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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Installation Preparing to Install the Driver ........................................................................................................ 1-1 Selecting an Installation Method ................................................................................................... 1-2 Installing Utilities ........................................................................................................................... 1-2 Upgrading Driver Components ..............
Send Application Name ........................................................................................................... 3-4 Associate Profile with Application ............................................................................................ 3-4 Password Protect Administrator Settings ................................................................................ 3-4 Hide Factory Default Profile ............................................................................................
Printing Carbon Copies ........................................................................................................... Collate ........................................................................................................................................... Printing Collated Documents ................................................................................................... Orientation .............................................................................................
Text and Graphics Effects ........................................................................................................... 7-12 Chapter 8 Publishing Cover Mode ................................................................................................................................... Printing Covers ........................................................................................................................ Cover Mode Options ...................................................
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 Selecting an Installation Method You can select Express Mode for a network or USB connection and the installation wizard will discover your printers. You can also select Custom Mode for a network or USB connection and either manually select installation packages and specify utilities or let the installation wizard discover your printer.
Installation Note: In Windows 8, Windows 7, and Windows Vista with a USB connection, a driver installation will be made from the Microsoft Windows Update site if a certified driver is available and the system is connected to the web. We recommend you continue with the steps to install the KX Driver for an expanded feature set. In Windows, if the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears during the installation process, click Cancel. 2 On the Installation Method page, click Express Mode.
Installation Select the Device Settings check box to open Device Settings where you can choose installed options for your printing system. (The Device Settings check box appears only in Windows XP with a network connection.) When the installation completes successfully, click Finish to exit the installation wizard. A message may appear if there is a software installation failure. Click Finish, and retry the installation. If the same message appears again, contact your system administrator.
Installation 6 On the Confirm Settings page, click Install if the settings are correct. Click Back to correct the settings. 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 to retry the discovery. If the system still cannot find your printing system, contact your system administrator. 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. 5 On the Printer Settings page, you can assign a name to your printing system.
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. If there is only one driver model, this page does not appear. Proceed to the next step. 5 On the Printer Port page, select the port connected to your printing system, or add a port connected to your system by clicking Add Port.
Installation 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. With the Custom select option, you manually select the printing system and printer port to install. In Custom mode, Custom Select is not recommended for USB in environments where printing systems are connected and reconnected using USB ports.
Installation The Status Monitor displays system status messages on your computer screen during printing tasks. The Status Monitor button appears on the Advanced tab. Show Quick Print Tab This selection lets you define basic print options into group profiles that can be accessed easily. The Show Quick Print tab option also appears in the Administrator Settings in Device Settings. When the installation completes successfully, click Finish to exit the installation wizard.
Installation 3 The Add Printer Wizard appears. Select a printer from the list, or click The printer that I want isn’t listed to find your printer by other means. Follow the instructions on each wizard page, and then click Next to proceed to the next page. 4 A message appears that you’ve successfully added the printer you selected. Installation of the printer driver is now complete. Click Set as the default printer to automatically route print jobs to this printer.
Installation Printer Driver Settings Access The printer driver software can be accessed from the Print dialog box of an application, or from Start. If accessed from an application, then changes made to driver settings remain in effect until the application ends. If accessed from Start, changes are maintained as the default printer settings.
2 Driver Overview The lower part of each Printing Preferences tab contains overview features that illustrate driver selections. Overview images and the settings list are available when selecting settings. After selecting driver settings, you can use Print preview to check the print job. Note: If the vertical screen resolution of your computer is 864 or less, the lower part of the tab does not appear.
Driver Overview The printing system image displays any attached devices. Source and Destination selections are highlighted in green. The page image is updated based on page selections made in the Quick Print tab, Basic tab, Layout tab, and Finishing tab. The color image illustrates color settings for color models. For black and white models or color models with Black selected, the image illustrates grayscale settings. The current page description language (PDL) is displayed in all of the images.
Driver Overview Print Preview The Print preview check box appears in the lower part of each tab. After selecting driver settings, you can use Print preview to check the print job. Text and images are displayed in the preview, along with any optional Watermark or Security Watermark. If you are satisfied with the preview, you can print. Or you can cancel printing if you want to change driver settings. Previewing a Print Job You can see a print preview before printing.
Driver Overview Version Click OK to close the driver information dialog boxes.
3 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. Administrator, User, PDL (Page Description Language), and Compatibility settings can also be selected.
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. Auto Configure varies by operating system. See the Enabling Auto Configuration topic for details. Not all installed devices are detected by using Auto Configure.
Device Settings Setting the Memory By default, the Memory setting matches the standard memory in the printing system. If optional memory is installed, set the memory in the printer driver to match the total amount of memory. 1 Install optional DIMM memory in the printing system. 2 In Device Settings > Memory, type or select the amount of total installed memory by clicking the up and down arrows until the text box shows the correct number of megabytes (MB).
Device Settings Show Quick Print Tab This option lets you control the display of the Quick Print tab. You can define basic print options into group profiles for improved accessibility. With a cleared check box for Show Quick Print tab, the tab does not appear in the Printing Preferences dialog box. To enable this feature, in Device Settings > Administrator > General, select Show Quick Print tab. With a selected check box for the Show Quick Print tab, the tab appears in the Printing Preferences dialog box.
Device Settings password. This password protection blocks access to all Administrator Settings options. Setting the Administrator Password 1 In Device Settings > Administrator > General, select Password protect administrator settings. 2 In the Password dialog box, enter a password, using at least 4 and no more than 16 characters. Reenter the password in Confirm password and click OK. Clearing the Administrator Password 1 In Device Settings, click Administrator.
Device Settings MD5 This option provides a cryptographic hash function with a 128 bit hash value. It adds security and protection against Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP)-spoofing software. SHA1 This option produces a message digest that is 160 bits long. SHA1 is the successor to MD5. Privacy This option uses encryption for secure communication. It is available after you select the Authentication option. You may select one Privacy option.
Device Settings Locking a setting will also lock the feature where it appears in other tabs. For example, selecting Duplex will also select and lock that feature in the Quick Print and Basic tabs. The administrator can also set a password that is required to temporarily unlock a feature. In a client/server environment, this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as a restricted user. Lock Settings Options The Lock Settings tab displays driver settings that an administrator can lock.
Device Settings In the Password Settings dialog box, type a password from 4 to 16 characters. Retype the password in Confirm password, and click OK. To remove the password, clear the Password settings check box. In the Unlock Password dialog box, type the password, and click OK. 4 To save your Lock Settings selections, click OK. When a password is set, the Unlock icon appears in driver tabs where the locked features appear.
Device Settings click OK to print. This option ensures that the job prints, only after verifying that the selected name is saved in the driver. Validate user name (computer) or prompt for login user name This option searches for the Windows User name in the driver’s Login user name list. Validation is done every time the user prints a job. If the Windows User name exists in the Login user name list, the associated driver Login user name and password from the list are used for the print job.
Device Settings 7 When the Print Options or Identity Settings dialog box appears, type or select a name and password, and click OK. Login is required for some options. Job Accounting Job accounting gives an administrator the ability to control usage of a printing system. With Job accounting, an administrator can assign account IDs (identification numbers) to users or departments, a specific account ID, or make account ID input mandatory for printing.
Device Settings Printing with Job Accounting 1 In Device Settings > Administrator > Job Accounting, select Job accounting. 2 Select a Job Accounting option: Use specific account ID Prompt for account ID The remaining Job accounting options become available when you create an account ID list. Note: If you select the Use specific account ID or Prompt for account ID option, continue to step 5.
Device Settings When KYOCERA Net Policy Manager 2.0 is installed, the driver displays user accounting information while printing. For a restricted user in a client/server environment, the Administrator button in Device Settings becomes the Identity button. A user can enter Policy Manager data in the Identity Settings dialog box. Selecting Policy Manager Options After Policy Manager is installed and the server is set up, you can use the printer driver’s Policy Manager tab to set server and user information.
Device Settings 1 Print the document from the application. You can click Preferences or Properties to open the Properties dialog box and view printing restrictions set by the policy. 2 If the Policy Manager Login or Identity Settings dialog box appears, enter a Login user name and password. This dialog box is generated when an invalid or blank Policy Manager user name or password is set in the driver.
Device Settings 2 Type your department or group name in the Department text box. You can type up to 31 characters in the User name and Department text boxes. 3 Click OK in the User Settings and Properties dialog box. Units You can set Inches or Millimeters as the unit of measurement. This is used for the following settings: Custom page size setting in the Page Sizes dialog box in the Basic tab. Spacing setting in the Add Watermark and Edit Watermark dialog boxes in the Advanced tab.
Device Settings PDL Options The PDL options, available in the PDL Settings dialog box, are accessed in Device Settings. PCL XL The most recent version of HP PCL and PCL 6. This PDL includes PCL 5c features.
Device Settings PCL XL Settings Skip printing blank pages This option prevents the printing system from outputting any page that contains no data, or that has, at most, one space character. Selecting this option can save paper, and result in comparatively faster printing times. This feature is for regular printing (not for booklet, duplex or multiple pages per sheet). KPDL Settings Allow data passthrough This option reduces errors when printing complex jobs from applications that use PostScript formatting.
Device Settings Note: With PDF selected as the PDL, only a limited set of driver options are available. PDF Options You can select PDF options if you have installed the Output to PDF plug-in. The PDF Settings dialog box contains the following options: PDF Settings Embed fonts This option ensures that document fonts appear accurately in the PDF file on screen. This option ensures accurate reproduction but significantly increases the file size.
Device Settings Print and Save Settings This option lets you print and save a document as a PDF file. Select one of the two options: Save to file only A PDF file is created and saved locally. Save to file and print A PDF file is created, saved locally, and sent to print. You can select to save the PDF to a default file: Automatically save to default file A PDF file can be saved automatically as a default file to be used again.
Device Settings environment. Therefore, an XPS driver supports a single PDL setting. The XPS driver can be installed from the Product Library disc. In the Installation Method menu, click Custom Mode, and on the Custom Installation page, select KX XPS DRIVER. To view a print to file XPS document, download and install the Microsoft XPS Viewer.
Device Settings 2 Click OK in the Compatibility Settings and Properties dialog boxes. You can restore all the options in Compatibility Settings to the default by clicking Reset. Combine Source and Media Type Lists You can change the driver's Basic tab so that Media type and Source are combined into one list, labeled Source. In the combined list, Media types are listed first, followed by cassettes and MP tray.
4 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. Profiles support common printing tasks. The administrator can set the view of the Quick Print tab through the installation process, or in Device Settings > Administrator > General. This chapter can be used as a separate Quick Print user guide when KX Driver support is controlled by an administrator.
Quick Print Color Color lets you choose full-color printing or printing with black toner only. When the selection appears in color, all color settings in the driver are enabled. Color cannot be chosen if Black & White mode is selected in Device Settings > Administrator > Lock Settings. Click the Color icon to change between full color and black and white printing. Collate Collate specifies the order in which the pages of a multiple copy job are printed.
Quick Print EcoPrint EcoPrint changes the text and graphics to appear lighter in the print job. EcoPrint does not increase print speed. Click the EcoPrint icon to change between on and off. Edit Quick Print The assortment of icons at the top of the Quick Print tab can be customized to include features that you use most often. Any number of icons from 0 to 5 can be shown. All icons can be removed from view if you want to use only the Profiles options in the Quick Print tab.
Quick Print Profiles You can save printer driver settings as a profile. You can select multiple options in the Quick Print tab and the other Printing Preferences tabs, save them to a profile, and use all of them at once when you apply the profile. You can then use that profile to print the same type of print job again without having to reselect all the settings. In Printing Preferences, the Save as and Profiles buttons appear at the bottom of all tabs.
Quick Print Note: To reset the printer driver to default settings, select the Factory Default profile, if available, and then click Apply. This clears the settings of a selected profile. You can remove a profile by clicking Profiles to open the Profiles dialog box. Select the profile in the Select profile list and click Delete. You cannot delete the Factory Default profile. Saving a Profile with the “Profiles” button The Profiles button lets you create your own profiles.
Quick Print 5 Click Apply to use the selected profile to the current print job, or click OK to close the dialog box. Importing a Profile The Import button lets you import a copy of a profile from other printer drivers into your printer driver. 1 In any tab, click Profiles > Import. 2 Browse for an existing profile (.KXP), select it, and then click Open. A message appears if any of the profile settings in the imported file are unavailable in the existing driver.
Quick Print Adding an Association Once profiles have been created or imported, you can create an association between a profile and an application. Then the application always prints using the associated profile settings. 1 In any tab, click Profiles. 2 In the Profiles dialog box, click Application. 3 In the Application Based Printing dialog box, click Add. 4 In the Add Association dialog box, enter a name for the association, to a maximum of 31 characters.
5 Basic In the Basic tab, you can specify the most commonly used printer driver settings. To return to the original settings, click Reset. The Reset button is available when accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box. Print Size and Page Size Print size controls the output page size of the document. To use this setting, ensure that the Page Sizes setting matches the page size setting in your application.
Basic Creating a Custom Page Size To use custom page sizes, they must be created and added to the Print size list. The driver supports a maximum of twenty custom sizes. 1 In Basic > Print size, select Custom. 2 In the Page Sizes dialog box, click New. 3 A default custom name appears in the Name box. Type a name for your custom page size. 4 Type or select values for the height and width.
Basic Note: Source and Media type are separate items in the dialog box, but can be combined using the Combine source and media type lists setting in Device Settings > Compatibility. If they are combined, Media type is unavailable on the Basic tab, and media types can be selected in the Source list. Copies This setting specifies the number of copies to print. You can print up to 999 copies. Carbon Copies This feature lets you print additional copies on paper from different trays or cassettes.
Basic processing involved in sending every copy from the computer to the printing system. With On selected, the driver prints the complete job set by set (123, 123). With Off selected, it prints each page by set (111, 222). For example, with On selected, three copies of a five-page document outputs as pages one through five in succession, three times. The printer driver automatically overrides the application's Collate setting and uses the printer driver setting.
Basic Destination This setting specifies which output tray is used for the print job output. Color For color models, the following options are available: Full color This mode prints full four-color text and graphics. Black This mode prints with black toner only, suppressing all color settings. Click the icons to change between Full color and Black. Full color and Black also appear in the Quick Print tab and in the Imaging tab. Changes in Quick Print, Basic, or Imaging tabs are reflected in the other tabs.
Basic Flip on short edge Printing in Duplex Mode You can print on both sides of each page. 5-6 1 In the Basic tab, click the Flip on long edge or Flip on short edge icon. 2 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 3 Click OK to start printing.
6 Layout In the Layout tab, you can arrange document data on printed pages without affecting the original document. To return to the original settings, click Reset. The Reset button is available when accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box. 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 4 If you want to print a border around each page, select Print borders. 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 that enlarges the margins to accommodate manual stapling or manual hole punch. If other Layout tab options are selected, Scaling is unavailable. Setting Scaling on the Page You can increase or decrease text and graphics on a page.
Layout 3 If text extends too close to the edge of the page, select Reduce image to fit. The text appears slightly reduced and away from the edge of the page. If text does not extend beyond the page when the gutter increases, clear Reduce image to fit. 4 Click OK to save gutter settings, then click OK again to return to the Print dialog box. 5 Click OK to start printing. Poster The Poster feature lets you create a document to a size that is larger than the paper your printing system can support.
Layout Printing a Poster 1 In the Layout tab, click the Poster icon. 2 In Sheets per page, select the poster size. Each option describes the number of sheets it takes to represent one finished poster page. 3 In Print format, select one of the options for a finished print format. 4 Click Poster Settings to select options in any combination. These options ensure a precise assembly of the pages to create the poster. 5 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 6 Click OK to start printing.
Layout Printer Driver 4 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 5 Click OK to start printing.
7 Imaging In the Imaging tab, you can manage print quality and color settings. To return to the original settings, click Reset. The Reset button is available when accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box. 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. High quality Select this setting to print at the highest print quality.
Imaging media type may shift slightly. While the shift might be very small, the gaps between the colors in the image can be noticeable. Color trapping corrects it by overlapping colors slightly so that minor alignment issues are corrected. Note: If PCL 5c is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box, Trapping is not available. Setting Trapping Values You can overlap colors slightly to correct minor alignment issues. 1 In Imaging > Trapping, select a value for the print overlap pixel width: Light, 0.
Imaging increased when using Asian fonts such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, because of the large amount of font information used for these particular fonts. Allow native download This method improves text quality and increases print speed by converting TrueType fonts to Adobe Type 42 font format. This feature is available if KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box. Download as bitmaps Downloading fonts as bitmaps provides more detail, however it creates large file sizes.
Imaging Disable Device Fonts In some cases, the printing system substitutes fonts even if you send the TrueType fonts as outline fonts or bitmap images. Select Disable device fonts to prevent substitution of device fonts for TrueType fonts. This option also improves portability of printable data. (If cleared, device fonts may not match when sent to a different printing system.) Some Adobe applications have device font limitations. To overcome these limitations, select Disable device fonts.
Imaging This setting prints patterns and fills with a greater number of lines, patterns or dots than the Coarse setting. Medium is the same as Auto if KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box. Fine This setting prints patterns and fills with the greatest number of lines, patterns, or dots. Printed patterns and fills may appear more dense than the on-screen appearance. Line Thinning Line thinning reduces the pen width of lines used for barcodes and line drawings.
Imaging 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. CIE Option CIE optimization bypasses the normal procedure of processing every aspect of the CIE color space used in applications such as Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop. This feature increases print speed for documents printed from these applications by optimizing CIE data.
Imaging 3 Click OK to start printing. Color Color lets you choose full-color printing or printing with black toner only. In Imaging > Color, the following color modes are available: Full color This mode prints full four-color text and graphics. Black This mode prints with black toner only, suppressing all color settings. Color Reproduction Color reproduction lets you optimize the color rendering of photos and graphics. This feature is available when Full color is selected under Color.
Imaging 1 From Color reproduction, select Advanced. The Color Correction dialog box appears with the following options: None (application corrected) With this option, color data processes without applying the adjustments contained in the printing system's internal color lookup tables. Ink simulation will not be executed. This is useful if the application provides its own color correction.
Imaging Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2: click Properties. 3 Select the Color Management tab and click Color Management. 4 In the Devices tab > Device list, select the desired color printer. 5 Select the Use my settings for this device check box. 6 In the Profile selection list, select Manual, and click Add. 7 In the Associate Color Profile dialog box, select an ICC profile, or click Browse to find a profile, and click OK.
Imaging Selecting Custom Color Adjustment If a custom color setting has already been defined, you can select and apply it to a print job. 1 In Imaging > Color, click the Full color icon. 2 In the Adjustment list, select Custom 1, Custom 2, or Custom 3. 3 Click OK. Adjusting HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) HSL controls adjust the full spectrum, brightness, contrast, and vividness of the color. 1 In Imaging > Color, click the Full color icon. 2 In the Adjustment list, select Edit.
Imaging 3 In Adjustment Settings > Custom color adjustment, select Custom 1, Custom 2, or Custom 3. 4 Select Color balance. 5 Under Select preview image, click the icon to select one of three different images. Different colors are emphasized in each of the photographs to aid in the color adjustment process. 6 Under each color bar, drag the slider to adjust the relative values of each color between –10 and +10. 7 You can click Reset to restore the default values.
Imaging You can also change brightness by entering a numeric value in the text box. The brightest setting is +100; the darkest is -100. Zero is the default mid-level setting. Adjusting brightness allows for the customization of graphic images if images are printing too light or too dark. 4 Drag the Contrast slider right or left to increase or decrease the proportion of light to dark in the graphic images of the print job.
8 Publishing In the Publishing tab, you can create covers and inserts for a print job, and insert sheets between transparencies. The features on this tab are available only when PCL XL or KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box. To return to the original settings, click Reset. The Reset button is available when accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box. Cover Mode Cover mode lets you add cover pages for the front and back of your document.
Publishing 3 Select from Print onto options if you want to print on the covers. 4 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. 5 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 6 Click OK to start printing. Cover Mode Options Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Front Inserts a blank front cover.
Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Front Prints on the outside and inside surfaces of the front cover. Front outside Front inside Front and back Front and back Front outside Front and back Inserts blank front and back covers. Prints on the outside surface of the front cover and inserts a blank back cover. Prints on the inside surface of the front cover and inserts a blank back cover.
Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Front and back Prints on both sides of the front cover and inserts a blank back cover. Front outside Front inside Front and back Back inside Front and back Back outside Front and back Prints on the inside surface of the back cover and inserts a blank front cover. Prints on the outside surface of the back cover and inserts a blank front cover. Prints on both sides of the back cover and inserts a blank front cover.
Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Front and back Prints on both sides of the front and back covers. Front outside Front inside Back inside Back outside Transparency Interleaving Transparency interleaving inserts a backing sheet between printed transparencies. The backing sheet, also known as an interleaf, helps keep transparencies clean and prevents them from clinging together. This feature is only available when printing on transparencies supplied from the MP tray.
Publishing on during the print job. Both sides of the page insert can be printed on by using the duplex unit. Duplex must be selected in the Basic tab or Quick Print tab in order to print using the Print onto back option. Although Cover mode and Page insert can be used simultaneously, they cannot be used with Transparency interleaving. Printing Page Inserts Several ways are available to arrange page inserts: you can print on one or both sides or insert a blank sheet.
Publishing Check Box Selection Page Insertion Type Page insert Prints on the front side of the inserted page. Print onto front Page insert Print onto back Page insert Prints on the back side of the inserted page. Prints on both sides of the inserted page.
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. To return to the original settings, click Reset. The Reset button is available when accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box.
Job Proof and hold RAM disk No One print when job When printing is sent; remaining system is turned off prints later Private print RAM disk Yes When access code When printing is entered at system is turned off operation panel or after printing Note: This printing system does not support Quick copy and Job storage features. Proof and Hold Proof and hold is a Job storage (e-MPS) option that prints one copy of a print job so that you can proof it before printing the remaining copies.
Job name and User name. You can also select a prompt option for typing the Access code. The job is not printed until you enter the access code at the printing system’s operation panel. After the job is printed, it is removed from printing system memory. The number of Private print jobs that can be stored is limited only by the storage capacity of the RAM disk. You can manually delete a job at the operation panel.
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. To prevent this, Overwrite job name can automatically change the Job name by adding the date and time the job is sent. This feature also helps you to track when print jobs were sent from the computer.
10 Advanced In the Advanced tab, you can choose special features that extend the capabilities of the printing system. To return to the original settings, click Reset. The Reset button is available when accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box. Prologue/Epilogue The Prologue/Epilogue feature lets you insert a command file at the beginning of a print job or at the end.
Advanced Editing a Prologue/Epilogue File You can edit a Prologue/Epilogue file on your computer. 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. Deleting a Prologue/Epilogue File You can remove a Prologue/Epilogue file from the list.
Advanced Note: The Start of the page and End of the page insertion point options are available only if PCL 5c is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box. With a command file selected in the list, choose one insertion point option: 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 1 In the Advanced tab, click Watermark. 2 In the Watermark dialog box, click Add to create a user defined watermark; or under Select watermark, select a default or custom watermark and click Edit. 3 Under Watermark name, type a name, to a maximum of 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 Selecting Pages for Watermark The Page selection option for Watermark lets you choose the location for watermarks in your document. 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 Adjustment setting (color or black & white) in the Imaging tab is set to None. Color Optimizer in the Advanced tab is set to None. 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. Any security watermark can be edited, though a limited number of options can be changed for default security watermarks.
Advanced 8 Select a Watermark color for the security watermark from the list. The options are Black, Cyan, or Magenta. When selecting Color Mode > Black & White in the Imaging tab, the only option for watermark colors is black. 9 10 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. Adjust the calibration. After adjusting calibration in all dialog boxes click OK.
Advanced 1 In Advanced > Security Watermark > Select security watermark, choose a default or custom security watermark to print. 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 is also saved in Imaging tab. At any time, you can click the Info icon (i) in the Color Optimizer dialog box for instructions. 1 Open the document containing the desired colors. 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 Color reproduction, select from available options.
Advanced 1 In the Advanced tab, click Status Monitor. 2 If you want the Status Monitor image to appear during a print job, in the Status Monitor dialog box, select the Status Monitor check box. 3 To view the print job status without changing the Status Monitor setting, click Open Status Monitor. The Status Monitor image appears in the lower right corner of your computer screen.
Advanced 3 Select the Enables Event Notification check box. 4 Select an event for a Status Monitor alert. Cover open Paper jam Add paper Sleep Add toner Toner low Not connected Printing completed Others 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 (.WAV), or Browse to find a sound file located on your computer. To add speech: Select Use Text to speech.
Advanced Enable Client Profile Client profile refers to profile settings saved on a client computer. You have the choice to use your local profiles or the server profiles. This feature is intended for the client computer in a client-server environment. In the Advanced tab, clear the Enable client profile check box to select profiles from the server to apply to print jobs created by the driver. Server profiles are read–only.
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. Application based printing An administrator can associate a profile with an application so that all printing from the application uses the same profile settings. This makes profiles easier to use and ensures consistent printing from an application.
depends on the printing system mode and the type of data printed (text, graphics, or both). EcoPrint does not increase print speed. This feature is also available in the Quick Print and Basic tabs. Edit Quick Print This feature lets you customize the Quick Print view with your preferred print job options. Enable client profile Client profile refers to profile settings saved on a server and accessed by clients in a client/server environment.
for environments using macros or PRESCRIBE commands to access cassettes and feeders. MP tray Source tray used for transparencies, labels, envelopes, cardstock, coated media, and custom printing media. Multiple pages per sheet This feature lets you print several pages on a single sheet of paper for the purpose of reviewing the document and conserving paper. O Operation panel The keys and display on the printing system.
printing, it increases the detail for light-colored text printed. White text and image colors are unaffected. Private print Job option that saves print jobs in RAM disk memory 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.
Transparency interleaving Publishing feature that inserts a backing sheet between printed transparencies. The backing sheet, also known as an interleaf, helps keep transparencies clean and prevents them from clinging together. Trapping This feature intentionally overlaps colors slightly so that minor problems with alignment are not noticeable when printing in color. U User login W Watermark Printer Driver Registers users with a user name and password.
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