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Settings and Printing • Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. • Avery and all other related brands and product names are trademarks of Avery Dennison Corporation.
Settings and Printing 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 For U.S.A : KX-PDP7 For other countries: KX-PDP8 Drum unit For all countries: KX-PDM7 : Indicator is turned off.
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Settings and Printing Average life is based on an average of 5% coverage of the printable area and standard density when the recommended media is used (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.
Settings and Printing 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. •...
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Settings and Printing While rotating the pick up roller, wipe it with a soft cloth that has been moistened with a mild commercial cleaner. Open the front cover. Lift the drum unit up ( # ) and slide it out of the printer ( $ ). •...
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Settings and Printing SAFETY CAUTION • It is very hot inside the printer; to avoid personal injury, do not touch the components illustrated below. CAUTION • To prevent any damage to the drum unit, observe the following precautions. — Do not touch the black drum surface illustrated below. —...
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Settings and Printing 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. Paper chute NOTE • Front rollers (A) can be rotated half. Inner rollers (B) can be rotated to the direction of the arrow.
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Settings and Printing Carefully wipe the corona wire of the drum unit by sliding a dry cotton swab from end to end a few times. Firmly insert the drum unit in the slot of the printer ( # ) [insert the side pins of the drum unit into the groove (label Close the front cover and replace the media tray into the printer.
Settings and Printing Clearing a Jam If the printer has frequent media jams, make sure that you follow these guidelines: • Always use high-quality paper and transparencies. • Make sure that you load thick paper [106 – 165 g/m manual feed. If a media jam occurs, the printer status display reports “Media Tray Empty or Misfeed”...
Settings and Printing Media Tray Empty or Misfeed When media is not in the media tray or media feed error has occurred, load the media in the media tray or clear the media feed error as follows: Pull the media tray out of the printer. Tap the media stack on a level surface to avoid media jams or skewed printing.
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Settings and Printing Place the media with the print side down. • Be sure that the media does not exceed the limit mark. NOTE • If the metal plate is in the up position by accident, the media tray cannot be inserted into the printer.
Settings and Printing Jam at A Open the front cover. Lift the drum unit up. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Clearing a Jam...
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Settings and Printing Grasp both sides of the jammed media and slowly pull it out of the printer. Push the drum unit down. Close the front cover. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Clearing a Jam...
Settings and Printing Jam at B Open the front cover. Lift the drum unit up. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Clearing a Jam...
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications Clearing a Jam Remove the jammed media from the output tray. - Or - Open the rear cover of the printer ( #) and remove the jammed media ( $). CAUTION HOT SURFACE...
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Settings and Printing Push the drum unit down. Close the front cover. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Clearing a Jam...
Settings and Printing Jam at C Perform the jam recovery steps for Jam at A ( - Or - Pull the media tray out of the printer. Slowly pull the jammed media ($) out of the printer while pushing the center tab (#) of the jam release pan down.
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Settings and Printing Replace the media tray into the printer. Open and close the front cover to clear the error indication. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Clearing a Jam...
Settings and Printing Jam at D Open the rear cover of the printer ( # ) and grasp both sides of the jammed media and slowly pull it out of the printer ( $ ). Open and close the front cover to clear the error indication. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications CAUTION...
Settings and Printing Jam at E Perform the jam recovery steps for Jam at D ( - Or - Pull the media tray out of the printer. Slowly pull the jammed media ($) out of the printer while pushing the center tab (#) of the jam release pan down.
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Settings and Printing Replace the media tray into the printer. Open and close the front cover to clear the error indication. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Clearing a Jam...
Settings and Printing 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-------- ----------------- -------- Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Possible Cause The toner cartridge has reached the end of useful life.
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Settings and Printing Trouble Toner spots appear on the page. ABCD-------- ----------------- -------- The entire page prints in black. A white or black spots appear in intervals of 94 mm. 94 mm 94 mm Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Possible Cause Toner spots put on the photosensitive drum.
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Settings and Printing Trouble Horizontal lines appear in intervals of 94 mm. 94 mm 94 mm White and horizontal lines appear on the page. ABCD-------- ----------------- -------- Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Possible Cause A small dust is bitten in the gear of the photosensitive drum.
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Settings and Printing Trouble A black and vertical line appears on the page. ABCD-------- ----------------- -------- A white vertical line appears on the page. ABCD-------- ----------------- -------- Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Possible Cause Corona wire of the drum unit is dirty.
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Settings and Printing Trouble The printer prints aslant. The print out media is wrinkled. The back of the printed page appears dirty. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Possible Cause The media is not installed correctly. Too much media is loaded in the media tray.
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Settings and Printing Trouble Frequent media- picking errors occur. Image is cut. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Possible Cause The length media guide of the media tray is not set correctly. The media is not set correctly in the media tray. Pick up roller is dirty.
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Settings and Printing If you can’t make a print Trouble Printer not operating. The printer does not print correctly. The setting for printing is not effective. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Possible The printer may not be plugged into an AC outlet or turned on.
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Settings and Printing If the print out is ragged If the print out is ragged because of the curl of paper as illustrated below, slide the media tray out of the printer and turn over the paper stack, then insert the media tray. If you cannot install the printer driver in Microsoft®...
Settings and Printing 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. Open the front cover of the printer. Lift the drum unit up ( # ) and slide it out of the printer ( $ ). While pushing the drum unit as illustrated below ( # ), lift the toner cartridge up ( $ ).
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Settings and Printing Remove the toner cartridge from the drum unit. 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. •...
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Settings and Printing Wipe the photosensitive drum with a dry cotton swab or remove the small dust in the gears of the photosensitive drum. 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.
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Settings and Printing Firmly insert the drum unit in the slot of the printer ( # ) [insert the side pins of the drum unit into the groove (label Close the front cover. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Side pin Troubleshooting )].
Settings and Printing Error Indication Indicators Front cover is open. READY Media tray is empty. Printer failed to feed a media ERROR from media tray. TONER/ Media jam has occurred. DRUM UNIT RAM overflow or overrun has occurred. Internal error has occurred. READY ERROR TONER/...
The printer weighs about 10 kg {22 lbs.}. NOTE • Should you need to send your printer for service, consult your reseller first or Panasonic. • Please use the original carton and all of the original packing materials. • Do not ship printer with drum unit installed.
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Settings and Printing Lift the drum unit up ( # ) and slide it out of the printer ( $ ). • To avoid possible toner spillage, it is recommended to place the drum unit on a news- paper, drop cloth or best to place back in original (Black) shipping bag. CAUTION •...
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Settings and Printing While pushing the drum unit as illustrated below ( # ), lift the toner cartridge up ( $ ). Replace the shipping cover on the toner cartridge. Maintenance and Specifications Maintenance and Specifications Repacking Instructions...
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Settings and Printing Insert the toner cartridge into a plastic bag and certainly seal the end of the bag tightly. Wrap the drum unit with the protective sheet to protect the drum surface. Insert the drum unit into a plastic bag and seal the end of the bag tightly. Close the front cover.
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Settings and Printing 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. Repack the printer.
Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 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.
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Settings and Printing 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 Letter Legal Executive Envelope #9 Envelope* Envelope #10 International DL International C5 Monarch...
• Ink jet media (paper, transparency, etc.) (It may transfer onto the fuser unit’s roller and cause damage.) Transparencies and Labels You may also print on labels and transparencies that are made for the printer. Panasonic has tested and found that the following work satisfactorily. OHP transparencies Labels •...
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications Specifications NOTE • With any label stock, the labels must completely cover the backing material (see figure below). Labels cover the entire The backing material is exposed. backing material Envelope Specifications It is recommended that you purchase only high quality envelopes with diagonal seams, as shown in the diagram below: High quality envelopes have the following characteristics:...
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications Specifications It is not recommended that you use envelopes with any of the following characteristics (using these may result in paper jams): • Irregularly shaped envelopes • Envelopes with curls, wrinkles, nicks, twists, dog-ears or other damage •...
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Settings and Printing 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) •...
Settings and Printing Bi-directional Parallel Interface Connector type:36PIN Anphenole connector Cable: use a shielded cable 2 meters (6.6 feet) or less in length Pin configuration Signal nStrobe Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Data 4 Data 5 Data 6 Data 7 Data 8 nAck Busy...
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Maintenance and Specifications Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 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.
Settings and Printing USB (Universal Serial Bus) Interface Cable: use a shielded cable 5 m (16.4 feet) or less in length. Pin configuration Signal pin USB Interface connector (printer side) NOTE • Be sure to use a full-speed shielded cable which the Data + and Data – cables are the twisted pair.