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This section contains information on cautions, parts identification, loading media

and printing and printer setup (Windows & Mac).

This section contains information on cleaning the printer, replacing supplies,

clearing jams, troubleshooting, error messages, repacking and specifications of

the printer, media to be used and interface.

This section contains the information to configure the printer on a network.

Settings and Printing (Print.pdf)

Maintenance and Specifications (Mainte.pdf)

Network (Network.pdf)

Laser Printer

Operating Instructions

Model No. KX-P7305 / KX-P7310

KX-P7305 is supplied without a network interface. KX-P7310 comes standard with a USB, Parallel,

and Network interfaces. The Operating Instructions consist of the following 3 files.

• Print.pdf

• Mainte.pdf

• Network.pdf

These files can be opened by clicking on the hilighted names below. The printer’s setup, operation,

and features are described on the following pages of this file.

Please carefully read the Operating Instructions before operating.

Keep the printer CD-ROM in a safe place for future reference.

Do not expose the CD-ROM to direct sunlight or extreme heat and do not scratch or smudge the

surface of the CD-ROM.

Summary of content (277 pages)

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Laser Printer Operating Instructions Model No. KX-P7305 / KX-P7310 KX-P7305 is supplied without a network interface. KX-P7310 comes standard with a USB, Parallel, and Network interfaces. The Operating Instructions consist of the following 3 files. • Print.pdf • Mainte.pdf • Network.pdf These files can be opened by clicking on the hilighted names below. The printer’s setup, operation, and features are described on the following pages of this file. Settings and Printing (Print.
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Features Thank you for purchasing a Panasonic Laser Printer. We are sure it will meet your printing needs and give you many years of productive and efficient use. Printing in PCL and PostScript In addition to printing in the PCL Emulation or PostScript® Emulation for Microsoft® Windows® operating system, it also provides compatibility for Macintosh using the PageStyler II driver in the PostScript Emulation.
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Power Saving (see “Remote Control Panel” on page 28 in “Settings and Printing”) Saves energy while the printer is idle. Remote Control Panel (see “Remote Control Panel” on page 28 in “Settings and Printing”) Supports making changes to the printer’s default settings for compatibility with application software running in the MS-DOS® operating system.
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As an ENERGY STAR® Partner, Panasonic has determined that this product meets the ENERGY STAR® guidelines for energy efficiency. (ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR certification mark are registered US marks.) • DestinyTM, PageStylerTM and LaserActTM are trademarks of Destiny Technology Corporation. • Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT and Windows Server are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
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Screen shot(s) reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation. Acrobat® Reader Copyright © 1987-2001 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. LaserActTM 6 Copyright © 2002, Destiny Technology Corp. Ver. 2.0 All Rights Reserved. PageStylerTM II Copyright © 2002, Destiny Technology Corp. Ver. 1.0 All Rights Reserved. © 2000, Bitstream Inc. Copyright © 1998-2003 silex technology, Inc. © 2000 Wind River Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Contents of Basics Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Part Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Printer Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Basics Windows Macintosh 2 Contents of Basics Section Basics Contents of Basics Section Contents of Basics Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Part Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Printer Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Indicators . . . . . . . . . .
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Basics Windows Macintosh 3 Cautions Cautions To avoid machine malfunction, do not use the equipment under the following conditions: • Direct exposure to sunlight. • Extremely high or low temperature [temperature range: 10°C to 32.5°C (50°F to 90.5°F)] • Extremely high or low humidity. (humidity range: 20% to 80% RH) • Condensation due to rapid change of temperature. • Unstable or unlevel surfaces. • Directly in front of air conditioning vents.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 4 Cautions ■ Static Electricity Damage To prevent static electricity damage to any of the following components, touch a grounded metal surface, such as the printer’s bare metal frame prior to touching the component. • Interface connectors : parallel, USB, connector for 2nd feeder and network (KX-P7310 only) • Electrical components, connectors inside the printer ■ Interface Cable Always use a shielded interface cable.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 5 Part Names Part Names ■ Front Side View Paper support (see pages 17, 21) Output tray Front cover Manual feed (see pages 9 , 21) Printer panel (see page 6) Media tray (see pages 9, 13) Paper level indicator (see pages 15) Rear Side View Parallel interface connector (see page 59 in “Maintenance and Specifications”) Rear cover (see pages 11, 17, 21) USB interface connector (see page 61 in “Maintenance and Specifications”) Jam release pan (see page 22 or 25 in “Maintenan
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Basics Windows Macintosh 6 Printer Panel Printer Panel READY Indicators ERROR TONER/ DRUM UNIT PRINT / RESET PRINT / RESET button Indicators Three indicators show the following printer’s status. READY ERROR TONER/ DRUM UNIT Printer Status Printer is warming up (the three indicators light one after another). *1 Printer is ready for printing or in the sleep mode. Internal Error occurs. - - ->Turn the printer off and back on again. If the problem persists, call for service on your printer.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 7 Printer Panel READY ERROR Printer Status TONER/ DRUM UNIT On: 0.5 s Off: 0.5 s Front cover is open. RAM overflow or Overrun has occurred. See “Maintenance and Specifications” for troubleshooting. On: 0.5 s Off: 2 s Media jam has occurred. On: 1 s Off: 0.5 s Manual feed is empty. On: 1 s Off: 1 s Media tray (standard) or lower tray (2nd feeder) is empty. Media tray (standard) is not installed. On: 0.5 s Off: 0.5 s Drum unit is not installed in the printer.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 8 Printer Panel PRINT / RESET Button The printer executes the following action depending on the printer status by pressing this button. READY ERROR Printer Status TONER/ DRUM UNIT To recover from the error status (overrun or memory overflow), press the PRINT / RESET button less than 5 seconds. *1 To clear the remaining data, press the PRINT / RESET button more than 5 seconds until the READY and ERROR indicator blinks fast, then release it.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 9 About Media About Media See the tables below for available media. For the notes and detailed media specification, refer to see “Media” on page 53 in “Maintenance and Specifications”. Available Media and Media Size Media Paper Cotton paper Media size Media tray Manual feed Duplex print 2nd feeder (option) Letter ❍ ❍ ❍*1 ❍*1 A4 ❍ ❍ ❍*1 ❍*1 Legal ❍ ❍ ❍*1 ❍*1 B5 ❍ ❍ ❍*1 ❍*1 ❍ ❍ ❍ 216 x 356 mm (8.5″ x 14″) 105 x 148.5 mm (4.1″ x 5.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 10 About Media Available Paper Weights and Capacity Media Plain paper Paper weights Paper capacity Thick paper Media tray 60 - 105 g/m2 (16 - 28 lb.) X 2nd feeder (option) Manual feed 60 - 105 g/m2 (16 - 28 lb.) 60 - 105g/m2 (16 - 28 lb.) 106 - 165 g/m2 (29 - 44 lb.) X X Envelope 90 g/m2 (24 lb.) 90 g/m2 (24 lb.) Paper 250 sheets [75 g/m2 (20 lb.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 11 Loading Media and Printing Loading Media and Printing See the setup guide(s) for the following instructions. • Installing the toner cartridge and drum unit • Connecting cables • Installing the printer software The media is printed out to the output tray (top of the printer). When using thick paper [106 165 g/m2 (29-44 lb.)] or when an envelope is printed, it may be curled. You can avoid this by opening the rear cover and the media is printed straight out.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 12 Loading Media and Printing Margins and Print Area The image (print area) is printed a bit smaller than the media size. 4.2 mm (0.17″) is required from the top, bottom and sides margins. You may need to adjust the page margins in the application software to match the print area. 4.2 mm (0.17″) 4.2 mm (0.17″) 4.2 mm (0.17″) 4.2 mm (0.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 13 Loading Media and Printing Using the Media Tray 1 Pull the media tray out of the printer. 2 Pinch the media guides and slide them to the approximate width (1) and length (2) of the media.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 14 Loading Media and Printing NOTE • When loading legal paper, slide the length guide unit (2) to extend while pressing the stopper (1). 2 1 • If the media guide is removed, slide it back in. Media guide • If the metal plate is in the up position, the media tray cannot be inserted into the printer. Push the metal plate down until it clicks, locking it in place.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 15 Loading Media and Printing 3 Tap the media stack on a level surface to avoid media jams or skewed printing. NOTE • Be careful not to leave fingerprints on the media, which can result in a smudged print. • Reusing media (used paper or jammed paper) that has been fed through the printer once can reduce the life of the consumables and paper path components. 4 Place media with the print side down.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 16 Loading Media and Printing Transparency Print side down Max. 20 sheets Envelope Flap Print side down Max. 30 sheets Flap (International C5opening on the shorter edge) NOTE • Most media has instructions recommending the side to be printed first. • Do not mix different types or thicknesses of media in the media tray at one time; this may cause a jam. • Loading media exceeding the designated sheets may cause a media jam or shifting of print.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 17 Loading Media and Printing 7 Raise the paper support so that the media is not dropped from the output tray. • It is recommended to print envelopes with the rear cover of the printer open to avoid curling or wrinkles. Paper support Rear cover (Open it when printing on an envelope.) •When you notice some straight lines on the projected image on the screen (OHP), it is recommended to open the rear cover, so the media (transparency) is printed straight out.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 18 Loading Media and Printing 8 Specify the printer’s driver setting depending on the operating system. For Windows®*1 (1) Display the print window in the application software. (2) Select Panasonic KX-P7305 PCL6, Panasonic KX-P7305 PS, Panasonic KXP7310 PCL6 or Panasonic KX-P7310 PS printer. (3) Click Properties ([Preferences] for Windows XP*2 / Windows Server™ 2003*3) to display the printer properties window.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 19 Loading Media and Printing (5) Click [OK] and print a document. • If you opened the rear cover at step 7, be sure to remove the media every time media is printed out. For Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2 (1) Open a document to print. (2) Select Page Setup… from the application’s File menu. (3) Select your printer from the Format for menu. (4) Specify the paper size (Page Attributes) and click [OK]. (5) Select Print... from the application’s File menu.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 20 Loading Media and Printing For Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2 (1) Open a document to print. (2) Select Page Setup... from the application’s File menu. (3) Select your printer from the Format for menu. (4) Specify the paper size (Page Attributes) and click [OK]. (5) Select Print... from the application’s File menu. (6) Select your printer from the Printer menu. (7) Select Auto from All pages from of the Paper Feed menu and specify the media type (Printer Features).
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Basics Windows Macintosh 21 Loading Media and Printing Using the Manual Feed The manual feed serves as an additional tray for loading any type of media that ranges in size from 76.2 mm x 127 mm to 216 mm x 356 mm (3″ x 5″ to 8.5″ x 14″). When using thick paper [106 – 165 g/m2 (29 – 44 lb.)] or labels, use the manual feed. 1 Raise the paper support so that the media is not dropped from the output tray.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 22 Loading Media and Printing 3 Insert media with the printing side up into the manual feed while adjusting the media guides to the media width. The inserted media is slightly fed into the manual feed automatically. • Be sure to insert media into the manual feed one at a time.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 23 Loading Media and Printing 4 Specify the printer driver’s setting depending on the operating system. For Windows (1) Display the print window in the application software. (2) Select Panasonic KX-P7305 PCL6, Panasonic KX-P7305 PS, Panasonic KXP7310 PCL6 or Panasonic KX-P7310 PS printer. (3) Click Properties ([Preferences] for Windows XP / Windows Server 2003) to display the printer properties window.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 24 Loading Media and Printing For Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2 (1) Open a document to print. (2) Select Page Setup… from the application’s File menu. (3) Select your printer from the Format for menu. (4) Specify the paper size (Page Attributes) and click [OK]. (5) Select Print... from the application’s File menu. (6) Select Manual Feed from All pages from of Paper Source in the General menu. (7) Specify media type (Printer Specific Options). (8) Click [Print] to print the document.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 25 Index Index A N AC inlet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Network interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 C O Connector for 2nd feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Output tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 E P Envelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10, 16, 22 ERROR indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10, 22 Paper . . . . . . . . . . .
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Basics Windows Macintosh 26 Index U USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 V Ventilation space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Basics Windows Macintosh 27 Contents of Windows Section Windows Contents of Windows Section Contents of Windows Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Remote Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Displaying the Remote Control Panel Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Displaying the Firmware Version and Installed Options . . . . . . . . . 30 Changing the Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Basics Windows Macintosh 28 Remote Control Panel Remote Control Panel The Remote Control Panel can be used for the following. 1. Used to display the option information installed in the printer (see “Information” on page 43). 2. Used to change the printer’s setting (see “Changing the Settings” on page 31). 3. Used to print the demo page, configuration page or fonts list (see “Tool menu” on page 32). 4. Used to change the network setting (see “Network (KX-P7310 only)” on page 40).
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Basics Windows Macintosh 29 Remote Control Panel Displaying the Remote Control Panel Window 1 Click [Start], move the pointer to Programs or All Programs, Panasonic and Panasonic KX-P7305 and KX-P7310, then click Remote Control Panel. • If more than one printer is connected to your computer, the screen prompts to select the printer. Click the desired printer, then click [OK].
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Basics Windows Macintosh 30 Remote Control Panel 2 For information on the following menus, see the page indicated. ■ Tool Menus File menu Tool menu Option menu Help menu (see page 32) (see page 32) (see page 33) (see page 33) ■ Tree Menus Paper Quality Font Network*1 Adjustment to Media Others Information (see page 38) (see page 39) (see page 39) (see page 40) (see page 41) (see page 42) (see page 43) *1 If your printer is KX-P7305, the Network menu is not displayed.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 31 Remote Control Panel Changing the Settings 1 Display the Remote Control Panel window (see page 29). 2 Click the ✚ button on the main menu from the tree menu. Or Double click the main menu. 3 Click the 2nd menu. 4 Click the ! button to display the pull down list and click the desired selection. Or Click the or button to select the value. Or Type the value. 5 Click Tool menu and select Send to transfer the changed setting to the printer.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 32 Remote Control Panel Tool Menus (Tool Bar Icons) ■ File menu Refresh ( ) Updates the Remote Control Panel setting by loading the printer settings. Exit Exits the Remote Control Panel. ■ Tool menu Send ( ) Transfers the changed settings to the printer. Factory Default ( ) Resets the printer’s settings to the factory default settings. Reset ( ) Restarts the printer. Print Configuration ( ) Prints the current printer’s settings.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 33 Remote Control Panel ■ Option menu Interface If more than one printer are connected to the computer, this menu is activated. You can select the printer to use with Remote Control Panel. ■ Help menu About Displays the version of the Remote Control Panel software. Help ( ) Displays the help menu how to use the Remote Control Panel.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 34 Remote Control Panel Tree Menus Before you attempt to change any settings, check the factory default settings in the following table. For the information of each menu, see “Outline for Menus” on page 38. *Indicates the default setting.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 35 Remote Control Panel Menu Paper Selection 1 / Information 1 Upper Tray* Lower Tray*1 Lines per page Copies Orientation Duplex Front Top Calibration Front Left Calibration Back Top Calibration Back Left Calibration Selection 2 No assignment* Letter Legal Executive A4 A5 Com-9 Env Com-10 Env Monarch Env B5 A6 DL Env C5 Env No assignment* Letter Legal Executive A4 B5 Letter: 60* / A4: 64 (5 – 128) 1* (1 – 999) Portrait* Landscape None* Flip on long edge Flip on short edge
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Basics Windows Macintosh 36 Remote Control Panel Menu Quality Font Network (KX-P7310 only) Selection 1 / Information Density Font Number Font pitch Font height Symbol set MAC address Printer name Protocol (TCP/IP) DHCP IP address Subnet mask (TCP/IP) Gateway address Protocol (Apple talk) Protocol (Netware) Protocol (SMB) Adjustment to Media Plain paper front side Plain paper back side Thick paper Cotton paper Transparency Label Envelope #10 Envelope C5 Selection 2 Normal* (Lightest – Darkest) 0* (0
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Basics Windows Macintosh 37 Remote Control Panel Menu Others Selection 1 / Information Power save mode Auto continues Page Protection I/O timeout setting Printer Emulation Language Information Controller FW Engine FW Page Styler2 Memory Size Option Cassette Selection 2 5* (2, 5, 10, 15, 30, 60) Off* On Off* On 60* (5 – 300) Auto* PCL English French German Italian Spanish x.xx.xx Vxxx x.xx.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 38 Remote Control Panel Outline for Menus ■ Paper Paper Source Selects the source feeding media. If the optional 2nd feeder is installed, Media tray will be changed to Upper and Lower selection is added. Media type Selects the type of media loaded in the media tray, manual feed and 2nd feeder (option). Media size Selects the different media sizes. Upper Tray / Lower Tray Assigns the media size to the tray.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 39 Remote Control Panel Front Top Calibration Adjusts the top margin of printing. Front Left Calibration Adjusts the left side margin of printing. Back Top Calibration Adjusts the back top margin of printing. Back Left Calibration Adjusts the back left side margin of printing. ■ Quality Density Adjusts the density of printing. ■ Font Font number Selects a font to print by selecting the font number. Font pitch Selects the font pitch. Font height Selects the font height.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 40 Remote Control Panel ■ Network (KX-P7310 only) The network menu is displayed for the KX-P7310 only. MAC address Displays the MAC address. MAC address is a private number assigned to each network device. Printer name Displays the printer name. Protocol (TCP/IP) Enables TCP/IP by selecting On. DHCP Enables DHCP by selecting On. The printer’s IP address is assigned by the DHCP server on the network when the DHCP is enabled.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 41 Remote Control Panel ■ Adjustment to Media Print quality may vary do to moisture in the media. It enables adjustment to the printer’s setting corresponding to the condition of media. To get better print quality, If media has high moisture, set it for + value (+1, +2 or +3). If media has low moisture, set it for – value (–1, –2 or –3). When performing duplex printing, set up Plain paper front side (side that prints first) and Plain paper back side (side that prints last).
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Basics Windows Macintosh 42 Remote Control Panel ■ Others Power save mode To conserve energy and operating cost, this printer is provided with a programmable power save feature. The printer is factory set with the power save feature turned on to comply with ENERGY STAR® requirement. The printer enters the Power Save mode when the printer is idle for 5 minutes by default.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 43 Remote Control Panel ■ Information Controller FW Displays the controller firmware version. Engine FW Displays the engine firmware version. Page Styler2 Displays the software version for PostScript. Memory Size Displays the total memory size installed in the printer. Option Cassette Displays whether the optional 2nd feeder has been installed.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 44 Setting the Printer Driver Setting the Printer Driver Displaying the Printer Properties Window It is possible to set the printer by using the printer properties window. It can be displayed from Windows (see below) or from an application (see page 46). ■ A Setting the Printer from Windows: When setting the printer by using printer properties window under Windows, the setting is retained even if Windows is shutdown and restarted.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 45 Setting the Printer Driver 4 Click a tab to view the features. The explanation of the driver’s setting menu can be read by clicking it with the right mouse button. (tab in Windows 98) • Tabs are different in Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows Server 2003. • For Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows Server 2003, it enables you to set another items by selecting Properties of the File menu.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 46 Setting the Printer Driver ■ A B Setting the Printer from an Application: When setting the printer using the printer properties window from an application, the setting is returned to the default setting if the application is closed. For example, to print a document created in Microsoft WordPad in Windows 98, perform the following steps. 1 Click [Start], select Programs or All Programs, select Accessories, then click WordPad. The WordPad window is displayed.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 47 Setting the Printer Driver Displaying Help of the Printer Properties Window 1 Display the printer properties window (see page 44). 2 Perform the method [A] or [B]. [A] Click the desired menu with the right mouse button and click the displayed menu. Or [B] Click [?] button and click the desired menu.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 48 Setting the Printer Driver Defining the Installed Options The printer driver cannot automatically detect that an option has been installed in the printer. After installing an option in the printer, you must define it whether an option is installed or not. 1 Click [Start], move the pointer to Settings, then click Printers. The Printers window is displayed. • For Windows XP Professional / Windows Server 2003, click [Start], then click or double click Printers and Faxes.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 49 Setting the Printer Driver ■ For Panasonic KX-P7305 PS or Panasonic KX-P7310 PS [In Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me] (1) Click the Device Options tab. (2) Click the option in the Installable options and then select Installed, Not Installed or installed memory in the Change setting for box. [In Windows NT 4.0] (1) Click the Device Settings tab.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 50 Setting the Printer Driver Setting the Form To Tray Assignment The media can be fed from the tray corresponding to the paper size of the document by assigning the media size to the tray. AutoSelect Tray must be selected for paper source to use the feature. The setting of the Remote Control Panel will be taken over by the setting of the printer driver.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 51 Setting the Printer Driver ■ Using the Printer Driver 1 Click [Start], move the pointer to Settings, then click Printers. The Printers window is displayed. • For Windows XP Professional / Windows Server 2003, click [Start], then click or double click Printers and Faxes. • For Windows XP Home, click [Start], click Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware icon, then click Printers and Faxes icon. 2 Click the Panasonic KX-P7305 PCL6 or Panasonic KX-P7310 PCL6 icon.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 52 Setting the Printer Driver Sharing the Printer Enables to share the printer over the network. ■ For Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me 1 Click [Start], move the pointer to Settings, then click Printers. 2 Click the Panasonic KX-P7305 PCL6, Panasonic KX-P7305 PS, Panasonic KX-P7310 PCL6 or Panasonic KX-P7310 PS icon. 3 Click the File menu, then click Properties. 4 Click the Sharing tab.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 53 Setting the Printer Driver ■ For Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 1 Click [Start], move the pointer to Settings, then click Printers. The Printers window is displayed. • For Windows XP Professional / Windows Server 2003, click [Start], then click or double click Printers and Faxes. • For Windows XP Home, click [Start], click Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware icon, then click Printers and Faxes icon.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 54 Setting the Printer Driver 10 Click [OK]. The Windows 95/Windows 98 Printer Drivers window is displayed. 11 Click [Browse]. The Locate File window is displayed. 12 13 14 15 Insert the supplied printer CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive. Select CD-ROM drive. Open Win9x and open English, then select PCL file. Click [Open]. Click [OK].
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Basics Windows Macintosh 55 Setting the Printer Driver Assigning Multiple Pages per Sheet Specifies how many pages of a document to print on one piece of paper. 1 Open a document and display the print window in your application. 2 Select Panasonic KX-P7305 PCL6, Panasonic KX-P7305 PS, Panasonic KX-P7310 PCL6 or Panasonic KX-P7310 PS printer and click Properties ([Preferences] for Windows XP / Windows Server 2003).
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Basics Windows Macintosh 56 Setting the Printer Driver Setting Profiles You can save the settings of the PCL printer driver (for example, printing on a label or envelope etc.) using the Profile tab and retrieve it when necessary. 1 Open a document and display the print window in your application. 2 Select Panasonic KX-P7305 PCL6 or Panasonic KX-P7310 PCL6 printer and click Properties ([Preferences] for Windows XP / Windows Server 2003). The printer properties window appears.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 57 Setting the Printer Driver 1 Profile Name Displays the saved profile names. Profiles (DEFAULT and DRAFT) are registered by default and cannot be changed or deleted. You can set the driver by selecting the profile name saved in advance. 2 Save as… Enables to register a new profile or change the saved profile. (1) Change the driver settings. (2) Click the Profiles tab. (3) Click [Save as...]. (4) Enter a profile name and comment.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 58 Setting the Printer Driver Duplex Printing When performing automatic duplex printing, paper must be fed from the media tray / upper tray or lower tray (option). Manual feed cannot be used for automatic duplex printing. NOTE • The following paper must be used. Otherwise, it may cause wrinkles or paper jam. Plain paper 75 – 90 g/m2 (20 – 24 lb.) 1 Load paper [75 – 90 g/m2 (20 – 24 lb.)] into the media tray / upper tray or lower tray (option).
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Basics Windows Macintosh 59 Setting the Printer Driver 5 Turn the duplex print feature on depending on the printer driver. ■ For Panasonic KX-P7305 PCL6 or Panasonic KX-P7310 PCL6 (1) Click on the Flip on long edge or Flip on short edge check button for Duplex menu in the Page Setup tab. A A : Flip on long edge A : Flip on short edge A ■ For Panasonic KX-P7305 PS or Panasonic KX-P7310 PS [In Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me] (1) Click [More Options...] in the Paper tab.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 60 Setting the Printer Driver Watermark Printing ■ Setting Watermarks 1 Open a document to perform watermark printing and display the print window in your application. 2 Select Panasonic KX-P7305 PCL6 or Panasonic KX-P7310 PCL6 printer and click Properties ([Preferences] for Windows XP / Windows Server 2003). The printer properties window appears. • The operation for displaying the printer properties window may be different depending on the application software.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 61 Setting the Printer Driver 1 Watermark Enables the selected watermark in the box. The selected watermark is printed over a document. Click the Watermark box and select the desired one. TOP SECRET, CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT, ORIGINAL and COPY are registered by default. You can also create a new watermark. To perform watermark printing, see “Printing a Watermark” on page 63. • Add Enables to create a new watermark. To add a new watermark. (1) Enter a watermark text in the Text box.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 62 Setting the Printer Driver 2 Edit • Text: Enables to create/edit a watermark text by entering/editing the text in the Text box. • Size: Enables to set the font size of the watermark. Drag each slider left or right or click . • Angle: Enables to angle the watermark. Drag each slider left or right or click or or . • Fonts Enables to select the font for the watermark text. • Color Enables to select the gray scale level for the watermark text.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 63 Setting the Printer Driver ■ Printing a Watermark The following is the example to print the watermark COPY on all pages. 1 Open a document to print with the watermark and display the print window. 2 Select the Panasonic KX-P7305 PCL6 or Panasonic KX-P7310 PCL6 printer. 3 Click Properties ([Preferences] for Windows XP / Windows Server 2003) to display the printer properties window. 4 Click [Advanced...] in the Page Setup tab, then click the Watermarks tab.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 64 Setting the Printer Driver Overlay Printing You can use the Overlay feature to: • Incorporate your letterhead on the first page of a business letter. • Print your logo at the bottom of each page of a set of presentation slides. • Overlay the word “Confidential” on every page of an important document. • Print a special cover page or trailer page for each print job. ■ Main steps for overlay printing 1. Create an overlay file and store it. ABC Company 2.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 65 Setting the Printer Driver 1 Using an application such as Paintbrush or CorelDRAW, create and save the overlay file that you want to overlap on a document. 2 Verify the overlay data by printing it. 3 Display the print window and select the Panasonic KX-P7305 PCL6 or Panasonic KX-P7310 PCL6 printer. 4 Click Properties ([Preferences] for Windows XP / Windows Server 2003) to display the printer properties window. 5 Click [Advanced...
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Basics Windows Macintosh 66 Setting the Printer Driver 7 Enter a new file name or the same file name (Max. 8 characters) as used at step 1 in the file name box. The file is saved in the following directory. Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me: Windows (OS System)\System\Kme Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows Server 2003: Winnt (OS System)\system32\Kme 8 Click [OK]. 9 Print the overlay file to the printer. The confirmation window to make an overlay file is displayed.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 67 Setting the Printer Driver 16 Click on the check box of your desired selection. Print With Overlay: The overlay file is overlapped only on the first page (Overlay 1st Page) or all pages (Overlay All Pages) of a document. Print Cover Page: The overlay file is printed as the cover page before the document. Print Trailer Page: The overlay file is printed as the trailer page after the document.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 68 Status Display Status Display The Status Display will show the following informations. When using the KX-P7310 and the printer is directly connected to the network with the network interface, the Status Display shows the network setting information.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 69 Status Display Displaying the Status Display Window 1 Turn the printer on. 2 Click [Start], move the pointer to Programs or All Programs, Panasonic and Panasonic KX-P7305 and KX-P7310, then click Status Display. When staring the Status Display program for the first time, the Search Device window is displayed. Proceed to the following steps. For the detailed information of the window, see “Selecting the Printer to Get the Status” on page 78. 3 Click [Search].
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Basics Windows Macintosh 70 Status Display Function of the Status Display 1 7 2 3 6 4 5 1 This box shows the printer status. 2 This box shows the printer is connected to local or network. If the printer is connected to the network, the printer’s IP address or server name will be displayed. 3 The loaded media, printer’s information, error recovery and network information (KX-P7310 only) are displayed by clicking on the More Information check box (see “More Information Window” on page 71).
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Basics Windows Macintosh 71 Status Display More Information Window To display the More Information window, click on the More Information check box in the Status Display window. More Information window consists of two tabs: Information and Recovery Information. ■Information tab Shows the media information that set with the Remote Control Panel (see “Remote Control Panel” on page 28). Opens the window to display the following information by clicking [Detail...].
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Basics Windows Macintosh 72 Status Display ■ Printer Information Tab Shows the firmware version and the information of the installed options. Serial Number Controller FW Version Engine ROM Version Memory Size Total Page Density Power Save Auto Continue Time Out Page Protection Displays the printer’s serial number. Displays firmware version of the printer’s controller board. Displays version of the engine ROM. Displays memory size installed in the printer. Displays the total number of printed pages.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 73 Status Display ■ Network tab (KX-P7310 only) Shows the network information of the printer: IP address, MAC address, etc. Option menus appear by clicking the + button of the Network Information in the left pane. The information appears in the right pane by clicking the option menu. General MAC Address Mac address of the network card. TCP/IP Protocol IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway DHCP Banner Page TCP/IP protocol is enabled or disabled.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 74 Status Display AppleTalk Protocol Printer Name Zone Name AppleTalk protocol is enabled or disabled. Printer name (KX-P7310-######) on the AppleTalk. ###### indicates the last 3 byte of MAC address of the printer. Zone name of the AppleTalk. SMB Information Protocol Computer Name*1 WorkGroup Name*1 NetBEUI protocol is enabled or disabled. Printer name displayed in Windows. Workgroup name displayed in Windows.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 75 Status Display ■ Recovery Information tab 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Shows corrective action for the printer error with animation. 2 Shows corrective instructions or status. 3 Clicking this button starts the animation. When the animation is started, the start button is changed to button. Clicking 4 Clicking the button steps backwards. 5 Clicking the button exits the animation. 6 Clicking the button steps forward. button will stops the animation.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 76 Status Display Setup for Status Display Window 3 1 2 4 5 1 Status Display Type Stay: Event: Clicking on the Stay check button runs the Status Display program and places the icon on the task bar when starting Windows. The icon is blinking on the task bar when a printer error has occurred. To display the Status Display window, click the blinking icon.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 77 Status Display 3 Printer Interface Enables the printer status by clicking [Select...] (see “Selecting the Printer to Get the Status” on page 78). If the printer is connected with the network interface cable, the printer’s IP address or computer name is entered in the Server Name box.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 78 Status Display Selecting the Printer to Get the Status 1 Click [Select...] in the Setup for Status Display window. Search Device window appears.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 79 Status Display 2 Specify the destination for searching by clicking on the check button. ALL: Searches all KX-P7310 printers, local and network. Local: Searches the local printers connected to you computer. Server name: Searches the name of the server computer sharing a printer. (1) Click on the Server name check button and type the computer name in the box. (2) Click [Add>>] to enter the name in the right box.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 80 Index Index A H Adjustment to media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Auto continue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 42, 72 Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 B Back Left Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 39 Back Top Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 39 C Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 38 D Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 39, 72 DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Basics Windows P Page Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 42, 72 Page Styler2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 43 Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 38 Paper Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34, 38 Power save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 42, 72 Print Page Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Printer name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 40 Printer properties window . . .
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Basics Windows Macintosh 82 Contents of Macintosh Section Macintosh Contents of Macintosh Section Contents of Macintosh Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) . . . . . . . . 83 [A] Selecting the Printer in the Chooser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 [B] Selecting the Printer Connected with USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Displaying the Page Setup Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Basics Windows Macintosh 83 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) Once you have installed the printer driver for PostScript, select the printer as the current printer in the Chooser desktop accessory or printer icon on the desktop screen. A If the printer is connected to the network with the network interface, select the printer in the Chooser.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 84 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) [B] Selecting the Printer Connected with USB After the setting for USB is completed, KX-P7305 or KX-P7310 icon is created on your desktop screen. To select the printer connected with USB, 1 Click the KX-P7305 or KX-P7310 icon. 2 Click Printing menu and select Set Default Printer. Displaying the Page Setup Window 1 Open the file you want to print from within the application. 2 Select Page Setup...
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Basics Windows Macintosh 85 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) 3 Select your printer from the Format for. 1 2 3 4 1 Format for Select the printer to specify the printer driver. 2 Paper Selects a different paper size Letter, Legal, A4, B5 (ISO), Executive, A5, A6, Com9 (Envelope #9), Com10 (Envelope #10), Monarch, DL (International DL) or C5 (International C5). 3 Orientation Selects 4 (Portrait) or (Landscape).
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Basics Windows Macintosh 86 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) Displaying the Print Window 1 Open the file you want to print from within the application. 2 Select Print... from the application’s File menu. 3 Select the KX-P7305 or KX-P7310 printer from the Printer menu. 4 Click General menu and select the desired menu. General menu Layout menu Printer Specific Options menu (see page 87) (see page 89) (see page 91) For other menus, refer to the balloon help.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 87 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) Setting the General Menu 2 1 3 4 5 1 Copies Determines the number of copies of the document will be printed. 2 Collated Clicking on this check box prints the copies of the entire document a number of times, from 1st page to the last page. If you print 3 copies of a 5 pages document, printer prints page 1 through page 5 three times.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 88 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) 4 Paper Source • All pages from Enables to select the tray feeding media. If the optional 2nd feeder is installed in your printer and defined it in the Installable Options menu (see “Setting the Installable Options” on page 93), Option Cassette can be available. • Auto Select Auto Select is the invalid selection. • Auto The printer picks media from the tray loaded with the media.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 89 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) Setting the Layout Menu 1 2 3 4 1 Pages per sheet Specifies number of pages of your document to print on one piece of paper. 2 Layout direction Specifies the layout of the pages per sheet. 3 Border Sets the type of line to appear around the page.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 90 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) 4 Print on Both Sides Enables to print on both sides of paper by clicking on the check box and selecting the binding style. To perform the duplex printing, the following media and paper source must be set. To perform duplex printing, see “Performing Duplex Printing” on page 96.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 91 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) Setting the Printer Specific Options 1 2 3 4 1 Resolution Selects a quality setting. 300x300 dpi, 600x600 dpi or 1200x600 dpi can be selected. A higher resolution provides better print quality. However, the throughput speed is diminished. 2 Toner Save Mode Enables to reduce the amount of toner used to print. Off: The toner save feature is turned off.
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Windows Basics Macintosh 92 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) 3 Media Type Selects the type of media. Media Type Paper Source Media Tray Plain Paper, Cotton Paper*1, Transparency, Envelope Manual Feed Plain Paper, Transparency, Thick Paper, Cotton Paper, Label, Envelope Option Cassette Plain Paper *1 Cotton Paper cannot be used for duplex printing. 4 Fit to Page Document is printed in the size fitted to the media size.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 93 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) Setting the Installable Options The printer driver installed on the computer cannot automatically detect that an option has been installed in the printer. After installing an option in the printer, you must define whether an option is installed or not with Chooser or printer icon for USB. A Setting the options with Chooser 1 Select Chooser from the Apple menu and ensure AppleTalk is Active.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 94 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) 6 Click the option installed in your printer and select Installed or total installed memory. 7 Click [OK]. 8 Click [OK].
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Basics Windows Macintosh 95 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) B Setting the options with printer icon for USB 1 2 Click the printer icon for USB on the desk top screen. Click the Printing menu and select Change Setup.... • If Change Setup... menu does not appear, see the note below. 3 Select the installed option from Change. 4 5 Select Installed or installed memory from To. Click [OK]. NOTE • If Change Setup...
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Basics Windows Macintosh 96 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) Performing Duplex Printing 1 Load paper into the Media Tray or Option Cassette*1. • The following paper must be used. Otherwise, it may cause wrinkles or paper jam. Media Type:Plain paper [75 – 90 g/m2 (20 – 24 lb.)] Paper Size:Letter, Legal, A4, B5 or Executive • Lay the paper straight if the paper is curled. *1 If the Optional 2nd Feeder has been installed, this selection can be selected.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 97 Setting the Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) 11 Click Printer Specific Options menu and select Layout menu. 12 Click on the Print on Both Sides check box and click your desired binding style icon. 13 Click [Print]. The document will be automatically printed on both sides of paper.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 98 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Mac OS X intensively manages adding, deleting, searching a printer or displaying the printer status, etc. with the application Print Center. Before you can use a printer, you must add the printer in the Print Center. You will need to select the Page Setup window from your application’s file menu to set general printing options for your printer.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 99 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Adding the Printer in Print Center Connected with USB Be sure the printer is connected to the computer with the USB interface cable and turned it on. 1 2 3 Open the Print Center and choose Add Printer... from the Printers menu. Choose USB as the connection type, and click KX-P7305 or KX-P7310. Confirm the Printer Model is set to Auto Select... and click Add. KX-P7305 or KX-P7310 is displayed in the Printer List.
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Windows Basics Macintosh 100 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Setting the Page Setup Window 1 2 3 Open the file you want to print from within the application. 4 Click Page Attributes Menu and select the desired menu. Select Page Setup... from your application’s File menu. Select the desired printer from the Format for. Page Attributes See page 101. Summary Shows the Page Setup window’s settings summary.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 101 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Setting the Page Attributes Menu 1 2 3 1 Paper Size Selects a different paper size. The following paper sizes can be selected. US Letter, US Legal, A4, B5 (ISO), Executive Envelope, A5, A6, Com9, #10 Envelope, Monarch Envelope, Long Envelope, C5 Envelope. 2 Orientation Selects 3 (Portrait) or (Landscape) or Scale Reduces or enlarges output on the printed page. (Rotated Landscape).
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Windows Basics Macintosh 102 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Displaying the Print Window 1 2 Open a file to perform printing in your application. 3 4 Select your printer from the Printer menu. Select Print... from your application’s File menu. Choose categories from pop-up menu. Copies & Pages Allows you to set the following general printer settings (see page 104). • Copies • Collated • Pages Layout Allows you to select the following layout options (see page 105).
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Windows Basics Macintosh 103 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Duplex Allows you to set the duplex printing (see page 106). • Print on Both Sides • Binding Output Options Allows you to output a document to file (see page 107). • Save as File • Format Paper Feed Allows you to select the paper source (see page 108). • All pages from • First page from • Remaining page from Error Handling Allows you to select the error handling when a PostScript error has occurred.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 104 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Setting the Copies & Pages Menu 3 1 2 1 Copies Determines the number of copies of a document to print. 2 Pages Specifies the range of pages. 3 Collated Clicking on this check box prints the copies of the entire document a number of times, from 1st page to the last page. If you print 3 copies of a 5 pages document, printer prints page 1 through page 5 three times.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 105 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Setting the Layout Menu 1 2 3 1 Pages per Sheet Specifies how many pages of your document to print on one sheet of paper. 2 Layout Direction Specifies the layout of the pages per sheet. 3 Border Sets the type of line to appear around the page.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 106 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Setting the Duplex Menu 2 1 1 Print on Both Sides Performs the automatic duplex printing by clicking on the check box and selecting the binding style. To perform automatic duplex printing, the following media and paper source must be set. To perform duplex printing, see “Performing Duplex Printing” on page 114.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 107 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Setting the Output Options Menu 1 1 2 Save as File Clicking on this check box saves a document as file in the selected format. Clicking off this check box prints a document to the printer. 2 Format Selects the file format (PDF or PostScript) when saving a document. The available formats are PDF and PostScript.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 108 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Setting the Paper Feed Menu 1 2 1 All pages from Selects the tray feeding media. If the optional 2nd Feeder is installed in the printer, Option Cassette is available. When adding printer with the Print Center application, the computer defines options installed to the printer automatically.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 109 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) • Media Tray Enables to print on media loaded in the standard tray of the printer. Thick paper [106 – 165 g/m2 (29 – 44 lb.)] or label cannot be printed with the media tray. Their media can be printed with the manual feed. • Option Cassette (option) Only enables printing on plain paper in the tray of the optional 2nd feeder.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 110 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Setting the Printer Features 1 2 3 4 1 Resolution Selects a quality setting. 300x300 dpi, 600x600 dpi or 1200x600 dpi can be selected. A higher resolution provides better print quality. However, the throughput speed is diminished. 2 Toner Save Mode Enables to reduce the amount of toner used to print. Off:The toner save feature is turned off.
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Windows Basics Macintosh 111 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) 1 Media Type Selects the type of media. Paper Source Media Type Media Tray Plain Paper, Cotton Paper*1, Transparency, Envelope Manual Feed Plain Paper, Transparency, Thick Paper, Cotton Paper, Label, Envelope Option Cassette Plain Paper *1 Cotton Paper cannot be used for duplex printing. 4 Fit to Page Document is printed in the size fitted to the media size.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 112 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Setting the Installed Options When adding printer with the Print Center application, the computer defines options installed to the printer automatically. If you install additional options after adding printer, add the printer again (see the instructions below). 1 2 3 4 5 6 Open the Print Center and click KX-P7305, KX-P7310 or KX-P7310XXXXXX. Click [Delete]. Select Add Printer... from the Printers menu.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 113 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Printing from Classic Applications To print from a Classic application, the printer driver and PPD file for Mac OS 9 must be installed in your computer, then set the computer and printer (see the “Setup Guide”). 1 2 Choose Page Setup... from the application's File menu to prepare to print. Then choose Print... from the File menu to print your document.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 114 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) Performing Duplex Printing 1 Load paper into the Media Tray or Option Cassette*1. • The following paper must be used. Otherwise, it may cause wrinkles or paper jam. Media Type:Plain paper [75 – 90 g/m2 (20 – 24 lb.)] Paper Size: US Letter, US Legal, A4, B5 (ISO) or Executive • Lay the paper straight if the paper is curled. *1 If the Optional 2nd Feeder has been installed, this selection can be selected.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 115 Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2) 12 Click Printer Features menu and select Duplex menu. 13 Click on the Print on Both Sides check box and click your desired binding style icon. Click [Print]. 14 The document will be automatically printed on both sides of pages.
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Basics Windows Macintosh 116 Index Index A L All pages from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 88 Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 88 Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85, 101 Layout Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 Layout direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 Layout menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89, 105 B Binding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Basics Windows Macintosh 117 Index Printer driver Mac OS 8.5 - 9.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Mac OS X 10.1 - 10.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Printer Features menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Printer Specific Options menu . . . . . . . . . 91 Printing Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 R Remaining from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 88 Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91, 110 S Save as File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Scale .
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network Replaceable Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Upgrade Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Installing the RAM Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Setting the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Cleaning the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 2 Replaceable Components Replaceable Components ■ Supplies When print is faded or indicators show the following status, the replacement of a supply is needed. Indicators Printer components ERROR Toner cartridge TONER/ DRUM UNIT Message of printer status display Low Toner Change the toner cartridge soon. Toner Empty Replace the toner cartridge now.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 3 Replaceable Components *1Average life is based on an average of 5% coverage of the printable area with repetitive printing of 10 pages (Letter / A4 size, single sided printing, default density) (refer to Example: 5% coverage). The life of a toner cartridge is varied depending on the coverage, temperature, humidity or media etc. So the average life cannot be assured.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 4 Upgrade Options Upgrade Options The following upgrade options can be installed in the printer. 2nd Feeder (KX-PMF3) An additional cassette can be used by installing this option. Refer to the installation manual included in the carton box with the option. RAM Board: 16 MB (KX-PEM12) or 32 MB (KX-PEM13) Installed to increase the printer’s memory. To install it, see the following instructions.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 5 Upgrade Options 2 Slide the option cover and remove it. 3 Remove the two screws (1) and slide the metal plate up while pressing it (2), then remove it (3).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 6 Upgrade Options 4 Connect the RAM board to the following connector as illustrated below. RAM board CN2 5 Align the fringe (1) and slide the metal plate down while pressing it (2). 1 2 6 7 8 1 Fasten the metal plate with the two screws removed earlier. Install the option cover. Plug in the power cord and reconnect any cables to the back of the printer.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 7 Upgrade Options Setting the Printer Driver If you install the RAM board, set the printer driver for the printer’s installed memory (see “Defining the Installed Options” on page 48 of “Settings and Printing” in the Operating Instructions). To set the printer driver in Macintosh, see “Setting the Installable Options” on page 93 or “Setting the Installed Options” on page 112 of “Settings and Printing” in the Operating Instructions.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 8 Cleaning the Printer Cleaning the Printer Periodic cleaning of the printer is recommended. The frequency of cleaning is dependent upon the environment in which the printer is used. You should clean the printer: • at least once a month. • when you replace the toner cartridge. • when print quality has deteriorated. CAUTION • Do not use benzene, thinner, aerosol cleaners, or any abrasive powder. External 1 Turn the power OFF.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 9 Cleaning the Printer 3 While rotating the pick up roller, wipe it with a soft cloth that has been moistened with a mild commercial cleaner. Pick up roller 4 Open the front cover. 5 Lift the drum unit up (1) and slide it out of the printer (2). •To avoid possible toner spillage, it is recommended to place the drum unit on a newspaper or drop cloth.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 10 Cleaning the Printer ! SAFETY CAUTION •It is very hot inside the printer; to avoid personal injury, do not touch the components illustrated below. CAUTION: HOT SURFACE CAUTION • To prevent any damage to the drum unit, observe the following precautions. — Do not touch the drum surface illustrated below. — Do not expose the drum unit to light for more than 5 minutes. — Do not expose the drum unit to direct sunlight.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 11 Cleaning the Printer 6 Wipe rollers (A) and (B), and paper chute with a soft cloth that has been moistened with a mild commercial cleaner. •Be sure to remove the paper dust. (B) Paper chute Sheet: Not to damage (A) NOTE • Front rollers (A) can be rotated half. Inner rollers (B) can be rotated to the direction of the arrow. Be sure not to damage the sheets in front of the inner rollers (B).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 12 Cleaning the Printer 8 Carefully wipe the corona wire of the drum unit by sliding a dry cotton swab from end to end a few times. corona wire 9 Firmly insert the drum unit in the slot of the printer (1) [insert the side pins of the drum unit into the groove (label )]. Push down (2). 2 1 Side pin 10 2 Close the front cover and replace the media tray into the printer.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 13 Clearing a Jam Clearing a Jam If the printer has frequent media jams, make sure that you follow these guidelines: • Always use high-quality paper and transparencies (see “Media” on page 53). • Make sure that you load thick paper [106 – 165 g/m2 (29 – 44 lb.)] or labels only in the manual feed. If a media jam occurs, the printer status display reports “Jam at ”.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 14 Clearing a Jam Jam at STD / Jam at OP When a media feed error has occurred, clear the media feed error as follows: 1 Pull the media tray out of the printer or 2nd feeder (option). 2 Tap the media stack on a level surface to avoid media jams or skewed printing. •If a media feed error has occurred, remove the media stack from the media tray and tap it.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 15 Clearing a Jam 3 Place the media with the print side down. •Be sure that the media does not exceed the limit mark. Print side down Paper feeds in direction of arrow. NOTE • If the metal plate is in the up position by accident, the media tray cannot be inserted into the printer. Before loading the media, push down the metal plate until it clicks, locking it in place. 4 Replace the media tray into the printer or 2nd feeder (option).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 16 Clearing a Jam 5 Open and close the front cover to clear the error indication.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 17 Clearing a Jam Jam at A 1 Open the front cover. 2 Lift the drum unit up.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 18 Clearing a Jam 3 Grasp both sides of the jammed media and slowly pull it out of the printer. 4 Push the drum unit down. 5 Close the front cover.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 19 Clearing a Jam Jam at B 1 Open the front cover. 2 Lift the drum unit up.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 20 Clearing a Jam 3 Remove the jammed media from the output tray. - Or - Open the rear cover of the printer (1) and remove the jammed media (2).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 21 Clearing a Jam 4 Push the drum unit down. 5 Close the front cover.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 22 Clearing a Jam Jam at C 1 Perform the jam recovery steps for Jam at A (see page 17). - Or - 1 Pull the media tray out of the printer. 2 Slowly pull the jammed media (2) out of the printer while pushing the center tab (1) of the jam release pan down.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 23 Clearing a Jam 3 Replace the media tray into the printer. 4 Open and close the front cover to clear the error indication.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 24 Clearing a Jam Jam at D 1 Open the rear cover of the printer (1) and grasp both sides of the jammed media and slowly pull it out of the printer (2). 2 1 CAUTION 2 HOT SURFACE Open and close the front cover to clear the error indication.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 25 Clearing a Jam Jam at E 1 Perform the jam recovery steps for Jam at D (see page 24). - Or - 1 Pull the media tray out of the printer. 2 Slowly pull the jammed media (2) out of the printer while pushing the center tab (1) of the jam release pan down.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 26 Clearing a Jam 3 Replace the media tray into the printer. 4 Open and close the front cover to clear the error indication.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 27 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Trouble The background of the images is printed in gray. ABCD------------------------------- Faded image is printed at the different position from the original. ABCD------------------------------ABCD------------------------------- Possible Cause Corrective Action The toner cartridge has reached the end of useful life. Replace the toner cartridge. The drum unit has reached the end of useful life.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 28 Troubleshooting Trouble Small dots are printed at the different position from the original Possible Cause Corrective Action Media is wet or dry. Set the Adjustment to media setting for – value (–1, –2 or –3) (see “Adjustment to Media” on page 41 in “Settings and Printing”). Toner spots put on the photosensitive drum. Wipe the photosensitive drum with soft cloth (refer to “Cleaning the Photosensitive Drum” on page 37).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 29 Troubleshooting Trouble Possible Cause A white or black spots appear in intervals of 94 mm (3.7″). 94 mm (3.7″) Corrective Action Paste/Glue of a label or dust is attached to the photosensitive drum. Wipe the photosensitive drum (see “Cleaning the The photosensitive drum is dirty or scratched. Replace the drum unit. The photosensitive drum is stained. Wipe the photosensitive drum (see “Cleaning the Photosensitive Drum” on page 37).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 30 Troubleshooting Trouble Possible Cause Horizontal lines appear in intervals of 94 mm (3.7″). A small dust is bitten in the gear of the photosensitive drum. Corrective Action Remove the dust from the gear (see “Cleaning the Photosensitive Drum” on page 37). Dust 94 mm (3.7″) 94 mm (3.7″) White and horizontal lines appear on the page. ABCD------------------------------- A black and vertical line appears on the page.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 31 Troubleshooting Trouble A white vertical line appears on the page. ABCD------------------------------- The printer prints aslant. ------ABCD- ---------------------- The print out media is wrinkled. Possible Cause The laser unit cover is dirty. Corrective Action Clean the laser unit cover (see “Cleaning the Printer” on page 8). A small matter is mixed with the roller of the toner cartridge. Replace the toner cartridge.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 32 Troubleshooting Trouble The back of the printed page appears dirty. Frequent media-picking errors occur. Possible Cause Corrective Action The transfer roller or fuser unit is contaminated after clearing a jam. Display the Remote Control Panel and select Fuser Cleaning from the Tool menu to print a cleaning data (see “Remote Control Panel” on page 28 in “Settings and Printing”). The toner cartridge has reached the end of useful life.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 33 Troubleshooting ■ If you can’t make a print Trouble Printer not operating. Possible Corrective Action The printer may not be plugged into an AC outlet or turned on. Make sure that you plugged in the printer and turned it on. The interface cable(s) may not be connected properly. Make sure that you connected the interface cable(s) properly (see The printer driver is not set correctly.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 34 Troubleshooting Trouble Possible RAM Overflow occurs. Printer’s memory is insufficient in high resolution setting. Corrective Action Change the resolution for lower setting in the printer driver (see “Setting the Printer Driver” on page 44, “Setting the Printer Specific Options” on page 91 or “Setting the Printer Features” on page 110 in “Settings and Printing”). Install the optional RAM board in the printer.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 35 Troubleshooting Trouble Possible The Web Administrative Tool does not work correctly after installing it in Windows Server™ 2003*1. As IIS security setting is added to Windows Server 2003, CGI application cannot run on this server by default settings. The Web Administrative Tool is one of the CGI applications. For the detailed information of CGI, refer to the help menu in Windows. Corrective Action Change the IIS security settings as follows. 1.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 36 Troubleshooting ■ If the print out is ragged If the print out is curled as illustrated, this can occur because of the natural curl of the paper, remove the media tray from the printer and turn the stack of paper over, then install the media tray. ■ A tip when printing on transparency When you notice some straight lines on the projected image on the screen (OHP), it is recommended to open the rear cover, so the media is printed straight out.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 37 Troubleshooting Cleaning the Photosensitive Drum If the paste or glue of a label is attached to the photosensitive drum of the drum unit, clean it following the steps below. 1 Open the front cover of the printer. 2 Lift the drum unit up (1) and slide it out of the printer (2). 1 1 2 3 While pushing the drum unit as illustrated below (1), lift the toner cartridge up (2).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 38 Troubleshooting 4 Remove the toner cartridge from the drum unit. 5 If a paste/glue of a label is attached, find the portion that it is attached while rotating the gear of the photosensitive drum in the direction of the arrow. •The paste will be attached the portion that white or black spots of the print appear. Paste Gear CAUTION To prevent any damage to the drum unit, observe the following precautions.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 39 Troubleshooting 6 Wipe the photosensitive drum with a dry cotton swab. Dust Dust CAUTION • Do not use a sharp-pointed something like a ball-point pen to prevent the damage to the drum unit when removing the paste. 7 Insert the side pins of the toner cartridge into the slots of the drum unit (1). Push the toner cartridge in the drum unit (2).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 40 Troubleshooting 8 Firmly insert the drum unit in the slot of the printer (1) [insert the side pins of the drum unit into the groove (label )]. Push down (2). 2 1 Side pin 9 Close the front cover.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 41 Troubleshooting Cleaning the Dust Scraper 1 2 Open the front cover of the printer. Lift the drum unit up (1) and slide it out of the printer (2). 1 1 2 3 Open the cover of the dust scraper. 4 Clean the inside with the vacum cleaner, then close the cover of the dust scraper.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 42 Troubleshooting 5 Firmly insert the drum unit in the slot of the printer (1) [insert the side pins of the drum unit into the groove (label )]. Push down (2). 2 1 Side pin 6 Close the front cover.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 43 Error Indication Error Indication Indicators Error LED READY ERROR TONER/ DRUM UNIT *1 READY On: 0.5 sec. Off: 0.5 sec. On: 0.5 sec. Off: 2 sec. On: 1 sec. Off: 0.5 sec. On: 1 sec. Off: 1 sec. Off Front cover is open. RAM overflow or overrun has occurred. Media jam has occurred. Manual feed is empty. Media tray (standard) or lower tray (2nd feeder) is empty. Media tray (standard) is not installed. Toner is low. Drum unit is wearing out.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 44 Repacking Instructions Repacking Instructions Repacking It is highly recommended that you keep the original carton and ALL packing materials. Should you need to transport or ship your printer, please follow these instructions. SAFETY CAUTION The printer weighs about 10 kg {22 lbs.}. NOTE • Should you need to send your printer for service, consult your reseller first or Panasonic.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 45 Repacking Instructions 3 Lift the drum unit up (1) and slide it out of the printer (2). •To avoid possible toner spillage, it is recommended to place the drum unit on a newspaper, drop cloth or best to place back in original (Black) shipping bag. 1 1 2 CAUTION • To prevent any damage to the drum unit, observe the following precautions. — Do not touch the drum surface illustrated below.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 46 Repacking Instructions 4 While pushing the drum unit as illustrated below (1), lift the toner cartridge up (2). 2 1 5 Replace the shipping cover on the toner cartridge.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 47 Repacking Instructions 6 Insert the toner cartridge into a plastic bag and certainly seal the end of the bag tightly. 3 2 1 7 Wrap the drum unit with the protective sheet to protect the drum surface. 8 Insert the drum unit into a plastic bag and seal the end of the bag tightly. 9 Close the front cover.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 48 Repacking Instructions 10 Wipe off any loose toner in and around the printer. NOTE • If a toner vacuum is available, it is the best tool for cleaning spilled toner. Do not use a standard office vacuum; the toner will not be retained by typical vacuum dust collectors. 11 Repack the printer.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 49 Specifications Specifications Printer Printing Method: Semiconductor Laser Print Speed: 18 ppm (pages per minute) maximum (A4 size plain paper, simplex printing, 5% image area) 19 ppm maximum (Letter size plain paper, simplex printing, 5% image area) 9 ppm (pages per minute) maximum (A4 size plain paper, duplex printing, 5% image area) 9.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 50 Specifications Interface: Parallel (IEEE1284), USB (Hi-Speed USB 2.0), Ethernet (100Base-TX / 10Base-T) - KX-P7310 only Warm Up Time 15 seconds [at 22°C (71.6°F), 50% RH] Operating Environment: 10 to 32.5°C (50 to 90.5°F), 20 to 80% RH Storage Environment: 0 to 35°C (32 to 95°F), 10 to 80% RH Dimensions: 399 (W) X 390.5 (D) X 254 (H) mm (15.7″ X 15.4″ X 10″) Mass {Weight}: Approx. 10 kg {22 lbs.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 51 Specifications Fonts The following fonts can be used as the printer’s resident fonts. You can print the list of available fonts from the Remote Control Panel in Windows. See “Remote Control Panel” on page 28 in “Windows” of “Settings and Printing”. NOTE • All printer’s resident fonts have also been included in the printer CD-ROM. For information on how to install these fonts on your computer, see the Setup Guide.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 52 Specifications ■ Fonts for PostScript The following 35 fonts can be available.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 53 Specifications Media ■ Paper Specifications This printer is designed to work well with most types of paper. However, differences in paper may have significant effects on the quality of the print or the reliability of paper handling. It is strongly recommended that you always test paper before purchasing it to make sure it provides desirable performance. The following guidelines will be helpful. Basic Weight: 60 to 105 g/m2 (16 to 28 lb.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 54 Specifications NOTE • Please store your paper according to the recommendations of the manufacturer. ■ Paper and Envelope Sizes The following paper and envelope sizes are supported by the printer. Medium Paper Envelope*1 Name Dimension Letter 216 x 279 mm (8.5″ x 11″) A4 210 x 297 mm (8.27″ x 11.7″) Legal 216 x 356 mm (8.5″ x 14″) B5 176 x 250 mm (6.92″ x 9.84″) Executive 184 x 267 mm (7.25″ X 10.5″) A5*1 148.5 x 210 mm (5.85″ x 8.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 55 Specifications ■ Types of Paper to Avoid • Extremely smooth or shiny paper or paper that is highly textured • Coated papers • Acid paper • Letterhead imprinted with low temperature or thermography. These materials may transfer onto the fusing roller and cause damage. Any pre-printed paper should use inks compatible with 200°C (392°F) for 0.1 second. • Damaged or wrinkled paper, or paper with irregularities such as tabs, staples, etc.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 56 Specifications NOTE • With any label stock, the labels must completely cover the backing material (see figure below). YES Labels cover the entire backing material NO The backing material is exposed.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 58 Specifications Do not attempt to print on any of the following types of envelopes. These may cause damage to your printer. • Envelopes with clasps, snaps or tie strings (see Figure 1) • Envelopes with transparent windows (see Figure 2) • Envelopes that will melt, discolour, scorch, offset or release hazardous emissions when exposed to 200°C (392°F) for 0.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 59 Specifications Parallel (IEEE1284) Interface Connector type:36PIN Anphenole connector Cable: use a shielded cable 2 meters (6.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 60 Specifications CAUTION • If the cable is connected to PC via printer buffer or selector, the printer may not print. • A print server cannot be used for printing. NOTE • Be sure to use only a shielded cable. The printer will not operate properly if any of the pins are not connected.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 61 Specifications USB (Universal Serial Bus) Interface Cable: It is recommended to use a cable 2 m (6.6 feet) or less in length. Pin configuration Signal pin Signal 1 VBUS 2 -Data 3 + Data 4 Ground USB Interface connector (printer side) 2 1 3 4 NOTE • Be sure to use a high- / full-speed shielded cable (12 Mbps or 480 Mbps) which the Data + and Data – cables are the twisted pair.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Setup in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Selecting the Printing Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Contents of the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 LPR Port Printing using TCP/IP in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 2 Features Features This chapter explains how to configure the KX-P7310 printer on a supported network environment. The KX-P7310 printer provides Ethernet connectivity to function as a network printer. The KX-P7310 network function has the following features: Supports 100Base-TX and 10Base-T Supports the following network operating systems • Windows® 95*1 / Windows 98*2 / Windows Me*3 / Windows NT® 4.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 3 Setup in Windows Setup in Windows This chapter explains how to set up LPR port and IPP port printing in Windows*1 (Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 environment). When installing the KX-P7310 software, refer to “Contents of the Printer Software” on page 5.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 4 Setup in Windows Selecting the Printing Method There are two methods of network printing. • Printing directly from a computer • Printing through a shared computer (server) You may need to consult with your network administrator which to select. ■ Printing directly from a computer The computer's print data is transferred directly to the printer.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 5 Setup in Windows Contents of the Printer Software The following software is included in the printer’s CD-ROM disk. You can selectively install each application using the installer on the CD-ROM. ■ Printer Driver and Utilities When installing the printer driver and manual, the following utilities and manual are installed. See “Windows” section of "Settings and Printing" in the Operating Instructions how to use each software utility.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 6 Setup in Windows ■ Web Administrative Tool Manages the printer by showing the status of the device connected to the network and can change configurations. This allowes an administrator to manage a printer using this tool. Before installing or using, see the help menu for Web Administrative Tool. To see the help menu, (1) Insert the printer CD-ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive. (2) Start the browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 7 Setup in Windows LPR Port Printing using TCP/IP in Windows The following method [A] or [B] is the steps to set up an LPR Port printing using TCP/IP in Windows.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 8 Setup in Windows LPR Port Printing - Printing directly from a computer Step 1: Setting up TCP/IP on the computer If the TCP/IP protocol is already installed on your computer and it is configured, proceed to the next step. If it is not installed, you need to install TCP/IP in the operating system on the computer and configure it. Be sure to install the TCP/IP protocol as it is not installed by default in Windows 95.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 9 Setup in Windows [A] Using the DHCP server If the administrator manages the network with DHCP server, it will automatically assign an IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway. These can be viewed by printing out the configuration page. It can be printed by pressing the PRINT/RESET button on the printer panel more than 2 seconds and less than 5 seconds.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 10 Setup in Windows If the Network Setup Tool is already installed, click [Start] , move the pointer to Programs or All Programs, Panasonic and Panasonic KX-P7305 and KX-P7310, then click Network Setup Tool. Proceed to the step 6. 1 Insert the printer CD-ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive. The CD-ROM launches automatically. NOTE • If the CD-ROM does not launch automatically, perform the following steps.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 11 Setup in Windows 4 Follow the instructions until the screen below is displayed. 5 Click on the Yes check button, and then [Finish]. The list of KX-7310 printers residing on the network is displayed. • If you want to search printers in the network again, click the Device menu and select Search.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 12 Setup in Windows 6 Click the KX-P7310 printer you want to set up in the list. Then click the Setup menu and select Network Setup…. NOTE • When several printers are listed in the Network Setup Tool window, select the printer using the Ethernet address (MAC address).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 13 Setup in Windows 8 Remove the check of the Use DHCP/BOOTP and Use LARP check box, then enter IP address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway. Click [OK]. 9 Confirm the setting and click [OK]. You will see the message “Update is completed. Do you wish to reset the printer?”. 10 Click [Yes].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 14 Setup in Windows NOTE • You cannot search for the printer while the printer is restarting. • To confirm that the IP Address is set correctly, (1) On your computer, click [Start], select Programs or All Programs, then click MS-DOS Prompt. (for Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me) Or Command Prompt. (for Windows NT 4.0) Or Accessories - Command Prompt.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 15 Setup in Windows Step 3: Setting up the printer driver and the printer port on the computer 1 Insert the printer CD-ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive. The CD-ROM launches automatically. NOTE • If the CD-ROM does not launch automatically, perform the following steps. (1) Double click My computer icon (Windows XP / Windows Server 2003: Start - My Computer). (2) Double click the CD-ROM icon. 2 3 (Click language and) click KX-P7310.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 16 Setup in Windows 5 Click on the Custom Printer Setup check button and click [Next >]. The Select Setup type window is displayed. 6 Click on the Direct Print PC check button and click [Next >].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 17 Setup in Windows 7 Click on the Select the Network port for KX-P7310 check button and click the printer you want to use, then click [Next >]. The Select installed options window is displayed. 8 Select the installed options in your printer. Click [Next >]. The Select the default printer window is displayed.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 18 Setup in Windows NOTE • The installed options are automatically configured in the PCL printer driver if selecting the printer on the network at the previous step. The PostScript printer driver isn’t configured automatically. To configure this driver go the properties of the driver and select the Device, Device Settings or Device Options tab and manually configure the driver.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 19 Setup in Windows NOTE • If another computers are set up using the shared folder through the network, share the shared folder (Inst7305 by default) created by selecting [Yes] at step 10 (see “[A] Using the shared folder on the other computer” on page 20).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 20 Setup in Windows Step 4: Setting up another computer If the shared folder has been created at the previous step 3, another computer can be simply set up with the shared folder (see the method [A] or [B]). If the shared folder was not created, set up the computer with the printer CD-ROM following the previous step 3. [A] Using the shared folder on the other computer 1 2 Open the shared folder of the other computer on the network.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 21 Setup in Windows LPR Port Printing - Printing through the shared computer (print server) Step 1: Setting up TCP/IP on the computer (see page 8) Step 2: Setting up TCP/IP on the printer (see page 8) Step 3: Setting up the printer driver and the printer port on the computer The following steps must be performed on the server computer. 1 Insert the printer CD-ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive. The CD-ROM launches automatically.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 22 Setup in Windows 3 Click Install Printer driver and Utilities. The License Agreement window is displayed. 4 5 Click [Yes]. Click on the Custom Printer Setup check button and click [Next >]. The Select Setup type window is displayed.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 23 Setup in Windows 6 Click on the Printer Server PC check button and click [Next >]. 7 Select the printer in the Select the current port or Select the Network port for KX-P7310 list, then click [Next >]. The Select installed options window is displayed.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 24 Setup in Windows 8 Select the installed options in your printer. Click [Next >]. The Select the default printer window is displayed. NOTE • The installed options are automatically configured in the PCL printer driver if selecting the printer on the network at the previous step. The PostScript printer driver isn’t configured automatically.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 25 Setup in Windows 10 Confirm the shared printer name and change it if needed. Click [Next >].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 26 Setup in Windows 11 Click [Yes] or [No]. Yes:The easy installer that enables printing through this server computer is created in the shared folder (Inst7305 by default). The easy installer allows the setting up on a client computer without the CD-ROM. For the detailed instructions, see “[A] Using the shared folder on the other computer” on page 27. No: A shared folder is not created. To setup a client computer, the printer CD-ROM disk is required.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 27 Setup in Windows Step 4: Setting up the client computer If the shared folder has been created at the previous step 3, the client computer can be simply set up with the shared folder (see the method [A] or [B]). If the shared folder was not created, set up the computer with the printer CD-ROM following the method [C]. [A] Using the shared folder on the other computer 1 2 Open the shared folder of the other computer on the network.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 28 Setup in Windows [C] Using the printer CD-ROM 1 Insert the printer CD-ROM disk into the CD-ROM drive. The CD-ROM launches automatically. NOTE • If the CD-ROM does not launch automatically, perform the following steps. (1) Double click My computer icon (Windows XP / Windows Server 2003: Start - My Computer). (2) Double click the CD-ROM icon. 2 3 (Click language and) click KX-P7310. Click Install Printer driver and Utilities.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 29 Setup in Windows 5 Click on the Custom Printer Setup check button and click [Next >]. The Select Setup the PC type window is displayed. 6 Click on the Client PC check button and click [Next >].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 30 Setup in Windows 7 Enter the network path of the shared printer (\\server name\printer name) in the Specify the network path of the PCL printer and Specify the network path of the PostScript printer box, then click [Next >]. The Select installed options window is displayed. • You can also click [Browse...] and select the printer.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 31 Setup in Windows 8 Select the installed options in your printer. Click [Next >]. The Select the default printer window is displayed. NOTE • The installed options are automatically configured in the PCL printer driver if selecting the printer on the network at the previous step. The PostScript printer driver isn’t configured automatically.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 32 Setup in Windows IPP Port Printing using TCP/IP IPP port printing allows you to print a document via the Internet. The following are the steps to setup IPP port printing using the TCP/IP protocol. NOTE • If a firewall, etc. intercepts the communication between the printer and your computer, you will not be able to use this printing method.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 33 Setup in Windows 3 Click Install Printer driver and Utilities. The License Agreement window is displayed. 4 5 Click [Yes]. Click on the Custom Printer Setup check button and click [Next >].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 34 Setup in Windows 6 Click on the Direct Print PC check button and click [Next >]. 7 Select the printer in the Select the current port or Select the Network port for KX-P7310 list, then click [Next >]. The Select installed options window is displayed. • If the printer is not listed, select LPT1: to install the printer driver.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 35 Setup in Windows 8 Select the installed options in your printer. Click [Next >]. The Select the default printer window is displayed. NOTE • The installed options are automatically configured in the PCL printer driver if selecting the printer on the network at the previous step. The PostScript printer driver isn’t configured automatically.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 36 Setup in Windows Step 4: Setting up IPP port on the computer The following is the steps for Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me. For Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows Server 2003, see page 38. [For Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Click [Start], move the pointer to Settings, then click Printers. Click the Panasonic KX-P7310 PCL6 or Panasonic KX-P7310 PS icon. Click the File menu and click Properties.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 37 Setup in Windows 7 Click on the Print using IPP check button and click [Next >]. 8 Click either the Connect using a modem and telephone line or Connect using a local area network check button. Click [Next >]. • If you select Connect using a modem and telephone line, proceed to step 10. • If your computer is not eqipped with a dial-up adapter, this selection window is not displayed. Proceed to step 9.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 38 Setup in Windows [For Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 / Windows XP / Windows Server 2003] 1 Click [Start], move the pointer to Settings, then click Printers. The Printers window is displayed. • For Windows XP Professional / Windows Server 2003, click [Start], then click or double click Printers and Faxes. • For Windows XP Home, click [Start], click Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware icon, then click Printers and Faxes icon.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 39 Setup in Windows 7 Click on the Print using IPP check button and click [Next >]. 8 Click either the Connect using a modem and telephone line or Connect using a local area network check button. Click [Next >]. • If you select Connect using a modem and telephone line, proceed to step 10. • If your computer is not eqipped with a dial-up adapter, this selection window is not displayed. Proceed to step 9.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 40 Setup in Windows HP JetDirect Port Printing using TCP/IP or IPX/SPX in Windows This enables you to use the HP JetDirect port printing using the HP JetAdmin software. TCP/IP or IPX/SPX protocol is used for printing.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 41 Setup in Macintosh Setup in Macintosh KX-P7310 Setup Utility uses TCP/IP. You need to set up AppleTalk and TCP/IP on your computer and printer. The printer does not work with AppleTalk Phase1. Step 1: Setting up AppleTalk and TCP/IP on your computer [For Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2] See page 42 for Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2. 1 2 3 4 5 Select Control Panels from the Apple menu, then double click AppleTalk icon.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 42 Setup in Macintosh [For Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2] 1 Click System Preference... from the Apple menu and click Network icon. The Network window is displayed. 2 3 4 Select Built-in Ethernet from Show menu. Click the TCP/IP tab. Assign the IP Address to your computer or use the DHCP server for TCP/ IP setting. • To setup the TCP/IP, check with your network administrator. 5 6 7 8 Click the AppleTalk tab.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 43 Setup in Macintosh Step 2: Setting up TCP/IP on the printer You need to set the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway for the printer. Set them by using one of the following two methods. You may need to contact your network administrator to select the best way. • Using the DHCP server (see below) • Using the Network Setup Tool (see page 44) NOTE • You can also setup the printer using BOOTP or RARP.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 44 Setup in Macintosh [B] Using the Network Setup Tool (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2) Network Setup Tool can operate in the Classic environment only. When using it in Mac OS X 10.1 or Mac OS X10.2, use it in the Classic environment. If the administrator manages the IP Address, contact them to confirm the values before the installation. If not, set the unique value that is not used by another devices on the network. Refer to the example shown below.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 45 Setup in Macintosh 7 Click the KX-P7310 printer you want to set up, click Setup menu and then select Network Setup.... NOTE • When several printers are listed, select the printer using the MAC address. You can obtain the number (hexadecimal six digits) from the label near the network interface connector or by printing a configuration page (press PRINT/RESET button more than 2 seconds and less than 5 seconds).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 46 Setup in Macintosh 10 11 12 13 Click [OK]. Click Setup menu and click Restart the printer. Click [OK] to restart the printer. Click the printer assigned the IP Address and click Network Setup... from the Setup menu. • If a password is set, you must enter the password and click [OK]. 14 15 Click the AppleTalk icon. Confirm the Use AppleTalk Protocol check box is checked. • If needed, change the Printer Name and enter the Zone Name.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 47 Setup in NetWare Setup in NetWare This chapter explains how to setup a client computer to print via a NetWare server. In NetWare 4.x / NetWare 5.x / NetWare 6 Perform the following steps: Step 1: Setting up the printer and server Step 2: Setting up the client Step 1: Setting up the printer and server There are four ways of setup.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 48 Setup in NetWare [A] Using NDS - PSERVER mode The following are the steps for setting up the printer. First install the Network Setup Tool from the printer CD-ROM disk and then set up the printer. 1 2 Start the server system. Start the client system and log on the network in the NDS mode.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 49 Setup in NetWare 7 Click on the Yes check button, and then [Finish]. A list of printers residing on the network is displayed. • If you want to search the network for printers again, click the Device menu and select Search. 8 Select the printer you want to set up from the list. Then click the Setup menu and select Network Setup.... NOTE • When several printers are listed in the Network Setup Tool window, select the printer using the MAC address.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 50 Setup in NetWare 9 Click the NetWare tab. NOTE • You can change the Print Server Name and Printer Name. After changing, click [OK]. Then go back to the step 8. 10 11 12 Click on the PSERVER Mode check button. Click [OK]. If you change the setting, click [OK], then click [Yes]. The following are the steps to set up the server. 13 14 15 Select the printer you want to configure in the Network Setup Tool window.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 51 Setup in NetWare 16 Expand the Tree and select the context where the Queue will be added, and click [Next >]. 17 Click on the Print Server Mode check button and click [Next >].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 52 Setup in NetWare 18 Change the queue name if needed. The print jobs are temporarily stored on the selected volume; if there is different volumes required select it from the list, then click [Next >]. 19 Follow the instructions on the screen. NOTE • When the setting is finished, the printer is automatically restarted.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 53 Setup in NetWare [B] Using NDS - RPRINTER (NPRINTER) mode The following are the steps to set up the printer. First install the Network Setup Tool by using the printer CD-ROM disk and then set up the printer. 1 2 Start the server system. Start the client system and log on the network in the NDS mode.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 54 Setup in NetWare 7 Click on the Yes check button, and then click [Finish]. The list of printers residing on the network is displayed. • If you want to search the network for printers again, click the Device menu and select Search. 8 Select the printer you want to set up from the list. Then click the Setup menu and select Network Setup....
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 55 Setup in NetWare 9 Click the NetWare tab. NOTE • You can change the Print Server Name and Printer Name. After changing, click [OK]. Then go back to the step 8.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 56 Setup in NetWare 10 Click on the RPRINTER Mode check button. 11 12 Click [OK]. If you change the setting, click [OK], then click [Yes]. The printer is restarted. The following are the steps to set up the server. 13 14 Select the printer you want to configure from the list. Click the Setup menu and select Create NetWare Queue. Follow the instructions on the screen. • When asked to select NDS or Bindery mode, select NDS Mode and click [Next >].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 57 Setup in NetWare 15 Expand the Tree and select the context where the Queue will be added, and click [Next >]. 16 Click on the Remote Printer Mode check button and click [Next >].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 58 Setup in NetWare 17 Select the print server name in the list or enter the print server name you want to use for printing. Click [Next >]. NOTE • If the print server is on the NetWare server, the printer server can be selected from the list. 18 Change the queue name if needed. Click [Next >].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 59 Setup in NetWare 19 20 21 Follow the instructions on the screen. On the NetWare server type LOAD PSERVER xxxxxxxx, then press the Enter key. (xxxxxxxx : print server name). Turn the printer off and on before printing.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 60 Setup in NetWare In NetWare 3.x Perform the following steps: Step 1: Setting up the printer Step 2: Setting up the Server Step 3: Setting up the client There are two printing modes. [A] Print server (PSERVER) mode [B] Remote printer (RPRINTER) mode Before setting up, select a printing mode. For detailed information on these modes, refer to the NetWare manual or Novell web site. You may need to check with your network administrator which to select.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 61 Setup in NetWare Step 2: Setting up the Server [A] Using Print Server (PSERVER) mode 1 2 3 Select the printer you want to configure in the Network Setup Tool window. Click the Setup menu and select Create NetWare Queue. Follow the instructions on the screen. • When asked to select NDS mode or Bindery mode, select Bindery Mode and click [Next >]. 4 Select a file server from the list and click [Next >].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 62 Setup in NetWare 5 Click on the Print Server Mode check button and click [Next >]. 6 Change the queue name if needed, then click [Next >]. 7 Follow the instructions on the screen. NOTE • When the setting is finished, the printer is automatically restarted.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 63 Setup in NetWare [B] Using the Remote Printer (RPRINTER) mode 1 2 3 Select the printer you want to configure in the Network Setup Tool window. Click the Setup menu and select Create NetWare Queue. Follow the instructions on the screen. • When asked to select NDS or Bindery mode, select Bindery Mode and click [Next >]. 4 Select a file server from the list and click [Next >].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 64 Setup in NetWare 5 Click on the Remote Printer Mode check button and click [Next >]. 6 Select the print server name in the list or enter the print server name you want to use for printing. Click [Next >]. NOTE • If the print server is on the NetWare server, the printer server can be selected from the list.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 65 Setup in NetWare 7 Change the queue name if needed. Click [Next >]. 8 9 Follow the instructions on the screen. 10 Type LOAD PSERVER xxxxxxxx, then press the Enter key. (xxxxxxxx : print server name). Turn the printer off and on before printing. Step 3: Setting up the client See “[C] Using the printer CD-ROM” on page 28 in “Step 4: Setting up the client computer”. NOTE • If using the Novell Client Software in Windows NT 4.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 66 Setup in UNIX Setup in UNIX This chapter explains how to set up printing in various UNIX environments. Supported UNIX variants are as follows: • Solaris 2.6 • Solaris 2.3x - 2.5x • HP-UX 9.x and 10.x • AIX 4.x.x • BSD UNIX There are two ways of printing.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 67 Setup in UNIX Step 2: Adding the printer to UNIX systems Perform the following steps to add the printer as a network printer to a UNIX systems. When editing the hosts file, contact your network administrator. 1 Log in as root. # login root 2 Edit your /etc/hosts file to add the printer as a network printer to your system. (Example) The printer's IP Address is "172.16.xxx.xxx" and the host name is "kxp7310". 172.16.xxx.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 68 Setup in UNIX 2 Print • Print using "lp" command. For details, refer to the Solaris manual.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 69 Setup in UNIX [For Solaris 2.3x - 2.5x] 1 Create Print Queue. (1) Log in as root. # login root (2) Stop print scheduler. # /usr/sbin/lpshut (3) Add print server. Example: Add host name "kxp7310" # /usr/sbin/lpsystem -RO -t bsd kxp7310 (4) Set up print queue. Example: Add print queue name "kxp7310lp" # /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p kxp7310lp -s kxp7310!lp If you use csh, use "\!". "lp" after "!" is the printer queue name. (5) Start print scheduler.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 70 Setup in UNIX [For HP-UX 9.x and 10.x] 1 Set up remote spooler. (1) Log in as root. # login root (2) Disable printer spooler. # /usr/lib/lpshut (3) Add the following line to the /etc/inetd.conf. printer stream tcp nowait root /usr/lib/rlpdaemon -i (4) Restart inetd. /etc/inetd -c 2 Create print queue. (1) Log in as root. # login root (2) Create print queue "kxp7310lp". Example: Create print queue "kxp7310lp".
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 71 Setup in UNIX [For AIX 4.x.x] 1 Create print queue. (1) Log in as root. # login root (2) Add print server. Example: Add hostname "kxp7310". # ruser -a -p kxp7310 (3) Start remote printer daemon. # startsrc -s lpd # mkitab 'lpd:2:once:startsrc -s lpd' 2 Add print queue with smit command. (1) Perform smit. Move to "Add Print Queues". # smit mkrque (2) From the list, select "remote" (printer connected to remote host).
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 72 Setup in UNIX [For BSD UNIX] The following is an example for Sun OS4.1.3. The command and paths may differ depending on the OS version. Please refer to the workstation manual. 1 Create printer queue. (1) Log in as root. # login root (2) Add an entry for the printer in /etc/printcap file. Registering printer queue port as “kxp7310lp”.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 73 Setup in UNIX Printing using FTP FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a protocol for transferring files installed on TCP/IP systems. Perform the following steps. 1 Log on the printer. # ftp PANA (or ftp 172.16.xxx.xxx) Connected to PANA. 220 KX-P7310 Network Ver xxxx FTP server. User(PANA:root): root 331 Password required. Password: 230 User Logged in. ftp> 2 Change the directory to remote print directory using “cd” command.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 74 Using the Printer’s Web Server Using the Printer’s Web Server If an IP Address has been assigned to a printer, you can access the printer's Web Server (Embedded Web Server). It allows monitoring or setting the printer. To display the printer’s Web Server, there are one or two methods. • From the Network Setup Tool (Windows only) • From the Browser (see below) (see page 75) NOTE • For Windows, use the Internet Explorer 4.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 75 Using the Printer’s Web Server Displaying the Printer’s Web Server Screen from a Browser 1 2 Open the browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape). Enter the printer’s IP Address in the Address box and press the Enter key. The printer’s Web Server screen is displayed. (Example) http://172.16.xxx.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 76 Using the Printer’s Web Server Changing the Printer's Settings To change the printer's setting, 1 Display the Web Server screen (see page 74, 75). 2 Click Network Setup in the left pane. The Enter Network Password window is displayed. 3 Type root in the User name box and click [OK]. •If the password is already set, the password must be entered in the Password box. 4 Click the menu item (TCP/IP, NetWare...) and change the setting.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 77 Using the Printer’s Web Server Changing the Password It is recommended that the password is set so only the network administrator can change the configuration. To set the password, proceed to the following steps. 1 Perform step 1 - 3 of “Changing the Printer's Settings” on page 76. 2 Click General in the right pane. 3 Enter the password in the Value box (Max. 7 characters) and click [Submit Query]. 4 Click [OK].
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 78 Using the Web Administrative Tool Using the Web Administrative Tool Web Administrative Tool enables the ability to manage the device connected to the network. For the installation, see Readme as follows. (1) Insert the printer CD-ROM disk in your CD-ROM drive. (2) Double click the Readme.txt. [D (CD-ROM drive letter):\Network\WebTool\English\Readme.txt] (3) See the system requirement and installation instruction.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 79 Using the Web Administrative Tool Displaying the Web Administrative Tool Screen ■ On the server computer 1 2 Open the browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape). Enter the URL (http://localhost/pademu/) in the Address box and press the Enter key. The Web Administrative Tool screen is displayed. Or 1 Click [Start], select Programs or All Programs, Panasonic and Web Administrative Tool, then click Web Administrative Tool.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 80 Using the Web Administrative Tool ■ On the client computer 1 2 Open the browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape). Enter the URL [http://(the address of the server)/pademu/] in the Address box and press the Enter key. The Web Administrative Tool screen is displayed.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 81 Appendix Appendix Setting Password with Network Setup Tool Entering the password is required to change the printer's setting, when a password is set in the printer. 1 Display the Network Setup Tool Window • To display the Network Setup Tool window, refer to “Step 1: Setting up TCP/IP on the computer” on page 8 for Windows or “Step 2: Setting up TCP/IP on the printer” on page 43 for Macintosh. 2 3 Click the printer to set the password.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 82 Appendix 8 9 Click [OK] to send the setting to the printer. Windows: Click [Yes] to restart the printer. Or Mac: Click [OK], then click Setup menu, click Restart the printer and click [OK]. NOTE • The printer’s password of the printer’s Web Server is same as that of the Network Setup Tool. Printing a Configuration Page 1 Press PRINT/RESET button on the printer panel more than 2 seconds and less than 5 seconds.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 83 Appendix Resetting the Printer Settings to Factory Default It enables to reset the printer's network settings to the factory default settings. 1 Display the Network Setup Tool. • To display the Network Setup Tool window, refer to “[B] Using the Network Setup Tool” on page 9 for Windows or “[B] Using the Network Setup Tool (Mac OS 8.5 - Mac OS 9.2)” on page 44 for Macintosh. 2 3 4 Click the printer you want to set up in the list.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 84 Appendix Troubleshooting This section explains how to resolve the common problems you may have with the KX-P7310. If KX-P7310 does not operate properly or you are unable to set up with Network Setup Tool, we recommend that you print the diagnostic/configuration pages first.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 85 Appendix ■ Trouble in Windows Environment (TCP/IP) Unable to search KX-P7310 printer using Network Setup Tool. • Check that the printer is connected to the network correctly. • In Option of the menu bar in Network Setup Tool, make sure Use TCP/IP Protocol is selected. • Initialize the configuration and set up KX-P7310 again. • Check the printer is in the same segment with the computer in the network. Unable to print.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 86 Appendix ■ Trouble in NetWare Environment Unable to search KX-P7310 using Network Setup Tool. • Check that the printer is connected to the network correctly. • In the Option menu bar in Network Setup Tool, make sure Use NetWare Protocol is selected. • Initialize the configuration and set up KX-P7310 again. Unable to connect to NetWare Server in Remote Printer mode. • Check the frame type is set correctly.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 87 Appendix ■ Trouble in Macintosh Environment Unable to detect KX-P7310. • Check that the KX-P7310 is connected to the network correctly. • If the KX-P7310 is on the assigned zone, make sure the zone name is selected from "Chooser" . • Make sure the correct printer driver is loaded. • Ensure that AppleTalk is checked and is available from the Chooser. • Check in the AppleTalk control panel that the correct environment being used.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 88 Appendix ■ Troubleshooting when installing the printer software Trouble Possible Cause Corrective Action Printer software cannot be installed in a computer. You do not log on the computer as an Administrator in Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. Log on the computer as an Administrator. A document is not printed through the server computer. You have no authority to print.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 89 Appendix Configuration Parameters • General • TCP/IP • NetWare • AppleTalk • SMB • SNMP • Printer Port (see below) (see page 90) (see page 91) (see page 92) (see page 92) (see page 93) (see page 94) ■ General Name Factory Default Description Change root password NULL Password for Administrator. It is used for authentication when entering Network Setup Tool.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 90 Appendix ■ TCP/IP Name Factory Default Use TCP/IP Protocol Use DHCP/BOOTP ENABLE ENABLE Use RARP ENABLE IP Address 0.0.0.0 Subnet Mask 0.0.0.0 Default Gateway 0.0.0.0 WINS Server Primary (Preferred) WINS Server WINS Server Secondary (Alternate) WINS Server WINS Server Scope ID Use IP Filtering Filter Mode 0.0.0.0 Filter1 / Filter2 / Filter3 / Filter4 Use IPv6 Protocol Use FTP/LPD Banner 0.0.0.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 91 Appendix ■ NetWare Name Factory Default Description Use NetWare Protocol ENABLE Enables or disables NetWare printing. Frame Type 802.2 Sets default Frame type used by KX-P7310. If KX-P7310 does not work with the frame type, it will be automatically changed to different type. Printer Name MLPxxxxxx-Printer Sets printer name registered to the NetWare server. This name must be same as the printer name registered to the NetWare server.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 92 Appendix ■ AppleTalk Name Factory Default Description Use AppleTalk Protocol ENABLE Enables or disables AppleTalk protocol for KX-P7310. Printer Name KX-P7310-xxxxxx Sets the AppleTalk printer name. The name set here can be seen from Chooser. Zone Name * Sets zone name to which KX-P7310 belongs. If blank, KX-P7310 will automatically belong to the zone name where the AppleTalk router is set.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 93 Appendix ■ SNMP Name Factory Default Description Authentic Community ****** Sets SNMP authentic community name. This community name is authenticated when receiving SNMP Set Request. Use Authentic Trap DISABLE Enables or disables authentic TRAP. TRAP Community public Enters TRAP community name. This name will be used when the printer executes a TRAP. TRAP Address 0.0.0.0 Enters the TRAP address.
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Settings and Printing Maintenance and Spec. Network 94 Appendix ■ Printer Port Name Factory Default Description lp Port BOJ String (MJL String) NULL Sets the MJL String that will be sent before sending a print job to the direct output port (lp). EOJ String (MJL String) NULL Sets the MJL String that will be sent at the end of a print job to the direct output port (lp). BOJ String NULL Sets the string sent before sending the printing job to the output port via Kanji filter (sjis, euc).