Customizing the home screen
1
Open a Web browser, and then type the printer IP address in the
address field.
Note:
View the printer IP address on the printer home screen.
The IP address appears as four sets of numbers separated by
periods, such as 123.123.123.123.
2
Do one or more of the following:
•
Show or hide icons of basic printer functions.
a
Click
Settings
>
General Settings
>
Home screen
customization
.
b
Select the check boxes to specify which icons appear on the
printer home screen.
Note:
If you clear a check box beside an icon, then the
icon does not appear on the home screen.
c
Click
Submit
.
•
Customize the icon for an application. For more information,
see
“Finding information about the home screen applications”
on page 10
or see the documentation that came with the
application.
Activating the home screen applications
Finding information about the home screen
applications
Your printer comes with preinstalled home screen applications. Before
you can use these applications, you must first activate and set up these
applications using the Embedded Web Server. For more information
on accessing the Embedded Web Server, see
“Accessing the Embedded
Web Server” on page 9
.
For detailed information on configuring and using the home screen
applications, contact the place where you purchased the printer.
Using Background and Idle Screen
Use
To
Customize the background and idle screen of
your printer home screen.
From the home screen, navigate to:
Change Background
> select background to use >
Apply
Setting up Forms and Favorites
Use
To
Quickly find and print frequently used online
forms directly from the printer home screen.
Note:
The printer must have permission to
access the network folder, FTP site, or Web
site where the bookmark is stored. From the
computer where the bookmark is stored, use
sharing, security, and firewall settings to
allow the printer at least a
read
access. For
help, see the documentation that came with
your operating system.
1
Open a Web browser, and then type the printer IP address in the
address field.
Note:
View the printer IP address on the printer home screen.
The IP address appears as four sets of numbers separated by
periods, such as 123.123.123.123.
2
Click
Settings
>
Apps
>
Apps Management
>
Forms and Favorites
.
3
Click
Add
, and then customize the settings.
Notes:
•
See the mouse-over help beside each field for a description
of the setting.
•
To make sure the location settings of the bookmark are
correct, type the correct IP address of the host computer
where the bookmark is located. For more information on
obtaining the IP address of the host computer, see
“Finding
the IP address of the computer” on page 9
.
•
Make sure the printer has access rights to the folder where
the bookmark is located.
4
Click
Apply
.
To use the application, touch
Forms and Favorites
on the printer home
screen, and then navigate through form categories, or search for forms
based on a form number, name, or description.
Understanding Eco
‑
Settings
Use
To
Manage energy consumption, noise, toner,
and paper usage settings to help reduce the
environmental impact of your printer.
Setting up Remote Operator Panel
This application enables you to interact with the printer control panel
even when you are not physically near the network printer. From your
computer, you can view the printer status, release held print jobs,
create bookmarks, and do other print-related tasks.
1
Open a Web browser, and then type the printer IP address in the
address field.
Note:
View the printer IP address on the printer home screen.
The IP address appears as four sets of numbers separated by
periods, such as 123.123.123.123.
2
Click
Settings
>
Remote Operator Panel Settings
.
3
Select the
Enable
check box, and then customize the settings.
4
Click
Submit
.
To use the application, click
Remote Operator Panel
>
Launch VNC
Applet
.
Exporting and importing a configuration
You can export configuration settings into a text file, and then import
the file to apply the settings to other printers.
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