Getting Printer Status; Getting Help; Printagent Features; Printagent Program Menus - NEC SuperScript 4200N Online User's Manual

Getting Printer Status

When you send a print job, the PrintAgent window opens
automatically with status information. The animated printer
image shows the printer status.
Eyebrows Moving: The Status Monitor and the printer
are successfully communicating.
Eyebrows Stop, Printer Looks Sad: Check the power
to the printer.
Pages Printing Out: The printer is printing.
Printer Sleeping: The printer is warming up.
Critical messages, such as
PAPER TRAY EMPTY
, or
TONER TOP COVER OPEN
are shown with a descriptive image and an error message in
the text field. Non-critical messages, such as
some service errors, will appear only in the text field.

Getting Help

When a message is present in the PrintAgent window, press
the Help button for more details or instructions. When no
messages are present, clicking on the Help button displays
the Help Index.
The PrintAgent Window
Window Menus
Printer Status
Reports Here
P A F
RINT GENT EATURES
In addition to providing printer status and Help, PrintAgent
buttons and menus provide access to the features described
below.
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Details Button
Click this to view more information about the printer. Tray
information, emulations, pages per minute, and printer IP
address are available. Service messages are described in more
detail.
Home Button
Click this to display a web page specified by your
administrator—possibly the manufacturer's home page or
the printer's home page.
Admin Button
Click this to perform administrative functions, including,
changing the printer name, password, changing the reference
URLs or cancelling a print job. You must enter the
Administration Password. The default password is Seattle .
and
Help Button
When a message is present in the PrintAgent window, press
the Help button for more details or instructions. When no
messages are present, clicking on the Help button displays
the Help Index.

PrintAgent Program Menus

PrintAgent program menus are available two ways.
• In Windows 95/98 or Windows NT, press the Start
button, select Programs , and select NEC PrintAgent
System to display PrintAgent commands.
• Once you have started PrintAgent, you can click on the
PrintAgent icon (the green planet) in the Tool Tray at the
bottom right corner of your Windows desktop.
Menu commands are described below.
Start
PrintAgent starts automatically when you try to print or use
the printer property pages. Keeping it running speeds print
time because you won't have to wait for PrintAgent to start
up every time you print. To monitor the printer status,
PrintAgent must be running. To start PrintAgent, press the
Windows Start button, select Programs , and select NEC
PrintAgent System to display PrintAgent commands.
Choose Start . A red planet icon appears in the Windows Tool
Tray in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. If the planet