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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 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 Poster ........................5-4 Chapter 6 Imaging Print Quality and EcoPrint ......................6-1 Selecting Print Quality ......................6-1 Selecting EcoPrint ........................6-1 Trapping ............................6-2 Gloss Mode ........................... 6-2 Fonts ............................. 6-2 Font Settings ........................... 6-3 Selecting Font Settings ......................6-3 Font Substitution ........................
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Storing a Job Storage Job ....................... 8-5 Job Name ............................8-5 Don’t Use Application Name ....................8-5 Overwrite Job Name ........................ 8-6 Selecting a Job Name ......................8-6 Chapter 9 Advanced Prologue/Epilogue ......................... 9-1 Selecting a Prologue/Epilogue File ..................9-1 Editing a Prologue/Epilogue File .....................
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 Express Mode Installation Installing in Express Mode on page 1-2 Custom Mode Installation Installing in Custom Mode with a Network Connection using Discover page 1-4 Installing in Custom Mode with a USB Connection using Discover on page 1- Installing in Custom Mode with a Network Connection using Custom Select on page 1-6 Installing in Custom Mode with a USB Connection using Custom Select page 1-8...
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Installation On the Installation Method page, click Express Mode. The Discover Printing System page opens, searching for your printing system. If Discover finds your printing system, select your model from the list and click Next. 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.
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. Custom Installation Custom Mode applies to driver installation for a USB or network connection. The installation wizard can discover printers that are turned on, and connected by USB and network cable, or you can manually select the driver from drivers that are available.
Installation The Installation Completed page appears displaying the following driver options. Print a test page This selection verifies a connection with the printer and creates a print out of the installed driver components. Enable Status Monitor The Status Monitor displays system status messages on your computer screen during printing tasks.
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. If you only select software packages from the Utility tab, you will skip to the Confirm Settings page.
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Installation The Discover Printing System page opens, searching for your printing system. The Discover button is automatically selected. Choose Custom select and click Next. The Printing System page appears. Select your printing system model from the list and click Next. If there is only one driver model, this page does not appear.
Installation The installation of the printer is now complete. If prompted, restart your computer. Installing in Custom Mode with a USB Connection using Custom Select This section describes the custom installation procedure of the driver software in Windows operating systems using a USB connection. With the Custom select option, you manually select the printing system and printer port to install.
Installation This selection verifies a connection with the printer and creates a print out of the installed driver components. Enable Status Monitor The Status Monitor displays system status messages on your computer screen during printing tasks. The Status Monitor button appears on the Advanced tab.
Installation Click Start and click Devices and Printers (Windows 7), or click Control Panel and double-click Printers (Windows Vista). Click Add a printer. The Add Printer Wizard appears. Click either Add a local printer or Add a network, wireless or Bluetooth printer. Follow the instructions on each page, and then click Next to proceed to the next page.
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Installation Click Printing Preferences. In the Printing Preferences dialog box, select the desired features in all tabs. Click OK to save the settings. Printer Driver 1-11...
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 Note: Custom box is unavailable for some models. In Device Settings, select Hard disk. Or if selected, double-click Hard disk. In the Hard Disk Settings dialog box, click Add. In the Defined custom boxes list, a new Box number and Box name appear. If desired, change the number and name in the Box number and Box name boxes.
Device Settings Enabling Auto Configuration The Auto Configure button can be used to detect all available device options when the printing system is connected to a network through a TCP/IP port. Verify that all optional devices are attached to the printing system, and that it is turned on and ready to print.
Device Settings If selected, the Ignore application collation feature in the Compatibility Settings dialog box lets the driver control collation. RAM disk can then increase the print speed of collated multiple copies by sending the print job just once. Setting RAM Disk You can set the RAM disk to save print requests into the printing system’s memory.
Device Settings number of copies produced as well as duplex printing, multiple pages per sheet, color mode, color page count, and paper size values. When PDF is selected in the PDL settings dialog box, only color page count information is sent with PDF. To enable this feature, in Device Settings >...
Device Settings 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. These settings determine the level of security when using the Auto Configure feature, and prevent unauthorized printing to the SNMPv3 printing system.
Device Settings In Device Settings > Administrator > General, click SNMP Settings. Select SNMPv1/v2c or SNMPv3. For SNMPv1/v2c, type the Read community name and Write community name, to a maximum of 32 characters, and click OK. For SNMPv3, type a User name to a maximum of 32 characters, and a Password from 8 to 32 characters.
Device Settings Clicking the icon in the Quick Print tab, or the selection in the Layout tab, switches between the two-page and four-page options. In the Layout tab, all options are available and not limited to two-page and four page. Profile with application This option locks a defined profile of driver settings by application.
Device Settings Account IDs Add, edit, or delete account IDs from the list stored in the driver. Account ID descriptions match the user or group with an account ID. After an account ID list is created, the list can be exported as a group by saving it as a text file (.CSV, .KXC, .TXT).
Device Settings Setting User Identification You can type User name and Department information to be used with the Job Storage (e-MPS) feature. In Device Settings > User, type your preferred name in the User name text box. Type your department or group name in Department text box. You can type up to 31 characters in the User name and Department text boxes.
Device Settings In GDI compatible mode, vector graphics are rasterized for printing as bitmap images. Use the GDI compatible mode option to improve the output quality of the graphic created by the application. Note: To add PDF to the list of PDL choices, you must install the Output to PDF plug-in.
Device Settings 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. The duplex unit will be bypassed for the following types of print jobs: a one page document, one page from a multi-page document, or a multi-page document that prints onto a single sheet.
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Device Settings PDF Settings Embed fonts This option ensures that document fonts appear accurately in the PDF file on screen. This option ensures accurate reproduction but significantly increases the file size. Compress data This option enables flat compression for the generated PDF document. This option significantly reduces the file size.
Device Settings After you select between these two options, you can choose the following option: Automatically save to default file A PDF file can be saved automatically as a default file to be used again. You can then select from the following options: Replace default file This option lets you replace the default file.
Device Settings Compatibility Settings Compatibility Settings lets you specify media source values, override the application's Collate setting, and combine the Source and Media type lists in the Basic tab. In a client/server environment, this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as a restricted user.
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 Administrator Settings in Properties.
Quick Print 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 Flip on long edge Turn the long edge of the page to view the content. Flip on short edge Turn the short edge of the page to view the content. 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.
Quick Print After making your selections, click OK. Profiles In Profiles, you can save printer driver settings as a profile. You can select multiple options in any Printing Preferences tabs, save them as a profile, and use all of them at once when you apply the profile. The profiles list always includes a Factory Default profile that returns the driver options to their default settings.
Quick Print 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. Note: To reset the printer driver to default settings, select the Factory Default profile, and click Apply.
Quick Print In the Select profile section, select 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. Application Based Printing An administrator can associate a profile with an application so that all printing from the application uses the same profile settings.
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Quick Print Select an association to edit and click Edit to open the Edit Association dialog box. Change desired settings under Association name, File name, or Profile. Click OK in the Edit Association and Application Based Printing dialog boxes to save the revised association. User Guide...
4 Basic In the Basic tab, you can specify the most commonly used printer driver settings. Basic 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 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. Duplex These settings enable printing on both sides of a sheet of paper.
Basic You can create a page size with your chosen dimensions for printing on non- standard size paper. For example, you can create a custom banner with a height from 5.43 inches (138.0 mm) to 14.01 inches (356.0 mm) and a width from 2.75 inches (70.0 mm) to 8.5 inches (216.0 mm).
Basic 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. Click OK to return to the Print dialog box.
Basic The printer driver automatically overrides the application's Collate setting and uses the printer driver setting. You can use the application's Collate setting by clearing the Ignore application collation check box in the Compatibility Settings dialog box accessed from Device Settings. Printing Collated Documents When printing multiple copies of a multiple page document, the printer can assemble the pages of each copy in numerical order.
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. 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 size and readability of the multiple pages decrease as the number of pages per sheet is increased.
Layout 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 stapling or 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. Print Quality and EcoPrint Print quality lets you select between High quality or Custom (EcoPrint). Selecting Print Quality In the Imaging tab, select a Print quality from the list. High quality Select this setting to print at the highest print quality.
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 CIE Option CIE optimization bypasses the normal procedure of processing every aspect of the CIE color space used in applications such as Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop. This feature increases print speed for documents printed from these applications by optimizing CIE data. It has no effect on print jobs that do not use CIE data.
Imaging Publications This option is for printing a mix of graphics and/or photos. Select this option to print close to the color shade of the screen. Line art This option is for printing figures or graphics drawn with lines. Select this option to print colored lines with pure simple color.
Imaging Setting a Default Color Profile When using the ICM (system corrected) feature in the Color Correction dialog box, you can set a color profile for your printing system. Windows 7 and Windows Vista Click Start and click Devices and Printers (Windows 7), or click Control Panel and double-click Printers (Windows Vista.) Right-click on the desired color printer.
Imaging Color Adjustment Color Adjustment lets you customize the two color spaces in the driver and save up to three custom groups. Color space changes can be made to hue, saturation, and lightness (HSL) or to color balance levels. Note: If different custom settings are selected in Color Adjustment and Color Optimizer (Advanced tab), the latest change takes precedence and is applied to the print job.
Imaging Click OK to save the new HSL settings. Adjusting Color Balance Color balance adjusts only the relative values of the colors red, green, and blue of RGB, or cyan, magenta, and yellow of Full color. In Imaging > Color mode, select Full color. In the Adjustment list, select Edit.
Imaging Drag the Contrast slider right or left to increase or decrease the proportion of light to dark in the graphic images of the print job. A high contrast setting decreases the grayscale spectrum, making light grays lighter and dark grays darker. A low contrast setting increases the grayscale spectrum, making light grays darker and dark grays lighter.
7 Publishing In the Publishing tab, you can create covers and inserts for a print job, and add backing sheets between transparencies. Cover Mode Cover mode lets you add 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 Click OK to start printing. 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.
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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.
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 In the Publishing tab, select Cover mode. 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.
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.
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 is sent; remaining system is turned off copies later Private print Hard disk or RAM...
job is canceled. You will be prompted to contact an administrator to establish printing permissions. Quick Copy Quick copy is a Job storage (e-MPS) option that prints all copies of a print job and stores the job temporarily on the hard disk for reprinting later. This feature is available when a hard disk is installed and selected in Device Settings.
Warning: A print job can replace a job on the hard disk having the same User name and Job name. To prevent this, select Use job name + date and time under Overwrite job name. Printing a Proof and Hold Job Proof and hold lets you print one copy of a multicopy job to proof before printing the remaining copies.
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. 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 Device Settings.
Overwrite Job Name Overwrite job name is an option to ensure that a saved print job is not replaced in printing system memory by a new job having the same Job name. If a user sends two print jobs with the same User name and Job name, the second job replaces the first job without any prompt.
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 lets you 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 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. Note: Editing and saving a command file replaces the contents of the existing local or network file.
Advanced Unassigned The selected command file is not inserted into the print job. This selection can be used when you are working with multiple command files and want to use some but not others. Select Unassigned for the command files you do not want to use in the print job.
Advanced Under Watermark name, type a name, up to 39 characters. A default watermark cannot be renamed. Under Watermark text, type your preferred text. This option is not available when editing a default watermark. Select the font, style, size, and count of the text. Select the color of the watermark from the list of colors.
Advanced 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. First page only This option prints the watermark on the first document page. All pages except first page This option prints the watermark on all pages after the first page.
Advanced Custom box in the Job tab is unavailable. 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. Any security watermark can be edited, though a limited number of options can be changed for default security watermarks.
Advanced 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. Adjust the calibration.
Advanced 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. All pages except first page This option prints the security watermark on all pages after the first page.
Advanced 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 Printer profile, select from available options. Select a color by one of the following methods: Drag the eyedropper tool anywhere on the screen to select the desired color.
Sound Notification Opens a dialog box with options for Status Monitor sound notification and display choices. www.kyoceramita.com Opens a web browser to the KYOCERA MITA 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 Sleep Add toner Toner low Not connected Printing Printing completed 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 Select the Enable client profile check box for using custom profiles locally in the driver. Printer Driver 9-12...
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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e-MPS Job storage (e-MPS) is a set of options for saving print jobs in printing system memory, so that you can print or reprint them later. Print jobs can easily be reprinted later from the printing system’s operation panel, and printing of sensitive documents can be restricted to approved users.
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The Adobe portable document format (PDF) is independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system used to create documents, and also of the output device on which they are displayed or printed. Page Description Language. This is the language used by your computer to tell the printing device how to print a document.
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group called a profile. Profiles support common printing tasks, saving you from having to repeatedly select the same settings. The Administrator can set the view of the Quick Print tab through the Installation process, or Administrator Settings in Properties. Security Watermark Plug-in feature that adds watermark text and a background pattern to a print job.
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