Shared Printers
•Change card design settings. Selecting a landscape or portrait card orientation is one of the settings that can be changed from the Client PC. Many settings are read from the Host PC and cannot be changed from the Client PC. Those settings are disabled (grayed out) at the Client PC.
•Pause or delete print jobs submitted from Print Manager. Client PC print jobs can be paused or deleted from the Print Manager. The card job remains in the print queue until it is sent to the printer (or deleted). See Windows help for information on using Print Manager.
•View the status of the Client PC. The Printer Toolbox is available on the Client PC. It displays the client status and a reminder that the Host PC provides messages and additional status information.
•Use the Color Settings tab of the Printer Toolbox. The color settings can be used to fine- tune the appearance of cards sent from the Client PC running Windows XP. For a Client PC running Windows Vista, the Color Settings at the Host PC are used for cards from the Client PC.
•View the Print Manager. The Status column in the Print Manager dialog box can be expanded to see messages from the Host PC.
Management Tasks at the Host PC
The user at the Host PC has more control over the printer and more information about the printer. This section describes some tasks performed at the Host PC.
•Print a card. At the Host PC, send cards to print from an application by selecting the printer in the application.
•Manage all jobs in the print queue. Use the Print Manager to view all jobs in the print queue and to pause or delete any jobs in the print queue, no matter who submitted the job. The job remains in the print queue until it has been sent to the printer (or deleted). See Windows help for information on using Print Manager.
•See and respond to messages. If the printer is not able to process and print a card, the driver displays a message on the Host PC, not the Client PC. The Host PC can see the message and view help, which provides information to resolve the situation. The title bar of the message contains the printer name. Printing for all users is suspended until the situation is resolved.
•Set values in the Printing Preferences dialog box. Values set at the Host PC apply to all users (unless changed at the Client PC). Several values can be changed at Client PCs, but those values apply only to the print jobs sent from the Client PC.
•View printer status. The Host PC runs the Printer Toolbox and all status functions. The Printer Toolbox is closed by default. To open the Printer Toolbox, choose the printer from the Windows Start menu.
•Use all features of the Printer Toolbox. The Printer Toolbox on the Host PC provides access to settings, including edge to edge settings and color controls.
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