Creating maps

With MarkVision's Map task, you can create a graphical representation that illustrates the distribution of your devices.

Creating a map

The type of map you create depends on the structure of your organization. If your organization has one location with just a few printers, your map could be a simple line drawing or a scanned plan of your building with icons marking the printer locations. If, however, you are responsible for many printers in various geographies, you might create maps that correspond with the hierarchy of your printer folders. For example, you could create a folder for the state where a group of printers are located. Within that folder, you might create a subfolder for the city. Additional subfolders could contain printers grouped by the building or floor number. Create a corresponding map for each folder.

Create maps using any graphics application that saves in JPEG or GIF format. You can start from scratch or develop your graphic using a scanned image like an area map or building plan. Save the image in JPEG or GIF format. You can then select the graphic from the Map task in MarkVision.

Using a map

1. Select Map from the All Tasks list, or select a folder and click View Map.
2. Select a folder.
3. Click the map icon in the lower part of the window. Select the map you want to use, or click Browse to find the graphic you want to use.
4. Arrange the device icons on the map image to represent its location in your organization, and then click Apply.

A yellow border around a device icon indicates that the device is in a warning state; a red border indicates an error state.

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