Overview of Customized MFP UIs

4 minute read Last updated on July 19, 2023

Use MarketPlace’s Designer Tool to create custom MFP user interfaces (UIs). You can design UIs to conform to your specific business needs and corporate culture. The tool is included with your free MarketPlace account, and you can create as many custom UIs as you want.

Licenses for Custom MFP UIs

Once you create a custom UI, installing it on a device and using it requires a license for the device (called the MFP UI Device license). This license is device-specific, and is distinct from custom UIs. Once installed on a device, users can install an unlimited number of custom UIs on the device. To use custom UIs on other devices, you must purchase and install a license on each of the devices.

Once you purchase an MFP UI Device license, you install it on a device via the Apps & Licenses page on the MarketPlace site. You cannot install this license at the device. However, once the license is installed on a device, you can install custom UIs both at the device and via the Apps & Licenses page.

Reclaiming the MFP UI Device License from a Device

Once you install an MFP UI Device license on a device, the license becomes associated with that device model (for example, bizhub C4050i). If you reclaim the license, you can reinstall it only on devices of the same model type.

MFP UI Trial Licenses

Once published, you can test your custom UI by installing a trial version of the UI on a device. MFP UI trials:

  • Can be used only once, on one device.

  • Expire after 15 days.

  • Can be installed via the Apps & Licenses page on the MarketPlace site, or directly at the device via the device’s App Manager.

  • Cannot be installed on a device on which the MFP UI Device license is currently installed.

Basic Steps

The process of creating a custom MFP UI and installing it for use on a device involves the following basic steps:

  1. Create a custom UI on the MarketPlace site using the Designer Tool. The Designer Tool has many templates you can use to quicken the process, or you can create a UI from scratch. In addition, MarketPlace provides a number of pre-built sample MFP UIs you can install and customize for your own use.

  2. Publish the UI via the Custom UIs page on the MarketPlace.

  3. Install the UI on the devices on which you want to use it. Use the Apps & Licenses page on MarketPlace. You can install the UI onto any device on which a purchased MFP UI Device license is currently installed.

    Note: You can install the trial version of your UI on any device on which:

    • A purchased MFP UI Device license is not currently installed.

    • A trial license of the UI has not already been installed.

  4. Access the UI via the device panel on the device on which you installed it. An icon for the UI appears along with the name specified for the UI during the creation process. Click on the icon to access the UI.

    Note: For tile UIs (widget apps), placing the tile on an device’s Home page (recommended) requires the additional step of installing the tile on the device’s Home page.

Getting Started

Custom MFP UIs consist of one or more panels. The panels contain the elements of the UI and provide access to those elements at the device. To get started, do the following:

  1. Log into the MarketPlace website.

  2. Select MFP UIs from the MarketPlace menu bar. The Custom UIs page appears displaying any existing custom MFP UIs already created and/or published. See the following illustration for an example:

  1. On this page, you can do the following:

Illustration of the Designer Tool