Software
Operating Instructions
(For Panasonic Printing System Ver. 6)
Before UseTroubleshooting Printer SectionTroubleshootingAppendix
Model No.
DP-3510/4510/6010
Before operating this software, please read these instructions completely and keep these operating instructions for future reference.
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Table of Contents
Before Use
Precautions.....................................................................................................................4
■ For Users in the USA ..................................................................................... 4
Printer Section
Installing the Printer Driver .......................................................................................... 5
■ Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP ......................................................................... 5
Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor ....................................................... 8
■ Windows 98/Me.............................................................................................. 8
■ Windows NT 4.0 ............................................................................................. 12
■ Windows 2000/XP .......................................................................................... 16
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings ....................................................................... 20
■ Windows 98/Me.............................................................................................. 20
■ Windows NT 4.0 (Administrator) .................................................................... 27
■ Windows NT 4.0 (User) .................................................................................. 34
■ Windows 2000/XP (Administrator) ................................................................. 35
■ Windows 2000/XP (User) ............................................................................... 43
■ All Windows Common Settings ...................................................................... 44
Print Operation ............................................................................................................... 56
■ Printing from Windows Applications ............................................................... 56
■ Printing on Network ........................................................................................ 57
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................. 59
■ Printing Operation Fails .................................................................................. 59
■ Document is Not Printed Correctly ................................................................. 60
Appendix
Appendix ......................................................................................................................... 61
■ Printing Area................................................................................................... 61
■ Symbol Table ................................................................................................. 62
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Before Use
Precautions
For Users in the USA
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to
part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates,
uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
Operating Guide, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the
user will be required to correct the interference at his/her own expense.
Any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment would void the users authority to operate this
device.
Warning: To assure continued compliance, use only a shielded interface cable when connecting the
machine’s parallel interface port to the host computer. Also, any changes or modifications not expressly
approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)
This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.
• You need to read the software license agreement before setting up the Printer Driver.
• You need to read the following precautions which are described in the machine’s Operating Instructions.
1. Installation
2. Ventilation
3. Handling
4. Toner and Paper
5. For your safety
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Printer Section
Installing the Printer Driver
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
1
2
3
(See Note 1)
Insert the Panasonic Printing System CD-ROM.
Click on the desired language.
Click the button.
Next
Printer Section
4
5
Note for Windows 98/Me users:
If your computer does not have the LPR Port Monitor
installed, please proceed to "Installing the LPR
Monitor" on page 8 before continuing this
installation.
Click Install Printer Driver.
Click the Typical or Custom button.
(See Note 2)
Continued on the next page...
5
Installing the Printer Driver
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
6
7
Select your machine's model(s) check box and click
the button.
Check LPT1: and click the button.
(See Note 3)
Next
Next
8
9
Click the button if you would like to
change your current default printer to the one that
you are installing.
Note:
Select your new default printer from the New Printer
List and click the button.
Yes
This dialog box only appears if another printer is
already installed.
Next
6
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Installing the Printer Driver
10
11
The required files are copied.
When the setup process is completed, a message is
displayed prompting you to restart your computer.
Click the button to restart your
computer.
Finish
Printer Section
The Panasonic/Panafax Printer Driver is 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 installing after your computer has rebooted.
NOTE
1. When installing on Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP, logon to the computer/network
using an account with administrator rights.
2 Click the Custom button in step 5 to select the print margin either default or 0 (no print
margin) (default: 0.1 inches/2.5 mm).
3 If the LPR Monitor is already installed on your PC, select Create New Port in step 7. Then,
select Search the network printer to search the machine(s) connected on your network.
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Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor
Windows 98/Me
1
2
3
Insert the Panasonic Printing System CD-ROM.
Click on the desired language.
Click the button.
Next
4
5
Click Install LPR Monitor.
The Setup dialog box appears.
Click the button.
Next
8
Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor
Windows 98/Me
6
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 button.
If you have not installed the printer driver yet, please
proceed to "Installing the Printer Driver" on page 5.
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.
OK
Printer Section
8
Continued on the next page...
Continued on the next page...
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.
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Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor
Windows 98/Me
9
10
Select the Details tab and click the
button.
The Add Port dialog box appears. Click the Other
radio button, and select HLPRMON from the list, and
click the button.
OK
Add Port...
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The LPR Port Name dialog box appears.
Type the IP Address of the machine and "lp" as the
queue name separated by a ":"(colon).
Ex: 10.74.229.105:lp
Click the button. If an error occurs
because the queue name had already been used for
the same IP Address, select a different unique name
such as "lpr".
OK
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Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor
Windows 98/Me
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The screen reverts to the Printer Properties.
Check that the "Print to the following port:" has been
changed as entered in step 11, and click the Apply
button, and then the button.
The printer properties dialog box closes and you
have now configured the printer as a network printer.
OK
Printer Section
NOTE
1 To print data via LAN, the LPR Monitor must be installed on your PC.
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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 on 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
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4
5
Click the button to display the Select
Network Service dialog box, and select Microsoft
TCP/IP Printing.
Click the button.
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.
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 Network Services list.
Add...
OK
Continue
Printer Section
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Continued on the next page...
Click the button.
Note:
When the Network Settings Change dialog box is
displayed, click on the button to restart
your computer now.
You have now completed the LPR Service
installation.
Close
If the OK button does not change into a
Close button, remove and reinstall the
Microsoft TCP/IP Printing service.
Yes
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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 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.
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Select the Ports Tab and click the
button.
The Printer Ports dialog box appears.
Select LPR Port and click the
button.
Add Port...
New Port
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Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor
Windows NT 4.0
10
11
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 button.
(Please wait while the wizard verifies the IP Address
and connectivity to the network).
The Printer Ports dialog box appears.
Click the button.
OK
Close
Printer Section
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Select the printer port and click the
button.
The printer properties dialog box closes and you
have now configured the printer as a network printer.
OK
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Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor
Windows 2000/XP
Logon using an account with administrator rights.
1
2
Open the Printers folder.
Right-click on the desired printer icon and
select Properties from the pop-up menu.
The printer properties dialog box appears.
Select the Ports Tab and click the
Add Port...
button.
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3
Select Standard TCP/IP Port and click the
New Port ...
button.
Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor
Windows 2000/XP
4
5
Click the button.
Enter the IP Address and the Port Name and
click the button.
Note:
Next
Next
The Port Name is automatically
entered by Windows 2000/XP. You
may need to change it as required.
Printer Section
6
Continued on the next page...
Select Custom and click the
button.
Settings...
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Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor
Windows 2000/XP
7
8
1. In the Protocol section, select LPR.
2. In the LPR Settings section, enter the
Queue Name (e.g. LPR1) and select
LPR Byte Counting Enabled.
3. Click the button.
Click the button.
OK
Next
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9
Click the button.
Finish
Installing the LPR (Line Printer Remote) Monitor
Windows 2000/XP
10
11
Click the button.
Click the button.
Click the button.
The printer properties dialog box closes and
you have now configured the printer as a
network printer.
Close
Apply
OK
Printer Section
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 98/Me
To change the printer settings, open the dialog box for the printer properties by performing the following
steps.
Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click
1
2
Printers.
Right-click on the desired printer icon in the Printers
folder, and select Properties in the pop-up menu.
The following printer properties dialog box appears.
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Windows 98/Me
General Tab
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
1. Comment
Enter comments to the properties, if any.
If another user sets up this printer on his or her computer when sharing the printer, the comment specified
here will also appear on that computer. However, the comment displayed for an existing user will remain
unchanged even if the comment is modified later.
2. Separator page
This feature is not available on your machine.
3. button
Print Test Page
Prints a test page. This allows the user to verify if the printer is installed properly.
Printer Section
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 98/Me
Details Tab
1. Print to the following port
Displays either the port where the printer is connected or the path to the network printer.
To change the printing destination, either select the printing destination port from the list or enter the
network path here.
2. Print using the following driver
Displays the type of the printer driver. Specify the printer being used or a printer model which can be
emulated with the printer being used.
3. / button
Capture Printer Port...
Assigns a local port to the network connected printer or cancels a local port assigned to the network
printer.
4. Timeout settings - Not selected
Specify the amount of time (in seconds) allowed to elapse before the printer comes online. If the printer is
not online within this duration, an error message will be displayed.
5. Timeout settings - Transmission retry
Specify the amount of time (in seconds) allowed to elapse before the printer is ready for printing. If the
printer is not ready for printing within this duration, an error message will be displayed.
Increase this value if a timeout error occurs when printing a large document.
End Capture...
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6. / button
Add Port...
Adds/deletes a new port or a new network path.
7. button
New Driver...
Updates or modifies the printer driver.
Delete Port...
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 98/Me
Spool Settings...
8. button
Specify the method of sending (spooling) documents from the program to the printer.
• Spool Data Format
Select spool data type (EMF format or RAW format). Specifying RAW format results in a longer time
elapsing before an application becomes operational after printing from it.
Note: Spooling by EMF format (enhanced metafile compression) may cause the following problems on
some application software.
1) Printing result is different from the screen display.
2) Printing requires excessive time.
• Enable bidirectional support
Be sure to check the check box for "Enable bidirectional support" when installing the status monitor.
Otherwise, status information reception may not function properly.
9. button
Port Settings...
Modifies printer port settings.
Printer Section
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 98/Me
Sharing Tab (See Note 1)
1. Not Shared/Shared As
Select whether to display or share this printer with other computers.
2. Share Name
Specify the name of the shared printer. The displayed name can be used as it is or a new name may be
entered. The name specified here will be displayed when other users view information about the printer
on the network.
3. Comment
You can enter comments regarding a shared printer (such as the type of printer and the location where it
is installed). When other users view information about the printer on the network, the comment specified
here will be displayed.
4. Password
Specify the password required when other users will connect to this printer.
Leave the box blank in order not to use any password.
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NOTE
1. Sharing Tab in property dialog box is not displayed unless printer sharing has been specified.
Windows 98/Me
Device Tab (See Note 1)
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
1. Finisher
Select the type of finisher if a finisher.
2. Punch Unit
Select Installed if a punch unit is installed.
3. Large Capacity Paper Tray (LCT)
Select Installed if a Large Capacity Paper Tray is installed.
4. HDD
Select Installed if the HDD Unit is installed.
Auto Configuration
5. button
When your machine is connected on the network (TCP/IP), click this button to set the Options
Configuration automatically.
6. Number of Paper Trays
Select the number of available paper trays for the printer if an optional Paper Feed Module is installed.
7. Change Paper Tray
Auto Select, if selected, will allow the paper to be fed continuously if the same size of paper is loaded in
another paper tray (Auto Tray Switching). If Specified Tray is selected, the machine will stop if paper runs
out in the chosen paper tray.
Printer Section
NOTE
1. Device Tab specifies device-specific settings and settings of optional devices.
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 98/Me
Paper/Output/Quality/Fonts/Watermark/Overlay/Secure Tab
Refer to All Windows Common Settings (See page 44 - 55).
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows NT 4.0 (Administrator)
To change the printer settings, open the dialog box for the printer properties by performing the following
steps.
Logon to the computer/network using an account with
1
administrator rights. (See Note 1)
Click the Start button, select Settings, and then Printers.
2
Right-click on the desired printer icon in the Printers
3
folder, and select Properties in the pop-up menu.
The printer properties dialog box appears.
Printer Section
NOTE
1. In Windows NT 4.0, setting the properties depends on the logon account. This section
describes properties to be specified by the administrator (system manager).
See "Configuring the Printer Driver Settings (User)" for details on user properties. (See page
34)
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows NT 4.0 (Administrator)
General Tab
1. Comment
Enter comments to the properties, if any.
If another user sets up this printer on his or her computer when sharing the printer, the comment specified
here will also appear on that computer. However, the comment displayed for an existing user will remain
unchanged even if the comment is modified later.
2. Location
Specifies the printer location.
3. Driver
Displays the printer driver type. Specify the printer being used or a printer model that can be emulated
with the printer being used.
4. button
New Driver...
Updates or modifies the printer driver.
5. button
Separator Page...
This feature is not available on your machine.
Print Processor...
6. button
Specify the processor to be used for printing (Print Processor) and the data type (Default Data type).
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The processor and data type affect the manner in which the printer functions in Windows NT. Normally
they do not need to be modified. However, modification might be necessary when the printer is used with
a special application.
7. button
Print Test Page
Prints a test page. This allows the user to verify if the printer is installed properly.
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows NT 4.0 (Administrator)
Ports Tab
1. Print to the following port(s)
Displays a list of available ports for printing (Port), their status (Description) and printers that are
connected to these ports (Printer).
2. / button
Add Port...
Adds/deletes a new port or a new network path.
3. button
Configure Port...
Configures the selected port. In case of a parallel port, Transmission Retry should be specified. (See
Note 1, 2)
4. Enable bidirectional support
This setting enables reception of configuration data and status data from the printer.
5. Enable printer pooling
Printer pooling allows data sent to one logical printer to be received and printed by two or more printers.
With printer pooling enabled, a transmitted printing job is output to the first printer that is ready for
printing.
Delete Port
Printer Section
NOTE
1. Specify time (seconds) waiting for the printer to be ready for printing. If a printer is not ready for
printing after the specified time has elapsed, an error message is displayed.
2. If a timeout error occurs frequently upon printing a large size document, specify a larger value
here.
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows NT 4.0 (Administrator)
Scheduling Tab
1. Available
Schedules when the printer is available for operation. Specify operating hours when From-To is selected.
2. Priority
Sets printing priority. The slider allows the priority to be adjusted from 1 through 99.
3. Spool print documents... / Print directly to the printer
Specify how documents should be sent from an application to the printer.
4. Hold mismatched documents
The spooler compares document settings against printer settings and holds printing of a document if its
settings (paper size, orientation, etc.) do not match the printer settings.
5. Print spooled documents first
Always prints spooled documents first regardless of printing priority.
6. Keep documents after they have printed
Holds documents in the print queue even after they have been printed. These documents can be printed
again directly from the queue regardless of the state the application is in.
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows NT 4.0 (Administrator)
Sharing Tab
1. Not Shared/Shared
Select whether to display or share this printer with other computers.
2. Share Name
Specify the name of the shared printer. The displayed name can be used as it is or a new name may be
entered. The name specified here will be displayed when other users view information about the printer
on the network.
3. Alternate Drivers (See Note 1)
Allows other operating systems' printer drivers to be loaded. When users of these operating systems
connect to the printer, the printer driver is automatically loaded.
Printer Section
NOTE
1 When sharing a printer on the network, the print driver needs to be installed on the print server
only, other computers will automatically copy and use that driver.
For this reason, the print server must be ready with printer drivers for all the operating systems
of all the computers that will be sharing the printer.
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows NT 4.0 (Administrator)
Security Tab (See Note 1)
1. button
Permissions
Set printer access privileges.
Auditing
2. button
Displays the users who have used this printer and how they used it.
Ownership
3. button
Set the ownership of the printer.
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NOTE
1. In order to utilize these features, first you need to select Audit... from User Manager's Policies
and enable File and Object Access in the Audit Policy dialog box.
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows NT 4.0 (Administrator)
Device Tab (See Note 1)
1. Finisher
Select the type of finisher if a finisher is installed.
2. Punch Unit
Select Installed if a punch unit is installed.
3. Large Capacity Paper Tray (LCT)
Select Installed if a Large Capacity Paper Tray is installed.
4. HDD
Select Installed if the HDD Unit is installed.
Auto Configuration
5. button
When your machine is connected on the network (TCP/IP), click this button to set the Options
Configuration automatically.
6. Number of Paper Trays
Select the number of available paper trays for the printer if an optional Paper Feed Module is installed.
7. Change Paper Tray
Auto Select, when chosen, allows the paper to be fed continuously if the same size of paper is loaded in
another paper tray (Auto Tray Switching). If Specified Tray is selected, the machine will stop if paper runs
out in the chosen paper tray.
Printer Section
NOTE
1. Device Tab specifies device-specific settings and settings of optional devices.
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows NT 4.0 (User)
To change the printer settings, open the dialog box for the printer properties by performing the following
steps.
Select Print in the File menu of the application.
1
Select the printer model in the name list box.
2
3
4
Click the button in the Print dialog box.
The printer properties dialog box appears. Click the
desired tabs of the dialog box and specify the
properties.(See Note 1)
(See page 44-55)
Properties...
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NOTE
1. In Windows NT 4.0, setting properties depends on the logon account. This section describes
properties to be specified by a user, upon executing a print operation in an application. See
"Configuring the Printer Driver Settings (Administrator)" for details on administrator properties.
(See page 27)
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 2000/XP (Administrator)
To change the printer settings, open the dialog box for the printer properties by performing the following
steps.
Logon to the computer/network using an account with
1
2
3
administrator rights.
Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click
Printers.
Right-click on the desired printer icon in the Printers
folder, and select Properties in the pop-up menu.
The following printer properties dialog box appears.
(See Note 1)
Printer Section
NOTE
1. In Windows 2000/XP, setting the properties depends on the logon account. This section
describes properties to be specified by the administrator (system manager). See "Configuring
the Printer Driver Settings" for details on user properties. (See page 43)
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 2000/XP (Administrator)
General Tab
1. Printer Name
Name of the printer specified upon installation is displayed.
2. Location and Comment
Enter a comment about the location of the printer installation and information about the printer.
If a printer is shared, the location and comments specified in this field appear when another user sets up
this printer on his/her computer. After completion of setup, however, changing this comment does not
update the location and comment appearing on users PCs.
3. Model
Model name of the printer is displayed.
4. Features
Functions and settings of the printer are displayed.
Printing Preferences...
5. button
Changes properties (print settings) specifiable for each user.
Refer to "Configuring the Printer Driver Settings (User)" for details on settings (See page 43).
6. button
Print Test Page
Prints a test page. This allows the user to verify if the printer is installed properly.
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 2000/XP (Administrator)
Sharing Tab
1. Not Shared/Shared As
Specify if this printer is displayed or shared with other computers.
For sharing a printer, specify the share name of a printer to be shared. A name specified here appears
when other users view the printer information on a network.
2. button
Additional Drivers...
Install additional printer drivers on the system. (See Note 1)
When users running different versions of Windows share a printer, installing additional drivers avoids the
need for installing new drivers on their systems.
Printer Section
NOTE
1. When sharing a printer on the network, the print driver needs to be installed on the print server
only, other computers will automatically copy and use that driver.
For this reason, the print server must be ready with printer drivers for all the operating systems
of all the computers that will be sharing the printer.
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 2000/XP (Administrator)
Ports Tab
1. Print to the following port(s)
Displays a list of ports that allow printing, their status (description), and printers connected to the ports.
2. / button
Add Port...
Adds/deletes a new port or a new network path.
3. button
Configure Port...
Configure the port that is selected. On a parallel port, wait time (in seconds) for retransmission is
specified.(See Note 1)
4. Enable bidirectional support
This setting enables reception of configuration data and status data from the printer. Be sure to check this
checkbox when installing status monitor. Status information reception may be disabled if the checkbox is
left unchecked.
5. Enable printer pooling
Printer pooling allows data sent to one logical printer to be received and printed by two or more printers.
With printer pooling enabled, a transmitted printing job is output to the first printer that is ready for
printing.
Delete Port
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NOTE
1. Specify the time (seconds) waiting for the printer to be ready for printing. If the printer is not
ready for printing after the specified time has elapsed, an error message is displayed.
If a timeout error occurs frequently upon printing a large size document, specify a larger value
here.
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 2000/XP (Administrator)
Advanced Tab
1. Always available/Available from
Specify the operating schedule for a printer. Selecting Available from allows specifying an available
operation time.
2. Priority
Specify the priority in printing. Priority is adjustable from 1 to 99. Documents of higher priority are printed
before those of lower priority.
3. Driver
Displays the printer driver type. Specify the printer being used or a printer model that can be emulated
with the printer being used.
4. button
New Driver...
Updates or modifies the printer driver.
5. Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster
Specify the method of sending a document from the program to the printer.
6. Hold mismatched documents
The spooler compares document settings against printer settings and holds printing of a document if its
settings (paper size, orientation, etc.) do not match the printer settings.
Printer Section
7. Print spooled documents first
Always prints spooled documents first regardless of printing priority.
8. Keep printed documents
After printing, documents are kept in the queue. The documents are allowed to be reprinted directly from
the queue regardless of the status of an application.
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 2000/XP (Administrator)
9. Enable advanced printing features
Enables advanced printing features. Optional features of the printer (page ordering, booklet printing,
numbering on sheets) are enabled. These features can be disabled if a problem occurs due to
incompatibility. Disabling the features may also disable the printing options.
10. button
Printing Defaults...
Specifies standard (default) values for the properties (print settings) specifiable for each user. If a local
printer is shared, the settings here are used as printing defaults for other users.
Refer to "Configuring the Printer Driver Settings (User)" for detailed settings. (See page 43)
Print Processor...
11. button
Specify a print processor and data type to be used for printing.
The processor and data type define operations of printers under Windows 2000/XP.
Usually no change is required in the settings. Use of a printer from some applications, however, may
require changes in the settings.
12. button
Separator Page...
This feature is not available on your machine.
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 2000/XP (Administrator)
Security Tab (See Note 3)
Displays a list of users and groups to whom printer access is assigned to. A list of standard permissions for
each group or user is displayed. Check or uncheck the checkboxes for permitting or prohibiting access.
Gray checkbox indicates the permission inheritance.
1. / button
Add... Remove
Add or delete a user or group from the list.
Advanced...
2. button
Specify access to a printer, audit, and owner. (See Note 1, 2)
Printer Section
NOTE
1. Windows 2000 provides the capability of managing access to various objects (e.g. printers) by
users.
2. Refer to the Windows 2000 documentation for details on access permission, audit, and owner.
3. The Security Tab is not shown in Windows XP.
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 2000/XP (Administrator)
Device Tab (See Note 1)
1. Finisher
Select the type of finisher if a finisher is installed.
2. Punch Unit
Select Installed if a punch unit is installed.
3. Large Capacity Paper Tray (LCT)
Select Installed if a Large Capacity Paper Tray is installed.
4. HDD
Select Installed if the HDD Unit is installed.
Auto Configuration
5. button
When your machine is connected on the network (TCP/IP), click this button to set the Options
Configuration automatically.
6. Number of Paper Trays
Select the number of available paper trays for the printer if an optional Paper Feed Module is installed.
7. Change Paper Tray
Auto Select, when chosen, allows the paper to be fed continuously if the same size of paper is loaded in
another paper tray (Auto Tray Switching). If Specified Tray is selected, the machine will stop if paper runs
out in the chosen paper tray.
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NOTE
1. Device Tab specifies device-specific settings and settings of optional devices.
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
Windows 2000/XP (User)
Changes the printer settings. Display the printer settings dialog box by performing the steps below:
Select Print in the File menu of the application.
1
Select the printer model in the name list box.
2
3
4
Click the button in the Print dialog box.
The printer properties dialog box appears. Click the
desired tabs of the dialog box and specify the properties.
(See Note 1)
(See page 44-55)
Properties...
Printer Section
NOTE
1. In Windows 2000/XP, setting the properties depends on the logon accounts. This section
describes properties to be specified by a user, upon executing a print operation in an
application. See "Configuring the Printer Driver Settings (Administrator)" for details on
administrator (system manager) properties. (See page 35)
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
Paper Tab
1. Paper Size
Select a document size.
2. Copies(1-999)
Specify the number of copies to be printed. If the number of copies to be printed can be specified within
the application, indicate one copy here and specify the number of copies in the Print dialog box of the
application.
3. Orientation
Select the print orientation (Portrait/Landscape).
4. Output Size
Select an output paper size.
5. Zoom (25-400%)
Specify an enlargement or reduction percentage when printing documents. If enlargement/reduction can
be set within the application, indicate 100% here and specify the enlargement/reduction percentage in
the Print dialog box of the application.
Note:
If the Resolution on the Quality Tab is set to 600 dpi or 1200 dpi, the zoom ratio is changed depending
on the paper size.
Ledger : 25 - 320%
Legal : 25 - 390%
A3 : 25 - 330%
B4 : 25 - 380%
Others : 25 - 400%
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6. Image Position
Specify the image position when setting the zoom ratio.
7. Paper Type
Paper Type Setting.
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
8. Paper Source
Specify where the paper you want to use is located in the device. If you choose Auto Tray Selection,
the printer driver will automatically select an appropriate tray according to the Paper Size selected.
9. Print Properties Status Icons
Show the current selections for the following properties.
• Paper Style (Output Tab)
• N in 1 (Output Tab)
• Sort (Output Tab)
• Watermark
•Overlay
10.Profile
• button
Add...
Stores the current print properties setting.
• button
Delete...
Deletes the print properties setting.
11. button
Status Monitor
Recalls the Network Status Monitor.
Printer Section
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
Output Tab
1. Paper Style
Select duplex printing for printing on both sides of the paper.
You can select the printing style among 1-Side/2-Sided (Long Edge) /2-Sided (Long Edge Margin) /2Sided (Short Edge) /2-Sided (Short Edge Margin).
• Binding Direction
Select the binding side (Long Edge/Short Edge) for duplex printing.
• Binding Margin
Select the binding margin upon duplex printing. The width of the binding margin is specified on the
device.
2. Booklet
Formats output in order so document can be folded and/or saddle stitched like a book.
3. N in 1
Specify the layout pattern for printing multiple documents on a single sheet of paper.
If you select an item other than "None," N in 1 order is displayed, allowing you to select the following
patterns.
2in1 4in1 6in1 8in1 9in1 16in1
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
4. Sort
Select whether to Stack or Sort when printing multiple copies.
5. Staple
Select the staple position. Available if the optional Finisher (DA-FS600, FS605, FS330 or FS355) is
installed.
Printer Section
Portrait (Left 1 Position/Left 2/Right 1/Right 2)
Landscape (Left/Right/Top)
Portrait (Saddle Stitch)
Landscape (Saddle Stitch)
Continued on the next page...
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
6. Punch
Select the punch position. Available if the optional Punch Unit is installed.
Punch is not available when the Rotate Stack or Rotate Sort mode is selected.
7. Finisher Bin
Select the output bin for the Fisher.
Advanced
8. Button
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
1) Print All Text as Black
All colored text is printed as solid black
2) Print Blank Pages
Select whether the blank pages are printed or not.
3) Check Printer Status Prior to Printing
Check the printer status before printing the data.
4) Copies (Printer controlled / Printer Driver controlled)
When printing a large amount of data with sort mode, the machine might not be able to print due to lack
of memory capacity.
In this case, select Print Driver controlled, as sorting is processed inside of the printer driver.
However, this mode may take more time to print.
5) Front Cover
Set to insert a blank page as the Front Cover. Specify where the paper you want to use is located in the
device. If you choose Auto Tray Selection, the printer driver will automatically select an appropriate
tray according to the Paper Size selected.
6) Back Cover
Set to insert a blank page as the Back Cover. Specify where the paper you want to use is located in the
device. If you choose Auto Tray Selection, the printer driver will automatically select an appropriate
tray according to the Paper Size selected.
Printer Section
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
Quality Tab
1. Graphics Mode
Vector
Treat line information as graphic data.
Raster
Treat all information as Bitmap data.
2. Halftone
Select Normal/Fine/Coarse.
3. Resolution
Select the print resolution (300 dpi / 600 dpi / 1200dpi Enhanced).( See Note 1)
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NOTE
1. dpi (dots per inch) represents the number of dots contained in one inch. The larger the value,
the higher the resolution would be.
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
Fonts Tab
1. TrueType Mode
Download PC fonts (TrueType ) as bitmap Image or as TrueType font.
2. Use Printer TrueType fonts
Select whether the printer TrueType fonts are used or not.
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
Watermark Tab
1. Watermark
To enable the watermark feature, check Watermark.
2. Message
Displays the selected text. (CONFIDENTIAL, COPY, etc.)
3. button
Add
Add or delete watermark messages.
4. Text
Input text that you want to add or update as the watermark.
Update
5. button
Update the text of the existing message name.
6. Fonts
Select the text font.
7. Style
Select the font style.
8. Size
8 - 400 point.
Delete
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9. Angle
Select the text angle.
10.Density
Varies from light to dark.
11. Transparent Text
Use watermark print as transparent text.
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
12.As Outline Only
Print the watermark character as an outlined image.
13.First Page Only
Use watermark only for the first page.
14.Position
Specify inch or metric units for adjustment.
15.Unit
Inch or metric units.
16. button
Center
Position the watermark relative to center of the document.
Printer Section
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
Overlay Tab
1. Print Using Overlay File
Set overlay function.
2. Make Overlay File
When making an overlay file, check this box, then type a filename in the Overlay List box.
3. Overlay List
Select the file to be used for the overlay.
4. button
File
Click the button to set the directory to save the overlay file.
Click the button to delete the overlay file.
Delete
File
Delete
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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
All Windows Common Settings
Secure Tab
1. Mailbox (Available if the optional Hard Disk Drive Unit (DA-HD60) is installed.)
Check this box and enter the User ID (up to 8 digits) if storing the print data into the mailbox of the
machine.
2. Secure Mailbox (Available if the optional Hard Disk Drive Unit (DA-HD60) is installed.)
Check this box, enter the User ID (up to 8 digits) and the password (up to 4 digits) if storing the print data
into the secure mailbox of the machine.
3. Dept counter mode On
Check this box and enter the department code if your administrator requires departmental codes in order
to print.
Printer Section
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Print Operation
Printing from Windows Applications
If the printer driver is installed properly and a printer is selected as the default printer (See Note 1) in the
printer setup, printing can be accomplished from any Windows application with simple operations.
To print from most Windows applications, use the Print... command in the File menu. Selecting the Print...
command typically displays the following Print dialog box:
After selecting the page range to be printed and the number of copies, click on to start printing.
While documents are being printed, a printer icon appears in the System Tray near the clock on the bottom
right hand corner of the screen. The icon disappears when printing is completed.
You may double-click on the printer indicator in the system tray to open and verify the details of the print
queue in the spooler.
OK
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NOTE
1. Follow the steps below to set a default printer:
1) Click the Start button and select Printers in the Settings menu.
2) Select the printer icon in the window and select [Set As Default] in popup menu by rightclicking it. Then the check mark is displayed.
Print Operation
Printing on Network
When sharing a printer by connecting two computers via a crossover cable or using a hub, a connection
among computers must be established.(See Note 1, 2)
Establishing a connection among computers can be verified by displaying the connected computers in
Network Neighborhood on the desktop.
The settings for printer sharing are specified by performing the following steps:
Printer server (PC connected to a printer)
Install the printer driver on the computer to be connected
1
2
3
to the machine.
Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click
Printers.
Right-click on the desired printer icon and select
[Sharing...] in the popup menu.
Select Shared As in the properties dialog box.
4
Printer Section
Click the button.
OK
5
Upon completing this setting, the shape of the icon changes indicating that the printer is shared.
NOTE
1. Refer to the manual for the network card and Windows users' guide for connections among
computers.
2. On Windows 98/Me, a computer connected to a printer must be set up to allow printer sharing
by performing the following operations:
1) Double-click on Network in control panel, and then click button
in the Network Configuration tab.
2) Check [I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s).] in the File and Print
Sharing dialog box.
File and Print Sharing...
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Print Operation
Printing on Network
Remote (PC that uses another computer's printer)
Click the Start button, select Settings, and then Printers.
1
Double-click Add Printer in the printers folder.
2
3
4
The operations above enables output from the remote computer to a printer connected to the printer server.
The Add Printer Wizard appears.
Click the button.
Select Network Printer.
Click the button.
Specify the other computer's printer by entering the
network path.
Then, complete the installation following the instructions
of the Add Printer Wizard.
Next
Next
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Printing Operation Fails
If the printing operation fails, check the following items first:
• The connection cable (Parallel Printer cable or Ethernet LAN cable) is properly connected.
• Power of the device is turned ON.
• Paper is loaded properly in the device.
• An error message is not displayed on the device.
The above points can be verified by printing a test page. Refer to the following for procedures on test page
printing:
Windows 98/Me [General Tab] (See page 21)
Windows NT 4.0 [General Tab] (See page 28)
Windows 2000/XP [General Tab] (See page 36)
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Document is Not Printed Correctly
Problem Possible Solution(s)
Characters are not printed in the correct positions or the
characters near the edges of the page are missing.
The font type is wrong. • Check if the selected font is installed on the PC.
Printing stops in the middle of the run. • Check if there is any problem on the network.
Although print data is transferred to the digital copier, it
does not print.
• Check and specify the paper size and orientation
settings in the printer driver to coincide with the
application.
• The characters are outside the printing area of the
machine.
• Select "Use Printer TrueType fonts" on the Font tab
of the Printer Driver Properties dialog box.
• Make sure the printer is on line.
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Appendix
Appendix
Printing Area
Top
0.1/2.5
0.1/2.50.1/2.5
0.1/2.5
Bottom
(Unit: inches/mm)
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Appendix
Appendix
Symbol Table
No. Symbol Set
0 Legal (HP Legal)
1 ISO 4 (United Kingdom)
2 ISO 6 (ANSI, ASCII)
3 ISO 11 (Swedish/French)
4 ISO 15 (Italian)
5 ISO 17 (Spanish)
6 ISO 21 (German)
7 ISO 60 (Norwegian, v.1)
8 ISO 69 (French)
9 ISO 8859/2 Latin 2
10 ISO 8859/2 Latin 5
11 PC-8 (IBM-8, Code Page 437)
12 PC-8 DN (Denmark/Norway)
13 PC-850 (IBM-850)
14 PC-8 TK (Code Page 437T)
15 PC-852 Latin 2
16 Roman 8
17 Desk Top
18 ECMA 94 (Latin 1)
19 Macintosh
20 Math 8 (HP Math 8)
21 Microsoft Publishing
22 Pi Font (HP Pi Font)
23 PS Math
24 PS Text
25 Ventura International
26 Ventura Math
27 Ventura US
28 Windows
29 Windows 3.1
30 Windows 3.1 Latin 2
31 Windows 3.1 Latin 5
32 Symbol, Windows 3.1
33 Wingdings, Windows 3.1
34 Baltic (PC-1004)
35 Baltic (PC-775 Baltic)
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memo
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Appendix
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