Konica-minolta Magicolor 6100 Series User Manual

Crown Print MonitorAdministrator's Guide1800641-001B

About This Manual8About This ManualThis manual is written for Windows 2000/NT4/Me/98/95 administrators, and it is divided into the following sections:

About the Crown Print Monitor 9About the Crown Print MonitorThe Crown Print Monitor transports print jobs to a print device using the TCP/IP protocol

2Installation

Installing the Crown Print Monitor12Installing the Crown Print Monitor The Crown Print Monitor is installed on your Microsoft Windows workstation or s

Installing the Crown Print Monitor 137If you are prompted to add a new port, type the IP Address of your printer into both the Port Name and IP Addres

Adding a Printer Port1413Highlight Spooler in the Services dialog box, choose the Stop button (located on the right-side of the dialog box), and the f

Adding a Printer Port 157Select Crown Port from the list then choose OK. The Add Port window appears.8Type the logical name for the port in the Port N

Adding a Printer Port16 On initial access to the Add Port dialog box, whatever you type in the Port Name text box is automatically copied to the IP

Adding a Printer Port 17Auto Discovery1Choose the Auto Discovery option from the Add Crown Port menu.2Choose Search for Printers.The Crown Print Monit

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Adding a Printer Port185Choose the Add Port button.6Choose the Printer Ports button.7Select Crown Port from the list then choose OK.8Type the logical

Adding a Printer Port 19bSelect Yes and add this address in the Network Host Name file on you computer before you send any print jobs to the port. If

Configuring a Port20Configuring a PortAfter a port has been added, its settings must be configured. The following procedure describes how to configure

Configuring a Port 21The following timeouts are used by the Crown Print Monitor when transporting print jobs to the print device and reporting their p

Configuring a Port2210Close the Print Servers Properties dialog box.Windows 2000/NT41From the Start menu, choose Settings.2Choose Printers.3In the Pri

Configuring a Port 237Configure the events to log.The following types of messages can be reported in the Application Event Log. See your Microsoft Win

Using the Crown Print Monitor24Using the Crown Print MonitorBefore you can use the Crown Print Monitor, you must have completed the following steps:I

Using the Crown Print Monitor 25See chapter 3, “Troubleshooting,” for more information on the actual status messages that display.Windows 2000/NT4To o

Using the Crown Print Monitor26The following is an explanation of the status window prompts:See chapter 3, “Troubleshooting,” for more information on

Uninstalling the Crown Print Monitor 27Uninstalling the Crown Print MonitorUse this procedure when uninstalling the Crown Print Monitor.1From the Star

Contents1 Introduction Introduction 4System Requirements 6About the Documentation 7About This Manual 8About the Crown Print Monitor 92 Installation In

3Troubleshooting

Spooler Status Information30Spooler Status InformationWindows Me/98/95One of the following messages displays via Print Manager in the printer status w

Spooler Status Information 31Windows 2000/NT4This message displays in the Print Manager printer status window...It indicates... Take these actions...S

Monitor Status Information32Monitor Status InformationOne of the following messages displays via Print Manager in the printer status window when the C

Monitor Status Information 33Windows 2000/NT4This message displays in the Print Manager printer status window...It indicates... Take these actions...P

Printer Status Information34Printer Status InformationThis printer-dependent status information displays via Print Manager in the printer status windo

Grayed Out Printer Icon 35Grayed Out Printer IconThe Printer icon may be grayed out (unavailable) on printers which are connected to a port (as a resu

Grayed Out Printer Icon368Choose OK.The printer icon is no longer grayed out, and you can print to the printer again.

GlossaryDespoolTo read the contents of a spool file and send it to a print device.PrinterThe actual hardware device that produces printed output. Queu

23 Troubleshooting Spooler Status Information 30Monitor Status Information 32Printer Status Information 34Grayed Out Printer Icon 35GlossaryIndex

IndexCConfiguration component 9Crown Print MonitorAbout the Crown Print Monitor 12Configuration component 9Installing 12Send component 9Status compone

40IndexPPort, Add 14Port, ConfigureTimers 20Port, configureTimers 22Print MonitorStatus component 9Printer status information 33Printing 30RRequiremen

1Introduction

Introduction4IntroductionThe Crown Print Monitor for Windows 2000/NT4/Me/98/95 Print Spooler (both workstation and server versions) controls the print

Introduction 5As the following illustration shows, the Crown Print Monitor does more than just transport your print job to the print device. It also p

System Requirements6System RequirementsTo use the Network Print Monitor, you need the following:For this system requirementYou need...Printer A printe

About the Documentation 7About the DocumentationIf your printer has a network interface, the Crown Print Monitor documentation came with your printer