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Kyocera TASKalfa3050ci Photo Scanner User Manual

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3. KX DRIVER 8 5 Publishing Page Insertion Options Check Box Selection Page insert Page insert Print onto front Page insert Print onto back Page insert Print onto front Print onto back Transparency Interleaving Page Insertion Type Inserts a blank page 2 3 1 Prints on the front side of the inserted page LO 1 Prints on the back side of the inserted page Prints on both sides of the inserted page Transparency interleaving inserts a backing sheet between printed transparencies The backing sheet also known as an interleaf helps keep transparencies clean and prevents them from clinging together This feature is User Guide 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 4 In Basic gt Media type select Transparency If the Source and Media type lists have been combined by a selection in Device Settings gt Compatibility Settings Media type does not appear Instead in the Source list select Auto Transparency 2 Click Publishing gt Tran
4. Trapping Gloss Mode Fonts EcoPrint is also available in the Quick Print and Basic tabs If EcoPrint was selected in the Quick Print or Basic tab the slider is positioned at the last setting made In the Imaging tab in the Print Quality list select Custom Select the EcoPrint check box Select the level of toner used by the sliding the Toner save level bar If no level is selected the default will be to the center of the bar Click OK 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 These color separations must be aligned registered precisely to produce a quality full color image During printing the paper or media type may shift slightly While the shift might be very small the gaps between the colors in the image can be noticeable Color trapping corrects it by overlapping colors slightly so that minor alignment issues are corrected To use trapping in a document select a value for the print overlap pixel width Light 0 5 pixel trapping Medium 1 pixel trapping Heavy 1 5 pixels trapping Very Heavy 2 pixels trapping Note Trapping is not available when PCL 5c or PDF is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box Gloss mode simulates high gloss copies by adding a glossy appearance to printed text and images Note When Gloss mode is selected EcoPrint options are unavailab
5. 10 11 ae ee i iv User Guide 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 Preparing to Install the Driver This section describes the initial steps to take before you install the printer driver and based on your operating system the next procedure you can follow 1 Turn on the computer and the printer In Windows 7 and Windows Vista with a USB connection a driver installation will be made from the Microsoft Windows Update site if a certified driver is available and the system is connected to the web We recommend you continue with the steps to install the driver for an expanded feature set In Windows if the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears during the installation process click Cancel If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears click Continue Anyway 2 Insert the Product Library disc into the disc drive The Main Menu appears Note Ifthe Product Library fails to start after inserting it into the disc drive use Windows Explorer to locate Setup exe on the local drive and double click to open Click View License Agreement to read the license agreement 4 Click Accept to proceed 5 To begin the
6. 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 gt Color mode select Full color In the Adjustment list select Edit In Adjustment Settings gt Custom color adjustment select Custom 1 Custom 2 or Custom 3 Select Color balance Under Select Preview image click the icon to select one of three different images Different colors are emphasized in each of the photographs to aid in the color adjustment process Under each color bar drag the slider to adjust the relative values of each color between 10 and 10 If you want to return all Color balance settings to zero click Reset Click OK to save the new Color balance settings The side panel displays these new settings Color Conversion Color conversion lets you choose how to apply color processing to your print job depending on how color data is received from the application This feature is available if KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box In Imaging gt Color conversion select from the following options Printer settings Select this option to use the settings currently on the device Speed priority Select this option if the driver receives RGB data from the application Quality priority 7 10 User Guide Imaging Select this option if the driver receives full color data from
7. name and Job name To prevent this select Use job name date and time under Overwrite job name Storing a Private Print Job Private print lets you store a document temporarily in printing system memory without printing and protect it with an access code The job is stored on the hard disk until it is printed manually deleted or turned off In the Job tab select Job storage e MPS Select Private print In the Access code box type four numbers if you want to restrict access to your document Click OK KX DRIVER Job Job Storage Job Name 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 Job storage is useful for jobs that need to be available for printing at any time even if the printing system has been turned off and turned on again Job storage jobs can only be removed manually from printing system memory If desired you can attach a four digit access code to a Job storage job so that you can print a job without anyone else seeing it or restrict printing to approved users When the access code is used the job is not printed until a user prints it at the printing system s operation panel After the job is printed it remains in printing
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9. Click Settings In the PDF Settings dialog box select Print and save Click Settings and select from print and save options See the PDF Options topic for details Click OK in all dialog boxes Open and print the document Name and save the PDF file In Windows 7 and Windows Vista the XML Paper Specification XPS Page description language provides the most efficient method for displaying processing and printing documents As both a PDL and a document format XPS requires compatible printer hardware and software written for the Windows Presentation Foundation WPF architecture PCL and KPDL are not compatible with an XPS environment Therefore an XPS driver supports a single PDL setting The XPS driver can be installed from the Product Library disc In the Installation Method menu click Custom Mode and on the Custom Installation page select KX XPS DRIVER To view a print to file XPS document download and install the Microsoft XPS Viewer Compatibility Settings Compatibility Settings lets you specify media source values and 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 Media Source Enumeration Media source enumeration supports compatibility for media source values unique to the printer driver such as those for cassettes or feeders Your newly installed
10. Or if selected double click Hard disk 2 Inthe Hard Disk Settings dialog box click Add 3 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 The number must be within a range of 1 to 1000 and the name length can be up to 32 characters You can also type a user name up to 20 characters 4 Select Shared box to enable the box for multiple users Check box selected All network users can save jobs in the box Check box clear Only the box owner and network administrator can save jobs in the box 5 To require users of a shared box to type a password before printing select Require password and type a password up to 16 characters 6 Click OK in the Hard Disk Settings and Properties dialog boxes The new custom box appears in the Custom Box dialog box when printing You can remove a custom box by selecting it in the Defined custom boxes list and clicking Delete You can import a custom box list by clicking Import and browsing for a valid custom box list file CSV or KXU You can save the current custom box list CSV or KXU in your computer or network by clicking Export A saved list can be imported into another printer driver KX DRIVER Device Settings Auto Configure Auto Configure detects the devices installed on the printing system if it is connected over a network Auto Configure can detect printing system devices suc
11. Overwrite job name Printing a Quick Copy Job 2 3 Proof and Hold With a hard disk installed Quick copy lets you print a document and save it in the printing system until the job is manually deleted or the printing system is turned off In the Job tab select Job storage e MPS Select Quick copy Click OK in all dialog boxes Proof and hold is a Job storage e MPS option that prints one copy of a print job so that you can proof it before printing the remaining copies This feature is available when a hard disk is installed in the printing system and selected in Device Settings After the proof copy is printed and checked remaining copies can be printed from the printing system s operation panel without sending the job again from the computer If desired you can change the number of copies printed Note Proof and hold is not available for some applications such as Microsoft Excel The number of Proof and hold or Quick copy jobs that can be stored is set at the printing system s operation panel to a maximum of 50 jobs When the designated number of jobs is reached older jobs are replaced by new jobs All Proof and hold jobs are stored on the hard disk after printing but are deleted when the printing system is turned off You can manually delete a job at the operation panel User Guide Job Private Print Warning A print job can replace a job on the hard disk having the same User name and J
12. Separation feature stacks print jobs so that one print job can be distinguished from another There are two Separation methods Rotate Copies and Offset Jobs Rotate Copies Rotate copies stacks each copy of a print job at a right angle in the output tray This feature requires the following Paper size selections are limited to Letter A4 16K or B5 JIS The selected paper size must be loaded into two paper sources one horizontally and one vertically The print job must contain multiple pages and be specified to print multiple copies Rotating Copies You can stack each copy of a print job at right angles in the output tray 4 In Basic gt Destination select an option that is not a finishing tray for example Printer default 6 1 User Guide Finishing 2 Select a number of copies greater than 1 3 In Finishing gt Separation select Rotate copies 4 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box 5 Click OK to start printing Offset Jobs The Offset jobs feature physically shifts each print job in the output tray To ensure consistent offset stacking all users printing to the same printing system should select Offset jobs as the default setting The Offset jobs feature requires a finishing device to be selected under Device options in Device Settings It does not work with the Staple or the Finishing edge features Offsetting Jobs You can offset or shift each print job in the output tray 41 In Basic D
13. and is applied to the print job In a client server environment settings made by a client are saved in the client computer for future use Selecting Custom Color Adjustment If a custom color setting has already been defined you can select and apply it to a print job 4 In Imaging gt Color mode select Full color 2 Inthe Adjustment list select Custom 1 Custom 2 or Custom 3 3 Click OK Adjusting HSL Hue Saturation Lightness HSL controls adjust the full spectrum brightness contrast and vividness of the color 4 In Imaging gt Color mode select Full color 2 Inthe Adjustment list select Edit 3 In Adjustment Settings Custom color adjustment select Custom 1 Custom 2 or Custom 3 4 Select HSL hue saturation and lightness 5 UnderSelect Preview image click the icon to select one of three different images Different colors are emphasized in each of the photographs to aid in the color adjustment process KX DRIVER 7 9 Imaging 8 Adjust the distribution and balance of hues For coordinated hue adjustment from the Modify list select Master Drag the Hue slider to increase or decrease the value between 180 and 180 For specific hue adjustment from the Modify list select Red Yellow Green Cyan Blue or Magenta Drag the Hue slider to increase or decrease the value between 10 and 10 Drag each slider to adjust the Saturation Lightness and Contrast between 10 and 10
14. applications have device font limitations To overcome these limitations select Disable device fonts Device fonts are normally visible in the application font lists as printer icons next to the font name unless there are equivalent system fonts in which case the TT TrueType icon remains Disabling Device Fonts 1 2 You can prevent substitution of device fonts for TrueType fonts In Imaging gt Font Settings select the Disable device fonts check box Click OK to save your settings Graphics Graphics are pictorial representations of information Graphics can be functional charts diagrams or artistic drawings photographs Graphics Settings let you select options for your printed graphics Note Some options are available only when a specific PDL is selected Selecting Graphics Settings 4 Inthe Imaging tab click Graphics 7 4 User Guide Imaging In the Graphics Settings dialog box select from the available options and then click OK to save your selections Pattern Scaling Pattern scaling is a feature that can help improve visual compatibility between screen and print output Graphics objects such as a shape or a path often 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 If printed
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16. installation click Install Software Note If the Windows Security warning dialog box appears at any point during the installation process click Install this driver software anyway 6 The Installer appears with several installation methods displayed Selecting an Installation Method You can select Express Mode for a network or USB connection and the installation wizard will discover your printers You can also select Custom Mode for a network or USB connection and either manually select installation packages and specify utilities or let the installation wizard discover your printer KX DRIVER 1 1 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 on page 1 4 Installing in Custom Mode with a USB Connection using Discover on page 1 5 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 on page 1 8 Installing Utilities On the Installation Method page click Utilities to install printer utilities You can also select utilities to install during the Custom Installation procedure Upgrading Driver Components If the installation wizard detects older driver or utility components the Software Component Upgrade page appears Choose the component to upgrade Click Next Confirm your upgrade setti
17. located on the Product Library disc in the Advanced Tools menu PDF 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 PDL Page Description Language This is the language used by your computer to tell the printing device how to print a document Availability of some printing options depends on the selected PDL Plug in An accessory program that integrates with the printer driver to enhance or extend the driver s capabilities Poster Layout feature for printing a document in a larger size than the maximum supported by the printer so the cumulative sheets can be assembled as a poster Use this feature to print a document in a large eye catching poster format up to 25 times larger than the original document size PRESCRIBE An internal printer language that embeds commands into specified locations in a print job Print graphics as black This option prints all color graphics and text with black rather than grayscale This feature is intended for CAD applications Print grays with black toner Imaging feature that prints grayscale with black toner only Print preview This feature lets you view your document before you send it to print Print text as black Prints all color text as black It produces faster printing of color print jobs by reducing the amount of data sent to the printe
18. name of the custom page size and click Delete Printing with Custom Size Pages 1 2 3 4 Duplex Printing You can print on custom sized pages Load custom sized paper into the MP tray In the Basic tab select the name of your custom page size in the Print size list Click OK to return to the Print dialog box Click OK to start printing Duplex printing is printing on both sides of each page Select Print on both sides to start duplex printing If it is not selected then the printer prints on only one side of each page The printer system contains a duplex unit that turns the paper over to allow printing on the reverse side Print on both sides must be selected to print on both sides of the cover and insert pages Flip on long edge KX DRIVER Basic Collate 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 Flip on long edge Flip on short edge 5 Printing in Duplex Mode 1 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 Click OK to start printing Collate specifies the order in which the pages of a multiple copy job are printed With Collate selected the first time the print job is sent to the printing system the data is rendered as page images in the printing
19. 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 Printing a Poster You can print a poster 4 Inthe Layout tab select Poster 2 In Pages per poster select the poster size Each option describes the number of sheets it takes to represent one finished poster page 3 Click Poster Settings to select options in any combination These options aid in the precise assembly of the pages to create the poster 4 In Print format select an option for printing your poster or proof sheet 5 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box 6 Click OK to start printing User Guide KX DRIVER 6 Finishing In the Finishing tab you can specify document finishing features such as separating sets of printed jobs creating bi fold or tri fold documents creating a gutter stapling and punching holes Ll Tri Fold Method Print Side Inside Outside Rotate copies Direction of fold Left to right Top to bottom Number of sheets Number of sheets X FEE Finishing edge Cl Staple Position Position Long edge left J P Count Settings Number C Punch K KYOCERA Co Separation The
20. only making all color settings unavailable EcoPrint makes the entire image text and graphics appear lighter in the printed job EcoPrint does not increase print speed Full color Black amp White and EcoPrint also appear in the Quick Print tab and in the Imaging tab Changes in Quick Print Basic or Imaging tabs are replicated to another tab if the same feature appears there After selecting driver settings you can use Print preview to check the print job before you proceed with printing If you are satisfied with the preview you can print Or you can cancel printing if you want to change driver settings Previewing a Print Job 1 2 3 You can see a print preview before printing Select desired driver settings in all tabs or select a profile In the Basic tab select Print preview Click OK in the Printing Preferences and Print dialog boxes KX DRIVER Basic 4 When the Print preview dialog box appears Click the arrow buttons to view document pages To close the preview and make additional changes in driver settings before printing click the X button If you are satisfied with the preview click the printer button to print the job Kyocera Logo The Kyocera logo appears on the bottom portion of any Printing Preferences screen or 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 Informatio
21. option applies encryption to the PDF document Click Settings for additional Security settings See the next section for details Print and save This option lets you print and save a document as a PDF file Click Settings for additional Print and save settings Security Settings This option lets you select an encryption level and create passwords for the generated PDF file The following security options are available Encryption Encryption provides password protection so that a document cannot be opened or altered by unauthorized users Arc4 40 This encryption option provides low level security for a PDF document This option supports Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader 6 0 or later KX DRIVER 2 14 Device Settings Arc4 128 This encryption option provides low level security for a PDF document This option supports Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader 6 0 or later AES 128 This encryption option provides high level security for a PDF document This option supports Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader 7 0 or later AES 256 This encryption option provides high level security for a PDF document This option supports Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader 9 0 or later Passwords Select passwords for changing security settings and for opening a document Passwords are supported to a maximum of 16 characters in length Require password to change security settings Type an Owner password Within Adobe Acrobat this password is requi
22. original document size Each option shows the number of sheets to be printed and the maximum poster size KX DRIVER 5 3 Layout When Poster is selected other Layout tab options are unavailable Note Pages per poster displays the unit of measurement in inches or millimeters You can change the Units setting in the User Settings dialog box accessed from Device Settings Use Poster Settings to select options in any combination to make it easier to create a poster These options print visual cues on the poster sheets that provide help in cropping and assembling the pages Overlap edges This selection duplicates the edges of document data on adjoining sheets Poster appearance is improved when the edges overlap slightly Select the check box then type or select a value between 0 00 and 1 20 inches 0 0 and 30 4 mm This option reduces the final poster size slightly Print crop marks This selection prints a border at the edges of each poster sheet You can crop each sheet on the border before assembling the sheets This option ensures that data on adjoining sheets matches precisely Print assembly marks This selection prints numbers at the edges of each sheet matching numbers on adjoining sheets Assemble each sheet edge to the same numbered edge on another sheet Use Print format to print a proof sheet along with the poster to guide you in assembling the printed poster sheets Poster pages This selection prints all
23. patterns and fills do not match the appearance of that on the screen use Pattern scaling to select a different density of printed dots In the Imaging tab click Graphics to open the Graphics settings dialog box and access the Pattern scaling settings Auto default setting This setting prints patterns and fills to match the on screen appearance Coarse This setting prints patterns and fills with the fewest number of lines patterns or dots Coarse is the same as Auto when PCL XL or PCL 5c is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box Medium This setting prints patterns and fills with a greater number of lines patterns or dots than the Coarse setting Medium is the same as Auto when KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box Fine This setting prints patterns and fills with the greatest number of lines patterns or dots Printed patterns and fills may appear more dense than the on screen appearance Inversion Settings Inversion is the opposite of the normal order arrangement or position of an image or printed content In the Imaging tab click Graphics to open the Graphics settings dialog box and access the Inversion options The settings are available when KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box Reverse image This setting prints images like a photo negative reversing black and white areas of the image Mirror print This setting prints the page content backwards as it would appear in a mirror imag
24. prompted then click OK to print If you type a name that is not registered in the printing system the job prints only if Unknown User ID Job is set to Permit at the printing system Prompt for name and validate This option prompts for a Name and Password For the job to print the user name and password entered must be on the Login user name list You can use the Login user names entered in the Login user name list of the driver When sending a print job type a Name and Password when prompted then click OK to print This option ensures that the job prints only after verifying that the selected Name is saved in the driver Validate user name computer or prompt for login user name This option searches for the Windows User name in the driver s Login user name list Validation is done every time the user prints a job If the Windows User name exists in the Login user name list the associated driver Login user name and Password from the list are used for the print job To release the print job the user must enter the Login user name and Password at the printing system operation panel If a match is not found the driver checks for administrator or user permissions With user permissions the print job is canceled and the user is KX DRIVER 2 8 Device Settings prompted to contact an administrator to establish printing permissions With administrator permissions the driver prompts for the Login user name and Password Alo
25. selection option for Watermark lets you choose the location for watermarks in your document KX DRIVER 10 4 Advanced 1 In Advanced gt Watermark gt Select watermark choose a default or custom watermark to print 2 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 Only on specified pages This option prints the watermark on page numbers typed in the box Print onto front outside cover This option prints the watermark on the front cover It is available when Cover mode is selected in the Publishing tab If Cover mode and Front outside are both selected in the Publishing tab Print onto front outside cover is selected automatically 3 Inall dialog boxes click OK Security Watermark The Security Watermark is a plug in feature that prints a nearly invisible image or text against a background pattern The security watermark appears only when the printed page is photocopied This helps to identify printed pages that should not be photocopied or to distinguish between original prints and photocopies Six standard security watermarks are available as text or image and you can create custom security watermark text A notable feature of Security Watermark is the Document guard patt
26. system memory 4 Inthe Job tab select Job storage e MPS 2 Under Job name select a name Application defined This option uses the name of the application document as the job name For Microsoft Word or PowerPoint documents selecting Don t use application name removes the name of the application so that only the document name appears as the job name Custom This option uses a unique name for each job Type a name in the box up to 79 characters 3 Select an Overwrite job name option in case a job already exists in printing system memory with the same job name Replace existing file If a job with the same user name and job name exists the current print job replaces an existing job in printing system memory Use job name date and time This option adds the current date and time to the end of the job name in the format mmddyy hhmmss The previous print job with the same job name remains in the printing system memory KX DRIVER 9 6 10 Advanced In the Advanced tab you can choose special features that extend the capabilities of the printing system Plug ins E Watermark S sem Watermark i Color Optimizer EMF spooling c6 KYOCERA 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 pri
27. system memory The number of Job storage jobs that can be stored is limited only by the storage capacity of the hard disk You can manually delete a job at the operation panel 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 Storing a Job Storage Job Job storage lets you store a document permanently in printing system memory without printing and gives you the option to protect it with an access code This job remains on the hard disk until it is manually deleted 4 Inthe Job tab click Job storage e MPS 2 Click Job storage 3 Inthe Access code box type four numbers if you want to restrict access to your document 4 Click OK A Job name is a unique identifier for each print job It helps you find and print your job from the printing system s operation panel When you send a print job using one of the Job storage e MPS options you can assign a custom name to the job or use the name of the application file For Microsoft Word and PowerPoint you can choose to include or omit the application name from the application defined Job name You can also ensure that jobs in printing system memory are not replaced by new jobs having the same Job name Don t Use Application Name Don t use application name is an option to remove the application name from the job name in job storage features By sele
28. you will be prompted to type a box number and optional password for the print job The driver searches for a Windows login user name and adds this name with the box number and KX DRIVER 9 2 Job Quick Copy password to the custom box list in the driver With user permissions the print job is canceled You will be prompted to contact an administrator to establish printing permissions 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 Quick copy is useful for printing the job again later in the day when you need additional copies at short notice You can set the number of additional copies and print the job from the printing system s operation panel without sending the job again from the computer The number of Quick copy or Proof and hold jobs that can be stored is set at the printing system s operation panel to a maximum of 50 jobs When the designated number of jobs is reached older jobs are replaced by new jobs All Quick copy jobs are stored on the hard disk after printing but are deleted when the printing system is turned off You can manually delete a job at the operation panel 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
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31. DF retain their original appearance and can be viewed and printed with Adobe Reader on Windows Mac OS and UNIX platforms For a document using mixed paper sizes all pages in the PDF use the size of the first page Note With PDF selected in the PDL Settings dialog box only a limited set of driver options are available 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 Selecting this option can reduce wear on the mechanical duplex unit and result in comparatively faster printing times PCL XL Settings Skip printing blank pages This option prevents the printing system from outputting any page that contains no data or that has at most one space character Selecting this option can save paper and result in comparatively faster printing times This feature is for regular printing not for booklet duplex or multiple pages per sheet KPDL Settings Allow data passthrough This option reduces errors when printing complex jobs from applications that use PostScript formatting When selected EMF spooling is not availab
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35. R Finishing 3 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box 4 Click OK to start printing 6 7 User Guide 7 Imaging In the Imaging tab you can manage print quality and color settings Trapping Medium EcoPrint 7 Gloss mode Toner save level Color mode Settings Full color E Print text as black l Print grays with black toner 7 Continuous tone Printer profile Printer settings Adjustment None Color conversion t KYOCERA 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 Custom Custom lets you choose a setting for EcoPrint Selecting Custom without EcoPrint results in a default setting to the highest print quality Selecting EcoPrint EcoPrint changes toner saturation in the printed job making the entire print image including text and graphics appear lighter The amount of toner varies based upon your printing system model and the type of data printed text graphics or both With EcoPrint selected you can choose to save toner by moving the Toner save level slider from the left least amount of toner saved to the right most amount of toner saved EcoPrint does not increase print speed KX DRIVER 7 1 Imaging
36. Scaling Full bleed and Poster are unavailable Printing Multiple Pages per Sheet 1 2 3 4 You can print several pages on a single sheet of paper In the Layout tab select Multiple pages per sheet In Pages per sheet select the number of pages to print on each sheet of paper If you want to print a border around each page select Print borders In the Layout list select the direction the pages should flow KX DRIVER Layout Scaling Full Bleed Click OK to return to the Print dialog box Click OK to start printing Scaling increases or decreases text and graphics on a page You can also select a gutter setting in the Finishing tab that enlarges the margins to accommodate stapling or hole punching When Scaling is selected other Layout tab options are unavailable Setting Scaling on the Page 1 You can increase or decrease text and graphics on a page In the Layout tab select Scaling Type or select a percentage between 20 to 500 Scaling adjusts proportionately the height and width of the page A lower percentage reduces the page and a higher percentage enlarges the page Click OK to return to the Print dialog box Click OK to start printing Full bleed lets you produce full page printing without any margins by printing to a larger sized paper than the original and then letting you trim the edges Trimming the document after printing ensures that the toner has completely covered the docu
37. al you can leave it set to Unspecified Destination This setting specifies which output tray is used for the print job output KX DRIVER 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 If Reverse is selected the printed pages appear in reverse order Reverse is available when Printer default is not selected under Destination in the Basic tab Duplex These settings enable printing on both sides of a sheet of paper Color This setting specifies Full color or Black amp White printing You can also select the EcoPrint check box to make the entire image text and graphics appear lighter in the printed job If you select EcoPrint you can save toner by moving the Toner save level slider in the Imaging tab from the left least amount of toner saved to the right most amount of toner saved EcoPrint does not increase print speed Print Preview This setting lets you view your document before printing Note Some applications may override print settings made in the driver Usually the application can be set to follow the settings In Microsoft Word 2007 ensure that Default tray in Options is set to Use printer settings Source and Media Types In the Basic tab Source specifies which tray or cassette th
38. aper over to allow printing on the reverse side Print on both sides must be selected to print on both sides of the cover and insert pages 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 The size and readability of the multiple pages decrease as the number of pages per sheet is increased You can set the arrangement of the pages from the Layout tab as well as print borders around each of the pages When Multiple pages per sheet is selected Poster Scaling and Full bleed are unavailable Edit Quick Print The assortment of icons at the top of the Quick Print tab can be customized to include features that you use most often Any number of icons from 0 to 5 can be displayed All icons can be removed from view if you want to use only the Profiles options in the Quick Print tab The number of available features depends on the printing system model If a feature such as Staple is added to the Quick Print tab but a finishing device is not installed the icon appears as unavailable Once the device is installed and selected in Device Settings the icon becomes active Note An administrator can hide the Edit Quick Print button by selecting Hide Edit Quick Print control in Device Setti
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40. ation and Transparency interleaving unavailable The maximum number of sheets depends upon the finisher model and the selected Page size or Media type The Gutter feature lets you increase the top and left margins to accommodate the location of the staples Staple and Separation features cannot be used together If Printer default is selected as the Destination in the Basic tab the selection of an option in the Finishing tab results in the automatic selection of a User Guide Finishing Punch destination compatible with that finishing option The destination is automatically updated to the first available output tray that supports the selected finishing option Staple selects the Destination automatically If the Finishing options are changed the Destination selection is not affected Finishing edge should be selected before any other features in the Finishing tab If set last Finishing edge might change any settings that you previously made under Staple Stapling a Print Job The Staple feature in the Finishing tab enables you to create stapled document sets You must first select a finisher under Device options in the Device Settings tab Staple will make Separation and Transparency interleaving unavailable The maximum number of sheets depends upon the finisher model and the selected Page size or Media type The Gutter features enables to increase the top and left margins to accommodate the location of the staples In th
41. b restriction by user in contrast to the Job accounting feature which assigns privileges by division or department A maximum of 1000 login user names and passwords can be registered at the printing system and 1000 User IDs and passwords can be stored in the printer driver for use with multiple printing systems User login adds users with a user name and password The user name can be in user principal name UPN format username domain com The UPN format supports multiple domains The UPN format is not needed if the default domain registered in the device is used This feature limits printing privileges to specified users for secure printing and accounting The number of pages printed by each user will be tracked by the printing system Users added in the printer driver must also be manually registered at the printing system s operation panel User Login Options User login settings selected in the driver are applied to every print job sent from your computer The available options are as follows Use specific name This option can be used to specify a user name and password to use the same User login for every print job If this option is selected the user does not have to type the name and password for each print job Prompt for name This option prompts the user for a user name and password You can use a name that is not on the list and the name is not added to the list When sending a print job type a Name and Password when
42. ccounting options KX DRIVER 2 10 Device Settings User Settings Prompt for account ID and validate Display account ID list 5 Click OK in all dialog boxes 6 Print the document from the application f For some options when the Print Options dialog box appears type or select an account ID and click OK User Settings lets you specify user and department names select the default unit of measure and change the driver display language In a client server environment this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as a restricted user Identification Identification lets you identify your print job with a User name and Department name up to 31 characters The User name can be used to identify a print job stored on the hard disk Setting User Identification You can type User name and Department information to be used with the Job Storage e MPS feature 1 In Device Settings gt User type your preferred name in the User name text box 2 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 3 Click OK in the User Settings and Properties dialog box Units You can set Inches or Millimeters as the unit of measurement This is used for the following settings Custom page size setting in the Page Sizes dialog box in the Basic tab Spacing setting in the Watermark Add and Edit dialog boxes in the Advanced tab Poster setti
43. ced tab Show Quick Print Tab This selection lets you define basic print options into group profiles that can be accessed easily The Show Quick Print tab option also appears in the Administrator Settings in Device Settings Device Settings Select the Device Settings check box to open Device Settings where you can choose installed options for your printing system The Device Settings check box appears only in Windows XP with a network connection When the installation completes successfully click Finish to exit the installation wizard A message may appear if there is a software installation failure KX DRIVER 1 3 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 You can specify the printer port fonts and the utilities you want to install Printer drivers that ship with Windows operating systems are called minidrivers The minidriver is available separately for PCL and KPDL and provides basic support for your printer The KX XPS DRIVER is only available for printing systems used with Wi
44. ced tab click Security Watermark 2 Inthe Security Watermark dialog box click Add to create a new security watermark or under Select security watermark select a default or custom security watermark and click Edit 3 For Security watermark name type a name up to 39 characters A default security watermark cannot be renamed 4 For Security watermark text type text or leave blank This option is not available when editing a default security watermark Select from the following options None This option leaves the line blank User defined This option inserts your text up to 39 characters All other options display date time or other job information that is obtained from the computer or printer driver when the job is printed 5 Select the font size style and angle of the text 6 Select Print as footer also if you want the first available line of security watermark text to be printed at the bottom of the page Select the page position from the list This option is useful because the security watermark itself is not normally visible on the printed page f Under Background pattern select a design for the security watermark background Standard pattern Select a design for the security watermark background This option prints the selected pattern with the security watermark text or image Document guard pattern The document guard design appears as the security watermark background This option prevents the printed page
45. cting Don t use application name the file name you choose appears clearly in the job list This feature is applicable only when printing from Microsoft Word or PowerPoint User Guide Job 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 To prevent this Overwrite job name can automatically change the job name by adding the date and time the job is sent This feature also helps you to track when print jobs were sent from the computer The selected option applies to a job name with either Application defined or Custom selected Overwrite job name options include Replace existing file This option lets the current print job replace an existing job in printing system memory if a job with the same user name and job name exists Use job name date and time This option adds the current date and time to the end of the job name in the format mmddyy hhmmss The previous print job with the same job name remains in the printing system Selecting a Job Name You must select a job name to use with Job storage e MPS features so that you can find your job in job lists on the printing system s operation panel The selected job name is saved with the print job when the job is sent to printing
46. d 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 Custom table This option lets you select a custom color table that was previously downloaded to your printing system All other Printer profile options use the default color table Advanced This option achieves greater consistency in color reproduction among various devices It compensates for the different color spaces of color printing systems Selecting and applying a set of profiles is called a color profile Select to open the Color Correction dialog box for additional color printing options In Printer profile the Advanced option provides some methods for controlling how the printer processes color matching From Printer profile select Advanced The Color Correction dialog box appears with the following options None application corrected With this option color data processes without applying the adjustments contained in the printing system s internal color lookup tables Ink simulation will not be executed This is useful if the application provides its own color correction ICM system corrected This option specifies color rendering in the print job to make it as close to the original as possible ICM technology relies upon associating an output device like a printing system with a Color Profil
47. d tab select the EMF Spooling check box 2 Click OK and continue the printing process as usual Enable Client Profile Client profile refers to profile settings saved on a client computer You have the choice to use your local profiles or the server profiles This feature is intended for use on the client side PC side in a client server environment In the Advanced tab clear the Enable client profile check box to select profiles from the server to apply to print jobs created by the driver Server profiles are read only 10 11 User Guide Advanced Select the Enable client profile check box for using custom profiles locally in the driver KX DRIVER 10 12 Glossary A Access code A four digit code that you must enter at the printing system s operation panel to print a Private print job An access code can also be used with the Job storage feature 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 Auto configure Device settings feature that queries a printing system through the network and automatically retrieves settings for optional devices and memory Driver settings will be updated with information received from the physical printing system Installed devices will be displayed in the Preview image Bi Fold Finishing
48. dows Security warning dialog box appears click Install this driver software anyway 4 The last page of the wizard appears with a message that you ve successfully added the printer you selected Installation of the printer driver is now complete Click Print a test page if you want to produce sample print output from the newly installed printer To close the Add Printer Wizard click Finish Installing a Printer Driver in Windows XP This section describes how to install a printer driver using the Add Printer Wizard in Windows XP 1 Click Start and Printers and Faxes 2 Click Add a printer 3 The Add Printer Wizard appears Follow the instructions on each page and then click Next to proceed to the next page Note If the Found New Hardware Wizard page appears click Cancel If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears click Continue Anyway 4 When the Completing the Add Printer Wizard page appears installation of the printer driver is now complete To close the Add Printer Wizard click Finish If prompted restart your computer Printer Driver Settings Access The printer driver software can be accessed from the Print dialog box of an application or from Start If accessed from an application then changes made to driver settings remain in effect until the application ends If accessed from Start changes are maintained as the default printer settings Changing the Default Driver Settings Default driver sett
49. e Optimization Settings Optimization is a process or methodology of improving a printing system s function or effectiveness In the Imaging tab click Graphics to open the Graphics settings dialog box and access the Optimization settings The settings are available when KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box Fast printing KX DRIVER Imaging Color Mode Printer Profile This setting increases print speed and decreases spool size It delivers images in binary format It can be used for most everyday printing needs Document portability This setting creates a PostScript file in ASCII text encoding Unlike the binary format created in Fast printing the ASCII text created with this selection can be edited CIE Optimization 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 CIE optimization should be selected for speed not accuracy so printed output may be different from appearance on the screen In the Imaging tab click Graphics to open the Graphics settings dialog box and access the CIE optimization check box CIE optimization is available when KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box Image Compression Mode Image compression mode lets
50. e An ICM Profile for a printing system contains information about rendering accurate color information for that device The settings for ICM must be set in the Color Management tab in the printing system Properties If you select the None application corrected option click OK to close the Color Correction dialog box If you select the ICM system corrected option proceed to step 2 2 Selectan option then click OK to save the selection Optimize for exact color Colormetric KX DRIVER Imaging 3 This option is for matching colors precisely in all print jobs such as colors in a corporate logo Optimize for color contrast best for images This option optimizes for color contrast by adjusting contrast to preserve detail throughout the tonal range Select it for images or scanned photographs containing many colors or shades of color Optimize for color saturation best for graphs This option optimizes for color saturation by adjusting hue to preserve the vividness of pure colors Select for graphs or charts containing solid colors Click OK again to close the Color Correction dialog box Setting a Default Color Profile oN O A A WO N e 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 Printe
51. e Finishing tab select Staple In the Staple feature select Position and Count Two options are available for count All sheets to a maximum number and every number of pages so that each number set is stapled separately The Position setting options vary based on settings in Finishing edge which provides custom staple locations in the document Click OK to return to the Print dialog box Click OK to start printing The Punch feature places punched holes along the edge of the printed pages so that the pages can be bound together or placed in a binder Punch is enabled when a finisher that supports punch is selected in Device options in Device Settings When you select the check box for a finishing device shown in blue in the Device options list the Punch Unit Settings dialog box appears If the device listing is already selected double click the option to open the Punch Unit Settings dialog box Punch cannot be used when Booklet is selected in the Layout tab Finishing edge should be selected before any other features in the Finishing tab If set last Finishing edge might change any settings that you previously made under Punch Creating Punch Holes for a Print Job 1 The finishing device must support the Punch feature Available punch options are set in Device Settings and depend on the punch unit installed on the device and selected In the Finishing tab select Punch 2 Select the number of hole punches KX DRIVE
52. e Pages option is selected and you click OK without typing any numbers you will be prompted to specify page numbers A watermark is a recognizable image or pattern that can be placed on a page or throughout a document You can choose one of the standard watermarks or create your own text The preview area at the left of the dialog box shows how the watermark appears on a page This is useful for making adjustments to the appearance and location of the watermark Adding or Editing a Watermark You can create a new watermark that displays your chosen text Any watermark can be edited though a limited number of options can be changed for default watermarks In the Advanced tab click Watermark In the Watermark dialog box click Add to create a user defined watermark or under Select watermark select a default or custom watermark and click Edit 10 3 User Guide Advanced 3 Under Watermark name type a name up to 39 characters A default watermark cannot be renamed 4 Under Watermark text type your preferred text This option is not available when editing a default watermark 5 Select the font style size and count of the text 6 Select the color of the watermark from the list of default colors For custom colors select Custom and click the button to open the Color dialog box Click one of the Basic colors and click OK or click Define Custom Colors to open the color spectrum panel When selecting Color Mode gt B
53. e 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 This chapter can be used as a separate Quick Print user guide when KX Driver support is controlled by an administrator Orientation Color Mode Collate Print on both Multiple pages sides per sheet Edit Quick Print Factory Save Paper Default 2 up Of KYOCERA Quick Print Options You can set one or more print options on the Quick Print tab You can create your own customized view of print options with Edit Quick Print And you can also select from profiles that have been set with predefined options for frequently run print jobs Common Printing Options The upper section of the Quick Print tab has several icons that represent the most common options for print jobs Click on the Quick Print icons to change settings for the print job Some of these options also appear on the Basic Layout and Imaging tabs Orientation This icon changes between portrait landscape portrait rotated landscape rotated printing formats Color Mode 3 1 User Guide Quick Print This icon changes between color and black and white printing Collate This icon changes the ord
54. e printer uses for a printing job The default is Auto source selection which instructs the printer to search for the media requested by the application or the printer driver If the selected tray or cassette empties during a print job then the printer searches for another source and continues the job Media type instructs the printer to search for the type of paper or media that is requested by the application or the printer driver The choices shown may change depending on the selection in Source If Auto media selection is selected then the printer searches for another tray or cassette using the same media Transparencies labels and envelopes must be supplied from the MP tray Ensure the paper is properly loaded by following the instructions outlined in the printing system s Operation Guide Note Source and Media type are separate items in the dialog box but can be combined using the Combine source and media type lists setting in Compatibility Settings If they are combined Media type is not available on the Basic tab To change this setting open Device Settings gt Compatibility Settings and clear the Combine source and media type lists selection Print Size and Page Size Print size controls the output page size of the document To use this setting ensure that the Page Sizes setting matches the page size setting in your application If the Print size is different from the page size in your application then each page is en
55. e settings in the imported file are unavailable in the existing driver Select Yes to import the profile or No to cancel the import If you selected Yes in the previous step the newly imported file appears in the Profile dialog box Click Apply to use the selected profile for the current print job or click OK to close the dialog box User Guide Quick Print Exporting a Profile 1 2 The Export button lets you export a copy of a profile from your printer driver for use in other printer drivers The Factory Default profile cannot be exported Click Profiles In the Select profile section select the profile to be exported and click Export 3 The Export Profile dialog box appears Name and save the profile 4 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 This makes profiles easier to use and ensures consistent printing from an application For example a duplex printing profile can be applied to all spreadsheet printing to save paper or reports in Microsoft Word can be set to print with consistent stapling and print quality Associations between profiles and applications can be created at any time in the Profiles dialog box To use the associations in printing the feature must be turned on in the Administrator Settings dialog box accessed from Device Set
56. ected 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 Beginning of the print job The command file is inserted as the first page of the print job The document starts printing on the second page End of the print job The command file is inserted as the last page of the print job which prints after the last page of the document Start of the page The command file is inserted at the top of each page of the print job End of the page The command file is inserted at the bottom of each page of the print job Only on odd pages If Start of the page or End of the page is selected this option can be selected to insert the command file into all odd numbered pages Only on even pages If Start of the page or End of the page is selected this option can be selected to insert the command file into all even numbered pages Pages If Start of the page or End of the page is selected this option can be selected to insert the command file into specified pages In the text box type individual page numbers separated by commas or a page range separated by a hyphen For example if you type 2 in the text box the command file is inserted only into page 2 If you type 1 3 5 12 the command file is inserted into page 1 page 3 and pages 5 through 12 If th
57. ed in Device Settings Quick Print tab The Quick Print tab improves usability by providing an easier way to set print options You can choose basic settings or a predefined printer profile rather than having to go to various tabs Quick Print settings can be captured in a 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 The text blends into the background pattern making it nearly invisible when printed The security watermark appears only when the printed page is photocopied A security watermark can be used to help protect against unauthorized reproduction of documents or simply to differentiate original documents from photocopies SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol The standard TCP IP protocol for managing IP network devices including printing devices SNMP settings determine the level of security when using the Auto Configure feature and prevent unauthorized printing to the SNMPv3 printing device SNMP settings must be set in the Administrator settings in Device Settings and in the printing system s Command Center RX Status monitor Optional feature that displays printing system status messages in the lower right corner of the w
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59. er mode 2 Inthe 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 3 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box 4 Click OK to start printing Page Insert A Page insert is a preprinted page or a page of a different paper type that is inserted at specified points in a print job The inserted page can also be printed on during the print job Both sides of the page insert can be printed on by using the duplex unit Although Cover mode and Page insert can be used simultaneously they cannot be used with Transparency interleaving Printing Page Inserts Several ways are available to arrange page inserts you can print on one or both sides or insert a blank sheet 1 In Publishing gt Page insert select the option corresponding to your desired page arrangement 2 To print on both the front and back of the inserted page select the Print onto front and Print onto back check boxes 3 In Insert before pages type the page number to insert A page is inserted between the page number you typed and the page before it 4 From the Media for page list select the media type of the inserted page or the source paper cassette When you choose the media type a source cassette matching that media type is automatically selected 5 Click OKto return to the Print dialog box G Click OK to start printing
60. ering of the printed pages The page ordering sequence can either be 123 123 or 111 222 and so on You can also reverse the order of the printed pages 321 321 by selecting the Reverse check box in the Basic tab Reverse is available only when Printer default is not selected in Basic gt Destination 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 Multiple pages per sheet This icon changes between Off 2 and 4 for the number of pages printed on one sheet For more than 4 pages per sheet define these settings in Layout gt Multiple pages per sheet Edit Quick Print This button lets you select the print option icons to display and in what order when you access the Quick Print tab The Edit Quick Print button is not available when the driver is accessed from an application s Print dialog box Any basic print options can be Reset to the default values in the Quick Print tab This button only appears when it is accessed from an application s Print dialog box The following sections describe some of the Quick Print tab options in more detail Color Mode and EcoPrint can be found in the Basic and Imaging tabs Collate and Duplex printing can also be found in the Basic tab Multiple pages per sheet in the Layout tab The Profiles options are accessed from Printing Preferences Color Mode Color mode
61. ern which prevents the document from being photocopied scanned faxed or printed from memory If a scan fax or print from memory is attempted the process is stopped and an error message appears on the printer s operation panel Following installation of the printer driver use the Optional Printer Components wizard to install the Security Watermark plug in Security Watermark appears in the Advanced tab if PCL XL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box The administrator can ensure that a security watermark is printed on all jobs by selecting Device Settings Administrator Lock Settings Lock Security Settings Selecting Security Watermark sets these driver features to the following values Watermark in the Advanced tab is set to None Printer profile in the Imaging tab is set to Line art EcoPrint in Quick Print Basic gt Color or Imaging gt Quality is set to Off Adjustment setting color or black amp white in the Imaging tab is set to None Color Optimizer in the Advanced tab is set to None 10 5 User Guide Advanced 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 4 Inthe Advan
62. es the custom installation procedure of the driver software in Windows operating systems using a USB connection With Discover all devices available for the driver installation are found automatically This is the recommended Custom Mode USB installation method 4 Ensure that your printer and computer are turned on and connected using a USB cable Note In Windows 7 and Windows Vista a driver installation will be made from the Microsoft Windows Update site if a certified driver is available and the system is connected to the web We recommend you continue with the steps to install the KX Driver for an expanded feature set 2 On the Installation Method page select Custom Mode 3 The Discover Printing System page opens searching for your printing system The Discover button is automatically selected Select your device and click Next If Discover does not find your printing system a message appears Remove and reinsert the USB cable and ensure it is connected properly Click Refresh to retry the discovery If the system still cannot find your printing system contact your system administrator KX DRIVER 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 On the Printer Se
63. estination select an option that is available for the finisher you selected in Device Settings gt Device options Selections vary according to printing system model 2 n Finishing gt Separation gt Offset jobs 3 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box 4 Click OK to start printing Bi Fold The Bi Fold feature lets you produce a document folded in half like a brochure or a pamphlet Printing occurs on the outside of your document You can also select the number of pages produced as output Printing with Bi Fold With a folding unit installed you can create a folded document 4 Inthe Finishing tab select Bi Fold 2 In Number of sheets type or select the number of sheets that will be folded in half up to a maximum of 5 3 Click OK Tri Fold The Tri Fold feature lets you produce a document folded into thirds like a brochure or a pamphlet You can choose to print on the inside or the outside of KX DRIVER 6 2 Finishing your document You can select the direction of the folds You can also select the number of pages produced as output Printing with Tri Fold 5 Finishing Edge With a folding unit installed you can create a folded document In the Finishing tab select Tri Fold In Print Side select one of the two options Inside This selection prints on the inside of the folded document Outside This selection prints on the outside of the folded document In the Direction of fold select from the optio
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65. feature that lets you produce a document folded in half like a brochure or a pamphlet Black amp White With this option selected the printer creates documents with black toner only This feature is available in the Imaging Quick Print and Basic tabs Booklet Layout feature that prints a multi page document in a booklet format by using a duplex unit Two pages are printed on each side of a sheet to create a document that can be read like a book Cassette A removable plastic tray that holds a supply of paper for input to the printer Color conversion Imaging feature that lets you choose how to apply color processing to your print job depending on how color data is received from the application Color optimizer Advanced tab plug in feature that accurately matches a single color in a print job The documents for printing can contain only one color besides black such as a letterhead or a company logo Color Optimizer does not work for a document with multiple colors or photographs Continuous tone Imaging feature that represents images or photographs in a series of evenly graduated tones Custom box Job option that stores print jobs in the printing system s memory for later printing from the operation panel Custom box jobs are saved to boxes that are assigned to users and can be restricted by password Your printing system must have an installed hard disk to use this feature Don t use application name Don t use application name is a
66. from being photocopied scanned faxed or printed from memory If a photocopy is attempted then gray copy is produced If a scan fax or print from memory is attempted the process is stopped and an error message appears on the printing system s operation panel 8 Select a Watermark color for the security watermark from the list The options are Black Cyan or Magenta KX DRIVER 10 6 Advanced 9 10 When selecting Color Mode gt Black amp 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 After adjusting calibration in all dialog boxes click OK Adjusting Security Watermark Calibration 7 For a security watermark to be effective it must be nearly invisible in a printed page and clearly visible in a photocopied page Because printing systems and driver settings can vary you must adjust the calibration before printing a security watermark Adjusting the calibration is also recommended when changing the background pattern replacing the toner or printing system and after heavy printing activity In Advanced gt Security Watermark click Add to create a custom security watermark or under Select security watermark select a default or custom security watermark and click Edit After all security watermark options are
67. gnore the collation setting in the application and use the printer driver collation setting 4 In Device Settings gt Compatibility Settings select Ignore application collation 2 Click OK in the Compatibility Settings and Properties dialog boxes You can restore all the options in Compatibility Settings to the default by clicking Reset Combine Source and Media Type Lists You can change the driver s Basic tab so that Media type and Source are combined into one list labeled Source In the combined list Media types are listed first followed by cassettes and MP tray Creating a Combined Source List You can combine the Source and Media type lists in the Basic tab to make one Source list 4 In Device Settings gt Compatibility Settings select Combine source and media type lists 2 Click OK in the Compatibility Settings and Properties dialog boxes You can restore all the options in Compatibility Settings to the default by clicking Reset Removing a Plug in You can remove an installed plug in from the driver If removed the plug in features do not appear in the driver interface Note To remove the Output to PDF module PDF must not be selected in the PDL Settings dialog box User Guide Device Settings 4 In Device Settings click Kyocera logo gt Plug in 2 Select a plug in module from the list and click Delete then Yes 3 Click OK in all dialog boxes KX DRIVER 2 18 3 Quick Print In th
68. gs Optional devices extend the capabilities of your printing system for source finishing and job storage In a client server environment this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as a restricted user Setting Device Options You can set the printer driver to match the optional devices installed on your printing system In the Properties dialog box click Device Settings In Device Settings gt Device options select the check boxes for all installed devices Setting Punch Options Before using the Punch option in the Finishing tab you must set punch options in the Device Settings tab The selected option is available under Punch in the Finishing tab User Guide Device Settings 1 In Device Settings under Device options select a finisher that supports punch Or if already selected double click the blue text 2 Depending on the punch unit attached select one option None No punch option available in the Finishing tab 2 hole 2 hole option available in the Finishing tab 2 amp 3 hole 2 hole and 3 hole options available in the Finishing tab inches based 2 amp 4 hole 2 hole and 4 hole options available in the Finishing tab metric based 3 Click OK Setting up Custom Boxes You can create up to 1000 custom boxes for storing print jobs Custom boxes can be assigned to users who can print the jobs later from the printing system s operation panel 4 In Device Settings select Hard disk
69. guide and its contents were developed for the 5 2 driver Models supported by the KX printer driver TASKalfa 3050ci TASKalfa 3550ci TASKalfa 4550ci TASKalfa 5550ci TASKalfa 6550ci TASKalfa 7550ci 2011 KYOCERA MITA Corporation Table of Contents Chapter1 Installation Preparing to nstall the DfIVer ruri otc etate a the siren a Ur cua E Ee repas 1 1 Selecting an Installation Method ssssseseee eene nemen nnne enne nnne nnns 1 1 Installing MIMS 5 err Rt EE EErEE E Ea RETE E ERR ER ada LEEA REPRE RENE REDE ELARRE 1 2 Upgrading Driver Comiponenls ciini oiii tmn t nasindihan ideii aeaiiai 1 2 Express ahicinM S 1 2 Installing in Express Mod 4 ir egeta lth erede tte vie eee ga EUER pe FRE 1 2 Custom ilnstallatiOn e ett eo PE EEEo E EE RI EE Or PR IEEE 1 4 Installing in Custom Mode with a Network Connection using Discover esssss 1 4 Installing in Custom Mode with a USB Connection using Discover secere 1 5 Installing in Custom Mode with a Network Connection using Custom Select 1 6 Installing in Custom Mode with a USB Connection using Custom Select 1 8 Optional Printer Combponehlts 2 nett rice deese ae tot een cca a a EPA a Re RUE eda ne BERE RR 2 PES 1 9 Installing Optional Printer Components ssssseeeeene emnes 1 9 The AG Pinter WIZAtd
70. h as input devices When your computer is connected to the printing system through a TCP IP or WSD port the Auto Configure button appears in Device Settings Auto Configure updates the Device options list Memory and preview images to keep the printer driver consistent with the printing system configuration Not all installed devices are detected by using Auto Configure Before selecting OK in Device Settings check the settings to make sure that they are correct Note The default setting for Windows XP Service Pack 2 is for the Windows Firewall to be set to On The setting can be changed to allow communication between the printing system and your computer In the Windows Security Alert dialog box click Unblock Silent Auto Configuration Silent auto configuration checks the printing system every 10 minutes for changes in optional devices or memory When a change is detected the driver is automatically updated with the new settings Silent auto configuration is only available for printing systems installed in Windows 7 or Windows Vista In a client server environment this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as a restricted user Enabling Auto Configuration Memory 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
71. haracters and a Password from 8 to 32 characters 3 To set authentication and privacy options for SNMPv3 click Settings 4 Inthe dialog box select from the available options KX DRIVER Device Settings Lock Settings 5 Click OK 6 Optional Under Apply to other models you can click Select and choose from available models The SNMP settings are applied to all selected models An administrator can specify settings at the tab or feature level in the driver and then lock them The settings are then applied to all print jobs and changes are restricted The settings are locked in Device Settings gt Administrator Settings gt Lock Settings For example a driver setting could be set for printing duplex documents This would save paper resulting in cost savings and ecological benefits Locking a setting will also lock the feature where it appears in other tabs For example selecting Lock Multiple pages per sheet will also select and lock that feature in the Quick Print and Layout tabs The administrator can also set a password that is required to temporarily unlock a feature In a client server environment this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as a restricted user Lock Settings Options The Lock Settings tab displays driver settings that an administrator can lock Once locked user changes are restricted and the settings are applied to all print jobs Once the settings are made the Password settings op
72. hite settings Text and Graphics Effects Special settings are available for color or black and white printing Print text as black This option prints all color text as black It produces faster printing of color print jobs by reducing the amount of data sent to the printer In black and white printing it increases the detail for light colored text printed White text and image colors are unaffected Available with all of the Color mode options Print grays with black toner This option prints grayscale with black only Full color must be selected as the Color mode Continuous tone Images are represented by a series of evenly graduated tones as ina photograph Full color must be selected as the Color mode Continuous tone is selected automatically KX DRIVER 7 11 Imaging Print graphics as black This option prints all color graphics with black rather than grayscale This feature is implemented for CAD applications Black amp White must be selected as the Color mode 7 12 User Guide 8 Publishing In the Publishing tab you can create covers and inserts for a print job and add backing sheets between transparencies Page insert Front C Print onto front LB Front and back Print onto back Print onto Insert before pages _ Front outside l Front inside Media for page Back inside EE Auto Unspecified v Back outside Media for cove
73. indow during printing You can customize the appearance of the status monitor and determine what messages are displayed and how by selecting preferences and notifications Transparency A clear plastic page sized sheet used as a printing medium Transparency interleaving Publishing feature that inserts a backing sheet between printed transparencies The backing sheet also known as an interleaf helps keep transparencies clean and prevents them from clinging together KX DRIVER Trapping This feature intentionally overlaps colors slightly so that minor problems with alignment are not noticeable when printing in color Tri Fold Finishing feature that lets you produce a document folded into thirds like a brochure or a pamphlet Watermark The Watermark feature is available in the Advanced tab A watermark is a recognizable image or pattern that can be placed on a page or throughout a document You can choose one of the standard watermarks or create your own text User Guide KYOCERA MITA AMERICA INC Headquarters 225 Sand Road Fairfield New Jersey 07004 0008 TEL 973 808 8444 FAX 973 882 6000 New York Branch 30 30 47th Avenue Long Island City NY 11101 TEL 718 289 2500 FAX 718 289 2501 Northeastern Region 225 Sand Road Fairfield New Jersey 07004 0008 TEL 973 808 8444 FAX 973 882 4401 Midwestern Region 201 Hansen Court Suite 119 Wood Dale Illinois 60191 TEL 630 238 9
74. ings apply to print jobs initiated from any application but they are overwritten by setting changes made within each application 4 Click Start and click Devices and Printers Windows 7 or click Control Panel and double click Printers Windows Vista or Printers and Faxes Windows XP 2 Right click on your printing system icon User Guide Installation 3 Click Printing Preferences 4 Inthe Printing Preferences dialog box select the desired features in all tabs 5 Click OK to save the settings KX 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 Administrator User PDL Page Description Language and Compatibility settings can also be selected Accessing Device Settings 4 Device Options Device Settings can be accessed from Devices and Printers Windows 7 Printers Windows Vista or Printers and Faxes Windows XP folder Click Start and click Devices and Printers Windows 7 or click Control Panel and double click Printers Windows Vista or Printers and Faxes Windows XP Right click the desired printing system model Click Printer properties Windows 7 or Properties Windows Vista Windows XP Click Device Settin
75. ional Printer Components You can expand the functionality of your printer driver by installing optional components Installing Optional Printer Components 4 On the Product Library disc menu gt Advanced Tools menu select Optional Printer Components 2 Select a printer to install optional components and click Next 3 On all Select pages choose your components and click Next 4 On the Confirm Settings page click Install if the displayed settings are correct Click Back to correct any settings 5 The Printer Components Installation Completed page appears Click Finish When you have completed installing printers and optional components restart your computer if prompted The Add Printer Wizard The Add Printer Wizard displays a series of pages that guide you through printer installation You are prompted to make installation choices on each page Installing a Printer Driver in Windows 7 and Windows Vista This section describes how to install a printer driver using the Add Printer Wizard in Windows 7 and Windows Vista KX DRIVER 1 9 Installation 4 Click Start and click Devices and Printers Windows 7 or click Control Panel and double click Printers Windows Vista 2 Click Add a printer 3 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 Note If the Win
76. irm Settings page f OnthePrinter Settings page you can assign a name to your printing system You can also choose to share this printer with others or set this printer as the default printer Make your selections and then click Next 8 On the Confirm Settings page click Install if the settings are correct Click Back to correct the settings Note If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears click Continue Anyway 9 The Installation Completed page appears displaying the following driver options Print a test page User Guide 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 Show Quick Print Tab This selection lets you define basic print options into group profiles that can be accessed easily The Show Quick Print tab option also appears in the Administrator Settings in Device Settings When the installation completes successfully click Finish to exit the installation wizard A message may appear if there is a software installation failure 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 Opt
77. ist and then click Delete In the delete confirmation box click Yes to accept Note Only the file name is removed from the command file list The file itself is not deleted but remains on the network or local computer Assigning a Prologue Epilogue File 2 You can insert a Prologue Epilogue file into a print job In Advanced Prologue Epilogue select a Prologue Epilogue file name from the list Under Insertion Point select a place to insert the Prologue Epilogue file Unassigning a Prologue Epilogue File 2 If you designate a Prologue Epilogue file as unassigned you are removing it from the print job It remains in the list Unassigned selections are useful when the list contains several Prologue Epilogue files and you want to use some but not others In Advanced Prologue Epilogue select a Prologue Epilogue file name from the list Under Insertion Point select Unassigned Specifying the Insertion Point The insertion point is the location in the print job where the selected Prologue Epilogue command file is processed by the printing system Each file in the list can be assigned only one insertion point Note The Start of the page and End of the page insertion point options are available only if PCL 5c is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box With a command file selected in the list choose one insertion point option KX DRIVER 10 2 Advanced Watermark Unassigned The sel
78. istrator the ability to control usage of a printing system With Job accounting an administrator can assign account IDs identification numbers to users or departments a specific account ID or make account ID input mandatory for printing After account IDs are created you can view from the printing system operation panel the number of copies associated with a specific ID as well as limit the number of copies for individual IDs Account IDs can be up to 8 digits User Guide Device Settings Note Job accounting must be set to On at the printing system A maximum of 1000 account IDs can be registered at the printing system and 1000 account IDs can be stored in the printer driver for use with multiple printing systems Job Accounting Options Job accounting supports the following options Use specific account ID Select this option to track the print jobs of a user or group with an account ID It sends the account ID with each print job An administrator can restrict a user or group from changing their account ID by using the Password protect administrator settings in the Administrator Settings dialog box Prompt for account ID Select this option to track the print jobs of a user or group with an account ID as well as prompt for an account ID At the time a print job is sent the user is prompted to enter a Job Accounting ID Prompt for account ID and validate Select this option to prompt for an account ID that is saved i
79. job to help you find and print the job from the printing system s operation panel When you send a print job using one of the Job storage e MPS options you can assign a custom name to the job or use the name of the application file Job storage Job option that stores a print job permanently on a hard disk for printing later You also have the option of protecting the print job from unauthorized KX DRIVER ii printing by using an access code This feature is available when a hard disk is installed and selected in Device Settings Media source enumeration A Device Settings option that maintains compatibility for cassettes and feeders between old drivers and new drivers or when moving from one manufacturer to another Compatibility creates a smooth transition for environments using macros or PRESCRIBE commands to access cassettes and feeders MP tray Source tray used for labels transparencies envelopes and custom printing media Multiple pages per sheet This feature lets you print several pages on a single sheet of paper for the purpose of reviewing the document and conserving paper Operation panel The keys and display on the printing system Use the operation panel to set options such as media type and EcoPrint and to print jobs stored on the hard disk Optional Printer Components Optional Printer Components include Common Profiles and Plug In Modules and need to be installed separately from the driver installer They are
80. k Install if the settings are correct Click Back to correct the settings Note If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears click Continue User Guide Installation f 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 The Status Monitor button appears on the Advanced tab Show Quick Print Tab This selection lets you define basic print options into group profiles that can be accessed easily The Show Quick Print tab option also appears in the Administrator Settings in Device Settings Device Settings Select the Device Settings check box to open Device Settings where you can choose installed options for your printing system The Device Settings check box appears only in Windows XP When the installation completes successfully click Finish to exit the installation wizard A message may appear if there is a software installation failure 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 Installing in Custom Mode with a USB Connection using Discover This section describ
81. lable options to specify the page edges to be aligned and finished For additional position settings select Custom then click Settings Available options for Position depend on Print size Orientation Booklet and Multiple pages per sheet selections In the side panel display the page image shows a blue highlighted strip to indicate the current selected Finishing edge with Staple positions if selected When the Staple option is used the Position selection determines where staples are placed Use this image to verify your selections for Finishing edge and Staple Custom Finishing Edge Settings The illustrations in the Custom Finishing Edge Settings dialog box help you visualize the page alignments Select the one setting that best illustrates the edge of the mixed pages you want to align To select Custom for Position click Settings In the Custom Finishing Edge Settings dialog box select one of the settings The illustrations in the dialog box help you visualize the page alignments In the Custom Finishing Edge Settings dialog box KX DRIVER Finishing Gutter Staple The top two settings A4 Letter are for the smaller size paper in the mixed page document The second row of settings A3 Legal Ledger is for the larger size paper in the mixed page document Note that a change to one custom Finishing edge setting adjusts other selections to make them compatible with the change A gutter creates additional blank s
82. lack amp White in the Imaging tab the list of default colors are levels of gray and black f Select the Position of the watermark with one of the following options Centered default This option places the center of the watermark text in the center of the page User defined This option lets you manipulate the x and y coordinate boxes to move the text around the page You can also change the position by clicking the position button at the bottom of the preview area Click and hold as you drag the pointer to move the watermark image 8 Select the Angle of the watermark with one of the following options Diagonal default This option places the watermark text at the default angle on the page User defined This option lets you type a degree value for the angle An angle is measured in degrees from 0 to 360 You can also change the angle by clicking the angle button at the bottom of the preview area Click and hold as you drag the pointer to move the watermark image 9 The Rotate around center check box at the bottom far right of the dialog box determines the method of rotation for the watermark You must select User defined in both Position and Angle to enable this option Select Rotate around center to position the watermark text with the center of the text as its axis and clear it to position the watermark text with the left end of the text as its axis 10 Inall dialog boxes click OK Selecting Pages for Watermark The Page
83. larged or reduced to match the Print size The percentage value shown in brackets indicates the size of the Print size setting relative to User Guide Basic the Page Sizes setting If the Page Sizes does not match the page size setting in the application the size of the original then in most cases the Print size is ignored and the document is printed based on its original size 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 82 inches 148 0 mm up to 48 00 inches 1220 0 mm and a width from 3 85 inches 98 0 mm up to 12 00 inches 304 8 mm You can then save the custom setting to the Page Sizes and Print size lists for later selection Creating a Custom Page Size To use custom page sizes they must be created and added to the Print size list The driver supports a maximum of twenty custom sizes In the Basic tab click Page Sizes Click New A default custom name appears in the Name box Type a name for your custom page size Type or select values for the height and width If the height or width value exceeds the allowable limit it automatically adjusts to the limit after Apply or OK is clicked When done click Apply The custom page size appears in the Print size list which is used for enlarging and reducing the sizes of prints To delete a custom page size from the Page Sizes dialog box select the
84. le A computer font is a data file containing a set of glyphs visual representations of textual elements characters or symbols Common terms for fonts are Outline fonts in contrast to bitmap fonts are defined as a set of mathematical lines and curves An outline font is more easily scalable designed to display and print clearly at any point size than a bitmap font Bitmap fonts define each character as a pattern of pixels the smallest resolvable rectangular areas of an image Such fonts are not easily scalable and distort when reduced or enlarged Native fonts are the basic or original fonts installed with the computer operating system TrueType fonts are the native fonts used by Microsoft Windows TrueType fonts are a type of scalable outline fonts TrueType has long been the most common format for fonts on Microsoft Windows User Guide Imaging System fonts are the primary fonts used by the operating system They are typically accessed through an application interface or through a common font dialog box Device fonts are stored either permanently or temporarily in the printing system memory 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 Print speeds are fas
85. le in the Advanced tab PDF Settings Provides options for printing and saving documents to Adobe PDF format See PDF topics for details 2 13 User Guide Device Settings Selecting a PDL You can select a page description language from PDL options 1 In Device Settings gt PDL gt PDL Settings select the desired page description language from the Select PDL list 2 You can select the GDI compatible mode option to improve the output quality of graphics created by your application 23 Select Settings when the PDL is set to PCL XL KPDL or PDF If you select PCL XL you can select Skip printing blank pages and Enable smart duplex printing If you select KPDL you can select Allow data passthrough and Enable smart duplex printing If you select PDF you can select from the available PDF Settings 4 Click OK in the PDL Settings and Properties dialog boxes PDF Options You can select PDF options if you have installed the Output to PDF plug in The PDF Settings dialog box contains the following options 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 Additional compression options are available within Adobe Acrobat Security This
86. lect the Enables Event Notification check box Select an event for a Status Monitor alert Cover open Paper jam KX DRIVER 10 10 Advanced Add paper Sleep Add toner Toner low Not connected Printing Printing completed 5 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 file located on your computer To add speech Select Use Text to speech Type your preferred text in the text box The Microsoft Text to Speech utility reads your typed text and plays it back in a spoken voice 6 Click Apply to save your settings click OK to save your settings and close the dialog box or click Cancel to close the dialog box without saving any settings EMF Spooling EMF Enhanced MetaFile is a spool file format used in printing by the Microsoft Windows operating system When a print job is sent from an application it is transferred to the spool file The application writes to and the printer driver reads from the spool file simultaneously For multiple or large documents this quickly returns application control to the user while the printer is still printing the document Note EMF spooling is unavailable when Allow data passthrough is selected in the KPDL Settings dialog box Selecting EMF Spooling To print with EMF spooling 4 From the Advance
87. lets you choose full color printing CMYK or printing with black toner only When the selection appears in color all color settings in the driver are enabled Color cannot be chosen if Black amp White mode is selected in the Device Settings gt Administrator Settings gt Lock Settings Collate Collate specifies the order in which the pages of a multiple copy job are printed With Collate selected the first time the print job is sent to the printing system the data is rendered as page images in the printing system s memory The remaining job copies are printed from the stored data This avoids the extra processing involved in sending every copy from the computer to the printing system With Collate selected the driver prints the complete job set by set With Collate cleared it prints each page by set For example with Collate selected three copies of a five page document output as pages one through five in succession three times 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 Duplex Printing Duplex printing is printing on both sides of each page Select Print on both sides to start duplex printing The printing system contains a duplex unit that KX DRIVER 3 2 Quick Print turns the p
88. lick Back to correct the settings Note If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears click Continue 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 The Status Monitor button appears on the Advanced tab Show Quick Print Tab This selection lets you define basic print options into group profiles that can be accessed easily The Show Quick Print tab option also appears in the Administrator Settings in Device Settings Device Settings Select the Device Settings check box to open Device Settings where you can choose installed options for your printing system The Device Settings check box appears only in Windows XP When the installation completes successfully click Finish to exit the installation wizard A message may appear if there is a software installation failure Click Finish and retry the installation If the same message appears again contact your system administrator KX DRIVER 1 7 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
89. ll bleed In Crop marks select from None Corners or Border Click OK to return to the Print dialog box Click OK to start printing Booklet Booklet prints a two page layout on both sides of each sheet of paper You can fold and bind the booklet in the center Folded booklets are half the size of the selected paper For example if you select Letter in Basic gt Paper gt Print size the printed output can be folded into a 5 5 x 8 5 inch size booklet When Booklet is selected other Layout tab options are unavailable A different paper source can be selected for the booklet cover To include a cover on the booklet select the Publishing tab then select Cover mode Printing a Booklet You can print a booklet 4 Inthe Layout tab select Booklet and one of the two binding options Bind Left edge This selection prints text that reads from left to right Bind Right edge This selection prints text that reads from right to left 2 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box 23 Click OK to start printing Poster The Poster feature lets you create a document to a size that is larger than the paper your printer can support You can print a poster or banner up to 25 times larger than the original document Segments of the poster document are printed on several sheets of paper and with the assistance of poster settings you can reassemble the sheets easily to create a poster Use Pages per poster to select the poster size in relation to the
90. m to check that a transferred file has arrived intact Message Digest 5 MD5 and Secure Hash Algorithm 1 SHA1 are hash algorithms used to authenticate packet data MD5 This option provides a cryptographic hash function with a 128 bit hash value It adds security and protection against Gateway Load Balancing Protocol GLBP spoofing software SHA1 This option produces a message digest that is 160 bits long SHA is the successor to MD5 Privacy This option uses encryption for secure communication It is available after you select the Authentication option You may select one Privacy option DES This option uses the Data Encryption Standard for encryption DES turns cleartext into ciphertext via an encryption algorithm It encrypts and decrypts data using 8 byte blocks and a 56 bit key AES This option uses the Advanced Encryption Standard for encryption AES is a symmetric block cipher that can process data blocks of 128 bits using cipher keys with lengths of 128 192 and 256 bits It is more secure than DES Selecting SNMP Settings These settings in the driver must be set to match the settings in the printing system s Command Center RX 4 In Device Settings gt Administrator Settings gt General click SNMP Settings 2 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 c
91. ment to its edge You can print booklets posters and other marketing documents This feature helps to create a more professional look by allowing you to later crop and zoom improving the focus of the document When Full bleed is selected other Layout tab options are unavailable Selecting crop marks You can use crop marks to trim the edges of your document The crop marks help guide you to accurately and evenly cut around your document None Do not print any crop marks Corners A set of crop marks is made in each corner of the page which lets you match the lines from side to side and cut the page precisely Border Creates a thin black border around the entire page You can follow this border to trim off any excess paper from your document When selecting Layout gt Full bleed the other features on the Layout tab and all the features on the Finishing and Publishing tabs are unavailable With Full bleed selected Scaling is fixed at 100 regardless of the print size and page size combination User Guide Layout Ensure that Print size in the Basic tab is larger than the page size For example with Full Bleed selected and in Basic gt Paper you select Print size gt Letter 100 and Pages Sizes gt Envelope 10 there will be a lot of white space around the document for you to trim after printing Printing with Full Bleed 1 2 3 4 You can print to the edge of your paper In the Layout tab select Fu
92. mputer Installing in Custom Mode with a Network Connection using Custom Select This section describes the custom installation procedure of the driver software in Windows operating systems using a network connection 1 Ensure that your printer and computer are connected to a network 2 On the Installation Method page select Custom Mode User Guide 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 Proceed to the next step On the Printer Port page select the port connected to your printing system or add a port connected to your system by clicking Add Port Click Next 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 On the Printer Settings page you can assign a name for your printing system You can also choose to share this printer with others or set this printer as the default printer Make your selections and then click Next On the Confirm Settings page click Install if the settings are correct C
93. n In Device Settings or any tab click Kyocera logo gt Version to view the following driver information File Name Version Description Date Manufacturer Comments To view copyright information click Legal Notices Click OK to close the driver information dialog boxes Displaying Plug in Information A plug in integrates with the printer driver to extend the driver s capabilities In Device Settings or any tab click Kyocera logo gt Plug in to view the following plug in information Module Description Version Click OK to close the driver information dialog boxes 4 6 User Guide 5 Layout In the Layout tab you can arrange document data on printed pages without affecting the original document Scaling Percentage 100 2 20 500 Full bleed Crop marks None 7 Booklet F Poster Pages per poster Left edge Gd 4 17 x22 inches Right edge Print format Poster pages Poster Settings of KYOCERA 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 You can set the arrangement of the pages from the Layout tab as well as print borders around each of the pages When Multiple pages per sheet is selected
94. n click the toner icon to display toner levels To display a list of options right click the Status Monitor icon in the system tray Hide the status monitor Show the status monitor Switches between hiding and showing the Status Monitor image Note You can also hide the Status Monitor image by right clicking on the image then clicking Hide the status monitor or let the Status Monitor close on its own after 5 minutes if there is no printing activity Command Center RX Opens a web browser to display a printer web page Note If your printer is connected with a USB cable this feature cannot be used Define settings using the operation panel of the printing system Always on top Leaves the Status Monitor image on top of other open windows Opacity Adjusts the Status Monitor to let a variable amount of background to show through the image Select a percentage between 20 to 100 Enlarge window Select to increase the size of the Status Monitor image 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 A O N You can configure printing system alerts with accompanying sound or speech in the Status Monitor Preference dialog box Right click the Status Monitor image in the system tray Click Sound Notification Se
95. n installed the Color Optimizer button appears in the Advanced tab The Color Optimizer button does not appear in the user interface when PDF is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box or Black amp White mode is selected in the Lock Settings dialog box Color Optimizer is unavailable for the following settings Black amp White is selected in the Imaging Basic or Quick Print tab Lock Security Settings is selected in Device Settings In a client server environment Optimizing RGB Color for Printing You can use Color Optimizer to match a single color accurately in a print job Options selected in the Color Optimizer dialog box are also saved in Imaging gt Adjustment At any time you can click the Info icon in the Color Optimizer dialog box for instructions Open the document containing the desired color KX DRIVER 10 8 Advanced 9 Status Monitor From the application s File menu click Print then click Preferences or Properties to open the Properties dialog box In Advanced gt Color Optimizer gt 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 If you know the RGB values of the color type or select the values The color appears in the color preview box Click the printer icon to print a one page table displaying va
96. n option to shorten the application defined job name for jobs created in Microsoft Word or PowerPoint The file name will appear clearly in the job list User Guide EcoPrint Imaging feature that changes toner saturation making the entire image text and graphics appear lighter in the printed job The actual amount of toner used depends on the printing system mode and the type of data printed text graphics or both You can choose to save toner by sliding the Toner save level bar from the left least amount of toner saved to the right most amount of toner saved EcoPrint does not increase print speed This feature is also available in the Quick Print and Basic tabs Edit Quick Print This feature lets you customize the Quick Print view with your preferred print job options 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 Enable client profile Client profile refers to profile settings saved on a server and accessed by clients in a client server environment This feature in the Advanced tab lets an administrator control and distribute profiles Fast printing Printing mode that decreases spool size and increases print speed Finishing edge Finishing edge aligns the matching sides of tw
97. n the driver When sending a print job type an account ID when prompted then click OK to print The account ID is validated against the account ID list If typed incorrectly you are prompted to type it again Display account ID list Select this option to display the account ID list at the time of printing The print job can be assigned to a user or group The account ID list is stored in the driver and more than one ID must be established for the list to appear 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 To import an account ID list browse for an existing list and open it Printing with Job Accounting After account IDs are assigned and Job accounting is set to On at the printing system the number of pages printed is added to the selected account ID total 4 In Device Settings gt Administrator Settings gt Job Accounting select Job accounting 2 Selecta Job Accounting option Use specific account ID Prompt for account ID The remaining Job accounting options become available when you create an account ID list If you select the Use specific account ID or Prompt for account ID option proceed to step 5 Select Account ID List to create and manage account ID lists 4 Select from the remaining Job a
98. ndows 7 and Windows Vista The XPS driver is discussed in the Device Settings chapter Minidriver functionality is not documented in this user guide Installing in Custom Mode with a Network Connection using Discover This section describes the custom installation procedure of the driver software in Windows operating systems using a network connection 1 Ensure that your printer and computer are connected to a network 2 On the Installation Method page select Custom Mode 3 The Discover Printing System page opens searching for your printing system The Discover button is automatically selected A list of models appears Click Next If Discover does not find your printing system a message appears Remove and reinsert the network cable and ensure it is connected properly Click Refresh to retry the discovery If the system still cannot find your printing system contact your system administrator 4 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 5 On the Printer Settings page you can assign a name for your printing system You can also choose to share this printer with others or set this printer as the default printer Make your selections and then click Next 6 On the Confirm Settings page clic
99. ng of sensitive documents can be restricted to approved users E MPS is a multitier solution that provides advanced print management directly from the desktop By storing a job in the printing system you can print it from the operation panel without sending it again from the computer To use the Job storage e MPS features you must set a user name in the User Settings dialog box available in Device Settings Job Storage e MPS options Storage location Access code When job is When job is required printed deleted from memory Optional password When printed from When manually operation panel deleted or up to 31 days continued User Guide Job Quick copy When sent from the When printing computer system is turned off or hard disk is full PT Proof and hold No One copy when job When printing is sent remaining system is turned off copies later Private print When access code When printing is entered at system is turned off operation panel or after printing Optional When printed from When manually operation panel deleted Job storage Custom Box Custom Box lets you store print jobs until they are printed from the printing system s operation panel You can print one or more jobs from the hard disk Print jobs can be deleted after printing or saved on the hard disk for 1 31 days Custom boxes must be set up for each user at the printing system s operation panel and in the Hard Di
100. ng one font in place of another when the intended font is not available to a printing system Font substitution may be critical for output of documents to printing systems that are not well supported by a large font inventory KX DRIVER Imaging Setting Font Substitution You can use one font in place of another Click Start and click Devices and Printers Windows 7 or click Control Panel and double click Printers Windows Vista or Printers and Faxes Windows XP Right click on the desired printing system model and click Printing Preferences In Imaging gt Font Settings select Substitute with device fonts 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 Select the system font and then the available device font to be substituted Click OK to save your settings If the device font does not have similar font characteristics to the system font character spacing in the document may appear incorrect Disable Device Fonts In some cases the printing system substitutes fonts even if you send the TrueType fonts as outline fonts or bitmap images Select Disable device fonts to prevent substitution of device fonts for TrueType fonts This option also improves portability of printable data If cleared device fonts may not match when sent to a different printing system Some Adobe
101. ng with the Windows User name these are then added to the list so succeeding print jobs do not require the user to enter a Login user name and Password again Login User Name Click to add delete edit import or export login user names and passwords Once a Login user name list is created the list can be exported as a group by saving it as a text file CSV KXC and TXT To import a Login user name list browse for an existing list and save it in your printer driver Printing with User Login Job Accounting After login user names are assigned and user login mode is set to On at the printing system you can choose User login to print in user login mode In Device Settings gt Administrator Settings gt User Login select User Login Select a User Login option Use specific name Prompt for name The remaining User Login options become available when you create a login user name list Note If you select the Use specific name or Prompt for name option proceed to step 5 Under the Login user name list click the buttons to view and manage the list Select from the remaining User Login options Prompt for name and validate Validate user name computer or prompt for login user name Click OK in all dialog boxes Print the document from the application When the Print Options dialog box appears type or select a Name and Password and click OK Login is required for some options Job accounting gives an admin
102. nge desired settings under Association name File name or Profile 5 Click OK in the Edit Association and Application Based Printing dialog boxes to save the revised association User Guide Basic Settings 4 Basic In the Basic tab you can specify the most commonly used printer driver settings Print size Media type meno Source Destination Auto source selection Y Printer default z Orientation Duplex Portrait 7 Print on both sides Landscape Ex Flip on long edge 7 Rotated Flip on short edge Color 1 Ful color E V Collate Black amp White E EcoPrint Print preview C KYOCERA Ca 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 Source This setting specifies the cassette or tray that the printing system draws paper from Unless you are using a custom paper type you can leave it set to Auto source selection Page Sizes This setting should match the page size setting in your application The printing result is based on the page size specified in this setting You can also create a custom page size Media type This setting selects the Source based on the types of media that are specified in the printing system In gener
103. ngs To start the upgrade click Upgrade When the upgrade completes click Next The Installation Method page appears Express Installation Express Mode applies to driver installation for a USB or network connection only The installation wizard discovers printers that are turned on and connected by USB and network cable In Custom Mode you are able to select the installation packages and specify the port Installing in Express Mode This section describes the express installation procedure of the driver software in Windows operating systems Ensure that your printer and computer are turned on and connected by USB or network cable Note In Windows 7 and Windows Vista with a USB connection a driver installation will be made from the Microsoft Windows Update site if a certified driver is available and the system is connected to the web We recommend you continue with the steps to install the KX Driver for an expanded feature set In Windows if the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box appears during the installation process click Cancel If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears click Continue Anyway User Guide Installation 2 On the Installation Method page click Express Mode 3 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 me
104. ngs gt Administrator Settings The Edit Quick Print button is unavailable when the driver is accessed from an application s Print dialog box Editing Quick Print Options You can select from a limited set of driver features to appear in the Quick Print tab 4 Click Start and click Devices and Printers Windows 7 or click Control Panel and double click Printers Windows Vista or Printers and Faxes Windows XP 2 Right click on the desired printing system model and click Printing Preferences 3 Select the Quick Print tab 4 Click Edit Quick Print To add a feature to the Quick Print tab select the feature under Available controls and click the right arrow to move the feature to Selected controls A maximum of 5 features can appear under Selected controls To remove a feature from the Quick Print tab select the feature under Selected controls and click the left arrow to move the feature to Available controls To use only the Profiles in the Quick Print tab move all features to Available controls 3 3 User Guide Quick Print Profiles Click the up and down arrows to change the position of the features under Selected controls The feature at the top appears on the left in the Quick Print tab To restore the list to factory default options click Reset 5 After making your selections click OK In Profiles you can save printer driver settings as a profile You can select multiple options in any Printing P
105. ngs in the Layout tab Gutter settings in the Finishing tab Selecting a Unit of Measurement You can select a unit for displaying measurements in the user interface 1 In Device Settings gt User Settings select Inches or Millimeters User Guide Device Settings 2 Click OK in the User Settings and Properties dialog boxes Language Preference The Language preference option specifies the user interface language of Device Settings in Properties and all tabs of Printing Preferences Available languages vary depending on your locale and your computer settings Setting Language Preference You can select a user interface language 1 In Device Settings gt User Settings select the desired language from the Select language list 2 Click OK in the User Settings and Properties dialog boxes PDL Page Description Language A Page Description Language PDL specifies the contents and layout of a printed page In Device Settings you can choose from PCL XL Printer Command Language XL PCL 5c KPDL an emulation of PostScript printing or PDF Portable Document Format The printer default is PCL XL which is suitable for most printing purposes When using the XPS driver in Windows 7 and Windows Vista XPS is the only PDL selection After you select a PDL the selection appears in the lower corner of the Preview image In GDI compatible mode vector graphics are rasterized for printing as bitmap images Use the GDI compa
106. ns available Left to right Top to bottom By selecting this option for Portrait the printer first folds the top third and then the bottom third of the page For Landscape the printer first folds the left third and then the right third of the page Right to left Bottom to top By selecting this option for Portrait the printer first folds the bottom third and then the top third of the page For Landscape the printer first folds the right third and then the left third of the page In Number of sheets type or select the number of sheets that will be folded into thirds up to a maximum of 5 Click OK Finishing edge aligns the matching sides of two different page sizes ina document For example the long edge of an A4 page is aligned with the short edge of an A3 page or the short edge of a letter size page is aligned with the short edge of a legal size page Finishing edge can be used with or without the staple feature You can choose the position of staples in a document composed of mixed page sizes In contrast if you are printing a mixed page size document without using Finishing edge staple positions depend on the paper size settings portrait or landscape in the paper cassettes Finishing edge should be selected before any other features in the Finishing tab If set last Finishing edge might change any settings that you previously made under Staple Selecting Finishing edge makes some other features unavailable such as Se
107. nter resident PRESCRIBE language The Product Library disc includes a PRESCRIBE command language reference guide A command file is a set of instructions the printing system interprets to produce a given output For example a Prologue Epilogue command file may contain a macro that places a graphic object such as a logo at the top of a letterhead document Selecting a Prologue Epilogue File A Prologue Epilogue file must be available on your computer before it can be added to a print job To create this file use a text editor like Windows Notepad In Advanced Prologue Epilogue select a Prologue Epilogue file name to insert into the print job If no file names are visible in the list you must click Add to browse for files on your computer or network to add to the list After the file is selected insertion point options become available Editing a Prologue Epilogue File You can edit a Prologue Epilogue file on your computer 10 1 User Guide Advanced In Advanced gt 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 Deleting a Prologue Epilogue File You can remove a Prologue Epilogue file from the list In Advanced gt Prologue Epilogue select a Prologue Epilogue file name from the l
108. o different page sizes in a document For example the long edge of an A4 page is aligned with the short edge of an A3 page or the short edge of a letter size page is aligned with the short edge of a legal size page Finishing edge can be used with or without the staple feature Full bleed Layout feature that lets you produce full page printing without any margins by printing to a larger sized paper than the original and then letting you trim the edges GDI compatible mode A page description language option that accurately reproduces what is viewed on the screen using the Microsoft Graphical Device Interface GDI component to render the document It generates data in a raster printing format creating a larger printable file Gutter Blank space on the left side or top of a printed page that can be increased by scaling down text and graphics This supports stapling and hole punching When used with Duplex printing the enlarged blank space lines up evenly on both sides of the sheet The larger blank space is created by shifting the printable area to the right or down as much as one inch 25 4 mm Job accounting An accounting system that records and controls the number of pages printed by each account ID Account IDs can be assigned at the printing system and stored in the driver After account IDs are assigned you can use the Job accounting option to print in the Job accounting mode Job name A Job name is a unique identifier for each print
109. ob name To prevent this select Use job name date and time under Overwrite job name Printing a Proof and Hold Job bh OO N Proof and hold lets you print one copy of a multicopy job to proof before printing the remaining copies The job is stored on the hard disk until the printing system is turned off or the job is manually deleted In the Basic tab select the number of copies to be printed Open the Job tab Click Job storage e MPS Click Proof and hold and click OK Private print jobs are saved on the hard disk for printing until a four digit Access code is entered When the hard disk reaches maximum capacity and a new job is sent to be stored the oldest stored job is replaced by the new job Private print jobs are deleted when the printing system is reset or turned off If you do not want the job deleted select the Job storage feature When sending a sensitive document to the printing system a user must type a four digit Access code which is attached to the print job along with the Job name and User name The job is not printed until a user enters the Access code at the printing system s operation panel After the job is printed it is removed from printing system memory The number of Private print jobs that can be stored is limited only by the storage capacity of the hard disk You can manually delete a job at the operation panel Warning A print job can replace a job on the hard disk having the same User
110. option prints the security watermark on all pages after the first page Only on specified pages This option prints the security watermark on the page numbers typed in the text box Print onto front outside cover This option prints the security watermark on the front cover This option is available when Cover mode is selected in the Publishing tab If Cover mode and Front outside are both selected in the Publishing tab Print onto front outside cover is selected automatically In all dialog boxes click OK Color Optimizer is a plug in feature that lets you match a single color accurately in a print job To install this optional component see the nstallation chapter Use this feature to print a document that contains only one color besides black such as a letterhead or company logo The color should be solid and consistent with no shading Color Optimizer will not work in a document with multiple colors or photographs In the Color Optimizer dialog box an eyedropper tool can be dragged into the on screen document to select the color or RGB values can be entered if you know them A printed Color Optimizer Table lets you see 121 color variations on paper and select your variation Hue and Lightness settings are adjusted in the driver according to the selected variation You can specify up to three custom settings that correspond to the custom settings in the Imaging Adjustment feature You can also select a Printer profile option Whe
111. pace on the left side and at the top of the sheet It is often used for binding hole punch or stapling to make a print job easier to read Increasing the measurements in Gutter increases the margins around your text and graphics on the left side or top of the printed sheet This creates a larger margin space by shifting the printable area to the right or down as much as one inch 25 4 mm Creating a Gutter You can increase the margins on the left side and at the top of the printed sheet 4 Inthe Finishing tab click Gutter 2 Inthe Gutter width options type or select a value between 0 20 to 1 00 inches 5 0 to 25 4 mm Short edge top This selection modifies the outside margin on the top edge of the page Long edge left This selection modifies the outside margin on the left side of the page Note Availability of Gutter settings vary depending on Finishing edge settings and Orientation and Duplex mode settings in the Basic tab 3 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 4 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box 5 Click OK to start printing The Staple feature lets you create stapled document sets You must first select a finisher under Device Settings gt Device options Selecting the Staple feature makes Separ
112. paration and Rotated Finishing edge cannot be used with the Poster feature Finishing Edge Combinations Finishing edge can be used with the following page size combinations User Guide Finishing A4 and A3 210 x 297 mm and 297 x 420 mm B5 JIS and B4 182 x 257 mm and 257 x 364 mm Letter and Legal 8 5 x 11 in and 8 5 x 14 in Letter and Ledger 8 5 x 11 in and 11 x 17 in 16K and 8K 197 x 273 mm and 273 x 394 mm Setting the Finishing Edge 1 2 3 4 o You can align the matching sides of two different page sizes in a document In the Basic tab set Print size and Page size to the same size In Basic gt Source select an Auto source In the Finishing tab select Finishing edge Select from available Position options or select Custom Positions are based on the Print size selection in the Basic tab Click OK in all driver dialog boxes Load each paper size into different paper cassettes For example load A4 and A3 paper so that both sizes feed the 297 mm edge or load letter and legal paper so that both sizes feed the 8 5 inch edge Click OK in the application s Print dialog box If the printer driver determines that the specified paper size or direction short or long edge is unavailable in the printing system the operation panel message requests that you load the correct paper size into the cassette with the correct orientation Positioning Options for Finishing Edge You can select from avai
113. printer driver maintains identical media source support with the driver it replaces whether for this driver or one from another manufacturer If media source macros exist for the older driver then the alignment of media source values maintains support without the need to change the macros Setting Media Sources Use the Driver Info utility Utility Driver InfoXDrvInfo exe to compare the source values for all installed drivers If the values for a given media source differ between printer drivers you can reassign an enumerated value to create a match between the drivers In Device Settings gt Compatibility Settings from the Media source enumeration list select the paper supply method The current value is listed in the Enumerated value box KX DRIVER Device Settings 2 Type an Enumerated value for the media source and click Apply To align settings with a different driver this value should align with those in the other driver 3 Click OK in the Compatibility Settings and Properties dialog boxes You can restore all the options in Compatibility Settings to the default by clicking Reset Ignore Application Collation This option bypasses the Collate setting in software applications and gives priority to the printer driver setting With the check box selected the printer driver Collate setting is used With the check box cleared the application Collate setting is used Selecting Printer Driver Collation You can i
114. 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 In Custom mode Custom Select is not recommended for USB in environments where printing systems are connected and reconnected using USB ports The Discover method provides a more reliable installation path 4 Ensure that your printer and computer are turned on and connected using a USB cable Note In Windows 7 and Windows Vista a driver installation will be made from the Microsoft Windows Update site if a certified driver is available and the system is connected to the web We recommend the Custom Mode using Discover for USB connections to ensure a reliable installation 2 Onthelnstallation Method page select Custom Mode 3 The Discover Printing System page opens searching for your printing system The Discover button is automatically selected Choose Custom select and click Next 4 The Printing System page appears Select your printing system model from the list and click Next 5 Onthe Printer Port page select an existing port connected to your printing system Click Next 6 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 Conf
115. r Auto Unspecified v Transpareng interleaving E Print onto backing Media for backing Auto Unspecified Reset t KYOCERA Ce jJ 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 The source of the cover paper is specified by adjusting the Media for cover settings in the Publishing tab Print on both sides must be selected in the Basic tab or Quick Print tab in order to print using the Front inside or Back outside options Although Cover mode and Page insert can be used simultaneously they cannot be used with Transparency interleaving Printing Covers You can choose cover pages for printing 4 Inthe Publishing tab select Cover mode 2 Select Front or Front and back to specify the type of covers 3 Select from Print onto options if you want to print on the covers 4 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box KX DRIVER 8 1 Publishing 5 Click OK to start printing Cover Mode Options Check Box Selection Front Front Front outside Front Front inside Front Front outside Front inside Cover Insertion Type Inserts a blank front cover Prints on the outside surface of the front cover Hl ai i Prints on the inside surface of the front cover 3 2 F Prints on the outside and inside su
116. r In black and white printing it increases the detail for light colored text printed White text and image colors are unaffected iii User Guide Private print Job option that saves print jobs on the hard disk for printing until a four digit access code is entered Private print jobs are deleted when the printing system is reset or turned off Profile A set of user defined driver settings that are saved as a group Once saved you can select a profile by name and apply its settings to a print job without selecting each feature individually Prologue Epilogue Advanced feature that allows you to insert a macro into specific locations in the print job An advanced user may choose to use this feature to embed a PRESCRIBE command that will call a macro to overlay PRESCRIBE form data or a graphic object such as a logo or a signature at a specific point in the print job Proof and hold Job option that prints one copy of a print job so that you can proof it before printing the remaining copies This feature is available when a hard disk is installed and selected in Device Settings After the proof copy is printed and checked remaining copies can be printed from the printing system s operation panel without sending the job again from the computer Quick copy Job option that prints all copies of a print job and stores the job temporarily on a hard disk for reprinting later This feature is available when a hard disk is installed and select
117. rd dialog box enter a password using at least 4 and no more than 16 characters Reenter the password in Confirm password and click OK Clearing the Administrator Password You can remove the administrator password In Device Settings select Administrator In the Enter Password dialog box type the password and click OK 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 SNMP settings must be set in the printer driver and in the printing system s Command Center RX The following options are available SNMPv1 v2c This option ensures successful Auto Configure communication using Read community name and Write community name SNMPv3 User Guide Device Settings This option ensures secure Auto Configure communication using a user name and password Authentication and privacy options are available by selecting Settings Apply to other models This option displays a list of installed printing systems to apply the selected settings SNMPv3 Options You can select options for secure communication with the printing system Authentication This option provides an algorith
118. red to change the document restrictions in the Files gt Properties gt Security section When a document with this password is opened in Adobe Reader it cannot be printed or edited and document data cannot be copied Require password to open document Type a User password The user password must be entered at the time the PDF document is opened This password must be different from the owner password Print and Save Settings This option lets you print and save a document as a PDF file Save to file only A PDF file is created and saved locally Save to file and print A PDF file is created saved locally and sent to print 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 replaces an existing file having the default file name KxPdf pdf Use default file date and time This option lets you use the default name and add a date and time stamp each time the document is saved Default file directory This option lets you browse to a location to save your PDF Printing and Saving to PDF You can print a document and save it to Adobe PDF if you have installed the Output to PDF plug in In Device Settings gt PDL Settings in the Select PDL list select PDF User Guide Device Settings XPS Driver
119. references tab save them to 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 The profiles can include Common Profiles which are installed as optional components through the Optional Printer Components and any custom profiles created A maximum of 26 profiles can be established in one driver including the Factory Default profile Settings made in Device Settings cannot be saved to a profile Selecting a Profile 1 2 3 4 You can select and apply a profile from the Quick Print tab or from the Profiles dialog box Quick Print tab From Profiles select a profile Click Apply The side panel displays the options for that profile using an icon and a summary Click OK Profiles dialog box In any of the Printing Preferences tabs click Profiles In the Profiles dialog box select a profile Click Apply The side panel displays the options for that profile Click OK Saving a Profile The Save button lets you create your own profiles You can select the printing options you want in the driver then save the driver settings including your customizations as a profile You can then use that profile to print the same type of print job again without having to reselect all the settings In Printing Preferences the Profiles button appears at the bottom of all the tabs Set the printing options you wan
120. rfaces of the front cover continued User Guide Publishing Check Box Selection Front and back Front and back Front outside Front and back Front inside Front and back Front outside Front inside Cover Insertion Type Inserts blank front and back covers F 1 Prints on the outside surface of the front cover and inserts a blank back cover Prints on the inside surface of the front cover and inserts a blank back cover Prints on both sides of the front cover and inserts a blank back cover continued KX DRIVER Publishing Check Box Selection Front and back Back inside Front and back Back outside Front and back Back inside Back outside Front and back Front outside Front inside Back inside Back outside Choosing Cover Media You can select media for the cover Cover Insertion Type Prints on the inside surface of the back cover and inserts a blank front cover UL N Prints on the outside surface of the back cover and inserts a blank front cover Prints on both sides of the back cover and inserts a blank front cover F Prints on both sides of the front and back covers User Guide Publishing 4 Inthe Publishing tab select Cov
121. riations of the selected color From the printed Color Optimizer Table select the desired variation In the Color Optimizer dialog box type the number of the selected variation 1 121 in the spin box next to the color preview box or click the up or down arrow buttons to select the number If desired type a description of the custom setting in the Description box to a maximum of 30 characters The description only appears in the Color Optimizer dialog box Click OK or Apply to save the settings The Status Monitor displays printing system status messages in the lower right corner of the window during printing You can start a status monitor for each supported printing system More than one status monitor can be displayed at one time Selecting Status Monitor Options You can select how to display the Status Monitor image and select from available options In the Advanced tab click Status Monitor If you want the Status Monitor image to appear during a print job in the Status Monitor dialog box select the Status Monitor check box To view the print job status without changing the Status Monitor setting click Open Status Monitor The Status Monitor image appears in the lower right corner of your computer screen 10 9 User Guide Advanced 4 Move the pointer over the Status Monitor image to display balloon style status messages containing information about printing system activity and the printer port You ca
122. rs Windows Vista Right click on the desired color printer Click Printer properties Windows 7 or click Properties Windows Vista Select the Color Management tab and click Color Management In the Devices tab Device list select the desired color printer Select the Use my settings for this device check box In the Profile selection list select Manual and click Add In the Associate Color Profile dialog box select an ICC profile or click Browse to find a profile and click OK The profile is added to the Profiles associated with this device list Select the desired color profile and click Set as Default Profile Click Close Windows XP Click Start click Printers and Faxes Right click the desired color printer Select Properties User Guide Imaging 4 Select the Color Management tab and click Add 5 Inthe Add Profile Association dialog box select a color profile from the list and click Add 6 Inthe Color Management tab select Manual f Select the desired color profile from the list and click Set as Default 8 Click Apply 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
123. ry KYOCERA TASKalfa 3050ci TASKalfa 3550ci TASKalfa 4550ci TASKalfa 5550ci TASKalfa 6550ci TASKalfa 7550ci Printer Driver User Guide Legal Notes Unauthorized reproduction of all or part of this guide is prohibited The information in this guide is subject to change without notice We cannot be held liable for any problems arising from the use of this product regardless of the information herein Regarding Trademarks Microsoft Windows Windows 7 Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Server Word Powerpoint is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U S and or other countries KPDL is a trademark of Kyocera Corporation PCL is a trademark of Hewlett Packard Company TrueType and Mac OS are registered trademark of Apple Inc Adobe Acrobat Adobe Reader Photoshop and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated UNIX is a trademark in the United States and other countries licensed exclusively through X Open Company Limited All other brand and product names herein are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies Examples of the operations given in this guide support the Windows 7 printing environment Essentially the same operations are used for Microsoft Windows Vista Windows XP Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 environments User Interface screen captures shown in this guide may differ depending on your printing device This user
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125. selected in the Add Security Watermark or Edit Security Watermark dialog box click Adjust Calibration Under Pattern shading and Text contrast select initial options Light Normal Dark Select the shading density of the background pattern Contrast 1 9 Select the level of contrast against the background pattern from lightest to darkest These selections may need to be changed after printing a sample in the next step Click Print Sample to print a page displaying all nine contrast options against the selected pattern shading It is recommended to print a sample page for each pattern shading option From the Text Contrast Sheet find the sample where the security watermark is most nearly invisible In the Adjust Calibration dialog box select options to match the sample chosen in step 5 In all dialog boxes click OK Selecting Pages for Security Watermark The Page selection options for security watermark determine where the security watermarks are placed in the print job In Advanced gt Security Watermark gt Select security watermark choose a default or custom security watermark to print 10 7 User Guide Advanced 2 3 Color Optimizer 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
126. sk Settings dialog box accessed from Device Settings The maximum number of custom boxes is 1000 Storing a Job in a Custom Box After custom boxes are assigned you can send print jobs to custom boxes where print jobs are stored on the printing system s hard disk 4 Inthe Job tab select Job storage e MPS then select Custom box 2 Click Settings 3 Selecta Custom Box Settings option Select Use specific box number and type the box number and password Select Prompt for box number and click OK When the Custom Box dialog box appears type a box number If a password was set type the password Select Display box number list and click OK When the Custom Box dialog box appears select a box from the list If a password was set type the password This can be selected when Shared box is selected in the Hard Disk Settings dialog box Select Verify box number for each login user and click OK When the Custom Box dialog box appears type a box number To include a password select Require password and type the password This can be selected when Shared box is selected in the Hard Disk Settings dialog box With Verify box number for each login user selected the driver searches for a login user name from the custom box list to serve as the custom box name If a match is found the custom box is used for the print job If a match is not found the driver checks for administrator or user permissions With administrator permissions
127. sparency interleaving 3 To print the transparency content on the inserted pages also select the Print onto backing check box 4 Inthe Media for backing list select the Media type of the backing sheet or the Source paper cassette When you choose the media type a source cassette matching that media type is automatically selected 5 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box 6 Click OK to start printing The printing system s operation panel prompts you to load transparencies into the MP tray and if necessary load backing paper into the selected cassette KX DRIVER 9 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 Sea Job storage e MPS Job name Custom box 9 Application defined abc Rut Quick copy 7 Don t use application name 8 Proof and hold Private print Custom Overwrite job name Job storage Use job name date and ti x t KYOCERA Co jJ Job Storage e MPS Custom box Job storage e MPS offers 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 using the printing system s operation panel and printi
128. specified as Full color rather than RGB This option is unavailable when PDF is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box To enable this feature in Device Settings gt Administrator Settings gt General select Send Application name KX DRIVER Device Settings Associate Profile with Application This option lets you set all printing from each installed application to use the same driver settings as defined in a profile Before using this feature A profile must be created in the Profiles dialog box accessed from any Printing Preferences tab An association must be created between a profile and an application in the Application Based Printing dialog box accessed from the Profiles dialog box To enable this feature in Device Settings gt Administrator Settings gt General select Associate Profile with application Password Protect Administrator Settings You can set Password protect administrator settings in the Administrator Settings dialog box to prevent unauthorized changes in this dialog box If selected this setting prompts you to enter a password and confirm the password This password protection blocks access to all Administrator Settings options Setting the Administrator Password 2 You can set a password to prevent unauthorized changes in the Administrator Settings dialog box In Device Settings gt Administrator Settings gt General select Password protect administrator settings In the Passwo
129. ssage appears Remove and reinsert the USB or network cable and ensure it is connected properly Click Refresh to retry the discovery If the system still cannot find your printing system contact your system administrator 4 Select Use host name for port name to use a host name for the Standard TCP IP port If the installation wizard still displays the IP address contact your system administrator Not available with a USB connection 5 Click Information if you want to open a dialog box with details about IP Address Host Name Printer Model Contact Location and Serial Number Click OK Click Next Not available with a USB connection 6 On the Printer Settings page you can assign a name to your printing system Note With a first time USB connection the Printer Settings page does not appear You can also choose to share this printer with others or set this printer as the default printer Make your selections and then click Next f On the Confirm Settings page click Install if the settings are correct Click Back to correct the settings 8 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 The Status Monitor button appears on the Advan
130. system s memory The remaining job copies are printed from the stored data This avoids the extra processing involved in sending every copy from the computer to the printing system User Guide Basic With Collate selected the driver prints the complete job set by set With Collate cleared it prints each page by set For example with Collate selected three copies of a five page document output as pages one through five in succession three times 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 3 4 When printing multiple copies of a multiple page document the printer can assemble the pages of each copy in numerical order In the Basic tab select the Collate check box Type or select the number of complete sets of the print job in the Copies box The document page count must not exceed the printer tray capacity Click OK to return to the Print dialog box Click OK to start printing Printing in Color Black amp White and EcoPrint Print Preview The options in Color let you choose full color printing or printing with black toner only Full color This mode prints four color text and graphics Black amp White This mode prints with black toner
131. t for your print job by opening Printing Preferences and selecting all your driver settings KX DRIVER Quick Print Click Profiles gt Save To identify the profile type a Name select an Icon and type a Description 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 This clears the settings of a selected profile You can remove a profile by selecting it in the Select profile list and clicking Delete Editing a Profile 4 The Edit button lets you make changes to an existing profile The Factory Default profile cannot be edited Click Profiles In the Select profile section select the profile to be edited and click Edit Any of the three options can be edited name icon and description Click OK to save the edited changes The newly edited profile appears in the Profiles dialog box Click Apply to activate the selected profile to the current print job or click OK to close the dialog box Importing a Profile The Import button lets you import a copy of a profile from other printer drivers into your printer driver Click Profiles gt Import Browse for the existing profile KXP select it and click Open A message appears if any of the profil
132. ter because of the optimization features in this setting The repetition of similar font data sent to the printing system is reduced thereby increasing the print speed Print speed is not increased when using Asian fonts such as Japanese Chinese and Korean because of the large amount of font information used for these particular fonts Allow native download This method improves text quality and increases print speed by converting TrueType fonts to Adobe Type 42 font format This feature is available when KPDL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box Download as bitmaps Downloading fonts as bitmaps provides more detail however it creates large file sizes This is best suited for print jobs with custom fonts very small fonts point size 1 4 or Asian fonts Substitute with device fonts System fonts and device fonts are automatically matched based on typeface name This function increases print speed and efficiency It is useful for changing a font used throughout a large document by replacing the old font with the desired font Note GDI compatible mode does not support Substitute with device fonts Selecting Font Settings You can specify how TrueType fonts are sent to the printing system 4 In Imaging gt Font Settings select one of the methods for sending TrueType fonts 2 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box 3 Click OK to start printing Font Substitution Font substitution is the process of usi
133. the application Black amp White Adjustment Black amp White adjustment settings change the brightness and contrast of graphics These settings are useful if graphic images are printing too light too gray or too dark Text remains unaffected Adjusting Black and White Settings 5 You can change the brightness and contrast of graphics In Imaging gt Color mode select Black amp White In the Adjustment list select Custom A preview image in the Adjustment Settings dialog box illustrates any brightness and contrast changes Drag the Brightness slider right to lighten or left to darken the graphic images of the print job The brightest setting is 100 the darkest is 100 Zero is the default mid level setting Adjusting brightness allows for the customization of graphic images if images are printing too light or too dark 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 The highest contrast setting is 100 the lowest is 100 Zero is the default mid level setting Adjusting contrast is useful if graphic images are printing too gray or too black and white Text remains unaffected Click OK to save the new Black amp W
134. tible 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 In a client server environment this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as a restricted user PDL Options The PDL options available in the PDL Settings dialog box are accessed in Device Settings PCL XL The most recent version of HP PCL and PCL 6 This PDL includes PCL 5c features PCL XL lacks backward compatibility with earlier PCL versions though it is enhanced over PCL 5c in these areas Reduced file size Better print speed Faster return to application PCL 5c Fully compatible with earlier PCL versions Bidirectional communication support Wide selection of fonts for use with Microsoft Windows applications Complex graphics might not print as well KX DRIVER Device Settings KPDL KPDL is used when printing from applications that support PostScript 2 or 3 An emulation of PostScript printing Strong graphics reproduction Print speeds may be slower than PCL 5c Requires more printing system memory than PCL 5c Enables native TrueType font downloading Supports most Graphics settings options PDF Output to PDF is a plug in feature that lets you print and save documents from multiple sources to Adobe PDF This feature can be used as an alternative to existing commercial applications for creating PDF documents Documents saved as P
135. tings A maximum of 25 associations can be created in the Application Based Printing dialog box accessed from the Profiles dialog box In a client server environment clients can view details about server associations but cannot change settings or select another profile Adding an Association OY A O N o Once profiles have been created or imported you can create an association between a profile and an application Then the application always prints using the associated profile settings In any tab click Profiles to open the Profiles dialog box Click Application to open the Application Based Printing dialog box Click Add to open the Add Association dialog box Enter a name for the association to a maximum of 31 characters Under File name enter a valid executable file name EXE for an application that allows printing or browse to find a file located on your computer Select a profile from the list Click OK in the Add Association and Application Based Printing dialog boxes to create the association You can remove an association by selecting it and clicking Delete KX DRIVER Quick Print Editing an Association You can change the name file and profile for an association 4 Inany tab click Profiles to open the Profiles dialog box 2 Click Application to open the Application Based Printing dialog box 3 Select an association to edit and click Edit to open the Edit Association dialog box 4 Cha
136. tion can be accessed This lets an administrator control usage of paper and toner amounts Black amp White mode This option disables all color settings in the driver s Imaging tab and prints all jobs with black toner only EcoPrint This option locks the EcoPrint setting Duplex This option locks the current Print on both sides setting selected in the Quick Print or Basic tab Multiple pages per sheet This option locks the current Multiple pages per sheet setting selected in the Quick Print or Layout tab The Pages per sheet option is not locked 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 Job tab This option locks settings selected in the Job tab Security settings This option locks the Security Watermark in the Advanced tab Security Watermark is an optional plug in Password settings User Guide Device Settings User Login The password set by the administrator temporarily unlocks driver features It prompts the user for a password When the administrator sets the password the Unlock button appears in the driver tabs or the Application Based Printing dialog box To unlock a feature click Unlock and type the password User login provides jo
137. to print In Device Settings click Auto Configure In Windows XP the driver settings are updated immediately In Windows 7 and Windows Vista the Auto Configure dialog box opens Select from Auto configure options Auto Configure Now Click the button at any time to retrieve the current settings from the printing system It is recommended to do this when the driver is first installed and when Silent auto configuration is turned off Silent auto configuration Select to let the driver check the printing system every 10 minutes for any changes in optional devices or memory When a change is detected the driver is automatically updated with the new settings This feature displays the amount of memory in the printing system User Guide Device Settings Administrator Settings General Administrator Settings lets you set options that include controlling accessibility displaying features in the interface and setting a password to control access to the Administrator Settings options Selections vary according to printing system model In a client server environment this feature is unavailable to a client logged in as a restricted user An administrator can control the display of the Quick Print tab and other miscellaneous settings including password and SNMP settings Show Quick Print Tab This option lets you control the display of the Quick Print tab You can define basic print options into group profiles for impro
138. ttings page you can assign a name to your printing system Note With a first time USB connection the Printer Settings page does not appear You can also choose to share this printer with others or set this printer as the default printer Make your selections and then click Next On the Confirm Settings page click Install if the settings are correct Click Back to correct the settings Note If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears click Continue Anyway 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 The Status Monitor button appears on the Advanced tab Show Quick Print Tab This selection lets you define basic print options into group profiles that can be accessed easily The Show Quick Print tab option also appears in the Administrator Settings in Device Settings When the installation completes successfully click Finish to exit the installation wizard A message may appear if there is a software installation failure 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 co
139. ved accessibility With a clear check box for Show Quick Print tab the tab does not appear in the Printing Preferences dialog box To enable this feature in Device Settings gt Administrator Settings gt General select Show Quick Print tab With a selected check box for the Show Quick Print tab the tab appears in the Printing Preferences dialog box When you select the Show Quick Print tab check box you can access additional check boxes Hide other tabs displays only the Quick Print tab to the user Set Quick Print tab as default opens to this tab when you access Printing Preferences Hide Edit Quick Print control prevents users from customizing the Quick Print tab Send Count Information This option lets you embed count information in the print job which can be used by some applications for accounting purposes Count information includes the 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 gt Administrator Settings gt General select Send Count Information Send Application Name This option lets you send the application name with a print job so that a different printing process is used for each application For example color printing is adjusted to print color accurately when color is
140. you select a method for compressing images depending on the desired quality in printed images JPEG compression produces a lower quality image while delta row compression produces a higher quality image but creates a larger file size Image compression mode is available when KPDL or PCL XL is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box In Imaging gt Graphics Settings select from the following compression options Smaller file size Uses JPEG compression High quality Uses delta row compression Color mode lets you choose full color printing or printing with black toner only The following color modes are available Full color This mode prints four color text and graphics Black amp White This mode prints with black toner only making all color settings unavailable Printer profile lets you optimize the color rendering of photos and graphics This feature is available when Full color is selected as the Color mode In Imaging gt Printer profile the following printer profiles are available Printer settings This option uses the printer settings only Text and Graphics User Guide Imaging Color Correction This option is for printing documents that contain many graphs charts or drawings Text and Photos This option is for printing documents with many photographic images Vivid colors This option increases the color saturation of graphics and photos Publications This option is for printing a mix of graphics an

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