Panasonic DP-3030, DP-4530, DP-3530, DP-190, DP-6030 User Manual

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Panasonic DP-3030, DP-4530, DP-3530, DP-190, DP-6030 User Manual

Software

Operating Instructions

(For Panasonic Printing System Ver. 6)

Model No. DP-180/190/1520P/1820P/1820E/2330/3030/3530/4530/6030

Before operating this software, please read these instructions completely and keep these operating instructions for future reference.

English

Before Starting

Printer Section

Troubleshooting

Appendix

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Table of Contents

 

Before Starting

 

System Requirements....................................................................................................

4

Printer Section

 

Installing the Printer Driver ..........................................................................................

5

Installation Procedures...................................................................................

5

Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows 98).................................................

12

Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows Me) ................................................

16

Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows 2000).............................................

19

Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows XP/Windows Server 2003) ............

22

Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor .......................................................

24

Windows 98/Windows Me ..............................................................................

24

Windows NT 4.0 .............................................................................................

28

Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 ......................................

32

Configuring the Printer Driver Settings .......................................................................

36

Windows 98/Windows Me ..............................................................................

36

Windows NT 4.0 (Administrator) ....................................................................

48

Windows NT 4.0 (User)..................................................................................

60

Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 (Administrator)..............

61

Windows 2000/Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 (User) ...........................

74

Windows Common Settings ...........................................................................

75

Print Operation ...............................................................................................................

89

Printing from Windows Applications...............................................................

89

Printing on Network........................................................................................

90

Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) Printing .........................................................

92

Setting the IPP Printing ..................................................................................

92

IPX-SPX Setup Wizard ...................................................................................................

96

Specifications .................................................................................................................

101

Available Paper Type and Paper Size............................................................

101

Available Paper Weight and Capacity............................................................

105

Transparencies and Labels............................................................................

107

Envelopes (For DP-180/190/1520P/1820P/1820E) .......................................

108

Loading the Envelopes (For DP-180/190/1520P/1820P/1820E)....................

110

Printer Specifications......................................................................................

111

Troubleshooting

 

Troubleshooting .............................................................................................................

112

Printing Operation Failure ..............................................................................

112

Documents Not Printing Correctly ..................................................................

113

Appendix

 

Appendix .........................................................................................................................

114

Printing Area...................................................................................................

114

Symbol Table .................................................................................................

115

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System Requirements

 

 

 

 

Personal Computer

: IBM PC/AT and compatibles (CPU Pentium II or greater)

Operating System

: Windows 98*1, Windows Me*2, Windows NT 4.0*3, Windows 2000*4, Windows XP*5,

 

 

Windows Server 2003*6

 

System Memory

: The minimum recommended Memory for each OS is as follows:

 

 

Windows 98, Windows Me

: 64 MB or greater

 

 

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows NT 4.0,

: 128 MB or greater

 

 

Windows Server 2003

 

Free Disk Space

: 40MB or greater (Not including storage space for images for Image Overlay

 

 

function).

 

CD-ROM Drive

: Used for installing the software and utilities from the CD-ROM.

Interface

: 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet port, USB port (Except for DP-3530/4530/6030),

 

 

Parallel Port (DP-3530/4530/6030 only)

 

*1 Microsoft® Windows® 98 operating system (hereafter Windows 98)

*2 Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition operating system (hereafter Windows Me)

*3 Microsoft® Windows NT® operating system Version 4.0 (hereafter Windows NT 4.0)

*4 Microsoft® Windows® 2000 operating system (hereafter Windows 2000)

*5 Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system (hereafter Windows XP)

*6 Microsoft® Windows Server ™ 2003 operating system (hereafter Windows Server 2003)

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Installing the Printer Driver

Installation Procedures

This manual provides examples of instructions for installing, configuring and using the printer driver for your version of Windows OS.

To use as a USB Printer:

Windows 98

Windows Me

Windows NT

Windows 2000

Windows XP/ Windows Server 2003

:Follow the procedures on pages 12 to 15. (Connecting with a USB Cable)

:Follow the procedures on pages 16 to 18. (Connecting with a USB Cable)

:This Windows OS does not support a USB Printer.

:Follow the procedures on pages 19 to 21. (Connecting with a USB Cable)

:Follow the procedures on pages 22 to 23. (Connecting with a USB Cable)

To use as a Network Printer:

Windows 98 : Follow the procedures on pages 6 to 11 (Installing the Printer Driver) and then pages 24 to 27 (Installing the LPR Monitor).

Windows Me

: Follow the procedures on pages 6 to 11 (Installing the Printer Driver) and

 

then pages 24 to 27 (Installing the LPR Monitor).

Windows NT

: Follow the procedures on pages 6 to 11 (Installing the Printer Driver) and

 

then pages 28 to 31 (Installing the LPR Monitor).

Windows 2000

: Follow the procedures on pages 6 to 11 (Installing the Printer Driver) and

 

then pages 32 to 35 (Installing the LPR Monitor).

Windows XP/

: Follow the procedures on pages 6 to 11 (Installing the Printer Driver) and

Windows Server 2003

then pages 32 to 35 (Installing the LPR Monitor).

Printer Section

5

Installing the Printer Driver

1

2

Insert the Panasonic Printing System CD-ROM.

Click on the desired language.

Note: 1. If the CD-ROM does not launch automatically, double click the My

Computer icon on the Desktop or on the Start menu, then double click the CDROM icon.

2.The language screen differ depending on the models.

3

4

5

Click the

Next

button.

Note for Windows 98/Windows Me users:

If your computer does not have the LPR Port Monitor installed, please proceed to "Installing the LPR Monitor" on page 24 before continuing this installation.

Click Install Printer Driver.

Select Local Printer and click the

 

Next

 

button.

 

 

 

 

Note: If your machine has been installed on your

network, click the

 

button to find

Search

it. Then, select the machine from the list of network connected units, and click the

Next button.

6

6

7

8

Installing the Printer Driver

Select your machine's model(s) check box and

click the

Next

button.

Select how your machine will be used, either as a Network Printer or as a USB Printer.

If USB Printer is selected, click the

Next

button and skip to Step 12.

 

Note: 1. Make sure that the Power Switch of your machine is OFF and the USB cable is not connected to your computer.

2.If DP-3530/4530/6030 is selected on the previous step, this screen is not shown. Proceed on the next step.

Check LPT1: and click the

Next

button.

Printer Section

Continued on the next page...

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Installing the Printer Driver

9

10

11

12a

Click the

Yes

button if you would like to

change your current default printer to the one that you are installing.

Note: This dialog box only appears if another printer is already installed.

Select your new default printer from the New

Printer List and click the

Next

button.

The required files are copied.

<Windows 98, Windows Me>

When this screen appears, turn the Power Switch of your machine ON and connect your machine to an available USB Port on your computer.

Note: (For Windows 98 users)

If your PC does not detect the device, and a dialog box does not appear confirming its detection after the USB cable is connected, proceed as follows:

1.Locate the DrvUnIns.exe file under the

D:\Tools\DrvUnIns directory on the CD-ROM and execute the file to delete the Printer Driver (where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive).

2.Follow the procedures on pages 12 to 15 to reinstall the Printer Driver.

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Installing the Printer Driver

 

 

 

 

12b

<Windows 2000>

 

 

 

 

Click the

 

button.

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

When this message appears, turn the Power Switch of your machine ON and connect your machine to an available USB Port on your computer.

Click the

Yes

button.

Printer Section

Continued on the next page...

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Installing the Printer Driver

12c

<Windows XP/Windows Server 2003>

When this screen appears, turn the Power Switch of your machine ON and connect your machine to an available USB Port on your computer.

<Windows XP Service Pack 2>

Select No, not this time and click the

Next button.

Select Install the software automatically and

click the

Next

button.

This screen may appear if you have a previous version of the printer driver installed.

Select the latest version of the .inf file and click

the Next button.

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Installing the Printer Driver

12c

Click the Finish

button.

 

13

When the setup process is completed, a screen is

displayed prompting you to restart your computer.

Click the

Finish

button to restart your

computer.

The Panasonic/Panafax Printer Driver has been installed, and the Panasonic/Panafax Printer icon(s) are added to the Printer folder.

If you are installing the Printer Driver for network printing, please contact your network administrator for the IP Address of the machine and proceed to the next section to install the LPR Monitor service for the version of Windows you are using after your computer has rebooted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE

1.

When installing on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003,

 

logon to the computer/network using an account with administrator rights.

 

 

 

2.

To remove the Printer Driver, select Panasonic DP-xxx in Add/Remove Programs

 

 

Properties in the Control Panel and click the

 

/

 

button.

 

 

Add...

Remove

Printer Section

11

Installing the Printer Driver

Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows 98)

To use the printer by means of a USB cable connection, install the printer driver by following the steps below.

1

Connect the printer to the PC with a USB cable.

Turn the Power Switch of your machine ON.

(Rear View)

DP-180/190

(Right Side View)

DP-1520P/1820P/1820E

(Left Side View)

DP-2330/3030

2

The New Hardware Found dialog box appears for a brief moment, followed by the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box.

Click the

Next

button.

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Installing the Printer Driver Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows 98)

3

Select Search for the best driver for your

device.

 

 

 

Click the

 

button.

 

Next

4

Insert the CD-ROM included with the PCL

Option.

 

 

5

Select Specify a location and type

D:\English\PCL\Driver\UsbDrv\Win9x

 

(where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive).

 

Click the

 

button.

 

Next

6

Click the

Next

button.

 

7

Click the

Finish

button.

 

Printer Section

Continued on the next page...

13

 

Installing the Printer Driver

Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows 98)

8

The New Hardware Found dialog box appears

for a brief moment, followed by the Add New

 

Hardware Wizard dialog box.

 

Click the

 

button.

 

Next

9

10

Select Search for the best driver for your device.

Click the

Next

button.

Select Specify a location and type D:\English\PCL\Driver\Win9x (where "D:" is

your CD-ROM drive).

 

Click the

Next

button.

11

Click the

Next

button.

 

14

Installing the Printer Driver Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows 98)

12

Enter the Printer name and click the

 

 

 

 

button.

 

 

Next

13

Click the

Finish

button.

 

Printer Section

15

Installing the Printer Driver

Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows Me)

1

Connect the printer to the PC with a USB cable.

Turn the Power Switch of your machine ON.

(Rear View)

DP-180/190

(Right Side View)

DP-1520P/1820P/1820E

(Left Side View)

DP-2330/3030

2

The New Hardware Found dialog box appears for a brief moment, followed by the Add New Hardware Wizard dialog box.

Select Specify the location of the driver.

Click the

Next

button.

3

Insert the CD-ROM included with the PCL

Option.

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Installing the Printer Driver Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows Me)

4

Select Specify a location and type

D:\English\PCL\Driver\UsbDrv\Win9x

 

(where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive).

 

Click the

 

button.

 

Next

5

Click the

Next

button.

 

 

 

6

Click the

Finish

button.

7

The New Hardware Found dialog box appears

for a brief moment, followed by the Add New

 

Hardware Wizard dialog box.

 

Select Specify the location of the driver.

 

Click the

 

button.

 

Next

 

 

 

 

Printer Section

Continued on the next page...

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Installing the Printer Driver

Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows Me)

8

Select Specify a location and type

D:\English\PCL\Driver\Win9x

 

(where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive).

 

Click the

 

button.

 

Next

9

Click the

Next

button.

 

10

Enter the Printer name and click the

 

 

 

 

button.

 

 

Next

 

 

 

 

11

Click the

Finish

button.

 

18

Installing the Printer Driver

Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows 2000)

1

Connect the printer to the PC with a USB

cable.

Turn the Power Switch of your machine ON.

(Rear View)

DP-180/190

(Right Side View)

DP-1520P/1820P/1820E

(Left Side View)

 

DP-2330/3030

 

 

2

The Found New Hardware Wizard dialog

box appears.

 

 

 

Click the

 

 

button.

 

 

Next

Printer Section

Continued on the next page...

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Installing the Printer Driver

Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows 2000)

3

Select Search for a suitable driver for my

device.

 

 

 

Click the

 

button.

 

Next

4

5

Insert the CD-ROM included with the PCL Option.

Select Specify a location.

Click the

Next

button.

6

TypeD:\English\PCL\Driver\WinXP-2K-2003

(where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive).

 

Click the

 

button.

 

OK

 

 

 

 

20

Installing the Printer Driver Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows 2000)

7

Click the

Next

button.

 

8

Click the

Yes

button.

 

9

Click the

Finish

button.

 

Printer Section

21

Installing the Printer Driver

Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows XP/Windows Server 2003)

1

Connect the printer to the PC with a USB

cable.

Turn the Power Switch of your machine ON.

(Rear View)

DP-180/190

(Right Side View)

DP-1520P/1820P/1820E

(Left Side View)

2

DP-2330/3030

 

<Windows XP Service Pack 2>

Select No, not this time and click the

 

 

 

button.

 

 

Next

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Installing the Printer Driver Connecting with a USB Cable (Windows XP/Windows Server 2003)

3

The Found New Hardware Wizard dialog

box appears.

 

 

 

Select Install from a list or specific location

 

(Advanced).

 

 

 

Click the

 

 

button.

 

 

Next

4

Select Include this location in the search.

Type D:\English\PCL\Driver\WinXP-2K-2003

 

(where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive).

 

Insert the CD-ROM included with the PCL

 

Option.

 

 

 

Click the

 

button.

 

Next

5

This screen may appear if you have a

previous version of the printer driver installed.

 

Select the latest version of the .inf file and

 

click the

 

button.

 

Next

 

 

 

 

6

Click the

Finish

button.

 

Printer Section

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Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor

Windows 98/Windows Me

1

2

Insert the Panasonic Printing System CD-ROM.

Click on the desired language.

Note: 1. If the CD-ROM does not launch automatically, double click the My Computer icon on the Desktop or on the Start menu, then double click the CD-ROM icon.

2.The language screen differ depending on the models.

3

Click the

Next

button.

 

4

Click Install LPR Monitor.

 

5

The M-LPR Port Monitor Setup dialog box appears.

 

 

Click the

 

button.

 

OK

 

 

 

 

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Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor Windows 98/Windows Me

6

The required files are copied.

 

7

The setup program copies the necessary files onto

your hard disk.

 

 

When the setup process is completed, a message

 

is displayed prompting you to restart your

 

computer.

 

 

 

It is recommended that you restart your computer

 

now so that the LPR Monitor can be started.

 

 

 

 

 

Click the

 

Finish

button.

 

If you have not installed the printer driver yet, please

 

proceed to "Installing the Printer Driver" on page 5.

8

After your computer has rebooted, click the Start

button, select Settings, and then click Printers.

The Printers folder appears.

Right-click on the desired printer icon and select

Properties from the pop-up menu.

Printer Section

Continued on the next page...

25

 

Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor

Windows 98/Windows Me

9

The printer properties dialog box appears.

The following step is to register the LPR Port for network printing.

Before proceeding, ensure that the printer is installed, connected to the network, turned ON and is operating properly.

10

Select the Details tab and click the

Add Port...

 

button.

11

The Add Port dialog box appears. Click the Other

radio button, select M-LPR Port Monitor from the

 

"Click the type of port you want to add:" list, and click

 

the

 

button.

 

OK

 

 

 

 

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Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor Windows 98/Windows Me

12

The M-LPR Port Monitor dialog box appears.

 

 

Type the IP Address of the machine in the Host

 

name or IP address: text box and the queue name

 

(e.g. New105) in the Queue name: text box.

 

Click the

 

 

button. If an error occurs

 

 

OK

 

because the queue name has already been used for

 

the same IP Address, select a different unique name

13

such as "New106".

 

 

 

The screen reverts to Printer Properties.

 

 

Check that "Print to the following port:" has been

 

changed as entered in step 12, and click the

 

 

 

 

button, and then the

 

 

 

 

Apply

 

OK

 

 

button.

 

 

 

 

 

The printer properties dialog box closes and you have now configured the printer as a network printer.

NOTE

1.To print data via LAN, the LPR Monitor must be installed on your PC.

 

Printer Section

27

Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor

Windows NT 4.0

Logon using an account with administrator rights.

1

2

Click the Start button, select Settings, and click

Control Panel.

The Control Panel window appears.

Double-click the Network icon.

The Network dialog box appears.

Click the Services tab.

Verify whether the LPR Service is already installed. (Indicated by Microsoft TCP/IP Printing shown in the Network Services list.)

If it is already installed, skip to Step 7. Otherwise continue installing the LPR Service.

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Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor

Windows NT 4.0

3

Click

the

 

button to display the Select

 

Add...

 

Network Service dialog box, and select Microsoft

 

TCP/IP Printing.

 

 

Click

the

 

 

button.

 

 

OK

4

The Windows NT Setup dialog box appears.

 

 

Insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD-ROM, and type

 

D:\i386 (where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive).

 

Click the

 

button.

 

Continue

5

After the files have been copied into the hard drive of

your PC, the display returns to the Network dialog

 

box. Confirm that the Microsoft TCP/IP Printing

 

service has been added to the Network Services list.

 

Click the

 

button.

 

Close

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

If the OK button does not change into a

 

 

Close button, remove and reinstall the

 

 

Microsoft TCP/IP Printing service.

6

When the Network Settings Change dialog box is

 

 

displayed, click the

 

button to restart

 

Yes

 

your computer now.

 

 

 

 

 

You have now completed the LPR Service installation.

Printer Section

Continued on the next page...

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Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor

Windows NT 4.0

7

8

After your computer has rebooted, click the Start button, select Settings, and then click Printers.

The Printers folder appears.

Right-click on the desired printer icon and select Properties from the pop-up menu.

The following step is to register the LPR Port for network printing.

Before proceeding, ensure that the printer is installed, connected to the network, turned ON and is operating properly.

9

10

Select the Ports Tab and click the

Add Port...

button.

 

The Printer Ports dialog box appears.

Select LPR Port and click the New Port ...

button.

The Add LPR compatible printer dialog box appears.

Enter the IP Address of the printer in the upper field, and "lp" for the print queue name in the lower field.

Click the

OK

button.

(Please wait while the wizard verifies the IP Address and connectivity to the network).

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