................................................2-6
DuplicatingaView.........................................................................................................................2-6
RenamingaView..........................................................................................................................2-6
DeletingaView.............................................................................................................................2-7
ResizingtheViewAreas...............................................................................................................2-7
Refresh.........................................................................................................................................2-7
AddingDevices.......................................................................................................................1-2
AutomaticDiscovery................................................................................................................1-3
ExcludedDevices....................................................................................................................1-3
ApplicationMenu.....................................................................................................................1-4
ApplicationToolbar..................................................................................................................1-5
MyViewsPane........................................................................................................................1-5
DefaultViewsPane.................................................................................................................1-5
DeviceListPane......................................................................................................................1-5
MapView.................................................................................................................................2-2
QuickSearching......................................................................................................................2-4
AdvancedSearching...............................................................................................................2-4
AddingaDynamicView...........................................................................................................2-5
AddingaManualViewUsingSelection...................................................................................2-6
Chapter3Device
KMnetViewer
DeviceProperties..........................................................................................................................3-1
DisplayingDeviceProperties...................................................................................................3-2
DisplayingDeviceHomePage......................................................................................................3-2
AddressBook................................................................................................................................3-2
AddingContacts......................................................................................................................3-2
AddingGroups........................................................................................................................3-3
AddingaContacttoaGroup...................................................................................................3-3
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DeletingaContactFromaGroup............................................................................................3-3
DeletingContactsandGroups................................................................................................3-4
EditingContactsandGroups...................................................................................................3-4
CopyingContactsandGroups................................................................................................3-4
SearchingtheAddressBook...................................................................................................3-5
DeviceUsers.................................................................................................................................3-5
AddingDeviceUsers...............................................................................................................3-5
RemovingDeviceUsers..........................................................................................................3-5
SearchingtheDeviceUserList...............................................................................................3-6
Jobs..............................................................................................................................................3-6
ShowingJobDetail..................................................................................................................3-6
ExportingtheJobLog..............................................................................................................3-6
SearchingaJobList................................................................................................................3-7
DocumentBox..............................................................................................................................3-7
AddingaDocumentBox..........................................................................................................3-7
DeletingaDocumentBox........................................................................................................3-7
DocumentProperties...............................................................................................................3-8
DocumentViews.....................................................................................................................3-8
DownloadingaDocument.......................................................................................................3-8
SearchingaDocumentBox.....................................................................................................3-8
MovingDocumentsBetweenDocumentBoxes.......................................................................3-8
NotificationSettings......................................................................................................................3-9
SettingaNotification................................................................................................................3-9
CommunicationSettings.............................................................................................................3-10
SettingDeviceCommunications............................................................................................3-10
TCP/IPPort...........................................................................................................................3-11
Polling....................................................................................................................................3-11
AdvancedMenu..........................................................................................................................3-11
TCPSendData.....................................................................................................................3-12
Chapter4Multi-Set
Chapter5FirmwareUpgrade
Chapter6Workspaces
SettingMultipleDevices................................................................................................................4-1
SelectingSettingsinMulti-Set......................................................................................................4-1
CreatingSettingsFromaDevice..................................................................................................4-2
CreatingSettingsFromaFile........................................................................................................4-2
CreatingNewSettings..................................................................................................................4-3
OverwritingSettings......................................................................................................................4-3
FirmwareUpgradeRisks...............................................................................................................5-1
FirmwareUpgradeRisksandRecoveryOptions.....................................................................5-1
PerformingFirmwareUpgrade......................................................................................................5-2
AcknowledgementofRisks.....................................................................................................5-3
SelectingaFirmwareUpgradeFile.........................................................................................5-3
VerifyingUpgradeSettings......................................................................................................5-3
AuthorizingFirmwareUpgrade.....................................................................................................5-4
IB-2xNetworkFirmware..........................................................................................................5-4
SystemandFaxFirmware.......................................................................................................5-4
BeginningFirmwareUpgrade.......................................................................................................5-4
CancelingFirmwareUpgrade.......................................................................................................5-4
SavingtheFirmwareUpgradeExportFile.....................................................................................5-5
AddingaNewWorkspace.............................................................................................................6-1
OpeninganExistingWorkspace...................................................................................................6-1
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ImportingandExportingaWorkspace..........................................................................................6-2
ImportingaFiletoaNewWorkspace......................................................................................6-2
ExportingaWorkspacetoaFile..............................................................................................6-2
ExportingDeviceInformationtoaFile...........................................................................................6-2
Chapter7ViewerOptions
EditingE-mailOptions...................................................................................................................7-1
EditingAuthenticationOptions......................................................................................................7-2
EditingDevicePollingOptions......................................................................................................7-2
EditingSNMPTrapOptions..........................................................................................................7-3
Glossary..................................................................................................................................................................iv
Index.........................................................................................................................................................................vi
KMnetViewer
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1QuickStart
KMnetViewerhasmanyfeaturestohelpyouorganizeandmonitornetwork
deviceinformation.
Thesefeaturesareavailableforstartingtheviewer,discoveringdevices,and
gettingfamiliarwiththeuserinterface:
StartingandLogginginonpage1-1
EditingAuthenticationOptionsonpage7-2
DeviceDiscoveryonpage1-2
UserInterfaceonpage1-4
ClosingtheViewerWindowonpage1-7
StartingandLoggingin
InMicrosoftWindowsVistaorWindowsXP,clickStart>AllPrograms>
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Kyocera>KMnetViewer.
Ifyouhaveadministratorrights,yourlastsavedworkspaceappearsandyou
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canproceedwithyourviewertasks.Ifyouhaveadministratorrights,andyou
arestartingKMnetViewerforthefirsttime,proceedtostep4.
EditingAuthenticationOptions
Ifyoudonothaveadministratorrights,thenetworkadministratormustsetupa
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userloginpasswordforyou.Ifnopasswordhasbeensetup,KMnetViewer
doesnotstart,andanaccesserrormessageappears.
Typeyourpasswordinthelogintextbox,andclickSubmit.Apasswordisa
maximumof32characters.Ablankpasswordisallowed.
Ifyoursubmittedpasswordisaccepted,yourlastsavedworkspaceappears,
unlessitisyourfirsttimestartingtheapplication.Ifitisthefirsttime,proceedto
step4.
Ifthepasswordisnotcorrect,theapplicationdisplaysthedialogboxandasks
youtoenterthepasswordagain.Ifyouincorrectlyenterthepasswordthree
times,anerrormessageappears,andtheapplicationsdoesnotstart.Ifthis
happensseethenetworkadministratoraboutyourpassword.
IfyoujustinstalledKMnetViewer,anditisthefirsttimeyouarestartingit,a
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dialogboxappearsafteryouhavestartedandsuccessfullyloggedintothe
application.Youareaskedtospecifyaworkspacefile.Afteryouspecifyyour
workspacefile,thevieweropensanddisplaystheAddDevicewizardtohelp
yousearchfornetworkdevicesandcreatethedevicelist.
Ifauserdoesnothaveadministratorrightsonthecomputerwiththeviewer
installed,thenetworkadministratorcansetupauserloginpassword.Ifno
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UserGuide
QuickStart
passwordhasbeensetupforauserwithoutadministratorrights,theapplication
doesnotstart,andanaccesserrormessageappears.
Inthemenubaratthetopleftofthescreen,clickEdit>Options>
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Authentication.
SelectEnablelocalpassword.
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IntheNewpasswordtextbox,typeapasswordforalocaluser.Apasswordis
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amaximumof32characters.Ablankpasswordisallowed.
InConfirmpassword,typethesamepasswordagain.
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ClickOKtosavethepassword.
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DeviceDiscovery
Discoveryisaprocessthatchecksnetworksforprintingdevices.Ifnew
devicesarefound,thenKMnetViewerupdatesitsdatabasewithinformation
aboutthedevice.Thisprocesscanbeperformedmanuallyforsingleormultiple
devices,oritcanbescheduledtorunautomaticallyaccordingtoasetschedule.
Itisalsopossibletoexcludedevicesfrombeingdiscovered.
WhenKMnetViewerislaunchedforthefirsttime,orwhenanewworkspaceis
opened,theAddDevicewizardautomaticallylaunches.
AddingDevices
YoucanusetheAddDeviceswizardtoadddevicestotheviewlist.
ClickDevice>Discovery>AddDevices.
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IntheAddDevicewizard,selectamethodforaddingdevices:
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Express
Usespredefinedcommunicationsettingstofinddevicesinthelocalnetwork.
Custom
Letsyouselectsettingstofinddevicesonanynetwork.
Fortheselectedmethod,completethewizardandclickFinishtobegin
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discovery.
CustomOptionsforAddingDevices
CustomoptionsareavailablewhenCustomisselectedintheAddDevice
Wizard.Youcanselectthediscoveryprocesstorunonyourlocalnetwork,a
specificIPaddress,orarangeofIPaddresses.Continuethroughthewizardto
selectthefollowingoptions:
Onyourlocalnetwork
Selectdiscoverytype,TCP/IPport,SNMPoptions,anddiscoverystarttime.
ByIPaddress
TypespecificIPaddressesorhostnamesandclickAddtoaddthemtothe
Selectedtargetslist.YoucanalsoclickImporttosearchforavalidIP
KMnetViewer
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QuickStart
addresslist(.CSVor.TXT).AnentrycanberemovedfromtheSelected
targetslistbyselectingitandclickingRemove.ClickNexttocontinue
throughthewizardandselectTCP/IPport,SNMPoptions,anddiscovery
starttime.
ByIPaddressrange
TypevalidstartingandendingIPaddressesandclickAddtoaddthemto
theSelectednetworksegmentslist.Anentrycanberemovedfromthe
SelectednetworksegmentslistbyselectingitandclickingRemove.Click
NexttocontinuethroughthewizardandselectTCP/IPport,SNMPoptions,
anddiscoverystarttime.
AutomaticDiscovery
Youcansetuparegularscheduleforperformingthediscoveryprocess.If
devicesarefrequentlyaddedtoorremovedfromthenetwork,performing
discoveryonaregularbasiswillkeepthedevicedatabaseuptodate.
SchedulingAutomaticDiscovery
ClickDevice>Discovery>AutomaticDiscovery.TheScheduledDiscovery
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dialogboxopens.
Ifthereisanexistingdiscoverymodeyouwouldliketoedit,selectitandclick
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Properties,otherwiseclickAddtocreateanewdiscoverymode.
IntheAddDeviceWizard,makeyourselectionsineachwindowtosetupa
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recurringschedule.IntheConfirmDiscoverywindow,clickFinish.
Thenewdiscovermodeisaddedtothelist.ClickClosetosaveyourchanges
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andexittheScheduledDiscoverydialogbox.
ExcludedDevices
Aprintingdevicecanbedeleted,whichexcludesthedevicefromthediscovery
process.ThismaybedoneifthedeviceisnotmanagedbythecentralIT
department,orifthedeviceistobemadenotvisibleforsecurityreasons.
DevicescanberestoredtothedevicelistbyperformingIncludeDevice.
ExcludingaDevicefromDiscovery
Thisoptionremovesthedevicefromthedevicelist,anddisplaysitinthe
ExcludedDeviceswindow.Informationaboutthedeviceisnotdeletedfrom
theapplication.
Inthedevicelist,selectthedevicetoexclude.
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Right-clickontheselecteddevice,andclickDeleteDevice.
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IncludingaDevice
AprintingdevicethatwasplacedintheExcludedDeviceswindowcanbe
includedagain.Whenadeviceisincluded,itisavailabletobefoundthenext
timeDiscoveryisperformed.
ClickDevice>Discovery>ExcludedDevices.
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QuickStart
Inthelist,selectanexcludeddevicetoinclude.
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ClickIncludeDevice.
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UserInterface
TheKMnetVieweruserinterfaceisdesignedtohelpyouquicklygetthe
informationyouneedaboutyournetworkdevices.
Thescreenisdividedbetweenleftandrightpanes.Ontheleftpane,youcan
selectwhichviewappearsinthedevicelistintherightpane.Aviewisa
specifiedorganizationofcolumnsandrows(list),oralayout(map)ofthedevice
data.
Theapplicationofferstwotypesofviews:userdefinedviewsthatarelisted
undertheMyViewsheading,andsixstandardviewsdefinedbyKMnetViewer
thatarelistedunderDefaultViews.
Thedevicelistintherightpanedisplaysalldevicesfoundduringnetwork
discovery.Thereisonerowofinformationperdevice.
ApplicationMenu
TheapplicationmenuislocatedintheupperleftcorneroftheKMnetViewer
screen.Basicoperationsthataffecttheviewerareinthismenu.Theapplication
menuoperateslikeastandardMicrosoftWindowsapplicationmenu.Themain
menutitlesare:
File
Edit
View
Device
Help
KMnetViewer
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ApplicationToolbar
Theapplicationtoolbarappearsabovethedevicelistandprovidesbuttonsfor
commonlyusedfeatures.Movethecursoroverthebuttontoseeadescription
ofthefeature.Clicktousethefeature.Ifafeatureisnotavailable,thebuttonis
disabled.Thetoolbarcontainsbuttonsforthefollowingfeatures:
AddDynamicView
AddManualViewUsingSelection
UpdateView
AddDevices
Properties
DeviceHomepage
Edit
ViewAs
RefreshDevice
AdvancedSearch
Help
ForMapView,thetoolbaralsocontainsbuttonsforthefollowingfeatures:
ImportMapBackground
ZoomIn
ZoomOut
ZoomtoFit
Zoom%
MyViewsPane
MyViewsarelocatedintheleftpaneofthescreen.MyViewsarelistsormaps
youcancreatefromDefaultViewsorotherMyViews.Thisletsyoucustomize
thetypeofinformationyouwanttosee.MyViewsareorganizedinatree
structurethatdisplaysfoldersandMyViewsnodes.WhenyouselectaMy
Viewsnode,KMnetViewerdisplaystheview(listormap)intherightpane.
YoucancreatefolderstoorganizeandmanageMyViews.Adddevice
informationtoaviewbyclickingView>AddDynamicView,orView>Add
ManualViewUsingSelection.
DefaultViewsPane
DefaultViewsarelocatedintheleftpaneofthescreen.DefaultViewsare
standardlistormapviewsshippedwithKMnetViewer.Sixstandardviewsare
availableunderDefaultViewsthatcannotberemoved.Whenyouselecta
particulardefaultview,KMnetViewerdisplaystheview(listormap)intheright
pane.
DeviceListPane
Thedevicelistislocatedintherightpaneofthescreen.Itprovidesdevice
informationinacustomizablelistorinamapformat.Informationcanbe
organizedandsortedtotheuser’spreference.Eachrowrepresentsadevice
andcolumnsrepresentcategories.Eachdevicerowcanbeexpandedtodisplay
moreinformation.
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IdentifyingStatusIcons
Inthedevicelist,statusiconsprovidequickinformationabouttheconditionof
eachdevice.Clickthetriangleicontoexpandtherowandseeadescriptionof
thecondition.
Ready
Greeniconwithawhitecheckmark.Thisiconindicatesthedeviceisready
toprint,orisintheprocessofprinting.
Error
Rediconwithwhite“X”.Thisiconmeansthedeviceisunabletoprintand
needsimmediateattention.Itmaybeapaperjam,coveropen,notoner,no
paper,orthedevicehasgoneoffline.
Warning
Yellowiconwithawhiteexclamationmark.Thisiconindicatesthedevice
canprint,butisapproachingerrorstatus.Itmaymeanlowtonerorlow
paper.
Disconnected
Orangeiconwithawhitebrokencircuit.Thisiconmeansthevieweris
unabletocommunicatewiththedevice.Thedevicemaybepoweredoff,or
theremaybeaproblemwiththenetworkconnections.
Busy
Grayiconwithawhitearrow.Thisiconindicatesthedeviceisoperational,
butoccupiedwithatask.Itmaybeundergoinganupgradeorconfiguration.
QuickStart
CustomizingtheDeviceList
KMnetViewerprovidestheabilitytoarrangetheinformationinthedevicelistto
suityourneeds.ChangesmadetoMyViewsaresavedwiththeview.Youcan
updatechangestoMyViewsbyclickingUpdateViewinthetoolbar.Changes
madetoDefaultViewsarenotsavedafteryouleavetheview.
ShowingorHidingColumns
Findthecolumntotherightofwhereyouwantanewcolumntoappear.
Right-clickonthecolumnheadingtoopentheselectionlistofcolumns.A
columnthatappearsintheviewhasacheckmarknexttoitintheselection
list.Selectanewcolumnfortheviewbyclickingonthedesiredcolumn
name.Thecolumnwillnowappearintheview.
Tohideacolumnfromtheview,clickanycolumnheadingtoopenthe
selectionlistofcolumns.Clickonacolumnnamethathasacheckmarknext
toitthatyouwanttohide.Thecolumnwillnolongerappearintheview.
ChangingtheWidthofaColumn
Toadjustthewidthofacolumn,positionthecursoroverthecolumndivider
untilyouseethedouble-headedarrow.Left-click,andthendragthearrow
leftorrightuntilyouhavethedesiredcolumnsize.Releasethemouse
button.
ChangingthePositionofaColumn
Tomoveacolumntoanotherpositionintheview,left-clickonthedesired
columnheading,andthendragthecursortoacolumnheadingnamethatis
totheleftofwhereyouwantthemovedcolumntoappear.Releasethe
mousebutton.
SortingRowsintheDeviceList
Youcansorttheinformationinthedevicelist.Clickthecolumnheadingto
changethesortorderoftherowsintheview,usingthedatainthatcolumnas
KMnetViewer
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ClosingtheViewerWindow
thesortcriteria.Anupwardtriangleindicatesrowssortedinascendingorder;a
downwardtriangleindicatesrowssortedinadescendingorder.
ExpandingaRowintheDeviceList
Youcanexpandarowinthedevicelisttorevealmoreinformationabouta
device.Clicktheright-pointingtriangleiconintherowofthedeviceforwhich
youwanttoseeadditionalinformation.Therowexpandstodisplaya3–D
pictureofthedevicewithallinstalledoptions.Otherinformationaboutthe
deviceisalsodisplayed,suchasmodel,status,IPaddress,andprintspeed.
Tocollapsetherowbacktoregulardevicelistsize,clickthetriangleiconagain.
Youcanclosejusttheviewerwindowsothatthedevicelistisnolongervisible
onthescreen,buttheapplicationcontinuestoruninthesystemtray.Thisis
usefulifyouwanttoreducethenumberofopenwindowsonyourdesktop,orif
youarerunningaviewertaskthatdoesnotneedvisualmonitoring.Inthemenu
baratthetopleftofthescreen,clickFile>CloseWindow.Toreopenthe
window,double-clicktheviewericoninthesystemtray;orright-clicktheicon,
andthenclickRestore.
Toexittheapplication,clickFile>Exit.Theapplicationsavesthecurrently
displayedworkspacebeforeexiting.Thissavedworkspaceappearsthenext
timethesameuseropenstheapplication.
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2ViewManagement
KMnetViewerofferstwotypesofviews:userdefinedviewsthatarelisted
undertheMyViewsheading,andsixstandardviewsdefinedbyKMnetViewer
thatarelistedunderDefaultViews.ThedefaultviewsareGeneralView,
CapabilityView,CounterView,FirmwareView,AssetView,andMapView.
Youcancreate,change,ordeleteviewsinMyViews.IntheDefaultViews,
youcancustomizetheappearanceofthelists,butthechangesarenotsaved
afteryouleavetheview.Youcannotmakepermanentchangestotheviewsin
DefaultViews.
Theseviewfeaturesareavailable:
DefaultViewsonpage2-1
ImportingaMapBackgroundonpage2-2
MyViewsonpage2-3
Searchesonpage2-4
AddingaDynamicViewonpage2-5
AddingaManualViewUsingSelectiononpage2-6
ResizingtheViewAreasonpage2-7
Refreshonpage2-7
ViewAs
DefaultViews
YoucanswitchtoadifferentviewbyusingtheViewAsfeatureintheView
menu.Selecttheviewyouwanttochange,clickView>ViewAs,andclickthe
newviewfromthelist.
•IftheoriginalviewisunderDefaultViews,theviewswitchestotheselected
defaultview.
•IftheoriginalviewisunderMyViews,theviewitselfchangestotheselected
view.Tosavetheview,clickUpdateView.
KMnetViewerprovidessixstandardviewsunderDefaultViewsthatcannotbe
removedoredited.DisplayName,IPAddressandHostNameareincludedin
allviews.
InanyviewexceptMapView,youcanaddorremovecolumnsfromthetable
temporarily.Right-clickonthecolumnheadingandselectorclearthedesired
itemoritems.Themodifiedviewsarenotsavedwhenyouswitchtoadifferent
view.
Thefollowingdefaultviewsareavailable:
GeneralView
Displaysgeneralinformation,suchasdisplayname,IPaddress,hostname,
tonerlevel,description,location,andmodelname.
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CapabilityView
Displayssupportforvariousdevicecapabilities,suchascolororblack&
white,printspeed,duplex,totalmemory,scan,fax,staple,punch,address
book,documentbox,userlist,andjoblog.
CounterView
Displaysthedevicecountersfortotalprintedpage,printedpagecopier,
printedpageprinter,printedpageFAX/i-FAX,printedpageblack&white,
printedpagesinglecolor,printedpagefullcolor,totalscannedpages,
scannedpagecopier,andscannedpageother.
FirmwareView
Displaysfirmwareinformation,includingsystemfirmware,enginefirmware,
scannerfirmware,FAXfirmware,panelfirmware,andNICversion.
AssetView
Displaysassetinformation,includingMACaddress,serialnumber,and
assetnumber.
MapView
Displaysprintingdevicesonabackgroundmapofyouroffice.
MapView
UseMapViewtodisplayprintingdevicesonabackgroundmapofyouroffice.
PrintingdevicepropertiescanbeviewedandmanagedfromMapView.Theuse
ofanofficemaphelpstovisualizethelocationofdevicesthroughoutanoffice.
UnderDefaultViews,clickMapView.Theinitialmapviewdisplaysalldevices
asiconsagainstawhitebackground.Youcanimportanimageofyouroffice
layouttoappearinthebackground,thenclickanddrageachdeviceicontoits
officelocation.Themapissharedbyallmapviewsinthecurrentworkspace.
Informationaboutadevicecanbeviewedbymovingthepointerovertheicon.
ImportingaMapBackground
Youcanimportanimageofyourofficelayouttoappearinthemapview
background.Afteranimageisimported,youcanreplaceitwithanotherimage
byfollowingthesameprocedure.
UnderDefaultViews,selectMapView.
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ClickView>ImportMapBackground.
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ClickBrowsetoselectanimagefile(.BMPor.JPG).
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ClickOKintheImportMapBackgrounddialogbox.
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AdjustingtheMapSize
Youcanchangethesizeofthemapimagewithintheviewwindow.
Useanyofthefollowingmethodstochangetheimagesize:
•ClickZoomIntoincreasethesizeoftheimageonestep.
•ClickZoomOuttodecreasethesizeoftheimageonestep.
•ClickZoomtoFittoplacetheentireimagewithinthescreen.Ifyouchange
thescreensize,clickZoomtoFitagain.
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•Typeapercentagebetween50%and300%intheZoomboxandpress
Enter.
ClearingaMapBackground
Youcanremovethebackgroundimagefromthemapview.Alldeviceiconswill
retaintheirpositionafterthemapimageisremoved.
•IntheViewmenu,clickClearMapBackground.
MyViews
Youcansetupcustomviewsinadditiontothedefaultviews.Customviews
appearontheleftsideofthescreenunderMyViews.Dynamicormanualviews
canbecreatedordeleted.Ifdesired,viewscanbeplacedinfolders.
MyViewsletsyoucustomizethedevicesbeingdisplayed,aswellascolumn
order,numberofcolumns,andotherviewsettings.Tosavetheview,click
UpdateView.
AddingaNewFoldertoMyViews
Inthemenubaratthetopleftofthescreen,clickFile>NewFolder.Afolder
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withthetemporarynameofNewFolderiscreatedintheMyViewspaneforthe
activeWorkspace.
ViewManagement
Clickinthetextbox,andtypeanameforthefolder.Thenamecannotbethe
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sameasthatofanalreadyexistingfolder.
Tosavethenewfoldername,clickoutsidethetextbox,orpressEnter.
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RenamingaFolderorView
IntheMyViewspaneattheleftofthescreen,clicktohighlighttheviewor
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folderyouwanttorename.
Inthemenubaratthetopleftofthescreen,clickEdit>Rename.
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Typethenewname,replacingtheoldnameinthetextbox.
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Tosavethenewname,clickoutsidethetextbox,orpressEnter.
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DeletingaFolder,View,orDevice
ThedeletefeaturedeletesitemsbasedonwhatisselectedintheKMnet
Viewerscreen.
IntheMyViewspaneattheleftofthescreen,clicktoselectthevieworfolder
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youwanttodelete;orinthedevicelist,clicktoselectthedeviceyouwantto
delete.MultipledevicescanbeselectedusingCtrlorShift.Deletingafolder
alsodeletesallfoldersandviewscontainedinthatfolder.
KMnetViewer
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Inthemenubaratthetopofthescreen,clickEdit>Delete.
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Warning:Thereisnoconfirmationdialogboxafteryouclickdeleteforafolder
orview.Adeletedfolderorviewcannotberestored.Adeleteddevicecanbe
restoredtothedevicelistbyclicking,inthemenubaratthetopleftofthe
screen,Device>Discovery>ExcludedDevices.Thenselectyourdevice
fromthelistandclickIncludeDevice.
Searches
Twotypesofsearchesareavailableforfindingdeviceswithparticular
characteristics.QuickSearchsearchestextcolumnsinthecurrentlydisplayed
devicelist.QuickSearchentriesarenotsavedwhenyoumovefromviewto
view,orchangetoAdvancedSearch.AdvancedSearchsearchesalldevices
inthedatabaseforthevaluesselectedinthesearchdialogbox.
QuickSearching
TheQuickSearchfeatureislocatedattheupperrightofthescreen.TheQuick
Searchtextboxacceptsinputinallsupportedlanguages.Typeasearchterm
(64charactermaximum),thenclickthebinocularsandlightningbolticon,to
performafulltextsearchonthetextcolumns(DisplayName,IPAddress,
HostName,andModelName)forthedevicesinthecurrentlydisplayedlist.On
completionofthesearch,thedevicelistonlyshowsitemsthatmatchthesearch
term.
ToclearaQuickSearch,deleteanysearchtermintheQuickSearchtextbox,
thenclicktheQuickSearchicon.
QuickSearchtermsarenotsavedwhenyoumovefromviewtoview,orperform
anAdvancedSearch.QuickSearchdoesnotsearchthetextintheexpanded
rowarea.
AdvancedSearching
TheAdvancedSearchfeatureisavailableforDefaultViews.Itfindsallprinting
devicesinthedatabasethatmatchtheselectedcriteria.Uptosixpropertiescan
bedefinedforthesearch.Thesearchresultsaredisplayeduntilyouchangeto
anotherview,orperformanotherAdvancedSearch.
SelectaDefaultView.
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ClickEdit>AdvancedSearch,orclickthebinocularsiconintheapplication
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toolbarabovethedevicelist.TheAdvancedSearchdialogboxopens.
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