Enabling Scanning Of Network And/Or Local Devices; Enabling Broadcast Scanning - PrintFleet TASKalfa 2551ci User Manual

Enabling
scanning of
network and/or
local devices
Enabling
broadcast
scanning
• If the location has less than 100 users, click QuickScan,
and then click Go.
• If the location has 100 users or more, click Custom IP
Range and specify IP ranges given by the network
administrator or click Fill Ranges to detect IP ranges
automatically, and then click Go.
3. If the scan takes less than 25 minutes, and all document output
devices were found, you can use these settings for the Printer
DCA. If the scan takes longer than 25 minutes, analyze the
results to determine exactly which ranges need to be scanned.
Do not include ranges that have no document output devices on
them, and only include the portions of ranges that do have
document output devices on them. For instance, if you are
scanning a subnet of 192.168.1.1–192.168.1.254, but there are
only document output devices from 192.168.1.1–192.168.1.50
and 192.168.1.200–192.168.1.250, you should input these two
ranges instead of the entire subnet to make the Printer DCA
scan more efficient.
4. Input your tightened scan ranges into the Advance Scan settings
of Auditor, and perform another scan to verify that the scan now
takes less than 25 minutes. If it still takes longer than 25
minutes, and you cannot tighten the scan ranges any further,
you may want to install more than one Printer DCA at the
location.
You must enable at least one of network or local device scanning for
the Printer DCA to collect data. For local device scanning to work,
you must also have Local Print Agent installed on computers
connected to the local devices you want to scan. See "Managing
local devices with Local Print Agent" on page 29.
If you have created separate profiles for networked and local
devices, you will enable network device scanning in one, and local
device scanning in the other. For more information on scan profiles,
see "Managing scan profiles" on page 14.
To enable scanning of network and/or local devices:
1. Under the Scan tab, make sure the correct scan profile is
selected from the Scan Profile list. For more information on
scan profiles, see "Managing scan profiles" on page 14.
2. Under the General tab, in the Scanning Options area, do one
or both of the following:
• Click Network Devices to enable scanning of networked
printing devices.
• Click Local Devices to enable scanning of locally connected
printing devices.
3. Click Save.
Broadcast scanning targets each IP address specified at the same
time, rather than in consecutive order. This makes the Printer DCA
network scan faster. Some networks may not allow this type of
scanning for security purposes. Typically, this is not needed.
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