Preparing For Printing; Before Using The Printer; Drivers And Utilities; Using User Authentication - Ricoh Aficio SP 5200DN Operation And Use Manual

1. Preparing for Printing

This chapter explains the preparation procedure to use this printer.
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Before Using the Printer

This section explains the settings, procedures, items, and other information on which the user is
recommended to check before you can use this printer.

Drivers and Utilities

To use this printer, you must install its driver on your computer.
For details about the procedure for installing the printer driver, see Driver Installation Guide on the driver
CD-ROM.
This printer comes with two CD-ROMs: a driver CD-ROM and a manual CD-ROM.
For details about the contents of the drivers CD-ROM, see p.17 "Software Included on the CD-ROM".
Besides drivers, there are other useful utilities available for this printer.
For details about these utilities, see p.19 "Downloading Utility Software".

Using User Authentication

Using authentication, administrators manage the printer and its users. To enable authentication, information
about both administrators and users must be registered in order to authenticate users via their login user
names and passwords.
There are four kinds of administrator. Each administrator manages a specific area of printer usage, such
as settings or user registration.
Access limits for each user are specified by the administrator responsible for user access to printer functions
and documents and data stored in the printer.
When authentication is set on the printer, see p.21 "If User Authentication is Specified".

Accessing the Extended Features

Various functions besides printing can be accessed using the [Switch Functions] key on this printer.
Use the following procedure to switch between applications.
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