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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Plus one to what Chad said, that is how
      I would do it.  <br>
      For six or seven locations, I would be incline to at least get a
      VPN setup to each location and control them individually through
      their web interfaces rather than trying to get a whole fleet
      management program.  The cost of such a program and the time to
      figure out how to work it would probably not be worth the cost of
      it for the size of the fleet. <br>
      In addition, the VPN connections would be useful for diagnosing
      and fixing a whole host of IT issues.  <br>
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      Have a good day. <br>
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      Joe<br>
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      <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Joseph Knueven
Director
Germantown Public Library
51 N. Plum St.
Germantown, OH 45327
937-855-4001
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:knuevejo@oplin.org">knuevejo@oplin.org</a>
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      On 6/3/2014 9:49 AM, Chad Neeper wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">I don't know offhand if Ricoh has any real
        management software to manage a whole fleet of the printers
        (they most likely do), but at the very least, individually, you
        can completely configure them via each one's internal web-based
        config tools. It's all IP-based, so assign them static IP
        addresses (of course) and connect to them over your VPN. Or if
        you don't have a VPN between sites, if you have to, you can use
        the firewall at each site to port forward a port of your
        choosing to the copier's IP:80. If you have to port forward,
        though, you ought to at least restrict the port forward to only
        work from your central office's IP address.
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        <div>Chad</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:16 AM, Fred
          Miller Jr. <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:millerfr@oplin.org" target="_blank">millerfr@oplin.org</a>></span>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">To all the techs for the libraries,</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal">We are looking into getting new
                  copiers for our branches and some for our central
                  library. The copier we are looking at is the Ricoh
                  Aficio MP 2050. Does anyone know of a way to central
                  manage these copiers with all of our libraries being
                  on different networks? I would like to manage all
                  these from here at our central office instead of
                  driving over to change parameters or settings. </p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks again,</p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060">Fred
                      Miller Jr</span></i></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060">IT
                    Service Manager</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060">Auglaize
                    County Public District Library System</span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060">p:
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="tel:419-738-2921%20ext.%201011"
                      value="+14197382921" target="_blank">419-738-2921
                      ext. 1011</a></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060">f: 
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="tel:419-738-5168"
                      value="+14197385168" target="_blank">419-738-5168</a></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060">w:
                    <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                      href="http://www.auglaize.oplin.org"
                      target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.auglaize.oplin.org</span></a></span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">                   
                  </span></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#0322bd"><a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://auglaize.oplin.org/"
                          target="_blank">Visit our Library Website!</a></span></u></b></p>
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