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Network Client Software
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Network Client Software
The Scribe comes with 100-base-T Ethernet. Gigabit Ethernet is also available at a
slight premium. This allows you to connect the Scribe as you would any Microsoft
Windows XP Scribe on your network. In doing so, you can share the Scribe with other
users on your network allowing them to submit jobs remotely.
Note: To obtain optional Scribe Client software, please click on the following link:
www.mfdigital.com/techsupport.html
Client Scribe minimum requirements:
Client Scribe PC’s should meet or exceed these minimum requirements:
• Pentium 4 or better processor
• 512 MB of RAM
• Windows XP or Windows 2000
• 10GB of free NTFS formatted hard disk space.
• If you use firewall software, be sure not to block the port(s) used by the
Scribe client software (virtual port 12345)
• 100 Base-T network supporting Microsoft TCP/IP protocol.
Installing the client software
The network client, a file named Client.exe, was copied to your hard drive during
installation. The client software is a single .EXE file and simply needs to be copied
to the desired location you can do either by copying the file to a server, a share on
the Scribe you wish to give client privileges too, or use the Scribe and write the
file to disc.
Here we will show you how to install and run from the desktop of the Windows
2000 / XP client Scribe.
• On your Scribe, right
click on Start and
select Explore.
• Use Windows
Explorer to browse
your Scribe’s hard
drive. If you have the
default factory
installation, locate the
"C:\Program Files\MF
Digital\\” folder.
• Right click on
client.exe and select
COPY.
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• Again using Windows Explorer, browse to the location where you would like
to place the client software, right click and select PASTE. I suggest copying to
your remote’s PC’s desktop, or to a network a share from which you can copy
CLient.exe file to each client PC’s desktop.
Using the client software
The network client is virtually identical to the Scribe software itself. It allows you
to remotely do almost most everything you can on the Scribe copier itself. This
does NOT include the premium utilities as detailed in Appendix C.
Before running the client.exe client application, be sure the Scribe copier is
powered on and available on the network. The client software will NOT work
unless the P Scribe is running as it functions as job server. Normally you can
launch the client as is. In some cases, like large corporate domains where network
scanning time can be slow, it may be best to use the command line switches below.
These can mitigate the time it takes the client to poll the network looking for hosts.
Optional command line switches for Client.exe:
/uid username Specifies the username which has to be at least 6 chars
long and contain only small or capital letters (a-z, A-Z),
digits (0-9), and underscore sign (_).
/sid servername1,2… Specifies the server name(s), separated by commas or
spaces.
• If you copied the client software to your
desktop, click on the client.exe icon:
• You will be prompted for a User Id (fig.)
• Enter a unique name in the User ID. User
IDs are for the sole purpose of
distinguishing one user from another
when shared amongst multiple users. It
does not serve the purpose of granting or
(fig 1.)
not granting access to the device.
• Click on Connect. Select Hosts will be
displayed (fig. 2)
• Left click on the appropriate Scribe. This
list displays computers by their network
name. Then click OK.
• The familiar Scribe application will open
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up. Its use is the same as the Scribe, so
please refer to previous pages on how to
use the software.
(Fig.2)
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