Ricoh UC5 Operator's Manual

Operators Manual

UC5

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Table of Contents

Introduction ...............................................................................................4

Basic Specification ....................................................................................5

Generic Digital duplicator Driver Groups ............................................6

Package Contents..................................................................................... 7

External Features ..................................................................................... 8

Testing your UC 5 ....................................................................................9

Activity Indicator ................................................................................... 10

GDI Printer Driver Installation ............................................................ 11

Win 3.11 ............................................................................................. 12

Win 95/98/ME .................................................................................... 15

Win NT .............................................................................................. 20

Win2000 ............................................................................................. 25

Basic Operation of the UC5 ................................................................. 3 2

Frequently Asked Questions ............................................................... 34

Troubleshooting UC5............................................................................ 39

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Introduction

The UC 5 is a high speed interface for Digital Duplicators. With a UC 5 you can
print directly from your PC to your Digital Duplicator. This will significantly im­prove the quality of your printed material as well as speed up your printing jobs.

We are confident that you will find it a pleasure to use and an asset to your organi­sation.

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Basic Specifications

Printer Language: ................................ Windows GDI.

Supported Resolutions: ....................... 300, 400 and 600 dpi.

Graphics Screening: ............................Coarse, Fine, Line Art, Error Diffusion.

Density control supported.

Supported Drivers:.............................. Win 3.11, Win 95/98/ME., Win 2000,

Win NT

Ports: .................................................. ECP/EPP parallel port.

On Board Memory: ............................ 16 MB

Supported Digital Duplicator

Brands: ...............................................Ricoh, Gestetner, Rex Rotary, Nashuatec,

Savin and Standard. NB check that
your model has interface support.

Certification ........................................ CE, UL, FCC

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Digital Duplicator Driver Groups

Driver Name Model Digital Duplicator Model

ZipRIP Classic A C224 VT2200/5327/1252/CP327/3200DNP

C226 VT2250/5329L/2546/CP329L/325DNP

C222 VT2400/5360/1270/CP360

ZipRIP Classic B C210 VT3500/5375/1280/CP375

C218 VT3600/5380/1285/CP380

C223 VT3800/5385/1290/CP385/330DNP

ZipRIP Classic X C228 VT6000/5390/1295/CP390/3400DNP/SD600

ZipRIP Pro A C231 JP1010/5306/1224/CP306

C237 JP1210/5308/1225/CP308

ZipRIP Pro B C231 JP1030/5306L/1224L/CP306/3150DNP/SD300

C231 JP1050/5306B/1224B/CP306B

C237 JP1230/5308L/3150eDNP/SD330

C237 JP1250/5308B/1225B/CP308B

ZipRIP Pro C C229 JP5000/5450/1560/CP450/3350DNP/SD400

ZipRIP Pro D C232 JP5800/5480/1580/CP480

ZipRIP Pro X C235 JP8000/5490/1395/CP490/3450DNP/SD630

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Package Contents

Check that you have received the following Items in your UC5 package.

Components For UC5.

ZipRIP - UC5

GuideGuide

GuideGuide

Guide

UC5UC5

UC5UC5

UC5

Centronics Parallel Cable

Cable for connection to

Digital Duplicator

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External Features

All indicators and plugs referred to in this manual are described in the diagrams
below.

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After a short delay a test page should be printed. The test page should look like
the illustration below.

Note that the test page will print as an A4 sheet on a 300dpi Digital Duplicator. If the
Digital Duplicator has a higher resolution then the output will appear smaller. - This
is normal.

If a test page is not created correctly, then refer to the section “Troubleshooting
your UC5”.

Testing your UC5

Once you have set up the UC5 you can produce a test page before continuing to
install the printer drivers on your computer.

To produce a test page, put your Digital Duplicator “on-line” and press the green
button at the back of the UC 5.

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Activity Indicator

The red activity indicator shows the status of the UC 5. The table below explains
the different status indications.

Red Indicator
Display

Meaning

On just after the
UC5 is turned on.

UC5 initialising - the red light will
stay on for 6 seconds.

Flashing rapidly.

The UC5 is receiving a print job.

Continuously on.

The UC5 has received a print job and
is now waiting.

Continuously off. The UC 5 is idle.

Flashing slowly
and evenly.

There is an error on the digital
duplicator, such as paper jam.

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GDI Printer Driver Installation

NOTE: Before beginning the driver installation ensure you are in

possession of your Windows Operating System CD.

Once the UC5 has been installed, you will need to install a GDI printer driver.
Please follow the instructions relating to the operating system installed on the PC
connected to the UC 5.

Note: To allow fastest printing to the UC 5, we recommend that the parallel port
is set to “ECP Mode”. On most new PC’s this is the default setting. However, on
older PC’s you may have to set this in the BIOS configuration utility. If you are
unsure of how to do this, please check with your PC supplier, or IT support staff.
As a guide, most PC’s enter the BIOS when either “delete” or “F1” keys are
pressed at boot up. Once the BIOS programme is running the “Parallel Port
Mode” setting can generally be found in the “Chipset Features” or “Integrated
Peripherals” section.

The following pages will give detailed and illustrated instructions on how to
install the GDI Printer driver for the following operating systems:-

Windows 3.11

Windows 95/98

Windows NT

Windows 2000

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Installing GDI drivers for Windows 3.11

To install the printer driver you will need the UC5 CD ROM as well as the Win­dows 3.11 installation disks.

To set up the UC 5 driver open the Windows “Control Panel” located in the
“Main Program Group”.

Double-click on the “Printers” icon. This will show the printers setup dia­logue box. All installed printers will be listed in this box.

Click on the “Add >>” button. Highlight the option “Install Unlisted or Up­dated Printer”. Click on the “Install” button.

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You will need to specify the location of the setup files for the UC 5 printer. These
are located in the “win3.11” directory on the supplied UC 5 drivers CD ROM.
Insert the Drivers CD and enter the letter of YOUR CD ROM. For example
“X:\win311”, if “X” is your CD drive letter, as shown in the illustration below.
Click “OK” once you have entered the directory path.

The following dialogue with a list of driver names should be displayed. Select the
model which matches the Digital Duplicator the UC 5 is being installed on and
click “OK”. (Refer to the driver list on page 6)

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The UC 5 drivers will now be installed. Some of the files used by the driver are
stored on the Windows 3.11 installation disks, as a result you may be prompted to
insert some of these disks during the installation process.

Once the driver has been installed the UC 5 will be listed in the Printers dialogue
box. By default Windows installs the driver on LPT1:. The port can be changed
by clicking on the “Connect” button and specifying an alternative.

Before continuing to use the UC 5 follow the final instructions on setting up the
default options for the UC 5 settings.

Click on “Setup” to set the default options for the UC 5 driver. (These settings can
be overridden by settings made in the “Print - Setup..” dialogue boxes within ap­plication programs.)

Choose settings which will be most commonly used with your Digital Duplicator.
Click the “OK” button when done.