Xerox Xerox 6050A Wide Format Solution User Guide

 

AccXES Client Tools User Guide 

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The Device Manager Tab contains the following areas (from top to bottom): 

Ÿ  Toolbar buttons - Commands include Create a New Device, Edit a 

Selected Device, Accept the Device Parameters, Cancel the Current 
Activity, Delete a Selected Device, Get Printer ID, Update Printer ID of 
all Network Devices, Display Retry Settings, and Help.   

Ÿ  Available Devices Section - The Available Devices List displays the 

available printers and scanners. The list automatically includes printers 
that can be connected to local ports (identified by a local port label such 
as LPT1) and Print To File. The network printers and scanners are listed 
after the local printers. They can be added, edited, or deleted.  
 
The Document Submit, Printer Queue, and Accounting Tabs use the 
default printer when communicating with a printer.  
 
The Accounting Tab and the Printer Queue Tab are not capable of two-
way communication with the printer when a parallel port printer, or Print 
To File have been selected.  

The Document Retrieve Tab uses the selected default scanner for its 
two-way communication with a network scanner. 

Ÿ  The Network section - This section displays the properties of the 

selected device. The parameters displayed depend on the device 
connection type (parallel, serial or network). For a parallel or serial port 
printer, the parameters can not be changed. For a network device, the 
Device Name and Address parameters, as well as the  “AccXES to Client 
Communications”  checkbox  may be edited.  When editing or creating a 
network device, you can uncheck the “AccXES to Client Communications” 
checkbox if the device does not support bi-directional communication, 
such as when connecting to an external print server.  If this checkbox is 
unchecked, then the Device Manager Tool will not attempt to obtain the 
printer identification information from the network device.  Instead, it will 
list the same accounting as the last most recently updated network 
device.  When this checkbox is unchecked, you will not be able to use 

the print queue or the accounting tool (the toolbar buttons become 
disabled).  

For Print to File, go to the Print to File section below. 

  

Ÿ  The Printer Identification section (for AccXES Client Tools version 

7.0 and greater). This feature is needed to determine which AccXES 
firmware version the printer is using. If it is 7.0 and greater, then the 
Accounting Tab will be disabled and the AccXES Account 
Management Tool will be used to provide the accounting features. If 
the AccXES firmware version is before 7.0, then the AccXES Client 
Tools Accounting features can be still used.  

When AccXES Client Tools is first installed, the software will try to 
update the Printer Identification information for all of the network 
devices listed on the Device Manager Tab.  

The serial port (COM1, COM2) devices are not updated when the 
AccXES Client Tools is installed; therefore the Printer Model and 
Printer Version values will show as “UNKNOWN”. Before using a 
serial port device as a default printer, the user will want to update the 
printer identification information by pressing the Get Printer ID 
toolbar button.  

When a device that does not support bi-directional communication 
(LPT1, LPT2, or Print to File) is selected, the printer identification 
information of the last updated bi-directional device will show in the 
printer identification section.  

If a new device is added to the Device Name list, the software will 
connect to the printer, read what the printer identification is, and put it 
into this Printer Identification section. A failed message will appear if 
the software fails to connect to the printer.  

Ÿ  The Device Status line (at the bottom of the screen) - displays the 

command's action status as a result of pressing the Toolbar buttons. 
You can press the Cancel button on this line to cancel the action.