NEC 4650NX, 4650, 4650N User Manual

4650SERIES

User’s Guide for Models

4650, 4650N & 4650NX

March, 2000

703-A0413-001

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II SuperScript 4650 Series — User’s Guide

FEATURES 1

Overview 1

SuperScript 4650 Series Highlights 1 SuperScript 4650N and 4650NX Enhancements 1 Printer Options 1 Assumptions 1 System Requirements 2 Supported Printing Environments 2 Hardware Requirements 2 Energy Saving 2

SuperScript 4650 Series CD 3

Printing Software for Windows 3 Printing Software for Mac OS 3

4650N(X) Printer Web Pages 4 Paper Handling and

Special Media 5

SuperScript 4650 Series Settings 6

Printer Settings 6 Using the Printer’s Operator Panel 6 Using Printer Drivers 6

PostScript 3 Features 6

Color Processing 6 Advanced Features 7 Watermarks 7 Paper Handling 7 Graphics 7 PostScript Options 8 Device Options 9

PCL5e Features 9 Working with Fonts In Windows 10

PostScript 3 Font Settings 10 PCL5e Font Settings 10

GETTING STARTED 11

Overview 11 Safety Instructions 11 Selecting a Location 11

Unpacking 12 Checking Printer Contents 13 Identifying Printer Parts 14

Front View 14 Front Internal View 14 Back View 14 Back Internal View 14 Top Internal View 14

Installing the Belt Cartridge 16 Installing the Fuser Components 17 Installing the Toner Modules 18 Loading the Paper Tray 19 Printing a Startup Page 20 Connecting the Printer 21

Connecting the 4650 Series Printer Locally 21 Connecting the 4650N(X) to a Network 21

Printing with the 4650 Series Printer 22

Local Setup for Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/2000 22 PostScript Driver Setup for Windows 3.1x 22 Printing from Your Application 22

Quick Web Printing

with the 4650N(X) 23

Setting the Printer’s IP Address 23 Easy Remote Printing Setup 23

Printing Envelopes 24 Printing on Thick Paper 24 Printing Transparencies 25 Printing Labels 25

PRINTER OPTIONS 27

Overview 27 Adding the Paper Tray 2 Unit 28 Installing the Legal Paper Tray 30 Adding Memory (DIMM) 31

Installing DIMM 32

The SuperScript NIC 33

PrintAgent and the SuperScript 4650(NX) 34

PRINTER DRIVERS 35

Overview 35

When to Use the PostScript 3 or

PCL5e Printer Driver 35

Installation Options 35

Windows 95/98 36

About Color Control Options 36 Installing Printer Software 36 Printing a Document 37 Accessing a Printer Driver 37 Changing Settings in the Printer Driver 37 Setting Another Printer Driver as Default 37 Shared Printing Windows 9x/Windows NT 4.0 38 Shared Printing Windows 9x/Windows 2000 39 Using the Windows 95/98 Printer Drivers 40

Windows 2000 Driver 44

Installing the Driver Software 44 Printing a Document 45 Accessing Printing Preferences 45 Accessing Printer Properties 45 Changing Settings in the Printer Driver 46 Setting Another Printer Driver as Default 46

Installing Options 49

Windows NT 4.0 50

Installing Printer Driver Software 50 Printing a Document 50 Accessing Printer Properties 50 Accessing Document Properties 50 Changing Settings in the Printer Driver 50 Setting Another Printer Driver as Default 50 Using Windows NT 4.0 Printer Driver 51 Installing Options 51

Windows 3.1x 54

Installing the Printer Driver Software 54

Printing a Document 54 Accessing the Printer Driver 54 Changing Settings in the Printer Driver 54 Setting Another Printer Driver as Default 55

Macintosh Requirements 58

Software Requirements 58 Hardware Requirements 58

Setting Up the Printer 59

Installing the PPD 59 Configuring the Printer 60 Renaming Your Printer 61 Page Setup 61 Printing 61

Uninstalling the Driver 63

OPERATOR PANEL 65

Overview 65 Operator Panel Features 65

Indicator Lights 65 The Message Display 66 Operator Panel Buttons 67

Using the Menu Tree 68

An Example of Using the Menu Tree 69 Operator Panel Menus 70

Operator Panel Tasks 73

Taking the Printer Offline and Online 73 Setting Media Type 73 Stopping a Job 73 Clearing the Print Buffer 73 Resetting the Printer 73 Resetting the NIC 73 Restoring Factory Defaults 73 Printing Information Pages 74 Resetting Usage Reports 74 TCP/IP Setup 74

ADVANCED FEATURES 75

Overview 75

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From the Printer’s Home Page 75 Spooling Options 76

Print Queue Status 76 Job Priority 76 Banner Pages 77 Job Hold 78 Job Preview 79 Collation 79

External Zip Drive Feature 80

Connecting the Zip Drive 80 To Print From the Web 81 To Print From the Operator Panel 81 To Eject Zip Disk 82

Scanner Copy Feature 83

Setting Up the Scanner 83 Accessing the Scanner 84 Scanner Support Features 84 Previewing a Scanned Image 84

MAINTAINING YOUR PRINTER 85

Overview 85 Precautions 85

Maintenance Schedule 86 Service Visit Schedule 86

Replacing the Toner Modules 87 Replacing the Fuser Oil Bottle 88 Replacing the Fuser Cleaning Roller 89 Cleaning the Belt Cartridge 90 Replacing the Belt Cartridge 91 Inside the Back Cover 92 Replacing the Fuser Unit 93 Cleaning the Laser Lens 94 Replacing the Ozone Filter 95 Replacing the Toner Collector 95 Cleaning the Outside of the Printer 96

TROUBLESHOOTING 97

Overview 97

Print Quality Maintenance 97 Simple Troubleshooting 97 Printer Messages 97

Preventing Paper Jams 99

Understanding the Paper Path 99

Removing Paper Jams 100

Misfeed Jams 100 Inner Jams 101 Outer Jams 102 Drum Jams 102

Print Quality 103

Background is Smeared 103 Image Edges are Missing or Peeling 103 Horizontal Jitter 103 Horizontal Ribbing 103 Image Shows Banding, Shadows, or Shifting 103 White Line 103 Vertical Streaks 103 Vertical White Band 103 Black Line 104 Vertical Line 104 Image Staggered Vertically 104 Horizontal Banding 104 Horizontal White Band 104 Toner Spots 104 Mixed Color Image 104 Color Misregistration 105 Toner Streak 105 Mottled Image 105 Shadowing 105 Insufficient Gloss 105 Back of Paper is Stained 105 Missing Print 105 Partial Printing 105

Troubleshooting for MacOS 106 Windows OS Parallel Printing Problems 106

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Nothing Printed 106 Nonsense is Printed 106 Error Messages with Little or Nothing Printed 106

TECHNICAL SUPPORT 109

Overview 109 Assistance Nearby 109

Help From Within Your Company 109 Help From Your Dealer 109

NEC Technical Support 109

How to Contact NEC 109

Ordering Supplies 110 NEC Warranty and Service 111

NEC Service Contracts 111

SuperScript 4650 Series Limited Warranty 111

Warranty Period 111 Warranty Coverage 111 Warranty Support 112 Obtaining Warranty Service 112 Limitation of Damages 112

PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS 113

Operating Specifications 113

Paper Handling 114

MEDIA SPECIFICATIONS 115 SAFETY INFORMATION 117

Ozone Emission 117 Laser Safety 117 CDRH Regulations 117 FCC Statement 118

MOVING YOUR PRINTER 119

Moving the Printer Locally 119 Shipping the Printer 121

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CHAPTER 1

FEATURES

VERVIEW

The NEC SuperScript™ 4650 Series color laser printer is the best value today for fast color and monochrome printing. It delivers high resolution color output for outstanding business presentations. It also offers web-based printing technology through its innovative PrintAgent, ﬁrst introduced with NEC’s SuperScript 4400. PrintAgent allows you to send print jobs anywhere, whether across the building or across the country! The following section reviews enhancements and options that will make this printer the busiest machine in your ofﬁce.

SuperScript 4650 Series Highlights

• Prints 4 plus color pages or 16 monochrome pages per minute.

• With PostScript 3 or PCL5e printing languages, you can print almost anything. The printer automatically selects the appropriate printer language for incoming jobs. (PCL5e is not available for the 4650 model).

note:

printer driver loaded on your system. The PCL5e printer driver is for monochrome printing only.

• 600 x 600 dpi printing is standard

• 1200x1200 dpi printing is standard (with 96MB RAM)

• 200 MHz processor speeds up the rendering of complex graphic documents

• 128 MB of RAM standard, extendable to 256MB for 4650NX model

• 96 MB of RAM standard, extendable to 256MB for 4650N model

• 32 MB of RAM standard, extendable to 256MB for 4650 model

For color printing, you must have the PostScript 3

SuperScript 4650N and 4650NX Enhancements

With the SuperScript 4650N and 4650NX, you can take advantage of the latest printing technology.

• SCSI port supports optional scanner and Zip drive features.

• 2.1 GB internal hard disk for storing fonts, scanned images, and spooled ﬁles for 4650N and 4650NX models

• Advanced PostScript spooling features enabled by the built in hard disk. Features include collation, send one— print multiple copies, and on-demand printing from an externally connected Zip® drive.

• The printer’s home page provides access to web-based printing software, online help, and other features.

• Using NEC’s PrintAgent™ software, conﬁguration and monitoring can be done from your workstation.

• Supports traditional network printing over NetWare®, TCP/IP, EtherTalk and above, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows

3.1x, and NetBEUI/NetBIOS

Printer Options

You can add these SuperScript features to increase your printer’s versatility.

• 250-sheet standard size Paper Tray 2 (standard with 4650NX model)

• 250-sheet Legal Tray

• SuperScript network interface card or NIC (standard with 4650N or 4650NX models)

• Extra memory

Assumptions

The instructions in this guide assume that you are familiar with your computer and/or network operating systems, and that your system is conﬁgured and operating properly.

System Requirements

Your SuperScript 4650 Series printer and software can operate using the following minimum system conﬁgurations.

Windows Operating System

• Microsoft® Windows® 95/98, Windows NT® 4.0/2000, or Windows 3.1x

• 486 or higher CPU

• CD-ROM drive

• 6.5 MB of free hard disk space

• 16 MB RAM for Windows 95/98 32 MB RAM for Windows NT/2000 8 MB RAM for Windows 3.1x

• Parallel Port

• Ethernet connection if you want to print over a network

Macintosh Operating System

• Mac OS 7.1 or higher

• 68040 or higher CPU

• CD-ROM drive

• 5 MB of free hard disk space

• 8 MB or more of RAM

• Addition of an optional SuperScript NIC with the 4650 model for Ethernet connect ability

Web-Based Printing Requirements

To use the web-based Pull Printing and NEC PrintAgent features, you need to have Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 or above web browser. Other requirements are described in the

SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide.

Supported Printing Environments

The SuperScript 4650 Series printer comes with software for using the printer on several operating systems and networks.

• Microsoft Windows 95/98, Windows 2000, Windows NT

4.0, and Windows 3.1x

• NetWare® versions 3.x, 4.x and 5.x

• Mac™ OS 7.1 and higher using EtherTalk

• Peer-to-peer printing for W indows 95/98 (IPX-P2P only),

Windows 2000, and Windows NT 4.0.

• UNIX® For network setup, your workstation and network operating

system should be conﬁgured and operating correctly, and your SuperScript 4650 Series printer drivers should already be properly installed.

Hardware Requirements

You need to provide the following to set up your printer:

• For standard connection, a IEEE 1284 compliant parallel cable.

• For network connection, Category 5 twisted pair cable with RJ-45 connectors for 10/100Base-TX Ethernet, shown below.

note:

detects whether you have a 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Ethernet connection. For better performance, NEC recommends that you use shielded cable and connectors when connecting to 100 Mbps Ethernet.

The network interface card (NIC) automatically

Energy Saving

The SuperScript 4650 Series printer meets the requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR®

Computers program for printers. The purpose of this program is to promote the manufacturing and marketing of energy-efﬁcient ofﬁce automation equipment, thereby potentially reducing combustion-related pollution. (The ENERGY STAR emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service.)

As an ENERGY STAR Partner, NEC has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR guidelines for energy efﬁciency.

ENERGY STAR is a U.S. registered mark.

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UPERSCRIPT

The

SuperScript 4650 Series CD

provides three options for installing printer drivers and printing utilities in Windows.

• Easy/Local Setup

• Network Client/Custom Setup

• Network Server/Administrator Setup Choose the one that best suits your needs.

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that comes with your printer

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Printing Software for Windows

Easy/Local Setup

Use this option to quickly install the basic printing tools for your operating system. This is appropriate if you are connected to a SuperScript 4650 Series printer from the parallel port. Using this option, you can install

• PostScript 3 and PCL5e printer drivers (Use PCL5e on a UNIX system)

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0

• A user’s guide you can view online, or print out

note:

printer driver. Also, the advanced setting, Image Color Matching (ICM), is not available with this setup.

Network Client/Custom Setup

If you are a network client with access to a SuperScript 4650N or 4650NX printer (or 4650 with a NIC), you can use this setup to access web-based printing tools and network utilities. Using this option, you can install

• PostScript 3 printer driver with Image Color Matching

• PostScript 3 printer driver without Image Color Matching

• PCL5e printer driver (not included with 4650 model)

• NEC PrintAgent for Remote Printing

• Utilities for peer-to-peer printing*

• Internet Explorer 5.0

• Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0

• User’s guides you can view online, or print out

For color printing, you must use the PostScript 3

Network Server/Administrator Setup

This setup should only be used by system administrators who are familiar with the procedures for installing server software and network conﬁguration. Use it to install and use network utilities, and set up servers for NEC PrintAgent Pull Printing.

For more information on network setup see the

Color Laser Network Guide.

In addition to all the items available in the Network Client/ Custom Setup, the following tools are provided:

• PrintAgent Pull Printing Server software

• PrintAgent Secondary File Server software

• MAP utility for Windows 95/98, Windows 2000, and Windows NT 4.0

SuperScript

Printing Software for Mac OS

The

SuperScript 4650 Series CD

provides the following software for Mac OS users.

• The AdobePS printer driver

• The SuperScript 4650 series printer description ﬁle

• ICC ﬁles for Color Sync

Instructions for installing Mac OS software are on page 59. More detailed instructions are provided in the

Color Laser Network Guide

*IPX-P2P in not available for Windows NT workstations

that comes with your printer

SuperScript

FEATURES

SuperScript 4650 Series CD 3

4650N(X) P

RINTER

WEB P

AGES

Every SuperScript 4650N and 4650NX network printer has a built-in web server and

Printer Home page

you can use for a

variety of tasks, including

• Pull Printing from your desktop

• Installing the NEC PrintAgent Remote Printing driver

• Monitoring SuperScript 4650 PrintAgent printers

• Performing network administration tasks

• Conﬁguring URLs for 4650 printers and servers

• Downloading Pull Printing Server software

• Downloading Secondary File Server software

• Getting information and Help You will need to obtain your printer’s IP address from your

network administrator and then assign the IP address to the printer (see page 23).

Once you assign an IP Addr ess to the printer, you can browse to it using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 4.01 or higher. The URL uses the printer’s IP Address. It is

http://<Printer IP Address>

http://131.241.045.27

Two other useful printer web pages are

• The

URL Conﬁguration Page

install and conﬁgure Pull Printing Servers. The URL is

http://<Printer IP Address>/configure.html

See the information.

• The

Network Administration Page

to conﬁgure the printer network settings. To access this, go to the URL conﬁguration page and click the

Administration

Network Guide

The Printer Home Page

You can view the Printer Home page from Windows, Mac OS, or UNIX. The URL is the IP address you assign to the printer, for example, http://131.241.45.27.

for example:

, which you can use to

SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide

, which you can use

link. See the

SuperScript Color Laser

for more information.

for more

Network

Click here to display the Pull Printing page to print over the web without a driver

Click here to install the NEC PrintAgent driver for remote printing over the web

Click here to access advanced features

Click here to display the NEC PrintAgent window to monitor the web printer

Use these links to learn more about Pull Printing and Remote Printing using the NEC PrintAgent

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NEC Print Agent - Microsoft Internet Explorer

Address Links

http:/ /13 1.241.45.88/

PULL PRINTING

INSTALL DRIVER

INSTALL MS JVM

ADVANCED FEATURES

PRINTER STATUS

INFORMATION

NEC PrintAgent“ Pull Printing System NEC PrintAgent“ Remote Printing System Help Home

Welcome

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APER HANDLING AND

PECIAL

You can use the printer to print on a wide variety of media and sizes. SuperScript 4650 Series paper handling features let you manage print jobs and ofﬁce tasks efﬁciently.

Supported Media

Use any light or medium weight copier paper to print out draft copies of your documents. Then, for the best results on ﬁnal documents, you should consider using NEC’s Premium papers.

Premium Color Laser Paper - 24 lb. Bond:

paper with a super smooth ﬁnish for brilliant color reproduction. Use this for correspondence, proposals, charts, graphs, and illustrations.

Premium Color Laser Paper - 60 lb. Cover:

stock that is ideal for report covers, mailers, greeting cards and invitations.

Ultra Glossy Color Laser Paper - 100 lb. Text:

double-sided glossy ﬁnish that is preferred for professional printing and photographic art. Use this for data sheets, brochures, and client presentations.

Premium T ransparency:

images.

Your Starter Kit includes a sampler of NEC Premium papers. See page 110 for information about ordering NEC premium papers and other printer supplies. If you do not have the NEC Premium papers, try to match them as closely as possible for the best printing results. Appendix B, “Media Speciﬁcations,” has more information about choosing media.

When printing special media, be sure to load the paper tray only to the mark indicated for that media. When printing on thick or glossy stock, set the Media Type to the printer Operator Panel, and reset it to Paper when you are done (see page 73 for instructions).

EDIA

Use this for brilliant projected

A bright

A heavier

Has a

Thick Stock

Supported Paper Sizes

You can print on a variety of paper sizes including

Paper Size

Letter 8.5 x 11 216 x 279 Legal 8.5 x 14 216 x 356 A4 8.3 x 11.7 210 x 297 Executive 7.25 x 10.5 184 x 267 UK Quarto* 8 x 10 203 x 254 Folio* 8.5 x 13 216 x 330 Commercial #10 Env. 4.13 x 9.5 105 x 241

*Not available in PCL printer drivers.

note:

optional Legal Paper Tray into Paper Tray 1 or Paper Tray 2.

Paper Source Selections

In your printer driver, you can specify which paper tray the printer should use for your print job: or

AutoSelect

automatically selects the right tray based on the media type in the trays. The printer can detect paper sizes based on how the trays are adjusted. Therefore, it is important to adjust the paper trays properly.

Orientation

Orientation describes the position of images on a page with respect to the long and short edges of the paper . You can print three ways.

To print Legal size paper, you must install the

. When you specify

Portrait

(the default).

Landscape

orientation.

Rotated Landscape

orientation and is ﬂipped.

means the page has a vertical orientation

means the page has a horizontal

Inches Millimeters

Tray 1, Tray 2

AutoSelect

means the page has a horizontal

, the printer

FEATURES

(option),

Number of Copies

You can set the number of copies to be printed up to 999 (99 for PCL).

Paper Handling and Special Media 5

SUPERSCRIPT 4650 SERIES

ETTINGS

Printer Settings

SuperScript 4650 Series printer settings give you many ways to customize your print job. There is often more than one place to change the same printer setting. These include:

• The SuperScript PostScript 3 printer drivers

• PCL5e printer drivers (for 4650N or 4650NX)

• The Operator Panel on your printer

Using the Printer’s Operator Panel

You can use the printer’s Operator Panel to cancel a print job or change settings that are not available in your printer driver. You can view messages on the Operator Panel to help diagnose printing problems. In addition, the printer operator panel allows you to print out font lists and test pages and view the total page count. You can also set the printer’s TCP/ IP address or reconﬁgure network settings. Chapter 5, “The Operator Panel,” provides instructions for using the printer’s operator panel.

Using Printer Drivers

Your printer software includes the PostScript 3 printer drivers for Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0/2000, Windows 3.1x, and Mac OS. The 4650N(X) also includes the PCL 5e printer driver for Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0/ 2000, and Windows 3.1x. They offer a wide range of features for setting up your print job and printer settings.

Most of these features and settings are described in this chapter. A particular feature may be implemented slightly differently, depending on which driver you are using.

note: If you are unsure about a setting in your printer

driver, be sure to use the driver’s Online Help feature. Chapter 4, “Printer Drivers,” provides complete information about using your printer driver software.

When to Use the PostScript 3 or PCL5e Printer Driver

Use the PostScript 3 driver for color documents and documents that contain many complex graphic images or extensive page layout formatting. The PostScript driver has

more options and delivers better graphic processing. With the 4650N or 4650NX model printer you can use the

PCL5e driver for monochrome documents that contain mostly text and limited formatting. The PCL5e driver processes this type of document quickly.

note: For color printing, you must use the PostScript 3

printer driver for your system. The PCL5e printer driver is for monochrome printing only.

POSTSCRIPT 3 FEATURES

These are general descriptions of settings available in the PostScript 3 printer drivers. The interface of the printer driver depends on the operating system you use. Not all

settings are available for all drivers, or they may appear on different tabs in the printer driver. All printer drivers have

Online Help available at the click of a button, with more information about speciﬁc settings. Chapter 4, “Printer Drivers,” shows the PostScript printer drivers and explains how to use them.

Color Processing

Color Control

Use these settings to deﬁne color in your print job. Color Photo: Produces smooth color images, for the best

reproduction of photographic images. Color Business Graphics: Produces bright, solid colors,

suitable for presentation graphics, charts, and posters. Color T ransparency: Use this for the best results when

printing color presentations on overhead transparency ﬁlm. Grayscale: Converts all colors in the document to black and

shades of gray for monochrome printing. Unadjusted: Does not apply any of the special color control

features.

Image Color Matching

This feature is available for advanced users (except for Windows 3.1x and Windows NT). During the PostScript 3 for Windows 95/98 driver installation (fr om the SuperScript 4650 Series CD using the Network Client/Custom Install feature), you have the option of installing a driver using Microsoft

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Image Color Matching (ICM) technology or a driver using NEC’s color matching method. The driver using NEC’s color matching method is the default and recommended driver.

The ICM based driver calibrates the colors with those actually seen on the print client’s monitor. The NEC based driver calibrates the colors with those described by the NEC Color Table located inside the printer.

Advanced Features

Advanced features allow you to have more control over your print jobs. They can be accessed from the NEC features tab of the PostScript driver or from the Advanced features button on your printer’s home page. For more details about these unique features see Chapter 6 of this user’s guide.

note: These advanced features are not available with

the SuperScript 4650 printer.

Collation

Use the collation feature to print multiple, sorted copies of your print job.

Job Hold

Through job hold you can store a document on the printer’s hard drive and release it through the Operator Panel later. This feature is most useful when you want to ensure conﬁdentiality in a networked environment.

Job Preview and Job Reprint

With these features, the printer’s hard disk stores your document indeﬁnitely. Job preview lets you preview the ﬁrst copy of a document before printing out more copies. Job reprint holds your job for release at a later time.

Banner Page

Banner pages are used to identify and separate print jobs. They contain information about your print job and are especially useful in a network environment.

Color Scanning

An optional color scanner can be attached to the printer’s SCSI interface and provide convenient color copies. Scanned images can be saved in JPEG format and accessed across the company network or Internet.

Zip Drive Attachment

You can print certain ﬁles (.ps, .prn, .eps, .jpg) directly from a SCSI attached Iomega Zip® drive—without the use of a PC. You can search for ﬁles on the Zip drive by using the Operator Panel or through the Advanced Features button on the printer’s home page.

Watermarks

A watermark is text that appears on pages in your print job, such as DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL. Use these settings to apply watermarks to your print job, create new watermarks, or modify existing watermarks. A preview area shows how the watermark will appear. You can also specify whether the watermark appears in the foreground or background, and on which pages it appears. This feature is not available for Windows NT.

Paper Handling

Layout

Use this feature to print multiple page images on the printed page, including 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 16. This gives you the ability to print pamphlets, storyboards, or thumbnail layouts. You can also print a border around the page image (except for 1 page only).

Unprintable Ar ea

Use this setting to specify the area on the edge of the paper that cannot be printed on. This setting overrides margins set in the application.

Graphics

Resolution

Print resolution is measured by the number of dots per inch (dpi) in an image. The higher the number is, the ﬁner the resolution. Resolution can be set to 600 dpi (the default) or 1200 dpi.

note: 1200 dpi is only available when 96MB or more of

RAM are installed in the printer.

Sharp Edge Technology

Speciﬁes whether or not NEC’s Sharp Edge T echnology (SET) should be used. SET is only available with 600 dpi. It reﬁnes

FEATURES

PostScript 3 Features 7

the print quality of characters and line art by smoothing the ﬁne gradations along the edge of the printed image. It is best to turn this feature OFF for color photo images.

Halftoning

If graphic images in your document do not print correctly, use these settings to adjust screen frequency and angle. For example, use this when screened images show a moiré pattern.

Negative Image

If you select this, black and white values are reversed and colors print as their complements.

Mirror Image

If you select this, pages are “mirrored” on the horizontal axis.

Scaling

You can enlarge or reduce the page image. A value of 100% (the default) means no enlargement or reduction. A value of 50% reduces the page image to half its normal size. A value of 200% doubles the size of the page image.

PostScript Options

There are several settings you can use to customize the way the driver processes print jobs

PostScript Output Format

These settings control the way the driver creates the PostScript language descriptions for page images.

Optimize for Speed: Check this for faster printing. This option may cause a problem for some print jobs if the printer does not have enough memory.

Optimize for Portability-ADSC: Check this to ensure that the document can be printed on any PostScript printer. Documents may take longer to print when this option is selected. This option is useful if the printer has limited memory, because it creates smaller documents.

Encapsulated PostScript (EPS): Use this to print your document as a single-page image that will be incorporated into another ﬁle. You must also select Output to File.

Archive Format: Use this to create a PostScript data stream that gets stored in a ﬁle to be used later.

PostScript Header

You can control whether the driver sends a PostScript header with each document. By default a header proceeds each sent PostScript job. (You will not see this header, it is part of the PostScript code.) If you are printing to your own local printer and you will only be sending PostScript jobs you can choose to send the header just once. The header is retained and will be used with each job, thus slightly reducing print time.

Error Handling

You can send an error handler with each print job. Then, if an error occurs, the printer prints a page with a message describing the nature of the error. You or a technician can use this information to diagnose the problem.

PostScript Timeout Values

These settings deﬁne timeout periods allowed when the driver communicates with the printer . Enter a value from 0 to 999 seconds (32,767 seconds for NT). When zero is entered, the printer will wait indeﬁnitely. If your printer is shared, do not specify a value of zero.

Job Timeout: This is the maximum number of seconds the printer can take to print a single job. If the print job takes more time to print than the timeout value, the printer may stop printing and prepare to receive a new document.

Wait Timeout: This is the maximum number of seconds the printer will wait for data from the computer. While receiving a print job, the printer driver may pause to build a PostScript language description of each page. For complicated pages, which take longer to build, you may need to set a higher wait time.

Advanced Options

Advanced options allow you to optimize printer performance, but generally should not be changed unless you have speciﬁc reasons to do so. Use the driver Online Help feature for more information on these settings.

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Device Options

You can use settings on the Device Options tab to match the attached printer conﬁguration so that the printer driver can generate optimized PostScript code.

Available printer memory

Set this to match the amount of memory you have installed in the printer.

Available font cache

The driver automatically adjusts the font cache size based on installed memory. Increase this amount for better performance of Type 32 bitmap fonts.

Installable options

Use this area to change the settings to match the printer’s hardware setup when you add options to the printer, including Tray 2, or more RAM memory.

PCL5E FEATURES

These are general descriptions of settings available in the PCL5e printer drivers (models 4650N and 4650NX). The interface of the printer driver depends on the operating system you use. Not all settings are available for all drivers, or they may appear on different tabs in the printer driver. All printer drivers have Online Help available at the click of a button, with more information about speciﬁc settings. Chapter 4, “Printer Drivers,” shows the PCL5e printer drivers and explains how to use them.

Resolution

Print resolution is measured by the number of dots per inch (dpi) in an image. The higher the number is, the ﬁner the resolution. Resolution can be set to 600 (the default), 300, 150, and 75 dpi. Lower resolutions require less memory and processing time.

Halftone Color Adjustment

In the Windows NT driver this is an advanced feature for controlling how color appears in a document and is converted to monochrome when printed.

Intensity

Adjust this setting to control the darkness of graphics in the printed document.

Reserved printer memory

Specify how much memory to reserve for special printer functions, such as macros, Operator Panel settings, etc. The reserved memory is not used for printing.

Printer memory tracking

Before printing a document, the printer driver calculates how much memory is required to print. If the document requires more memory than is available in the printer, the document is rejected. Use this setting to deﬁne how this calculation is made. A conservative calculation ensures that printer memory is never over-committed. A more aggressive calculation allows the printer to attempt printing a complex document, but memory may be over-exceeded and the print job may not be completed.

Printer Memory

This feature appears on the driver, but does not apply to the SuperScript 4650 Series printer and does not need to be adjusted.

Cartridges

This feature appears on the driver, but does not apply to the SuperScript 4650 Series printer and does not need to be adjusted.

FEATURES

Dithering

Select a dithering pattern for converting images from one format to another, for example, for printing color documents in black and white. Dithering, along with the intensity and resolution settings, affect the overall appearance of graphics in printed documents.

PCL5e Features 9

WORKING WITH FONTS IN

INDOWS

Under most conditions your documents will print out well without any adjustment to font settings in your printer drivers. The Windows printer drivers have settings for specifying how TrueType fonts in your document are matched to PostScript fonts in the printer. You may want to adjust these if your documents take a long time to print or the quality of the font is not satisfactory. Font settings vary slightly on the Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, and Windows 3.1x printer drivers.

PostScript 3 Font Settings

Send TrueType fonts to printer according to the font Substitution T able: Instead of downloading all

TrueType fonts to the printer, this selection substitutes PostScript fonts resident in the printer for the TrueType fonts used in the document according to a table you deﬁne.

Using the Substitution Table: The substitution utility allows you to view or edit which fonts in the printer should be substituted for the TrueType fonts in your document. Using resident printer fonts speeds printing.

Always use built-in printer fonts instead of TrueType fonts: Select this and the printer substitutes its closest

matching resident fonts. This speeds printing, but the document may not print out exactly as it appears on the screen

Always use TrueType fonts: Downloads bitmap TrueType fonts to the printer to print the document. This ensures the printed document will look the same as it does on the screen, but it may take longer to print.

PCL5e Font Settings

Download TrueType fonts as outline fonts: TrueType

fonts used in your document are processed by the driver and downloaded to the printer as outline fonts. This provides the quickest printing time, but lowest quality for text output.

Download TrueType fonts as bitmap fonts: TrueType fonts used in your document are processed by the driver and downloaded to the printer as bitmapped fonts. Formatting is very accurate at small point sizes. Printing is faster, but not portable if printing to a ﬁle.

Print T rueT ype T ext as graphics: TrueType fonts used in your document are processed by the driver and downloaded to the printer as graphics. This produces the best text quality, but can slow printing. This is best for documents with several graphics and little or no repeating text.

Install Printer Fonts: Use this to download soft fonts to the printer.

The Update Soft Fonts feature updates the driver to recognize new fonts. Use this if you have added new fonts to your system after you installed the driver.

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CHAPTER 2

GETTING STARTED

OVERVIEW

This chapter tells you how to safely set up your printer and begin printing right away. Included are instructions for:

• Selecting a location and unpacking

• Checking printer contents and identifying printer parts

• Installing the Belt Cartridge, Fuser Oil Bottle and Fuser Cleaning Roller, and Toner Modules

• Loading the Paper Tray

• Printing a Startup Page

• Connecting the printer to your computer or network

• Printing with the 4650 Series laser printer

• Quick Web printing

• Printing envelopes, transparencies, and labels

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

To protect yourself and your equipment from possible damage, always follow these precautions:

• Protect the printer from dampness or spills.

• Save the printer box and all packing materials that came with your printer in case you need to ship it later.

• Lifting or moving the printer requires two adults!

• Read the installation instructions carefully before you plug in your printer, and heed all warnings.

• Keep this user’s guide for reference.

• Keep the printer level at all times, especially when the Fuser Oil Bottle is installed. Do not tilt more than 1.5°!

• The fuser area, under the Top and Back Covers is very hot. Let the printer cool at least 15 minutes before touching these areas.

WARNING! This printer is intended to be electrically

grounded. It comes with a three-wire grounding plug. This plug will only ﬁt a grounded AC outlet or power strip. This is a safety feature. Do not defeat the purpose of the grounding plug by removing the third pin.

SELECTING A LOCATION

Select a level, stable place with adequate space for air circulation and opening covers and trays. The area should be well ventilated and away from direct sunlight or sources of heat, cold, and humidity. Do not set the printer close to the

edge of your desk or table!

Safety Precautions

The printer and packaging weighs approximately 100 lbs. Moving and unpacking the printer requires two adults.

28”

10”

Keep printer vents unobstructed

10”

For more details on printer dimensions see Appendix A, “Printer Specifications.”

UNPACKING

Follow these steps to safely unpack the printer:

1. Open the top cover of the shipping box.

2. Remove the optional 2nd Tray box (if you have the 4650NX model) and remove the QuickStart poster.

3. Open the inner printer box and remove the Accessory kit and Starter kit.

4. Turn the large plastic box screws at the bottom of the box to the left (A) and pull them out (B).

7. Open the plastic bag that contains the printer and slide it down.

8. With one person on each side of the printer, grasp the printer at the hand grips where they are exposed by notches in the foam padding (E).

9. Lift the printer and place it on a sturdy, level surface.

If you are setting up a 4650NX printer unpack the optional 250-sheet Tray and attach it ﬁrst before installing anything inside the printer! See Page 28 in Chapter 3 or the 4650 Series QuickStart.

5. Using your thumb and ﬁnger, remove the plastic screw

sleeves from the box (C).

6. Lift off the outer box (D).

Unpacking the Inner Printer Box

ABC

note: Save the box, box screws,

and packing material. If you ship the printer in the future, be sure to follow the special packing instructions in Appendix D to safeguard internal components.

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Caution! The printer and packaging

weigh approximately 100lbs. To set up the printer and move it requires two adults.

CHECKING PRINTER CONTENTS

Take a moment to verify that the following items were included in your printer box:

• QuickStart Poster

• Optional 250-sheet Paper Tray 2 if you have

model 4650NX

• SuperScript 4650 printer with 250-sheet Paper Tray 1

• Starter Kit (see contents below)

QuickStart Poster

• Accessory Kit (see contents below)

• SuperScript 4650 Series software in a license envelope

• Power Cord

• Toner Collector (installed next to the Toner Modules inside Front Cover of printer)

note: The black and color modules in the Accessory Kit

print approximately 5,000 and 3,000 pages respectively. Replacement modules print approximately 10,000 and 6,000 letter size pages respectively, at 5% coverage.

Starter Kit

NEC Paper Sample Pack

Software Envelope

•

SuperScript Color Laser User’s Guide

•Color Laser Network Guide

•SuperScript 4650 Series CD

Optional 250-sheet Paper Tray (for model 4650NX only)

GETTING STARTED

Toner Collector– installed inside printer

Printer with Standard 250-sheet Paper Tray 1

Power Cord

Not Included …

To connect your printer, you need to provide the proper

parallel and/or network cable.

IEEE 1284 Bidirectional Parallel Cable

Category 5 Twisted Pair Cable with RJ-45 Connectors for 10/100Base-TX Ethernet.

Accessory Kit

Fuser Oil Syringe

(Save for future use!)

Fuser Oil Bottle Fuser Cleaning Roller Belt Cartridge

1 Black Toner Module 1 Cyan Toner Module 1 Magenta Toner Module 1 Yellow T oner Module

Checking Printer Contents 13

IDENTIFYING PRINTER PARTS

Use the illustrations on the facing page to identify standard parts for the SuperScript 4650 Series printer.

Front V iew

• Operator Panel—for displaying messages and conﬁguring the printer

• Power Button—for turning on and off the printer

• Top Cover—provides access to the Fuser Unit and inside of the printer (also serves as the Output Tray)

• Output Tray —holds up to 250 printed sheets

• Top Cover Release button—unlocks and opens the Top Cover

• Front Cover—provides access to Toner Modules and Toner Collector

• Front Cover Latch—unlocks and opens the Front Cover

• Paper Tray 1—standard input tray, holds 250 sheets of paper

Front Internal View

• Toner Module Racks—holds Toner Modules

• Toner Collector—collects used toner

• Paper Transfer Rollers—moves the paper from the inside of the printer to the Output Tray

• Power Cord Connector—for attaching the power cord

• Back Vent—allows ventilation

Back Internal View

• Transfer Drum—transfers image to paper

• Registration Rollers—keeps the paper straight

• Transfer Roller—works with the Transfer Drum to transfer the image to the paper

• Paper Discharger—removes the static electricity from the paper

• Transfer Unit—consists of the above four parts

Top Internal View

• Fuser Unit—uses heat and pressure to adhere the toner image to the paper. Contains two Fuser Rollers.

• Fuser Oil Bottle—holds the oil that helps adhere the toner image to the paper

• Fuser Cleaning Roller—helps keep the Fuser Rollers clean

• Belt Cartridge—also known as the Photoconductor Belt Module or OPC Unit.

Back View

• Serial Number—necessary for warranty registration

• Back Cover—provides access to clear paper jams

• Back Cover Latch—lift to open back of printer

• Filter Cover—contains the Ozone Filter

• Bidirectional parallel interface—for attaching bidirectional parallel cable from your computer

• Ethernet interface—for attaching the Ethernet 10/100 Base-TX connectors from your network

• SCSI Interface (Port)—for attaching a selected scanner and/or Zip drive

• Interface Panel—contains the interface for the controller board, hard drive and network interface card

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Important Printer Parts

FRONT VIEW

GETTING STARTED

FRONT INTERNAL VIEW

Operator Panel

Power Button

Front Cover

Paper T ray 1

BACK VIEW

Back V ent

Top Cover

Output Tray

Top Cover Release Button

Front Cover Latch

BACK INTERNAL VIEW

Transfer Unit consists of:

Transfer Drum

Registration Rollers

Transfer Roller

Paper Discharger

Toner Module Racks

TOP INTERNAL VIEW

Fuser Oil Bottle

Paper T ransfer Rollers

T oner Collector

Fuser Cleaning Roller

Fuser Unit

Serial Number

Filter Cover

Back Cover Latch

Back Cover

Power Cord Connector

Belt Cartridge

Bidirectional Parallel Interface

SCSI Interface

Ethernet Interface

Interface Panel

Identifying Printer Parts 15

INSTALLING THE BELT CARTRIDGE

1. Make sure all packing materials and tape are removed from the printer. If you are setting up a 4650NX printer,

attach the optional 250-sheet Tray ﬁrst before installing the Belt Cartridge! See “Adding the Paper Tray 2 Unit” in Chapter 3.

2. Open the Front Cover of the printer with the Front Cover Release Latch (A).

3. Open the Top Cover of the printer by sliding the Top Cover Release button toward you (B)

4. Flip up the Belt Cartridge Locking Levers inside the top of the printer (C).

5. Remove the Tension Release Pins from both sides of the

Belt Cartridge (D). Do not discard these pins.

6. Remove, but do not discard, the black protective sheet from around the Belt Cartridge.

7. Slide the Belt Cartridge into the guides, as shown (E). The ﬂat side of the cartridge should face the front of the printer.

8. Snap the Belt Cartridge Locking Levers into place (F).

9. Close the Top Cover and then the Front Cover of the printer.

note: The Belt Cartridge is sometimes called the

Photoconductor Belt Module or OPC Unit.

Save the T ension R elease Pins and black cover along with all packing materials!

Caution The Belt Cartridge should

slide easily into the printer. Do not force it!

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INSTALLING THE FUSER

OMPONENTS

Follow the steps below to install the Fuser Oil bottle and the Fuser Cleaning Roller:

1. Open the Top Cover of the printer (A).

2. Make sure the Lock Tabs are in the open position (B).

3. Remove the orange Tension Release Pins from the ends of the Fuser Rollers. Open the Pressure Release Tabs and pull the pins up and out (C).

note: You may have to pull hard to remove these.

4. Remove the Fuser Oil Bottle from its plastic bag and set into place with the shunt valve down and the labeled side facing the front of the printer (D). The tab on the bottle should face right when viewed from the printer’s front. Place in front of the Lock Tabs.

5. Remove the Fuser Cleaning Roller from its plastic bag and set into place with the exposed part of the roller facing the front of the printer (E). The extra tab should be on the left. Place in back of the Lock Tabs over the Fuser Rollers.

6. Turn the Lock Tabs to the closed position holding the Fuser Oil Bottle and Fuser Cleaning Roller in place (F).

7. Close the Top Cover of the printer.

Lock Tabs Open

Tension Release Pins

GETTING STARTED

Save the T ension R elease Pins and along with all packing materials!

Lock Tabs Closed

Installing the Fuser Components 17

INSTALLING THE TONER MODULES

1. Open the Front Cover of the printer(A).

2. Note the color labels inside indicating where to slide the

different color Toner Modules (B) (C=Cyan, M=Magenta, Y=Yellow, and K=Black).

3. Begin with Cyan. Remove the Toner Module from its

plastic bag and rock it gently three or four times (C).

4. Remove the protective tape from the module.

5. Remove (and save) the orange protective cover.

6. Hold the module level and slide into place along the

racks in the printer (D).

7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for the remaining color Toner

Modules (E).

8. Close the Front Cover, making sure it clicks into place (F).

K (Black) Y (Yellow) M (Magenta) C (Cyan)

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LOADING THE PAPER TRAY

Paper Tray 1 can hold up to 250 sheets of medium weight paper—U.S. letter size, executive, UK quarto, or A4. It also holds envelopes, transparencies, and sheets of labels. See Appendix B, “Media Speciﬁcations,” for a complete list of media that can be used. The exact number of sheets Paper Tray 1 can hold depends on the weight of the paper.

1. Remove Paper Tray 1(A).

2. Squeeze both sides of the length tab and slide it into place. The outside of the tab should match the desired size marked on the inside of the tray (B).

3. Squeeze the left side guide and slide it to match your

paper’s width (C). The inside of the tab should match the desired size on the tray (D).

4. Insert the paper into Paper Tray 1 (E).

5. Reinsert Paper Tray 1 into the printer (F).

note: If the paper type has been changed from plain to

thick stock, or from thick stock to plain, use the Media button on the Operator Panel to switch between these paper types. The printer does not have to be reconﬁgured for overhead transparencies; it will automatically recognize when this type of media is loaded.

GETTING STARTED

Do not overfill Paper Tray!

Loading the Paper Tray 19

PRINTING A STARTUP PAGE

Follow these steps to connect your printer to AC Power and print a Startup Page:

1. Make sure the power switch is turned off (A) (button is

out).

2. Connect the Power Cord to the rear of the printer (B).

3. Plug the other end of the Power Cord into a properly grounded outlet.

WARNING! This printer is intended to be electrically

grounded. It comes with a three-wire grounding plug. This plug will only ﬁt a grounded AC outlet or power strip. This is a safety feature . If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet, contact a licensed electrician to replace the outlet with a properly grounded outlet. Do not defeat the purpose of the grounding plug by removing the third pin!

4. Turn on the printer power.

5. Indicator lights cycle and the following messages appear

on the Operator Panel display in sequence (C):

Self T est SuperScript 4650 booting... INITIALIZING WARMING UP PRINTING

6. The printer issues the Startup Page (D) and the following

message appears on the Operator Panel display:

READY

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WARMING UP

Power Warning Online

Menu OnLine

Data OHT Label

Feed Item Media

Previous Next

Select

GENERAL INFO

Printer Name: SuperScript 4650N Software Version: 0.04 Build Time: 936928632 PostScript Version: 3010.108 PrintAgent Version: 1.008 Disk Resource Version: 0.0.4N

STORAGE

RAM Installed: 128 Megabytes Disk Size: 1964.03 Megabytes Disk Free: 1667.97 Megabytes

JOB OPTIONS

Number of Copies: 1 Print PS Errors: Enabled Wait Timeout: 240 seconds Job Timeout: Never

ENGINE INFO

Default Resolution: 600.0 X 600.0 DPI Edge Smoothing: Disabled Jam Recovery: Enabled Tray 1: Letter Tray 2: Legal Pages Printed: 2182

PARALLEL PORT

Status: Enabled Bi-di: Enabled Personality: AutoSelect

NETWORK PORT

Status: Enabled Personality: AutoSelect Web Address: http://131.241.45.88

For sales information, call (800) NEC-INFO or visit our website at http://www.nectech.com. For supplies, call (800) 632-2326

©1999 NEC Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. NEC and the NEC logo are registered trademarks and SuperScript is a trademark of NEC Corporation. Adobe, PostScript and the PostScript logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated or its subsidiaries and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

CONNECTING THE PRINTER

This section tells you how to connect your SuperScript 4650 Series printer to your computer or network.

note: You can be connected to and receive data at the

parallel port and Ethernet port at the same time.

Connecting the 4650 Series Printer Locally

You can connect to an IBM®-compatible computer using the bidirectional parallel

interface. We recommend an IEEE 1284 bidirectional parallel cable that is no more than 6 feet in length. If you use a cable that is longer than 6 feet, it should be certiﬁed as bidirectional. Use the wire clips to fasten the cable to the printer.

Follow these basic steps:

1. Make sure your computer and printer are turned OFF.

2. Plug the parallel cable into the parallel port on your

computer and printer.

3. Turn on your printer, wait until it displays the READY

message, then turn on your computer.

Connecting the 4650N(X) to a Network

With the SuperScript 4650N(X), you can connect to an Ethernet network. You can also

connect to a network if you have updated your printer with the optional SuperScript NIC. Use a Category 5 twisted pair cable with RJ-45 connectors for 10/100Base-TX Ethernet.

Follow these basic steps to connect the printer and verify that the NIC is installed and operating properly.

1. Make sure your computer and printer are turned OFF.

2. Connect the network’s twisted pair cable with

RJ-45 connectors to the new network port on your printer. Reattach the power cord to the printer, plug in the printer.

3. T urn on the printer. It may take up to 90 seconds to warm

up, and then it prints a Startup page and then a Network Settings page with NIC status information. For more details see the “SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide.”

note: Keep the Network Settings page. You or your

network administrator will need this information when conﬁguring the NIC for your network.

Interface Panel

GETTING STARTED

Bidirectional Parallel

SCSI Port -

Ethernet 10/100Base-TX

models 4650N(X)

Connecting the Printer 21

PRINTING WITH THE 4650 SERIES

RINTER

After you have successfully printed a Startup Page and connected your printer, you can install a printer driver from the SuperScript 4650 Series CD and begin printing.

There are three available setups for SuperScript 4650 Series printer software: Easy/Local, Network Client/Custom, and Network Server/Administrator . These were described earlier on page 3 of this user’s guide.

note: Instructions for setup and printing from a Mac OS

are on page 48. See also the “SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide.”

To get started, you can use the Easy/Local setup. This setup quickly installs the basic printing tools for your operating system.

Local Setup for Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/2000

Follow these steps.

1. Insert the SuperScript 4650 Series CD into the CD-ROM drive.

2. The Installer will launch automatically. You will be asked to choose your printer model: SuperScript 4650, 4650N, 4650NX.

3. When prompted, select the Easy/Local installation option and click Next.

4. Continue responding to the selections displayed in the dialog boxes until installation is complete.

PostScript Driver Setup for Windows 3.1x

Follow these steps to install and use the PostScript printer driver in Windows 3.1x.

1. Boot your system and start Windows.

2. Insert the SuperScript 4650 Series CD into the appropriate

drive (in this example we use drive E:).

3. In the Windows Program Manager, select Run from the

File menu. Windows displays the Run dialog box.

4. Type E:\WIN31\PS\SS4650(NX)\SETUP.EXE in the Command Line ﬁeld.

5. Click the OK button. This launches the Installer.

6. Respond to the selections displayed in the installation dialog boxes.

7. When installation is complete the installer will prompt you to restart Windows. Click the Restart Windows button.

8. After Windows restarts the Install PostScript Printer From PPD dialog box will appear.

9. Select NEC SuperScript 4650(NX) PS. Click on Install.

10. When installation is complete click on Close.

Printing from Your Application

You can do this using the print command of the application used to create your document.

1. Open a document you wish to print.

2. Select Print from the File menu. The Print dialog box appears.

3. Select the options you want in the Print dialog box, including the number of copies and page range.

4. When the options are selected, click OK to print the document.

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Instructions for setup and printing from a Mac OS computer are on page 59.

QUICK WEB PRINTING

WITH THE 4650N(X)

The fastest way to begin printing over the network is to use NEC’s PrintAgent software and a web browser. This section tells how to set up NEC PrintAgent Remote Printing.

To use Remote Printing, you must have the following on your computer:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 or above

• The Windows 95/98 or Windows NT/2000 operating system

Setting the Printer’s IP Address

There are several ways to do this. The steps below show how to use the Operator Panel to set your printer’s IP Address.

1. Press the Online button of the Operator Panel. OFFLINE appears on the display.

2. Press the Menu button to enter menu mode. MENU -

PRINT FORM

3. Press the Next button until COMMUNICATIONS appears on the display, and press the Select button.

4. Press the Next button until NETWORK appears on the display, and press the Select button.

5. Press the Next button until TCP/IP appears on the display, and press the Select button.

6. Press the Next button until NET ADDRESS appears on the display, and press the Select button.

7. Use the Operator Panel buttons to set values for each of the 12 digits in this manner.

First press Next to set the cursor to the ﬁrst digit. For the ﬁrst digit, press Select to increment to the correct

value. Then press Next to move to the next digit and press Select to increment to its correct value. Continue until all twelve digits are set. When the ﬁnal digit is set, press Next to conﬁrm the Net Address you set and then press Select.

8. Press Menu to exit menu mode and press Online to bring the printer online.

9. To validate any changes to network settings, you must turn the printer off, and then on again.

appears on the display.

Easy Remote Printing Setup

Once the IP address is assigned to the printer, you can go to the printer’s home page to download and install the NEC PrintAgent software and driver.

note: For more information on PrintAgent Remote

Printing, see the “SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide.”

1. Launch your web browser.

2. Enter the Printer’s IP Address as the URL to reach the Printer Home Page for example

http://131.241.045.27

3. Click on the Install Drivers button to download PrintAgent software.

4. In the File Download dialog box that appears, check Run

this program from its current location. and then click OK to begin downloading and installing.

5. During installation, you will be prompted to enter the URL (IP Address) of your printer so it can be added to your system as the default printer. When installation is ﬁnished, you can see the special NEC PrintAgent driver by selecting Settings and then Printers from the Windows Start menu.

The Printers Window

6. Restart Windows for the new driver to take effect.

note: You can also install Remote Printing software

from the SuperScript 4650 Series CD.

GETTING STARTED

Quick Web Printing with the 4650N(X) 23

PRINTING ENVELOPES

1. Format your envelopes in your computer application.

2. Remove Paper Tray 1 and adjust the paper guides to the envelope size you want to load.

3. Load no more than 15 Com10 envelopes into Paper Tray

1. Make sure the envelope stack is ﬂat and even.

4. The following illustration shows how to load a stack of envelopes in Paper Tray 1.

Stack the envelopes with flaps down and facing left

note: You can load envelopes in Paper Tray 1 or the

optional Legal Tray as long as the tray is inserted in the Paper Tray 1 Feeder.

6. Press the Media button once. The message MEDIA TYPE

THICK STOCK

appears.

Power Warning Online

Data OHT Label

Feed Item Media

Previous Next

Menu OnLine

Select

7. To return to printing regular weight paper again press

the Media button. The message MEDIA TYPE P APER appears.

note: If envelopes are wrinkling, try envelopes made

from a different kind of paper. Generally, textured envelopes do not print well in laser printers.

PRINTING ON THICK PAPER

Printing on thick stock or heavy paper is basically the same as printing on envelopes. Follow the Printing Envelopes directions above. Adjust the paper guides inside the tray to match your paper size.

WARNING! Do not use envelopes that have fasteners,

snaps, or windows. Also, do not use envelopes that seal with peel-off strips or pressure-sensitive adhesives. Printing on such envelopes can damage the printer.

5. Put Paper Tray 1 or the Legal Paper Tray back in the printer.

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