Working With The Status Monitor; Introduction; Operating Environment; Opening The Status Monitor - Konica Minolta Magicolor 5550 User Manual

Working with the Status Monitor

Introduction

The Status Monitor shows information about the current status of the printer.
The Status Monitor can be installed from the Utilities and Documentation
CD-ROM.
For details on the installation, refer to the magicolor 5550/5570 Reference
Guide on the Utilities and Documentation CD-ROM.

Operating Environment

The Status Monitor can be used on computers running Windows XP/
Server 2003/2000/Me/98SE/NT 4.0 connected to the printer using an Ether-
net connection.
When Windows NT 4.0 is used, install Windows Media Player (version 6.4 or
later).

Opening the Status Monitor

Use one of the following steps to open the Status Monitor:
Windows XP/Server 2003—From the Start menu, choose All Pro-
grams, KONICA MINOLTA, and then Status Monitor. Double-click the
Status Monitor icon displayed in the taskbar.
Windows 2000/Me/98SE/NT 4.0—From the Start menu, choose Pro-
grams, KONICA MINOLTA, and then Status Monitor. Double-click the
Status Monitor icon displayed in the taskbar.

Using the Status Monitor

Status Tab
Select Printer—Selects the printer whose status is displayed. In addition,
the messages that appear in the message window of the selected printer
are displayed.
Graphic—Shows a graphic representation of the printer and indicates
where the problem is. When the background of the printer graphic is red
or yellow, there is an error and the job has been interrupted.
Advanced Options—Click Advanced Options to display the Advanced
Options dialog box. From the Advanced Options dialog box, select
whether the Status Monitor automatically starts when the operating sys-
tem is started and whether error notifications are sent by e-mail.
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