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Toggle Publisher Online/Offline
This menu option allows you to change the disc publisher state. If the publisher is offline, you will
be able to change the state to online.
Run System Diagnostics
Running the System Diagnostics will effectively take the Disc Publisher offline and restart it,
including the initialization stage. This would be performed only if there is a need to verify that the
printer, drive, and robotics are all responding correctly.
Please note that when the Diagnostic is run, any active job in PrintWrite will be placed into a failed
state. Once the diagnostics are complete, you will need to resume each job manually through the
Job List.
Printer Utilities
Some of the functions listed under the Printer Utilities will affect all printers connected to your PC,
and should not be performed unless necessary.
Printer Status
The Status line displays the current status of the printer. If the status does not show READY, then
the printer will not be able to print.
Clicking the Refresh Printer Status menu item will have PrintWrite double-check the status of the
printer. To see the refreshed status, you will need to return to the Printer Utilities menu.
Clear Print Spooler for this Printer
Part of this process will include stopping the Windows Print Spooler service, which is used by the
operating system to monitor and process all of the printers on your PC. You should not use this
option unless all other printers connected to your PC are idle.
If for any reason you need to clear out the Windows Print Spooler for the printer in your
Microboards Disc Publisher, select this option. It will attempt to delete all print jobs that have been
sent to your Microboards printer.
Only print jobs to be printed by your Disc Publisher will be deleted.
While any print jobs on other printers will not be deleted, stopping the Windows Print Spooler
service will affect all printers connected to your PC.
Pause, Resume, Purge Printer
These three Printer Utilities menu items affect the printer in your Microboards Disc Publisher. Each
of these functions is a Microsoft Windows action, rather than a PrintWrite action.
These actions should not be used unless necessary, as they may cause your PrintWrite projects to
fail.
Select Pause to place the Microboards printer in a paused state. This will allow you to send print
jobs, but those print jobs will never start.
If the printer is paused, use the Resume menu item to allow the printer to continue.
To remove all print jobs listed in the Windows Print screen, click Purge Printer.
Toggle Printer Online, Offline
You can change the online state of the printer in your Microboards Disc Publisher by selecting
these 2 items. No printer other than the one in your Disc Publisher will be affected by these menu
items.
If the top menu item in the Printer Utilities reads Status = OFFLINE, use the Toggle Printer Online
menu item to place the printer back online.
Selecting Toggle Printer Offline will place the printer in a state in which it will not start print jobs.
Placing the printer in an offline state will cause your submitted projects to fail, so this should only be
done when necessary.
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