Panasonic KX-P4440 User Manual

Panasonic

Laser Printer

Before operatiriQ! this unit, please read these instructlof^s completely.

Danger: invisible laser radiation when open and interlock defeated.

Avoid direct exposure to beam.

Caution: This product utilizes a laser.

Use of control or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

Do not open covers and do not repair yourself. Refer servicing to

qualified personnel.

Warning: To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain

or any type of moisture.

The serial number of the unit may be found on the label on the rear of the unit. For your convenience, note this number below, and retain this book, along with your proof of purchase, to serve as a permanent record of your purchase in the event of a theft, or for future reference.

MODEL NO. KX-P4440 NAME OF DEALER

SERIAL NO. DATE OF PURCHASE

DANGER-Invisible laser radiation when open and interlock defeated. AVOID DIRECT EXPOSURE TO BEAM.

Any details given in these Operating Instructions are subject to change without notice.

For United States Only

Important Phone Numbers:

Authorized Service Centers Nearest Sales Dealer To Order Consumables Technical Support Operating Instructions

1-800-447-4700 1-800-742-8086 1-800-346-4786 1-800-222-0584 1-206-395-7343

• HP and LaserJet are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company.

• IBM and IBM Proprinter are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.

• Diablo is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation.

•Times, Helvetica and Univers are trademarks of Linotype AG and/or its subsidiaries.

•CG and Intellifont are registered trademarks of Agfa Corporation.

•CG Times, based on Times New Roman under license from Monotype Corporation Pic, is a product of Agfa Corporation.

AGFA^

Alt other acknowledgements are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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For Users in United States

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televi sion reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

The user may find the booklet “Something About Interference” available from FCC local regional offices helpful.

FCC Warning: To assure continued FCC emission limit compliance, the user must use only the recommended shielded interfacing cable when connecting to a host computer. Also, any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment would void the users authority to operate this device.

Technical Support Calls

If you have read this manual and tried the troubleshooting procedures and you are still having difficulty please contact the store from which the unit was purchased.

You may also call the end user technical support telephone number which is operational during east coast business hours (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM).

The end user technical support number is 1-800-222-0584.

For Users in Canada

L’interférence radioélectrique générée par cet appareil numérique de type B ne dépasse pas les limites énoncées dans le Règlement sur les perturbations radioélectriques, section appareil numérique, du Ministère des Communications.

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

Table of Contents

Your New Laser Printer—A Guided Tour Page

1.1 Product Overview........................................................................................ 1-1

1.2 Part Names ................................................................................................. 1-2

Front and Right Side View

Rear and Left Side View............................................................................. 1-2

Inside View................................................................................................. 1-3

Installation and Initial Setup

2.1 Unpacking and Inspection........................................................................... 2-1

2.2 Installation Requirements

Environment................................................................................................ 2-2

Minimum Space ......................................................................................... 2-2

Power Source ............................................................................................. 2-2

2.3 Installing Developer Unit (with Toner Cartridge), Drum Unit, Power Cord and Face Up Output Tray

Developer Unit (with Toner Cartridge)...................................................... 2-3

Drum Unit .................................................................................................. 2-7

Power Cord ................................................................................................ 2-9

Face Up Output Tray . :

Output Tray Selector..................................................................................... 2-10

Output Tray Extender.................................................................................... 2-10

2.4 Interfacing—Connecting Your Printer and Computer ... 2-11

Connect the Parallel Interface Cable............................................................. 2-12

Connect the Serial Interface Cable................................................................ 2-13

2.5 Power On....................................................................................................... 2-14

2.6 Loading Paper and Installing Paper Cassettes.............................................. 2-15

Loading Paper Except Legal Size Paper ...................................................... 2-15

Loading Legal Paper

2.7 Manual Feed.................................................................................................. 2-22

Setting the Manual Feed by the Front Panel................................................. 2-22

Loading Paper for the Manual Feed

2.8 Envelopes....................................................................................................... 2-25

Using Manual Feed....................................................................................... 2-25

Using Upper Paper Cassette.......................................................................... 2-26

2.9 Test Printing.................................................................................................. 2-29

Status Printing................................................................................................ 2-29

Font List Printing .......................................................................................... 2-30

Character Printing......................................................................................... 2-31

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3. Front Panel—All It Takes Is a Touch Page

3.1 Front Panel Description............................................................................... 3-1

3.2 What You Can Perform Through the Front Panel

Easy Access to Menu Mode........................................................................ 3-6

EMULATION Menu................................................................................... 3-8

—Selecting the Emulation....................................................................... 3-9

COPY Menu................................................................................................ 3-11

—Setting the Number of Copies —Setting the Verify Mode

MANUAL FEED Menu ............................................................................... 3-16

—Selecting the Manual Feed

FONT Menu................................................................................................. 3-17

—Selecting the Resident Font —Selecting the Font Card, Soft Font, Uploaded Font or

Upload Font Card .......................................................................... 3-23

—Setting the Zero Character .................................................................. 3-25

—Setting the Font Group......................................................................... 3-26

CASSETTE Menu....................................................................................... 3-27

—Selecting the Paper Feed from the Cassette

—Formatting the Page............................................................................. 3-30

OTHER Menu ............................................................................................. 3-32

—Setting the Other Menu........................................................................ 3-34

INTERFACE Menu ...................................................................................... 3-36

—Setting the Parameter of RS-232C —Selecting the Interface

3.3 When You Wish to RESET/TEST 3 40

Using the RESET Key................................................................................... 3-40

— Resetting the Printer

Using the TEST Key..................................................................................... 3-42

—Performing the Test Print (Status Print, Font List Print or

Character Print).............................................................................. 3-42

—Checking the Remaining Memory Capacity

3.4 Factory Default Settings.............................................................................. 3-44

3.5 The RS-232C Defaults

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4. Using Your Laser Printer

4.1 General Guidelines...................................................................................... 4-1

4.2 Configuring Your Computer....................................................................... 4-1

4.3 Configuring Your Printer Configuring Your Emulation

Configuring Your Font Group .................................................................... 4-4

Configuring Your Printer Interface............................................................. 4-4

4.4 Configuring Your Software......................................................................... 4-5

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5. Care and Maintenance of Your Laser Printer Page

5.1 How to Maintain and Change Changing Cleaning Pad and Toner Cartridge (KX-P453)

Changing Drum Unit and Ozone Filter (KX-PDM5) Changing Developer Unit with Toner Cartridge (KX-PDP5)

5.2 Cleaning the Printer .........

Cleaning the Outside of the Printer Cleaning the Inside of the Printer

5.3 How to Clear a Paper Jam............................................................................... 5-14

Paper Jam 1 .................................................................................................... 5-14

Paper Jam 2 .................................................................................................... 5-15

Paper Jam 3 .................................................................................................... 5-17

If Paper Jam Still Occurs in the Fuser Unit................................................ 5-19

5.4 How to Adjust Print Density........................................................................... 5-21

5.5 How to Clean the Tungsten Wire

5.6 Periodic Maintenance...................................................................................... 5-23

Resetting the LCD Messages

5.7 Troubleshooting ............................................................................................. 5-24

5.8 Repacking Instructions ................................................................................... 5-29

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6. Specifications

6.1 Printer Specifications...................................................................................... 6-1

6.2 Paper Specifications...............................................................'

General Guidelines.......................................................................................... 6-2

Paper Specifications........................................................................................ 6-2

Types of Paper to Avoid

Paper Sizes...................................................................................................... 6-3

OHP Film and Labels ..................................................................................... 6-4

Duplex Printing (Double Sided Printing)

Envelope Specifications.................................................................................. 6-5

6.3 Interface Specifications .................................................................................. 6-7

Parallel Interface............................................................................................. 6-7

Serial Interface ............................................................................................... 6-11

Appendix A Resident Font Print Sample .................................................... A-l

Appendix B Options, Accessories and Supplies.................................... B-1

Glossary ............................................................................................................................ G-1

Index .............................................................................................................................. i-i

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Preventive Maintenance

• Keep all liquids away from the printer. Accidental spillage of a liquid into the printer can cause severe damage.

• Do not block the air flow around the printer. Do not place books, paper, or other items on the top of the printer.

•Special care should be taken to protect the printer if it is used in an unfriendly environment such as a machine shop, a dusty or sandy area, etc.

• If the printer is not going to be used for an extended period, unplug the power cord.

• Do not open the cover while in operation.

• Do not leave the paper cassette loaded with paper in a high humidity area when not used.

• Keep the paper cassette away from dust when not used.

• Do not add paper to the paper cassette while paper remains in it.

1. Your New Laser Printer—A Guided Tour

1.1 Product Overview

Congratulations on your purchase of the printer. No matter why you purchased this printer we are sure it will meet your printing needs and give you many years of productive and efficient use.

Printing speed:

Paper input:

Paper output:

Interfaces:

Emulations:

Internal memory:

Fonts:

10 pages per minute (Letter size paper, text mode, 5.5% image area, all originals)

Upper; Multi purpose paper cassette with manual feed Lower; Multi purpose paper cassette

Face up and face down paper output

Centronics parallel and RS-232C serial

HP LaserJet Series III Diablo 630 IBM Proprinter II

1 MB (expandable to maximum 5 MB with optional 0 MB RAM Expansion Module plus 1 MB SIMM or 2 MB SIMM)

22 resident

• 14 Bitmap fonts available in both portrait and landscape

•8 Outline fonts (Intellifont Scalable Typefaces)

SatinPrint:

Panasonic’s SatinPrint technology reduces “jaggies”

creating a much smoother looking output.

By interspacing standard 300 DPI dots at 600 DPI addresses and adding in 600 DPI dots where necessary, SatinPrint provides higher quality output than is available from conventional 300 DPI laser printers.

Your New Laser Printer—A Guided Tour 1-1

1.2 Part Names

(Front and Right Side View)

Face down output tray

Output tray extender ^— Clamshell release button

Front panel

Upper paper cassette

Lower paper cassette

Manual feed guides

(Rear and Left Side View)

•Output tray selector

■Power switch

Output tray selector

Face up output tray-

Power connector plug.

Frame ground terminal

Parallel interface connector

Serial interface connector -

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Font card slot

• Print density dial

Cleaning pad

Your New Laser Printer—A Guided Tour. 1~3

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2. Installation and Initial Setup

2.1 Unpacking and Inspection

Carefully open the shipping carton and remove the contents. The figure

below shows the items that the carton should contain. Inspect the printer

and accessories for damage. Report damage or shortages to the store from

which the unit was purchased. Inside the front cover of this manual is an

area for recording important information regarding the printer. Please

record the serial number, date of purchase and your dealer’s name.

Note: Please keep all packing materials so that they may be used if you transport the printer in the future. They have been specifically designed to protect your printer during shipment.

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2.2 Installation Requirements

Environment

•Temperature Range: 50° to 90.5^ (10° to 32.5°C)

• Humidity Range: 20% to 80% RH

• Do not install the printer under the following conditions: — Extremely high or low temperature or

extremely high or low humidity — Direct exposure to sunlight — Areas of high dust concentration

— Areas of poor ventilation —Areas with chemical fume concentration — Areas with extreme vibration — Directly in front of air conditioning vents

• Place the printer on a stable, level table.

Minimum Space

Minimum space requirements for setup are shown below.

Power Source

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• Use a voltage level which does not vary more than ±10% from the voltage level marked on the nameplate (located on the rear of the printer).

•Do not use an extension cord.

•This printer should be connected to a grounded outlet.

•Do not use a line conditioner, transient suppressor, or surge protector.

2.3 Installing Developer Unit (with Toner Cartridge),

Drum Unit, Power Cord and Face Up Output Tray

Developer Unit

(with Toner Cartridge)

Important: The developer unit contains developer for printing.

• Keep the developer unit away from dust and small objects.

• Do not place the developer unit in a high humidity or high tem perature area.

Press clamshell release button. Clamshell will open automatically.

Open protective bag.

Take out developer unit and remove tape.

Tape

Installation and Initial Setup 2-3

While keeping developer unit horizontal, remove side seal cap. © Push top tab while pulling bottom tab.

@ Pull side tab.

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Be sure not to touch exposed developer after you remove the side seal cap.

Note: Please keep the side seal cap in the event the printer must be repacked.

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Install developer unit in front guides. Be sure left notched shaft sets properly in left front guide.

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Left side view

installation and Initial Setup 2-5

Hold developer unit in place, grasp clear plastic sealing film and pull upward to completely remove. Lightly tap top of toner cartridge to empty toner into developer unit.

Note: Be careful handling sealing film since some toner residue may re main.

2-6 Installation and Initial Setup

Drum Unit

Important: The drum unit contains a photosensitive drum. Exposing it to light may damage the drum. Do not open the protective bag until you’ve read the following instructions and are ready to install the drum unit. Once you’ve opened the protective bag:

• Do not expose the drum unit to light for more than 5 minutes.

• Do not touch the yellowish-green drum surface. Lift the drum unit by the green labeled tabs.

• Keep the drum unit away from dust or dirt.

• Do not place the drum unit in a high humidity area, and keep it

out of direct sunlight.

Open protective bag.

Take out drum unit.

Lift the drum unit by the green labeled tabs.

Remove drum protection cap and drum protection sheet by releasing right

and left tabs. Do not expose the drum unit to light for more than 5 minutes. Do not touch the yellowish-green drum surface.

Install drum unit in rear guides. Be sure left notched shaft sets properly in left rear guide.

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Power Cord

Face Up Output Tray

Connect power cord. Be sure to turn OFF the power switch before you connect the power cord.

Insert left and right tabs as shown below.

Note:

•Do not print more than 20 sheets at one time [75 g/m^ (20 lb.)] through the face up output tray. This may cause a paper jam.

•Print envelopes, OHP film and labels using the face up output tray to prevent jamming.

Installation and Initial Setup 2-9

Output Tray Selector

The output tray selector switches the paper output between face up and face down.

Note: Do not switch the paper output while the printer is ejecting the paper. This may cause a paper jam.

Output Tray Extender

When using the face down output tray, flip the output tray extender forward.

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2.4 Interfacing—Connecting Your Printer and Computer

The printer will operate with either a parallel or serial interface. It

automatically selects the active interface when both are connected and Auto Switch is selected through the front panel. If you do not have an interface cable, you will need to purchase one from

your local computer store or dealer.

Installation and Initial Setup 2-11

Connect the Parallel

Interface Cable

Turn OFF both the printer and computer power switches.

Plug one end of the cable into the parallel interface connector of the printer. Snap the clips into place.

If the cable has a frame ground wire, connect it to the frame ground terminal.

Plug the other end of the cable into the connector of the computer.

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Connect the Serial

Interface Cable

Turn OFF both the printer and computer power switches.

Plug one end of the cable into the serial interface connector of the printer.

Tighten screws.

Plug the other end of the cable into the connector of the computer.

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2.5 Power On

Make sure the printer is plugged into a 3 prong AC socket. The following procedures should be followed when turning the printer ON.

Plug the power cord into the outlet.

Turn the power ON.

The display will show:

WARM UP

After about 1.5 minutes, if the paper cassettes are not installed, the display will show:

PAPER EMPTY U11

Refer to the next section, to install the paper cassettes.

Note:

If error messages other than “PAPER EMPTY U11” are displayed, refer to Section 5.7 for clearing error messages.

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2.6 Loading Paper and Installing Paper Cassettes

This printer has mutti purpose upper and lower paper cassettes, and the upper cassette has a manual feed function. You can adjust the cassettes from envelope size to legal size.

Size

Feed^'\.^

Lower Cassette

Upper Cassette

Manual Feed

Table 2.1 Available Paper Size

Except Legal Size

Letter Legal

O O o O o

Loading Paper

Paper

A4 Executive Envelope

o o — —

o o o

Envelopes must meet specifications. (For details refer to pages 6-5 and

6-6.)

The paper size selected through the front panel or software commands should match the size of the paper in the cassette. If the selected paper size is different from the installed paper size, a paper jam may occur. Refer to

“CASSETTE Menu” on page 3-27 for page formatting.

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0*1

OHP Film

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O O

Label

Paper is loaded into the upper and lower cassette in the same manner.

The figure below shows the upper cassette.

Remove paper cassette cover.

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Place paper in paper cassette. The height of the paper should not exceed the limit mark on the paper cassette.

Notes:

•Do not load different types or thickness of paper in the same cassette since this may cause a paper jam.

•Make sure you load the paper with the print side up. Most paper

has instructions recommending the side to be printed first. Please follow these instructions when you load the paper cassette. How

ever, when using 16 lb (60 g/m^) paper, always load the paper with

the “non-curl side” up rather than following the instructions on

the paper package.

•For more detailed information on paper, refer to “Paper Specifi cations” in Section 6.2 on page 6-2.

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Adjust the rear and side paper guides to the correct paper size. Be sure the edges of the paper are under the tabs.

Note:

Properly adjust the side paper guides to fit the paper snugly. Im proper adjustment may cause skewed paper-feeding, improper printing or a paper jam.

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Insert paper cassette into upper (lower) front opening. Make sure output tray extender is forward.

Verify the front panel displays the following message:

OFF LINE

Set the paper size through the front panel. (Refer to page 3-27.)

Notes:

•The paper cassette with manual feed should be installed in the upper front opening.

• Failure to insert the tabs on the cassette sides into the edges in the printer completely may cause a paper jam or skewed paper-feed ing.

Caution

When setting up the printer for the first time, please allow the printer to warm-up before installing the paper cassette. Installation of the paper cassette before the warm-up period is complete may result in a paper jam If a paper jam does occur please refer to Section 5.3.

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