Using Portnavi - Ricoh AFICIO AP306 Setup Manual

Using PortNavi

PortNavi is a utility that helps you to use network printers effectively. It is useful
in environments where two or more network printers are used. It is recommend-
ed that you install PortNavi to use Parallel Printing and Recovery Printing. For
more information about PortNavi, see PortNavi Help.
PortNavi features
• Send a print job directly to the network printers without using a print server.
• Notification when a printing error occurs.
• Print documents using other printers in the printer group when the speci-
fied printer is busy (Recovery Printing).
Important
The following must be the same for the specified printer and the print-
ers selected for Recovery Printing.
• Printer models
• Installed options (e.g. Paper Tray)
• Size and orientation of paper in each paper tray
• Total memory
• Installed fonts (including the downloaded fonts)
• Equally divide the number of copies to be printed among the selected
printers in the printer group (Parallel Printing).
Important
The following must be the same for the specified printer and the print-
ers selected for Parallel Printing.
• Printer models
• Installed options (e.g. Paper Tray)
• Size and orientation of paper in each paper tray
• Total memory
• Installed fonts (including the downloaded fonts)
Limitation
To use PortNavi you must install PRINTER MANAGER FOR CLIENT and
use the TCP/IP protocol. For the name of the PRINTER MANAGER FOR
CLIENT you use, see the inside the front cover of this manual.
For more information about installing PRINTER MANAGER FOR CLIENT,
see the "Setup Guide" that comes with the printer.
Note
If you use the Multidirect Print port for printing, the port is switched auto-
matically to the PortNavi port.
Be sure to close all applications before beginning the installation process. In-
stalling PortNavi may require the computer to be restarted.
Using PortNavi
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