Xerox WorkCentre 7346 Evaluator Manual - page 8
WORKCENTRE 7346 EVAlUATOR GUIDE
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EVALUATE PRODUCTIVITY (CONTINUED)
CONCurrENCY
TheWorkCentre7346multifunctionprinter’snetworkcontrolleralsohelpsavoidbottlenecksatthe
frontpanel.Concurrentoperationmeansyouwon’thavetowaituntilalongprintjobiscomplete
toprogramafax,scanorcopyjob.Bykeepingthefrontpanelavailableforprogrammingwhilethe
printengineisbusy,youremployeescanstayproductiveandavoididletimewaitingfortheMFP.
Scanandfaxjobscanbeprogrammedandexecutedwithoutwaitingfortheprintenginetobecome
available,whilenewlyprogrammedcopyjobswilljointhejobqueueandbeexecutedwhenearlier
jobsarecompleted.
MONITOrING SYSTEM STATuS
WiththeWorkCentre7346multifunctionprinter,up-to-dateinformationoneveryjobyouprocess—
print,copy,scan,emailorfax,plusin-depthdeviceinformation—isalwaysatyourfingertips.
Whetheratthedeviceorfromyourdesktop,youcanmanagedocumentsandjobsthroughaninte-
gratedjobqueuewithafewmouse-clicksorbuttonpushes.
EVALUATE INSTALLATION AND DEPLOYMENT
Installing and deployingafleetofcopier/printersandmultifunctionprintersthroughoutyourorganization
isapotentiallytime-consuming,complicatedprocess.Thisisnotlimitedtophysicallyplacingtheunitsin
yourenvironment;itisreallyabouthowthesesystemswillintegrateintoyourexisting network infra-
structure.Youalsoneedtoconsidertheprocessrequiredtodeploy printing and scanning services to
yourusers,andhowautomatedthatprocesscanbe.
INSTAllATION
WhenyouchooseXerox,youcanrestassuredthatyourequipmentwillbedeliveredandinstalledto
yourspecificationsandexpectations.Allnetwork-enabledconfigurationsincludea10/100Base-TX
EthernetconnectionwithfeaturesincludingautomaticIPaddressing,devicenaming,andEthernet
speedsensingtoprovidesimpleandautomaticnetworkinstallation.Managementandsystemsetup
canbeaccomplishedthroughavarietyofmeans,includingeasy,wizard-basedprocessesfound
withinXeroxCentreWare
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Web.Featureslikecloningenablemultiple-deviceinstallationonto
networkswithidenticalsettings,eliminatingtheneedtosetupeachsystemindividually.
dEPlOYMENT
Anothercriticalareatoevaluateishowtodeployprintandscandriverstoyouremployees’computers.
Printandscandriverscanbedeployedcentrally,soyourITstaffneedn’tperformdesk-to-desk
manualinstallationofthedriversoftware.Again,CentreWareWebwizardsareprovidedtoaidinthe
processofinstalling,troubleshootingandupgradingprintandscandriversforyouremployees,free-
ingupyourITstaffformorepressingprojects.DriversupportisdeliveredforWindows(Server2003
/XP/Vista),includingmostoperatingsystemswith32-and64-bitdrivers,MacintoshOS
(10.3andabove),andmultipleUNIXandLinuxplatforms.
hOW ThE WOrKCENTrE 7346 MFP EXCEEdS ThE INSTAllATION ANd dEPlOYMENT rEQuIrEMENTS: