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When bidirectional transmission is
running, machine status and infor-
mation can be viewed by opening
the printer driver screen.
To support bidirectional transmis-
sion, the following conditions are re-
quired:
When connecting with USB 2.0
The port on the USB 2.0 inter-
face and the USB port on the
computer are connected using a
USB interface cable (Windows
98 SE/Me/2000/XP, Windows
Server 2003).
Note
In Windows 98 SE/Me, [Enable
bi-directional support for this print-
er] must be selected in [Spool Set-
tings] on the [Details] tab in
RPCS printer driver.
In Windows 2000/XP or Win-
dows Server 2003, [Enable bidi-
rectional support] must be
selected, and [Enable printer pool-
ing] must not be selected on the
[Ports] tab in RPCS printer
driver.
When connecting with the network
The machine must be set to bidi-
rectional transmission.
SmartDeviceMonitor for Client
included on the CD-ROM must
be installed.
One of the following conditions
must also be satisfied as well as the
two requirements mentioned
above:
The port for SmartDeviceMoni-
tor and TCP/IP must be used.
The standard TCP/IP port is
used without changing the port
name (Windows 2000/XP, Win-
dows Server 2003).
The IP address specified in the
Microsoft TCP/IP Print is used
(Windows NT 4.0).
The IP address is included in
port name, if using IPP proto-
col.
Note
In Windows 95/98/Me, [Enable
bi-directional support for this print-
er] must b e se lect ed i n [Spool Set-
tings] on the [Details] tab in
RPCS printer driver.
In Windows 2000/XP, Windows
Server 2003, or Windows NT
4.0, [Enable bidirectional support]
must be selected, and [Enable
printer pooling] must not be se-
lected on the [Ports] tab in
RPCS printer driver.
When connecting with IEEE 1394
The port on the optional IEEE
1394 interface board and the
IEEE 1394 port on the computer
are connected using an interface
cable (Windows Me/2000/XP,
Windows Server 2003).
Note
[SCSI print (SBP-2)] must be set to
Active and [Bidirectional SCSI
print] must be set to ON in [IEEE
1394] on the [Interface Settings]
tab in the machine's System Set-
tings.
In Windows Me, [Enable bi-direc-
tional support for this printer] must
be selected in [Spool Settings] on
the [Details] tab in RPCS print-
er driver.
In Windows 2000/XP, Windows
Server 2003, [Enable bidirectional
support] must be selected, and
[Enable printer pooling] must not
be selected on the [Ports] tab in
RPCS printer driver.
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