Distributing Address Books to Printers

This section describes the procedure for distributing the address lists and one-touches registered in Address Book Management to multiple printers.
IMPORTANT
If the content of the address books to distribute has been edited after registering the task, the new content is distributed.
If the printers that belong to the target group of a task are changed after registering a task, the task is executed for the new printers.
NOTE
For details on printer types, see the following.
Types of Printer and Corresponding Printer Models (Displayed in a separate tab)

Preparing to Distribute Address Books

1
Configure the settings on the destination printer side.
For details, see the following.
Specifying the Initial Settings of Printers (Address Book Management)
2
Create sets of address books and devices in advance.
For details, see the following.
Creating Address Books to Distribute to Printers
3
Back up the address books from the target printers for distribution.
For details, see the following.
Backing Up Printer Address Books

Creating a Task to Distribute Address Books

1
Select the [Tasks] menu > [Task List].
2
Click [Create].
3
Click [[Address Book] Distribute].
4
Set the task operation on the [Task-Specific Settings] tab.
Set the method for selecting the target of the task.
Selecting printers
Select [Distribute the address books set for [Sets (Address Lists + Printers)] to the selected devices].
Select the printers to distribute the address books to on the [Targets] tab.
The address books combined with the selected printers are distributed to the printers.
Selecting [Sets (Address Lists + Printers)]
Deselect [Distribute the address books set for [Sets (Address Lists + Printers)] to the selected devices].
Select the combination of address books and printers to distribute to in [Sets (Address Lists + Printers)].
The address books set in the selected combination are distributed to the printers set in the combination.
NOTE
The [Targets] tab is not displayed if [Distribute the address books set for [Sets (Address Lists + Printers)] to the selected devices] is deselected.
Select the following item to disable the [Address Book] setting in [Restrict Receiving for Each Function] when executing a task for Type I printers.
[Restart the printer before task execution if restart is necessary to enable access to address books.]
NOTE
It is not necessary to select it if the [Address Book] setting in [Restrict Receiving for Each Function] has been disabled in advance.
5
Configure the task on the [Scheduled] tab and the [Targets] tab.
For details, see the following.
Creating Tasks
6
Click [Add].
You can check the information of the registered tasks by selecting the [Tasks] menu > [Task List].
For details, see the following.
Managing Created Tasks
You can check the information of executing or completed tasks by selecting the [Tasks] menu > [History].
For details, see the following.
Checking the Task Execution Results

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