This chapter introduces management tools provided to help you make full use of your machine.
The programs below help you to use your machine conveniently.
The Smart Panel is a program that monitors and informs you of the machine status, and allows you to customize the machine’s settings. For Windows and Macintosh, Smart Panel is installed automatically when you install the machine software.
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To use this program, your computer has to meet the following system requirements:
If you need to know the exact model name of your machine, you can check the supplied software CD. |
If an error occurs while operating, you can check the error from the Smart Panel.
You can also launch Smart Panel manually. Double-click the Smart Panel icon on the Windows task bar (in Windows). You can also click it on the status bar (in Mac OS X).
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Double-click this icon in Windows. |
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Click this icon in Mac OS X. |
Or, if you are a Windows user, you can launch it from the your printer driver name > Smart Panel.
menu, select or > >
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The Smart Panel program displays the current status of the machine, the estimated level of toner remaining in each toner cartridge, and various other types of information. You can also change settings.
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You can view the level of toner remaining in each toner cartridge. The machine and the number of toner cartridge(s) shown in the above window may differ depending on the machine in use. Some machines do not have this feature. |
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You can order replacement toner cartridge(s) from online. |
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You can view the online User’s Guide.
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You can configure various machine settings in the Printer Settings Utility window. Some machines do not have this feature. |
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You can set all of the machine options you need in the Opening printing preferences). window. This feature is available only for Windows (See |
Right-click (in Windows) or click (in Mac OS X) the Smart Panel icon and select . Select the settings you want from the window.
The Unified Driver Configurator is a tool primarily intended for configuring machine devices. You need to install Unified Linux Driver to use Unified Driver Configurator (See Installing the Unified Linux Driver).
After the driver is installed on your Linux system, the Unified Driver Configurator icon will automatically be created on your desktop.
Double-click the
on the desktop.You can also click the
Menu icon and select > .Click each button on the left to switch to the corresponding configuration window.
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To use the on screen help, click . |
After changing the configurations, click
to close the Unified Driver Configurator.has the two tabs: and .
View the current system’s printer configuration by clicking on the machine icon button on the left side of the Unified Driver Configurator window.
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Switches to . |
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Shows all of the installed machine. |
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Shows the status, model name and URL of your machine. |
The printer control buttons are as follows:
: Renews the available machines list.
: Allows you to add a new machines.
: Removes the selected machine.
: Sets the current selected machine as a default machine.
: Stops/starts the machine.
: Allows you to print a test page to ensure the machine is working properly.
: Allows you to view and change the printer properties.
The Classes tab shows a list of available machine classes.
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Shows all of the machine classes. |
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Shows the status of the class and the number of machines in the class. |
: Renews the classes list.
: Allows you to add a new machine class.
: Removes the selected machine class.
In this window, you can monitor the activity of scanner devices, view a list of installed Lenovo machine devices, change device properties, and scan images.
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Switches to . |
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Shows all of the installed scanners. |
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Shows the vendor, model name and type of your scanner. |
: Allows you to change the scan properties and scan a document.
In this window, you can view the list of available ports, check the status of each port, and release a port that is stalled in a busy state when its owner has terminated the job for any reason.
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Switches to . |
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Shows all of the available ports. |
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Shows the port type, device connected to the port, and status. |
: Renews the available ports list.
: Releases the selected port.
Your machine may be connected to a host computer via a parallel port or USB port. Since the machine device contains more than one device (printer and scanner), it is necessary to organize proper access of “consumer” applications to these devices via the single I/O port.
The Unified Linux Driver package provides an appropriate port sharing mechanism that is used by Lenovo printer and scanner drivers. The drivers talk to their devices via so-called machine ports. The current status of any machine port can be viewed via the . The port sharing prevents you from accessing one functional block of the machine device, while another block is in use.
When you install a new machine device onto your system, it is strongly recommended you do this with the assistance of an Unified Driver Configurator. In this case you will be asked to choose I/O port for the new device. This choice will provide the most suitable configuration for machine’s functionality. For machine scanners, I/O ports are being chosen by scanner drivers automatically, so proper settings are applied by default.