Operation Manual

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BEFORE USING THE MACHINE►PERIPHERAL DEVICES
EXTERNAL ACCOUNT APPLICATION
The external account module enables you to use an "external account application" for centralized account management
of an MFP on a network.
An "external account application" can be used in "external authentication mode" or "external count mode".
When "external authentication mode" is used, the login screen is retrieved from the application when the machine is
started. When a job ends, a job notification screen is sent to the application for counts by authenticated user. When
"external count mode" is used, the login screen is not displayed when the machine is started. Only a job result
notification is sent to the application. User authentication by the external account application cannot be used. However,
the external account application can be used in combination with the internal account function.
External account application setup
After setting an external application in "Settings (administrator)", restart the machine to enable the setting.
To restart the machine, see "TURNING ON THE POWER (page 1-10)
".
Operation in external account mode
The following describes operation in the two modes for using an external account application.
External authentication mode
When the machine is powered on in external authentication mode, the machine accesses the external account
application and displays the login screen. The login screen also appears when the [Call] key is tapped to run a job in the
job status complete screen. (The login screen does not appear if the user has already logged in by the normal method.)
Tap the job status display while the login screen is displayed, and the Job Status screen appears. To return to the
previous screen, tap a mode select key.
If login fails:
If the login screen fails to appear or the application does not operate correctly, the machine may also stop operating
correctly. In that case, terminate external account mode forcibly.
The External account module (MX-AMX3) is required to use these functions on the MX-3050N/MX-3550N/MX-4050N/
MX-5050N/MX-6050N.
To set up the external account application:
In "Settings (administrator)", select [System Settings] → [Sharp OSA Settings] → [External Accounting Application Settings].
To enable the external authentication mode:
In "Settings (administrator)", select [System Settings] → [Sharp OSA Settings] → [External Accounting Application Settings]
and enable the [External Account Control] setting.
• The user control function of the machine cannot be used in external authentication mode.
However, "User Registration", "User Count Display", "User Count Reset", "User Information Print", and "The Number of
User Name Displayed Setting" can be used.
• The mode select key cannot be used while the login screen appears.
To forcibly terminate the external account mode:
In "Settings (Web version)", select [System Settings] → [Sharp OSA Settings] → [External Accounting Application Settings].
If termination in Setting mode (Web version) fails, terminate it forcibly on the operation panel of the machine.
In "Settings", select [System Settings] → [Sharp OSA Settings] and change the setting for [External Accounting Application
Settings] and then restart the machine. To restart the machine, see "TURNING ON THE POWER (page 1-10)
".