Kyocera KM-NET manual

Operation Guide KM-NET for Clients[...]

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Operation G uide 1 Features 1. Features 1.1. What is KM-NET for Client s? KM-NET for Clients is a network utility intended for use to monitor and configure the printing syste ms and ma intain e-MPS (enhan ced-Multiple Printing Sy stem) jobs in storage devices. Monitoring the st atus of th e printing system in real-time, confirming and modifying de [...]

Features 2 KM-NET for Clients 1.3. Support Language KM-NET for Clients supports the followin g lan guages: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Farsi, Finish, French, German , Hebrew , Hungarian, Italian, Lithuania n, Japanese, Kor ean, Norw egian, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, S panish, Swedish, T raditional Chinese [...]

Operation G uide 3 Installation an d Startup 2. Inst allation and St artup 2.1. Inst allation Install KM-NET for Clients on your computer . Note Before installing this applicati on, check that the KX driver is inst alled on the computer . KX Driver is on the CD-ROM supplied with the printing system. Insert the CD-ROM that came with the printing sys[...]

Main Screen 4 KM-NET for Clients 3. Main Screen 3.1. Views and Buttons The main screen is explained below . The following table explains the views and buttons on the main screen of KM-NET for Client s . The numbers appearing in the figure above are re ferred to in the Reference Number column on the following pages. Note The explanations of messa ge[...]

Operation G uide 5 Main Screen Ref. No. Name and Icon Description 1 Connection View The Connection V iew displays connected printing system icons for that have been discovered through the printer discovery process. A maximum of five printing system icons can be displayed in this view . Each ic on describes the status of the printing system. Add but[...]

Main Screen 6 KM-NET for Clients 2 Information View The Information View describes the status of the printing system in greater detail. Green indicates normal st atus and red i ndicat es that a prob lem ha s occurred. Click the triang u la r ic on circled in red in th e le f t diagram to switch screens. Depending on a model, th e status icons shown[...]

Operation G uide 7 Main Screen 3 3D View 3D Vi ew can be set up to display a 3D rendering of the selected prin ting system. It displays the status of the printing system in real-time. For example, if the top co ver of the printing system is opened, the top cover of the 3D i mage also opens. 4 Properties Button Click this button to open the p ropert[...]

Main Screen 8 KM-NET for Clients 3.2. Settings When operating KM-NET for Client s , you can change settings for polling interval, audible (error ) notification, whether you want to use the 3D virtual printing system to monitor the printing system st atus, etc. 1 Click SETUP on the main screen. The KM-NET for Clients dialog box appea rs. 2 Configure[...]

Operation G uide 9 Main Screen Appearance T ab Show 3D image This displays the 3D virtual prin ting system for monitor ing the st atus of the pr inting system. 3D accelerat or Select the method which the PC renders the 3D image. The default is Sof tware rendering. Selecting Hardware render ing may improve the performance of rendering the 3D image d[...]

Add Printing System Wizar d 10 KM-NET for Clients 4. Add Printing System Wizard T o search for printing syst ems to be r egistered, click Add . The Add Printing System Wizard st art s. 4.1. Adding the Printing Sy stems Using S t andard Mode T o add the printing systems using standar d mode, perform the following procedure. 1 Select Stan da r d . 2 [...]

Operation G uide 11 Add Printing System Wizard 5 After searching completes, th e searched print ing systems are displayed. Up to five desired printing systems can be s elected. T o select multiple printing systems, press and hold Ctrl key and click on the desired printing system name. 6 Click Finish to return the main screen. The Connection View di[...]

Add Printing System Wizar d 12 KM-NET for Clients 3 Select Local printer . 4 Click Next . 5 Perform the instructions displayed by the wizard. Network Address T o add printing system using network address option, perform the following proced ure. 1 Select Advanced . 2 Click Next . 3 Select Network address . 4 Click Next . 5 Select the pr otocol for [...]

Operation G uide 13 Add Printing System Wizard Import Printing Systems T o add printing system using import printing systems option, perform the following procedu re. 1 Select Advanced . 2 Click Next . 3 Select Import printing systems . 4 Click Next . 5 Select one dat a file to import network address. The dat a file that can be imported is the CSV [...]

Add Printing System Wizar d 14 KM-NET for Clients 4.3. Adding the Printing Systems Using History Mode History mode displays the printing system s that were previously searched using standa rd mode or IP range discover in advanced mod e. T o add the printing system using his tory mode, perform the following procedure. 1 Select History . 2 Click Next[...]

Operation G uide 15 Properties 5. Properties 5.1. Accessing the Properties Dialog Box When you click the Properties button on the main screen, the printing system properties dialog box as shown below appe ars. For detai ls of the property items, refer to Help . Notes • The contents of the printing system property will be different depending on th[...]

Properties 16 KM-NET for Clients 5.2. St atus T ab Displays the current conditi on of the printing system. If an error occurs, T rouble tip s appears instead of General information like be low .[...]

Operation G uide 17 Properties 5.3. Input T ab Displays information about the p aper feeder attached with a printing system, such as the media size, the pape r capacity and th e maximum paper cap acity . Depending on the printing system, the detailed setting of each media type can be configured in this tab. 5.4. Output T ab S pecifies the destinati[...]

Properties 18 KM-NET for Clients 5.5. Media T ab Displays the settings for media. Main Item Sub Item Description Media type Weight Media weight can be set for the customized paper . T emperature The heat of fusing can be set for th e customized paper . Density Print density can be set for the customized paper . Duplex Duplex printing can be set for[...]

Operation G uide 19 Properties 5.6. Printer T ab Allows you to configure the se ttings for the printing function. Main Item Sub Item Description Print quality EcoPrint Enables the printing system to reduce the amount of toner consumptio n to save printing costs. Resolution Selects the re solution for printing. T one Selects the way th e printing sy[...]

Properties 20 KM-NET for Clients 5.7. Copy T ab Allows you to check and configure the se ttin gs for the copy function. Main Item Sub Item Description Feed APS media type When Enable is checked and a p aper type is selected fr om the Paper T ype dropdown list, the feeding destina tion is automatically selected from the sp ecified paper type and the[...]

Operation G uide 21 Properties 5.8. Scan T ab Allows you to check and configure th e se ttings for the scanning function. Main Item Sub Item Description Basic Original size Displays the size of the original document. Zoom Select the zoom mode. Exposure Select the exposure mod e for scanning. Scan color Select the color mode for sca nning. Original [...]

Properties 22 KM-NET for Clients 5.9. F AX Basic T ab Allows you to configure the basic settings fo r the F AX function su ch as transmiss i on , reception and encryption key settings. Main Item Sub Item Description Default F AX firmware Displays th e F AX firmware version for each port. F AX line Select the F AX line type for each port. Pulse (10p[...]

Operation G uide 23 Properties Reception settings-1 F AX receive Select the F AX reception mode. Auto (Normal) Auto (F AX/TEL) Auto (T AD) Auto (DRD) * Manual * This is not displayed on European models. DRD pattern Select a ri nging pattern when Auto (DRD) is selected in the F AX reception. This is not displayed on European models. Receive date/tim[...]

Properties 24 KM-NET for Clients Reception settings-3 Duplex printing Select whether or not to allow duplex printing in the reception . Reduced reception size Select whether the received F AX will be printed primarily at the same magnification or at a reduced size . Reception port S pecify the reception only port. OFF Port 1 Port 2 (If the optional[...]

Operation G uide 25 Properties 5.10. F AX Advanced T ab Allows you to configure the advanced settings for F AX function such as transmit/receive restrictions, or report print out settings. Main Item Sub Item Description Restriction T ransmit restriction Sel ect the list used for transmit restriction. Off Permit list + Address Book When "Permit[...]

Properties 26 KM-NET for Clients Permit List Permit number list Displays the list of F AX numbers currently registered. Add button Adds a new F AX number . Delete button Deletes the F A X number selected in the list. Properties button Allows the user to edit the F AX number selected in the list. Permit ID list Displays the list of F AX IDs currentl[...]

Operation G uide 27 Properties 5.1 1. Resources T ab Displays information about all memory sour ces and dat a such as Fon t, Macro, Program and Host information. Main Item Sub Item Description Memory Memory information Displays the amount of free and total RAM and the available memory slot s. Host buffer Displays and chan ge s th e ho st bu ffer mo[...]

Properties 28 KM-NET for Clients 5.12. C onsumable T ab Displays the remaining level of ton er amount and e ach consumable unit life. Gr ayed out and not displayed correc tly if any unauthorize d toner contai neris installed. 5.13. C ounters T ab Displays the count informatio n of the printing system. Main Item Sub Item Description Print Printed pa[...]

Operation G uide 29 Properties 5.14. M anagement T ab Allows you to configure the management settin gs of the printing system. Main Item Sub Item Description System Operation p anel language Selects the language displaye d on the message display . Buzzer A Buzzer can be set to sound when an error condition occurs on a printing system. The buzzer mu[...]

Properties 30 KM-NET for Clients T imer Auto panel reset S pecifies the time for auto panel reset. When this function is enabled, if no operation has bee n performed on the operator p anel during a specified time , the display autom atica lly returns to the default. Form feed timeout Adjusts the fo rm feed timeout time. If the printer receive s no [...]

Operation G uide 31 Properties 5.15. Interface T ab Displays the general information fo r the network interface. Main Item Sub Item Description General Network interface Displays the info rmation of the networ k interface such as model name, fir mware version, MAC address and serial number . Novell Novell configuration Confi gures the s ettings of [...]

Address Book 32 KM-NET for Clients 6. Address Book In this section, we are viewing and editing the Address Book in the printing system. Addresses i n the Address Book ca n be specified for transm ission or restriction of transmission/reception. Y ou can also group individual addresses for batch tra nsmission. 6.1. Address Book W indow When you clic[...]

Operation G uide 33 Address Book Edit Edit Allows the user to edit the address or group selected in the address list. Copy Copies the address o r group selected in the address list. Paste Pastes the copied dat a to the addr ess list. Delete Deletes the ad dr ess or group selected in the address list. View Colum n Allows the user to config ur e th e[...]

Address Book 34 KM-NET for Clients 6.2. Search and Filtering Functions Helps the user to quickly find the addr ess he/she wants. Function Description Search box Enter a string in the search box (case- insensitive). The en tered string will be searched against the addres s data in the name column. If the string matches the leading part of an ad dres[...]

Operation G uide 35 Address Book 6.3. Edit Address Dialog Box In the Edit Address dialog box, you can configure or edit addresses in det ail. Name T ab Item Description Name Enter the name. The maximum length of the Name is 32 character s. Address The address is displayed in the followin g format . E-Mail E-mail: E-mail Address FTP FTP: Path(Host N[...]

Address Book 36 KM-NET for Clients Cover p age T ab Y ou can loa d the info rmation registered here when creating a cover letter with the Network F AX driver before Network F AX transmission. Item Description Recipient Enter the name of th e recipient. The maximum length of the destination name is 32 characters. Company Enter the name of the comp a[...]

Operation G uide 37 Address Book E-Mail T ab FTP T ab Item Description E-Mail Address Enter the e-mail address. The maximum length of the e-mail addre ss is 126 characters. Item Description Host Name Enter the host name of the FTP server . When the port number is dif fer ent from the value set on the system (the default is 21), you can specify the [...]

Address Book 38 KM-NET for Clients SMB T ab Login user name Enter the log in user name. The maximum length of the login user name is 62 characters. Login password Enter the login passwor d. The maximum length of the login p assword is 62 characters. Item Description Host Name Enter the host name. Wh en the p ort number is dif ferent from the value [...]

Operation G uide 39 Address Book FA X T a b Item Description F AX No. Enter the F AX number . The maximum length is 32 charac ters. TX S tart S peed Select the transmission speed from "33600bps," "14400bp s" and "9600bp s." ECM Select ON or OFF for ECM. Sub Address Enter the subaddr ess. The maximum length of the subad[...]

Address Book 40 KM-NET for Clients Internet F AX T ab Item Description Internet F AX address Enter the Inter net F AX address. The maximum length is 126 character s. Mode Select the mode from Simple and Full. File format Select the file form at from TIFF-MH, TIFF-MR, TIFF- MMR, and TIFF-JBIG . Resolution Select th e resolution for transmiss ion fro[...]

Operation G uide 41 Address Book 6.4. Edit Group Dialog Box In the Edit Group dialog box, you can creat e a gr ou p , or add or dele te a memb e r . The maximum number of memb ers that can be registere d in a group is: • E-mail address: 100 • FTP and SMB (in total): 10 • F AX: 500 • Internet F AX: 100 Item Descriptio n Group Name Enter the [...]

Address Book 42 KM-NET for Clients 6.5. Adding Members When you cli ck Add Member in the Edit Group dial og bo x, th e Gro up Membe r dialog box appears. In the Group Member dialog box, you can add or d elete a mem ber . Adding a member to the address list 1 Click Add . 2 Enter the information ab out the member to be added to the address list. 3 Cl[...]

Operation G uide 43 Address Book Deleting a member 1 From the address list, select the m ember to b e deleted. 2 Click Delete . 3 Click OK .[...]

Job Manager 44 KM-NET for Clients 7. Job Manager 7.1. What is Job Manager? The printing jo b can be stored in the storag e devices of the printing system. This job is administered, reprinted and d eleted using Job Man ager function. T urning the printing sy stem power off will no t delete stored jobs. Note Job Manager can only be used in the pr int[...]

Operation G uide 45 Job Manager 2 Select the job to be operated. In this screen, users can obt ain job information and manage jobs. Click the Refresh icon to update information about the selected job. Click the Delete icon to delete the selected job. Click the Print icon to start the print job wiz ard. Follow the wizardÅfs instructions to print th[...]

Job Viewer 46 KM-NET for Clients 8. Job V iewer 8.1. What is Job V iewer? Printing jobs can be stored on the ha rd disk drive ( HDD) in the pr inting system. The job log can be downloaded or deleted using the Job V iewer . S tored jobs will not be de leted even if th e printing system is turned of f. Note Job Viewer can only be used in the printing[...]

Operation G uide 47 Job Viewer 2 In this screen, you can view job inform ation and adm inister jobs by se lecting a job and selecting an action you want to apply from a me nu or with an icon. Main Item Sub Item Description File Save history Downloads the log into the compu ter . Clear Log Deletes all logs fr om the printing system . Close Exits Job[...]

Broadcast 48 KM-NET for Clients 9. Broadcast Allows you to send PRESCRIBE comm ands to the printing system ( Broadcast ). Also allows you to use this menu to confirm and change the internal settings of the printing system when using either a local or network connection ( FRPO ). For det ails on PRESCRIBE commands, refer to the PRESCRIBE Command Ref[...]

Operation G uide 49 Broadcast The Broadcast dialog box ap pears. 2 Browse the command file or enter the command in the Broadcast text box. Th e maximum length of command is 256 char acters. 3 Click Send to send the command to the print ing system. 9.2. FRPO Parameter Setting Perform the f ollowing proc edure to ch ange the FRPO parameter . 1 Click [...]

Document Box 50 KM-NET for Clients 10.Document Box A document box is a sp ace similar to a post-of fice box on the hard disk of the printin g system used for storing scanned dat a or document s sent by F AX. Y ou can br owse document s in document boxes or copy or move them to a PC. Y ou can also cre ate or delete a docume nt box. 10.1. Document Bo[...]

Operation G uide 51 Document Box Main Item Sub Item Description File Add Displays a dialog box where the user can create a new docu m en t box. Detail Displays the property of the selected document box. Close Closes the Document Box window . Edit Move Displays a dialog box where the user can move the selected document to another document b ox. Dele[...]

Document Box 52 KM-NET for Clients View T ool bar Displays or hides the tool bar . S tatus bar Displays or hides the sta tus bar . Details Displays the documents in the list in report form. Thumbnail Displays the documents in the list in thumbnail form. Refresh Updates the dat a in the document box. Preview pane Displays the preview pane. Preview P[...]

Operation G uide 53 Document Box 10.2. Creating or Deleting a Document Box The following three types of do cument boxes exist.. Creating a Document Box 1 Click New in the Document Box window . 2 The Add a new document box dial og box appears. 3 Enter the information ab out the document box. 4 Click OK . Deleting a Document Box 1 From the Document B[...]

Document Box 54 KM-NET for Clients 10.3. Editing a Document Box Y ou can ed it the det ails in a document box. When you select the document box an d then select Properties fr om the right-click menu, the Properties dialog box appear s. Y ou ca n display the Properties dialog box from the menu or toolba r icon. General T ab For the Custom Box and th[...]

Operation G uide 55 Document Box For the Polling Box Security T ab Item Description Delete transmitted f ile Documents ar e deleted after th ey are polled from other F AX machines. Item Description Permission Select "Shared" for prin ter sharing, or "Private" for personal use.This ite m can be set when authen tication is enabled[...]

Troubleshooting 56 KM-NET for Clients 1 1 .T roubleshooting If trouble occurs with using KM-NET for Client s , carry out the applicable remedy indicated below . If the trouble persists, cont act your service repr esentative or author ized service center . Symptom Cause Remedy The utility does not start. Y our computer does not meet the system requi[...]

Operation G uide 57 Troubleshooting S t atus remains not connected. The printing system has been turned off. Turn the printing system on. The printing system has been removed from the network. Connect the printing system to the network. The printing system has lost the connection to the n etwork. V erify that there is an active netwo rk connection [...]

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