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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Installation Preparing to Install the Driver ........................................................................................................ 1-1 Selecting an Installation Method ....................................
Identification .......................................................................................................................... 2-11 Units ......................................................................................................
Poster ............................................................................................................................................ 5-3 Printing a Poster .................................................................................
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1 Installation A printer driver is an application that manages communication between a printer and your computer. Once installed, the printer driver settings must be configured in the printer Properties and Printing Preferences . Note: In Windows operating systems, you must be logged in with administrator rights to install the printer driver.
Installation Express Mode Installation Installing in Express Mode on page 1-2 Custom Mode Installation Installing in Custom Mode with a Network Connection using Discover on page 1-4 Installing in Cust.
Installation 2 On the Installation Method page, click Express Mode . 3 The Discover Printing System page opens, searching for your printing system. If Discover finds your printing system, select your model from the list and click Next . If Discover does not find your printing system, a message appears.
Installation Click Finish , and retry the installation. If the same message appears again, contact your system administrator. The installation of the printer is now complete. If prompted, restart your computer. Custom Installation Custom Mode applies to driver installation for a USB or network connection.
Installation 7 The Installation Completed page appears displaying the following driver options. Print a test page This selection verifies a connection with the printer and creates a print out of the installed driver components. Enable Status Monitor The Status Monitor displays system status messages on your computer screen during printing tasks.
Installation 4 On the Custom Installation page, select the driver and software packages you want to install from the Driver and Utility tabs, and clear those not intended for installation. Click Next . If you only select software packages from the Utility tab, you will skip to the Confirm Settings page.
Installation 3 The Discover Printing System page opens, searching for your printing system. The Discover button is automatically selected. Choose Custom select and click Next . 4 The Printing System page appears. Select your printing system model from the list and click Next .
Installation The installation of the printer is now complete. If prompted, restart your computer. Installing in Custom Mode with a USB Connection using Custom Select This section describes the custom installation procedure of the driver software in Windows operating systems using a USB connection.
Installation This selection verifies a connection with the printer and creates a print out of the installed driver components. Enable Status Monitor The Status Monitor displays system status messages on your computer screen during printing tasks. The Status Monitor button appears on the Advanced tab.
Installation 1 Click Start and click Devices and Printers (Windows 7), or click Control Panel and double-click Printers (Windows Vista). 2 Click Add a printer . 3 The Add Printer Wizard appears. Click either Add a local printer or Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer .
Installation 3 Click Printing Preferences . 4 In the Printing Preferences dialog box, select the desired features in all tabs. 5 Click OK to save the settings.
2 Device Settings In Device Settings , you can select installed printing system options so the associated features can be used with the printer driver. You can also match the memory setting in the driver with the memory installed in your printing system, which lets the driver manage font downloads more efficiently.
Device Settings 1 In Device Settings , under Device options , select a finisher that supports punch. Or if already selected, double-click the blue text. 2 Depending on the punch unit attached, select one option: None No punch option available in the Finishing tab.
Device Settings Auto Configure Auto Configure detects the devices installed on the printing system if it is connected over a network. Auto Configure can detect printing system devices such as input devices. When your computer is connected to the printing system through a TCP/IP or WSD port, the Auto Configure button appears in Device Settings .
Device Settings Administrator Settings Administrator Settings lets you set options that include controlling accessibility, displaying features in the interface and setting a password to control access to the Administrator Settings options. Selections vary according to printing system model.
Device Settings Associate Profile with Application This option lets you set all printing from each installed application to use the same driver settings as defined in a profile. Before using this feature: A profile must be created in the Profiles dialog box, accessed from any Printing Preferences tab.
Device Settings This option ensures secure Auto Configure communication using a user name and password. Authentication and privacy options are available by selecting Settings . Apply to other models This option displays a list of installed printing systems to apply the selected settings.
Device Settings 5 Click OK . 6 Optional: Under Apply to other models , you can click Select and choose from available models. The SNMP settings are applied to all selected models. Lock Settings An administrator can specify settings at the tab or feature level in the driver, and then lock them.
Device Settings The password set by the administrator temporarily unlocks driver features. It prompts the user for a password. When the administrator sets the password, the Unlock button appears in the driver tabs or the Application Based Printing dialog box.
Device Settings prompted to contact an administrator to establish printing permissions. With administrator permissions, the driver prompts for the Login user name and Password . Along with the Windows User name , these are then added to the list so succeeding print jobs do not require the user to enter a Login user name and Password again.
Device Settings Note: Job accounting must be set to On at the printing system. A maximum of 1000 account IDs can be registered at the printing system and 1000 account IDs can be stored in the printer driver for use with multiple printing systems.
Device Settings Prompt for account ID and validate Display account ID list 5 Click OK in all dialog boxes. 6 Print the document from the application. 7 For some options, when the Print Options dialog box appears, type or select an account ID, and click OK .
Device Settings 2 Click OK in the User Settings and Properties dialog boxes. Language Preference The Language preference option specifies the user interface language of Device Settings in Properties and all tabs of Printing Preferences . Available languages vary depending on your locale and your computer settings.
Device Settings KPDL KPDL is used when printing from applications that support PostScript 2 or 3. An emulation of PostScript printing Strong graphics reproduction Print speeds may be slower than PCL 5.
Device Settings Selecting a PDL You can select a page description language from PDL options. 1 In Device Settings > PDL > PDL Settings , select the desired page description language from the Select PDL list. 2 You can select the GDI compatible mode option to improve the output quality of graphics created by your application.
Device Settings Arc4 128 This encryption option provides low level security for a PDF document. This option supports Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader 6.0, or later. AES 128 This encryption option provides high level security for a PDF document. This option supports Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader 7.
Device Settings 2 Click Settings . 3 In the PDF Settings dialog box, select Print and save . 4 Click Settings , and select from print and save options. See the PDF Options topic for details. 5 Click OK in all dialog boxes. 6 Open and print the document.
Device Settings 2 Type an Enumerated value for the media source, and click Apply . To align settings with a different driver, this value should align with those in the other driver. 3 Click OK in the Compatibility Settings and Properties dialog boxes.
Device Settings 1 In Device Settings , click Kyocera logo > Plug-in . 2 Select a plug-in module from the list and click Delete , then Yes . 3 Click OK in all dialog boxes.
3 Quick Print In the Quick Print tab, you can apply basic print settings to print jobs. Any Quick Print settings can be saved as a group, called a profile, and applied to any print job.
Quick Print This icon changes between color and black and white printing. Collate This icon changes the ordering of the printed pages. The page ordering sequence can either be 123, 123, or 111, 222 and so on. You can also reverse the order of the printed pages (321, 321) by selecting the Reverse check box in the Basic tab.
Quick Print turns the paper over to allow printing on the reverse side. Print on both sides must be selected to print on both sides of the cover and insert pages. Flip on long edge Turn the long edge of the page to view the content. Flip on short edge Turn the short edge of the page to view the content.
Quick Print Click the up and down arrows to change the position of the features under Selected controls . The feature at the top appears on the left in the Quick Print tab. To restore the list to factory default options, click Reset . 5 After making your selections, click OK .
Quick Print 2 Click Profiles > Save . 3 To identify the profile, type a Name , select an Icon , and type a Description . 4 Click OK to save the profile. The newly added profile appears in the Profiles dialog box. 5 Click Apply to use the selected profile for the current print job, or click OK to close the dialog box.
Quick Print Exporting a Profile The Export button lets you export a copy of a profile from your printer driver for use in other printer drivers. The Factory Default profile cannot be exported. 1 Click Profiles . 2 In the Select profile section, select the profile to be exported, and click Export .
Quick Print Editing an Association You can change the name, file, and profile for an association. 1 In any tab, click Profiles to open the Profiles dialog box. 2 Click Application to open the Application Based Printing dialog box. 3 Select an association to edit and click Edit to open the Edit Association dialog box.
4 Basic In the Basic tab, you can specify the most commonly used printer driver settings. Basic Settings The Basic tab contains several settings for the most commonly used printing tasks. Print size This setting sets the size of the area that the printer prints to, regardless of the actual paper size that is used by the printing system.
Basic Orientation These settings specify the paper orientation of the print job. If Rotated is selected, the print job orientation is rotated 180 degrees. Copies This setting specifies the number of copies to print. For collating multiple copies, select Collate .
Basic the Page Sizes setting. If the Page Sizes does not match the page size setting in the application (the size of the original) then, in most cases the Print size is ignored and the document is printed based on its original size. You can create a page size with your chosen dimensions for printing on non- standard size paper.
Basic Turn the long edge of the page to view the content. Flip on short edge Turn the short edge of the page to view the content. Flip on long edge Flip on short edge Printing in Duplex Mode You can print on both sides of each page. 1 In the Basic tab, select Print on both sides .
Basic With Collate selected, the driver prints the complete job set by set. With Collate cleared, it prints each page by set. For example, with Collate selected, three copies of a five-page document output as pages one through five in succession, three times.
Basic 4 When the Print preview dialog box appears: Click the arrow buttons to view document pages. To close the preview and make additional changes in driver settings before printing, click the “X” button. If you are satisfied with the preview, click the printer button to print the job.
5 Layout In the Layout tab, you can arrange document data on printed pages without affecting the original document. Multiple Pages per Sheet Multiple pages per sheet prints several pages on a single sheet of paper for the purpose of reviewing the document and conserving paper.
Layout 5 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 6 Click OK to start printing. Scaling Scaling increases or decreases text and graphics on a page. You can also select a gutter setting in the Finishing tab that enlarges the margins to accommodate stapling or hole punching.
Layout Ensure that Print size in the Basic tab, is larger than the page size. For example, with Full Bleed selected, and in Basic > Paper , you select Print size > Letter (100%) and Pages Sizes > Envelope #10 , there will be a lot of white space around the document for you to trim after printing.
Layout When Poster is selected, other Layout tab options are unavailable. Note: Pages per poster displays the unit of measurement in inches or millimeters. You can change the Units setting in the User Settings dialog box, accessed from Device Settings .
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6 Finishing In the Finishing tab, you can specify document finishing features such as separating sets of printed jobs, creating bi-fold or tri-fold documents, creating a gutter, stapling and punching holes. Separation The Separation feature stacks print jobs so that one print job can be distinguished from another.
Finishing 2 Select a number of copies greater than 1. 3 In Finishing > Separation , select Rotate copies . 4 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 5 Click OK to start printing. Offset Jobs The Offset jobs feature physically shifts each print job in the output tray.
Finishing your document. You can select the direction of the folds. You can also select the number of pages produced as output. Printing with Tri-Fold With a folding unit installed, you can create a folded document. 1 In the Finishing tab, select Tri-Fold .
Finishing A4 and A3 (210 x 297 mm and 297 x 420 mm) B5 (JIS) and B4 (182 x 257 mm and 257 x 364 mm) Letter and Legal (8.5 x 11 in. and 8.5 x 14 in.) Letter and Ledger (8.5 x 11 in. and 11 x 17 in.) 16K and 8K (197 x 273 mm and 273 x 394 mm) Setting the Finishing Edge You can align the matching sides of two different page sizes in a document.
Finishing The top two settings (A4/Letter) are for the smaller size paper in the mixed page document. The second row of settings (A3/Legal/Ledger) is for the larger size paper in the mixed page document. Note that a change to one custom Finishing edge setting adjusts other selections to make them compatible with the change.
Finishing destination compatible with that finishing option. The destination is automatically updated to the first available output tray that supports the selected finishing option. Staple selects the Destination automatically. If the Finishing options are changed, the Destination selection is not affected.
Finishing 3 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 4 Click OK to start printing. User Guide 6-7.
7 Imaging In the Imaging tab, you can manage print quality and color settings. Print Quality and EcoPrint Print quality lets you select between High quality or Custom (EcoPrint). Selecting Print Quality In the Imaging tab, select a Print quality from the list.
Imaging EcoPrint is also available in the Quick Print and Basic tabs. If EcoPrint was selected in the Quick Print or Basic tab, the slider is positioned at the last setting made. 1 In the Imaging tab, in the Print Quality list, select Custom . 2 Select the EcoPrint check box.
Imaging System fonts are the primary fonts used by the operating system. They are typically accessed through an application interface or through a common font dialog box. Device fonts are stored either permanently or temporarily in the printing system memory.
Imaging Setting Font Substitution You can use one font in place of another. 1 Click Start and click Devices and Printers (Windows 7), or click Control Panel and double-click Printers (Windows Vista), or Printers and Faxes (Windows XP). 2 Right-click on the desired printing system model and click Printing Preferences .
Imaging 2 In the Graphics Settings dialog box, select from the available options, and then click OK to save your selections. Pattern Scaling Pattern scaling is a feature that can help improve visual compatibility between screen and print output.
Imaging This setting increases print speed and decreases spool size. It delivers images in binary format. It can be used for most everyday printing needs. Document portability This setting creates a PostScript file in ASCII text encoding. Unlike the binary format created in Fast printing , the ASCII text created with this selection can be edited.
Imaging This option is for printing documents that contain many graphs, charts or drawings. Text and Photos This option is for printing documents with many photographic images. Vivid colors This option increases the color saturation of graphics and photos.
Imaging This option is for matching colors precisely in all print jobs, such as colors in a corporate logo. Optimize for color contrast (best for images) This option optimizes for color contrast by adjusting contrast to preserve detail throughout the tonal range.
Imaging 4 Select the Color Management tab and click Add . 5 In the Add Profile Association dialog box, select a color profile from the list and click Add . 6 In the Color Management tab, select Manual . 7 Select the desired color profile from the list and click Set as Default .
Imaging 6 Adjust the distribution and balance of hues. For coordinated hue adjustment, from the Modify list, select Master . Drag the Hue slider to increase or decrease the value between -180 and +180. For specific hue adjustment, from the Modify list, select Red , Yellow , Green , Cyan , Blue , or Magenta .
Imaging Select this option if the driver receives full-color data from the application. Black & White Adjustment Black & White adjustment settings change the brightness and contrast of graphics. These settings are useful if graphic images are printing too light, too gray, or too dark.
Imaging Print graphics as black This option prints all color graphics with black, rather than grayscale. This feature is implemented for CAD applications.
8 Publishing In the Publishing tab, you can create covers and inserts for a print job, and add backing sheets between transparencies. Cover Mode Cover mode lets you add cover pages for the front and back of your document. You can print on cover pages of a different weight or color than the main document.
Publishing 5 Click OK to start printing. Cover Mode Options Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Front Inserts a blank front cover. Front Prints on the outside surface of the front cover. Front outside Front Prints on the inside surface of the front cover.
Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Inserts blank front and back covers. Front and back Prints on the outside surface of the Front and back front cover and inserts a blank back cover. Front outside Prints on the inside surface of the front Front and back cover and inserts a blank back cover.
Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Prints on the inside surface of the Front and back back cover and inserts a blank front cover. Back inside Prints on the outside surface of the Front and back back cover and inserts a blank front cover.
Publishing 1 In the Publishing tab, select Cover mode . 2 In the Media for cover list, select the media type or source cassette for the front and back covers. When you choose the media type, a source cassette matching that media type is automatically selected.
Publishing Page Insertion Options Check Box Selection Page Insertion Type Page insert Inserts a blank page. Page insert Prints on the front side of the inserted page. Print onto front Page insert Prints on the back side of the inserted page. Print onto back Prints on both sides of the inserted Page insert page.
Publishing only available when printing on transparencies supplied from the MP tray . You can print the same content on the backing pages as on the transparencies. Transparency interleaving cannot be used together with Cover mode or Page insert . Inserting Backing Sheets Between Transparencies You can insert backing sheets between transparencies.
9 Job In the Job tab, you can store print jobs in the memory installed in the printing system. You can also select a Job name to use with Job storage features. You can use this tab to set or change the default settings that apply when you print a document from a Microsoft Windows application.
Job Quick copy Hard disk No When sent from the When printing computer system is turned off or hard disk is full Proof and hold Hard disk No One copy when job When printing is sent; remaining system is.
Job password to the custom box list in the driver. With user permissions, the print job is canceled. You will be prompted to contact an administrator to establish printing permissions. Quick Copy Quick copy is a Job storage (e-MPS) option that prints all copies of a print job and stores the job temporarily on the hard disk for reprinting later.
Job Warning: A print job can replace a job on the hard disk having the same User name and Job name . To prevent this, select Use job name + date and time under Overwrite job name . Printing a Proof and Hold Job Proof and hold lets you print one copy of a multicopy job to proof before printing the remaining copies.
Job Job Storage Job storage is a Job storage (e-MPS) option that lets you store a print job permanently on the hard disk for printing later. You also have the option of protecting the print job from unauthorized printing by using an access code. This feature is available when a hard disk is installed and selected in Device Settings .
Job Overwrite Job Name Overwrite job name is an option to ensure that a saved print job is not replaced in printing system memory by a new job having the same job name. If a user sends two print jobs with the same user name and job name, the second job replaces the first job without any prompt.
10 Advanced In the Advanced tab, you can choose special features that extend the capabilities of the printing system. Prologue/Epilogue The Prologue/Epilogue feature lets you insert a command file at the beginning of a print job or at the end.
Advanced 1 In Advanced > Prologue/Epilogue , select a Prologue/Epilogue file name from the list, and then click Edit . 2 After your text editor opens, make your changes to the file. 3 Save the file and exit. Note: Editing and saving a command file replaces the contents of the existing local or network file.
Advanced Unassigned The selected command file is not inserted into the print job. This selection can be used when you are working with multiple command files and want to use some but not others. Select Unassigned for the command files you do not want to use in the print job.
Advanced 3 Under Watermark name , type a name, up to 39 characters. A default watermark cannot be renamed. 4 Under Watermark text , type your preferred text. This option is not available when editing a default watermark. 5 Select the font, style, size, and count of the text.
Advanced 1 In Advanced > Watermark > Select watermark , choose a default or custom watermark to print. 2 Under Page selection , choose pages for printing the watermark: All pages This option prints the watermark on each document page. First page only This option prints the watermark on the first document page.
Advanced The reverse is also true. If these features are changed, then the Security Watermark selection is set to None , and cannot be used. Adding or Editing a Security Watermark You can create a new security watermark that displays text but not an image.
Advanced When selecting Color Mode > Black & White in the Imaging tab, the only option for watermark colors is black. 9 For Security Watermark , Overprint is set by default. The security watermark is printed over the document data so that it can appear clearly in a photocopy.
Advanced 2 Under Page selection , choose pages for printing the security watermark: All pages This option prints the security watermark on each document page. First page only This option prints the security watermark on the first document page. All pages except first page This option prints the security watermark on all pages after the first page.
Advanced 2 From the application's File menu, click Print , then click Preferences or Properties to open the Properties dialog box. 3 In Advanced > Color Optimizer > Color adjustment , select Custom 1 , Custom 2 , or Custom 3 . 4 Under Printer profile , select from available options.
Advanced 4 Move the pointer over the Status Monitor image to display balloon-style status messages containing information about printing system activity and the printer port. You can click the toner icon to display toner levels. 5 To display a list of options, right-click the Status Monitor icon in the system tray.
Advanced Add paper Sleep Add toner Toner low Not connected Printing Printing completed 5 You can also add sound or speech to your chosen alert. To add a sound file: Clear the Use Text to speech check box. The sound file text box becomes available. Type the location of a sound file (.
Advanced Select the Enable client profile check box for using custom profiles locally in the driver. KX DRIVER 10-12.
Glossary A Access code A four-digit code that you must enter at the printing system’s operation panel to print a Private print job. An access code can also be used with the Job storage feature.
E EcoPrint Imaging feature that changes toner saturation, making the entire image, text and graphics, appear lighter in the printed job. The actual amount of toner used depends on the printing system mode and the type of data printed (text, graphics, or both).
printing by using an access code. This feature is available when a hard disk is installed and selected in Device Settings. M Media source enumeration A Device Settings option that maintains compatibility for cassettes and feeders between old drivers and new drivers or when moving from one manufacturer to another.
Private print Job option that saves print jobs on the hard disk for printing until a four-digit access code is entered. Private print jobs are deleted when the printing system is reset or turned off. Profile A set of user defined driver settings that are saved as a group.
Trapping This feature intentionally overlaps colors slightly so that minor problems with alignment are not noticeable when printing in color. Tri-Fold Finishing feature that lets you produce a document folded into thirds, like a brochure or a pamphlet.
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