Kyocera KM-4230, KM-5230 Operation Guide

Printing System

KM-4230/KM-5230

Operation Guide

Included printer drivers

Chapter 1 Priner Driver for Windows

Chapter 2 Printer Driver for Macintosh

Included printer drivers

1. Procedure for Installing and Printing with a Printer Driver

The following printer drivers are included with this product. * Each type of printer driver has a version appropriate to a specific model of copy machine. Be sure to choose the driver that is appropriate for your

copier.

Driver type

KX driver

Macintosh PPD file

■ When using KPDL in Windows, set “Page Description Language” to the KPDL. Refer to “1-10 Device Settings Tab” on pages 1-15 and 1-16.

By attaching optional equipment it is possible to easily extend printer functionality. This driver will enable you to use such compound printer functions to their fullest.

A PPD (PostScript Printer Description) file is included for use with this product. Use “LaserWriter 8” as the printer driver for your Mac OS.

Description

Compatible OS

Windows 95/98 Windows NT4.0 Windows 2000 Windows Me

Macintosh OS 7.61 -

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1. Printer Driver for Windows

The following section explains the functions of the KX driver. It is assumed that the printer driver has already been installed on your computer.

* For a detailed description of how to install the printer driver, refer to the Printing System (J) Handbook. * The following procedure is explained as though it is being carried out in Windows 98. If you are using another operating system, use this

procedure simply as reference.

1-1 Screen that Appears when the CD-ROM is Inserted

This section explains the screen that appears when the enclosed Install CD-ROM is inserted into the CD-ROM drive.

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A: [Install Drivers]

Click to start installation of the printer driver. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen to install the printer driver.

B: [Driver Tools]

Click to display a menu including uninstallation of the printer driver.

[Remove Drivers] ...................... Starts the uninstaller of the printer driver.

[Make Driver Disk] ..................... Copies the installer program to a floppy disk. Use of this floppy disk allows you to install the printer

driver without the need of the installer CD-ROM.

C: [Networking]

Click to display the KM-NET VIEWER’s installation menu. Follow the instructions displayed on the screen to install the KM-NET VIEWER.

D: [Documentation]

Click to display the manual (PDF file) supplied with the printer driver. To open this PDF manual, Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 (developed to view PDF files) is required, so make sure that Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 is installed before opening the manual.

[Install Adobe Acrobat Reader] ... Installs Adobe Acrobat Reader.

[Operation Manuals] ................. Displays the manuals (PDF) of the printer and printer driver. They explain the installation procedure

of the printer driver and operation procedure of the printer.

[Release Notes], [Readme] ....... This file contains information which is not explained in the manuals. Please read this file before using

[Programming Manuals] ...........Displays the manuals (PDF files) for the PRESCRIBE commands.

E: [Select Language]

Select the user interface language.

the printer driver.

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1. Printer Driver for Windows

■ Uninstalling the Printer Driver

An uninstallation program is contained in the supplied CD-ROM.

Start Windows.

Insert the printer driver installer CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on your computer.

The window shown on the right will appear.

Click [Driver Tools]. A menu will appear, so click [Remove Drivers].

The [Printer Deleter] dialog box will appear. Clicking “+” mark will display printer drivers installed on the computer and Windows registries in a hierarchical (tree) structure.

Select the printer you are using, then select [Actions] – [Delete]. The selected printer driver will be removed.

* The selected printer driver can also be removed by pressing the [Del] key, instead

of selecting [Actions] – [Delete].

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1-2 Opening the Properties Window

Start Windows.

Click on [Start] on the task bar.

The Start menu will appear.

Use the mouse to point to [Settings (S)]. A submenu will appear, so click on [Printer (P)].

The [Properties] folder will open.

Use the mouse to point to the icon that indicates the printer you are using, then click it with the right button of the mouse.

A pop-up menu will appear.

Select [Properties] from the menu.

The Properties window will appear.

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1-3 Description of the Properties Window

A: [Tabs]

Click a tab to display the corresponding tab page.

B:[OK]

Click to save the changes and close the Properties window.

C: [Cancel]

Click to close the Properties window without saving the changes.

D: [Apply]

Click to apply the changes and keep the Properties window open.

E: [Box]

The currently set values are displayed. To change a value, click inside the box. The value will be highlighted, allowing you to enter a character string or numeric value directly.

F: [Arrow button [▼]]

Click to display a drop-down list.

G: [Drop-down list]

Displays a list of information. To display the list, click the ▼ button.

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1-4 General Tab

A: [Print Test Page] button

Click to make a test print.

* When departmental management code is set at the machine, you must set [Management Code] in [Job] tab in order to enable

test print with [Print Test Page] button.

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1-5 Details Tab

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A:[Add Port...] button

Click this to add a port or specify a network path.

B:[Delete Port...] button

Click this to delete a port from the list of available ports.

C:[New Driver...] button

Click this to update or change your printer driver.

D:[Capture Print Port…] button

Click to assign a printer port to the network drive.

E:[End Capture…] button

Click to cancel the printer port assigned to the network drive.

F:[Timeout Settings]

Allows you to make a print timeout setting.

[Not selected:] ........................... Set the period of time to be waited until the printer is set in online. The allowed range is from 0 to 999,

[Transmission retry:] ................ Set the period of time (in seconds) to be waited until the printer is ready for printing. The allowed

G: [Spool Settings…] button

Click to allow the program to specify how documents are to be sent to the printer.

and the default is 15 (seconds). If the printer is not set in online within the specified period of time, an error message will appear.

range is from 0 to 999, and the default is 45 (seconds). If the printer is not ready for printing within the specified period of time, an error message will appear. If this error occurs when printing large-size documents, increase the value.

H:[Port Settings…] button

Click to change the printer port.

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1-6 Media Tab

A: [Page Size:]

Select the size of standard-size paper sheet or envelope. The following standard-size paper sheets and envelopes can be used with this printer:

Standard-size paper sheet

Envelope

B: [Custom…] button

This button is effective if [Custom] is selected from [Paper Size:]. Click this button when you want to print on nonstandard-size paper. The [Custom Paper Size] dialog box will appear.

C: [Print Size:]

Allows you to select the size of the printed image. The image size will be enlarged or reduced according to difference in the setting made here and in the “Page Size” field.

D: [Orientation:]

Select the print orientation from the following:

[Portrait] .....................................Prints lengthwise.

[Landscape] ...............................Prints widthwise.

[Rotated] .................................... Selecting this option prints upside down.

E: [Source:]

You can select the source of paper feed according to the desired tray. Selection is possible from among the following items. If you select “Auto Source Selection”, the printer will automatically choose the tray that contains the most appropriate paper for the job. The factory default setting is “Auto Source Selection”.

F:[Settings…] button

To add the cover or to insert backing sheets from a tray when printing, click this button. The [Advanced Media Setting] dialog box will appear.

Letter (8 1/2" x 11"), Legal (8 1/2" x 14"), Ledger (11" x 17"), Statement (5 1/2" x 8 1/2"), A3, A4, A5, JIS B4, JIS B5, and Folio

COM-10, Monarch, DL and C5

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1. Printer Driver for Windows

■ Setting a custom paper size

Perform the following procedure in order to register a custom size when you want to print onto a non-standard size of paper. The information registered here will be displayed under the “Page Size” setting in the Media Tab as well as in the Paper Size setting of your application.

If you want to register a new custom paper size, click on the “Add” button. The “Edit Paper Size” dialog box will appear.

If you want to change a previously registered paper size, click on the registered size to select it and then click on the “Edit” button. If you want to delete a registered paper size, click on the desired size to select it and then click on the “Remove” button.

Type into the “Name” field the name you want to use for this custom size of paper. * It is the name that you register here that will actually be displayed under the “Page

Size” setting.

Select the desired unit of measurement in the “Units” block and the desired dimensions of the paper in the “Size” block.

<Available settings> Units: “Inches” or “Millimeters”

Height: 5.83 - 17.00 [Inches]

Width: 3.88 - 11.69 [Inches]

Click on the “OK” button. The “Custom Paper Sizes” dialog box will appear once again.

148.0 - 431.8 [Millimeters]

98.5 - 297.0 [Millimeters]

Click on the “OK” button.

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1-6-1 Advanced Media Settings

A:[Cover Mode]

Allows you to add a cover page (front or back cover page). The paper for the cover page will be fed from the manual feed tray.

Front ...........................................Feeds a paper from the manual feed tray and attaches it as the front cover.

Front and Back ..........................Feeds papers from the manual feed tray and attaches them as the front and back cover.

[Print onto Cover] .....................To print the first page data on the cover, select this.

If this item is not checked, the cover will be blank.

If [Booklet Mode:] in 1-7 Layout Tab is checked, the screen will be displayed as shown below.

Check a side to be printed on the cover.

If both sides are checked, both sides of the cover will be printed on.

B:[Page Insert]

Allows you to Insert a page at the specified page number. Select the source tray and page number where you want to insert.

[Print onto Insert] ......................Feeds a paper from the manual feed tray and attaches it as the front cover.

[Insert Before Pages] ................Specify the page number of the document where the paper is to be inserted.

[Source for Page:] .....................Select the tray where the paper to be inserted is stored.

C:[Transparency Interleaving]

Allows you to feed backing sheets from the specified tray and add them to OHP sheets fed from the manual feed tray.

[Print onto Backing] .................. Select this option when you also want to print on the backing sheets.

[Source for Backing] ................. From the list, select the tray where the backing sheets are stored.

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