Page 2
Regarding Trademarks Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. KPDL is a trademark of Kyocera Corporation. PCL is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. TrueType is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 Installation Preparing to Install the Driver ......................1-1 Selecting an Installation Method ....................1-1 Installing Utilities ........................... 1-2 Upgrading Driver Components ...................... 1-2 Express Installation ........................1-2 Installing in Windows Vista and Windows XP ................1-2 Custom Installation ........................
Page 4
Duplex Printing ..........................4-3 Printing in Duplex Mode ......................4-4 Collation ............................4-4 Printing Collated Documents ....................4-4 EcoPrint ............................4-5 Kyocera Logo ..........................4-5 Displaying Version Information ....................4-5 Displaying Plug-in Information ....................4-5 Chapter 5 Layout Booklet ............................5-1 Printing a Booklet ........................
1 Installation A printer driver is an application that manages communication between a printer and your computer. Once installed, the printer driver settings must be configured in the printer Properties and Printing Preferences. Note: In Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Windows 2000, you must be logged in with administrator rights to install the printer driver.
Installation Installing in Windows Vista and Windows XP on page 1-2 Custom Installation Installing in Windows Vista and Windows XP with a USB Connection page 1-4 Installing in Windows Vista and Windows XP with a Network Connection page 1-5 Installing in Windows Vista and Windows XP with a Parallel Connection page 1-6 Note: KPrint installs a client port monitor that lets Windows TCP/IP print from any network card connected to a printing system.
Page 9
Installation The Discover Printing System page opens to search for your printer. If Discover does not find your printing system, a message appears. Remove and reinsert the USB or network cable, and ensure it is connected properly. Click Refresh to retry the discovery. If the system still cannot find your printer, contact your system administrator.
Installation Custom Installation Custom Mode is an option to install utilities. You can specify the printer port, fonts, and the utilities you want to install. Printer drivers that ship with Windows operating systems are called minidrivers. The minidriver is available separately for PCL and KPDL and provides basic support for your printer.
Installation On the Confirm Settings page, click Install if the settings are correct. Click Back to correct the settings. Note: If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears, click Continue Anyway. The Installation Completed page appears displaying the following driver options.
Installation On the Custom Installation page, select the driver and software packages you want to install from the Driver and Utility tabs, and clear those not intended for installation. Click Next. On the Printer Settings page, you can assign a name for the printing system. You can also choose to share this printer with others or set this printer as the default printer.
Installation On the Installation Method page, select Custom Mode. The Discover Printing System page appears displaying Discover selected. Check the Custom select option, and click Next. On the Printing System page, select your model, and then click Next. On the Printer Port page, select the local port connected to your printing system.
Installation Installing Optional Printer Components On the Product Library CD menu, select Advanced Tools. On the Advanced Tools page, select Optional Printer Components. Select a printer, and click Next to install optional components. On all Select pages, choose your components, and click Next. On the Confirm Settings page, if the displayed settings are correct, click Install.
Installation Installing a Printer Driver in Windows XP and Windows 2000 This section describes how to install a printer driver using the Add Printer Wizard in Windows XP and Windows 2000. Click Start in the Windows taskbar, and click Control Panel. Click Printers and Faxes to open the Printers and Faxes window.
2 Device Settings In the Device Settings tab, you can select installed printing system options so the associated features can be used with the printer driver. You can also match the memory setting in the driver with the memory installed in your printing system, which lets the driver manage font downloads more efficiently.
Device Settings Setting Device Options You can set the printer driver to match the optional devices installed on your printing system. In the Printer Properties dialog box, click the Device Settings tab. In Device Settings > Device options, select the check boxes for all installed devices.
Device Settings Not all installed devices are detected by using Auto Configure. Before selecting OK in the Device Settings tab, check the settings to make sure that they are correct. Note: The default setting for Windows XP Service Pack 2 is for the Windows Firewall to be set to On.
Device Settings In Device Settings, at the Memory text box, select the amount of total installed memory by clicking the up and down arrows until the text box shows the correct number of megabytes (MB). You can use the Auto Configure feature to obtain memory information from the printing system.
Page 20
Device Settings Note: Job accounting must be set to On at the printing system. A maximum of 100 account IDs can be assigned at the printing system and stored in the printer driver. Job Accounting Options Job accounting supports the following options: Use specific account ID Select this option to track the print jobs of a user or group with an account ID.
Device Settings Select from the remaining Job accounting options: Prompt for account ID and validate Display account ID list Click OK in all dialog boxes. Print the document from the application. For some options, when the Print Options dialog box appears, type or select an account ID, and click OK.
Device Settings In the Administrator Settings dialog box, clear the Password protect administrator settings check box. Click OK. SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a set of rules that govern the management of network devices, such as printing systems. SNMP settings determine the level of security when using the Auto Configure feature, and prevent unauthorized printing to the SNMPv3 printing system.
Device Settings Selecting SNMP Settings SNMP settings in the driver must be set to match the settings in the printing system’s Command Center. In Device Settings > Administrator, click SNMP Settings. Select SNMPv1/v2c or SNMPv3. For SNMPv1/v2c, type the Read community name and Write community name, up to 32 characters, and click OK.
Device Settings Spacing setting in the Watermark Add and Edit dialog boxes in the Advanced tab. Poster settings and Gutter settings in the Layout tab. Selecting a Unit of Measurement You can select a unit for displaying measurements in the user interface. In the Device Settings tab, click User.
Page 25
Device Settings Reduced file size Better print speed Faster return to application PCL 5e Fully compatible with earlier PCL versions Bidirectional communication support Wide selection of fonts for use with Microsoft Windows applications Complex graphics might not print as well KPDL KPDL is used when printing from applications that support PostScript 2 or 3.
Device Settings If you select PDF as the PDL, you can click Settings to open the PDF Settings dialog box. Click OK in the PDL Settings dialog box. Output to PDF is a plug-in feature that lets you print and save documents from multiple sources to Adobe PDF.
Page 27
Device Settings This encryption option provides high level security for a PDF document. It is supported for Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader 5.0 or later. Passwords Select passwords for changing security settings and for opening a document. Passwords are supported up to 16 characters in length. Require password to change security settings Type an Owner password.
Device Settings Click Settings. In the PDF Settings dialog box, select Print and save. Click Settings, and select from print and save options. See the PDF Options topic for details. Click OK in all dialog boxes. Open and print the document. Name and save the PDF file.
Device Settings From the Media source enumeration list, select the paper supply method. The current value is listed in the Enumerated value box. Type an Enumerated value for the media source, and click Apply. To align settings with a different driver, this value should align with those in the other driver.
You can remove an installed plug-in from the driver. When removed, the plug-in features will not appear in the driver interface. In the Device Settings tab, click the Kyocera logo to open the About dialog box. Click Plug-in to open the Plug-in Information dialog box.
3 Quick Print In the Quick Print tab, you can apply basic print settings to print jobs. Any Quick Print settings can be saved as a group, called a profile, and applied to any print job. Profiles support common printing tasks. The Administrator can set the view of the Quick Print tab through the Installation process, or Administrator Settings in Properties.
Quick Print Collate This icon changes the ordering of the printed pages. The page ordering sequence can either be 123, 123, 123, or 111, 222, 333, and so on. You can also reverse the order of the printed pages by selecting the Reverse check box.
Quick Print You can set the arrangement of the pages from the Layout tab as well as print borders around each of the pages. Profile Options In the Profiles section, you can select from available profiles to print a job. You can select from predefined profiles, or you can create your own profiles, and import profiles.
Quick Print Editing a Profile The Edit button lets you make changes to an existing profile. The Factory Default profile cannot be edited. Click Profiles. In the Select profile section, highlight the profile to be edited, and click Edit. Any of the three options can be edited: name, icon and description. Click OK to save the edited changes.
Page 35
Quick Print Click Profiles. In the Select profile section, highlight the profile to be exported, and click Export. The Export Profile dialog box appears. Name and save the profile. Click OK to close the Profiles dialog box. KX DRIVER...
4 Basic In the Basic tab, you can specify the most commonly used printer driver settings. Basic Paper Settings The Basic tab contains several settings for the most commonly used printing tasks. Print size This setting sets the size of the area that the printer prints to, regardless of the actual paper size that is used by the printing system.
Basic Copies This setting specifies the number of copies to print. For collating multiple copies, select Collate. If Reverse is selected, the printed pages appear in reverse order. Reverse is available when Printer default is not selected under Destination in the Basic tab.
Basic Creating a Custom Page Size To use custom page sizes, they must be created and added to the Print size list. The driver supports a maximum of twenty custom sizes. In the Basic tab, click Page Sizes. Click New. A default custom name appears in the Name box.
Basic Flip on long edge Flip on short edge Printing in Duplex Mode In the Basic tab, select Print on both sides. Select either Flip on long edge or Flip on short edge. Collation Collate specifies the order in which the pages of a multiple copy job are printed. With Collate selected, the first time the print job is sent to the printing system the data is rendered as page images in the printing system's memory.
EcoPrint does not increase print speed. Kyocera Logo The Kyocera logo appears at the bottom of every driver tab. Click the logo to open the About dialog box that displays the driver version number and driver plug-in information.
5 Layout In the Layout tab, you can arrange document data on printed pages without affecting the original document. Booklet Booklet prints a two-page layout on both sides of each sheet of paper. You can fold and bind the booklet in the center. Folded booklets are half the size of the selected paper.
Layout Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. Click OK to begin printing. Multiple Pages per Sheet Multiple pages per sheet prints several pages on a single sheet of paper for the purpose of reviewing the document and conserving paper. The readability of the multiple pages decreases as the number of pages per sheet is increased.
Layout Print crop marks This selection prints a border at the edges of each poster sheet. You can crop each sheet on the border before assembling the sheets. This option ensures that data on adjoining sheets matches precisely. Print assembly marks This selection prints numbers at the edges of each sheet, matching numbers on adjoining sheets.
Layout Scaling adjusts proportionately the height and width of the page. A lower percentage reduces the page and a higher percentage enlarges the page. Click OK. Gutter A gutter creates additional blank space on the left side and at the top of the sheet.
Click Custom Quality to open a settings dialog box with selections for a more refined resolution: Resolution can be set to Fine 1200, Fast 1200, 600 dpi, or 300 dpi. Kyocera image refinement smoothes the edges of text and vector graphics and can be set to On, or Off.
Imaging Selecting EcoPrint EcoPrint changes toner saturation in the printed job, making the entire print image, including text and graphics, appear lighter. The amount of toner varies based upon your printing system model and the type of data printed (text, graphics, or both).
Imaging Download as bitmaps Downloading fonts as bitmaps provides more detail, however it creates large file sizes. This is best suited for print jobs with user-defined fonts, very small fonts (point size 1-4), or Asian fonts. Substitute with device fonts System fonts and device fonts are automatically matched based on typeface name.
Imaging In the Imaging tab, click Fonts. In the Fonts Settings dialog box, select the Disable device fonts check box. Click OK to save your settings. Graphics Graphics are pictorial representations of information. Graphics can be functional (charts, diagrams) or artistic (drawings, photographs). Graphics Settings let you select options for your printed graphics.
Imaging In the Imaging tab, click Graphics to open the Graphics settings dialog box and access the Inversion options. The settings are available when KPDL or XPS is selected in Device Settings > PDL > Select PDL. Reverse image This setting prints images like a photo negative, reversing black and white areas of the image.
Imaging In the Imaging tab, click Graphics > Halftone Screen. Clear the Use printer's default screens check box. Set the available options to the desired values: Lists the halftone screens available. For black and white printers, this option appears unavailable and is permanently set to Black. Frequency Displays the number of rows of dots per inch or centimeter.
Imaging You can also change brightness by entering a numeric value in the text box at the right. The brightest setting is +100; the darkest is -100. Zero is the default mid-level setting. Adjusting brightness is useful when graphic images are printing too dark or too light.
7 Publishing In the Publishing tab, you can create covers, inserts, and add transparencies for a print job. Cover Mode Cover mode is a feature for adding cover pages for the front and back of your document. You can print on cover pages of a different weight or color than the main document.
Publishing Cover Mode Options Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Front Inserts a blank front cover. Front Prints on the outside surface of the front cover. Front outside Front Prints on the inside surface of the front cover. Front inside Prints on the outside and inside Front surfaces of the front cover.
Page 54
Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Inserts blank front and back covers. Front and back Prints on the outside surface of the Front and back front cover and inserts a blank back cover. Front outside Prints on the inside surface of the front Front and back cover and inserts a blank back cover.
Page 55
Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Prints on the inside surface of the Front and back back cover and inserts a blank front Back inside cover. Prints on the outside surface of the Front and back back cover and inserts a blank front Back outside cover.
Publishing Choosing Cover Media In the Media for cover list, select the media type or source cassette for the front and back covers. When you choose the media type, a source cassette matching that media type is automatically selected. Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. Click OK to start printing.
Publishing Check Box Selection Page Insertion Type Page insert Prints on the front side of the inserted page. Print onto front Page insert Prints on the back side of the inserted page. Print onto back Prints on both sides of the inserted Page insert page.
Page 58
Publishing In the Publishing tab, select the Transparency interleaving check box. To print the transparency content on the inserted pages as well, select the Print onto backing check box. In the Media for backing list, select the Media type of the backing sheet or the Source paper cassette.
8 Job In the Job tab, you can store print jobs in the memory installed in the printing system. You can also select a Job name to use with Job storage features. You can use this tab to set or change the default settings that apply when you print a document from a Microsoft Windows application.
Quick copy Hard disk When sent When printing Job Box / from the system is Quick Copy computer turned off or hard disk is full Proof and hold Hard disk or One copy when When printing Job Box / RAM disk job is sent;...
If a match is not found, the driver checks for administrator or user permissions. With administrator permissions, you will be prompted to type a box number and optional password for the print job. The driver searches for a Windows login user name and adds this name with the box number and password to the custom box list in the driver.
Press the up or down keys until Quick Copy appears, then press the OK key. Scroll through the user names by pressing the up or down keys until the desired name is displayed, then press the OK key. Scroll through the job names by pressing the up or down keys until the desired job appears, then press the OK key.
At the printing system's operation panel, press the MENU key. Press the up or down keys until Job Box appears, then press the right arrow key. Press the up or down keys until Quick Copy appears, then press the OK key. Scroll through the user names by pressing the up or down keys until the desired name is displayed, then press the OK key.
Printing a Private Print Job You can print a Private print job by entering the access code at the printing system’s operation panel. The job is printed and immediately deleted from the hard disk or RAM disk memory. At the printing system's operation panel, press the MENU key. Press the up or down keys until Job Box appears, then press the right arrow key.
Storing a Job Storage Job Job storage lets you store a document permanently in printing system memory without printing, and gives you the option to protect it with an Access code. This job remains on the hard disk until it is manually deleted. In the Job tab, select Job storage (e-MPS).
Press the up or down keys until Quick Copy (for Quick copy or Proof and hold jobs) or Private/Stored (for Private print or Job storage jobs) appears, then press the OK key. Scroll through the user names by pressing the up or down keys until the desired name is displayed, then press the OK key.
The previous print job with the same job name remains in the printing system memory. Selecting a Job Name You must select a job name to use with Job storage (e-MPS) features, so that you can find your job in job lists on the printing system’s operation panel. The selected job name is saved with the print job when the job is sent to printing system memory.
9 Advanced In the Advanced tab, you can choose special features that extend the capabilities of the printing system. Prologue/Epilogue The Prologue/Epilogue feature enables a user to insert a command file at the beginning of a print job or at the end. The command file, prepared in a text editor, utilizes programming commands from the printer resident PRESCRIBE language.
Advanced Make your changes to the file. Save the file, and exit Microsoft Notepad. Note: Editing and saving a command file overwrites the contents of the existing local or network file. Deleting a Prologue/Epilogue File In the Prologue/Epilogue dialog box, select a Prologue/Epilogue file name from the list, and then click Delete.
Advanced Beginning of the print job The command file is inserted as the first page of the print job. The document starts printing on the second page. End of the print job The command file is inserted as the last page of the print job, which prints after the last page of the document.
Advanced Select the desired font, style, and size of the text. Select the color of the watermark from the list. The options available are black and shades of gray. Select the watermark Count, to a maximum of 20. In the Spacing spin box, select the distance between two or more watermarks in tenths of an inch or in millimeters.
Watermark in the Advanced tab is set to Off. Resolution in the Imaging tab is set to 600 dpi. Kyocera Image Refinement in the Imaging tab is set to Off. EcoPrint in Imaging > Quality is set to Off. Adjustment Settings ( Brightness and Contrast is set to 0) in Imaging >...
Advanced Adding or Editing a Security Watermark You can create a new security watermark that displays text but not an image. Any security watermark can be edited, though a limited number of options can be changed for default security watermarks. In the Advanced tab, click Security Watermark.
Advanced Adjust the calibration. After adjusting calibration, in all dialog boxes click OK. Adjusting Security Watermark Calibration For a security watermark to be effective, it must be nearly invisible in a printed page and clearly visible in a photocopied page. Because printing systems and driver settings can vary, you must adjust the calibration before printing a security watermark.
Advanced All pages except first page This option prints the security watermark on all pages after the first page. Only on specified pages This option prints the security watermark on the page numbers typed in the text box. Print onto front outside cover This option prints the security watermark on the front cover.
Preferences Opens a dialog box with options for Status Monitor sound notification and appearance choices. www.kyoceramita.com Opens a web browser to the Kyocera Mita home page. Exit Closes the Status Monitor. Setting Status Monitor Preferences You can configure printing system alerts with accompanying sound or speech in the Status Monitor Preferences dialog box.
Advanced Printing Printing completed In the Sound Notification tab you can also add sound or speech to your chosen alert. To add a sound file: Clear the Use Text to speech check box. The sound file text box becomes available. Type the location of a sound file (.WAV), or browse to find a file located on your computer.
Advanced Enabling Client Profile Client profile refers to profile settings saved on a server and accessed by clients in a client/server environment. This feature in the Advanced tab enables an administrator to control and distribute profiles on a server. You would still have the choice to use your local profiles or the server profiles.
10 Profiles In Profiles, you can save printer driver settings as a profile. You can select multiple options in the Quick Print tab and Printing Preferences, save them to a profile, and use all of them at once when you apply the profile. A maximum of 26 profiles can be established in one driver, including the Factory Default profile.
Profiles Click Apply to activate the selected profile to the current print job, or click OK to save the profile. Note: To reset the printer driver to default settings, select the Factory Default profile, and click Apply. This clears the settings of a selected profile. Editing a Profile The Edit button lets you make changes to an existing profile.
Profiles Click Apply to activate the selected profile to the current print job, or click OK to save the profile. Exporting a Profile The Export button lets you export a copy of a profile from your printer driver for use in other printer drivers. The Factory Default profile cannot be exported. Click Profiles.
Glossary Access code A four-digit code that you must enter at the printing system’s operation panel to print a Private Print job. An access code can also be used with the Job storage feature. Auto configure Device settings feature that queries a printing system through the network and automatically retrieves settings for optional devices, memory, and RAM disk.
Page 83
You also have the option of protecting the print job from unauthorized printing by using an access code. This feature is available when a hard disk is installed and selected in the Device Settings tab. Kyocera image refinement (KIR) Imaging feature that refines the edges of text and vector graphics.
Page 84
Poster Layout feature for printing a document in a larger size than the maximum supported by the printer so the cumulative sheets can be assembled as a poster. Use this feature to print a document in a large, eye-catching poster format, up to 25 times larger than the original document size.
Page 85
Security Watermark Plug-in feature that adds watermark text and a background pattern to a print job. The text blends into the background pattern making it nearly invisible when printed. The security watermark appears only when the printed page is photocopied. A security watermark can be used to help protect against unauthorized reproduction of documents, or simply to differentiate original documents from photocopies.
Page 86
KYOCERA MITA CANADA, LTD. 6120 Kestrel Road, Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1S8, Canada Telephone: (905) 670-4425 Fax: (905) 670-8116 KYOCERA MITA AMERICA MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. Av. 16 de Septiembre #407 Col. Santa Inés Azcapotzalco México, D.F. 02130, México Telephone: (55) 5383-2741...
Page 87
Denmark France Telephone: +45.5687.1100 Telephone: +33.1.6985.2600 Kyocera Mita Portugal, IDA. Kyocera Mita España, S.A. Rua do Centro Cultural, 41 (Alvalade) 1700-106 Edificio Kyocera, Avda de Manacor No. 2 Lisbon, 28290 Las Matas (Madrid) Portugal Spain Telephone: +351.21.842.9100 Telephone: +34.91.631.8392 Kyocera Mita Finland OY Kyocera Mita South Africa (PTY) LTD.
Page 88
KYOCERA MITA Corporation Headquarters: 2-28, 1-chome, Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku Osaka 540-8585, Japan Telephone: (06) 6764-3555 http://www.kyoceramita.com Kyocera Mita Australia Pty, LTD. Kyocera Mita Singapore PTE, LTD. Level 3, 6-10 Talavera Road, North Ryde, 121 Genting Lane, 3rd Level N.S.W. 2113 Australia Singapore 349572 Telephone: (02) 9888.9999...
Need help?
Do you have a question about the FS-2020D and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers