Contents Contents Getting Ready System Requirements ..............1-1 Minimum System Requirements..........1-1 Connecting to a Computer Types of Connections..............2-1 Parallel Port Connection.............2-1 USB port connection..............2-1 Parallel Port Connection ..............2-2 USB Port Connection..............2-3 Installing the Printer Driver Installing the Printer Driver Using Plug and Play ......3-1 Installing the Printer Driver Using the Add Printer Wizard ..3-5 Configuring Printer Driver Settings Displaying Printer Driver Properties for Configuring Global...
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Contents Font .................... 4-8 Angle..................4-8 Position ..................4-9 “Paper” Tab................. 4-10 Fit to Paper ................4-11 Output Paper List ..............4-11 Scaling ..................4-11 “Quality” Tab ................4-13 Contrast ................... 4-13 Brightness ................4-13 “Device Options” Tab ..............4-14 Control Panel Operations (PC Print Mode) Printer Operations ................
Getting Ready Getting Ready System Requirements Minimum System Requirements The following operating environment is required in order to use the printer driver. Intel Pentium 200 MHz Windows XP (SP1 or later)/Windows 2000 (SP3 or later)/Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 (SP6a or later)/Windows Me/Windows 98/ Windows 95 128 MB RAM (Windows XP), 64 MB RAM (Windows 95/98/Me/2000/ NT 4.0)
Connecting to a Computer Connecting to a Computer Types of Connections You can use either of the following two methods to connect the machine to a computer. Parallel Port Connection Use this type of connection when you want to connect the machine directly to a computer’s parallel port.
Connecting to a Computer Parallel Port Connection Use the parallel cable to connect the parallel port of the machine to the parallel port of the computer. Important! Be sure to use a shielded parallel cable. Use of an unshielded cable may result in radio frequency interference.
Installing the Printer Driver Installing the Printer Driver This section describes the procedure for installing the printer driver. The printer driver can be installed in two ways: by using Plug and Play or by using the Add Printer Wizard. If you want to use Follow this procedure: this function to install the printer...
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Installing the Printer Driver Browse to “Driver\(language)\WinXP” on the CD-ROM, and then click [OK]. Select the language you prefer. For example, if you prefer English, browse to: Driver\English\WinXP Click [Next]. Click [Continue Anyway]. The “Completing Found New Hardware Wizard” dialog box appears. Click [Finish].
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Installing the Printer Driver Installing the Printer Driver Using Plug and Play Under Windows 2000 With Windows running, insert the CD-ROM into your computer’s CD- ROM drive. Turn on the machine. When the machine is ready, connect it to the computer with the USB cable.
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Installing the Printer Driver Installing the Printer Driver Using Plug and Play Under Windows Me/ With Windows running, insert the CD-ROM into your computer’s CD- ROM drive. Turn on the machine. When the machine is ready, connect it to the computer with the USB cable.
Installing the Printer Driver Installing the Printer Driver Using the Add Printer Wizard Installing the Printer Driver Using the Add Printer Wizard Under Windows XP With Windows running, insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Click the Windows [Start] button, and then click [Printers and Faxes]. Select [Add a printer] from the [Printer Tasks] menu.
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Installing the Printer Driver Installing the Printer Driver Using the Add Printer Wizard Under Windows 2000/NT 4.0/Me/98/95 With Windows running, insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive of your computer. Click the Windows [Start] button, point to [Settings], and then click [Printers].
Configuring Printer Driver Settings Configuring Printer Driver Settings The printer driver “Properties” dialog box appears when you display print driver properties from the Windows “Printers” window. The settings you make on the “Properties” dialog box are applied globally to all applications.
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Configuring Printer Driver Settings Displaying Settings Under Windows 2000/NT 4.0/Me/98/95 Click the Windows [Start] button, point to [Settings], and then click [Printers]. Select the “PrinterCenter 16P” icon. To display the printer driver settings: Windows 2000 — Select [Printing Preferences...] from the [File] menu.
Configuring Printer Driver Settings Common Operations This section describes settings and buttons that are common to all four of the tabs (“Setup”, “Paper”, “Quality”, and “Device Options”). Click this button to exit the “Properties” dialog box and apply all settings you changed.
Configuring Printer Driver Settings Easy Set Easy Set lets you save the setup of each tab for later recall, when you want to use it again. To save the current settings, click the [Save] button. Afterward, you can recall the settings by selecting them from a list. Select “Factory Defaults”...
Configuring Printer Driver Settings “Setup” Tab The “Setup” tab contains settings for N-up, Watermark, Paper Source, and Media Type. 4.3.1 N-up The settings in this group box are for configuring how multiple pages of the document should be printed on a single sheet of paper. Note The settings in the N-up...
Configuring Printer Driver Settings Border Line Select this check box to print a border around each page when printing more than one document page on each sheet of paper. Note This option is not available when “Off” is selected in the N-up box.
Configuring Printer Driver Settings 4.3.2 Watermark Use the settings in this group box to select the watermark text (such as “CONFIDENTIAL”, “DRAFT”, etc.) and to control whether it is printed on all pages or only the first page. Watermark list Click the down arrow button, and then select the watermark text from the list that appears.
Configuring Printer Driver Settings Click the [New] button to type new watermark text into the box. Type in the watermark text that you want to use. Note Watermark text can be up to 20 characters long. You can have up to 30 different watermarks configured at one time. Delete Click this button to delete the watermark that is selected in the list.
Configuring Printer Driver Settings Position Use this setting to specify the position where the watermark text should be printed. You can specify a position by using horizontal and vertical values. Horizontal: 0 to 100 Vertical: 0 to 100 4.3.3 Paper Source Click the down arrow button, and then select the tray from which paper should be fed.
Configuring Printer Driver Settings “Paper” Tab Use this tab to configure settings related to your original and to the medium on which you are printing. You can also specify the number of copies to be printed and the orientation of the print image. 4.4.1 Original Document Size The list that appears when you click the down arrow button shows all of...
Configuring Printer Driver Settings Fit to Paper Selecting this check box causes the printed image to be resized automatically so it matches the size of the paper being printed on. Note Scaling is not available while the Fit to Paper check box is selected.
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Configuring Printer Driver Settings 4.4.4 Collate Use this setting when printing multiple copies of the same document, to specify whether each copy of the document should be printed individually or if all copies of each page should be printed as a set. Selecting prints each copy of the document separately.
Configuring Printer Driver Settings “Quality” Tab Use the settings on this tab to control the quality of the printed output. 4.5.1 Resolution Click the down arrow button, and then select either “600 × 600 dpi” or “300 × 300 dpi” as the printing resolution. Note ×...
Configuring Printer Driver Settings “Device Options” Tab 4.6.1 Device Options Use this setting to specify whether Tray 2 (optional paper cassette unit) is installed. To add Tray 2 from the Installable Options list to the Installed Options list, select “Tray 2”, and then click the [Add] button. To remove Tray 2 from the Installed Options list, select “Tray 2”, and...
Control Panel Operations (PC Print Mode) Control Panel Operations (PC Print Mode) This section covers printer operations you can perform on the control panel of the machine. Printer Operations If it is not being used in another mode, the machine will automatically switch to the PC print mode when data is received from a computer.
Control Panel Operations (PC Print Mode) General Guide Number Name Description [Printer] • Blinks while the machine is receiving print indicator data. • Lights while there is PC print data in machine memory and while the machine is performing a print operation. •...
Control Panel Operations (PC Print Mode) [Printer] Indicator The [Printer] indicator shows the current status of PC printing. [Printer] Indicator Description Blinking • Machine is receiving print data, even while in another mode. • A printer error has occurred (indicated by “PRN Err”...
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Control Panel Operations (PC Print Mode) When there is print data in machine memory (indicated by “[PC PRN]” or “PC:PRN” on the display and a lit “Printer” indicator), pressing the [Printer] key enters the PC print mode. The machine will beep and the PC print mode will not be entered if there is no print data in machine memory when the [Printer]...
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Control Panel Operations (PC Print Mode) Canceling a Print Job You can cancel a print job from the control panel of the machine. You can cancel a print job from the control panel only while the machine is in PC print mode.
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Control Panel Operations (PC Print Mode) Using the Bypass Tray Use the procedure described below to print onto paper that is fed automatically (up to 10 sheets at a time) from the bypass tray. On your computer, display the “Setup” tab of the printer driver, and then specify “Bypass”...
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting If a problem occurs during PC printing, check the following. Correcting Errors This section describes the errors that can appear during PC printing and what you need to do to correct the situation. 6.1.1 Checking Error Messages “PRN Err” appears in the lower right <Copy mode>...
Troubleshooting 6.1.2 Main Error Messages The table below describes the main error messages that may appear during PC print mode operations. Error Message Cause Action PAPER SIZE The paper size Load paper of the ERROR specified with the correct size into the printer driver differs tray.
Troubleshooting 6.1.3 Errors and Print Data What happens to your print data when an error occurs depends on the error type. “MACHINE TROUBLE” Error This error indicates a serious operational problem. The machine is unable to receive any data while this error message is on the display. Temporary Errors The machine retains current print data in memory whenever any of the easily correctable errors listed below occurs.
Specifications Specifications Print speed 16 pages/min. (A4C, 300 dpi) 12 pages/min. (A4C, 600 dpi) Share with machine. Interfaces IEEE 1284 (Parallel), USB Revision 1.1 (except for Windows 95 and Windows NT) Printer Language Fonts Windows Supported Windows XP (SP1 or later)/Windows 2000 (SP3 Operating Systems or later)/Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0 (SP6a or later)/Windows Me/Windows 98 (SP1)/...