Configuring the Visual Message Function

The Visual Message function enables you to display simple content and messages on the touch panel display.
Displaying messages from the administrator or event notifications, etc. on the touch panel display enables the machine to be used as an information sharing tool in the office.


The content is displayed at the following times. When <Login Screen Display Settings> is set to <Displ When Dev Operation Start>: Select [After Login] or [After Logout/Auto Reset] When <Login Screen Display Settings> is set to <Display When Func. Selected>: Displayed after the Auto Reset mode initiates When <Use User Authentication> is set to <Off>: Displayed after the Auto Reset mode initiates When the Visual Message function is set, content can be checked from <Visual Message> on the Home, regardless of the above timing. Set a file saved on a file server or in the Advanced Box of another Canon multifunctional printer on the same network as the content to display. Working with Other Devices You can also set a website on the internet as the content via a proxy server. The proxy settings used for this function are the same as the settings in <Proxy Settings>. The content is displayed when printing starts if the forced hold print function is enabled and the [Display When Print Job Starts] check box is selected.

The content is displayed at the following times.

When <Login Screen Display Settings> is set to <Displ When Dev Operation Start>: Select [After Login] or [After Logout/Auto Reset]

When <Login Screen Display Settings> is set to <Display When Func. Selected>: Displayed after the Auto Reset mode initiates

When <Use User Authentication> is set to <Off>: Displayed after the Auto Reset mode initiates

When the Visual Message function is set, content can be checked from <Visual Message> on the Home, regardless of the above timing.

Set a file saved on a file server or in the Advanced Box of another Canon multifunctional printer on the same network as the content to display. Working with Other Devices

You can also set a website on the internet as the content via a proxy server. The proxy settings used for this function are the same as the settings in <Proxy Settings>.

The content is displayed when printing starts if the forced hold print function is enabled and the [Display When Print Job Starts] check box is selected.

Start the Remote UI. Starting the Remote UI

Click [Settings/Registration] on the portal page. Remote UI Screen

Click [License/Other]

[Visual Message Settings]

[Display Settings].

Select the check box for [Display Visual Message Screen] and specify the required settings.

[Content to Display]

[SMB]

Select the check box to access the content to display via [SMB].

[HTTP/WebDAV]

Select the check box to access the content to display via [HTTP/WebDAV].

[File Path:]

Enter the path to the content to display.

Example:

[SMB]: \\server01\share\signage.jpg

[HTTP/WebDAV]: https://webdav-server1/signage.html

[User Name:]/[Password:]

Enter the user name and password necessary for logging into the Advanced Box or file server.

[Confirm Certificate for TLS Communication]/[Add CN to Verification Items]

Set whether to verify the TLS server certificate sent when connecting and its CN (Common Name).

[When to Display]

[After Login]

Select this check box to display the content after logging in.

[After Logout/Auto Reset]

Select this check box to display the content after logging out or after the Auto Reset mode initiates.

[Display When Print Job Gets Started]

[Display When Print Job Starts]

Select this check box to display content when printing starts.


The [When to Display] check box can be selected when <Login Screen Display Settings> is set to <Displ When Dev Operation Start>.

Click [OK].


To display the content after the Auto Reset mode initiates, set <Auto Reset Time> to one minute or longer. For information on the file formats and data sizes that can be displayed, see Management Functions. This setting can only be specified by a user with Administrator privileges. This setting can be imported/exported. The same setting can be imported to multiple devices (only Canon devices that support the Visual Message function) to display the same notice or information on multiple devices. Importing/Exporting the Setting Data [File Path:] is imported/exported with this setting. If a file in the Advanced Box is specified and displayed on the exporting machine, specify the path where the file exists in [File Path:]. If you are going to perform login operations, perform them after closing the Visual Message screen. Logging into the Machine If the Copy Card Reader is attached, the content is not displayed.

To display the content after the Auto Reset mode initiates, set <Auto Reset Time> to one minute or longer.

For information on the file formats and data sizes that can be displayed, see Management Functions.

This setting can only be specified by a user with Administrator privileges.

This setting can be imported/exported. The same setting can be imported to multiple devices (only Canon devices that support the Visual Message function) to display the same notice or information on multiple devices. Importing/Exporting the Setting Data

[File Path:] is imported/exported with this setting. If a file in the Advanced Box is specified and displayed on the exporting machine, specify the path where the file exists in [File Path:].

If you are going to perform login operations, perform them after closing the Visual Message screen. Logging into the Machine

If the Copy Card Reader is attached, the content is not displayed.