Installing and configuring the solution

Install and configure the solution from VSC. For more information on using VSC, see the Lexmark Virtual Solution Center User’s Guide.

1. From your Web browser, go to vsc.lexmark.com.

2. Enter your authentication credentials, and then click Login.

3. From the Deployment section, click New Deployment.

4. Select the customer location.

   1. From the "Available customer locations" list, click beside the customer name.

   2. If necessary, enter the activation code.

   3. Select the location for the deployment.

   Notes:

   • If the list is blank, then add the customers or locations.
   • You can select only one location for a deployment.

5. Click .

6. Select the solutions to deploy.

   1. From the "Available solutions" list, click Tracking & Accounting.

   2. Click Lexmark Print Release SaaS With Idle Screen or Lexmark Print Release SaaS Without Idle Screen.

   3. Click beside the solution.

7. Click .

8. Add printers where you want to deploy the solution.

   1. From the "IP address/hostname" field, type the IP address or host name of the printer.

   2. Click .

   Notes:

   • You can deploy only up to 50 printers.
   • To import a .csv file containing IP addresses or host names where you want to deploy the solution, click .

9. Click .

10. Configure Lexmark Print Release Cloud.

    1. From the applications list, select Lexmark Print Release Cloud.

    2. Select Configure settings, and then configure the following settings:

       • Print Release Icon Display Text—Type a text that appears above the application icon on the printer home screen.

       • Print Release Icon—Browse to a new image file that represents the application icon on the printer home screen.

       • Print Release Icon (when pressed)—Browse to a new image file that appears while the application icon is being pressed.

       • Display Delete Confirmation Screen—Select to show a confirmation screen.

       • Enable Job Costing—Select to show the cost of the selected jobs in your local currency.

       • Cost per mono page—Enter the printer cost per mono page using your local currency and decimal separator convention. Do not include any currency symbols.

       • Cost per color page—-Enter the printer cost per color page using your local currency and decimal separator convention. Do not include any currency symbols.

       • Network Timeout—Set the timeout (in milliseconds) for all network calls made by the application.

       • Enable basic logging for this app—Select to enable high-level logging for this application.

       • Enable detailed logging for this app—Select to enable detailed logging for this application.

11. Configure Cloud Authentication Client.

    1. From the applications list, select Cloud Authentication Client.

    2. Select Configure settings, and then configure the following settings:

       • Release and Tracking Server Address—Type the Web configuration URL that points to the Release and Tracking server. For example, https://lsp.lexmark.com/<companyID>, where <companyID> is the unique name or ID assigned to the company.

       • Release and Tracking SSL Certificate—Search for the SSL certificate from the server to establish a secure connection. For more information on obtaining the certificate, contact your administrator.

       • Application Access Policy—Select to allow or prevent users from executing various applications regardless of whether the authentication server is down. Select Fail to disable this feature.

       • First Authentication Token—Select User ID or Card as the first type of identification that users provide to authenticate themselves against the server.

       • Second Authentication Token—Select Password as the second type of identification that users provide to authenticate themselves against the server. Select None to disable this feature.

         Note: For first and second authentication tokens, (1) User ID and Password, and (2) Card and None are the only valid token pairs for cloud authentication. Any other combinations return an error.

       • Alternate Authentication Enabled—Select to allow card users to type their user name and password as an alternate means of authentication.

       • Auto-registration Enabled—Select to allow the printer to register users who are not in the system automatically.

12. Depending on the solution you selected, configure Background and Idle Screen.

    1. From the applications list, select Background and Idle Screen.

    2. Select Configure settings, and then configure the following settings:

       • Enable—Select to enable an idle screen on your printers.

       • Idle Screen Text—Type Please swipe your badge.

       • Text Location—Select Bottom.

       • Start Time—Set to 0.

       • Image Interval—Keep interval time as it is.

13. Click .

14. Check the following:

    • The customer location appears at the top of the page.

    • The solutions are on the "Selected solutions" list.

    • The printers are on the "Selected devices" list.

15. Click , and then review the Deployment summary.

16. Click Finish.

Note: If you are using a badge to access the system, then make sure to install the card reader driver on the printer.