Getting started
When you open MarkVision Professional for the first time, you need to select the server you want to use. Type in the name of the server or click Browse to locate it, and then click Connect.
The setup window will appear. You can use the steps outlined in the setup window to:
- Initally discover devices on your network
- Schedule device discoveries
- Configure advanced device discovery features
Note: To prevent MarkVision Professional from opening the setup screen at startup, check the Do not show me this setup window again box.
If you are new to MarkVision Professional, you can follow these steps to quickly begin managing your printers and print servers.
Depending on your needs, some steps may not be necessary.
To get MarkVision Professional up and running
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Discover devices. Use the Device Discovery task to find printers and print servers on your network. You can also perform device discoveries from the MarkVision Setup window.
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Create user accounts. Use the User Accounts task grant or restrict access to tasks and devices.
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Create user groups. Use the User Groups task to assign user accounts to groups. This allows you to uniformly configure many user accounts.
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Create folders. Use the Folder Configuration task to organize your devices into folders based on criteria you choose.
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Create filters. Use the Filters task to create criteria filters that can be saved and applied to folders.
To manage your devices with MarkVision Professional
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Create custom views. Use the Custom Views task to create multiple views that allow you to view only the printer attributes you would like to see.
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Create custom tables. Use the Custom Tables task to create a table of specific device information. A custom table can be exported as a comma separated variable (.csv) file, which can be opened by spreadsheet or word processing software.
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Create and apply device policies. Use the Device Policy tasks to uniformly configure many devices at once.
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Schedule tasks. Use the Scheduling task to schedule certain tasks.
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Enable job accounting. Use the Job Accounting task to gather and store information about each print job sent to a specific printer.
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Enable printer inventory. Use the Printer Inventory task to gather and store information about the devices in your organization.
The All Tasks list
There are many more device management tasks available in MarkVision Professional than those listed above.
For a complete listing, see the All tasks list.
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