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● Safety precautions Before you use the printer, carefully read the User Guide to ensure that you use the printer correctly. Be aware that the content complies with the standards at the time the User Guide section related to safety, including usage and safety precautions, was created. ●...
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) Chapter 1 Installation Installation procedure The installation procedure is made up of three steps. The details of each step are explained below. Step 1 Prepare the printer and computer → “1.1 Prepare the printer and computer” At this point, the USB cable is not yet connected.
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 1.1 Prepare the printer and computer Make sure that the DS-RX1 printer power is off. Prepare a USB cable. However, do not use the USB cable to connect the printer and computer at this time.
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) In the selected folder, double click the following file: DriverInstall.CMD. (Depending on your usage environment, the .CMD extension may not be displayed.) Figure 1.2.2 Installation file When a User Account Control dialog box appears, click “Yes”. Figure 1.2.3 User Account Control The “Welcome to the Device Driver Installation Wizard!”...
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) Click “Install” when the Windows Security confirmation display appears. Figure 1.2.5 Windows Security confirmation Installation of the driver package starts. Wait until installation finishes. The “Completing the Device Driver Installation Wizard” screen appears. Click “Finish”. Figure 1.2.6 Finish of Installation Wizard...
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 1.3 Install the printer driver Use the USB cable to connect the printer and computer, and then switch on the power of the printer. After the printer is recognized, installation of the driver starts. *For the connection, see the User Guide of the printer.
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 1.4 Install drivers for unspecified devices If the printer does not appear on the Printers & scanners screen, select “Devices” on the “Bluetooth & devices” screen. Select “More devices and printer settings” on the “Devices” screen to open the “Devices and Printers”...
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 1. Right-click “Dai Nippon Printing DS-RX1” of the “Unspecified” device in “Devices and Printers”, and click “Remove device” from the pull-down menu. Figure 1.4.2 Delete “Photo Printer” 2. Disconnect the USB cable connected to the printer. 3.
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) Chapter 2 Properties You can configure various printer settings from the Properties of the driver. Make sure you understand the contents well before changing settings. To use the properties, log in as an administrator.
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 3. Click “DS-RX1”, and then select “Printer properties” to open the Properties screen. 4. The DS-RX1 Properties screen appears.
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 2.2 Print settings functions If you select the basic settings from the Properties screen, you can change various print settings. 2.2.1 Layout Figure 2.2.1 Layout tab Orientation Set the print orientation to “Portrait” or “Landscape”. For details, refer to “2.6 Orientation”.
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 2.2.2 Advanced options If you select “Advanced...” on the Layout tab, you can configure various advanced options. Figure 2.2.2.1 Advanced settings Figure 2.2.2.2 Advanced options tab Paper Size You can designate the paper size. Please match the paper size to the media size with which the printer is equipped.
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) Pages per Sheet Layout Set the layout direction of an image when the Pages per Sheet setting is set for multiple divisions. Border Synchronized with Border in the Option. Overcoat Finish Set the overcoat finish method for the surface of printed items from the following two types. Overcoat Finish Function Glossy...
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) <Multiple layout> When the DS-RX1 is using 6x8 size media, 2 image layout is possible. With the printer driver paper setting, multi-image layout is made possible, and the image sizes are as follows.
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) < Application usage example > Step 5. Set the Orientation to “Portrait”, This usage example uses Windows Explorer. and click “Advanced...”. Step 1. In Windows Explorer, select two or more pictures. Next, click “Show more options”. Select 2 or more images...
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 2.2.3 Paper/Quality Figure 2.2.3 Paper/Quality tab Color Set Color. Do not use black and white. 2.2.4 Option Figure 2.2.4.1 Option tab Figure 2.2.4.2 Sharpness setting Border Specify a border for printing. (Select the check box for a border.) Synchronized with Border Enable/Disable in the Advanced settings.
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 2.2.5 Color Adjustment If the Handled by Driver check box is selected in the 2.2.4 Option, the adjustment values of the Color Adjustment tab are applied to the image. Figure 2.2.5 Color Adjustment tab The following section shows the setting ranges on the Color Adjustment tab.
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 2.3 Default values for settings The following section shows the default values of the settings (at installation). If the settings have been changed, and the printer driver no longer operates normally, return to the default values shown below.
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 2.4 Color management In [Color Management], this designates the color profile. Default at installation associates [RX1_xxxx.icc]. xxxx indicates the version . Step 2. From Device, select DS-RX1. Step 1. From the Printer Properties, select the Color Management tab, and then click “Color Management...”.
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 2.5 Print Area The following section shows the image sizes and numbers of dots generated by the paper size setting of the driver. Paper Paper Image size Image pixel amount (width x height) Orientation (width x height) (inch)
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 2.6 Orientation The following chart shows the relationship of images generated by an application and printed items (output direction) according to the orientation setting. Hint: The PR print size (center column) is prepared for applications that are not able to change from landscape to portrait and back using the orientation setting on the layout tab.
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) Chapter 3 Update the driver As when performing the installation, log in as an administrator before carrying out this operation. 1. Delete the driver 1) Before deleting the printer driver, close all applications. Furthermore, click on the printer to be deleted on the “Printers &...
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) If the printer is on but not connected, the DS-RX1 icon is not displayed. In such cases, use the following procedure to delete the device. (i) Right click “Start”, and then select “Device Manager”. Figure 3.2.i Screen when the Start button is right clicked (ii) Click “View”, and then select “Show hidden devices”.
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 3) The printer deletion confirmation dialog box appears. Click “Yes”. Figure 3.3 Printer deletion confirmation dialog box 4) After removing the DS-RX1 printer, click “Print server properties” in “Printers & scanners”. Figure 3.4 Screen when Print server properties is clicked on the Printers & scanners screen...
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 5) The “Print Server Properties” dialog box appears. Click the “Drivers” tab. From the installed printer driver list, select “DS-RX1”, and then click “Remove...”. Figure 3.5 Printer Server Properties dialog box 6) The “Remove Driver and Package” dialog box appears. Select “Remove driver only.”, and then click “OK”.
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 7) The “Print Server Properties” confirmation dialog box appears. Click “Yes”. Figure 3.7 Driver deletion confirmation dialog box If the following message appears, the operating system may be using the driver (Print Spooler service) in the background.
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) 2. Uninstall the driver package 1) Right click “Start”, and then select “Installed apps”. Figure 3.9 Screen when the Start button is right clicked 2) Click the menu display button of “Windows Driver Package - Dai Nippon Printing DS-RX1 (mm/dd/yyyy x.x.x.x)”...
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[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) When the “This app and its related info will be uninstalled.” message appears, click “Uninstall”. Figure 3.11 Uninstallation confirmation screen If the User Account Control dialog box appears, click “Yes”. Figure 3.12 User Account Control 3) The “Uninstall Driver Package”...
[DS-RX1 Printer Driver] Instruction Manual (For Windows 11) Chapter 4 Delete the driver For the procedure to delete the printer driver, see Chapter 3, “1. Delete the driver” and “2. Uninstall the driver package”.
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