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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) Installation procedure The installation procedure is made up of three steps. The details of each step are explained below. → Prepare the printer and computer "1.1 Prepare the printer and computer"...
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) Make sure that the DP-DS620 printer power is off. Prepare a USB cable. However, do not use the USB cable to connect the printer and computer at this time. Log in to Windows as an administrator. The following explanation presumes that the operations are carried out with administrator privileges.
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) In the selected folder, double click the following file: DriverInstall.CMD. (Depending on your usage environment, the .CMD extension may not be displayed.) The driver package installer appropriate for your operating system (32-bit or 64-bit) is selected automatically.
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) Click "Install (I)" when the Windows Security confirmation display appears. Figure 1.5.i Windows Security confirmation Installation of the driver package starts. Wait until installation finishes. The Completing the Device Driver Installation Wizard screen appears. Click Finish.
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) Use the USB cable to connect the printer and computer, and then switch on the power of the DP-DS620 printer. After the printer is recognized, installation of the driver starts.
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) A confirmation dialog box appears. Click Yes. Figure 1.10 Confirmation to skip getting driver software from Windows Update Soon after installation starts, a message appears in the taskbar stating “Your device is ready to use”, and then printer driver installation finishes.
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In Devices and Printers, make sure that “DP-DS620” is present. Note: In Windows 8, when the printer is offline (the printer is not on and connected), the DP-DS620 icon is not displayed. This completes installation of the DP-DS620 printer driver.
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) When it was not possible to install the DP-DS620 printer driver correctly, the following message appears in the taskbar: Device driver software was not successfully installed. Figure 1.15 Message indicating that the driver was not installed If you click on this message, the Install driver software screen appears and displays the message "Device driver software...
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) If you connect a printer that is on to the computer before installing the driver package, a device is created under “Unspecified” in Devices and Printers. In such a case, use the following method to install the printer driver.
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) The Install a driver for this device screen appears. Click "Apply this fix". The computer searches for a driver automatically, and then installs it. Figure 1.18 Applying a fix If the driver is installed, the message "Troubleshooting has completed" appears. Click "Close the troubleshooter" to close the troubleshooting window.
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In Devices and Printers, make sure that “DP-DS620” is present. Note: In Windows 8, when the printer is offline (the printer is not on and connected), the DP-DS620 icon is not displayed. This completes installation of the DP-DS620 printer driver.
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) You can configure various printer settings from the Properties of the DP-DS620 driver. Make sure you understand the contents well before changing settings. To use the properties, log in as an administrator. Depending on the application you are using, you must perform this operation from the print settings of the application.
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3. Right click the DP-DS620 icon. From the menu, click "Printer Properties" to open the Properties dialog box. Note: In Windows 8, when the printer is offline (the printer is not on and connected), the DP-DS620 icon is not displayed.
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) If you select the basic settings from the Properties screen, you can change various print settings. 2.2.1 Layout Figure 2.2.1 Layout tab Orientation Set the print orientation to "Portrait" or "Landscape".
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) 2.2.2 Advanced options If you select "Advanced..." on the Layout tab, you can configure various advanced options. Figure 2.2.2.2 Advanced options tab Figure 2.2.2.1 Advanced settings Paper Size Specify the paper size. Match the paper size with the size of the media set in the printer.
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) Advanced Printing Features Always set Enable. Do not use other settings. Pages per Sheet Layout Set the layout direction of an image when the Pages per Sheet setting is set for multiple divisions.
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) <Multiple layout> When 5 x 7 or 6 x 8 media is used, you can use a two-picture layout. You can enable multiple layout settings by setting the paper size of the printer driver. The following section shows the image sizes.
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5 x 7 size media, printing is similarly optimized to reduce consumption of the ribbon. The above operation applies only to the DP-DS620. When (6x4)xN is selected with the DP-DS620 (A), printing is performed the same as for (6x4)x2 without rewinding the ribbon. The same applies for (5x3.5)x2 even if (5x3.5)xN is selected.
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) Step 4. Set the Orientation to Portrait, < Application usage example > and click "Advanced...". This usage example uses Windows Explorer. Step 1. In Windows Explorer, select two or more pictures.
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) 2.2.3 Paper/Quality Figure 2.2.3 Paper/Quality tab Color Set Color. Do not use black and white. 2.2.4 Option Fig 2.2.4.1 Option tab Fig 2.2.4.2 Sharpness setting Border Specify a border for printing. (Select the check box for a border.) Synchronized with Border Enable/Disable in the Advanced settings.
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) Sharpness Process sharpness using one of the 11 stages (Figure 2.2.4.2). If the setting is “0 (Default)”, sharpness is not processed. Moving to the minus (-) side blurs the image and moving to the plus (+) side sharpens the image.
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) 2.2.5 Color Adjustment If the Handled by Driver check box is selected in the 2.2.4 Option, the adjustment values of the Color Adjustment tab are applied to the image. Fig 2.2.5 Color Adjustment tab The following section shows the setting ranges on the Color Adjustment tab.
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) 2.2.6 Printer information View the printer information. Fig 2.2.6.1 Printer Information tab Figure 2.2.6.2 Display when incorrect media is loaded The following section shows the information displayed in the Printer Info tab.
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) Display item Display details Display icon Display characters Status/Response (Color) Offline The printer cannot be recognized. Connect the printer and computer, and then turn on the power. (Gray) Cooling head The head is being cooled.
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) The following section shows the default values of the settings (at installation). If the settings have been changed, and the printer driver no longer operates normally, return to the default values shown below.
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) Use Color management to specify the color profile. The installer associates " DS620.icc" by default. Step 1. From the Printer Properties, select the Color Management tab, and then click "Color Management...".
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) The following section shows the image sizes and numbers of dots generated by the paper size setting of the driver. Image size Number of image dots (width x height) (width x height)
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) The following chart shows the relationship of images generated by an application and printed items (output direction) according to the orientation setting. Generated images are not the original image rotated by the application but are zoomed to fit within the sizes is shown in "2.5 Print Area".
Note: In Windows 8, when the printer is offline (the printer is not on and connected), the DP-DS620 icon is not displayed. If you cannot connect a printer that is on, use the procedure on the following page to delete the device.
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) In Windows 8, when the printer is offline (the printer is not on and connected), the DP-DS620 icon is not displayed. In such cases, use the following procedure to delete the device.
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3) The printer deletion confirmation dialog box appears. Click Yes. Figure 3.3 Printer deletion confirmation dialog box 4) After deleting the DP-DS620 printer, select another printer (for example, Fax), and then click "Print Server Properties" in the menu bar. Figure 3.4 Displaying the Print Server Properties menu in the Devices and Printers screen...
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) 5) The Print Server Properties dialog box appears. Click the Drivers tab. From the installed printer driver list, select DP-DS620, and then click "Remove...". Figure 3.5 Printer Server Properties dialog box 6) The Remove Driver and Package dialog box appears.
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7) The Print Server Properties confirmation dialog box appears. Click Yes. Figure 3.7 Driver deletion confirmation dialog box 8) In the Print Server Properties dialog box, confirm that DP-DS620 was deleted, and then click Close. After deleting the printer driver, uninstall the driver package.
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Figure 3.9 Control Panel 2) The Uninstall or change a program screen appears. In the list, double click “Windows driver package – Dai Nippon Printing DP-DS620 (mm/dd/yyyy x.x.x.x)”. (mm/dd/yyyy is the date, x.x.x.x is the version.) Figure 3.10 Uninstall a program...
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[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) 3) The Uninstall Driver Package screen appears. Click Yes. The program has been uninstalled. After uninstalling the printer package, restart the computer. Figure 3.11 Uninstallation confirmation 3. Install an upgrade for the printer driver After deleting the printer and the printer driver, install the new printer driver.
[DP-DS620/DP-DS620 (A) Printer Driver] User’s Manual (For Windows 7, 8) For the procedure to delete the printer driver, see Chapter 3, “1. Delete the driver” and “2. Uninstall the driver package”. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
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