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Ricoh Type 2018 Printer Reference

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Read this manual carefully before you use this machine and keep it handy for future reference. For safe and correct use, be sure to read the Safety
Information in the "Copy Reference" before using the machine.
Printer/Scanner Unit
Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job
Troubleshooting
Printer Features
Appendix
Type 2018

Operating Instructions

Printer Reference 2

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  • Page 1: Operating Instructions

    Read this manual carefully before you use this machine and keep it handy for future reference. For safe and correct use, be sure to read the Safety Information in the "Copy Reference" before using the machine. Printer/Scanner Unit Operating Instructions Printer Reference 2 Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job Troubleshooting Printer Features Appendix Type 2018...
  • Page 2 The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Ricoh Company, Ltd. is under license. NetWare is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and might be trademarks of their respective companies.

  • Page 3: Manuals For This Machine

    Manuals for This Machine The following manuals describe the operational procedures of this machine. For particular functions, see the relevant parts of the manual. Note ❒ Manuals provided are specific to machine type. ❒ Adobe Acrobat Reader is necessary to view the manuals as a PDF file. ❒...
  • Page 4 ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Manuals for DeskTopBinder Lite DeskTopBinder Lite is a utility included on the CD-ROM labeled “Scanner Driver & Document Management Utilities”. • DeskTopBinder Lite Setup Guide (PDF file - CD-ROM2) Describes installation of, and the operating environment for DeskTop- Binder Lite in detail.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Manuals for This Machine ...i How to Read This Manual ...1 1. Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job Accessing Printer Properties... 3 Windows 95/98/Me - Accessing Printer Properties ... 3 Windows 2000/XP and Windows Server 2003 - Accessing Printer Properties ... 4 Windows NT 4.0 - Accessing Printer Properties ...

  • Page 7: How To Read This Manual

    How to Read This Manual Symbols In this manual, the following symbols are used: R WARNING: This symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if instructions are not followed, could result in death or serious injury. R CAUTION: This symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if instructions are not followed, may result in minor or moderate injury, or damage to proper- * The statements above are notes for your safety.
  • Page 8 • IEEE 802.11b Interface Unit Type D→ IEEE 802.11b interface unit • IEEE 1284 Interface Board Type A→ IEEE 1284 interface board • PostScript3 Unit Type 2018→ PostScript 3 unit • BlueTooth Unit Type 2238→ Bluetooth interface unit The following software products are referred to using a general name: •...

  • Page 9: Setting Up The Printer Driver And Canceling A Print Job

    1. Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job Accessing Printer Properties Windows 95/98/Me - Accessing Printer Properties Changing default settings A A A A On the [Start] menu, point to [Set- tings], and then click [Printers]. The [Printers] window appears. B B B B Click the icon of the machine whose default you want to change.

  • Page 10: Windows 2000/Xp And Windows Server 2003 - Accessing Printer Properties

    Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job Windows 2000/XP and Windows Server 2003 - Accessing Printer Properties Changing default settings - Printer properties Limitation ❒ Changing machine settings re- quires Manage Printers permis- sion. Members of Administrators and Power Users groups have Manage Printers permission by de- fault.

  • Page 11: Windows Nt 4.0 - Accessing Printer Properties

    C C C C On the [File] menu, click [Printing Preferences...]. The [Printing Preferences] dialog box appears. D D D D Make the settings you require, and then click [OK]. Note ❒ Settings you make here are used as default for all applications. Making settings from an application To make settings for a specific appli- cation, open the [Print] dialog box...
  • Page 12 Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job Changing the default settings - Default document properties Limitation ❒ Changing machine settings requires Full Control access permission. Members of the Administrators, Server Operators, Print Operators, and Power Users groups have Full Control permission by default.

  • Page 13: Macintosh - Setting Up For Printing

    Macintosh - Setting Up for Printing Making paper settings from an application A A A A Open the file you want to print. B B B B On the [File] menu, click [Page Set- up]. The [AdobePS Page Setup] dialog box appears.

  • Page 14: Canceling A Print Job

    Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job Canceling a Print Job Windows - Canceling a Print A A A A Double-click the printer icon on the Windows taskbar. A window appears, showing all print jobs currently queued for printing.

  • Page 15: Macintosh - Canceling A Print Job

    Macintosh - Canceling a Print Mac OS A A A A Double-click the printer icon on the desktop. A window appears, showing all print jobs currently queued for printing. Check the current status of the job you want to cancel. B B B B Select the name of the job you want to cancel.
  • Page 16 Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job F F F F Press [JobReset]. G G G G Press [Current]. • [Current]: cancels the print job currently being processed. • [Resume]: resumes printing jobs. A confirmation message appears. H H H H Press [Yes] to cancel the print job.

  • Page 17: Troubleshooting

    Error & Status Messages on the Display This section describes the principal messages that appear on the display. If a message not described here appears, act according to the message. Reference Before turning the main power off, see ‘Turning On the Power’, Copy Refer- ence.
  • Page 18 Troubleshooting ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Alert messages Messages/Second messages Add toner Out of toner. Follow instructions inside and replace toner Change Tray # to the follow- ing settings: xxx yyy Connect failed: IEEE802.11b Turn power off, check card Collate cancelled. Collate: Page max Cover open Cover is open as shown.
  • Page 19 Messages/Second messages Duplex mode is in off posi- The selected paper tray has tion for Tray # not been configured for du- plex printing. # indicates the tray number. Ethernet Board Error An error has occurred in the Ethernet interface. Exceeded max.
  • Page 20 Troubleshooting Messages/Second messages Print overrun. Problem:IEEE1394 board Problem:IEEE802.11b card Problem:IEEE802.11b board Paper Tray is in use. Reset paper tray correctly. DToner is almost empty Add toner Tray # Error Unauthorized user access. USB Error Causes The image data has been Increase memory capacity.

  • Page 21: The Machine Does Not Print

    The Machine Does Not Print Possible Cause Is the power on? Check the cable is securely plugged into the power outlet and the machine. Turn on the main power switch. If not, press { { { { f Is the machine online? Does the Printer key stay If so, check the error message on the display and take required ac- red?
  • Page 22 Troubleshooting Possible Cause When using wireless LAN, is the LED on the wireless LAN card lit or blinking? Is the wireless LAN being used in ad hoc mode? Did you change the option settings on the machine? Solutions Confirm the orange LED is lit, and the green LED is lit or blinks during transmission.
  • Page 23 Problem Is the Data In indicator If not, data is not being sent to the machine. blinking or lit after starting ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ When the machine is connected to the computer using the print job? the interface cable Check the machine port settings are correct.
  • Page 24 Troubleshooting Problem Solutions ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Network connection Is the Data In indicator blinking or lit after starting Contact your network administrator. the print job?

  • Page 25: Other Printing Problems

    Other Printing Problems Problem The print on the If [Toner Saving] is selected on the [Print Quality] tab in the printer driver, the entire page is fad- entire page will be faded when printed. Note ❒ In PostScript 3, click [Advanced...] on the [Paper/Quality] tab, and then se- lect [Toner Saving 1] or [Toner Saving 2] in [Print Mode] in the [Advanced] di- alog box.
  • Page 26 Troubleshooting Problem When using Win- Make sure the application's paper size and orientation settings match those dows 95/98/Me, of the printer driver. Windows If a different paper size and orientation are set, select the same size and ori- 2000/XP, or Win- entation.
  • Page 27 Problem It takes a long Photographs and other data intensive pages take a long time for the ma- time to complete a chine to process, so simply wait when printing such data. print job. Changing the following settings with the printer driver may help speed up printing: •...
  • Page 28 Troubleshooting Problem It takes too much The data is so large or complex that it takes time to process. If the Data In time to resume indicator is blinking, data is being processed. Simply wait until printing printing. resumes. The machine was in Energy Saver mode. To resume from Energy Saver mode, it has to warm up, and this takes time.

  • Page 29: Printer Features

    Reference For more information about copier features and system settings, see Copy Ref- erence and General Settings Guide. Printer Features Menu There are seven menu items in the Printer Features menu: • Paper Input • List/Test Print • Maintenance • System •...
  • Page 30 Printer Features Menu System See p.31 “System”. Host Interface See p.33 “Host Interface”. PCL Menu See p.34 “PCL Menu”. PS Menu (optional) See p.35 “PS Menu”. Appears when the PostScript 3 unit (optional) is installed. Appears on Type 3 machine only. Check your machine type. Default Print Error Report Auto Continue...

  • Page 31: Adjusting Printer Features

    Adjusting Printer Features Printer Features allows basic adjustment of operations when using the machine as a printer. Although factory default settings are suitable for most printing jobs, Printer Fea- tures gives you access to a number of settings that control basic printer opera- tions.

  • Page 32: Printer Features Parameters

    Printer Features Printer Features Parameters Paper Input ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Bypass Paper Size The size of the paper set in the by- pass tray. Reference For more information about pa- per sizes that can be set in the bypass tray, see General Settings Guide.
  • Page 33 D D D D Select [Config. Page] using { { { { U U U U } } } } or { { { { T T T T } } } } , and then press the { { { { OK} } } } key. The configuration page is printed.
  • Page 34 Printer Features Paper Input Displays the settings made under the Paper Input menu. Reference p.26 “Paper Input” System Displays the settings made under the System menu. Reference p.31 “System” PCL Menu Displays the settings made under PCL Menu. Reference p.34 “PCL Menu” PS Menu Displays the settings made under PS Menu.

  • Page 35: Maintenance

    Maintenance ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Menu Protect This procedure lets you protect menu settings from accidental change. It makes it impossible to change menu settings with normal procedures unless you perform the required key operations. In a net- work environment, only adminis- trators can make changes to menu settings.
  • Page 36 Printer Features Canceling Menu Protect A A A A Press the { { { { User Tools/Counter} } } } key. B B B B Select [Printer Features] using { { { { U U U U } } } } or { { { { T T T T } } } } , and then press the { { { { OK} } } } key.

  • Page 37: System

    System ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Print Error Report Select this to have an error report printed when a printer or memory error occurs. • On • Off Note ❒ Default: Off ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Auto Continue You can select this to enable Auto Continue.
  • Page 38 Printer Features ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Printer Language Normally, the machine should be set to Auto. If the printer language cannot be detected in Auto, the language specified by Default Printer Lang. is selected. • Auto • PCL • PS Note ❒...

  • Page 39: Host Interface

    ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Edge-Edge Print Select this to maximize the printa- ble area by minimizing the white space along the edges, to approxi- mately 0.04 inches (1 mm). • Off • On Note ❒ Default: Off ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Default Printer Lang. You can set the default printer lan- guage if the machine cannot find the printer language automatical-...

  • Page 40: Pcl Menu

    Printer Features PCL Menu ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Orientation You can set the page orientation. • Portrait • Landscape Note ❒ Default: Portrait ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Form Lines You can set the number of lines per page. • 5 to 128 by 1 Note ❒...

  • Page 41: Ps Menu

    ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Ext. A4 Width You can extend the printing area width (when printing on A4 sheet with PCL). • Off • On Note ❒ Default: Off ❒ When the setting is On, the width will be 8/ inches. ❖...
  • Page 42 Printer Features...

  • Page 43: Appendix

    Collate and Rotating Collate If you select the collate function on the printer driver, the machine will store print data in memory and automatically collate the printouts. The collate function can be turned on or off from the printer driver. The machine automatically rotates the printouts under the following conditions: ×11 or B5 JIS paper •...

  • Page 44: User Defined Pages

    Appendix User Defined Pages Using this function, you can specify the page numbers for each input tray. Reference For printing methods, see the printer driver Help. Limitation ❒ This function is available with the PCL printer driver only. ❒ If [User Defined Pages] in [Paper Selection:] is selected on the [Paper] tab, [Layout:] cannot be selected.

  • Page 45: System Settings (Parallel Connection)

    System Settings (Parallel Connection) Interface Settings/Parallel Interface ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Parallel Timing Specifies the timing for the parallel interface. Normally, you do not need to change this setting. • ACK inside • ACK outside • STB down Note ❒ Default: ACK outside ❖...

  • Page 46: Specifications

    Appendix Specifications This section contains the machine's electrical and hardware specifications, in- cluding information about its options. Component Resolution Printing speed Interface Network protocol Printer language Fonts Memory Operating systems sup- ported by this machine Required network cable To use NetBEUI, use the SmartDeviceMonitor port. Specifications PCL 6 : 600 dpi PCL 5e: 300 dpi, 600 dpi...

  • Page 47: Options

    Options Limitation ❒ Only one optional interface can be installed in the machine at a time. There- fore, the optional IEEE 1394 interface board, the optional IEEE 802.11b inter- face unit (wireless LAN board), the optional IEEE 1284 interface board and the optional Bluetooth interface unit cannot be installed concurrently.
  • Page 48 IEEE 1284 Interface Board Type A ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Transmission spec.: IEEE 1284 ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Required cable Standard IEEE 1284 compliant Micro Centronics 36 pin cable PostScript3 Unit Type 2018 Reference PostScript3 Unit Type 2018 Operating Instructions Supplement...
  • Page 49 BlueTooth Unit Type 2238 This Bluetooth interface unit supports BIP if the optional PostScript 3 unit is in- stalled. Reference See the manual that comes with optional Bluetooth interface unit. Specifications...

  • Page 50: Index

    Network protocol , 40 Operating system , 40 Options , 41 Paper Input , 26 PCL menu , 34 PostScript3 Unit Type 2018 , 42 Printer driver Printer properties, Windows 2000/XP and Windows Server 2003 , 4 Printer properties, Windows 95/98/Me , 3 Printer properties, Windows NT 4.0 , 5...
  • Page 51 Windows canceling a job , 8 Windows 2000/XP and Windows Server 2003 printer properties, printer driver , 4 Windows 95/98/Me printer properties, printer driver , 3 Windows NT 4.0 printer properties, printer driver , 5...
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  • Page 53 Copyright © 2005...
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