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Using the 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.

Important

  • To use this function under GX 3000SF, the optional network interface board must be installed

What can you do with it?

Using SmartDeviceMonitor for Client, you can do the following:

  • Peer-to-peer printing

    • Send print jobs directly to the network printer without going through a print server.

    • Print using a substitute printer if there are too many jobs waiting on the specified printer, or if an error disables printing (Recovery Printing).

    • Allocate multiple print jobs to multiple printers (Parallel Printing).

    • Preregister groups of printers specified for Recovery Printing or Parallel Printing.

  • Receive error message notification if an error occurs in the machine while it is printing or sending a job.

  • Monitoring function

    • Check the machine status such as the remaining amount of paper while printing.

    • Simultaneously monitor multiple machines in use.

    • Check the machine's network settings and system configuration.

  • Be notified of print completion.

  • View up to 100 print jobs that belong to you.