Konica Minolta ip011 User Manual

IP-011 Printer Controller  5-3

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The Printer Tools is the generic name of two programs, “Status Monitor” and “Control Panel” which are used on

computers connected to the Konica 7020 series +IP-011 system.

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The Status Monitor is a program which enables you to monitor the printer status from computers connected to the

Konica 7020 series+IP-011 system.

If, at the time of installing the Printer Tools, Status Monitor is set to automatically start, the Status Monitor auto-

matically starts and the Status Monitor icon is displayed on the task bar when a computer is started.

The Status Monitor displays information about the printer status which has been received from the IP-011 in the

form of easy-to-understand images and messages. Additionally, in the event that any problems occur on the

printer side, the method of recovery is displayed on the Status Monitor.

Moreover, background colors of the Status Monitor icon on the task bar change in accordance with the printer

status.

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Printer is ready / Printing / Canceling printing / Setting printer: Blue

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Error: Red

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No paper, Warming up: Yellow

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The Control Panel is a program to set the printer and used on computers connected to the Konica 7020 series

+IP-011 system.

Select [Printer Setting] by clicking it on the [setup] menu of “Status Monitor” to start the Control Panel.

The Control Panel is made of the [Paper] tab, [Printer Setting] tab, [Test Print] tab and [Configurations] tab.

Sets Paper Size, Paper Tray, Output Tray, Orientation (Portrait / Landscape) and Copies.

Sets Page Protection, I/O Timeout, Line/Page, Language and Smoothing.

Prints the Print Demo/Configuration Page or the Print NIC Status Page.

Check the setting status of the printer name, free memory, option, etc.