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Refreshing Information
The Printer Status frame displays the printer’s status, the settings of the paper guides in
tray 1, and whether there is paper present. This information is updated every two minutes
(if your browser supports automatic updating), or you can manually update it at any time
by clicking on the Update button.
The WebAdmin frame being viewed at any given time reflects the status of the printer at
the moment the frame was displayed, or loaded. To insure that the information in that
frame is current, you need to periodically click your Web browser’s Reload button. That
frame will then be reloaded to reflect any changes.
Printer Status Frame
The most illustrative example of a WebAdmin frame containing information that needs to
be refreshed is the Printer Status frame (located in the upper right corner of all WebAdmin
pages). The Printer Status frame displays the printer’s status, the status of each paper tray,
and the front panel display language.
The information in this frame can change frequently as multiple users send print jobs to
the printer. For example, if a user sends a print job that uses up all the paper while you
have this page loaded, the frame will not reflect this current status. You will be unaware
that the paper tray is empty. The page needs to be refreshed to display updated informa-
tion.
Some Web browsers support automatic refresh. If your browser supports automatic re-
fresh, the Printer Status frame will be automatically updated every two minutes.
Note: The Printer Status frame is the only WebAdmin frame with the automatic refresh
option.
If your browser does not support automatic refresh, you will not see the Printer Status page
update itself. Instead, use the Update Status button in the Printer Status frame.
Changing the Printer’s Configuration
In addition to displaying the status of the printer, WebAdmin allows you to make changes
to the printer’s configuration. Configurable WebAdmin pages are known as forms.
A WebAdmin form provides pop-up menus, entry boxes and buttons to make the same
changes you would make by pressing the printer’s front panel function keys. This interface
is similar to the graphical user interface of most programs.
