Samsung CLX 6210FX - Color Laser - All-in-One Admin Manual

Samsung CLX 6210FX - Color Laser - All-in-One Admin Manual

Syncthru 5.0 job accounting plug-in guide
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  • Page 1 SyncThru™Admin 5 ▌ Job Accounting Plug-in Admin Guide...
  • Page 2 This admin guide is provided for information purposes only. All information included herein is subject to change without any notice. Samsung Electronics is not responsible for any direct or indirect damages, arising from or related to use of this admin guide.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents COPYRIGHT/2 CONTENTS/3 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE INTRODUCTION Overview ............8 Benefits of using the SyncThru™...
  • Page 4 Contents Device History ........... . 23 History list .
  • Page 5 Contents TROUBLESHOOTING Common errors ........... 42 Device shows SyncThru Login message even if Job Accounting is disabled.
  • Page 6: How To Use This Guide

    H ow to use this guide The SyncThru™ Admin 5 Job Accounting Plug-in Admin Guide is intended to be used to install and setup the SyncThru™ Admin 5 Job Accounting Plug-in on a network server and client systems. To assist you in acclimating to the SyncThru™ Admin 5 Job Accounting environment, this guide provides instructional screen images, situational examples, easy-to-read tables of features, and step-by-step instructions.
  • Page 7 SyncThru™ Admin 5 software http://solution.samsungprinter.com Updates and Plug-ins http://solution.samsungprinter.com Help Click Help in site the navigation bar at the top right corner of the SyncThru™ Admin 5 page. Product Support Information Contact Samsung’s printer service http://www.samsungprinter.com How to use this guide_ 7...
  • Page 8: Introduction

    Features of SyncThru™ Admin 5 Job Accounting Plug-in • Tips for using SyncThru™ Admin 5 The SyncThru™ Admin 5 Job Accounting Plug-in can be used only with Samsung devices. Overview The SyncThru™ Admin 5 Job Accounting Plug-in offers basic accounting functionality to reduce waste and costs for imaging and printing devices.
  • Page 9: Compatibility

    3. Then enter jac_getSWASData.bat <SyncThru™ Web Admin Service 4.x Job Accounting Database location> and press Enter. Usually, SyncThru™ Web Admin Service 4.x Database location is "C:\Program Files\Samsung Network Printer Utilities\SyncThru Web Admin Service Job Accounting\JACDB.db" 4. It will take a few moments for the data to be imported to SyncThru™ Admin 5.
  • Page 10: Tips For Using Syncthru™ Admin 5

    Tips for using SyncThru™ Admin 5 Layout related tips Drag-and-drop SyncThru™ Admin 5 provides drag-and-drop functionality. When you want to add devices to a group, you can select the devices you want and drag-and-drop them into a specific group. The drag-and-drop functionality allows you to copy multiple devices easily.
  • Page 11: System Related Tips

    • “port_number” is the port number that you entered during the installation. From the Start menu From the Start menu, click Program > Samsung Network Printer Utilities > SyncThru™ Admin 5 > SyncThru™ Admin 5. OK vs. Apply button After configuration, you have two choices to save the settings: OK and Apply buttons.
  • Page 12: Getting Started

    5. The page is reloaded and Job Accounting has been removed as a menu option. Upgrading SyncThru™ Admin 5 Job Accounting Plug-in Samsung provides new features and enhancements for SyncThru™ Admin 5 Job Accounting Plug-in periodically. If you want to upgrade your SyncThru™ Admin 5 Job Accounting Plug-in, follow the steps below: 1.
  • Page 13: Enabling Job Accounting For Devices

    Enabling Job Accounting for devices After adding users, you need to enable Job Accounting on the devices. 1. From SyncThru™ Admin 5, click Job Accounting menu > Devices > Device Settings > Job Accounting Settings. 2. Select Enable/Disable Job Accounting. 3.
  • Page 14: Users

    U sers Before using Job Accounting, user accounts should be registered in SyncThru™ Admin 5. These are users who will be using the device. You can manage users only within SyncThru™ Admin 5, not from the device. This Users menu is like a prerequisite for starting Job Accounting for the device.
  • Page 15: Adding Users

    User Groups Shows the user groups. User List Shows the list of users in the selected group. Add Users Settings for adding users. Adding Users You need to add users before using Job Accounting. You can add local users as well as LDAP users. Adding users From SyncThru™...
  • Page 16: User List

    4. Click the Search button. You can see the search results below the button. 5. Select the users you want to add. 6. Select the group to which you want to add users (If no group is selected, users will be added to Ungrouped). 7.
  • Page 17: User Groups

    User Groups You can group users into different categories for easier management. For example, you have 2 different marketing teams that have different printing permissions for the area printer. You can set up two different groups with different sets of permissions.
  • Page 18: Managing User Permissions

    Managing user permissions If you are already using job accounting, you can change the specified permissions from the User List panel or the User Groups panel. Modifying user permissions 1. From SyncThru™ Admin 5, click Job Accounting menu > Users > Job Accounting Users > User List. 2.
  • Page 19: Devices

    D evices If user account settings are completed, you can configure Job Accounting on the device. With the Devices menu, you can: • view Job Accounting supported devices (See "Understanding the Device List" on page 20). • enable/disable Job Accounting on a device (See "Enabling/disabling Job Accounting" on page 21). •...
  • Page 20: Understanding The Device List

    Understanding the Device List • Display devices from subgroups : This option is located in the top left corner of the Device List panel. By default, this option is enabled, which means you can see all the devices, including the subgroups’ members. If you do not want to see the devices from subgroups, you can uncheck this option.
  • Page 21: Enabling/Disabling Job Accounting

    Enabling/disabling Job Accounting Enabling Job Accounting 1. From SyncThru™ Admin 5, click Job Accounting menu > Devices > Devices Settings > Device List. 2. Select the device(s) you want to enable job accounting. Please make sure that JAC State is Disabled. You can see the details in Devices History (See "Device History"...
  • Page 22: Show Deleted But Controlled Devices

    Show deleted but controlled devices Show deleted but controlled devices is an option available to change the way devices are displayed. If a device has been added to Job Accounting, a device removed from the Devices menu > Group/List > Device List (or other menus’ device list) can still be seen in the Job Accounting menu >...
  • Page 23: Device History

    Device History SyncThru™ Admin 5 keeps the history of a device’s operations. Devices History also shows the status of the task started in the Job Accounting menu > Devices > Devices Settings. History list You can see all the accumulated history for configurations in the History list. The latest task is located at the very top of the list.
  • Page 24: User Permissions

    U ser Permissions Once you have added user accounts into the SyncThru™ Admin 5 system and enabled Job Accounting with your devices, you are ready to use the Job Accounting function. With Job Accounting enabled, only valid users (groups) can use the specified device and perform jobs. The last step is to configure user (group) permission settings.
  • Page 25: Understanding The Job Accounting Enabled Device List

    Understanding the Job Accounting Enabled Device List • Display devices from subgroups : By default, this option is enabled, which means you can see all devices including the subgroups’ members. If you do not want to see devices, from subgroups, you can uncheck option. If you uncheck the option, the Job Accounting Enabled Device List displays a different total number of devices from the number in the group list because the current Job Accounting Enabled Device List displays only the members of the selected group.
  • Page 26: Importing User Permissions From A Csv File

    7. At the bottom of Apply Permissions, you can see the Permissions list. Check the function(s) you want to assign then double click the number under Permission column. You can change the number (default is 250). Or, you can export user permissions with Import Permissions (CSV) button (See "Importing user permissions from a CSV file"...
  • Page 27: User Permissions History

    User Permissions History After configuring user permission settings, you may want to see the results without leaving your desk. From SyncThru™ Admin 5, click Job Accounting menu > User Permissions > User Permissions History. If you click the OK button (not Apply button) after the final step of the job, the page automatically moves to User Permissions History.
  • Page 28: Group Permissions

    G roup Permissions Once you have added user accounts into the SyncThru™ Admin 5 system and enabled Job Accounting with your devices, you are ready to use the Job Accounting function. With Job Accounting enabled, only valid groups (users) can use the specified device and perform jobs. The last step is to configure group (user) permission settings.
  • Page 29: Group Permissions Settings

    Group Permissions Settings From SyncThru™ Admin 5, click Job Accounting menu > Group Permissions > Group Permissions Settings. Make sure that the user groups are arranged. Group Permissions work with user groups. Understanding Job Accounting Enabled Devices List Group Permissions_ 29...
  • Page 30: Assigning User Group Permissions To Devices

    • Display devices from subgroups : By default, this option is enabled, which means you can see all the devices, including the subgroups’ members. If you do not want to see the devices from subgroups, you can uncheck the option. If you uncheck the option, the Job Accounting Enabled Device List displays a different total number of devices from the number in the group list because the current Job Accounting Enabled Device List displays only the members of the selected group.
  • Page 31: Exporting Group Permissions To A Csv File

    Exporting group permissions to a CSV file 1. From SyncThru™ Admin 5, click Job Accounting menu > Group Permissions > Group Permissions Settings > Job Accounting Enabled Device List. 2. Select the device(s) you want to export permissions. 3. Click the Export Permissions (CSV) button. 4.
  • Page 32: History Details

    History Details You can see details of the selected configuration task in this list. You can choose to see only jobs that have succeeded or jobs that have failed by filtering the list. If you want to check the details, click the Details button. History Details window appears with detail results of the entries.
  • Page 33: Driver Settings

    D river settings This chapter includes: • Installing the printer driver Once the entire Job Accounting configuration is done in SyncThru™ Admin 5, users have to install the printer driver that supports Job Accounting on their computers. Also, Job Accounting’s user ID and password should be entered in the driver user interface.
  • Page 34: Login Window

    L ogin window Once the Job Accounting function has been enabled, the login window is displayed on the device as shown below when users try to do any job. (This window is only for GUI models) The users must enter a valid ID and password in order to perform jobs. In addition, users need to check their permission type, Personal or Group.
  • Page 35: Analysis & Report

    A nalysis & Report This chapter includes: • Overview • Analysis • Report Overview SyncThru™ Admin 5 provides reporting capabilities for printing and imaging devices. If you install the Job Accounting Plug-in, you can see the Job Accounting category in the Analysis & Reports menu. Basically, SyncThru™...
  • Page 36: Analysis

    Analysis An analysis’s purpose is to provide useful information with simple options. You can quickly and easily get an analysis since SyncThru™ Admin 5 aggregates analyses every time its database is updated. With the Analysis menu, you can: • see analysis based on a device group (not for individual devices). •...
  • Page 37: Report

    Report Reports has a slightly different concept for analyzing devices’ data than Analysis. You can see more options, like Schedule and Device List, which lets you generate reports for individual devices. With the Reports menu, SyncThru™ Admin 5 generates reporting data when you configure options and select devices, which is the main difference from the Analysis menu.
  • Page 38: Report History

    Scheduling report generation You can schedule report generation. 1. From SyncThru™ Admin 5, click Analysis & Reports menu > Reports > Reports settings. 2. Configure settings. 3. Check the Schedule checkbox and set the specific date/time you want. If you want to generate the report periodically, set the Time Interval. If you configure the scheduling option, reports will be marked with the special icon in the Report history.
  • Page 39 Report history You can see the accumulated history for the report generating tasks here. The latest task is located at the top. You can see the date and status for a task. If you want to see the history in detail, click the specific history on the list.
  • Page 40: Related Features

    R elated features 1 0 . SyncThru™ Admin 5 provides additional settings for Job Accounting. If you install the Job Accounting Plug-in, you can see the new settings within SyncThru™ Admin 5. This chapter includes: • Device configuration • Settings menu Device configuration From SyncThru™...
  • Page 41: Settings Menu

    Settings menu From SyncThru™ Admin 5, click Settings menu > Settings > Device Management > Job Accounting. You can see the Job Accounting related settings. The options are as follows: • Default Access Code : When you enable Job Accounting for devices, SyncThru™ Admin 5 uses this value as an access code unless you enter a custom access code.
  • Page 42: Troubleshooting

    T roubleshooting 1 1 . This chapter gives helpful information for what to do if you face an error. This chapter includes: • Common errors • Understanding error codes Common errors Device shows SyncThru Login message even if Job Accounting is disabled. When the device shows the SyncThru Login screen even though the Job Accounting feature is disabled from SyncThru™...
  • Page 43: Understanding Error Codes

    Understanding error codes The following table shows all the error codes SyncThru™ Admin 5 Job Accounting defines. The error codes appear in pop-up window messages or log messages. Brief description of meanings CODE MODULE MEANING 20001 Common Invalid Request 20002 Error In Process 20003 Unknown Error...
  • Page 44: Detailed Description Of Meanings

    Detailed description of meanings Following tables are classified according to modules. Common CODE SEVERITY REASON SOLUTION 20001 Warning The SyncThru server received Try the operation again by following unexpected request. the Help menu or this SyncThru™ Invalid Request Admin 5 Job Accounting Guide. 20002 Severe SyncThru faced some critical error...
  • Page 45 CODE SEVERITY REASON SOLUTION 21004 Warning The Login ID you have entered Please check to see if the same login already exists in the system. ID is already in the system. Change Login ID Already the ID and try again. Exists 21005 Warning...
  • Page 46 CODE SEVERITY REASON SOLUTION 21013 Warning When the user you want to modify is Please make sure that the selected assigned to Job Accounting enabled user is not assigned to any device. If Selected User is device(s), you cannot modify the you really want to modify the user’s Assigned To a Login ID of the user.
  • Page 47: Data Reference

    D ata reference 1 2 . Only SyncThru™ Admin 5 Job Accounting compatible devices can use Job Accounting functionality. The devices should support the Job Accounting interfaces SyncThru™ Admin 5 defines. Data reference_ 47...
  • Page 48: Open Source Information

    O pen Source Information 1 3 . The Apache Software License, Version 1.1 Copyright (C) 2000 The Apache Software Foundation. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1.
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    JDOM Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Jason Hunter & Brett McLaughlin. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.
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    GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE This product uses some software programs which are distributed under the LGPLv2.1/LGPLv3 license. LGPL v2.1 Software : JaperReports, Java CSV Library, Jcommon, jCIFS, Pager Tag Library LGPL v3 Software : JFreeChart Version 2.1, February 1999 Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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    NO WARRANTY 15. BECAUSE THE LIBRARY IS LICENSED FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE LIBRARY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES PROVIDE THE LIBRARY "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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    5. Combined Libraries You may place library facilities that are a work based on the Library side by side in a single library together with other library facilities that are not Applications and are not covered by this License, and convey such a combined library under terms of your choice, if you do both of the following: •...
  • Page 60: Glossary/60

    Glossary • The following glossary will help familiarize you with SyncThru™ Admin 5 by understanding the terminologies commonly used in this admin guide. • The definitions of the below terms are mostly cited from: A) http://en.wikipedia.org and B) www.ietf.org/rfc.html. Account In SyncThru™...
  • Page 61: Opc Drum

    Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) defines a standard protocol for printing as well as managing print jobs, media size, resolution, and so forth. IPP can be used locally or over the Internet to hundreds of printers, and also supports access control, authentication, and encryption, making it a much more capable and secure printing solution than older ones.
  • Page 62 SyncThru Web Service(SWS) is a embedded web server for Samsung devices. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the core protocols of the Internet Protocol Suite. TCP is so central that the entire suite is often referred to as "TCP/IP."...
  • Page 63: Wins Server

    User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is one of the core members of the Internet Protocol Suite, the set of network protocols used for the Internet. With UDP, computer applications can send messages, sometimes known as datagrams, to other hosts on an Internet Protocol (IP) network without requiring prior communications to set up special transmission channels or data paths.
  • Page 64 Index analysis and report permissions analysis group categories assigning report exporting generating importing history modifying scheduling user assigning exporting importing changing acess code configuring adding users related features enabling job accounting copyright terminology acronyms data reference tips device list troubleshooting common downloading error codes...

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