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Configuring printer alerts

You can configure the printer several ways to let you know when it requires attention.

Using the Setup Menu

Selecting

Auto Continue

may affect how the printer alerts execute. This setting defines how long the

printer waits after displaying a message before it resumes printing.

Using MarkVision Professional

MarkVision™ Professional, the network printer management utility, indicates when it is time to replace
supplies and points out actual or potential problems. When a printer needs attention, it alerts the
network administrator with a detailed graphic of the printer showing the cause for the alert (for
example, an empty paper tray). For more information about MarkVision Professional, refer to the
drivers CD that shipped with your printer.

Using MarkVision Messenger

MarkVision Messenger lets you create Actions that execute specific commands whenever messages
like

Tray x Missing

or

88 Toner Low

appear on the display. For example, you can create an Action

that sends an e-mail to the administrator when the printer runs out of paper.

Actions can be set up to occur automatically, as well as conditionally or repeatedly. For more
information about MarkVision Messenger, refer to the drivers CD that shipped with your printer.

Menu item

Function

Value

Result

Alarm Control

Lets you establish whether
the printer sounds an alarm
when it requires operator
intervention.

Off

The alarm does not sound, but printing
stops until the interventions are
cleared.*

Single

The printer stops printing, displays a
message, and activates the selected
alarm type.

Continuous

Toner Alarm

Lets you choose how the
printer responds when
toner is low.

Off

The printer displays a message and
continues printing.

Single

The printer stops printing, displays a
message, and activates the selected
alarm type.

Continuous

If multiple attendance conditions are pending, the alarm only sounds when the first message is displayed. No

additional alarms sound as subsequent attendance conditions arise.