Sharp offers a suite of administration tools that greatly simplify the installation, monitoring and use of its multifunction digital copiers.

Sharp Printer Status Monitor was designed to monitor network devices on a daily basis, so that a user can be more productive. This permits the print user to decide whether the printer is available and has enough paper for their output. In addition, Sharp Monitor will notify the user of job completion, so that a user only needs to go to the printer once, when the output is complete.

Printer Administration Utility (PAU) is a network tool designed to speed up the installation and configuration of all connected Sharp devices. Primarily for IT Managers, it allows you to manage all Sharp and non-Sharp SNMP compliant printers over the network right from your desktop. IT Managers can customize machine information as well as view device status with optional pop-up alert messages. Detailed product information can be viewed as well, including total impressions and toner status. And of course, network settings can be viewed and edited as needed. In addition to all this, PAU can be easily customized. You can create lists of printers that share specific characteristics and display them by model name, IP address, status, location and more. By utilizing PAU, network administrators can manage all Sharp Digital Printers and Copiers remotely from a single console.

Features: 

• Color-coded device status 
• Icon based graphical interface 
• Device status indication 
• Device conditional warnings 
• Default configuration settings 

Benefits: 

• All devices can be monitored and configured from a single console 
• Preventative maintenance warnings 
•  Paper and toner status enable day-to-day planning of supplies refilling