Activating the home screen applications

Finding information about the home screen applications

Your printer comes with preinstalled home screen applications. Before you can use these applications, you must first activate and set up these applications using the Embedded Web Server. For more information on accessing the Embedded Web Server, see Accessing the Embedded Web Server.

For more information on configuring and using the home screen applications, do the following:

Go to http://support.lexmark.com.
Click Software Solutions, and then select either of the following:
- Scan to Network—This lets you find information about the Scan to Network application.
- Other Applications—This lets you find information about the other applications.
Click the Manuals tab, and then select the document for the home screen application.

Setting up Forms and Favorites

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	The application helps you simplify and streamline work processes by letting you quickly find and print frequently used online forms directly from the home screen. Note: The printer must have permission to access the network folder, FTP site, or Web site where the bookmark is stored. From the computer where the bookmark is stored, use sharing, security, and firewall settings to allow the printer at least a read access. For help, see the documentation that came with your operating system.

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The application helps you simplify and streamline work processes by letting you quickly find and print frequently used online forms directly from the home screen.

Note: The printer must have permission to access the network folder, FTP site, or Web site where the bookmark is stored. From the computer where the bookmark is stored, use sharing, security, and firewall settings to allow the printer at least a read access. For help, see the documentation that came with your operating system.

Open a Web browser, and then type the printer IP address in the address field.
Note: View the printer IP address on the printer control panel home screen. The IP address appears as four sets of numbers separated by periods, such as 123.123.123.123.
Click Settings > Device Solutions > Solutions (eSF) > Forms and Favorites.
Define the bookmarks, and then customize the settings.
Click Apply.

To use the application, touch Forms and Favorites on the printer home screen, and then navigate through form categories, or search for forms based on a form number, name, or description.

Setting up Scan to Network

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	The application lets you capture a digital image of a hard-copy document and route it to a shared network folder. You can define up to 30 unique folder destinations. Notes: The printer must have permission to write to the destinations. From the computer where the destination is specified, use sharing, security, and firewall settings to allow the printer at least a write access. For help, see the documentation that came with your operating system. The Scan to Network icon appears only when one or more destinations are defined.

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The application lets you capture a digital image of a hard-copy document and route it to a shared network folder. You can define up to 30 unique folder destinations.

Notes:

The printer must have permission to write to the destinations. From the computer where the destination is specified, use sharing, security, and firewall settings to allow the printer at least a write access. For help, see the documentation that came with your operating system.
The Scan to Network icon appears only when one or more destinations are defined.

Open a Web browser, and then type the printer IP address in the address field.
Note: View the printer IP address on the printer control panel home screen. The IP address appears as four sets of numbers separated by periods, such as 123.123.123.123.
Click Settings > Device Solutions > Solutions (eSF) > Scan to Network.
Specify the destinations, and then customize the settings.
Click Apply.

To use the application, touch Scan to Network on the printer home screen, and then follow the instructions on the printer display.

Setting up My MFP

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	The application lets you customize your touch-screen settings and store those preferences in a flash drive. Each time you want to copy, fax, or scan, insert the flash drive into the USB port of the printer. All your personal preferences are automatically uploaded, including job settings, home screen preferences, and address book. Note: The icon appears only when a flash drive with My MFP settings is inserted into the USB port of the printer.

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The application lets you customize your touch-screen settings and store those preferences in a flash drive. Each time you want to copy, fax, or scan, insert the flash drive into the USB port of the printer. All your personal preferences are automatically uploaded, including job settings, home screen preferences, and address book.

Note: The icon appears only when a flash drive with My MFP settings is inserted into the USB port of the printer.

To set up My MFP, insert a flash drive into the USB port of the printer, and then follow the instructions on the printer display to run the setup wizard.

To use My MFP, insert the flash drive into the USB port of the printer when you want to copy, fax, or scan.

Understanding WS-Scan

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	The Web Services-Scan application lets you scan documents at the network printer, and then send the scanned image to your computer. WS-Scan is a Microsoft application that is similar to Scan to Network, but has the capability of sending the scanned image to a Windows-based application. To learn more about WS-Scan, see the Microsoft documentation. Note: The icon appears on the printer home screen only when there is a computer registered with the network printer. The computer must have either Windows 8, Windows 7, or Windows Vista operating system installed.

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The Web Services-Scan application lets you scan documents at the network printer, and then send the scanned image to your computer. WS-Scan is a Microsoft application that is similar to Scan to Network, but has the capability of sending the scanned image to a Windows-based application. To learn more about WS-Scan, see the Microsoft documentation.

Note: The icon appears on the printer home screen only when there is a computer registered with the network printer. The computer must have either Windows 8, Windows 7, or Windows Vista operating system installed.