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  • Page 1 Operators Manual...
  • Page 2 Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computers Incorporated. Other brand or product names, throughout this document, are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Ricoh and PriPort are registered trademarks of Ricoh Japan.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Activity Indicator ................... 10 GDI Printer Driver Installation ............11 Win 3.11 ..................... 12 Win 95/98/ME ..................15 Win NT ....................20 Win2000 ..................... 25 Basic Operation of the UC5 ..............32 Frequently Asked Questions ............... 34 Troubleshooting UC5 ................39...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction The UC 5 is a high speed interface for Digital Duplicators. With a UC 5 you can print directly from your PC to your Digital Duplicator. This will significantly im- prove the quality of your printed material as well as speed up your printing jobs. We are confident that you will find it a pleasure to use and an asset to your organi- sation.

  • Page 5: Basic Specification

    Supported Drivers:......Win 3.11, Win 95/98/ME., Win 2000, Win NT Ports:..........ECP/EPP parallel port. On Board Memory: ......16 MB Supported Digital Duplicator Brands: ..........Ricoh, Gestetner, Rex Rotary, Nashuatec, Savin and Standard. NB check that your model has interface support. Certification ........CE, UL, FCC...

  • Page 6: Generic Digital Duplicator Driver Groups

    Digital Duplicator Driver Groups Driver Name Model Digital Duplicator Model ZipRIP Classic A C224 VT2200/5327/1252/CP327/3200DNP C226 VT2250/5329L/2546/CP329L/325DNP C222 VT2400/5360/1270/CP360 ZipRIP Classic B C210 VT3500/5375/1280/CP375 C218 VT3600/5380/1285/CP380 C223 VT3800/5385/1290/CP385/330DNP ZipRIP Classic X C228 VT6000/5390/1295/CP390/3400DNP/SD600 ZipRIP Pro A C231 JP1010/5306/1224/CP306 C237 JP1210/5308/1225/CP308 ZipRIP Pro B C231 JP1030/5306L/1224L/CP306/3150DNP/SD300...

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    Package Contents Check that you have received the following Items in your UC5 package. Components For UC5. G u i d e G u i d e G u i d e G u i d e G u i d e...

  • Page 8: External Features

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

  • Page 9: Testing Your Uc5

    Testing your UC5 Once you have set up the UC5 you can produce a test page before continuing to install the printer drivers on your computer. To produce a test page, put your Digital Duplicator “on-line” and press the green button at the back of the UC 5.

  • Page 10: Activity Indicator

    UC5 initialising - the red light will UC5 is turned on. stay on for 6 seconds. Flashing rapidly. The UC5 is receiving a print job. The UC5 has received a print job and Continuously on. is now waiting. Continuously off. The UC 5 is idle.

  • Page 11: Gdi Printer Driver Installation

    Before beginning the driver installation ensure you are in possession of your Windows Operating System CD. Once the UC5 has been installed, you will need to install a GDI printer driver. Please follow the instructions relating to the operating system installed on the PC connected to the UC 5.
  • Page 12 Installing GDI drivers for Windows 3.11 To install the printer driver you will need the UC5 CD ROM as well as the Win- dows 3.11 installation disks. To set up the UC 5 driver open the Windows “Control Panel” located in the “Main Program Group”.

  • Page 13: Win 3.11

    You will need to specify the location of the setup files for the UC 5 printer. These are located in the “win3.11” directory on the supplied UC 5 drivers CD ROM. Insert the Drivers CD and enter the letter of YOUR CD ROM. For example “X:\win311”, if “X”...
  • Page 14 The UC 5 drivers will now be installed. Some of the files used by the driver are stored on the Windows 3.11 installation disks, as a result you may be prompted to insert some of these disks during the installation process. Once the driver has been installed the UC 5 will be listed in the Printers dialogue box.

  • Page 15: Win 95/98/Me

    Installing GDI drivers for Windows 95/98/ME To install the driver you will need the UC5 CD ROM and your Windows operating system CD. The first step is to add a printer driver. Choose the “Printers” menu from the “Setting” menu in the Windows “Start” menu.
  • Page 16 The “Add Printer Wizard” will be displayed. This will show a series of dialogue boxes with questions about the printer driver you are installing. Dialogues which require specific input for the UC 5 are covered in the following pages. Choose “Local Printer” and click on “Next”.
  • Page 17 Enter the location of the directory containing the UC 5 printer driver. This will be on the supplied UC5 GDI CD ROM in a directory called “win95”. Select “Browse” and locate the drive that contains the UC 5 CD ROM. For example, if the drive used for the supplied CD ROM is “X”...
  • Page 18 The files needed for the UC 5 printer driver will now be installed. Depending on how your system is configured, you may need to insert your Windows Operating System CD as this holds some of the files needed by the printer driver. You now need to select the “Port”...
  • Page 19 You can now set windows to print out a test page, once the driver is installed, to ensure that the UC 5 is functioning correctly. The UC 5 printer driver will now be installed. As this is done, you may be prompted to insert the Windows Operating System CD.

  • Page 20: Win Nt

    Installing GDI drivers for Windows NT. To install the printer driver you will need the UC5 CD ROM as well as the Win- dows NT operating system CD. The first step is to add a printer driver. Choose the “Printers” menu from the “Settings”...
  • Page 21 If you are installing the printer driver on the computer connected directly to the UC 5, then choose “My Computer” and click “Next”. Alternatively, if you are install- ing the driver onto a machine that will be connected to the UC5 attached to an- other computer over a network, then choose “Network printer server”.
  • Page 22 After defining the port to be used Windows NT displays a dialogue box listing standard drivers supplied on the Windows NT operating system CD. The UC5 drivers must be installed from the supplied UC5 CD ROM. Click “have disk” at this dialogue box.
  • Page 23 A dialogue will be displayed with a list of Driver Names. Select the driver that matches the Digital Duplicator you are installing the UC 5 on and click “Next”. (Refer to page 6 for the driver list). The files needed for the UC 5 printer driver will now be installed. Depending on how Windows NT was configured, you may need to insert the Windows NT operating system CD as this holds some files needed by the printer driver.
  • Page 24 You can now choose to share the UC 5 over your local area network. To do this select “Shared” and specify a suitable name for the printer to be identified as across the network. It is also possible to share the printer at a later stage if required. Select “Next”...

  • Page 25: Win2000

    Installing GDI drivers for Windows 2000 To install the printer driver you will need the UC5 CD ROM as well as the Win- dows 2000 operating system CD. The first step is to add a printer driver. Choose the “Printers” menu from the “Settings”...
  • Page 26 The “Add Printer Wizard” will be displayed. This will show a series of dialogue boxes with questions about the printer driver you are installing. Dialogues which require specific input for the UC 5 are covered in the following pages. If you are installing the printer driver on the computer connected directly to the UC 5, then choose “Local Printer”...
  • Page 27 If “Local printer” was selected then a list of available ports will be displayed as illustrated below. Select the port you have connected the UC 5 to and click “Next”. LPT1: is the most likely port to be used. If “Network printer” was selected then a dialogue box will appear asking for you to specify the network path of the shared printer.
  • Page 28 In the dialogue box shown enter your CD ROM Drive Letter eg “D:\” and click “OK”. A dialogue will be displayed with a list of Driver Names (Refer to the driver list on page 6 for the model of machine you are installing onto). Select the driver that matches the Digital Duplicator you are installing the UC 5 on and click “Next”.
  • Page 29 UC 5 once the drivers are installed. Click “Next” to continue. The drivers will now be installed, depending on your system specifications you may be required to type a path to the UC5 drivers, or to your Win 2000 installation CD. The driver should now be correctly installed.
  • Page 30 Once the printer installation is completed the following dialog box appears to confirm installation information. Click “Finish”. ZipRip Classic A ZipRip Classic A...
  • Page 31 Select “Yes” in the Digital Signature Not Found dialog box. The newly installed printer will now be shown in the Printers dialog box.

  • Page 32: Basic Operation Of The Uc5

    The power button is located on the back panel of the UC5. Insert the power cord and switch the mains on. Switch the UC5 on at the back panel of the unit. The green light on the front will indicate that the unit has power. This light remains on until such a time as the switch is turned off at the back panel.
  • Page 33 Reset Button. This button is located on the back panel of the UC5. It is the red button. If you wish to reset the UC5 without powering it off then press this button. Test Button. This button is located on the back panel of the UC5. It is the green button. If you wish to check that the UC5 is operating correctly press the button and the Digital Duplicator will cut a master and print test pages.

  • Page 34: Frequently Asked Questions

    What if my file size is over 1 megabyte? Will the UC5 be able to print the file? Yes, the UC5 is not limited by your file size. If your PC can process the file, the UC5 can print it to the Digital Duplicator.
  • Page 35 What fonts are built into the UC5? None. All operating systems use True Type fonts. Will the UC5 allow the Digital Duplicator to create an A3 / 11” x 17” image? Yes, as long as the Digital Duplicator model has the image output ca- pability.
  • Page 36 JP8000 is in powered down state, sending a file via the UC5 will wake it up but the UC5 will freeze with the RED light showing. Switch the UC5 off and on again to clear the error. You should either wake the machine up through the keyboard before send- ing an image or disable the “energy saving”...
  • Page 37 Digital Duplicator connected to the UC5. Check the maximum page size of your Digital Duplicator and the page size entered in the UC5. Also check that you have used the correct multipli- cation factor for your page measurements. (see FAQ above).
  • Page 38 The image is in the wrong position on your JP5800. The UC5 is currently set to offset an A4 image to the centre of an A3 page. This works for the JP5000 but on the JP5800 the UC5 shifts the image and so does the Digital duplicator resulting in the image being put right off the A4 page.

  • Page 39: Troubleshooting Uc5

    Try the following: a) Check all physical cable connection and power. b) Reset the UC5. c) Check you are not trying to print to the UC5 across a network. If this is the case see your windows documenta- tion on network printing.
  • Page 40 Problem: UC 5 connected via optional network interface does not respond. Try the following: a) Reset the network interface. b) Check connections to the network interface. c) Make sure that the configuration for the network inter- face port is referencing the correct network interface. If none of the above resolves your problem you can send a description of the error to the ZipRip web site.
  • Page 41 Contact Local Dealer: Web contact:- For further FAQ’s and downloads visit www.ziprip.com...

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