Panasonic kx-p8420 Operation Manual

Drivers and Utilities

Reference Guide

Model No. KX-P8420

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Chapter 1

Printing from Windows Computers

Chapter 2

Printing from Macintosh Computers

Chapter 3

Printing from UNIX

PostScript printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Configuring PostScript printing options with Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Configuring PostScript printing options with Windows NT 4.0. . . . . . . . . . . 11

Configuring PostScript printing options with Windows 3.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Windows print options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Semi Automatic Duplex printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Setting up PostScript printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Printing from a Macintosh application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Macintosh print options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Semi Automatic Duplex printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Printing to the KX-P8420. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Workstations

Chapter 4

Managing Print Jobs

About Fiery WebTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Accessing Fiery WebTools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using Fiery WebSpooler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Duplicating, moving, and deleting jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Changing print settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using the Job Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Checking the printer status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Linking to other Web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using Fiery WebDownloader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Contents

Chapter 5

Working with Color

The properties of color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

The physics of color. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

CIE color model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Hue, saturation, and brightness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Additive and subtractive color systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Print device gamut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Controlling printed color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Maintaining print device consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Paper stock and toner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Using color effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

A few rules of thumb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Color wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Color and text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Raster images and vector images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Optimizing files for processing and printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Resolution of raster images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Color management on the KX-P8420. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

RGB Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Color rendering dictionaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

CMYK Simulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Choosing colors in PostScript applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Appendix A

Fonts

Resident printer fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Adobe Type 1 PostScript fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

TrueType fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Chapter 1

Printing from Windows Computers

The following chapter describes where to set print options available using the PostScript printer driver if you are running Windows® 95* Windows NT 4.0*

PostScript printing

Custom print options available from the PostScript printer driver are described in “Windows print options” on page 14. For additional information on using KX-P8420 color management options, see “Chapter 5 Working with Color”.

For information on installing the appropriate driver for your system and setting up the environment for parallel printing with the KX-P8420, see Chapter 4 of the describes how to connect to the printer over the network, how to set up networking for all supported network types, and how to install additional KX-P8420 user software.

, or Windows 3.1*

Setup Manual

operating systems.

Operating Instructions

. This manual also

Microsoft® Windows® 95 operating system (hereafter Windows 95)

Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation operating system, and Microsoft® Windows NT® Server network operating system Version 4.0 (hereafter Windows NT 4.0)

Service Pack 3 or later version is required.

Microsoft® Windows® operating system Version 3.1 (hereafter Windows 3.1)

Printing from Windows Computers

Configuring PostScript printing options with Windows 9

This section describes configuring printing options for Windows 95 using the Adobe PostScript printer driver provided on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM.

Print options are specified from the Printer Properties dialog box. This dialog can be accessed using the steps described below, or by selecting File>Print from within your application and clicking the Properties button.

To configure PostScript printing options:

1 2

From the Windows Start menu, select

Settings

Click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon and select

Properties from the File menu.

The Printer Properties dialog box appears, with the General tab displayed.

Printers .

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Click the Paper tab.

4 5

Specify paper size, paper source, number of copies, and other print options from this tab.

Click the More Options button in the Paper tab.

Specify whether or not to print a page border for your print job.

Click OK .

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Click the ColorWise tab.

Specify color management settings from this tab. For information on the print options available in this tab, see “Windows print options” on

page 14.

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Click the

Device Options

tab.

Specify settings in the Output tab. For details on print option settings you can make in this tab, see “Windows print options” on page 14.

The Check and Print and Electronic Collation options are available only for printers with a hard disk drive.

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Click the

Options

tab.

Features related to optional device, such as a Hard Disk or 2nd Feeder are enabled only when you have specified them as installed in this tab.

To add an option, select it from the Available Options area and click Add. To remove an option, select it from the Installed Options area and click Remove.

Click

Apply

to apply any changes you made, then click

Printing from Windows Computers

Configuring PostScript printing options with Windows NT 4.0

This section describes configuring printing options for Windows NT 4.0 systems. On Windows NT 4.0, PostScript printing options are set from the Printer Properties dialog box and the Default Document Properties dialog box.

To configure Postscript printing options:

1 2 3

From the

Settings

Click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon, and select Properties from the File menu.

Click the Device Settings tab.

Windows NT 4.0

>Printers.

taskbar, select

4 5

If the available options do not appear, double-click the Installable Options folder.

To specify which options are installed on the printer, click on the option and then select a setting in the Change ‘…’ Setting area at the bottom of the dialog box.

Click OK .

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Right-click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon in the

Printers folder and select Document Defaults .

The Default Document Properties dialog box appears.

NOTE:

When printing from applications, this dialog box appears (select

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Print, and then click the Properties button).

Click the Advanced tab.

Specify the appropriate settings for your print job.

From this tab you can specify all print option settings. These include Paper Size and Paper Source (which can also be specified from the Page Setup tab), listed under Paper/Output, and printer-specific option settings listed under Document Options > Printer Features.

For information on valid print option settings, see “Windows print options” on page 14.

Click OK .

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Configuring PostScript printing options with Windows 3.1

This section describes configuring printing options for Windows 3.1 systems using the Adobe PostScript printer driver from the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM.

To configure PostScript printing options:

1 2 3

In the Main window, double-click the Control Panel icon. Double-click the Printers icon. In the Printers dialog box, select the Panasonic

KX-P8420 on LPT1 from the Installed Printers list box

and click Setup .

The Panasonic KX-P8420 on LPT1 dialog box appears. Print options are specified from tabs in this dialog box.

For a description of print options, see “Windows print options” on

page 14. For a description of options not included in this table, refer

to the driver’s Help menu.

Click the Features tab.

Specify devices installed on the printer to enable print options relating to those devices. Use the scroll bar to view all of the available features. To specify a setting, select it from the feature’s corresponding Selection menu.

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Windows print options

The printer drivers that come with your printer have been customized to provide additional print options specific to your KX-P8420 printer. Although the PostScript printer driver interfaces vary between Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 3.1 operating systems, the printing features available from each driver, on each platform, are virtually the same.

The following table describes print options and settings available using the PostScript printer driver with Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 3.1 operating systems.

NOTE:

Print option names may vary depending on the version of Windows you

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are using, and some print options appear only with certain versions of Windows.

Print options below which are common in the Adobe PS driver are described in Help of the driver. For more information, see also the Readme file included on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM.

1) PS error print Even when the “Print PostScript Error Information” option is disabled (in the PostScript tab of the Windows 95) Printer Properties dialog box for Windows 95, a PostScript error page may be printed.

2) Pure binary data Selecting “Pure binary data” as the data format (in the “Advanced PostScript Options” section of the PostScript tab of Printer Properties dialog box for Windows 95) might cause a printer error. Avoid using this option.

3) Print as Negative image, Print as mirror image Selecting these options (in the Graphics tab of the Printer Properties dialog box for Windows 95) does not always produce the correct result.

4) Halftoning The halftoning settings Screen angle and Screen frequency (in the Graphics tab of the Printer Properties dialog box for Windows 95) are not supported by the KX-P8420.

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Print option Description

Brightness 85% to 115%

(Default: 100%) Check and Print

(Default: Disable)

CMYK Simulation SWOP-Coated/DIC/

Euroscale/None (Default: None)

Adjust the color production on all color channels to make the printed output lighter or darker.

Allows you to print a single copy of a multiple copy job that can be visually checked before printing additional copies. When the Check and Print copy has been printed, you can specify the number of additional copies of the job to print using the Check and Print screens at the printer’s front panel.

Check and Print is available only on printers with a hard disk drive.

CMYK Simulation settings adjust CMYK color data to simulate printing to an offset press standard. Select SWOP-Coated to simulate printing to a standard American offset press; Euroscale to simulate a European offset press, or DIC to simulate a standard Japanese offset press. For more information, see “CMYK Simulation” on

page 67.

NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:

• This option is available only in ColorWise Expert Mode in Windows 95.

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Print option Description

Color CRD Text Color CRD Graphics Color CRD Images

None/Photographic/ Presentation/Transparency

(Defaults: Text—Presentation Graphics—Presentation Images—Photographic)

Color Mode CMYK/CMY/Grayscale (Default: CMYK)

Before an RGB image can be printed, the file’s color data must be converted to the printer’s CMYK color space. Color rendering dictionaries apply optimal gamut mapping methods to documents that contain text, photographs and illustrations.

The Photographic CRD optimizes the range of colors on the printer to produce the best results for photographic or bitmapped images.

The Presentation CRD optimizes the output of pure, saturated colors such as those used in business presentations.

The Transparency CRD improves the correspondence between monitor colors and printed color on transparency paper.

For additional information, see “Color rendering dictionaries” on page 66.

NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:

• Color rendering dictionaries cannot be used with CMYK files.

By default your printer is set to print documents in color (CMYK). Select Grayscale to print documents in grayscale or CMY to print using Cyan, Magenta and Yellow toner only. This setting allows you to print drafts of color images more quickly than in CMYK mode. The CMY option is only available when the printer’s print resolution is set to 600 × 600 dpi. Selecting the CMY option applies the Photographic CRD to photos, and the Presentation CRD to text and illustrations.

NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:

• To select Grayscale for Windows NT 4.0/ Windows 3.1, see “Grayscale” on

page 19.

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Print option Description

ColorWise Business Color (Defaults:

Text—Presentation Illustrations—Presentation Photos—Photographic)

Before an RGB image can be printed, the file’s color data must be converted to the printer’s CMYK color space. Color rendering dictionaries allow you to apply optimal gamut mapping methods for text, photographs and illustrations.

ColorWise Business Color specifies the application of the Photographic color rendering dictionary to photographic objects, and the Presentation color rendering dictionary to illustration and text objects in a document. Use this option if you are printing documents created in office applications that include color charts or mixed graphic and text elements.

For additional information, see “Color rendering dictionaries” on page 66.

NOTES:

• When ColorWise Business Color is selected, CRD settings are disabled. Color rendering dictionaries cannot be used with CMYK files.

• This option is available only in Windows 95.

ColorWise Expert Mode ColorWise Expert Mode enables CRD

settings. You can select any combination of these settings to customize the printing of text graphic and illustration objects in your documents. Use this option if you are printing documents with a natural range of colors as in a continuous tone photograph.

For additional information on CRDs, see “Color rendering dictionaries” on page 66.

NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:

• This option is available only in Windows 95.

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Print option Description

CRD Photos/Text/Illustrations (Defaults:

Photos—Photographic Text—Presentation Illustrations—Presentation)

Before an RGB image can be printed, the file’s color data must be converted to the printer’s CMYK color space. Color Rendering Dictionaries (CRDs) apply optimal gamut mapping methods to documents that contain text, photographs and illustrations.

The Photographic CRD optimizes the range of colors on the printer to produce the best results for photographic or bitmapped images.

The Presentation CRD optimizes the output of pure, saturated colors such as those used in business presentations.

The Transparency CRD improves the correspondence between monitor colors and printed color on transparencies.

For additional information, see “Color rendering dictionaries” on page 66.

NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:

• CRDs cannot be used with CMYK files.

Device Options Optional printer accessories installed on

your printer must be specified from the printer driver to enable their related features. For example, the Check and Print and Electronic Collation features are not enabled unless a hard disk drive has been specified as a device installed on the printer. Options include: 2nd Feeder, Hard Disk.

Electronic Collation (Default: No)

If your printer has a hard disk, you can use this option to collate copies of your print job. This option allows the pages of each copy of a print job to be printed in sequence. If your printer does not have a hard disk drive or this option is set to Off, multiple copies of each page of a print job are printed in sequence. To avoid unexpected results, always specify collation using this option, and turn off any collation option that may exist in your application.

Electronic Collation is available only on printers with a hard disk drive.

Printing from Windows Computers

Print option Description

Grayscale By default your printer is set to print

documents in color (CMYK). Select Grayscale to print documents in grayscale.

NOTES:

• Many applications offer black and white or grayscale printing options. Use the application’s grayscale option, if available, for more efficient processing time.

• To enable Grayscale in Windows 3.1, select None in all three CRD options in the Features tab.

• To enable Grayscale in Windows NT 4.0, select Document Defaults from the File menu in the Printers folder, and select None in all three CRD options in the Advanced tab.

ICM Profile The Adobe PostScript 4.2.3 driver for

Windows 95 can convert RGB colors of a file to a specified CMYK device target using ICM (Image Color Matching) technology. Install the ICM profile and select this option to specify the use of an ICM device profile installed on your computer.

To install the ICM profile,

1) Right-click the ICM profile Pakx

2010.icm in Windows\System\Color folder.

2) Click Install In Place.

NOTES:

• When printing from Microsoft Office 97 applications, make sure the KX-P8420 ICM profile is not installed in the Windows\System\Color folder. If the ICM profile is installed, JPEG, BMP, and TIFF images print incorrectly from Microsoft Office 97.

• ICM is not copied if you install the KX-P8420 printer driver by using the Add Printer wizard. Copy the ICM profile manually from KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM (English\Prntdrvr\Disk1) to Windows\System\Color folder. Install the ICM profile using the instructions above.

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Print option Description

Output Order Face-Down/Face-Up (Default: Face-Down)

Print jobs sent to the KX-P8420 can be output Face-Down or Face-Up.

Face-Down printing results in a print job with the pages in sequential order, with the first page at the bottom of a stack of printed pages, face down.

Face-Up printing results in a print job with the pages in sequential order, with the first page at the bottom of a stack of printed pages, face up.

NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:

• Face-Up printing is automatically selected when the Semi Automatic Duplex option is enabled, or when printing on transparencies or printing from the multi-purpose tray.

Paper Size Paper and envelope sizes supported by the

printer can be specified by name. Options include: Letter, A4, Legal size paper, and Envelope #10 envelopes.

Paper Source (Defaults:

AutoSelect Tray/ Automatically Select/ Auto Tray Select)

Paper and paper trays can be specified by name from the Paper Source menu. Options include: AutoSelect Tray, Auto (Plain Paper), Auto (Transparency), MPT Plain Paper, MPT Transparency, MPT Label, MPT Coated Paper, MPT Envelope, MPT Paper 2nd Side. Available Paper Size options in the driver are limited by the Paper Source selection. Be sure to specify which paper source you would like to print from before selecting the size of the paper you are printing on.

NOTES:

• If the optional 2nd Feeder is installed, Upper, Middle, Lower; Paper or Transparency trays may also be selected as the paper source from the driver (see “Device Options” on page 18).

• When Transparency paper is used, the Transparency CRD is automatically applied to text, illustrations and photographs in the document.

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Print option Description

Resolution (Default: 600 × 600 dpi)

RGB Source EFIRGB/sRGB (PC)/

Apple Standard/Off (Default: EFIRGB)

Specify the print resolution for your printer. Options include: 600 × 600, 1200 × 600 or 1200 × 1200 dpi.

NOTES:

• With Windows 95, a Resolution option also appears in the Graphics tab of the Properties dialog box or Print dialog box shown by selecting print menu from application, but has no effect if set. Be sure to set the Resolution option from the Device Options tab.

• A minimum of 32 MB of SDRAM is required for printing at 1200 × 600 or 1200 × 1200 dpi.

RGB source profiles allow you to define the color space characteristics (such as the white point, gamma and type of phosphors) of the image’s source. When a source is specified, the image’s RGB data can be optimally converted to the color space and gamut of the KX-P8420 printer.

The EFIRGB setting is optimal for color conversions that will be sent to the KX-P8420 printer. The sRGB (PC) setting specifies the source space of a generic Windows computer monitor. The Apple Standard setting specifies the source space of all standard Macintosh monitors.

NOTES:

• The RGB source setting overrides any source color space profile you may have specified using other color management systems. In cases where you don’t want this setting to override another specified source color space, select Off.

• This option is available only in ColorWise Expert Mode Windows 95 driver.

For additional information on source profiles, see “RGB Source” on page 65.

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Print option Description

Semi Automatic Duplex (Default: Disable)

Simulation See “CMYK Simulation” on page 15.

Three Color Mode This option allows you to print draft color

Print on both sides of a page using the Semi Automatic Duplex option. For details, see the procedure for using the Semi Automatic Duplex option on page 23.

NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:

• It is highly recommended to install hard disk drive (option) to use this feature effectively.

copies or three color copies of documents. When Three Color Mode is selected, the printer prints using Cyan, Magenta and Yellow toner only. This option is only available when the printer’s print resolution is set to 600 × 600 dpi. This option uses only the same default combination of CRDs used for ColorWise Business Color—the Photographic CRD for photographic objects, and the Presentation CRD for illustration and text objects. For more information, see “ColorWise Business Color” on page 17.

Semi Automatic Duplex printing

The Semi Automatic Duplex option allows you to print on two sides of a single page.

The procedure for Semi Automatic Duplex printing varies depending on whether your printer has a hard disk installed. If your printer has a hard disk drive installed and the Semi Automatic Duplex option is selected, the printer spools and prints all even-numbered pages in a job and, when the Continue/Forward button is pressed at the printer, prints all odd-numbered pages in the job. If your printer does not have a hard disk drive and this option is selected, the printer prints an odd-numbered page and, when the Continue/Forward button is pressed, prints the subsequent even-numbered page in the job.

Follow the procedure outlined below to use the Semi Automatic Duplex option.

To print using the Semi Automatic Duplex option:

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Select the KX-P8420 printer driver.

Print a document by selecting application’s

The odd-numbered pages are printed.

When

Continue

pages from the job face down and bottom first in the multi-purpose tray.

Press the to print the even-numbered pages on the opposite side of each page in the multi-purpose tray.

If the printer does not have a hard disk drive, the next oddnumbered page is printed automatically; repeat steps 3 and 4 for every even-numbered page in the print job.

NOTE:

When the printer does not print the even-numbered pages after a

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press of Continue/Forward button, remove the odd-numbered pages and reload them in the multi-purpose tray.

Semi Automatic Duplex

File

menu.

Insert printed pages in MP tray, press

appears in the LCD, load the printed odd

Continue/Forward

button on the front panel

option in the

from the

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NOTE:

• We strongly recommend that you follow the guidelines for normal two-

sided printing. — Do not load more than 50 sheets in the multi-purpose tray.

— Before loading paper in the multi-purpose tray, adjust it so that the

edges of the media are lightly touching the media guides of the multipurpose tray.

— Use heavier paper, at least 95 to 165 g/m2 (28 to 44 lbs. Bond) for

reliable feed. Do not load a thin sheet of paper in the multi-purpose

tray. It may cause a paper jam. — It is strongly suggested to use color laser bond paper. — Avoid printing photograph or graphic in solid color to prevent paper

jamming. It may cause a damage to the printer. — Before printing on the first side, set the unprintable area [at least

15 mm (0.59") in length] on the top of paper. (See below.)

Unprintable area [a : at least 15 mm (0.59")]

Paper feed direction

Pollution of World

It is strongly recommended that the sizes of photograph and graphic printed on the page are as small as possible.

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