Setting the Serverless Pull Printing Environment

Enable the advanced options for serverless pull printing on the MFPs that make up a serverless pull printing group.

For details on the setting procedure, refer to Enabling the Advanced Options.

Permit an access from an application via OpenAPI on the MFPs that make up a serverless pull printing group.

Select [Utility] - [Administrator] - [Network] - [OpenAPI Setting] - [OpenAPI Setting] - [Access Setting] to configure settings. For details, refer to [OpenAPI Setting].

Tips

• If you change the SSL Enable/Disable status in [SSL/Port Settings] of [OpenAPI Setting] after serverless pull printing settings have been completed, reconfigure settings using LK-114_SetupTool.

Specify the user authentication method on the MFPs that make up a serverless pull printing group.

Select [Utility] - [Administrator] - [User Auth/Account Track] - [Authentication Method] - [User Authentication], then specify one of the following authentication methods.

Tips

• Set the same authentication method to all MFPs that make up a serverless pull printing group.
• To perform the external server authentication using the IC card, you need to permit the quick authentication. For details on how to permit the quick authentication, refer to Permitting the quick authentication.

When composing a serverless pull printing group involving different models, permit the quick authentication.

Select [Utility] - [Administrator] - [User Auth/Account Track] - [Simple Authentication setting] - [Simple Authentication setting], and [Simple Authentication setting] to ON (default: OFF).

Tips

• To use Data Administrator for settings, double-click Device on the device list, click [Authentication Setting] - [Simple Print Authentication setting], then select the [Enable Simple Print Authentication] check box.

Set the client function on the MFP to be assigned to the client machine. Enabling the client function allows you to execute print jobs stored on the storage device through the MFP with the client function enabled.

Select [Utility] - [Administrator] - [System Settings] - [Serverless Pull Printing Settings] - [Client Function Setting] to configure settings. For details, refer to [Client Function Setting].

Tips

• The client function can also be set by selecting [System Settings] - [Serverless Pull Printing Settings] - [Client Function Setting] in administrator mode of Web Connection.
• When the client machine uses IPP as the protocol while IPP authentication is enabled, you need to set the user name and password for authentication to all the client and storage machines that compose the target serverless pull printing group. Select [System Settings] - [Serverless Pull Printing Settings] - [IPP Authentication Settings] to configure settings.
• You can select [System Settings] - [Serverless Pull Printing Settings] - [Domain group list] and check the status of each MFP included in the serverless pull printing group the self-machine joins.

Specify the serverless pull printing group to join.

Select [Utility] - [Administrator] - [System Settings] - [Serverless Pull Printing Settings] - [Group settings] to configure settings. For details, refer to [Group settings].

Tips

• The serverless pull printing group the machine joins can also be set by selecting [System Settings] - [Serverless Pull Printing Settings] - [Group settings] in administrator mode of Web Connection.
• It takes approximately 20 seconds to complete information sharing between serverless pull printing groups via the topology machine after [Group settings] has been executed.
• You can select [System Settings] - [Serverless Pull Printing Settings] - [Domain group list] and check the status of each MFP included in the serverless pull printing group the self-machine joins.