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Table of Contents Chapter 1 Installation Preparing to Install the Driver ......................1-1 Selecting an Installation Method ....................1-2 Installing Utilities ........................... 1-2 Upgrading Driver Components ...................... 1-2 Express Installation ........................1-2 Installing in Express Mode ....................... 1-2 Custom Installation ........................1-4 Installing in Custom Mode with a Network Connection using Discover ........
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Printing Collated Documents ....................4-5 Printing in Color, Black & White, and EcoPrint ................4-5 Print Preview ..........................4-5 Previewing a Print Job ......................4-5 Kyocera Logo ..........................4-6 Displaying Version Information ....................4-6 Displaying Plug-in Information ....................4-6 Chapter 5 Layout Multiple Pages per Sheet ......................
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Printing a Proof and Hold Job ....................8-4 Private Print ........................... 8-4 Storing a Private Print Job ....................... 8-4 Job Storage ........................... 8-5 Storing a Job Storage Job ....................... 8-5 Job Name ............................8-5 Don’t Use Application Name ....................8-6 Overwrite Job Name ........................
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 operating systems, you must be logged in with administrator rights to install the printer driver.
Installation Selecting an Installation Method You can select Express Mode for a network or USB connection and the installation wizard will discover your printers. You can also select Custom Mode for a network or USB connection and either manually select installation packages and specify utilities or let the installation wizard discover your printer.
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Installation Note: In Windows 7 and Windows Vista with a USB connection, a driver installation will be made from the Microsoft Windows Update site if a certified driver is available and the system is connected to the web. We recommend you continue with the steps to install the KX Driver for an expanded feature set.
Installation This selection lets you define basic print options into group profiles that can be accessed easily. The Show Quick Print tab option also appears in the Administrator Settings in Device Settings. Device Settings Select the Device Settings check box to open Device Settings where you can choose installed options for your printing system.
Installation On the Printer Settings page, you can assign a name for your printing system. You can also choose to share this printer with others or set this printer as the default printer. Make your selections, and then click Next. On the Confirm Settings page, click Install if the settings are correct.
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Installation On the Installation Method page, select Custom Mode. The Discover Printing System page opens, searching for your printing system. The Discover button is automatically selected. Select your device and click Next. If Discover does not find your printing system, a message appears. Remove and reinsert the USB cable, and ensure it is connected properly.
Installation Click Finish, and retry the installation. If the same message appears again, contact your system administrator. The installation of the printer is now complete. If prompted, restart your computer. Installing in Custom Mode with a Network Connection using Custom Select This section describes the custom installation procedure of the driver software in Windows operating systems using a network connection.
Installation The Status Monitor displays system status messages on your computer screen during printing tasks. The Status Monitor button appears on the Advanced tab. Show Quick Print Tab This selection lets you define basic print options into group profiles that can be accessed easily.
Installation If you only select software packages from the Utility tab, you will skip to the Confirm Settings page. On the Printer Settings page, you can assign a name to your printing system. You can also choose to share this printer with others or set this printer as the default printer.
Installation On the Confirm Settings page, click Install if the displayed settings are correct. Click Back to correct any settings. The Printer Components Installation Completed page appears. Click Finish. When you have completed installing printers and optional components, restart your computer if prompted. The Add Printer Wizard The Add Printer Wizard displays a series of pages that guide you through printer installation.
Installation Printer Driver Settings Access The printer driver software can be accessed from the Print dialog box of an application, or from Start. If accessed from an application, then changes made to driver settings remain in effect until the application ends. If accessed from Start, changes are maintained as the default printer settings.
2 Device Settings In Device Settings, 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 up Custom Boxes You can create up to 1000 custom boxes for storing print jobs. Custom boxes can be assigned to users who can print the jobs later from the printing system's operation panel. Note: Custom box is unavailable for some models. In Device Settings, select Hard disk.
Device Settings Silent Auto Configuration Silent auto configuration checks the printing system every 10 minutes for changes in optional devices or memory. When a change is detected, the driver is automatically updated with the new settings. Silent auto configuration is only available for printing systems installed in Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
Device Settings RAM Disk The RAM disk functions as a virtual hard disk, saving print requests into the printing system’s memory. Because the RAM disk is temporary memory, all data stored there is lost when the power is turned off. Note: When a hard disk is installed, the RAM disk feature is inactive.
Device Settings Hide other tabs displays only the Quick Print tab to the user. Set Quick Print tab as default opens to this tab when you access Printing Preferences. Hide Edit Quick Print control prevents users from customizing the Quick Print tab.
Device Settings Clearing the Administrator Password You can remove the administrator password. In Device Settings, click Administrator. In the Enter Password text box, type the password and click OK. In the Administrator Settings dialog box, clear the Password protect administrator settings check box and click OK. SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a set of rules that govern the management of network devices, such as printing systems.
Device Settings This option uses the Advanced Encryption Standard for encryption. AES is a symmetric block cipher that can process data blocks of 128 bits, using cipher keys with lengths of 128, 192, and 256 bits. It is more secure than DES. Selecting SNMP Settings These settings in the driver must be set to match the settings in the printing system’s Command Center.
Device Settings EcoPrint This option locks the EcoPrint setting. Duplex This option locks the current Print on both sides setting selected in the Quick Print or Basic tab. Multiple pages per sheet This option locks the current Multiple pages per sheet setting selected in the Quick Print or Layout tab.
Device Settings Select this option to track the print jobs of a user or group with an account ID as well as prompt for an account ID. At the time a print job is sent, the user is prompted to enter a Job accounting ID. Prompt for account ID and validate Select this option to prompt for an account ID that is saved in the driver.
Device Settings For some options, when the Print Options dialog box appears, type or select an account ID, and click OK. Policy Manager Policy Manager is a server-based application that provides centralized user authentication, authorization, user access control, and secure pull printing features.
Device Settings You can select No notification message for policy conflicts if you do not want a message to appear when policy conflicts occur during printing. When selected, choose a printing result: Continue printing Apply the policy and print the job Cancel printing Cancel the print job A restricted user in a client/server environment can click Reset to change the...
Device Settings Identification Identification lets you identify your print job with a User name and Department information, to a maximum of 31 characters. They can appear in the Operation panel message, or User name can be used to identify a print job stored on RAM disk memory.
Device Settings Command Language XL), PCL 5c, KPDL (an emulation of PostScript printing), or PDF (Portable Document Format). The printer default is PCL XL, which is suitable for most printing purposes. When using the XPS driver in Windows 7, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008, XPS is the only PDL selection. After you select a PDL, the selection appears in the lower corner of the Preview image.
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Device Settings Note: With PDF selected in the PDL Settings dialog box, only a limited set of driver options are available. PDL Settings When you click the Settings button, the available options are: PCL XL Settings or KPDL Settings Enable smart duplex printing This option automatically keeps a sheet of paper from being sent through the duplex unit if the sheet will only be printed on one side.
Device Settings PDF Options You can select PDF options if you have installed the Output to PDF plug-in. The PDF Settings dialog box contains the following options: PDF Settings Embed fonts This option ensures that document fonts appear accurately in the PDF file on screen.
Device Settings Print and Save Settings This option lets you print and save a document as a PDF file. Select one of the two options: Save to file only A PDF file is created and saved locally. Save to file and print A PDF file is created, saved locally, and sent to print.
Device Settings supports a single PDL setting. The XPS driver can be installed from the Product Library disc. In the Installation Method menu, click Custom Mode, and on the Custom Installation page, select KX XPS DRIVER. To view a print to file XPS document, download and install the Microsoft XPS Viewer.
Note: To remove the Output to PDF module, PDF must not be selected in the PDL Settings dialog box. In Device Settings, click Kyocera logo > Plug-in. Select a plug-in module from the list and click Delete, then Yes. Click OK in all dialog boxes.
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 in Device Settings >...
Quick Print This icon changes between portrait, landscape, portrait rotated, landscape rotated printing formats. Color Mode This icon changes between color and black and white printing. Collate This icon changes the ordering of the printed pages. The page ordering sequence can either be 123, 123, or 111, 222 and so on. Print on both sides This icon changes between duplex printing for flipping on the long edge, duplex printing for flipping on the short edge, or for not using duplex printing.
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Quick Print Duplex Printing Duplex printing is printing on both sides of each page. Select Print on both sides to start duplex printing. The printing system contains a duplex unit that turns the paper over to allow printing on the reverse side. Print on both sides must be selected to print on both sides of the cover and insert pages.
Quick Print Click the up and down arrows to change the position of the features under Selected controls. The feature at the top appears on the left in the Quick Print tab. To restore the list to factory default options, click Reset. After making your selections, click OK.
Quick Print Click Profiles > Save. To identify the profile, type a Name, select an Icon, and type a Description. Click OK to save the profile. The newly added profile appears in the Profiles dialog box. Click Apply to use the selected profile for the current print job, or click OK to close the dialog box.
Quick Print 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. In the Select profile section, select the profile to be exported, and click Export. In the Export Profile dialog box, name and save the profile.
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Quick Print Editing an Association You can change the name, file, and profile for an association. In any tab, click Profiles to open the Profiles dialog box. Click Application to open the Application Based Printing dialog box. Select an association to edit and click Edit to open the Edit Association dialog box.
4 Basic In the Basic tab, you can specify the most commonly used printer driver settings. To return to the original settings, click Reset. The Reset button is available when accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box. Basic Settings The Basic tab contains several settings for the most commonly used printing tasks.
Basic Destination This setting specifies which output tray is used for the print job output. Orientation These settings specify the paper orientation of the print job. If Rotated is selected, the print job orientation is rotated 180 degrees. Copies This setting specifies the number of copies to print. For collating multiple copies, select Collate.
Basic in the application (the size of the original) then, in most cases the Print size is ignored and the document is printed based on its original size. You can create a page size with your chosen dimensions for printing on non- standard size paper.
Basic Flip on short edge Turn the short edge of the page to view the content. Flip on long edge Flip on short edge Printing in Duplex Mode You can print on both sides of each page. In the Basic tab, select Print on both sides. Select either Flip on long edge or Flip on short edge.
Basic With Collate selected, the driver prints the complete job set by set. With Collate cleared, it prints each page by set. For example, with Collate selected, three copies of a five-page document output as pages one through five in succession, three times.
Device Settings screen. Click the logo to open the About dialog box that displays the driver version number and driver plug-in information. Displaying Version Information In Device Settings or any tab, click Kyocera logo > Version to view the following driver information: File Name...
5 Layout In the Layout tab, you can arrange document data on printed pages without affecting the original document. To return to the original settings, click Reset. The Reset button is available when accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box. 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.
Layout In the Layout list, select the direction the pages should flow. Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. Click OK to start printing. Scaling Scaling increases or decreases text and graphics on a page. You can also select a gutter setting that enlarges the margins to accommodate manual stapling or manual hole punch.
Layout If text extends too close to the edge of the page, select Reduce image to fit. The text appears slightly reduced and away from the edge of the page. If text does not extend beyond the page when the gutter increases, clear Reduce image to fit.
Layout Poster pages This selection prints all of the sheets to be assembled as a poster. Proof sheet This selection prints all the poster pages on one sheet with markings that display the sheet assembly. Poster pages and proof sheet This selection prints all poster sheets and a one-page proof sheet.
6 Imaging In the Imaging tab, you can manage print quality and color settings. To return to the original settings, click Reset. The Reset button is available when accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box. Print Quality and EcoPrint Print quality lets you select between High quality or Custom (EcoPrint).
Imaging Click EcoPrint to open the EcoPrint dialog box. To start EcoPrint, select On; to stop it, select Off. Click OK to close the EcoPrint dialog box. Trapping In color printing, color inks or toners are applied separately to a page. A color image has its component colors applied in color separations of cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
Imaging Font Settings The Font Settings dialog box lets you specify how TrueType fonts are sent to the printing system. The chosen method affects the speed and quality of the print job: Download as outlines This method is best suited for large documents or print jobs using multiple fonts and font sizes.
Imaging Right-click on the desired printing system model and click Printing Preferences. In Imaging > Fonts, select Substitute with device fonts, and then click Fonts. In the Fonts Substitution dialog box, the System fonts list shows the fonts installed on your computer. The Available device fonts list shows the printing system fonts.
Imaging include patterns and fills that are composed of collections of printed dots. A pattern is a planned or random repetition of colors, shapes, lines, values, and textures to create a visual arrangement. A fill is the application of a color or grayscale to a graphics object.
Imaging Mirror print This setting prints the page content backwards, as it would appear in a mirror image. Optimization Optimization is a process or methodology of improving a printing system's function or effectiveness. In Imaging > Graphics Settings, select Optimization. The settings are available when KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box.
Imaging This mode prints with black toner only, making all color settings unavailable. Color Reproduction Color reproduction lets you optimize the color rendering of photos and graphics. This feature is available when Full color is selected as the Color mode. In Imaging >...
Imaging device like a printing system with a Color Profile. An ICM Profile for a printing system contains information about rendering accurate color information for that device. The settings for ICM must be set in the Color Management tab in the printing system Properties.
Imaging Click Close. Windows XP Click Start, click Printers and Faxes. Right-click the desired color printer. Select Properties. Select the Color Management tab and click Add. In the Add Profile Association dialog box, select a color profile from the list and click Add.
Imaging In the Adjustment list, select Edit. In Adjustment Settings > Custom color adjustment, select Custom 1, Custom 2, or Custom 3. Select HSL (hue, saturation and lightness). Under Select Preview image, click the icon to select one of three different images.
Imaging Color Conversion Color conversion lets you choose how to apply color processing to your print job depending on how color data is received from the application. This feature is available if KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box. In Imaging >...
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Imaging This option prints all color text as black. It produces faster printing of color print jobs by reducing the amount of data sent to the printer. In black and white printing, it increases the detail for light-colored text printed. White text and image colors are unaffected.
7 Publishing In the Publishing tab, you can create covers and inserts for a print job, and add backing sheets between transparencies. To return to the original settings, click Reset. The Reset button is available when accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box. Cover Mode Cover mode lets you add cover pages for the front and back of your document.
Publishing 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.
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Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Prints on the outside and inside Front surfaces of the front cover. Front outside Front inside 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 Front outside cover.
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Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Prints on both sides of the front cover Front and back and inserts a blank back cover. Front outside Front inside Prints on the inside surface of the Front and back back cover and inserts a blank front Back inside cover.
Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Prints on both sides of the front and Front and back back covers. Front outside Front inside Back inside Back outside Page Insert A Page insert is a preprinted page or a page of a different paper type that is inserted at specified points in a print job.
Publishing Page Insertion Options Check Box Selection Page Insertion Type Page insert Inserts a blank page. 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.
Publishing only available when printing on transparencies supplied from the MP tray. You can print the same content on the backing pages as on the transparencies. Transparency interleaving cannot be used together with Cover mode or Page insert. Inserting Backing Sheets Between Transparencies You can insert backing sheets between transparencies.
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.
Custom box Hard disk Optional password When printed from When manually operation panel deleted or up to 31 days Quick copy Hard disk When sent from the When printing computer system is turned off or hard disk is full Proof and hold Hard disk or RAM One copy when job When printing disk...
If a match is found, the custom box is used for the print job. 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.
The number of Proof and Hold or Quick Copy jobs that can be stored is set at the printing system’s operation panel to a maximum of 50 jobs. When the designated number of jobs is reached, older jobs are replaced by new jobs. Proof and hold jobs that are stored on the hard disk or RAM disk after printing are deleted when the printing system is turned off.
In the Access code box, type four numbers if you want to restrict access to your document. Click OK in all dialog boxes. Job Storage Job storage is a Job storage (e-MPS) option that lets you store a print job permanently on the hard disk for printing later.
Don’t Use Application Name Don’t use application name is an option to remove the application name from the job name in job storage features. By selecting Don’t use application name, the file name you choose appears clearly in the job list. This feature is applicable only when printing from Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.
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Use job name + date and time This option adds the current date and time to the end of the job name, in the format: mmddyy hhmmss The previous print job with the same job name remains in the printing system memory.
9 Advanced In the Advanced tab, you can choose special features that extend the capabilities of the printing system. To return to the original settings, click Reset. The Reset button is available when accessing the printer driver from the application's Print dialog box. Prologue/Epilogue The Prologue/Epilogue feature lets you insert a command file at the beginning of a print job or at the end.
Advanced Editing a Prologue/Epilogue File You can edit a Prologue/Epilogue file on your computer. In Advanced > Prologue/Epilogue, select a Prologue/Epilogue file name from the list, and then click Edit. After your text editor opens, make your changes to the file. Save the file and exit.
Advanced Note: The Start of the page and End of the page insertion point options are available only if PCL 5c is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box. With a command file selected in the list, choose one insertion point option: Unassigned The selected command file is not inserted into the print job.
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Advanced In the Watermark dialog box, click Add to create a user defined watermark; or under Select watermark, select a default or custom watermark and click Edit. Under Watermark name, type a name, to a maximum of 39 characters. A default watermark cannot be renamed.
Advanced Selecting Pages for Watermark The Page selection option for Watermark lets you choose the location for watermarks in your document. In Advanced > Watermark > Select watermark, choose a default or custom watermark to print. Under Page selection, choose pages for printing the watermark: All pages This option prints the watermark on each document page.
Advanced Adjustment setting (color or black & white) in the Imaging tab is set to None. Color Optimizer in the Advanced tab is set to None. The reverse is also true. If these features are changed, then the Security Watermark selection is set to None, and cannot be used. Adding or Editing a Security Watermark You can create a new security watermark that displays text but not an image.
Advanced Select a Watermark color for the security watermark from the list. The options are Black, Cyan, or Magenta. When selecting Color Mode > Black & White in the Imaging tab, the only option for watermark colors is black. For Security Watermark, Overprint is set by default. The security watermark is printed over the document data so that it can appear clearly in a photocopy.
Advanced In Advanced > Security Watermark > Select security watermark, choose a default or custom security watermark to print. Under Page selection, choose pages for printing the security watermark: All pages This option prints the security watermark on each document page. First page only This option prints the security watermark on the first document page.
Advanced Open the document containing the desired color. From the application's File menu, click Print, then click Preferences or Properties to open the Properties dialog box. In Advanced > Color Optimizer > Color adjustment, select Custom 1, Custom 2, or Custom 3. Under Color reproduction, select from available options.
Select to increase the size of the Status Monitor image. Notification Opens a dialog box with options for Status Monitor event notifications and sound files. www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.com Opens a web browser to the KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. home page. Exit Closes the Status Monitor image. Setting Status Monitor Preferences You can configure printing system alerts with accompanying sound or speech in the status monitor Preference dialog box.
Advanced Paper jam Add paper Sleep Add toner Toner low Not connected Printing completed Others 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 sound file located on your computer.
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Advanced In the Advanced tab, clear the Enable client profile check box to select profiles from the server to apply to print jobs created by the driver. Server profiles are read–only. Select the Enable client profile check box for using custom profiles locally in the driver.
Glossary Access code A four-digit code that you must enter at the printing system’s operation panel to print a Private print job. Application based printing An administrator can associate a profile with an application so that all printing from the application uses the same profile settings. This makes profiles easier to use and ensures consistent printing from an application.
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depends on the printing system mode and the type of data printed (text, graphics, or both). EcoPrint does not increase print speed. This feature is also available in the Quick Print and Basic tabs. Edit Quick Print This feature lets you customize the Quick Print view with your preferred print job options.
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Media source enumeration A Device Settings option that maintains compatibility for cassettes and feeders between old drivers and new drivers or when moving from one manufacturer to another. Compatibility creates a smooth transition for environments using macros or PRESCRIBE commands to access cassettes and feeders.
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Print text as black Prints all color text as black. It produces faster printing of color print jobs by reducing the amount of data sent to the printer. In black and white printing, it increases the detail for light-colored text printed. White text and image colors are unaffected.
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appearance of the status monitor, and determine what messages are displayed and how by selecting preferences and notifications. Transparency A clear plastic, page-sized sheet used as a printing medium. Transparency interleaving Publishing feature that inserts a backing sheet between printed transparencies. The backing sheet, also known as an interleaf, helps keep transparencies clean and prevents them from clinging together.
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