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Kyocera FS-C5100DN User Manual

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  • Page 1 KX Driver User Guide...
  • Page 2 Models supported by the KX printer driver FS-C5100DN FS-C5200DN FS-C5300DN User Interface screen captures shown in this guide may differ based upon your printing system. Copyright © 2008 KYOCERA Corporation Copyright © 2008 Revised Edition KYOCERA MITA Corporation All rights reserved. TC Rev. 7.7...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Installation Preparing to Install the Driver..........1-1 Upgrade Driver Components on Windows Vista .
  • Page 4 Printing on Paper of Non-Standard Sizes ........3-4 Custom Paper Sizes .
  • Page 5 Proof and Hold ............7-3 Private Print .

  • Page 6: Installation

    Installation 1 Installation A printer driver is an application that sends documents to a printer and manages communication between a printer and your computer. These features are available in the installation process: • Preparing to Install the Driver • Express Installation •...

  • Page 7: Upgrade Driver Components On Windows Vista

    Express mode is for a Universal Serial Bus (USB) or network connection only. The installer can find the Kyocera printer if it is turned on and connected by USB or network cable. For the default installation, select Express Mode. In the Custom method, you are able to choose which software packages to install and specify the port.

  • Page 8: Windows Xp - Usb

    Installation Windows XP - USB On the Discover Printing System page, click Information if you want to open a dialog box with details about IP Address, Host Name, Printer Model, Contact, Location, and Serial Number. Click Next. In Printer Settings, you can assign a name to the printing system. This is the name that appears in Windows Printers and Faxes and in the printer list in applications.

  • Page 9: Windows Xp - Network Connection

    Windows XP - Network Connection Installation On the Custom Installation page, ensure that the KX Driver is selected as the product and then click Next. On the Confirm Settings page, click Install if the settings are correct. Click Back to correct the settings.

  • Page 10: Windows Vista - Usb

    Installation Windows Vista - USB On the Confirm Settings page, click Install if the settings are correct. Click Back to correct the settings. The Installation Completed page appears showing the installation details. • Select Device Settings to open the Device Settings tab where you can choose installed options for your printing system.

  • Page 11: Windows Vista - Network Connection

    Windows Vista - Network Connection Installation • Select Print a test page to verify a connection with the printer and create a print out of the installed driver components. When the installation completes successfully, click Finish to exit the Printer Installation Wizard and return to the CD-ROM main menu.

  • Page 12: Installing Optional Components

    Installation Windows Vista - Network Connection • Select Enable Status Monitor to display system status messages on your computer screen during printing tasks. For more information, see Status Monitor on page 2-13. • Select Print a test page to verify a connection with the printer and create a print out of the installed driver components.

  • Page 13: Add Printer Wizard - Windows Vista

    Windows Vista - Network Connection Installation Note: The Add Printer Wizard can also be started by clicking Add printer in the File menu of the Printers and Faxes window. The Add Printer Wizard appears. The wizard provides you with step-by-step driver installation instructions.

  • Page 14: Printer Properties

    Printer Properties 2 Printer Properties The Device Settings tab lets you 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.

  • Page 15: Auto Configure

    Printer Properties specify the memory setting, PDL (Page Description Language), settings for the user, administrator settings for passwords and more. Auto Configure Auto Configure detects the installed device options on the printing system if it is connected over a network. It detects printing system devices such as input devices, output devices, and hard disk size.
  • Page 16 Printer Properties When the Windows Security Alert dialog box appears, click Unblock to allow communication between the printing system and your computer. When you click Unblock, Auto Configure is added to the Windows Firewall > Exceptions > Programs and Services list. The Windows Firewall is accessed through the Control Panel.

  • Page 17: Device Options

    Printer Properties whenever you use the driver, it contains the latest configuration detected from the printer. To request a configuration of the printing system right away, click Auto-Configure Now. This prompts the driver to immediately retrieve printer configurations. Silent auto-configuration only updates when it detects a change in the printer. Therefore, it is advisable, after selecting Silent auto-configuration to also click on Auto- Configure Now.

  • Page 18: Administrator Settings

    Printer Properties Administrator Settings The following settings can be specified by selecting Administrator in the Device Settings tab. • Job Accounting • SNMP • Color Page Count • Monochrome Mode • Administrator Password Job Accounting With Job accounting, you can assign account IDs to print jobs, or work with IDs already created at the printing system.

  • Page 19: Snmp

    Printer Properties Display account ID list: This option can be used to display the list of IDs entered in the account ID list of the driver when sending a print job. This gives the user a selection of account IDs to choose from. Account ID List: This option can be use to add, edit, or delete account IDs from the account ID list of the driver.

  • Page 20: Color Page Count

    Printer Properties Select from DES (Data Encryption Standard), or AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) for encryption applied to SNMP communication. Privacy is available only appears when Authentication is selected. • Apply to other models You can apply the selected SNMP option, SNMPv1/v2c or SNMPv3 to other installed printing devices by clicking Apply to other models.

  • Page 21: User Settings

    Printer Properties The Administrator Settings dialog box appears. Clear the Password protect administrator settings check box. A Password message appears. Click OK. Click OK. User Settings The following user information can be configured by selecting User in the Device Settings tab. •...

  • Page 22: Page Description Language (Pdl)

    Printer Properties Page Description Language (PDL) You have the option to change the Page Description Language (PDL) by selecting PDL in the Device Settings tab. You can choose from PCL XL (Printer Command Language XL), PCL 5c, KPDL (an emulation of PostScript printing), or PDF (Portable Document Format).
  • Page 23 Printer Properties Option Description Lets you print or save documents from multiple sources to Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF is independent of the operating system and application software used to create documents. Output to PDF is a plug-in that lets you print or save documents from multiple sources to Adobe PDF.

  • Page 24: Windows Vista Kx Xps Driver

    Printer Properties Options Description Note: If Save to file is selected, the document is not printed when you click OK in the Print dialog box. Security Settings Lets you select an encryption level and create passwords for the generated PDF file. To access the Security Settings dialog, follow these steps: 1.

  • Page 25: About

    Printer Properties driver or one from another manufacturer. If media source macros exist for the older driver, then the alignment of media source values maintain support without the need to change the macros. Use the Driver Info utility (\Utility\Driver Info\DrvInfo.exe), available on the Product Library CD, to compare the source values for all installed drivers.

  • Page 26: Plug-In

    Printer Properties • Description • Date • Manufacturer • Comments Plug-in To display installed plug-in modules, click Properties > Device Settings > About, or from any Printing Preferences tab, click About. Click Plug-in to view the following driver information: • Module •...
  • Page 27 Notification and Appearance. For more information, see the Preferences dialog box. • Kyocera Online Click Kyocera Online to open a Web browser to the Kyocera Mita corporation home page at www.kyoceramita.com. • Exit Click Exit to close the Status monitor.
  • Page 28 Printer Properties Use the settings in the Sound Notification tab to configure alerts with accompanying sound tones or speech. Click the Enables Event Notification check box to make the Available events list available. From the following list, select an event for a Status Monitor alert. •...
  • Page 29 Printer Properties Select Use Text to speech. Type your preferred text in the text box. Click Apply to save your settings, or click OK to save your settings and close the dialog box, or click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any settings. •...

  • Page 30: Printing Basics

    Printing Basics 3 Printing Basics In the Basic tab, you can specify the most commonly used printer driver settings. These features are available in the Basic tab: • Basic Printing Tasks • Printing on Paper of Non-Standard Sizes • Duplex Printing •...
  • Page 31 Printing Basics In the Basic tab, click Page Sizes to open the Page Sizes dialog box. In the Select page size list, select a page size for the print job. Click OK to return to the Basic tab. For best results when printing on transparencies or recycled paper, from the Media type list, select the media type.
  • Page 32 Printing Basics In the Basic tab, click the Print Size list and select the preferred output paper size.3 Confirm the proper paper size is loaded. Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. Click OK to start printing. The source document is automatically scaled to fit the output paper size. Media Types The printing system automatically selects the paper size specified in the Page Sizes setting in the Basic tab by default when you are printing on regular paper.

  • Page 33: Printing On Paper Of Non-Standard Sizes

    Printing Basics Load the paper in a paper cassette or the MP tray. Specify the media type at the operation panel on the printing system. Open the Properties dialog box. Select the document paper size from the Print Size list. From the Media type list, select the type of media for printing, then click OK.

  • Page 34: Duplex Printing

    Printing Basics Printing with Custom Paper Sizes Select Print from the File menu. From the application’s Print dialog box, open Print Properties. In the Basic tab, select the name of your saved paper size in the Print Size list. From the Source list, select the source cassette for the custom page size. Click OK to return to the Print dialog box.

  • Page 35: Collate

    Printing Basics Collate Collate enables the driver to internally assemble print job pages in numerical sequence. It increases print speed (and works in the background with a RAM disk) to specify the printed page order of a multi-copy job. • With Collate selected, the driver prints the job, set by set.

  • Page 36: Chapter 4 Layout

    Layout 4 Layout In the Layout tab, you can arrange document data on printed pages without changing the original document. These features are available in the Layout tab: • Booklet • Multiple Pages Per Sheet • Poster • Scaling Booklet Use the Booklet option to print a two-page layout on both sides of each sheet of paper.

  • Page 37: Booklet Printing

    Layout • Select Right edge binding for languages that read right to left. Left Edge Binding Outside Outside Outside Inside Inside Right Edge Binding Outside Outside Outside Inside Inside Booklet Printing In your application, select Print from the File menu and open Print Properties. Click the Layout tab.

  • Page 38: Poster

    Layout From the Layout list, select the horizontal and vertical direction for the page layout.5 Examples: • If you select six pages per sheet and select Top to bottom and left, the pages are arranged from the top right corner to the bottom left corner. •...

  • Page 39: Scaling

    Layout Poster Settings To make it easier to create a poster, you can print visual cues on the poster sheets that provide help in cropping and assembling the pages. In the Layout tab, click the Poster Settings button to open the Poster Settings dialog box. You can use any combination of the following options in the Poster Settings dialog box.
  • Page 40 Layout • To increase outside margins at the top of the page, enter a number into the Short edge (Top) box. This option may not be available, depending on your Orientation and Print on both sides settings in the Basic tab. •...

  • Page 41: Chapter 5 Imaging

    Imaging 5 Imaging The Imaging tab contains options for print job Quality and Color adjustments. These features are included in the Imaging tab: • Print Quality • EcoPrint • Gloss Mode • Trapping • Fonts • Graphics • Color Mode •...

  • Page 42: Ecoprint

    Imaging EcoPrint EcoPrint changes toner saturation, making the entire image, text and graphics, appear lighter in the printed job. The actual amount of toner used depends on the printing system model, the type of data printed (text, graphics, or both), and whether it is monochrome or color.

  • Page 43: Fonts

    Imaging Fonts The Fonts feature lets you specify how TrueType fonts are sent to the printing system. The chosen method affects the speed and quality of the print job. Note: The Font Settings feature for managing font handling is not available for the Windows Vista KX XPS driver.

  • Page 44: Font Substitution

    Imaging Font Substitution With Substitute with device fonts selected as the font setting, click Fonts to open the Font Substitution dialog box. The System fonts list shows the fonts installed on your computer. The printing system fonts are listed in the Available device fonts list. Select the system font, and then the available device font to be substituted.

  • Page 45: Pattern Scaling

    Imaging Pattern Scaling Adjust the pattern scaling to improve visual compatibility between screen and print output. If printed patterns and fills do not match the appearance of that on the screen, use this feature to select a different print density. Pattern Scaling Option Description Auto (default setting)

  • Page 46: Color Mode

    Imaging CIE refers to the Commission Internationale d'Eclairage, or in English the International Commission on Illumination. The CIE standards organization has developed device-independent color spaces that are supposed to be a true representation of color as seen by the human eye. CIE color spaces are useful for color space conversions.

  • Page 47: Printer Profile - Advanced

    Imaging Printer Profile Option Description Advanced Select this mode to achieve greater consistency in color reproduction among various devices. It compensates for the different color spaces of color printing systems. Selecting and applying a set of profiles is called a color profile. Printer profile - Advanced From Printer profile, select Advanced.

  • Page 48: Hsl (Hue, Saturation, Lightness)

    Imaging Ensure Color (CMYK) is selected in Color mode. In the Adjustment list, select Custom 1, Custom 2, or Custom 3, if you have already defined color settings. If you have not defined color settings, select Edit to open the Adjustment Settings dialog box. From the Custom Color Adjustment list, select Custom 1, Custom 2, or Custom 3.

  • Page 49: Rgb

    Imaging Drag each slider to adjust the Saturation, Lightness and Contrast between -10 and +10. You can also type values in the boxes. If you want to return all HSL settings to zero, click Reset. Click OK to save the new HSL settings. Under Select color space, select RGB.

  • Page 50: Grayscale Settings

    Imaging A preview image in the Adjustment settings dialog box illustrates any brightness and contrast changes. Drag the Brightness slider right to lighten, or left to darken the graphic images of the print job. You can also change brightness by entering a numeric value in the text box at the right.

  • Page 51: Chapter 6 Publishing

    Publishing 6 Publishing The Publishing tab chapter describes the Cover mode, Page insert, and Transparency interleaving features of the printer driver. These features are available in the Publishing tab: • Printing with Covers • Page Insert • Transparency Interleaving Note: The Publishing tab is unavailable for the Windows Vista KX XPS driver. Printing with Covers For your document's front cover or front and back covers, you can insert and print on paper that is a different weight or color than the paper for the body of the document.

  • Page 52: Cover Printing Options

    Publishing In your application, select Print from the File menu, and open Print Properties. In the Properties dialog box, click the Publishing tab. Select the Cover mode check box. Select from the page arrangements described in the table below. Cover Printing Options Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Front...
  • Page 53 Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Front and back Inserts blank front and back covers. Back cover Front cover Front and back Prints on the outside surface of the front cover and inserts a blank back cover. Front outside Back cover Front...

  • Page 54: Edit Cover Printing Options

    Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Front and back Prints on the outside surface of the back cover and inserts a blank front cover. Back outside Back cover Front cover Prints on both sides of the back cover and inserts a Front and back blank front cover.

  • Page 55: Insert Page Printing

    Publishing Although the Page insert and Cover mode may be used simultaneously, they cannot be combined with Transparency interleaving (described in Transparency Interleaving on page 6-6). Insert Page Printing In your application, select Print from the File menu and open Print Properties. In the Properties dialog box, click the Publishing tab.

  • Page 56: Combinations

    Publishing Check Box Options Page Insertion Types Page insert Prints on both sides of the inserted page. Print onto front Print onto back Inserted page Combinations Adjust Media Combination Settings Enter the page number where the inserted paper is to be placed. An insert paper is placed between the page number you entered and the page before it.
  • Page 57 Publishing If the Source and Media type lists have been combined in the Compatibility Settings dialog box, select Auto (Transparency). Click 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. From the Media for backing list, select the media type of the backing sheet or the source paper cassette.

  • Page 58: Chapter 7 Job

    7 Job The Job tab lets you store print jobs in the Hard disk so that you can print them again later from the printing system's operation panel. These features are available in the Job tab: • Job Storage (e-MPS) •...

  • Page 59: Quick Copy

    Printer Driver Function Job Deletion Access Panel Default Menu Options after Printing Code Message number of copies printed (Location) Proof and Hold When you print Saved until Menu> Job Box One fewer than multiple copies, the printing system >Quick Copy the original job printing system power is...

  • Page 60: Proof And Hold

    Print Additional Copies of Quick Copy Jobs On the printing system's operation panel, press the Menu button. Press the key repeatedly until Job Box appears. Press the key to open the submenu. Press the key repeatedly until Quick Copy appears. Press the ENTER key.
  • Page 61 When printing a Proof and hold job of multiple copies, only the first copy is printed and the remaining copies are saved. Follow the steps below after proofing the first copy. Print the Remaining Copies of Proof and Hold Jobs You can print the remaining copies of Proof and hold jobs following the same steps as for Print Additional Copies of Quick Copy Jobs...

  • Page 62: Private Print

    Enter the four-digit access code created in Private Print on page 7-4. Press the key to increase or decrease the number. Press the key to move the cursor right and left. Press the ENTER key. Use the key to specify the number of copies for printing.
  • Page 63 job list. This feature is applicable only when printing from Microsoft Word or PowerPoint. • Overwrite job name applies to Job names with either Application defined or Custom selected. Select Replace existing file to let the current print job replace an existing job in printing system memory, if a job with the same User name and Job name exists.

  • Page 64: Chapter 8 Advanced

    Advanced 8 Advanced The Advanced tab contains special features that extend the capabilities of the printing system. Click the button at the left of the feature name to open a dialog box containing options for that feature. These features are available in the Advanced tab: •...

  • Page 65: Select Prologue/Epilogue File To Insert

    Advanced specific task), settings for printing system emulation, an electronic form, or a graphic object such as a logo or signature. You can add or delete command file names in the list, or select a file to edit. • To insert a command file into the print job and enable the features in the Prologue/Epilogue dialog box, select a file name from the list.

  • Page 66: Insertion Point

    Advanced Insertion Point Each file in the list can be assigned only one insertion point. Choose one of the following insertion point options: Unassigned The selected command file is not inserted into the print job. This is useful if the list contains several command files, and you want to print some but not others.

  • Page 67: Watermark

    Advanced Watermark Use the Watermark feature to create, arrange, and print semitransparent text in the background of a document. You can choose one of the standard watermarks or create your own text. The preview area at the left of the dialog box shows how the watermark appears on a page.

  • Page 68: Add Watermark

    Advanced • Print onto front outside cover Select Print onto front outside cover to print the watermark on a separate front cover page before the document prints. This option is enabled when Cover mode is selected in the Publishing tab. If Cover mode and Front outside are selected in the Publishing tab, the Print onto front outside cover option in the Watermark dialog box shows as selected, but is disabled.
  • Page 69 Advanced Use the preview area and the Position or Angle features to adjust where the watermark prints on the page. Position Click the position button to change the position of the watermark without changing the angle. Position the cursor anywhere in the preview area. Click and hold as you move the mouse, adjusting the watermark image as you want it to appear on the printed page.

  • Page 70: Selecting And Creating Custom Colors

    Advanced User defined: Select to change the angle from the default value. Type the number for the angle you want. An angle is measured in degrees, ranging from 0 to 360. Selecting and Creating Custom Colors To use a predefined color for the watermark text, select one from the Color list. For more colors, select Custom at the bottom of the list.

  • Page 71: Emf Spooling

    Advanced EMF Spooling When printing large documents, it can be beneficial to select EMF spooling. This delays spooling and returns the user to their application more quickly. Note: EMF spooling is not available when KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box and Allow data passthrough is selected in the KPDL Settings dialog box.

  • Page 72: Chapter 9 Profile

    Profile 9 Profile Profile is accessed from Printing Preferences. Profile lets you save printer driver settings as a profile. You can select multiple options in Printing Preferences, save them to a profile, and use all of them at once when you apply the profile. Profiles include user defined profiles and predefined profiles that can be installed as optional components.

  • Page 73: Editing A Profile

    Profile Type a Name for the profile, select an Icon, and type an optional Description. The name can be up to 31 characters, the description can be up to 255 characters. Click OK to save the profile. Click Apply to activate the selected profile to the current print job. Note: To reset the printer driver to default settings, select the Factory Default profile and click Apply.

  • Page 74: Deleting A Profile

    Profile Deleting a Profile Click Profile in the Printing Preferences dialog box. Select profiles and click Delete. Click Yes to delete the profiles. Importing and Exporting a Profile You can export and save a profile on your computer and transfer it to other computers, then use it with other printing systems.

  • Page 75: Glossary

    Glossary Access code A four-digit code 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, and memory.
  • Page 76 Monochrome Imaging mode that uses black toner only. MP tray Source tray used for labels, transparencies, envelopes, and custom printing media. Page Description Language. This is the language used by your computer to tell the printing system how to print a document. Availability of some printing options depends on the selected PDL.
  • Page 77 Watermark Advanced feature that lets you add semitransparent text to a document. User Guide Glossary - 3...

  • Page 78: Index

    Index Cover printing 6-2 About printing options 6-2 Plug-in 2-13 printing with 6-1 StatusMonitor 2-13 Crop marks 4-4 Version 2-12 Custom Color 5-7 About (dialog box) 2-12 in Watermarks 8-7 Accessing Printer Properties 2-1 – Add Printer Wizard 1-7 Administrator Settings 2-5 job accounting 2-5 Data Passthrough 2-10 password 2-7...
  • Page 79 Optional Printer Components installing 1-7 ICM Settings 5-7 Imaging 5-1 Inserting a page 6-4 Installation 1-1 Page Description Language (PDL) Settings 2-9 Installing Components 1-7 Page Insert 6-4 Installing Optional Devices 2-1 Page Size 3-2 Inversion Options 5-5 Paper Size matching 3-3 Password protect administrator settings 2-5 Passwords, Security Settings(PDF) 2-11 Pattern Scaling 5-5...
  • Page 80 System fonts 5-4 – Quick Copy 7-1 additional copies 7-3 deleting 7-3 Transparency 3-2 Transparency Interleaving 6-6 RAM Disk Settings 2-4 Recycled paper 3-2 Unit of Measurement 2-8 Resolution 5-2 USB 1-2 Reverse image 5-5 User Settings 2-8 RGB 5-9 Identification 2-8 Right edge binding 4-2 language preference 2-8...
  • Page 81 Fax: (949) 457-9119 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 Ines é Azcapotzalco M xico, é...
  • Page 82 Telephone: +45.5687.1100 Telephone: +33.1.6985.2600 ñ Kyocera Mita Portugal, IDA. Kyocera Mita Espa a, 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 83 Headquarters: 225 Sand Road Fairfield, New Jersey 07004-0008 Telephone: (973) 808.8444 Fax: (973) 882.6000 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...
  • Page 84 Version 7.7_2008.08.26...

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