This chapter introduces management tools provided to help you make full use of your machine.
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Supported optional devices and features may differ according to your model. Please check your model name. (See Features by Models). |
The programs below help you to use your machine conveniently.
Status Monitor alerts you when error occurs and helps you troubleshoot machine problems. When an error occurs, a pop-up balloon informing you of the error appears. For Windows, Status Monitor is installed automatically when you install the machine software. You can use this program only in Windows OS.
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To use this program, you need the following system requirements:
If you need to know the exact model name of your machine, you can check the supplied software CD. |
You can launch the status monitor icon()on
the Windows task bar from the menu, select or > your printer driver name > Status Monitor.
If an error occurs while printing, you can open the troubleshooting chapter of the user’s guide to solve the problem.
When an error occurs, a pop-up balloon informing you of the error appears, click the troubleshooting guide button on the pop-up balloon.
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The supplied software CD provides you with SmarThru. SmarThru offers you convenient features to use with your machine.
Follow the steps below to start SmarThru:
Make sure that your machine and computer are turned on and properly connected to each other.
Once you have installed SmarThru, you will see the SmarThru icon on your desktop.
Double-click the SmarThru icon.
The SmarThru appears.
: Allows you to scan an image and save it to an application or folder, email it, or publish it on a web site.
: Allows you to edit an image you have saved as a graphic file and send it to a selected application or folder, email it, or publish it on a web site.
: Allows you to print images you have saved. You can print images in black and white or color mode if your machine supports it.
For more information about SmarThru, click at
the top right corner of the window. The SmarThru help window appears; you
can view on screen help supplied on the SmarThru program.
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Follow the steps below to uninstall SmarThru. Before you begin the uninstall, ensure that all applications are closed on your computer.
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.: Scanning an image and placing it in an image editor application, such as Paint or Adobe Photoshop.
: Scanning an image and emailing it. Allows you to scan an image, preview it, and email it.
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To send an image by e-mail, you must have a mail client program, like Outlook Express, which has been set up with your e-mail account. |
: Scanning an image and saving it to a folder. Allows you to scan an image, preview it, and save it to the folder of your choice.
: Scanning an image and performing text recognition. Allows you to scan an image, preview it, and send it to the OCR program for text recognition.
Recommended scan option for OCR.
Resolution: 200 or 300 dpi.
Image type: grayscale or black & white.
: Scanning an image, previewing it, and publishing it on a web site, using the specified file format for the image you want to publish.
: Customizing settings of basic functions. Allows you to customize settings for , , , and functions.
Set scan settings and click
.Unified Driver Configurator is a tool primarily intended for configuring machine devices. You need to install Unified Linux Driver to use Unified Driver Configurator (See Linux).
After the driver is installed on your Linux system, the Unified Driver Configurator icon will automatically be created on your desktop.
Double-click the
on the desktop.You can also click the
Menu icon and select > .Click each button on the left to switch to the corresponding configuration window.
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To use the on screen help, click . |
After changing the configurations, click
to close the Unified Driver Configurator.has the two tabs: and .
View the current system’s printer configuration by clicking on the machine icon button on the left side of the Unified Driver Configurator window.
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Switches to . |
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Shows all of the installed machine. |
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Shows the status, model name and URI of your machine. |
The printer control buttons are, as follows:
: Renews the available machines list.
: Allows you to add a new machines.
: Removes the selected machine.
: Sets the current selected machine as a default machine.
: Stops/starts the machine.
: Allows you to print a test page to ensure the machine is working properly.
: Allows you to view and change the printer properties.
In this window, you can monitor the activity of scanner devices, view a list of installed Founder machine devices, change device properties, and scan images.
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Shows all of the installed scanners. |
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Shows the vendor, model name and type of your scanner. |
: Allows you to change the scan properties and scan a document.
In this window, you can view the list of available ports, check the status of each port and release a port that is stalled in a busy state when its owner has terminated the job for any reason.
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Shows all of the available ports. |
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Shows the port type, device connected to the port, and status. |
: Renews the available ports list.
: Releases the selected port.
Your machine may be connected to a host computer via a parallel port or USB port. Since the machine device contains more than one device (printer and scanner), it is necessary to organize proper access of “consumer” applications to these devices via the single I/O port.
The Unified Linux Driver package provides an appropriate port sharing mechanism that is used by Founder printer and scanner drivers. The drivers talk to their devices via so-called machine ports. The current status of any machine port can be viewed via the . The port sharing prevents you from accessing one functional block of the machine device, while another block is in use.
When you install a new machine device onto your system, it is strongly recommended you do this with the assistance of an Unified Driver Configurator. In this case you will be asked to choose I/O port for the new device. This choice will provide the most suitable configuration for machine’s functionality. For machine scanners, I/O ports are being chosen by scanner drivers automatically, so proper settings are applied by default.