About Web Image Monitor

Web Image Monitor allows you to check machine status, manage jobs, and change settings, via a Web browser.
The recommended Web browsers are as follows:

Windows:

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2, or a later version
  • Firefox 1.0, or a later version

Macintosh:

  • Firefox 1.0, or a later version
  • Safari 1.0, 1.2, 2.0 (412.2), or a later version (except Safari 2.0 under Mac OS X v10.4.1)

Note

Web Image Monitor supports screen reader applications.
We recommend JAWS 7.0 or a later version.

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What You Can Do with Web Image Monitor

Web Image Monitor can be used to access remote devices through the network. Device status monitoring, and configuration setting / changing is available via a standard Web browser.
The Web Image Monitor can be used to:

  • Set and display device settings and status
  • Check job status and history
  • Manage the Address Book
  • Change device settings

Basic Operations of Web Image Monitor

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  1. In the menu area to the left, click the menu item corresponding to the function you want to know.
    The page for the selected menu item appears in the work area to the right.

    Note

    • If you click [Job] or [Configuration], a list of sub-menu items is displayed on the right, which you can select and click a page from.
  2. Use the displayed page to check device and job status, and then enter settings.

Header Area

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The area at the top of the Web Image Monitor page is called the header area.
The same buttons always appear here regardless of which page is displayed during operation. The following items appear in the header area.

Model name of the device

The model name of the device currently connected appears on the left side of the header area.

[To Link Page] button

Click to open a window containing a list of URL names for accessing different Web pages.

For details about Link Page

[Keyword Search] button

Click to display the [Keyword Search] page. On this page, you can enter a string to search for pages where the string appears in the text of a heading or item name.

For details about the [Keyword Search] page

[Help] button

When this is first clicked, a page appears for downloading the Web Image Monitor Help from the Internet, using the Web browser.
After Help is downloaded, the Table of Contents Help can be displayed by setting the location of the Help files as this button's address link (URL).

[Version Information] button

Click to display the Web Image Monitor version information.

Login/Logout

Click the [Login] button to open a dialog box where you can enter your user name and password. When you have logged in, this button changes to the [Logout] button.

Note

  • The link address of the [Help] button can be set using the [Configuration: Webpage] page (only when you are logged in as Network Administrator).

Available Functions

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Available functions depend on the role of the user and whether user authentication is enabled on the device.

User (user authentication disabled)

When user authentication is disabled, users can access the device by simply connecting to the device via a Web browser.
Users can view device status, job status, and some settings. You can print or delete jobs displayed in the list of sample print, locked print, hold print, or stored print documents stored on the device.
However, you cannot change device settings.

User (user authentication enabled)

When user authentication is enabled, fewer functions are available to users unless they are logged in. You can view device status and query information.
After logging in to the device by clicking [Login] in the header area, you can view job status and edit the Address Book.

User Administrator

Manages the Address Book. User Administrators can delete or change the password of a user registered to the Address Book even if the password is unknown.

Machine Administrator

Manages device settings. Machine Administrators can manage print jobs stored in the Document Server, make settings on the pages displayed by selecting [Configuration] - [Device Settings], and set up printer functions.

Network Administrator

Sets up the device's network configuration. Network Administrators mainly make settings on the pages displayed by selecting [Configuration] - [Network].

File Administrator

Makes settings for files stored on the device. If the Print Jobs function is enabled, File Administrators can also delete or unlock jobs displayed in the list of sample print, locked print, hold print, or stored print documents stored on the device.

Supervisor

Supervisors can change or delete the password of Administrator or Supervisor on the [Configuration: Device Settings: Program/Change Administrator] page.
Supervisors are responsible for changing the password as needed; he/she cannot perform any other operation. A password is required for managing the device. For example, if the Administrator loses his/her password, he/she cannot log in to the device to change its settings. The Supervisor is provided to address this problem. The Supervisor has the right to change the Administrator's password, but only the Administrator can change device settings.

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Web Browser Settings and Operations

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Use a Web browser to perform all Web Image Monitor operations.
Note the following when using Web browser functions:

Cookies and JavaScript settings

Make the following settings (required):

Registering bookmarks

For the following page, you can register the URL displayed on the Web browser, to thereafter go to the Web page immediately.

For other pages, the Web browser cannot display them correctly, even if a URL is registered.

 

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