PRINTER Controller Infotec 4151 4181 4182 Operating Instructions Printer Reference 2 (option) For safety, please read this manual carefully before you use this product and keep it handy for future reference.
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Introduction This manual contains detailed instructions on the operation and maintenance of this machine. To get maximum versatility from this machine all operators should carefully read and follow the instructions in this manual. Please keep this manual in a handy place near the machine. Please read the Safety Information in the “Copy Reference”...
❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Printer Reference 2 Describes the procedures and provides necessary information about using this machine as a printer. This manual is provided as a PDF file on the CD- ROM labeled “Operating Instructions for Printer”. (this manual) ❖...
Sleep mode, see “Auto Off Timer” in the System Settings manual. • Auto Off mode (Copier only) If the neither the printer feature nor facsimile feature is installed, this product automatically turns itself off 30 minutes after the last copy or print job has fin- ished.
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In accordance with the ENERGY STAR Program, we recommend use of recycled paper which is environmentally friendly. Please contact your sales representa- tive for recommended paper. Copy feature Printer or facsimile 70 Wh 15 minutes Less than 20 seconds Less than 20 seconds...
How to Read This Manual Symbols In this manual, the following symbols are used: R WARNING: This symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if instructions are not followed, could result in death or serious injury. R CAUTION: This symbol indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if instructions are not followed, may result in minor or moderate injury or damage to property.
Windows 95/98/Me - Uninstalling the PCL 6/5e Printer Driver... 15 Windows 2000/Windows XP- Uninstalling the PCL 6/5e Printer Driver ... 15 Windows NT 4.0 - Uninstalling the PCL 6/5e Printer Driver ... 16 Uninstalling the PostScript Printer Driver... 17 Windows 95/98/Me - Uninstalling the PostScript Printer Driver ... 17 Windows 2000/Windows XP- Uninstalling the PostScript Printer Driver ...
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4. Using the Control Panel Adjusting Printer Features ... 23 Printer Features Menu ... 23 Printer Features Parameters ... 27 Job Control Menu... 27 Network Setup Menu... 34 Maintenance Menu... 35 List Print Menu ... 37 Adjusting System Settings ... 40 Accessing the System Settings...
Click [Start] on the taskbar, point to [Settings], and then click [Printers]. The [Printers] window appears. B B B B Click to select the icon of the printer whose default settings you want to change. C C C C On the [File] menu, click [Properties].
Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job B B B B Select the printer you want to use in the [Name] list box, and then click [Prop- erties]. The Printer Properties appear. C C C C Make any settings you require and click [Apply].
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❒ Under Windows XP, click [Start] on the taskbar, and then click [Printers and Faxes]. The [Printers and Faxes] window appears. B B B B Click to select the icon of the printer whose default settings you want to change. C C C C On the [File] menu, click [Printing Preferences...].
Click [Start] on the taskbar, point to [Settings], and then click [Printers]. The [Printers] window appears. B B B B Click to select the icon of the printer whose default settings you want to change. C C C C On the [File] menu, click [Properties].
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On the [File] menu, click [Print...]. The [Print] dialog box appears. B B B B Select the printer you want to use in the [Name] list box, and then click [Prop- erties]. The Printer Properties appear. C C C C Make any settings you require and click [OK].
To make the Printer default settings, first open the Printer Properties dialog box from the [Printers]window. Note ❒ With some applications, the printer driver's settings are not used, and the ap- plication's own default settings are applied. A A A A Click [Start] on the taskbar, point to [Settings], and then click [Printers].
B B B B Select the printer you want to use in the [Name] list box, and then click [Prop- erties]. The Printer Properties appear. C C C C Make any settings you require and click [Apply]. D D D D Click [OK] to start printing.
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❒ Under Windows XP, click [Start] on the taskbar, and then click [Printers and Faxes]. The [Printers and Faxes] window appears. B B B B Click to select the icon of the printer whose default settings you want to change. C C C C On the [File] menu, click [Printing Preferences...].
Click [Start] on the taskbar, point to [Settings], and then click [Printers]. The [Printers] window appears . B B B B Click to select the icon of the printer whose default settings you want to change. C C C C On the [File] menu, click [Properties].
Confirm that the printer you want to use is shown in [Format for:] box. Then, use [Paper] to select the paper size you want to use. Note ❒ If the printer is not shown in the [Format for:] box, use the pop-up menu to display a list of available printers. Reference The actual appearance of the [Page Setup] dialog box depends on the appli- cation you are using.
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On the [File] menu, click [Print]. The [Printer] dialog box appears. C C C C Confirm that the printer is selected in the [Printer :] box, and make the print- er settings. D D D D After configuring the settings, click [Print] .
Important ❒ This procedure cancels the print job that is being processed by the printer. In some cases, the printer may already be processing data for the next print job following the one currently being output. In this case, the next print job is also canceled when you press { { { { Job Reset} } } } .
Important ❒ This procedure cancels the print job that is being processed by the printer. In some case, the printer may already be processing data for the next print job following the one currently being output. In this case, the next print job is also canceled when you press { { { { Job Reset} } } } .
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Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job...
❒ Uninstalling a printer driver requires Manage Printers permission. Members of the Administrators and Power Users groups have Manage Printers permis- sion by default. When you uninstall a printer driver, log on using an account that has Manage Printers permission.
Administrators, Server Operators, Print Operators, and Power Us- ers groups have Full Control Permission by default. When you install a printer driver, log on using an account that has Full Control permission. A A A A Close all applications that are running.
❒ Uninstalling a printer driver requires Manage Printers permission. Members of the Administrators and Power Users groups have Manage Printers permis- sion by default. When you uninstall a printer driver, log on using an account that has Manage Printers permission.
Administrators, Server Operators, Print Operators, and Power Us- ers groups have Full Control Permission by default. When you uninstall a printer driver, log on using an account that has Full Control permission. A A A A Close all applications that are running.
Duplex unit is in use for copi- Wait until the duplex job will er or facsimile mode. be completed. The printer is form feeding. Wait for a while. An error has occurred in the First, turn off the power Hardware.
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A memory full has occurred. Add memory to the printer. The printer is offline. The If you want to put the printer online, press { { { { On Line} } } } . printer cannot accept or print out data.
Check the error message, and take the re- quired action. If not, the data does not reach the machine. Check the printer cable connection. Also confirm that the printer port settings are correct. If you cannot, check the printer cable connec- tion.
Paper misfeeds occur frequently. An control panel error message stays on after removing the misfed paper. It takes a long time for the printer to start printing. It takes too much time to complete the print job. Windows 95/98/Me, Windows 2000, Win- dows XP, Windows NT 4.0 :...
Copy Reference and the System Settings manuals. Note ❒ Some of the settings accessed by the printer driver can be accessed by the “Printer Features”. Settings made by the printer driver take priority over set- tings by the“Printer Features”.
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Duplex Print Quality System PCL Menu Network Setup IP Address ⇒ p.34 Subnet Mask Gateway Address Maintenance Restart Printer ⇒ p.35 Menu Reset Hex Dump List Print Configuration Page ⇒ p.37 Menu List PCL Font List PS Font List Tray Priority...
Dial k Dial Press the 0 or 1 key to display “5.Printer Features”, and then press { { { { OK} } } } . The following screen appears on the panel display. Press the 0 or 1 key to display the following four items one by one.
Using the Control Panel ❒ After making the printer settings, press { { { { User Tools/Counter} } } } to return to the initial display. Dial k Dial ❒ The revised settings are not canceled even if the power switch is turned off.
❒ This menu is invalid if the optional tray is not installed. ❒ If you want to use the locked tray, you must select the tray ❒ When a locked tray is selected from the printer driver, the Note rection you frequently use in the tray selected with “Tray Pri- ority”.
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When the bypass paper size is not specified, the paper size you set on the control panel is used. If you use PCL 6 or PS2 printer driver to print custom paper size, the paper size you set in the printer driver is used.
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You can set the print resolution in dots per inch. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ PCL ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ PS ❒ Default: 600 dpi ❒ The setting in the printer driver takes priority of the setting on Toner Saving You can select whether to enable Toner Saving. • Off •...
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With “Page Protect” “On”, the printer performance might be decreased. ❒ Default: Auto ❒ The setting in the printer driver takes priority of the setting on control panel. You can set whether to enable Auto Continue. When it is set to “On”, the printing continues even if the following error messages...
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852, PC8-TK, Win L1, Win L2, Win L5, Desktop, VN Intl, VN US, MS Publ, Math-8, VN Math, Pifont, Legal, ISO 4, ISO 6, ISO 11, ISO 15, ISO 17, ISO 21, ISO 60, ISO 69, Win 3.0 ❒ Default: Roman-8 Note loaded to printer RAM. Note Note Note Note...
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Using the Control Panel Changing the Paper Input Menu The following procedure describes changing the “Tray Priority” as an example in the “Paper Input”menu. A A A A Press { { { { User Tools/Counter} } } } . Dial k Dial B B B B Press the 0 0 0 0 or 1 1 1 1 key until the following message appears on the panel dis-...
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“Programmed” is displayed for two seconds. J J J J The following screen appears on the panel display. K K K K Press { { { { User Tools/Counter} } } } to return to the initial display. Dial k Dial Printer Features Parameters ZENS058N...
Description You can set the IP Address. Note ❒ Default: All zero Reference See “Configuring the Printer for the Network with the Control Pan- el” in Printer Reference 1. You can set the Subnet Mask. Note ❒ Default: 255.000.000.000 Reference See “Configuring the Printer for the Network with the Control Pan-...
Network Interface Board settings. Hex Dump You can set to isolate the source of a print job problem. With this function “On”, all data sent to the printer is printed in hexadeci- mal character representation. • On • Off ❒...
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Using the Control Panel B B B B Press the 0 0 0 0 or 1 1 1 1 key until the following message appears on the panel dis- play. C C C C Press { { { { OK} } } } . The following screen appears on the panel display.
The following procedure describes printing the “Configuration Page” as an ex- ample in the “List Print”menu. Reference For more information, see p.39 “Interpreting the Configuration Page”. A A A A Press { { { { User Tools/Counter} } } } . Dial k Dial Printer Features Parameters ZENS058N...
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Using the Control Panel B B B B Press the 0 0 0 0 or 1 1 1 1 key until the following message appears on the panel dis- play. C C C C Press { { { { OK} } } } . The following screen appears on the panel display.
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Shows the version number of the printer firmware. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Pages Printed Shows the total number of pages printed by the printer to date. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Total Memory Shows the total amount of memory (SDRAM) installed on the printer.
Using the Control Panel Adjusting System Settings Accessing the System Settings A A A A Press { { { { User Tools/Counter} } } } . Dial k Dial B B B B Press the 0 0 0 0 or 1 1 1 1 key to display “2.System Settings”. C C C C Press { { { { OK} } } } .
❒ Auto Off might not be effective when an error message is dis- ❒ To return to the ready condition from Auto Off, the machine ❒ When the machine receives a fax or printer data in Auto Off Note Note “1.Function Priority”.
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Print priority is given to the copy function. • “Fax” Print priority is given to the fax function. • “Printer” Print priority is given to the printer function. • “Interleave” Prints jobs in the order in which they are initiated regardless of mode/function.
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Enter the new code (8 digits) with the number keys, and then press the { { { { OK} } } } key. 5.Restricted Access Restrict user access for each mode (Copier, Fax or Printer) using optional key counter. Note ❒...
If you select the collate function on the printer driver, the machine will store print data in memory and automatically collate the printouts. The collate function can be turned on or off from the printer driver. The machine automatically rotates the printouts under the following conditions: •...
(A4K, 8 Note ❒ Printing Speed depends on the machine. Confirm which type of machine you have. Standard 36-pin printer cable and a parallel port on the host com- puter IEEE1284 Note ❒ Do not use a parallel cable that is longer than 3 meters (10 feet).
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Caution (in case of 100BaseTX environment) : Interface cable with ferrite core must be used for RF interference suppression. Declaration of Conformity Product Name: Printer Controller Model Number: Type 1018 Responsible party: Ricoh Corporation Address: 5 Dedrick Place, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Telephone number: 973-882-2000 This device complies with part 15 of FCC Rules.