What Is The Image Controller; Role Of The Image Controller - Konica Minolta bizhub press C7000 User Manual

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What is the image controller?

2 Overview
This chapter describes the overview and connection environment of the image controller that provides the
printer function.
2.1 What is the image controller?
The image controller is a device that enables the printing and network printing functions on this machine.
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Role of the image controller

Incorporating the image controller enables this machine to function as a printing system, allowing printing
using applications on the computer connected to this machine. When using this machine as a network print-
er, you can print using applications on the computer.
1. The machine
2. Image controller
3. Printing system
The image controller provides the following functions.
- Printing data sent from a printer driver on a computer
- Support of network protocols including TCP/IP (IPv4/IPv6), IPX/SPX, and AppleTalk
- Printing via a network using Web service (Windows Vista/Server 2008/7), SMB (Windows), LPR or IPP
printing
- Configuring settings for this machine and the image controller from a client computer via the network
(using a Web browser)
- Control of the number of pages to be printed (the User Authentication and Account Track functions)
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