Panasonic KX-P8420 User Manual

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Operating Instructions

Model No. KX-P8420

Please carefully read the Operating Instructions and the Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide before operating. Keep this CD-ROM in the protective case. Do not expose the CD-ROM to direct sunlight or extreme heat and do not scratch or smudge the surface of the CD-ROM.

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Thank you for purchasing the Panasonic KX-P8420 Color Laser Printer.

The serial number is located on the label on the rear of the unit. For your convenience, record the number below and keep this book along with your proof of purchase, in the event of a theft or for future reference.

MODEL NO. NAME OF RESELLER DATE OF PURCHASE

KX-P8420

SERIAL NO.

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As an E the E (E

Adobe, Acrobat, PostScript, PostScript 3, Adobe Type Manager and the PostScript 3 logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

Fiery, Fiery Driven, the Fiery Driven logo, ColorWise, and VisualCal are trademarks owned by Electronics for Imaging and registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in certain other foreign jurisdictions.

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Apple, AppleTalk, LocalTalk, ColorSync, Macintosh, and TrueType are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

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Ethernet is a trademark of Xerox Corporation.

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IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

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Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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Netscape and Netscape Navigator are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation.

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NetWare, Novell and Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) are trademarks or registered trademarks of Novell, Inc.

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Times and Helvetica are trademarks of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries.

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PANTONE is a trademark of Pantone, Inc.

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UNIX is a trademark of X/Open Company, Ltd.

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Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

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Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

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Centronics is a trademarks of Centronics Data Computer Corporation.

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Avery is a registered trademark and all Avery codes are trademarks of Avery Dennison Corporation.

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

NERGY STAR

® Partner, Panasonic has determined that this product meets

® guidelines for energy efficiency.

is a U.S. registered mark.)

The operating instructions are subject to change without notice. © ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC. 1998

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FOR USERS IN UNITED STATES

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 instructions manual, 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 own expense.

FCC Caution: To assure continued compliance, (example—use only shielded interface cables when

connecting to computer or peripheral devices). Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

Technical Support Calls

If you have read this manual and tried the troubleshooting procedures and you are still having difficulty, please contact the reseller 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 7:00 PM). The end user technical support number is 1-888-744-2424. This number is available within the U.S. only.

Helpful Phone Numbers

To locate your nearest sales dealer CALL 1-800-742-8086 ask for COLOR To order consumables CALL 1-800-222-0584 To order operating instructions/CD’s CALL 1-800-833-9626 To locate your nearest authorized service center CALL 1-888-744-2424 For technical support CALL 1-888-744-2424 Automated 24-hour support via Fax back CALL 1-800-222-0584 Electronic bulletin board CALL 1-201-863-7845 World Wide Web Technical & Driver Support http://www.panasonic.com/alive

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For Your Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Power source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Laser safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Ozone release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Moving the unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Caution labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chapter 1

Before You

Start

CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Static electricity damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Waste disposal method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Features of the KX-P8420. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

High quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

High speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Easy operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Networking and client capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Color capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Color management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Fiery WebTools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

With a Windows computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

With a Macintosh computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Minimum space requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Power source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Part names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Front side view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Rear side view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Front panel overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Activity lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Contents

Chapter 2

Printer

Setup

Setting up the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Preparing the imaging unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Setting up the output tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Installing the toner cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Loading media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Connecting the printer to a computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using a parallel interface cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Margins and print area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Loading media in the multi-purpose tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Status messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Top-level menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Printing pages from the front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Chapter 3

Connecting

the Printer

to a Network

Network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Ethernet network connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Token Ring network connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Parallel cable connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Setting up TCP/IP printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Setting up the printing environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

UNIX server print queues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Verifying the TCP/IP network connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Setting up TCP/IP clients for printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Setting up TCP/IP clients for running Fiery WebTools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Printing and administering print jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Setting up IPX (Novell) printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Overview of IPX printing to the KX-P8420. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Configuring the NetWare server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Setting up a KX-P8420 print queue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Setting up NetWare Windows clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Using AppleTalk with Macintosh computers

on an IPX (Novell) network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Setting up Fiery WebTools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Setting up Windows 95 clients for WINS (SMB) printing. . . . . 70

Setting up Windows NT 4.0 clients for WINS (SMB)

printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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Chapter 4

Installing

Software for

Windows

Contents

General steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows . . . . . . . . 75

Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows 95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Specifying installed devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Completing the connection for Windows 95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Setting up PostScript printing with Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Specifying installed devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Completing the connection for Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Specifying installed devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Completing the connection for Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Installing additional software for Windows users . . . . . . . . . . 91

PostScript and TrueType fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

ATM (Windows 95 and Windows 3.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Color reference pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Removing the KX-P8420 software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Chapter 5

Installing

Macintosh

Software

Chapter 6

Setup from

the Front

Panel and

WebSetup

General steps for installing Macintosh software . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Installing Macintosh printing software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Installing the Adobe PostScript printer driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Setting up the KX-P8420 in the Chooser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Installing the KX-P8420 ColorSync profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Installing additional software for Macintosh users . . . . . . . . 101

Adobe Type Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

PostScript and TrueType fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Initial Setup from the front panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Parallel Port Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Network Port Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Network Protocol Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Language Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Reset Queues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Hard Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

NERGY

®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

TAR

Completing setup from Fiery WebSetup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Accessing Fiery WebSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Network Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Printer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Saving your settings and exiting Fiery WebSetup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

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Contents

Chapter 7

Color

Calibration

Chapter 8

Care and

Maintenance

Bias adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

VisualCal, 30% match calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Calibrating the printer using VisualCal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Color adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

User replaceable components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Displaying the life of supplies and coverage of toner. . . . . . 143

Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Image Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Clearing media jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Front Panel Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Front panel status and error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Front panel service calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Repacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Upgrade options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Chapter 9

Options

Appendix

Removing and replacing the printer controller board . . . . . . 183

Installing a hard disk drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Kit contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Initializing the hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Installing additional memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Kit contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Installing RAM DIMMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Installing network cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Kit contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Bidirectional Parallel Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

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For Y our Safety

General

Power source

Warning

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To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain or any type of moisture.

Caution

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Do not open covers and do not attempt to repair the unit yourself. Refer servicing to qualified personnel.

Warning

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The power source voltage of this unit is listed on the nameplate. Only plug the unit into an outlet with the proper voltage.

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When you operate this equipment, the outlet should be near the equipment and accessible.

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To ensure safe operation the AC cord supplied must be inserted into standard three-prong AC outlet which is effectively grounded (earthed) through the normal wiring.

The fact that the equipment operates satisfactorily does not imply that the

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power point is grounded (earthed) and that the installation is completely safe. For your safety, if in any doubt about the effective grounding (earthing) of the power point, consult a qualified electrician.

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If the plug cannot be inserted into the AC outlet, contact a licensed electrician to replace the outlet with a properly grounded (earthed) one. Do not defeat the purpose of the grounding (earthing) plug (ex. do not use a conversion plug).

Laser safety

Ozone release

Caution

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This printer utilizes a laser. Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

Warning

•

Make sure that the printer is installed in a well ventilated room so as not to increase density of ozone in the air. Since ozone is heavier than air, it is recommended that air at floor level be ventilated.

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For Y our Safety

Moving the unit

The printer weighs approximately 47.9 k g {105.5 lbs.}. It must be handled by two people. Turn the power off and remove the power cord when handling the unit.

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Caution labels

For Y our Safety

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

PELIGRO: Cuando se abre y se invalida el bloqueo, se producen radiaciones invisibles de láser. EVÍTESE LA EXPOSICIÓN A TALES RAYOS.

CAUTION: Invisible laser radiation when open and interlocks defeated. AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM.

VARNING: Osynlig laserstrålning när denna del är öppnad och spärrar är urkopplade. STRÅLEN ÄR FARLIG.

CAUTION:

HOT SURFACE INSIDE

VORSICHT: Unsichtbare Laserstrahlung, wenn Abdeckung geöffnet und Sicherheitsverriegelung überbrückt. NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETZEN.

VARO!: Näkymätöntä avattaessa ja suojalukitus ohitettaessa olet alttiina lasersäteilylle. ÄLÄ KATSO SÄTEESEEN.

ATTENTION: Rayonnement laser invisible dangereux en cas d'ouverture et lorsque la sécurité est neutralisée. EXPOSITION DANGEREUSE AU FAISCEAU.

VARNING: Osynlig laserstrålning när denna del är öppnad och spärren är urkopplad. BETRAKTAEJ STRÅLEN.

ADVARSEL: Usynlig laserstråling ved åbning når sikkerhedsafbrydere er ude af funktion. UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING.

ADVARSEL: Usynlig laserstråling når deksel åpnes og sikkerhedslas brytes. UNNGÅ EKSPONERING FOR STRÅLEN.

(220–240 VAC equipment)

CLASS

1 LASER PRODUCT

KLASSE

1 LASER PRODUKT

CLASSE

1 LASER PRODUIT

CLASE

1 LÁSER PRODUCTO

Laser diode properties

Laser output : 5 mW max Wavelength : 780 nm Emission duration : Continuous

CAUTION:

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FOR USERS IN AUSTRALIA

This mark shows that the product complies with AS/NZS 3548.

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For Y our Safety

FOR USERS IN U.K.

IMPORTANT: FOR YOUR SAFETY PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TEXT CAREFULLY

This printer is supplied with a moulded three pin mains plug each for your safety and convenience. A 13 amp fuse is fitted in this plug. Should the fuse need to be replaced please ensure that the replacement fuse has a rating of 13 amps and that it is approved by ASTA or BSI to BS 1362.

Check for the ASTA mark or the BSI mark on the body of the fuse. If the plug contains a removable fuse cover you must ensure that it is refitted when the fuse is replaced.

If you lose the fuse cover the plug must not be used until a replacement cover is obtained. A replacement fuse cover can be purchased from your local Panasonic Dealer.

IF THE FITTED MOULDED PLUG IS UNSUITABLE FOR THE SOCKET OUTLET IN YOUR HOME THEN THE FUSE SHOULD BE REMOVED AND THE PLUG CUT OFF AND DISPOSED OF SAFELY. THERE IS A DANGER OF SEVERE ELECTRICAL SHOCK IF THE CUT OFF PLUG IS INSERTED INTO ANY 13 AMP SOCKET.

If a new plug is to be fitted please observe the wiring code as shown below. If in any doubt please consult a qualified electrician.

WARNING: THIS APPLIANCE MUST BE EARTHED. IMPORTANT: The wires in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code.

Green-and-Yellow: Earth Blue: Neutral Brown: Live

As the colours of the wire in the mains lead of this appliance may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows.

The wire which is coloured GREEN-AND-YELLOW must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter E or by the Earth symbol , or coloured GREEN or GREEN-ANDYELLOW.

The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK.

ASA

The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter L or coloured RED.

How to replace the fuse: Open the fuse compartment with a screwdriver and replace the fuse.

SCREWDRIVER

FUSE

FUSE COVER

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Chapter 1

Cautions

Before You Start

Before you set up your new printer, please read the following information.

To avoid problems, do not use the equipment under the f ollowing conditions:

•

Direct exposure to sunlight

•

Extremely high or low temperature [temperature range: 10˚C to 32.5˚C (50˚F to 90.5˚F)]

•

Extremely high or low humidity (humidity range: 20% to 80% RH) Condensation due to rapid change of temperature

•

Areas of poor ventilation

•

Areas of high dust or chemical fume concentration (solvent etc.)

•

Unstable or unlevel surfaces

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Before Y ou Start

Directly in front of air conditioning vents

•

Liquids near the equipment

•

Too much media/document which exceeds the limit mark on the guide of the tray.

Front/right/left doors opened while the printer is operating; it may cause a

•

media jam.

Not genuine toner

Any toner other than genuine Panasonic toner. It may damage the printer.

•

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CD-ROM

To prevent accidental damage to the CD-ROMs:

•

• Do not touch or write on the surface of the disc.

• Do not leave the disc out of the protective case.

Before Y ou Start

• Do not leave the disc in direct sunlight or near heat sources.

• Do not place heavy objects on the disc case or drop the case.

• To clean the disc , hold the disc by its edges and wipe it from the center to

the edges with a dry, soft cloth.

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Before Y ou Start

Static electricity damage

Waste disposal method

To prevent static electricity damage to any of the following components, touch a grounded metal surface, such as the printer’ s bare metal frame prior to touching the component.

• The interface connectors—parallel and optional network

• Electrical components, connectors inside the printer, any components on

the optional board (hard disk drive, RAM DIMMs, Ethernet network card, or Token Ring network card)

• The connector pins on the optional 2nd cassette feeder for the printer

Waste material may be dumped or incinerated under conditions which meet all federal, state and local environmental regulations.

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Features of the KX-P8420

The KX-P8420 Color Printer provides fast, high-quality color printing on plain paper, plus the ease of operation and high performance you expect from a laser printer, including the following.

Before Y ou Start

High quality

High speed

Easy operation

Networking and client capabilities

• Resolution—maximum 1200 x 1200 dpi (with optional additional memory)

• Continuous printing on Letter or A4 size paper

Full-color mode—Maximum 3.5 ppm (pages per minute) Three color mode—Maximum 4.7 ppm Monochrome mode—Maximum 14 ppm

• Printer driver—easily prints full-color documents

• Supports AppleTalk (EtherTalk), TCP/IP, and IPX (Novell) protocols

simultaneously by installing optional Ethernet Card

• Supports thicknet, twisted pair, and thinnet (via transceiver) cabling

• Ethernet or Token Ring support by installing optional Ethernet or Token

Ring Card

• SMB (Microsoft®)

• IEEE 1284 compliant, Mini-Centronics type-C parallel connection based

on the IEEE P1284-C standard

NOTE:

• An ECP compatible parallel port is recommended for Windows® 95*

turn on the ECP mode, use the computer’s BIOS setup. Refer to the computer’s documentation for details.

*1Microsoft® Windows® 95 operating system (hereafter Windows 95)

. To

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Before Y ou Start

Color capabilities

ColorWise™ CRDs (color rendering dictionaries) take full advantage of the colors available on your printer. PostScript 3 RGB ﬁles are converted to the printer’s CMYK color space during processing—optimizing them for rendering and printing. CRDs available with the PostScript driver include:

• Photographic

• Presentation

• Transparency

Using the PostScript driver an image’s RGB data can be also converted to the color space and gamut of the KX-P8420 printer using RGB source proﬁles. Proﬁles available include:

• EFIRGB

• sRGB (PC)

• Apple Standard

In addition, CMYK simulation settings can be used to simulate popular offset printing press standards. Simulation settings include:

• SWOP

• Euroscale

• DIC

Color management

ColorWise VisualCal™ allows experienced users to calibrate the KX-P8420 for excellent color output—eliminating out-of-calibration color most printers experience over time.

ColorWise Color Adjustment provides controls for globally modifying toner density and brightness.

ColorWise Business Color speciﬁes the application of toner using a diffusion dither pattern, which is ideal for color ﬁlls and blends commonly found in charts and graphs used in business applications.

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Before Y ou Start

Fiery WebT ools

Fiery WebTools are utilities that enable users to manage the KX-P8420 from the Internet or your company’s intranet:

• Fiery W ebDownloader

• Status

• Fiery W ebSetup

• Fiery W ebLink

• Fiery W ebSpooler

For additional information on KX-P8420 speciﬁcations, see “Speciﬁcations” on page 195.

The icons in this document indicate:

You need to install hard disk drive (option). See “Installing a hard disk drive” on page 186.

: You need to install an additional memory (total 32 MB).

See “Installing additional memory” on page 189.

: You need to use the printer in a networked environment.

See “Chapter 3 Connecting the Printer to a Network”.

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Before Y ou Start

System requirements

You can use the printer in a networked environment and print from a PC compatible computer running Windows or from a Macintosh computer.

With a Windows computer

With a Macintosh computer

The minimum hardware conﬁguration required to use the printer with an IBM PC or compatible includes:

• An IBM PC or compatible computer with a 386 processor or higher

• A mouse that is supported by Windows

• Windows 3.1*

version) or later

or later, Windows 95 or Windows NT® 4.0*2*3 (Intel

• Appropriate interface cables for your network or printer connection

• Screen resolution more than or equal to 800 x 600 dpi to use Fiery

WebTools

• Screen color more than 256 color to use Fiery WebTools

The minimum hardware conﬁguration required to use the printer with a Macintosh computer is:

• Any Macintosh computer in the Macintosh II, Quadra, Centris, Performa,

or Power Macintosh families with EtherTalk Phase 2 installed

• Apple system software version 7.5.x or 7.6.x

• Appropriate interface cables for your network and printer connection.

• Ethernet Card (page 192)

It does not enable to connect KX-P8420 to Macintosh computer directly. The data is printed through the Ethernet Card installed in the KX-P8420.

*1Microsoft® Windows® operating system Version 3.1 (hereafter Windows

3.1)

*2Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation operating system, and Microsoft®

Windows NT® Server network operating system Version 4.0 (hereafter Windows NT 4.0)

*3Service Pack 3 or later version is required.

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Minimum space requirements

45 cm (17.7") Multi-purpose tray opening space

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Rear

35 cm (13.8") Controller board opening space

Power source

Left

60 cm (23.6") Front cover opening space

Right

50 cm (19.7") Media tray opening space

• The voltage level of the power source must not v ary more than ±10% from

the voltage level marked on the nameplate (located on the back of the unit).

• Do not use an extension cord.

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

may cause a machine error.

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Before Y ou Start

Unpacking

Make sure that all of the items shown below were provided and have not been damaged. Report damage or shortages to the reseller from which the unit was purchased. Page 2 includes an area for recording important information such as the name of reseller, serial number, and date of purchase.

NOTE:

• Save the original carton and packing materials for future shipping and

transporting of the unit. They have been speciﬁcally designed to protect the equipment during shipment.

1. Printer (Color imaging unit, Fuser unit, Paper tray and Output tray are included.)

2. Toner cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, and yellow)

3. Power cord

4. KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM

5. KX-P8420 Operating Manuals CD-ROM (includes

Reference Guide

6. Color Calibration Card

7. Setup Manual

and

Operating Instuctions

Drivers and Utilities

)

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Part names

Front side view

Front door (See page 26.)

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Printer panel (See page 24.)

Right side door (See pages 29 and 154.)

Output tray (See page 27.)

Fuser (See pages 141 and 149.)

Imaging unit (See pages 26 and 140.)

Rear side view

Power switch (See page 34.)

AC inlet (See page 33.)

Parallel interface connector (See page 33.)

Multi-purpose tray (MPT) (See page 40.)

Left side door (See page 36.) [Media thickness switch* (See page 36.)]

*Accessible by opening the

left side door

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Before Y ou Start

Front panel overview

This section describes the functions of the front panel, illustrated below:

LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panel

Activity lights

The printer LCD has two 24-character lines to display the printer’s status/ error messages or menu settings.

READY

MENU /EXIT

CANCEL

ENTER

CONTINUE

ERORR

The activity lights indicate the status of the printer. They have the following meanings:

This light Indicates

READY

Ready indicator—Lit when the printer is on line (ready to accept and process new jobs), blinking when in menu mode and when receiving, processing or printing data, and off when the printer is ofﬂine or the power is off.

NOTE:

•

When the printer is off line, you cannot print or connect via a network.

ERORR

Error indicator—Blinking when the printer requires operator intervention (e.g., load paper); or when the printer requires a service call.

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Before Y ou Start

Buttons

The front panel’s buttons have the following meanings:

This button Indicates

MENU /EXIT

Menu/Exit button—From Ready (or Sleep), enters Menu mode. From Menu mode, exits menus entirely, returning to Ready.

Cancel/Left button—While printing, Cancel stops

CANCEL

printing or processing the current job. In Menu mode, returns to the previous menu item. When entering numbers, decrements to the next number.

Continue/Forward button—Advances to the next

CONTINU

selection in menu mode. When entering numbers, increments to the next number. When using the Semi Automatic Duplexing function in the printer driver, after odd pages are printed, even pages are printed by pressing this key.

ENTER

Enter button—Accepts an option and advances to the next choice in menu mode.

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Chapter 2

Printer Setup

This chapter describes setting up the KX-P8420 Color Printer, connecting it to a PC compatible computer, and powering on the printer. It also includes print area speciﬁcations, guidelines for using the multi-purpose tray (MPT), and instructions on using the front panel.

Setting up the printer

The general steps for setting up the printer are:

• “Preparing the imaging unit” on page 26

• “Setting up the output tray” on page 27

• “Installing the toner cartridges” on page 28

• “Loading media” on page 30

reparing the

imaging unit

After you have unpacked the printer and located it on a ﬂat, stable surface, you need to set it up.

To prepare the imaging unit:

Open the front door.

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Printer Setup

Setting up the output tray

Make sure that you have enough room for the output tray and that it is easy to access.

Turn the upper green lever clockwise until it stops and the arrows are aligned.

This tightens the internal belts to ready the unit for printing.

Close the front door.

To set up the output tray:

Remove the adhesive tape that holds the output tray against the printer.

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Printer Setup

Installing the toner cartridges

The toner cartridges that are shipped with the printer are starter cartridges. They are installed in exactly the same manner as the optional cartridges; the only difference is that the starter cartridges have less toner. The page life expectancy is 3,000 pages, based on a 5% image area.

NOTE:

• Save all packing material for shipping purposes.

Lower the tray to the operating position.

To install the starter cartridges:

1 2

Remove the packaging from the toner cartridge. Remove the shipping cover from the cartridge.

CAUTION:

• To avoid possible toner spillage, do not tilt cartridge.

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Printer Setup

Open the right side door.

CAUTION:

• Do not leave the right side door open for more than 1 minute; the

imaging unit will be exposed to light and could be damaged.

Insert the toner cartridge in the appropriately labeled slot.

From top to bottom, the order of the color toner cartridges is black, cyan, magenta, and yellow.

Repeat steps 1, 2, and 4 for each toner cartridge.

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Printer Setup

Loading media

The printer is shipped with one media tray (either Letter Paper or A4 Paper) installed—but it enables to use ﬁve different trays as shown in the following table.

When you have installed all the toner cartridges, go to step 7.

Close the right side door.

Tray Size

A4 Paper 210 mm x 297 mm (8.3" x 11.7") A4 Transparency 210 mm x 297 mm (8.3" x 11.7") Letter Paper 216 mm x 279 mm (8.5" x 11") Letter Transparency 216 mm x 279 mm (8.5" x 11") Legal Paper 216 mm x 356 mm (8.5" x 14")

NOTES:

• Make sure that you load the correct media. Each tray is designed and

labeled for only paper or transparency. If you load the incorrect media type in a tray, it may cause a jam.

• If you have the 2nd cassette feeder installed and you wish to use the

automatic cassette-switching feature (for a large print job, for example), make sure that all trays in the printer are the same media type and size.

• The transparency tray should only be inserted in the upper or middle tray

slots.

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To load paper or transparencies:

Printer Setup

2 3

Pull the media tray out of the printer.

Remove all packaging materials from inside the media tray; refer to the instruction sheet attached to the tray.

Push down on the metal plate until it clicks, locking it in place.

Fan the media (paper or tr ansparencies), and then tap it on a level surface to avoid media jams or skewed printing.

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Printer Setup

NOTES:

• To optimize your printer’s performance, always use clean,

unused media.

• Be careful not to leave ﬁngerprints on the media, which can result

in a smudged print.

• Reusing media that has been fed through the printer once (for

example, after jams) can reduce the life of the consumables and paper path components.

• The recommended transparency is 3M CG3700. If the print

quality is poor, try printing on the other side.

Place the media in the tray under the hooks.

The height of media should not exceed the limit mark on the tray, or it may cause a jam.

NOTES:

• Load media with the print side down. Most media has instructions

recommending the side to be printed first.

• Do not mix different types or thicknesses of media in the media

tray at one time; this may cause a jam.

Slide the media tray completely into the slot.

Connecting the printer to a computer

Only one PC compatible computer can be directly connected to your printer .

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Printer Setup

Usi

ng a parallel

interface cable

If you do not have a parallel interface cable, you will need to purchase one from your local computer store or dealer (see cross-ref to parallel interface cable spec).

To connect a parallel interface cable:

1 2

Make sure the computer, printer and the other connected peripheral devices are turned off.

Connect the parallel interface cable to the computer’s parallel interface connector and the printer’s parallel interface connector.

Computer’s parallel interface connector

NOTES:

• The actual connector on the computer may differ depending on

the manufacturer of the computer.

• If the cable is connected to the PC via a printer buffer or selector,

the printer may not print.

Connect the power cord to the printer’s AC inlet and to an AC outlet.

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Printer Setup

Power on

To power on the printer:

Turn ON the printer, and then the computer.

The Ready indicator on the printer starts ﬂashing and Initializing is displayed on the printer’s front panel. After approximately 5 minutes, the printer’s Ready indicator is lit and Ready is displayed on the printer’s front panel. The printer is ready for printing.

NOTE:

• When you power on your system for the ﬁrst time, if New Hardware Found

is displayed on the computer screen, close the dialog box, and install the printing software using the procedure described in “Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows 95” on page 75.

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Printer Setup

Margins and print area

When the image is printed on the media, the image (print area) is a bit smaller than the media size. You may need to adjust the page margins in the application software to match the print area.

The following table and illustrations show the page sizes, the largest print areas, and the margins for the media sizes supported on this printer.

Margins

Media Page Size Print area

Top Bottom Sides

Letter 216 mm x 279 mm

(8.5

x 11")

A4 210 mm x 297 mm

(8.3

x 11.7")

Legal 216 mm x 356 mm

(8.5

x 14")

Letter

216 mm x 279 mm

(8.5" x 11")

208 mm x 269 mm (8.2" x 10.6")

203 mm x 289 mm (8.0" x 11.4")

208 mm x 350 mm (8.2" x 13.8")

210 mm x 297 mm

(8.3" x 11.7")

4.3 mm (0.17")

3.6 mm (0.14")

3.1 mm (0.12")

4.3 mm (0.17")

3.6 mm (0.14")

3.1 mm (0.12")

Legal

216 mm x 356 mm

(8.5" x 14")

3.7 mm (0.15")

4.1 mm (0.16")

3.7 mm (0.15")

269 mm (10.6")

289 mm (11.4")

350 mm (13.8")

208 mm

(8.2")

203 mm

(8.0")

208 mm

(8.2")

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Printer Setup

Loading media in the multi-purpose tray

The multi-purpose tray (MPT) serves as an additional tray for loading any type of media that ranges in size from 91 mm x 254 mm to 216 mm x 356 mm (3.6" x 10" to 8.5" x 14"). Use it to load a single sheet or a stack of media, depending on the media’s type and thickness.

Use the multi-purpose tray to accomplish the following:

Print on standard and special media

• Standard media

—Laser paper [75 to 165 g/m2 (20 to 44 lbs.)]

• Special media

—Labels —Envelope (#10 size) [Black Text only] —Transparency (The print quality may not be stable. Use the media tray

for best reliability.)

Two-sided printing (doubles-sided) on laser paper

You should not expect the same print quality and reliability that you get with one-sided printing. For details, see “Two-sided printing” on page 198.

Setting media thickness switch:

Because the printer accommodates various media weights from the multipurpose tray, media thickness can be manually selected for the most reliable paper-picking. Follow these steps:

Open the left side door (a). The green media thickness switch is located on the paper feeder and has three settings:

Thin

Middle

Thick

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Printer Setup

Loading Paper, Transparency, Coated Paper:

NOTES:

• Reusing media that has been fed through the printer (for example, after

• When printing legal size using the multi-purpose tray, backside marking

Move the switch to the desired setting.

Switch setting Media

Thin (Default) Middle

Thick

Close the left side door.

jams) can reduce the life of the consumables and paper path components.

may occur. If this occurs, use the legal cassette.

Laser paper 75 to 90 g/m2 (20 to 24 lbs.) Laser paper 91 to 123 g/m2 (25 to 32 lbs.)

Transparency, Label, Coated paper Laser paper 124 to 165 g/m2 (33 to 44 lbs.)

Envelope

For detailed information on media, see “Media” on page 196.

1 2

Set the media thickness switch (page 36). Open the multi-purpose tray (a).

Extend the media support by sliding it outward (b).

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Printer Setup

Separate the media guides to the approximate width of the media.

Fan the media, and then tap it on a le v el surface to a v oid media jams or skewed printing.

6 7

Insert the media with the printing side up into the multipurpose tray.

The height of media should not exceed the limit mark on the left guide, or it may cause a media jam.

Adjust the media guides to the media size. Use the printer driver to select the multi-purpose tray.

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Printer Setup

To load an envelope in the multi-purpose tray:

Do not insert more than one envelope at a time. Only black text can be printed on envelopes. For more detailed information, see “Envelopes” on

page 200.

1 2 3

Set the media thickness switch (page 36). Adjust the media guides to the width of the envelope. Insert the envelope with the short end entering the

printer ﬁrst and the printing side facing up.

The edge where the stamp will be located enters the printer last.

From your computer, use the printer driver to choose Envelope from the Paper Size menu and Paper Source menu.

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Printer Setup

To load labels in the multi-purpose tray:

For detailed information on labels, see “Transparencies and labels” on

page 199.

1 2 3

NOTE:

• Printing labels in high temperature condition may damage the

Set the media thickness switch (page 36). Adjust the media guides to the width of the label sheets. Insert the label sheets in the multi-purpose tray with the

printing side up and the top of the sheets enter ﬁrst.

The height of labels should not exceed the limit mark on the guide.

From your computer, use the printer driver to choose Label.

consumables and should be avoided.

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Using the front panel

The printer’s front panel enables you to set options and view the status of the printer and print jobs. This section provides information about:

• Status messages and error messages

• Top-level menus you can access from the front panel

• Printing printer information pages from the front panel

This section describes the functions of the front panel, illustrated below:

Printer Setup

READY

Status messages

MENU /EXIT

CANCEL

The 2 line, 24 character LCD window on the front panel displays status messages. When the printer is printing normally, status information about the current jobs appear in the display window.

For a detailed explanation of the activity lights and buttons on the front panel, see “Front panel overview” on page 24.

When the printer is printing normally, status information about current jobs appears in the display window. The messages are:

CONTINUE

ENTER

ERORR

• Ready—Displays while the printer is ready to print but not processing or

printing a job.

• Printing—Displays while a job is printing.

• Processing—Displays while the job is processing.

• Canceling Job—Appears when you cancel a print job.

• Ready(Sleep)—Appears when the printer is in an energy-saving mode.

This mode can reduce the total power consumption of the printer to less than 35 watts. Full po wer mode is restored when the printer receives a job or when you press the Menu button and print a page at the printer

Before the printer can print after being in Ready(Sleep), it needs to warm up to heat up the fuser. The actual warm-up time depends on how long the printer has been in power saver mode. If the printer has been in Ready(Sleep) power sa v er mode f or a long time, the w arm-up period will be longer.

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Printer Setup

Error messages

Top-level menus

If there is a printing problem, the Error indicator will be on, and an error will appear in the display window. For information about error messages, see “Front panel status and error messages” on page 167.

The table below describes the printer’s top-level menus. To access the menus, press the Menu/Exit button. To scroll through the menus, press the Continue/Forward or Cancel/Left button on the front panel.

Some of these menus (Parallel Port Setup, Network Port Setup, and Network Protocol Setup) are used to conﬁgure the printer’s initial Setup, which must be completed before users can send jobs to the printer. For information on performing the initial Setup from the front panel, see

page 102.

Choose To specify See also

Test P age Printing one of three sample pages,

stored in the printer’s ROM: Font List, Test Print, and Conﬁguration page.

Check And Print

Printing additional copies of a Check and Print job after the initial Check and Print copy has been printed. Specify the number of additional copies of the job to print using the Check and Print screens from the printer’s front panel.

NOTE:

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

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For Macintosh, see Chapter 2 of

Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide

For Windows, see Chapter 1 of

Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide

Bias Adjustment

Visual Calibration

Color Adjustment

Maintenance Display the remaining percentage of

Image Area The amount of the last printed page

Toner density. See “Chapter 7

Color calibration of the printer. See “Chapter 7

Toner density and brightness. See “Chapter 7

each consumables.

covered by toner, for all toner colors.

The average amount of the printed page covered by toner, for all toner colors since a toner cartridge replacement.

Color Calibration”.

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Printer Setup

Choose To specify See also

ENERGY STAR

Parallel Port Setup

Network Port Setup

Network Protocol Setup

Language Specify the language of the LCD

Reset Queues

Hard Disk Initialize hard disk drive. This

Enable entering ENERGY STAR mode which can reduce the total power consumption of the printer to less than 35 watts.

Enable printing through the parallel port, set parallel port timeout, specify data mode.

Specify Ethernet or Token Ring settings for network connections to the printer.

Specify settings for network protocols, including TCP/IP, AppleTalk, and IXP/SPX.

text, and the language used in the Test, Conﬁguration, and Calibration pages.

Clear all jobs from queues and clear the Job Log.

message does not appear if a hard disk drive is not installed.

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NOTE:

• Network Port Setup and Network Protocol Setup appear only for

networked printers.

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Printer Setup

Printing pages from the front panel

There are several pages that y ou can print from the front panel. This section provides instructions for printing a Test page, a Conﬁguration page, and PostScript Font List pages.

The Test page includes a color sample as well as the printer’s name, enabled network protocols, memory conﬁgurations, and installed options.

The Conﬁguration page lists information about the printer, the current Setup conﬁguration, and the number of printer fonts. It’s a good idea to print a Conﬁguration page before you make Setup changes, in case you need to restore some settings later.

The PostScript Font List pages print out the list of available printer fonts.

You can print a Test page before you set up the KX-P8420—or at any other time from the Ready or the Ready(Sleep) screen.

To print a Test page:

Turn on the printer and allow it to warm up.

Messages appear on the front panel as the KX-P8420 printer runs through its power-up tests.

2 3

4 5

From the Ready screen, press the Men u/Exit b utton on the printer’s front panel.

Press the Enter button. Press the Continue/Forward button until you see Test

Print and then press the Enter button. Examine the quality of the Test page.

Test page

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Printer Setup

To print a Configuration page or PostScript Font List pages:

1 2 3

From the Ready screen, press the Menu button on the front panel twice.

Press the Enter button to display a list of available pages.

Press the Continue/Forward button until you see Conﬁguration Page or P ostScript F ont List in the window and press the Enter button.

The KX-P8420 prints a Conﬁguration page or PostScript Font List pages.

Or press the Continue/Forward button or Cancel/Left button to display the name of the page you would like to print and press the Enter button. The KX-P8420 prints the page you selected.

Configuration page PostScript Font List pages

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Chapter 3

Connecting the Printer to a Network

This chapter describes how to connect your printer to a network by installing the network card (option). You can connect the printer to your network with thicknet, twisted pair , or thinnet. You can also connect your printer directly to a PC compatible through the parallel port.

This chapter provides information about:

• “Ethernet network connections” on page 46

• “Token Ring network connections” on page 48

• “Parallel cable connection” on page 49

• “Setting up TCP/IP clients for printing” on page 56

TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

• “Setting up IPX (Novell) printing” on page 58

IPX stands for Internet Packet Exchange.

• “Setting up Windows 95 clients for WINS (SMB) printing” on pages 70

• “Setting up Windows NT 4.0 clients for WINS (SMB) printing” on page 73

SMB stands for Server Message Block.

After you have connected the printer to the network, follow the setup instructions in “Chapter 6 Setup from the Front Panel and WebSetup”.

Network connections

This section describes the types of network connections supported by the KX-P8420. Optional network cards are available from your Panasonic dealer. For more information on upgrade options, see “Chapter 9 Options”.

Ethernet network connections

• Thinnet (thin coaxial cable or 10Base2)

Uses an external transceiver (media access unit, or MAU) to attach to the AUI (attachment unit interface) connector on the printer.

• Thicknet (thick coaxial cable or 10Base5)

Cable connects directly to the AUI connector on the printer.

• Twisted pair (Category 5 unshielded twisted pair cable or 100BaseTX)

Uses 8-pin RJ-45 connector that plugs into the RJ-45 socket on the printer.

NOTE:

• Category 3, unshielded twisted pair cable is supported on 10BaseT

networks.

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AUI connector

RJ-45 socket

NOTE:

• Shut off the printer before connecting it to any network device. Only one

Ethernet connection should be made to the printer at a time.

To connect a thinnet cable to the printer:

With the printer turned off, connect the MAU transceiver to the AUI connector on the back of the printer. Secure the connection using the slide latch on the AUI connector.

Parallel port

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To connect a thicknet cable to the printer:

1 2

Connect the thinnet cable to the BNC connector on the transceiver.

Turn on the printer and then the computer.

With the printer turned off, connect the thicknet cable connector to the AUI connector on the back of the printer.

Turn on the printer and then the computer.

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To connect a twisted pair cable to the printer:

Token Ring network connections

1 2

For Ethernet speed setting, see “Network Port Setup” on page 103.

The printer supports the following type of Token Ring connection:

• Unshielded twisted pair (Category 5 unshielded twisted pair cable or

• Shielded twisted pair (STP) cable that plugs into the DB 9-pin connector

DB-9 connector for STP

With the printer turned off, connect the RJ-45 cable to the RJ-45 socket on the back of the printer.

Turn on the printer and then the computer.

100BaseTX) cable that plugs into the UTP socket on the printer.

on the printer.

RJ type connector for UTP cable

Parallel port

To connect UTP (Unshielded Twisted Pair) cable to the printer:

With the printer turned off, connect the cable from the Token Ring MAU (Media Attachment Unit) to the Token Ring card.

NOTE:

• A Media Attachment Unit (MAU) is a network hub for a Token Ring

Network.

STP (Shielded Twisted Pair) cable to the printer:

With the printer turned off, connect the STP cable from the Token Ring MA U to the DB-9 STP connector on the Token Ring card.

For Token Ring settings, see “Network Port Setup” on page 103.

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Parallel cable connection

In addition to receiving print jobs over the network, the printer can accept print jobs directly from an IBM compatible computer through its high-speed, Centronics compatible parallel port. This connection is also advantageous for workstations on dedicated networks using protocols other than AppleTalk, TCP/IP, or IPX.

The parallel port connection can be used simultaneously with a network connection.

CAUTION:

• Always use a shielded interface cable. Use of an unshielded cable can

result in radio interference with data.

NOTE:

• Printing through a serial port is not supported on Macintosh computers.

To connect a parallel cable to the printer:

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With the printer and the computer turned off, attach the Centronics Type C parallel cable (not included) to the parallel port.

Parallel port

1 2

For parallel port settings, see “Parallel Port Setup” on page 103.

Connect the other end of the cable to the parallel port on the computer.

Turn on the printer and turn on the computer.

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Setting up TCP/IP printing

TCP/IP provides network services for high-speed local and wide area networks and heterogeneous environments including PC compatibles, Macintosh computers, minicomputers, and mainframes running diverse operating systems. The printer supports the lpr protocol for printing over TCP/IP networks. Network users submit print jobs to a named printer. Workstations on a TCP/IP network can print directly to the printer, or can print to a Windows NT 4.0 server or UNIX workstation acting as a print server.

Before you install the printer on a TCP/IP network, you need to obtain a unique IP address. Contact your network administrator for this information.

Setting up the printing environment

To set up printing on a TCP/IP network, the network administrator must follow these steps:

To set up IP Address/Subnet mask on the KX-P8420:

1 2

From the Read y screen, press the Men u/Exit button on the front panel to access the printer setup menus.

Press the Continue/Forward button until you see Network Protocol Setup on the LCD. Press the Enter button to access the TCP/IP Setup menus.

In the next step you will enable TCP/IP network communication according to your network type.

Press Enter to advance to the Enable TCP/IP? screen. Press Enter to select Yes to enable Ethernet, and then press Enter again to advance to the Ethernet IP Address screen. Press Enter.

Use the Continue/Forward button to select a n umber in a valid, unique IP Address for the KX-P8420. Press Cancel/Left button to accept a number and mov e to the left—to the next number.

NOTE:

• On the KX-P8420 printer, numbers are entered from right to left.

Press the Continue /Forward button to scroll through numbers from 0 to 9. Press the Left/Cancel button to accept a number and move to the next.

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5 6

7 8

■ Setting up NIS server

If the site is using NIS (Network Information Services), a superuser must add the printer name and IP address to the system’s database of network printers.

When you have ﬁnished entering all numbers in the address, press Enter to advance to the Subnet Mask screen.

Use the Continue/Forward button to select a number as the Subnet Mask value for the KX-P8420. Press Cancel/Left button to accept a number and mov e to the left—to the next number.

When you have ﬁnished entering all numbers, press Menu/Exit to return to Ready mode.

Specify the appropriate system and network settings in the printer’s Setup menus.

See “Network Protocol Setup” on page 105 for details.

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■ Print Queues

Print spooling is the process of sending a print jobs to a deﬁned location on a hard disk, in this case the Print or Hold queues. Printers without a hard disk drive can only receive print jobs over the Direct connection. Jobs sent to the Direct connection are transferred from the computer to the printer’s RAM.

NOTE:

• If the printer has a hard disk drive and 32MB of memory installed, Direct,

Add the KX-P8420 to the network’s IP host table.

This step must be performed on the master NIS (server) machine. After adding the printer entry, the updated database must be released to network users.

For the printer name, specify the print server protocol, the print connection (queue), and the spool ﬁle.

Activate the printer connection.

Depending on your system, you may restart the printer daemon or tell the printer to accept print requests.

Print, and Hold print connections are automatically available. If the printer does not have a hard disk drive, only the Direct connection is available.

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UNIX server print queues

The lpr protocol is a printer spooling system. It is a set of programs that accepts printing requests from many users on a network, routes them to the proper print server (in this case, the KX-P8420), and accepts requests to display a queue’s status or to remove jobs from a queue.

The lpr system is included in the standard installation of Berkeley-based UNIX systems, SunOS 4, and Solaris.

Use the examples that follow as a guide in helping you set up your network for printing to the printer.

NOTE:

• In these examples, KX-P8420 is used as the printer name (the IP host

name), and KX-P8420q is used to indicate the KX-P8420 Print queue.

Since the printer supports only one TCP/IP (lpr) connection at a time, you can use the same name for the hostname and the queuename. However, the examples indicate where you should make a distinction if you want to use different names.

To add the printer as a network printer to all UNIX systems:

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3 4

network device.

The following is a sample entry for the printer:

192.9.228.1<TAB>KX-P8420<TAB>#comments

where <TAB> indicates that you press the tab key.

The IP address is followed by the ofﬁcial host name, and these are followed by aliases, if any. Type the entry exactly as shown, without a space before the IP address.

NOTE:

• For sites that use DNS (Domain Name System) or that use NIS,

NIS+, consult the documentation or the network administrator for instructions on publishing the printer entry.

Save and exit the hosts ﬁle. Conﬁrm the connection using the ping command.

See “Verifying the TCP/IP network connection” on page 55.

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To set up printing on a UNIX system running SunOS 4 or another BSD based variant:

1 2

If your UNIX system uses SunOS 4 or another BSDbased variant, go to the next section.

If your system uses Solaris 2, follow the steps on page 54.

On each workstation that will print to the printer, log in to your UNIX host as the root user.

Create an entry for the printer in your /etc/printcap ﬁle.

The following is a sample printcap entry for the printer. Note that the remote host name you enter in the rm line must exactly match the name you entered in the /etc/hosts ﬁle.

KX-P8420q:\ :lp=:\ :rm=KX-P8420:\ :rp=xjprint:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/KX-P8420q/log:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/KX-P8420q:\ :mx#0:sf:sb

The spool directory KX-P8420q itself is created in step 3. Similarly, the log ﬁle is speciﬁed here and created in step 4. The spool directory is write-protected (from everyone but a daemon user and daemon group); users cannot modify or remove ﬁles other than their own.

It is possible to set up to two additional printer entries, one with the rp name xjprint and one with the name xjhold. The rp name indicates the KX-P8420 queue to which jobs are sent when you print to the named printer.

A printer entry with the rp name xjhold routes all jobs to the KX-P8420 Hold queue. Therefore, to print those jobs, they must be moved to the Print queue or deleted using Fiery WebSpooler.

NOTE:

is speciﬁed here, and the directory

• Printers without a hard disk drive and 32MB of memory can not

use Print or Hold queues (rp name: xjprint and xjhold), they can only receive print jobs over the Direct connection. Use the rp name xjdirect if your KX-P8420 has no hard disk, or is conﬁgured with less than 32MB of memory.

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To set up printing on a UNIX system running Solaris 2:

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Create a spool directory for the printer in the /var/spool directory.

For example, enter the following:

mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd/KX-P8420q chown daemon /var/spool/lpd/KX-P8420q

Create the log ﬁles.

For example, enter the following:

cp /dev/null /var/spool/lpd/KX-P8420q/log

Reboot the machine.

On each workstation that will print to the printer, log into the UNIX system as the root user.

At the UNIX prompt, type lpsystem -t bsd KX-P8420

This tells your system that the printer is a print server of bsd (Berkeley Software Distribution) type.

Type lpadmin -p KX-P8420q -s KX-P8420\!xjdirect

This command creates an internal queue on the workstation and points it to the printer. The general format of this command is:

lpadmin -p <queuename> -s <hostname>\!xjdirect

NOTE:

• The name xjdirect after the exclamation point is for conﬁguring

the printer; it is an internal name that the printer requests. It must be xjdirect; it is not a user-selectab le name . This is the only place where it is entered.

As with SunOS 4 or other BSD based systems, when printing to printers with a hard disk and a minimum of 32MB of memory it is possible to conﬁgure up to two additional printer entries, one with the rp name xjprint and one with the rp name xjhold (see page 53).

Type accept KX-P8420q

This command tells the printer to accept print requests from your workstation. You are now ready to print from the workstation to the printer.

Type enable KX-P8420q

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Verifying the TCP/IP network connection

Before a device on a TCP/IP network can send print jobs to the printer, the printer must be given a valid IP address and subnet mask, as well as a gateway address, if applicable. The printer is given these addresses in the printer’s Network Protocol Setup. The IP address is used on all TCP/IP networks and must always be assigned before the printer can be veriﬁed across the network.

Because TCP/IP networks require some UNIX setup by the network administrator, you may not be able to send a test page from the driver across the network to the printer immediately after installation. The f ollowing procedure enables you to verify that there is a proper connection between the printer and the network without using the printer driver to print a test page. Before you begin this procedure, verify that the printer is functioning by printing a page from the printer’s ROM.

For step by step instructions, see “Printing pages from the front panel” on page 44.

Once the printer’s TCP/IP setup is complete, you can verify the availability of the printer using the ping command from the DOS prompt with Windows 95, from the Command prompt with Windows NT 4.0 or from UNIX.

To verify the TCP/IP connection:

To see if the printer responds to its address, use the ping command.

Use the format:

ping <IP address>

Use the printer IP address assigned in Network Protocol Setup. After the printer has been given a hostname by your network administrator, you can also ping the name you gave it:

ping <hostname>

The server should respond with a message such as:

<IP address> is alive.

Some systems will respond with a continuous display of output from the IP address. To stop the output, type Control-C

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Setting up TCP/ IP clients for printing

Setting up TCP/ IP clients for running Fiery WebT ools

If the printer is being added to an existing network, each TCP/IP client is already running TCP/IP client software.

The KX-P8420 supports TCP/IP client software on UNIX workstations, PC compatibles, and Macintosh computers. With Macintosh computers however, it is easiest to use the built-in AppleTalk protocol to communicate directly with the printer.

If the client workstation is a PC running Windows, set up the printer as a Windows PostScript printer by installing the PostScript printer driver, as described in Chapter 4. For setting up your networking software, see the documentation for your networking environment.

Fiery WebTools software comes pre-installed on the KX-P8420. Fiery WebTools include: W ebSpooler , Status, WebDo wnloader , W ebSetup and WebLink.

When TCP/IP is enabled for the printer in Network Protocol Setup, Fiery WebTools are immediately available to clients that:

• Are connected to a TCP/IP network with a consistent set of IP addresses,

one for the printer and one for each computer connect to the printer.

• Have an Internet connection and a Java enabled Web browser.

The recommended browsers are:

• Netscape Navigator 3.04 for Macintosh computers,

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 SP1 or Netscape Communicator 4.0.4

for Windows computers.

NOTE:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x does not support the WebDownloader.

Netscape and Microsoft continue to release frequent updates to their browsers. As support cannot be guaranteed for all versions, use the versions speciﬁed above for best results.

To access Fiery WebTools, enter the IP address or DNS name of the KX-P8420 as a URL in the Internet browser. For more information, see

page 67.

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Printing and administering print jobs

Once the printer has been properly installed on the TCP/IP network, users should be able to send print jobs to the KX-P8420 from most applications. UNIX clients also commonly use UNIX printing commands to print PostScript ﬁles and text ﬁles to the printer.

For information on printing PostScript ﬁles and text ﬁles using UNIX commands, see Chapter 3 of

If you have superuser privileges you can remove any lpd jobs from the printer queue; removing your own jobs doesn’t require special privileges.

To remove jobs from the printer queue:

Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide

On a UNIX system running SunOS 4 or other BSD-based variant, use the lprm command to remove jobs from the queue .

To remove job number 123 from the print queue of your KX-P8420 named

printer, you would type: lprm -P<printername> <job #…>

or, for example: lprm -PKX-P8420 123 The lprm command reports the names of any ﬁles it removes. To determine the job number, use the lpq command described below.

lpq -p<printername>

On a UNIX system running Solaris 2, use the cancel command to remove jobs from the queue.

Type:

cancel <job ID>

For example, to remove a job whose ID is printer-123 from the print queue of your KX-P8420, type:

cancel printer-123 To ﬁnd out a print job’s job ID, use the lpstat command described below:

On a UNIX system running Solaris 2, use the lpstat command to see printer jobs in the queue.

lpstat -o <queuename> For example, if your printer queue is named KX-P8420q, type: lpstat -o KX-P8420q

The returned list of jobs includes each job ID.

Once lpr print jobs are spooled to the printer’s hard disk, you can use WebSpooler to monitor print jobs.

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Setting up IPX (Novell) printing

IPX, Novell’ s Internetwork P ack et Exchange protocol, runs on networks that include a Novell NetWare server. The server, typically a dedicated PC, is usually conﬁgured to control workstation access to shared resources. In addition to other services, NetWare servers use IPX protocols to provide spooling, queue management, and print services to computers (including Macintosh, DOS, UNIX, and VAX) whose operating software is compatible with IPX protocols.

This section describes network setup for an IPX (Novell) network.

Overview of IPX printing to the KX-P8420

NetWare ﬁle servers support the creation of print queues, storage areas for print jobs. When a user on a network workstation prints a job , the job is sent to a print queue on the NetWare server. The job is spooled to the NetWare ﬁle server disk, freeing up the workstation.

The queues on the NetWare server must be named to match the Direct connection and Print queue on the KX-P8420. The NetWare queue names should be given an extension corresponding to the KX-P8420 printing connection, as follows:

_print _hold _direct

NOTE:

• The NetWare queues names must be given the above all lowercase

English extension (_print, _hold or _direct), even if any language’s NetWare server is used.

When the KX-P8420 is conﬁgured to connect to a NetWare server, it polls the NetWare server for jobs in each of its queues . If jobs are found, they are transferred over the network to the matching connection: Print to Print, Direct to Direct. While a job is processed and printed, a record of the job is being created. You can access the Job Log containing these records at any time.

When the printer is connected to a NetWare print queue that is deﬁned on the NetWare server, the printer polls the queue for jobs and receives them over the network for immediate processing and printing. All printer jobs are sent from the printer queue on the NetWare server to the KX-P8420.

NOTE:

• It is not recommended to connect KX-P8420 directly to NetWare server

via LPT port. It may cause unexpected print result.

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To set up network printing, enable IPX/SPX Setup from the printer’s front panel (see “Network Protocol Setup” on page 105), and set up the PServer using WebSetup after conﬁguring the NetWare server (see “PServer Setup tab” on page 116).

Conﬁguring the NetWare server

This section explains how to set up the NetWare server so that networked users can print to the printer from their workstations. There are two stages to this setup:

• The network administrator must set up a print queue on the NetWare

server so users can print to it, and the printer can receive print jobs from it.

• Optionally, the administrator can set up the server for network installation

of PostScript printer drivers on client workstations.

Before conﬁguring a NetWare ﬁle server f or printing to the KX-P8420, make sure that it is connected to a functioning IPX network. Then, log in as the supervisor on a PC connected to the NetWare ﬁle server, and conﬁgure the ﬁle server as described in the following sections.

Before you begin, you’ll need to determine the following names:

• The name of the NetWare ﬁle server on which you will deﬁne the printer

as a new print server.

• The name of the NetWare print server. This name is used for

communication between the printer and the NetWare ﬁle server.

• The name to assign to the KX-P8420 Direct, Print or Hold queue. If you

are deﬁning a Hold queue, the last ﬁve characters must be _hold. You need to set up at least one print queue on the NetWare server for jobs that will be printed by the printer. Users will see and print to the name y ou assign to the Print queue.

Names should be as brief and descriptive as possible. Server names cannot begin with a period and cannot include spaces or punctuation characters other than periods.

• To complete network setup, you will need to log in to the NetWare ﬁle

server and the new print server from the printer. You will need a login name and, if access to the server is restricted, a login password.

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■ Setting the NetWare 4.x bindery context

Novell 4.x servers use a different environment setup than Novell 3.1x servers. (If your server is using NetWare 3.x, proceed to “Setting up a KX-P8420 print queue” on page 63.) The native structure for Novell 4.x objects is known as Novell Directory Services (NDS). To provide backward compatibility with Novell 3.1x services, Novell 4.x servers use Bindery Emulation to “act” like a Novell 3.1x server.

To set up the NetWare 4.x server for printing to the printer, you must do the following:

• Determine the NDS path to the container in which the print server and the

print queue for the printer will be created. The container deﬁnes the bindery context for your network structure.

Network devices that are not NetWare 4.x-aware need a bindery context to work with NetWare 4.x.

• Edit the network startup ﬁle to set the bindery context.

• Activate the new bindery context.

This section describes the second and third steps. Given the variety of possible network structures, we can’t suggest a bindery context that applies to every network.

To set the bindery context:

1 2 3

At the NetWare drive prompt, change directories to the System directory, and type rconsole

Establish a connection with the server that will have the printer queue.

At the NetWare prompt type load install

The NetWare Server Installation window is displayed.

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5 6

Use the down arrow key to select Maintenance/ Selective Install.

The Installation Options menu is displayed.

Select NCF Files Options. In the menu of available NCF ﬁles, select EDIT

AUTOEXEC.NCF ﬁle.

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Type a new line anywhere in the ﬁle as follows:

set Bindery Context = (Enter your bindery context here)

NOTE:

• To the right of the equals sign, type the bindery context obtained

from the system administrator.

Press Esc to close the window, and save changes.

To activate the bindery context:

Proceed to the next section.

If you cannot reboot the NetWare server at this point, type the set command manually at the server’s command prompt.

Use the same command that you entered in the autoexec.ncf ﬁle (see step 7 in the previous procedure).

If you can reboot the NetW are server, the set command is loaded automatically.

You are ready to set up the KX-P8420 print server and print queue. See the next section for details.

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etting up a KX-P8420 print queue

The NetWare print server and print queue are created and conﬁgured from NetWare Print Console, a NetWare utility that is stored in NetWare’s PUBLIC directory.

To set up the NetWare server for printing to the KX-P8420:

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3 4

The Available Options menu is displayed.

Select Change Current File Server and press the Enter key.

Using the arrow keys, select the ﬁle server name and press the Enter key.

You must select this ﬁle server later as the NetWare File Server in WebSetup>Network Setup.

Select Print Server Information from the Available

Options menu.

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Press the Insert key, type a name for the new print server, and press the Enter key. Then press the Esc key.

You must select this print server later as the NetWare Print Server in WebSetup>Network Setup.

Select Print Queue Information from the Available Options menu.

Press the Insert key and type a name for a new print queue. Press the Enter key.

The print queue name you entered will be highlighted in the Print Queues list.

If the print server manages more than one print queue, you’ll have to select this name later in WebSetup>Network Setup.

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Make sure the print queue name you created is selected in the Print Queues menu, and press the Enter key.

The Print Queue Information menu is displayed.

In the Print Queue Information menu, select Queue Servers, and press the Enter key.

A blank Queue Servers list is displayed.

Press the Insert key.

The Queue Server Candidates list is displayed.

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Queue Server Candidates

PARALLEL

Use the arrow keys to select the name of the print server you created in step 6 and press the Enter key.

The server name you select will appear in the Queue Servers list. You have associated the selected printer queue with the print server

you created in step 6.

Press the Esc key to exit all PCONSOLE windows. Select Yes or press the Return key to save changes to

PCONSOLE.

(Print Server)Color_Printer

(Print Server)

Queue Servers

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Setting up NetWare Windo ws

Before setting up client workstations, make sure you perform Network Setup on the printer, and that the settings reﬂect the entities you created in PCONSOLE.

clients

Client setup has two parts:

• Install the PS printer driver on each Windows workstation.

• Conﬁgure the printer driver to print to a print queue on a Nov ell ﬁle server.

For instructions on installing the appropriate printer driver for your system see “Chapter 4 Installing Software for Windows”.

For instructions on conﬁguring the printer driver to print to a Novell ﬁle server print queue, see page 77 for Windows 95, or page 89 for Windows 3.1.

Using AppleTalk with Macintosh computers on an IPX (Novell) network

Macintosh users on an IPX network can print to the printer in two ways:

• Directly, using AppleTalk and bypassing the NetWare server

• Through a NetWare server running NetWare for Macintosh

Since the printer supports both AppleTalk and IPX protocols at the same time, it’s not necessary to use the second option. However, a network administrator may choose to route all print jobs through a server.

NOTES:NOTES:NOTES:

• The printer can be attached to only one NetWare server at a time.

• Printing via the AppleTalk port of Windows NT 4.0 is not recommended as

it may cause additional, unnecessary pages to be printed.

■ Printing directly to the printer

Due to the layered design of networks, data can be transmitted using more than one network protocol. When Macintosh computers are connected to an IPX network, they can continue to transmit data over Ethernet cable using AppleTalk protocols. If the printer is on the same network, Macintosh computers can see and print to the printer, provided that AppleTalk is enabled on the Macintosh and in Network Protocol Setup.

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Setting up Fiery WebTools

Fiery WebTools allow you to manage your KX-P8420 remotely from the Internet or from your company’s intranet. The KX-P8420 has its own home page, from which you are able to select from a v ariety of functions including Status, Fiery WebSpooler, WebLink, Fiery WebDownloader, and Fiery WebSetup.

IMPORTANT:

• Before you can send jobs to the printer, you must use Fiery WebSetup to

complete the process of conﬁguring Setup options, as described starting on page 108. Therefore, you must complete the procedures described in this section and in “Completing setup from Fiery WebSetup” on page 108 before you can send jobs to the printer.

For information on using Fiery WebTools (other than Fiery WebSetup), see

Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide.

In order for network users to access and use Fiery WebTools, you need to set network communication options in Network Protocol Setup on the front panel. See “Setting up the printing environment” on page 50. You also need to prepare each user’s workstation to communicate with the KX-P8420 using Fiery WebTools over the Internet or intranet. Once the initial Setup has been performed from the printer’s front panel, you must complete the Setup conﬁguration from Fiery WebSetup.

Connecting the Printer to a Network

In order for client workstations to access Fiery WebTools, they must use a Web browser. The recommended browser versions are:

• Netscape Navigator 3.04 for Macintosh computers,

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 SP1 or Netscape Communicator 4.0.4

for Windows computers.

NOTES:NOTES:NOTES:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x does not support the Fiery

WebDownloader.

• Netscape and Microsoft continue to release frequent updates to their

browsers. As support cannot be guaranteed for all versions, use the versions speciﬁed above for best results.

• Accessing to WebSetup via Netscape Navigator 3.04 for Macintosh

Computers is slow and not recommended.

• It is not recommended to open WebTools at several locations

simultaneously because it might adversely affect network printing.

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• If Java Applet is not set to Enable, you can not access the Fiery

WebTools. Follow the next steps:

Netscape 4.x

1. Select Preferences in the Edit menu.

The Preferences window appears.

2. Select Advanced in the Category.

3. Click the boxes next to Enable Java and Enable JavaScript.

4. Click OK.

Netscape 3.x

1. Select Network Preferences in the Options menu.

The Preferences window appears.

2. Click the Languages tab.

3. Click the boxes next to Enable Java, and Enable JavaScript.

4. Click OK.

Internet Explorer 4.x

1. Select Internet Options in the View menu.

2. Click the Security tab.

3. Click the circle next to Custom (for expert users) in the Local Intranet

zone.

4. Click Settings button. The Security Settings window appears.

5. Click Custom in Java permissions, and click Java Custom Settings button. The Local intranet zone window appears.

6. Click the Edit Permissions tab, and click Enable in Run Unsigned Content.

7. Click OK three times.

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Instructions below apply to computers using Ethernet protocols.

To use Fiery WebTools on each client workstation:

1 2

3 4

Enable TCP/IP on the KX-P8420. Make sure the workstation has a valid, unique

IP address. Make sure the workstation is installed with an Internet

browser. Launch the Internet browser. Enter the IP address or DNS name of the printer in the

browser’s URL line.

The printer’s home page appears. For more information on using Fiery WebTools, see page 108 and “Chapter 4 Managing Print Jobs” in

Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide

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Setting up Windows 95 clients for WINS (SMB) printing

The following instructions describe printing to a network port using the Details tab of the Printer Properties dialog. You must specify the option settings including Server Name in the Service Setup screen, before doing WINS (SMB) printing. See “Service Setup tab” on page 117.

NOTE:

• The Details tab of the Printer Properties dialog is not available when the

dialog is accessed using File>Print from within applications. This tab appears only when the Printer Properties dialog is accessed via the Printers folder.

To set up WINS (SMB) printing on Windows 95:

1 2 3 4

From the Start menu, choose Settings, and click Printers.

Select the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon, and choose Properties from the File menu.

Click the Details tab in the Properties window and clic k Add Port.

In the Add Port dialog box, click Network, and click

Browse to display your network environment.

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Expand the levels to locate your printer and the queue you want to print to.

If your printer has a hard disk drive and 32MB of memory, three

connections will automatically be created when the KX-P8420 printer driver is installed. These connections are represented on the network by the Direct, Print and Hold printer icons. If your printer does not have a hard disk drive and 32MB of memory, only the Direct printer icon will be available.

If hold queue is speciﬁed, all jobs sent to your printer will be held on the printer’s hard disk and will be visible in Windows spooler until they are released for printing, or deleted with Fiery WebSpooler.

The printer you are browsing for is the SMB Name Server. If you do not know the name of the SMB Name Server and SMB printing has been enabled on the printer, refer to the printer’s Conﬁguration page for this information.

For instructions on printing a Conﬁguration page, see “Printing pages from the front panel” on page 44.

NOTE:

• If the local network does not include a WINS server, your printer

may not be visible in Browse dialog box. In this case, you must type the correct path for the print connection to which you want to print in the box below “Specify the network path to the printer” of Add Port dialog box (ex\\KX-P8420\direct).

Under the printer’s name, select the queue you wish to print to and click OK.

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In the Add Port dialog box, verify that the network path is correct and click OK.

To conﬁrm the connection, click the General tab in the Properties dialog box.

Click Print T est Page and click OK.

If the test page prints successfully, you are ready to print from the computer.

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Setting up Windows NT 4.0 clients for WINS (SMB) printing

The following instructions describe printing to a network port using the Details tab of the Printer Properties dialog.

The Details tab of the Printer Properties dialog is not available when the dialog is accessed using File>Print from within applications. This tab appears only when the Printer Properties dialog is accessed via the Printers folder .

To set up WINS (SMB) printing on Windows NT 4.0:

1 2 3 4

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From the Start menu, choose Settings, and click Printers.

Select the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon, and choose Properties from the File menu.

Click the Ports tab in the Properties window and click Add Port.

In the Printer Ports dialog box, select Local Port, and then click New Port.

The Port Name dialog box appears.

Enter the name of the printer port to print to, for example: \\KX-P8420\direct and then click OK.

To conﬁrm the connection, click the General tab in the Printer Properties dialog box.

Click Print T est Page and click OK.

If the test page prints successfully, you are ready to print from the computer.

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General steps

This chapter describes installing software and setting up printing from a Windows-based computer running Windows 95, Windows 3.1, or Windows NT 4.0.

See the Chapter 3 or instructions on how to connect the printer to a computer or to a network.

The general steps for installing the KX-P8420 user software from the CD are:

• Install the PostScript printer driver.

• Set up the printer driver to communicate with the KX-P8420 over the

network or through the parallel port.

Instructions for installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows 95 are given below. Instructions for installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows 3.1 and Windows NT 4.0 systems are given later in this chapter.

If you are setting up a printer that will be shared by many users, and you would like to make the printer drivers available to others, you can exit the installer program and manually copy the printer drivers and ﬁles from the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM to the location of your choice. Use this method, for example, to copy printer drivers to a server on your network, or to a ﬂoppy disk.

NOTE:

• Windows 95 Plug and Play speciﬁes the automatic detection of any new

hardware installed on your computer. If your printer is connected to the computer via the parallel port and it is powered on when your computer is restarted, a dialog box indicating new hardware has been detected will appear, prompting you to install the manufacturer’s software. Install the printer driver for your printer by selecting Other Location, and navigating to the PostScript printer driver directory on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM. When you have installed the printer driver of your choice, be sure to specify optional devices installed on your printer to enable features related to their use.

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Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows

Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows 95

To set up the KX-P8420 as a PostScript printer you must install the PostScript printer driver v4.2 for Windows 95. This ﬁle is included on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM.

If autorun is enabled on your computer, when the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM is inserted in the CD-ROM drive the installer runs automatically, allowing you to specify which ﬁles to install on your computer.

NOTE:

• If autorun is not enabled, you can run the installer by double-clicking the

CD-ROM drive icon in My Computer (Windows 95), or by double-clicking the Setup.exe ﬁle in the installer folder on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM.

To install the PostScript printer driver:

Insert the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.

The installer is launched automatically.

In the installer screens, select the Typical, Compact, or

Custom installation option.

Choose

this

Typical The Adobe PostScript printer driver and the

KX-P8420 PPD. Also copies the Adobe Type Manager installer

(Windows 95 only) and Adobe PostScript 3 fonts to your hard disk.

Compact The Adobe PostScript printer driver and the

KX-P8420 PPD.

Custom Only the ﬁles you select—copies them to your

hard disk.

Follow the instructions that appears on the screen.

A message appears on the screen to indicate installation is complete.

To install

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Specifying installed devices

When the printer driver is installed, specify the optional devices installed on your printer to enable use of options relating to those devices.

To specify devices installed on the KX-P8420:

1 2

From the Start menu, choose Settings>Printers. Select the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon and select

Properties from the File menu. Click the Device Options>Options tab, and specify the

devices installed on the printer.

4 5

2nd Feeder—Select if an optional 500 sheet feeder is installed. Hard Disk—Select if an optional hard disk drive is installed.

For each, select from the Available Options list and click Add to move the option to the Installed Options list.

Click Apply.

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Completing the connection for Windows 95

To print from Windows 95 you need to:

• Set up the KX-P8420 to accept print jobs from your computer.

• Conﬁgure a port on each Windows 95 computer for the network or

connection type.

■ Setting up parallel printing with Windows 95

The following procedure describes how to prepare the computer f or par allel printing.

To install the printer for parallel printing:

1 2 3

Click the Start button, select Settings, and click Printers.

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

Click the Details tab and make sure the bo x “Print to the following port:” reads as f ollo ws: LPT 1 (Printer Port) or

LPT1 (ECP Printer Port).

4 5

■ Setting up IPX (Novell) printing with Windows 95

The following procedure describes how to prepare the computer f or printing using IPX protocols.

Before you begin:

Verify the KX-P8420 has been conﬁgured for Novell printing in Network Protocol Setup.

For more information about setting up the printer for IPX (Novell) printing, see “Setting up IPX (Novell) printing” on page 58.

Click Apply.

You are now ready to print from your applications to the KX-P8420 with the parallel port. To conﬁrm the connection, print a test page.

Click the General tab. Click the Print T est Page button to print a test page.

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To set up IPX (Novell) printing:

1 2

3 4 5

Click the Start button, select Settings, and click Control Panel.

Double-click the Network icon.

Make sure that IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol is listed in the Installed Network Components section. For instructions, see your Windows 95 documentation.

Close the Network window and the Control Panel window.

Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click Printers.

Click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon, and select Properties from the File menu (or right-click the printer icon, and left-click Properties).

Click the Details tab, and click Add Port.

A list of connection options is displayed.

7 8 9

In the Add Port dialog box, click Network and specify the network path, or click Browse for a display of your network environment.

If you are using a NetWare ﬁle server, double-click the icon of the server you want to use for printing to the KX-P8420 and click OK.

Click the printer icon labeled with the NetWare print queue you will use and click OK.

In the Add Port dialog box, verify that the network path is updated, and click OK.

To conﬁrm the connection, you can print a Windows 95 test page.

Click the General tab in the Properties dialog box, and click Print T est Page.

You are ready to print to the KX-P8420 from Windows applications. When you select Print, jobs are routed to the print queue on the NetWare ﬁle server, and then sent to the KX-P8420.

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Setting up PostScript printing with Windows NT

4.0

PostScript printing with Windows NT 4.0 begins with installation of the PostScript printer driver for Windo ws NT 4.0 and the KX-P8420 printer PPD , and ﬁnishes by conﬁguring a particular type of connection between the workstation and the KX-P8420. The PostScript printer driver for Windows NT 4.0 is not included on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM, accordingly, if the KX-P8420 is the ﬁrst PostScript printer to be used with your system, you will need to install this printer driver from your installation CD or disk for Windows NT 4.0. With this version of software, KX-P8420 ﬁles support Intel-based Windows NT 4.0.

Adding a printer to a local system requires that you log in to your local workstation (not the network server domain) for Windows NT 4.0 and that you are a member of the Administrators group. The instructions below describe installing a printer locally. The procedure for adding a network printer is similar to adding a port. For more information, see step 6 in the “Setting up TCP/IP and LPR printing with Windows NT 4.0” on page 83.

If autorun is enabled on your computer, when the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM is inserted in the CD-ROM drive, the installer on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM runs automatically, allowing you to specify the ﬁles to install on your computer.

NOTE:

• If autorun is not enabled, you can run the installer by double-clicking the

CD-ROM drive icon in My Computer, or by double-clicking the Setup.exe ﬁle in the Installer folder on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM. If optional devices are installed on your printer, follow the instructions in the next section as well.

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To install the KX-P8420 as a local PostScript printer:

Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows NT 4.0

1 2

If this is the ﬁrst PostScript printer installed on your computer and you attempt to install the KX-P8420 PPD, the Files Needed dialog box will appear, prompting you to locate the PostScript driver PSCRIPT.DLL for Windows NT 4.0.

To complete the installation if PostScript files are needed:

Insert the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.

Select the Typical, Compact, or Custom installation option.

Choose this To install

Typical The Adobe PostScript printer driver and the

KX-P8420 PPD. Also copies the Adobe Type Manager installer

(Windows 95 only) and Adobe PostScript 3 f onts to your hard disk.

Compact The Adobe PostScript printer driver and the

KX-P8420 PPD.

Custom Only the ﬁles you select—copies them to your

hard disk.

1 2 3 4

Eject the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM and insert the Installation CD for Windows NT 4.0.

In the text ﬁeld, type the name of the CD-ROM driv e (f or example, D:\), and click Browse.

Browse to the i386 (the directory containing the PostScript driver).

Click OK, and then click OK in the Files Needed dialog box.

When installation is complete, the Printers window appears with an icon for the newly installed printer.

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Specifying installed devices

When the printer driver is installed, specify the optional devices installed on your printer to enable use of options relating to those devices.

To specify options installed on the KX-P8420:

1 2

3 4

Select Settings>Printers from the Start menu. Click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon and select

Properties from the File menu. Click the Device Settings tab, and scroll down to

Installable Options. Conﬁgure the following options to correspond with the

features installed on the printer:

5 6

2nd Feeder—Select if an optional 500 sheet feeder is installed. Hard Disk—Select if an optional hard disk drive is installed.

To select an option click its name, and then select Installed in the “Change ‘…’ Setting” area at the bottom of the dialog box.

Click OK.

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Completing the connection for Windows NT 4.0

To print from Windows NT 4.0 you need to:

• Set up network servers, if any.

• Set up the KX-P8420 to accept print jobs from your computer.

• Conﬁgure a port on each computer with Windows NT 4.0 for the network

or connection type.

■ Setting up parallel printing on Windows NT 4.0

Once you have installed the PostScript printer driver for Windows NT 4.0 complete the setup for parallel printing as follows:

To set up parallel printing:

1 2

Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click Printers.

Double-click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon, and select Properties from the Printer menu.

In the Ports tab, conﬁrm that LPT1 (Local Port) is checked. The KX-P8420 is ready to accept parallel print jobs from your computer.

3 4

5 6

Select the General tab, and click Print T est Page.

When you select Print, your ﬁles are sent over the parallel port connection to the KX-P8420.

Select the Sharing tab if you want to share the printer with network users. Click Shared, and enter a share name.

Select the operating system or systems used by your network clients from the Alternate Drivers box if you want to install a printer driver that those clients can automatically download when they connect.

Click OK. In the dialog box that appears, navigate to the location of the alternate printer driver to install.

Click OK to exit the Printer Properties dialog box.

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■

Setting up TCP/IP and LPR printing with Windows NT 4.0

Once you have installed the PostScript driv er for Windows NT 4.0 complete the setup for the TCP/IP and lpr connection as follows:

• Prepare the KX-P8420 to accept print jobs using TCP/IP and lpr

protocols.

• Conﬁgure the workstation for the TCP/IP connection.

Before you continue, ask the system administrator for the IP address assigned to the KX-P8420 and the subnet mask as well as gateway address, if they are used.

To prepare the KX-P8420 for TCP/IP and LPR printing:

1 2

3 4

The TCP/IP Protocol and Microsoft TCP/IP Printing software should already be installed on the workstation for Windows NT 4.0.

With the KX-P8420 turned off, connect it to the network. Turn on the printer.

Wait until Ready or Ready(Sleep) is displayed.

Press the Menu/Exit button of the printer’s front panel. Press the Continue/Forward or Cancel/Left button to

advance to Network Protocol Setup menu. Enable TCP/IP and enter the appropriate settings for

IP address, subnet mask and gateway address.

For details, see “Network Protocol Setup” on page 105.

Press the Menu/Exit button to exit the setup menus.

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To set up TCP/IP and LPR printing for Windows NT 4.0:

1 2

Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click Printers.

Click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon, and select Properties from the File menu (or right-click the printer icon, and left-click Properties).

Click the Ports tab.

Click Add Port.

The available port types are displayed.

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Select LPR Port and click New Port.

If the LPR port is not listed, install the TCP/IP protocols and Microsoft TCP/IP Printing. For details, see your documentation for Windows NT 4.0.

In the Name or address of server providing lpd box of the Add LPR compatible printer dialog box, enter the IP address of the KX-P8420.

If your network uses Domain Name Services (DNS), enter the DNS name assigned to the KX-P8420 instead of the IP address.

Press Tab and type the internal name of the KX-P8420 in lowercase letters.

NOTES:

• Type this name exactly as shown; it is required for

communication with the printer. The name must be one of these:

xjdirect xjhold xjprint

8 9

• Use the last two internal names only if your printer has a hard

disk drive and a minimum of 32MB of memory.

Click OK.

The workstation checks the address or DNS name that you entered and notiﬁes you if it cannot resolve the address.

Click Close of the Printer Ports window.

The Ports property tab shows the new port conﬁguration.

Click OK to close the P anasonic KX-P8420 Pr operties dialog box.

The new port has been conﬁgured. You should now print a test page to verify the connection.

Open the Panasonic KX-P8420 Properties dialog box. Click the General tab and click Print T est Page .

When you print, your ﬁles are sent over the LPR Port connection to the KX-P8420.

Click OK to exit.

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Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows 3.1

The Adobe PostScript printer driver for Windows 3.1 is included on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM.

To install the Adobe PostScript printer driver:

1 2 3 4 5

Start Windows and exit any applications that start automatically.

Insert the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

In the Main window, double-click the Control Panel icon and double-click the Printers icon.

In the Printers dialog box, click Add, and then click Install.

In the Install Driver dialog box, click Browse. To install the Adobe PostScript printer driver navigate to:

d:english\prntdrvr\win3x. Click OK.

7 8

NOTE:

• If you fail to install Windows 3.1 driver after the message “This driver

*1Microsoft® MS-DOS® operating system (hereafter MS-DOS)

In the Install Driver dialog box that appears, verify the path and click OK.

Select the Panasonic KX-P8420 from the Add Unlisted or Updated Printer dialog box and click OK.

The necessary ﬁles are installed from the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM to your hard disk. When installation is complete, the Panasonic KX-P8420 on LPT1: appears in the Installed Printers list.

cannot be updated because it is currently being used by Windows. Wait until Windows is ﬁnished, using the driver and then try again” is shown. Please remove the ﬁle ctl3dv2.dll under \Windows\system directly from MS-DOS®*1 prompt and try to install again.

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Specifying installed devices

When the printer driver is installed, specify the optional devices installed on your printer. This will enable use of options relating to those devices.

To specify options installed on the KX-P8420:

1 2

3 4

In the Control Panel window, double-click the Printers icon.

In the Printers dialog box, select the Panasonic KX-P8420 on LPT1: in the Installed Printers list, and click Setup.

In the Panasonic KX-P8420 on LPT1: dialog box, click the Features tab.

Specify the options that correspond to the devices installed on the printer.

For each option installed on the printer, select Installed from the corresponding menu.

2nd Feeder—Select if an optional 500 sheet feeder is installed. Hard Disk—Select if an optional hard disk drive is installed.

Click OK to activate the current settings.

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Completing the connection for Windows 3.1

To print from Windows 3.1 you need to:

• Set up the KX-P8420 to accept print jobs from your computer.

• Conﬁgure a port on each Windows 3.1 computer for the network or

connection type.

■ Selecting a printer port

When you install a printer, Windows assigns it to a default parallel printer port. If the KX-P8420 printer is connected to your computer through a network or you want to assign it to a different port, you need to change the port assignment. For information on which port to use, see your system administrator.

To select a printer port:

1 2

In the Control Panel window, double-click the Printers icon.

In the Printers window, select the Panasonic

KX-P8420 on LPT1: in the Installed Printers list box.

Click Connect.

The Connect window appears.

Connect the KX-P8420 to the same port as your network.

To print to a ﬁle, select FILE. Printing to a ﬁle is useful if the KX-P8420 is not at your site.

However, if you select the FILE port, you cannot print to a printer until you select a network or printer port. (In some applications, you can select the FILE port from the application’s Print dialog box; this is preferable for temporary use since it doesn’t require resetting the port in the Control Panel.)

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■ Setting up IPX (Novell) printing with Windows 3.1

The following procedure describes how to prepare the computer f or printing using IPX protocols.

Before you begin:

Verify the KX-P8420 has been conﬁgured for Novell printing in Network Protocol Setup.

For more information about setting up the printer for IPX (Novell) printing, see “Setting up IPX (Novell) printing” on page 58

To set up IPX (Novell) printing:

Click OK.

The Printers window appears, with the selected port next to the highlighted printer name in the Installed Printers list box.

When you are ﬁnished, click Close.

2 3

In the Main group of the Program Manager, double- click the Windows Setup icon.

Click Change System Settings from the Options menu.

Click Novell NetWare (shell version 3.26 and above) from the Network menu.

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4 5

6 7

8 9

Click OK. When prompted, restart Windows. In the Control Panel window, double-click the Printers

icon. In the Printers Control P anel windo w, click Connect to

connect the KX-P8420 to the appropriate port. Select Network.

If you are printing to a ﬁle, select FILE. Printing to a ﬁle is useful if the printer is not at your site. However, if you select the FILE port, you cannot print to a printer until you select a network or printer port. If you select Network, the next window depends on the NetWare client driver version.

If the Network Printer Connections dialog box is displayed, select the port in the Printer connections box.

In the Available queues list box, select the server and queue name that correspond to the KX-P8420.

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Click the Connect button, and then click the Close button.

The Connect dialog box is displayed with the network path to the KX-P8420.

Click OK in the Connect dialog box. Click Close in the Printers dialog box. Click OK.

The Printers window appears again, with the selected port next to the highlighted printer name in the Installed Printers list box. You are ready to print from the workstation.

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Installing additional software for Windows users

Additional software, including Adobe Type Manager (ATM), a PANTONE color reference ﬁle, a CMYK reference ﬁle, a KX-P8420 ICM proﬁle, is included on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM.

When a Typical installation is performed on Windo ws 95 or Windo ws NT 4.0 using the installer, ATM and fonts are automatically installed to a directory on your hard drive called KX-P8420. When a Compact installation is performed, only the printer drivers appropriate to your system are installed. You can also select which additional ﬁles to install during a Custom installation procedure, or you can copy the additional ﬁles from the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM to a directory of your choice as they are needed.

NOTE:

• Windows 3.1 users must manually copy the ﬁles on the KX-P8420 Driver

& Utility CD-ROM to their hard drive.

Some ﬁles, such as fonts, will need to be mo v ed to speciﬁc locations; others can be moved to a directory of your choice.

PostScript and TrueType fonts

ATM (Windows 95 and Windows 3.1)

Regular, bold, italic, and bold italic versions of PostScript Type 1 fonts, as well as TrueType fonts are provided in the PS3 Fonts folder on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM. These fonts correspond to the PS3 fonts installed on your printer. To use these fonts in applications and to properly display them on your monitor, you will need to install them on your computer. For information on installing fonts, see the following section.

For a complete list of fonts included with the KX-P8420 printer, see Appendix A of

Adobe Type Manager (ATM) is included on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM. This application can be used to transfer Type 1 fonts to the printer’s memory or hard disk drive, or to manage fonts on the printer. Manual downloading of fonts not already provided on the printer eliminates the need for automatic downloading of fonts used by a document, which speeds printing. You can also:

Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide

• Install the PostScript Type 1 fonts that correspond to those installed on

your printer

• Print using PostScript fonts on non-PostScript printers

• Improve the screen display of PostScript fonts

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When a Typical installation is performed all the ﬁles needed to install Adobe ATM for Windows 95 are copied to the KX-P8420 directory. Windows 3.1 users must manually copy the ATM ﬁles on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM to their hard drive.

See the Help menu of ATM for information on how to use the correct version for your system.

NOTE:

• ATM cannot be used to install TrueType fonts, which are also included in

the PS3 Fonts folder. These fonts can, however, be installed on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 using the Control Panel>Fonts>File>Install New Font command. Windows 3.1 users can install TrueType fonts by double-clicking the Control Panel Fonts icon and selecting the fonts to be added. F or additional inf ormation on installing TrueType fonts on Windows platforms, see the documentation that came with your system.

Color reference pages

CMYK and PANTONE color reference pages are provided on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM in the form of downloadable PostScript ﬁles.

■ CMYK Color Reference

The CMYK Color Reference is a P ostScript ﬁle (Cmyk_ref .ps), which can be printed using a PostScript downloader utility, such as Fiery WebDownloader or from DOS prompt through parallel port by copy command (ex. copy cmyk_ref.ps prn). If the ﬁle has not already been installed in the Panasonic KX-P8420 directory on your hard disk drive, you can copy it from the English>Clrﬁles directory on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM to a directory of your choice.

Each of the 11 pages display sw atches in graduated combinations of y ellow , magenta, and cyan, and smaller patches that include 25%, 50%, and 75% black. The process colors are shown in 10% increments. You can specify these colors, and colors in between, in any application that allows you to deﬁne colors as CMYK percentages—and use the pages to see how they will be printed on your particular printer.

For more information about color management using the CMYK Color Reference, see “Choosing colors in PostScript applications” in

Utilities Reference Guide.

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■ PANTONE Coated Color Reference

The PANTONE Coated Color Reference is a PostScript ﬁle (Pantone.ps), which can be printed using a PostScript downloader utility, such as Fiery WebDownloader or from DOS prompt through parallel port by copy command (ex. copy cmyk_ref.ps prn). If the ﬁle has not already been installed in the Panasonic KX-P8420 directory on your hard disk drive, you can copy it from the English>Clrﬁles directory on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM to a directory of your choice.

The PANTONE color matching system is a standard color system within the graphic arts and prepress industries. It speciﬁes hundreds of spot colors, each identiﬁed with a unique number. Each P ANTONE color is simulated on the printer by printing an appropriate combination of process (CMYK) colors. The ability to simulate PANTONE colors is a basic form of color management.

You can choose PANTONE colors in any application that allows you to deﬁne colors as named PANTONE colors—and use the pages to see how they will be printed on your particular printer.

For more information about color management using the PANTONE Coated Color Reference, see “Choosing colors in P ostScript applications” in

and Utilities Reference Guide.

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Removing the KX-P8420 software

Follow the instructions below to remove the KX-P8420 software from your Windows system:

To remove the KX-P8420 software with Windows 3.1:

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3 4

NOTE:

• Additional ﬁles must be removed manually.

To remove the KX-P8420 software with Windows 95:

From the Program Manager, double-click the Main icon.

Double-click the Control Panel icon. Double-click the Printers icon. Select Panasonic KX-P8420 on LPT1 from Installed

Printers. Click Remove button.

Click the Start button and select

Programs>Panasonic KX-P8420>Uninstall Panasonic KX-P8420.

2 3

NOTE:

• To remove the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon from the Printers

In the dialog box that appears, click Yes. Follow the instructions on your screen.

window , click the P anasonic KX-P8420 printer icon and select Delete from the File menu.

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To remove the KX-P8420 software with Windows NT 4.0:

1 2

NOTE:

• To remove the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon from the Printers

Click the Start button and select

Programs>Panasonic KX-P8420>Uninstall Panasonic KX-P8420.

In the dialog box that appears, click Yes. Follow the instructions on your screen.

window , click the P anasonic KX-P8420 printer icon and select Delete from the File menu.

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Chapter 5

Installing Macintosh Software

This chapter describes installing printer driver software and setting up printing on a Macintosh computer. Instructions for setting up additional software provided on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM are included at the end of this chapter.

Serial port printing (LocalTalk) from Macintosh computers is not supported by the KX-P8420 Color Printer. For instructions on how to connect your printer to a network, see page 66.

General steps for installing Macintosh software

The general steps for installing the KX-P8420 software from the CD and setting up printing on a Macintosh computer are:

• Enable Ethernet and AppleTalk from the printer’s front panel

See “Network Port Setup” on page 103 and “Network Protocol Setup” on page 105 for details.

• Enable AppleTalk in the Chooser on the Macintosh

• Install the Adobe PostScript printer driver

• Setup the KX-P8420 in the Chooser

• Copy additional color reference ﬁles, sample ﬁles, and font ﬁles from the

KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM as needed

NOTE:

• Initial Printer Setup, speciﬁcally, setting the printer’s IP address and

subnet mask, as well as its gatewa y (if the y are used), must be perf ormed from the printer’s front panel. Additional options may be speciﬁed using the front panel or Fiery WebSetup.

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Installing Macintosh printing software

To set up the KX-P8420 as a PostScript printer, you must install the PostScript printer description ﬁle (PPD) that corresponds to your printer and the Adobe PostScript printer driver (version 8.5.1 supports PostScript 3) provided on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM. Printer drivers provide a way to communicate information on print jobs between your applications and the KX-P8420 (and any other PostScript printer connected to your computer).

Installing the Adobe PostScript printer driver

Printer drivers provide your applications with information about your KX-P8420, such as the fonts and paper sizes available. Printer description ﬁles give you access to all printing features of the printer driver and applications. When you use the Adobe PS Printer installer, the printer description ﬁle is installed automatically.

To install the Adobe PostScript printer driver:

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3 4

Insert the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive and open the English folder, then the Adobe PS folder.

Double-click the Installer icon. Click Yes in the dialog box that appears.

The Adobe PostScript printer driver and the PPD that corresponds to your printer are installed.

Click Restart in the dialog box informing you that installation is complete.

NOTE:

• For best results any job sent to the KX-P8420 should be sent using the

Adobe driver and the KX-P8420 PPD. Provide the installer to all users who send jobs.

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Setting up the KX-P8420 in the Chooser

After you install the printer driver and printer description ﬁle, you need to set up the KX-P8420 in the Chooser. This section describes how to set up the KX-P8420 with the Adobe PostScript printer driver.

To set up the KX-P8420 in the Chooser:

2 3

In the Chooser, ensure AppleTalk is enabled.

NOTE:

• If necessary you may need to add the AppleTalk zone in which

your printer is located.

Click the AdobePS printer icon in the Chooser. Select the name of the KX-P8420 from the scroll list—

Panasonic KX-P8420_Direct, Panasonic KX-P8420_Print, or Panasonic KX-P8420_Hold.

NOTES:

• If the optional hard disk drive is not installed in the printer, only

Panasonic KX-P8420_Direct appears.

4 5

6 7 8

• The name of a printer corresponds to the system name you

edited when you conﬁgured a connection to the printer. See “System Setup” on page 110.

Click Create or Setup. Conﬁrm an icon appeared on the left of the printer name

you selected in step 3. Select the name of the KX-P8420. Click Setup. In the dialog box that appears, click Conﬁgure.

If your printer does not have additional devices installed, skip to step 12.

From the pop-up menus, specify the device options installed on your printer. Click OK.

This step must be completed to enable features in the printer driver relating to devices installed on the printer.

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Installing the KX-P8420 ColorSync profile

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The Adobe PostScript 8.5.1 driver can convert RGB colors of a ﬁle to a speciﬁed CMYK device target using ColorSync Color Management. The KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM includes a ColorSync proﬁle for the KX-P8420. This proﬁle is optimal for color conversions for the KX-P8420 printer.

The KX-P8420 ColorSync proﬁle (KX-P8420 Color Printer.ICC) can be found in the ColorSync 2.0 directory. To install this ﬁle drag a copy to the System Folder/Preferences/ColorSync Proﬁles folder.

NOTE:

• Printer proﬁles selected with ColorSync affect ColorSync compliant

In the dialog box that appears, click Select PPD.

The Adobe PostScript printer driver automatically selects the KX-P8420 printer description ﬁle for your printer.

Click Select, and then click OK. Close the Chooser.

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To use the KX-P8420 ColorSync printer profile:

1 2

3 4 5

NOTE:

• PostScript Color Matching must be speciﬁed in the Color Matching

With a document open, select Print from the File menu. Select Color Matc hing from the pop-up menu under the

Printer pop-up menu in the Print dialog box. Select ColorSync Color Matching or PostScript Color

Matching from the Print Color pop-up menu. Select KX-P8420 Color Printer ICC from the Printer

Proﬁle pop-up menu. Click Save Settings to save the changes to the settings

in the dialog box.

The changes you made will be the default settings until you make additional changes and click Save Settings again.

Click OK.

To close the Print dialog box, click Cancel. To print a document, click Print.

section of the Print dialog box to enable the use of CRDs.

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