Konica Minolta Magicolor 2350 EN, Reference Manual

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Printer-based Accounting
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b File —The overlay filename.
c Placement —On All Pages, the First Page only, all Even Pages, all
Odd Pages or Complex (page number for the first placement, followed
by a cycle number, representing how many successive pages later the
overlay should be placed again).
You are also able to include a ‘watermark.’ A watermark is a text
line for special purposes, such as ‘Confidential’ or ‘Draft.’ A water-
mark, however, is generated by the printer driver and is indepen-
dent from the contents of the document and function of overlay
printing.
The overlay may be designed from any available software application. It must
be a one page document that can be printed. Rather than printing, you must
temporarily store the overlay on your PC’s hard disk as a PostScript file, for
example,
overlay1.ps . The next step is to transfer this file to the internal hard
disk of your printer. You can use the Download Manager application or FTP to
transfer the files to the hard disk of the printer.
Printer-based Accounting
Printers with an internal hard disk may utilize Printer-Based Accounting. With
Printer-Based Accounting, individual print job information is saved on the
printer’s internal hard disk in an accounting file. This information can be
retrieved from the printer, filtered in regards to the individual customer
requirements and exported into a spreadsheet program in order to be
analyzed. There are over 40 different information fields available.
Printer-Based Accounting is important for System Administrators who need
interdepartmental accounting, pay-for-print applications, or workflow manage-
ment.
There are 2 types of accounting information captured by your printer:
Job Accounting
As each print job is completed, the information describing the print job is
saved in the accounting file. This information allows you to analyze consum-
able usage, media usage, operator usage, and the history of printer activities.
Error Accounting
Printer-based Error Accounting maintains a record of each error and status
message generated by the printer.