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1. Introduction
1. Introduction
Thissectionexplainsthemerits,mechanismsandconfigurationofsmartPrintSuperVision
(sPSV),andthecontentsthatneedtobedecidedbeforesetup.
Merits of smart PrintSuperVision (sPSV)
sPSVallowsdevicessuchasprintersandmultifunctionprinterstobemanagedinthe
following ways:
-Detailedconfigurationofprintinglimitationsaccordingtotheuserordocument
-Acquisitionandsummaryofvariousformsofinformation(joblogs)relatedtoprinting
-Devicemanagementsuchasmanagementofremainingtonerandimagedrum
Management of Printing Limitations
• Itispossibletosetwhetherornottoallowprintingforeachuser,document(filename),application,
etc.
• Itisalsopossibletosetwhetherornottoallowcolorprintinginasimilarmanner.
• Printerrestrictionscanbesetformultipleusersordevicesatthesametime.Forexample,itispossible
toallowthegeneralaffairsdivisiontoprintfromanydevicebutonlyallowtheaccountingdivisionto
printfromdevicesinstalledintheirowndivision.
• Aprintinglimit(forexampleamaximumnumberofpages)canbesetforeachuserordevice.
Job Log Acquisition and Summary
• Informationincludingtheprinteddateandtime,username,quantityandpapersizecanbeacquired
andsummarizedinjoblogs.
• JoblogscanbeoutputasaCSVfileforuseincommerciallyavailablespreadsheetsoftware.
Memo
A CSV file is a text file separated by commas and is a file format that is commonly used for
converting data between spreadsheets and database management software.
Device Management
• Informationsuchasprintvolume,usageofconsumablesandstatusinformationcanbecollectedand
summarized,andtheresultscanbedisplayedonthescreenorsentasanemailnotification.
Support for Both Windows and Mac OS X
• BothWindowsandMacOSXaresupportedasclientenvironments.
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