Ricoh ps-700 PostScript

PostScript3 Kit Type 700
Operating Instructions
SUPPLEMENT
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Introduction
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Please read the Safety Information in the “Copy Reference” before using this machine. It contains im­portant information related to USER SAFETY and PREVENTING EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS.
Important
Parts of this manual are subject to change without prior notice. In no event will the company be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages as a result of handling or operating the machine.
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®
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®
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.PostScript3 Kit Type 700
Installable Options .................................................................................... 1
Setting Up Options................................. ....................................................... 1
Printing a Document ................................................................................. 3
Staple, Punch, Toner Saver, Edge Smoothing ............................................ 7
Sample Print.................................................................................................. 9
Document Server/Secure Print ................................................................... 11
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1. PostScript3 Kit Type 700

Installable Options

The following items are installable options.
Large Capacity Tray
3500 sheets
Output Paper Device
• External Tray
• Finisher
• Finisher with Punch
• Mailbox
• Booklet Finisher
Total Printer Memory
32MB/64MB/96MB/128MB/160MB RAM or more

Setting Up Options

To use the installed options correctly, you have to set up the printer driver. If the options are not recognized, you cannot use them even though they are physical­ly installed on the printer. The method of setting up the printer driver may differ depending on the operating system.
Windows
You can set up any of the options with the following tabs.
Operating System Tab's name
Windows 95/98 [ Windows 2000 [
Windows NT 4.0 [
Note
You should access the printer driver from Windows to set up options. You cannot set up options when accessing the printer driver from an applica­tion.
Device Options Device Settings
ties.
Device Settings
] tab
] tab in the Printer Proper-
] tab
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Limitation
If your system is Windows 2000, changing the settings of the printer driver requires Manage Printers permission. Members of the Administrators, and Power Users groups have Manage Printers permission by default. When you change the settings of the printer driver, log on under Manage Printers permission.
If your system is Windows NT 4.0, changing the settings of the printer driver requires Full Control access permission. Members of the Adminis­trators, Server Operators, Print Operators, and Power Users groups have Full Control permission by default. When you change the settings of the printer driver, log on under Full Control permission.
If you use Adobe Page Maker 6.0 or 6.5 with Windows 95/98, Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0, you have to set up options in Adobe PageMaker's print dialog box.
Macintosh
You can set up all of the options in the
[
Chooser
dialog box.
]
2

Printing a Document

Printing a Document
This section describes how to print a document using printer specific functions.
Paper Source
The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this func­tion.
Windows 95/98 [ Windows 2000 [
Windows NT 4.0 [ Macintosh [
Destination Tray
] tab
Paper Paper/Quality
Properties
Page Setup General
] tab
] in the print dialog box
] tab in the Printing Preferences
The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this func­tion.
Windows 95/98 [ Windows 2000 [
Windows NT 4.0 [
Macintosh [
Output bin Printer Features
per/Quality
ties
Printer features
vanced
Printer Specific Options
] on the [
] on [
] tab in the Printing Preferences Proper-
] on [
] tab
] tab
Paper
Advanced Options
Document Options
] in the print dialog box
] on the [
] on the [
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Pa-
Ad-
Duplex Printing
Use this function to select duplex printing. The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this func­tion.
Windows 95/98 [ Windows 2000 [
Windows NT 4.0 [ Macintosh [
Paper control Print on Both Sides (Duplex)
the Printing Preferences Propaties
Page Setup General
] on the [
] tab
] in the print dialog box
Paper
] on the [
] tab
Layout
] tab in
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Collate
Use this function to enable collation. With this feature, the printer can effi­ciently print collated sets of a multiple-page document. The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this func­tion.
Windows 95/98 [
Printer features
] on the [
Device Options
] tab
Windows 2000 [
Windows NT 4.0 [ Macintosh [
Staple
Paper/Output
Quality
Collate Copies Printer Specific Options
] on [
Advanced Options
] tab in the Printing Preferences Propaties
] on the [
Page Setup
] in the print dialog box
] on the [
] tab
Use this function to have the output stapled. When you turn Staple on, the printed document is collated automatically. You should switch off Collate from the Print window of your application to prevent the entire job from be­ing stapled together.
Limitation
To use this function, the finisher must be installed on the printer.
• Off: Disables stapling.
• Top Left Slant Portrait
• Top Left Slant Landscape
• Top Left Horizontal Portrait
• Top Left Horizontal Landscape
• Top Left Vertical Portrait
• Top Left Vertical Landscape
Paper/
• Top 2 Portrait
• Top 2 Landscape
• Left 2 Portrait
• Left 2 Landscape
•Booklet The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this func­tion.
Windows 95/98 [ Windows 2000 [
Windows NT 4.0 [
Macintosh [
Printer features Printer Features
per/Quality
ties
Printer features
] tab
vanced
Printer Specific Options
] on the [
] on [
] tab in the Printing Preferences Proper-
] on [
Device Options
Advanced Options
Document Options
] in the print dialog box
] tab
] on the [
] on the [
Pa-
Ad-
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Printing a Document
Punch
Use this function to have the output punched.
Limitation
To use this function, the finisher with punch must be installed on the print­er.
• Off: Disables punching.
• Left Portrait
• Left Landscape
• Top Portrait
• Top Landscape The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this func­tion.
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Windows 95/98 [ Windows 2000 [
Windows NT 4.0 [
Macintosh [
Edge Smoothing
Printer features Printer Features
per/Quality
ties
Printer features
] tab
vanced
Printer Specific Options
] on the [
] on [
] tab in the Printing Preferences Proper-
] on [
Device Options
Advanced Options
Document Options
] in the print dialog box
] tab
] on the [
] on the [
Use this function to improve the print quality of text and graphics when printing. Indentations in curved lines are automatically smoothed to produce a cleaner appearance. The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this func­tion.
Windows 95/98 [ Windows 2000 [
Windows NT 4.0 [
Printer features Printer Features
per/Quality
ties
Printer features
] tab
vanced
] on the [
] on [
] tab in the Printing Preferences Proper-
] on [
Device Options
Advanced Options
Document Options
] tab
] on the [
] on the [
Pa-
Ad-
Pa-
Ad-
Macintosh [
Printer Specific Options
] in the print dialog box
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Toner Saver
Use this function to reduce the amount of toner used when printing.
Note
While this will increase the life of the toner, the output will appear slightly
lighter. The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this func­tion.
Windows 95/98 [ Windows 2000 [
Windows NT 4.0 [
Macintosh [
Sample Print
Printer features Printer Features
per/Quality
ties
Printer features
] tab
vanced
Printer Specific Options
] on the [
] on [
] tab in the Printing Preferences Proper-
] on [
Device Options
Advanced Options
Document Options
] in the print dialog box
] tab
] on the [
] on the [
Use this function to print only one printing of a multiple print job. The other printings are saved in the machine. The saved job can be printed from the machine's operation panel. You can Also delete the saved job, change the quantity of sets and move to the “Document Server” function.
Note
“User ID” consists of up to eight alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0–9) characters is
required.
Entering “File Name” and “Password” helps you to distinguish the print
job from others.
"Sample Print" is not supported on Windows 2000. The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this func­tion.
Pa-
Ad-
Windows 95/98 [ Windows NT 4.0 [ Macintosh [
Job Type Job Type Printer Specific Options
] on the [ ] on the [
Job Log Job Log
] tab ] tab
] in the print dialog box
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Printing a Document
Document Server
Use this function to save document data in the machine memory and then edit and print them as you want.
Note
“User ID” consists of up to eight alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0–9) characters is
required.
Entering “File Name” and “Password” helps you to distinguish the print
job from others.
"Document Server" is not supported on Windows 2000. The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this func­tion.
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Windows 95/98 [ Windows NT 4.0 [ Macintosh [
Secure Print
Use this function to save document data in the machine memory with the password and then edit and print them as you want.
Note
“User ID” consists of up to eight alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0–9) characters
and “Password” of four digits are required.
"Secure Print" is not supported on Windows 2000. The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this func­tion.
Windows 95/98 [ Windows NT 4.0 [ Macintosh [
Job Type Job Type Printer Specific Options
Job Type Job Type Printer Specific Options
] on the [ ] on the [
] on the [ ] on the [
Job Log Job Log
Job Log Job Log
] tab ] tab
] in the print dialog box
] tab ] tab
] in the print dialog box

Staple, Punch, Toner Saver, Edge Smoothing

Follow the steps below to print a document using “Staple”, “Punch”, “Toner Saver” or “Edge Smoothing”.
Windows 95/98
A From an application, select the menu command to print.
The print dialog box appears.
B Open the Printer Properties. C Click to select the
[
Device Options
tab.
]
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D In the
The current setting is displayed in the
E Use the F Click
[
Printer features
[
Change setting for:
to apply the settings you made.
Apply
]
[
G After making all of the settings you want, click
Properties.
box, select the function you want to use.
]
[
Change setting for:
list to select the appropriate setting.
]
]
to close the Printer
]
[
OK
H Start printing from the application's print dialog box.
Windows 2000
A From an application, select the menu command to print.
The print dialog box appears.
B Open the Printer Properties. C Click to select the D Click
The
[
Advanced Options
[
Advanced Options
[
Layout
tab.
]
.
]
tab appears.
]
list.
E Click to select the function you want to use and select the appropriate set-
ting.
F After making all of the settings you want, click
Properties.
to close the Printer
]
[
OK
G Start printing from the application's print dialog box.
Windows NT 4.0
A From an application, select the menu command to print.
The print dialog box appears.
B Open the Printer Properties. C If you want to collate, select D Click the E From
The current setting is displayed in the of the tab.
[
Advanced
[
Document Options
tab.
]
]
[
Collate
, select the function you want to use.
from the
]
[
Change settings
[
Page Setup
tab.
]
box in the lower part
]
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F Use the
[
Change settings
box to select the appropriate setting.
]
Printing a Document
G Click H After making all of the settings you want, click
Properties.
to apply the settings you made.
]
[
OK
to close the Printer
]
[
OK
I Start printing from the application's print dialog box.
Macintosh
A From an application, select the menu command to print.
The print dialog box appears.
B Use the list box to select
[
Printer Specific Options
.
]
C Use the list box to select the appropriate setting. D After making all of the settings you want, click

Sample Print

Follow the steps below to print a document using “Sample Print”.
[
OK
.
]
1
Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0
Note
If the application has a collate option, confirm that it is not selected before sending a print job. By default, sample print jobs are automatically collated by the printer driver. If a collate option is selected from the application print dialog box, more printings than intended may be printed.
A From an application, select the menu command to print.
The print dialog box appears.
B Open the Printer Properties. C Click to select the D Select
[
Sample Print
E Type User ID in
Note
This is used to identify the user associated with a job.
"User ID" consists of up to eight alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) characters.
[
Job Log
in the
]
[
User ID
tab.
]
[
Job Type
up to eight alphanumeric characters.
]
.
]
F Click
to close the Printer Properties.
]
[
OK
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G Start printing from the application's print dialog box.
The Sample Print job is sent to the machine and one printing set is printed.
H Check the output to confirm whether the settings are OK or not.
If the settings are OK, go to step H to print the remaining print job.
If not, you can delete the saved job. P.11 “Deleting a Sample Print file”
You can also change the quantity of sets or move the saved job to “Document Server” function.
I On the machine's operation panel, press { J Confirm that printer is online, and press
Printer
[
View Sample Print Jobs
K Select a file you want to print, and then press
Macintosh
}.
[
Print
.
]
.
]
A From an application, select the menu command to print.
The print dialog box appears.
B Select
[
Sample Print
C Type User ID in
Note
This is used to identify the user associated with a job.
"User ID" consists of up to eight alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) characters.
D After making all of the settings you want, click
The Sample Print job is sent to the machine and one printing set is printed.
and select the appropriate setting.
]
up to eight alphanumeric characters.
[
User ID
]
[
Print
.
]
E Check the output to confirm whether the settings are OK or not.
If the settings are OK, go to step F to print the remaining print job.
If not, you can delete the saved job. P.11 “Deleting a Sample Print file”
You can also change the quantity of sets or move the saved job to the “Docu­ment Server” function.
F On the machine's operation panel, press { G Confirm that the printer is online, press H Select a file you want to print, and then press
10
Printer
[
View Sample Print Jobs
}.
[
Print
.
]
.
]
Printing a Document
Deleting a Sample Print file
If the printed document is not what you expected, you can delete the Sample Print file.
A On the operation panel of the machine, press {
Printer
}.
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B After confirming that the printer is online status, press
.
]
Jobs
C Confirmation message appears on the panel display, and then press
to delete the file.
[
View Sample Print
[
Yes

Document Server/Secure Print

Follow the steps below to print a document using “Document Server” and “Se­cure Print” function.
Reference
For information about “Document Server” function, see the “Copy Refer­ence”.
Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0
A From an application, select the menu command to print.
The print dialog box appears.
B Open the Printer Properties.
]
C Click to select the D Select
[
Document Serve r
E Type User ID in
Note
This is used to identify the user associated with a job.
"User ID" consists of up to eight alphanumeric (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) characters.
[
Job Log
[
User ID
F If you select “Secure Print”, type Password in
Note
"Password" consists of up to four digits (0-9).
G Click
to apply the settings you made.
]
[
OK
H After making all of the settings you want, click
Properties.
The document file is saved in the Document Server.
tab.
]
or
]
[
Secure Print
up to eight alphanumeric characters.
]
]
in
[
Job Type
[
Password
.
]
to close the Printer
]
[
OK
up to four digits.
]
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I Edit and print the saved file with operation panel using the “Document
Server” function.
If you select “Secure Print”, Password which you set in the “Job Log” tab is required.
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PostScript3 Kit Type 700 Operating Instructions
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