sending ricoh counter trough email

[SPANIARD]

Hi guys!

This is my first post.

And I would like to challenge all of you.

We have more than 600 machines and we mess up every month recounting the counters of all of them.

We would like to reduce the workload of this task by sending automatically the counter by email.

Is that possible?

Thanks in advance.

Regards.

[zyqwiz]

No - it is not possible to email meter readings on a Ricoh machine.

You need to get the @remote system in place to be able to gather remote readings but all machines must be networked and connected to the internet for it to work.

[SPANIARD]

[SPANIARD]

[zyqwiz]

Get some 3rd party equivalent to gather readings but they will generally only get the total reading so no good for colour machines which have 2 readings.

[SPANIARD]

[Jomama46]

Use a program like logmein to access a computer on the clients local network then from a browser access the WIM of the copier.
Take it from there you hard-headed Spaniel.

[SPANIARD]

[Fearless V K]

I would think Java is your best bet, but I'm not a programmer so I don't know how to make it work.

[KenB]

You can download Web Smart Device Monitor from Ricoh to collect and email meter readings for you on any day(s) of the month you ask it to.

WSDM will separate the color and BW counts. It also breaks down copies, prints, scans, and faxes separately.

No Java cards or programming required.

[Jules Winfield]

Upgrade all your Ricohs to Kyoceras. Kyoceras have this ability built-in. You just set them to send a maintenance report via email at the interval of your choosing.

[cferron]

We use PrintFleet. It's provided as a service by the leasing company we use to gather meters remotely. You have to load a data collection agent on a server or another computer on the subnet that's always turned on. You then specify how often the data collection agent strobes the specified IP range; it then puts a packet together that e-mails the lease company. We can look at the color & black meters, what the supply level is, etc. You can even see what the image on the copier display is. There is a cost...we pay a certain number of cents per meter, but it's worth it.

[Choro1dal]

It is possible to auotmate the process of meter reading collection from Ricoh MFDs/printers. There are a couple of options.

@Remote. You would require 2 'Basil' boxes to manage the complete fleet.

WebSmartDeviceMonitor 2.0 freeware available from Ricoh although it will require licencing (via registration). It will require a dedicated PC to run but is able to monitor device status and email alerts. It can also be configured to retrieve meter readings from the devices and email the data to recipients on a scheduled basis of your choosing.

[zyqwiz]

Sorry. That is not acceptable.

Who cares?

If your admin staff are too stupid to enter a bunch of meter readings then that's their problem.

The @remote system uses secure servers in Japan and cannot get the readings from the machines, the machine sends them to the central server - have you never heard of network security?

[Rano]

We are hardminded and want to develop a system to do it even if it need some programing.

Ricoh & Java? Developer Challenge ?