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Introduction FEATURES OF KONICA PRINT UTILITY: ! Works with all Konica 20+ ppm PostScript Printers. ! Provides all of a printer's finishing capabilities specified by the printer's PPD file. ! Allows you to select features via a text-based menu system, which is accessible from a console, terminal or ...

Installing K KP Your KP distribution contains a readme.txt file that describes how to install KP on your platform. Please read this file before attempting installation. It contains information pertaining specifically to your individual distribution of KP that cannot be found in this manual. Installa...

Konica Print Utility 7 Before Y You C Configure K KP The following sections of this manual assume that you have an active printer established on your Unix/Linux system and that you have installed KP. If this is not the case, please create an active printer session for your system now and install KP....

Before Y You C Configure K KP PostScript® Printer Definition Files (PPD) When configuring a printer for use with KP, you will be prompted to choose a PostScript Printer Definition file (PPD). The following table lists those PPD files that are automatically installed along with KP. Please consult thi...

Before Y You C Configure K KP Important Information To successfully complete your KP configuration, you will need to have specific information about your printing system readily available. This information is as follows: • Memory: How much memory you have available in your IP Print Controller, not E...

Configuring K KP The following procedure outlines the steps necessary to configure a system printer for use with Konica Print Utility. Please note that you must have lp or root privileges to configure a printer. 1. Add a new printer to your UNIX/LINUX system using the instructions given in your KP d...

Configuring K KP Sample Configuration Since KP is fully customizable, the exact configuration will differ based upon which Konica printer you are using. The following are detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to configure a Konica 7065 Workgroup Document System for use with KP. The Konica 7065 ...

Configuring K KP Sample Configuration (Continued) 1. Begin configuration with the kpconfig command. Typing -a after the kpconfig command will produce a list of printers available on your platform that you may configure. # ./ kpconfig -a 2. Choose the printer you would like to configure from the list...

Configuring K KP Sample Configuration (Continued) NOTE: At this point in the configuration, specific information about your printer is now necessary to complete your configuration. Refer to page 9 for a list of the required configuration information. 4. You will be asked whether you would like to ap...

Configuring K KP Sample Configuration (Continued) 7. Sheet Feeder. You will be asked what type of sheet feeder you have installed on your Konica system. Sheet Feeder choices 1. None (default) 2. PI-108 Enter selection number for Sheet Feeder [1]: 1 In this case, we do not have a sheet feeder install...

Printing w with K KP IMPORTANT: Printing is based upon the options that you chose when you configured your Konica printing system with the kpconfig command. The options listed when you print differ for each type of Konica Workgroup Document System that you install. This is a basic sample,offered as ...

Printing w with K KP 5. You are prompted with Printer Options. Here you can set up your document based upon the settings you made in your initial configuration. The list below includes Printer Options for the Sample Configuration which was completed on page 12-15. NOTE: With PostScript® files, KP al...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options The list of options is arranged with the function on the left and the current value on the right. To change the current value, enter the number of the function. To change the settings for any of the Printer Options, type the number of the Option at the prompt. A ...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 2. Print Quality To access your choices for the Print Quality feature, enter 2 at the Printer Options List. The choices you will see are as follows: Print Quality choices 1. Text (default) 2. Medium 3. High Enter selection number for Print Quality [1]: 1 To chang...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 3. Edge Smoothing To access your choice for the Edge Smoothing feature, enter 3 at the Printer Options List. The choices you will see are as follows: Edge Smoothing choices 1. Off (default) 2. Text Only 3. All Objects Enter selection number for Edge Smoothing [1]...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 5. Media Type To access your choices for the Media Type feature, enter 5 at the Printer Options List. The choices you will see are as follows: Media Type choices 1. Plain Paper (default) 2. OHP Transparency 3. Thin Paper 4. Thick Paper Enter selection number for ...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 7. Job Offset To access your choices for the Job Offset feature, enter 7 at the Printer Options List. The choices you will see are as follows: Job Offset choices 1. On (default) 2. Off Enter selection number for Job Offset [1]: To change the setting, press the nu...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 8. Collate To access your choices for the Collate feature, enter 8 at the Printer Options List. The choices you will see are as follows: Collate choices 1. Sort (default) 2. Group Enter selection number for Collate [1]: To change the setting, press the number of ...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 9. Special Modes To access your choices for the Special Modes feature, enter 9 at the Printer Options List. The choices you will see are as follows: Special Modes choices 1. Off (default) 2. 2-in-1 3. Booklet Enter selection number for Special Modes [1]: To chang...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 10. Fold & Stitch To access your choices for the Fold & Stitch feature, enter 10 at the Printer Options List. The choices that you will see are as follows: Fold & Stitch choices 1. Off Enter selection number for Fold & Stitch: The printer that we ...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 12. Wait Mode To access your choices for the Wait Mode feature, enter 12 at the Printer Options List. The choices you will see are as follows: Wait Mode choices 1. Off (default) 2. Wait 3. Wait with Proof Enter selection number for Wait Mode [1]: To change the se...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 14. Front Cover Tray To access your choices for the Front Cover Tray feature, enter 14 at the Printer Options List. The choices you will see are as follows: Front Cover Tray choices 1. None (default) 2. Manual Feed 3. Manual Feed (Thick) 4. Tray 1 5. Tray 2 6. Tr...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 16. Back Cover Tray To access your choices for the Back Cover Tray feature, enter 16 at the Printer Options List. The choices you will see are as follows: Back Cover Tray choices 1. None (default) 2. Manual Feed 3. Manual Feed (Thick) 4. Tray 1 5. Tray 2 6. Tray ...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 17. Output Bin To access your choices for the Output Bin feature, enter 17 at the Printer Options List. The choices you will see are as follows: Output Bin choices 1. Upper 2. Lower (default) Enter selection number for Output Bin [2]: To change the setting, press...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 19. Input Slot To access your choices for the Input Slot feature, enter 19 at the Printer Options List. The choices you will see are as follows: InputSlot choices 1. Tray 1 2. Tray 2 3. Tray 3 4. Tray 4 5. Tray 5 Enter selection number for InputSlot: To change th...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options 21. Page Size To access your choices for the Page Size feature, enter 21 at the Printer Options List. Thechoices you will see are as follows: PageSize choices 1. Half-letter (5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in) 2. Letter (8 1/2 x 11 in) (default) 3. Legal (8 1/2 x 14 in) 4. Tabloi...

Printing w with K KP Printer Options NOTE: The following selections will only appear when you are printing a text-based document. When printing a PostScript® document, these menu options do not appear. 22. Orientation To access your choices for the Orientation feature, enter 22 at the Printer Option...

Using K KP Alias Description KP Alias allows you to save printing parameters that you use often as a single command. KP Alias offers a simple way to print documents without manually making changes to each setting in the Printer Options list every time. Creating a KP Alias Listed here are the steps y...

Using K KP Alias Creating a KP Alias 3. You are asked to enter an alias name. This is the name of the file in which KP Alias will save all of the printer options you specify. Therefore, make sure the name you enter reflects the intended pur- pose of the alias. In this example, this report is generat...

Using K KP Alias Creating a KP Alias 5. The Printer Options list is now displayed so you can specifiy the printing options for week lyreport. Please note that "S to save" has replaced the "P to print" selection on the prompt line. NOTE: Do not save your parameters until you have made...

Using K KP Alias Creating a KP Alias 6. This report also needs to be stapled, so press the Return (or Enter) key to see more Printer Options, then choose 11. Printer Options Current Value=============== ============= 11. Stapling Off 12. Wait Mode Off 13. Front Cover Off 14. Front Cover Tray None 15...

Using K KP Alias Creating a KP Alias 7. To see the current orientation option, press the Return (or Enter) key to view the last page of the Printer Options List. Orientation is currently set to "Portrait". Since this report needs to be printed with a land- scape orientation, enter 22 to chan...

Using K KP Alias Creating a KP Alias 9. Since these are the only parameters required for the report, type S and press the Return (or Enter) key to save these settings. Printer Options Current Value =============== ============= 21. PageSize Letter (8 1/2 x 11 in) 22. Orientation Landscape 23. Text F...

Using K KP Alias Printing with KP Alias 1. At the shell prompt, type [\path\to\kpaliasname] [path\to\filename]. Using the alias we created in the previous section of this manual, print a weekly report for the week ending September 22, 2002. To do this, type the following command: # weeklyreport 09-2...

Using K KP Pop-U Up ((KPP) Description KPP is a version of KP that allows you to "pop up" kp from within an application. Printing with KPP 1. Open your application. For demonstration purposes, we are using Netscape. 2. From the File menu, select print. When the print box pops up, make sure t...

Using K KP Pop-U Up ((KPP) Printing with KPP 3. Click Print. 4. From this window, you may access all features and options of Konica Print Utility in just the same way you would from the command line. Refer to page 17 (Printing with KP) for detailed instructions on printing with this utility. Konica ...

Index Konica Print Utility A-1 B Back Cover 29 Back Cover Tray 30 C Collate 24 Completing Configuration 15 Configuration Choices 14 Configuring KP 11 Cover Positions 30 Creating a KP Alias 37 D Duplex Mode 22 E Edge Smoothing 21 F Features of Konica Print Utility 3 Fold & Stitch 26 Font 34 Font ...

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