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Panasonic KX-P8420 Reference Manual

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  • Page 1: Drivers And Utilities

    Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide KX-P8420 Model No. Please carefully read the Operating Instructions and the Reference Guide before operating. Keep this CD-ROM in the protective case. Do not expose the CD-ROM to direct sunlight or extreme heat and do not scratch or smudge the surface of...
  • Page 2 The icons in this document indicate: : Features and functionality which require an optional hard disk drive. See “Installing a hard disk drive” in the Setup Manual or : Features and functionality which require a minimum of 32 MB of SDRAM. See “Installing additional memory”...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Macintosh Computers Printing to the KX-P8420....... Chapter 3 Printing from...
  • Page 4 Color management on the KX-P8420..... Resident printer fonts ....... . .

  • Page 5: Postscript Printing

    Color”. For information on installing the appropriate driver for your system and setting up the environment for parallel printing with the KX-P8420, see Chapter 4 of the Setup Manual or describes how to connect to the printer over the network, how to set up networking for all supported network types, and how to install additional KX-P8420 user software.

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Configuring Postscript Printing Options With Windows 95 5

    Windows 95 This section describes configuring printing options for Windows 95 using the Adobe PostScript printer driver provided on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM. Print options are specified from the Printer Properties dialog box. This dialog can be accessed using the steps described below, or by selecting File>Print from within your application and clicking the Properties button.
  • Page 7 Printing from Windows Computers Click the Paper tab. Specify paper size, paper source, number of copies, and other print options from this tab. Click the More Options button in the Paper tab. Specify whether or not to print a page border for your print job. Click OK .
  • Page 8 Printing from Windows Computers Click the ColorWise tab. Specify color management settings from this tab. For information on the print options available in this tab, see “Windows print options” on page...
  • Page 9 Printing from Windows Computers Click the Device Options tab. Specify settings in the Output tab. For details on print option settings you can make in this tab, see “Windows print options” on page The Check and Print and Electronic Collation options are available only for printers with a hard disk drive.
  • Page 10 Printing from Windows Computers Click the Options tab. Features related to optional device, such as a Hard Disk or 2nd Feeder are enabled only when you have specified them as installed in this tab. To add an option, select it from the Available Options area and click Add.
  • Page 11 From the Windows NT 4.0 taskbar, select Settings Printers. > Click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon, and select Properties from the File menu. Click the Device Settings tab. If the available options do not appear, double-click the Installable Options folder.
  • Page 12 Printing from Windows Computers Right-click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon in the Printers folder and select Document Defaults . The Default Document Properties dialog box appears. NOTE: • When printing from applications, this dialog box appears (select Print, and then click the Properties button).
  • Page 13 Windows 3.1 Printing from Windows Computers This section describes configuring printing options for Windows 3.1 systems using the Adobe PostScript printer driver from the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM. To configure PostScript printing options: In the Main window, double-click the Control Panel icon.
  • Page 14 Windows print options The printer drivers that come with your printer have been customized to provide additional print options specific to your KX-P8420 printer. Although the PostScript printer driver interfaces vary between Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 3.1 operating systems, the printing features available from each driver, on each platform, are virtually the same.
  • Page 15 When the Check and Print copy has been printed, you can specify the number of additional copies of the job to print using the Check and Print screens at the printer’s front panel. CMYK Simulation CMYK Simulation settings adjust CMYK...
  • Page 16 Presentation/Transparency contain text, photographs and illustrations. (Defaults: The Photographic CRD optimizes the range Text—Presentation of colors on the printer to produce the best Graphics—Presentation results for photographic or bitmapped Images—Photographic) images. The Presentation CRD optimizes the output of pure, saturated colors such as those used in business presentations.
  • Page 17 Print option ColorWise Business Color Before an RGB image can be printed, the file’s color data must be converted to the (Defaults: printer’s CMYK color space. Color Text—Presentation rendering dictionaries allow you to apply Illustrations—Presentation optimal gamut mapping methods for text, Photos—Photographic)
  • Page 18 Options include: 2nd Feeder, Hard Disk. Electronic Collation If your printer has a hard disk, you can use this option to collate copies of your print job. (Default: No) This option allows the pages of each copy of a print job to be printed in sequence.
  • Page 19 Windows\System\Color folder. If the ICM profile is installed, JPEG, BMP, and TIFF images print incorrectly from Microsoft Office 97. KX-P8420 printer driver by using the Add Printer wizard. Copy the ICM profile manually from KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM (English\Prntdrvr\Disk1) to Windows\System\Color folder.
  • Page 20 Printing from Windows Computers Print option Output Order Print jobs sent to the KX-P8420 can be output Face-Down or Face-Up. Face-Down/Face-Up Face-Down printing results in a print job (Default: Face-Down) with the pages in sequential order, with the first page at the bottom of a stack of printed pages, face down.
  • Page 21 KX-P8420 printer. The EFIRGB setting is optimal for color conversions that will be sent to the KX-P8420 printer. The sRGB (PC) setting specifies the source space of a generic Windows computer monitor. The Apple Standard setting specifies the source space of all standard Macintosh monitors.
  • Page 22 This option allows you to print draft color copies or three color copies of documents. When Three Color Mode is selected, the printer prints using Cyan, Magenta and Yellow toner only. This option is only available when the printer’s print resolution...
  • Page 23 Continue/Forward button is pressed at the printer, prints all odd-numbered pages in the job. If your printer does not have a hard disk drive and this option is selected, the printer prints an odd-numbered page and, when the Continue/Forward button is pressed, prints the subsequent even-numbered page in the job.
  • Page 24 — It is strongly suggested to use color laser bond paper. — Avoid printing photograph or graphic in solid color to prevent paper jamming. It may cause a damage to the printer. — Before printing on the first side, set the unprintable area [at least 15 mm (0.59") in length] on the top of paper.

  • Page 25: Printing From Macintosh Computers

    KX-P8420 just as you would print to any other printer. Simply specify the KX-P8420 as the current printer by clicking on its icon in the Chooser desk accessory. You will need to select the Page Setup dialog box from your application’s file menu to set general printing options for your printer.

  • Page 26: Printing From A Macintosh

    Open the file you want to print from within the application. Select Page Setup from your application’s File menu. Select the KX-P8420 from the Format for: pop-up menu. You can specify PostScript options and page attribute options from this dialog box.
  • Page 27 General pane of the Print dialog box. Select Printer Specific Options from the pop-up menu directly below the printer name. Most print option settings are specified from the Printer Specific Options pane of the Print dialog box. Use the scrollbar to view additional options.
  • Page 28 Printing from Macintosh Computers Macintosh print options The PostScript drivers that come with your printer have been customized to provide additional print options specific to your KX-P8420 printer, as described in the following table. Print option Brightness Adjust the color production on all color...
  • Page 29 Color Matching/Black profile installed on your computer. and White/Color/ Grayscale For information on how to install and use the KX-P8420 ICC printer profile (ColorSync profile), see “Installing the KX-P8420 ColorSync profile” in the Setup Manual or Operating Instructions . Color Mode By default your printer is set to print documents in color (CMYK).
  • Page 30 (ColorSync profile), see “Installing the KX-P8420 ColorSync profile” in the Setup Manual or Output Order Print jobs sent to the KX-P8420 can optionally be output Face-Up or Face-Down. Face-Up Face-Up/Face-Down printing results in a print job with the pages in...
  • Page 31 • When Transparency paper is used, the Transparency CRD is automatically applied to text, illustrations, and photographs in the document. Resolution Specify the print resolution for your printer. Options include: 600 1200 NOTE: • A minimum of 32 MB of SDRAM is required...
  • Page 32 KX-P8420 printer. The EFIRGB setting is optimal for color conversions that will be sent to the KX-P8420 printer. The sRGB (PC) setting specifies the source space of a generic Windows computer monitor.
  • Page 33 Continue/Forward button is pressed at the printer, prints all even-numbered pages in the job. If your printer does not have a hard disk drive and this option is selected, the printer prints an odd-numbered page and, when the Continue/Forward button is pressed, prints the subsequent even page in the job.

  • Page 34: Chapter 3 Printing To The Kx-P8420

    Chapter 3 Printing to the KX-P8420 You can print to the KX-P8420 directly from UNIX. Jobs printed to the KX-P8420 are sent to the Print queue and can be manipulated from Macintosh and PC computers on the network by using WebSpooler.

  • Page 35: Printing From Unix Workstations

    KX-P8420 as follows: lp -d queuename -n copies filename For example, if the Print queue of your KX-P8420 is named KXP8420, your file is named Sample, and you want to print two copies, type: lp -d KXP8420 -n 2 Sample To display a list of jobs in the queue: On a system running SunOS 4.1.x or another BSD-based...
  • Page 36 You can use the lpq command to check the job number. For example, to remove job number 123 from the Print queue of your KX-P8420 named KXP8420, type: lprm -P KXP8420 123 The lprm command reports the names of any files it removes.

  • Page 37: Managing Print Jobs

    About Fiery WebTools Fiery WebTools allow you to manage your printer from the Internet or your company’s intranet. The KX-P8420 has its own home page, from which you can select from a variety of tools. You can access the Fiery WebTools over the network from a variety of platforms.
  • Page 38 Managing Print Jobs You can access the following Fiery WebTools from the KX-P8420 home page. WebTool Status Shows you the jobs currently processing and printing. For information on using the Status WebTool, see page WebSpooler Allows you to view, manipulate, reorder, reprint, and delete jobs currently spooling, processing, or printing on the KX-P8420.
  • Page 39 Fiery WebTools To use the Fiery WebTools via the Internet or your site’s intranet, you need an Internet browser and the IP address or DNS name of the KX-P8420. To access the Fiery WebTools: Start up your Internet browser application.

  • Page 40: Using Fiery Webspooler

    Print queue. Job spooling requires a printer with a hard disk drive and a minimum of 32 MB of memory. All jobs are stored on the KX-P8420 hard disk until sent to the Print queue.
  • Page 41 To use Fiery WebSpooler: On the left side of the Fiery WebTools home page, click the WebSpooler button. The Fiery WebSpooler main window appears. Icons appear on buttons above the scroll list: Update Click this button to update the information in the Fiery WebSpooler main window.
  • Page 42 Managing Print Jobs The window is divided into regions that correspond to the different queues. Each job listed includes the document name, user name, page description language (PDL), and file size. NOTE: • The file size of documents sent to the direct connection does not appear.
  • Page 43 Select Preferences from the Edit menu to specify how Fiery WebSpooler operates. You can use this window to specify that the KX-P8420: Update Automatically every option lets you specify whether Fiery WebSpooler main window is automatically updated at a specified interval, or whether it is updated only when you select the Update command from the Window menu or click the Update icon.

  • Page 44: Print Jobs Duplicating, Moving, And Deleting Jobs

    KX-P8420 creates a reference to the original file, so duplicate files do not require the full amount of disk space on the KX-P8420. As long as one of the duplicates remain, the KX-P8420 saves the file, so you can delete all but one reference to a file.
  • Page 45 Moving jobs You can move your jobs from the Hold queue and the Printed queue to the Print queue. If you frequently print the same file, for example a fax cover sheet, you can send it to the Hold queue and later drag a copy of the file to the Print queue.

  • Page 46: Changing Print Settings

    You can override the copy count of a Check and Print job in the Override print settings dialog box. The settings in this dialog box override the settings in the front panel Printer Setup menu. To change print settings for a job: Double-click a Check and Print job or select the job and select Override Print Settings from the Edit menu.

  • Page 47: Using The Job Log

    With the Fiery WebSpooler, you can view and print a log of all the jobs printed to the KX-P8420. You can also export the Job Log as a tab- delimited text file and import into a database, spreadsheet or word processing application for job accounting purposes.
  • Page 48 The information displayed in the Job Log window prints to the current KX-P8420. When you print the Job Log, totals are printed for all appropriate columns. To save the Job Log as a file that you can view with a different application, select Export Job Log from the File menu.

  • Page 49: Checking The Printer Status

    The Status window appears in a new browser window. You can close other browser windows and leave the Status window open to continue checking the status of the KX-P8420. As long as you keep the Status window open, it is dynamically updated at 30-second intervals.

  • Page 50: Linking To Other Web Sites

    Managing Print Jobs Linking to other Web sites WebLink links you to the Panasonic home page (www.panasonic.co.jp/kme/ saga/color_printer/p8420_link.html), provided a valid Internet connection is available. You can change the WebLink destination by holding down the Control key and clicking the WebLink button. In the New URL field, type the new WebLink address and click OK.

  • Page 51: Using Fiery Webdownloader

    Using Fiery WebDownloader Using Fiery WebDownloader, you can send PostScript or text files to the KX-P8420 without first opening the file in an application. NOTE: • Fiery WebDownloader cannot be used on Macintosh computers. A downloaded file can be sent to the Direct connection or to the Print or Hold queues.
  • Page 52 Downloading a file to the printer: Specify a file to download to the printer: Enter a path to the file you want to download to the printer in the Source File text field. Or click Browse to navigate to the file you want to download.

  • Page 53: The Properties Of Color

    Working with Color Chapter 5 The properties of color The physics of color This chapter introduces concepts that are basic to color theory. You will encounter some of these concepts (such as hue, saturation, and brightness) when you work with color in applications; others provide useful background information.

  • Page 54: Hue, Saturation, And Brightness

    Working with Color CIE color model Hue, saturation, and brightness In the 1930s, the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (CIE) defined a standard color space, a way of defining colors in mathematical terms, to help in the communication of color information. This color space is based on research on the nature of color perception.

  • Page 55: Additive And Subtractive Color Systems

    There are two methods of creating a range of colors from a set of primary colors. Computer monitors and scanners use the additive color model. Printing technologies, including KX-P8420 print devices and offset presses, use the subtractive color model.

  • Page 56: Print Device Gamut

    This is why some colors that can be displayed on a color monitor, especially bright saturated colors, cannot be reproduced exactly by your KX-P8420 print device—nor, for that matter, can they be reproduced on press using process colors. Moreover, different print devices have different gamuts—some colors that your print device can produce...

  • Page 57: Controlling Printed Color

    If you are working with color that will print on press, you want the KX-P8420 output to match prepress proofs. The type of print job and the final print device either the KX-P8420 printer or an offset press, determine the methodology you use to achieve optimal results.

  • Page 58: Using Color Effectively

    Working with Color Using color effectively A few rules of thumb The ability to print in color can greatly increase the effectiveness of your message, whether you are printing a presentation or a newsletter, or proofing an ad concept that will later be printed on press. Some potential benefits of using color include: •...

  • Page 59: Color Wheel

    Working with Color A color wheel is a helpful tool for understanding the interrelation of colors. Color wheel The colors on one side of the color wheel, from magenta to yellow, appear to most people to be warm colors, while those on the other side, from green to blue, appear to be cool.

  • Page 60: Color And Text

    Working with Color Color and text It is not a coincidence that the overwhelming majority of text you see is printed in black toner on white paper. Text in black on white is highly legible and is not fatiguing to read for extended periods. For many color materials, using black text on a white background and confining color to graphic elements and headings is a good choice.

  • Page 61: Raster Images And Vector Images

    Raster images and vector images Two broad categories of artwork can be printed from a personal computer to a color printer: raster and vector images. A raster image, also referred to as a bitmap, is composed of a grid of pixels, each assigned a particular color value.

  • Page 62: Optimizing Files For Processing And Printing

    While a 72 ppi raster image appears sharp on a monitor, the same image would likely appear pixelated when printed to the KX-P8420. Color print devices are capable of much greater detail than monitors, and require correspondingly higher resolution image files.

  • Page 63: Scaling

    If an image is placed multiple times at a markedly different sizes in a document, save a separate version of the image at the correct size for each placement.

  • Page 64: Color Management On The Kx-P8420

    It also allows you to customize your color results using various color controls. Settings for the following KX-P8420 options can be specified via print dialog box options when you send a job. Some can also be set as defaults by the administrator during KX-P8420 Setup.

  • Page 65: Rgb Source

    The source color space defined by this setting is optimal for color conversions that will be sent to a EFIRGB KX-P8420 print device. It also allows for consistent output across different operating systems. The sRGB (PC) setting specifies the source space sRGB (PC) of a generic Windows computer monitor.

  • Page 66: Color Rendering Dictionaries

    Color rendering dictionaries (CRDs) are used to perform color conversions on RGB data. The following table describes the CRDs for KX-P8420 software and provides guidelines on when to use each one. Each color rendering style uses a different gamut mapping method, such as Photographic or Presentation, designed for a particular kind of color usage.

  • Page 67: Cmyk Simulation

    PostScript applications If you are using the KX-P8420 to print proofs for an offset press job or to simulate another print device, select the appropriate CMYK Simulation setting. The CMYK Simulation setting specifies the offset press standard or other color gamut that you want to simulate.
  • Page 68 Working with Color Using the CMYK color reference page The CMYK color reference page, included with your KX-P8420 user software, let you see how various cyan, magenta, yellow, and black combinations look when printed on your print device. Using the CMYK color reference pages, you can easily determine the CMYK values to specify to obtain the printed colors you want.

  • Page 69: Resident Printer Fonts

    • All fonts that are pre-installed on your printer have also been included on the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM. For information on how to install these fonts on your computer, see “Installing additional software for Windows users” in the Setup Manual or Listed below are the 136 built-in printer fonts on the KX-P8420.
  • Page 70 Fonts • Goudy, Goudy-Bold, Goudy-Italic, Goudy-BoldItalic, Goudy-ExtraBold • Helvetica, Helvetica-Bold, Helvetica-BoldOblique, Helvetica-Condensed, Helvetica-Condensed-Bold, Helvetica-Condensed-BoldObl, Helvetica-Condensed-Oblique, Helvetica-Narrow, Helvetica-Narrow-Bold, Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique, Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique, Helvetica-Oblique • JoannaMT, JoannaMT-Bold, JoannaMT-Italic, JoannaMT-BoldItalic • LetterGothic, LetterGothic-Bold, LetterGothic-BoldSlanted, LetterGothic-Slanted • LubalinGraph-Book, LubalinGraph-BookOblique, LubalinGraph-Demi, LubalinGraph-DemiOblique • Marigold • MonaLisa-Recut • NewCenturySchlbk-Roman, NewCenturySchlbk-Bold, NewCenturySchlbk-Italic, NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic •...

  • Page 71: Truetype Fonts

    TrueType fonts The KX-P8420 includes 19 TrueType fonts: • Apple-Chancery • ArialMT, Arial-BoldMT, Arial-ItalicMT, Arial-BoldItalicMT • Chicago • Geneva • HoeflerText-Regular, HoeflerText-Black, HoeflerText-Italic, HoeflerText-BlackItalic, HoeflerText-Ornaments • Monaco • NewYork • TimesNewRomanPSMT, TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT, TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT, TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT • Wingdings-Regular About the optional font software For more information on installing Adobe Type Manager (ATM) from Adobe Systems, see “Installing additional software for Windows users”...

  • Page 72: Glossary

    Photographic quality color images can require 24 or 32 bits per pixel. Calibrated RGB An RGB color space used by KX-P8420 color management software as an interchange standard. The Calibrated RGB color space is defined according to the following specifications for a color monitor: SMPTE phosphors, a white point D50, and gamma of 2.2.
  • Page 73 An image gamut is the range of colors in a particular image. Gamut mapping The process whereby KX-P8420 color management software compresses—“maps”—the colors in a digital image to fit the color gamut of a particular device.
  • Page 74 Also used to refer to the four sheets of film that result from the process of separating a color image. Source profile A profile used by KX-P8420 to determine the context for the color values specified in a digital image. Spot color A color that is printed on its own separation plate when separations are specified.

  • Page 75: Index

    ... . Downloading files to the printer ... . . Duplicating jobs in Fiery WebSpooler ..
  • Page 76 ......selecting printer..... . .
  • Page 77 ....... Printer description files....
  • Page 78 Index Saturation......Scanners ......Semi Automatic Duplex option .

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