Page 2 - Models supported by the KX printer driver; Printers
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Page 3 - Table of Contents
i Chapter 1 Installation .................................................................................................................. 1 Installing the Printer Driver in Windows ........................................................................................ 1 Local Connection ............
Page 4 - ii; Chapter 4 Using Optional Equipment
ii Chapter 4 Using Optional Equipment ................................................................................ 89 Staple ............................................................................................................................................... 89 Using the Stapler .........
Page 5 - Chapter 1 Installation; Installing the Printer Driver in Windows; Local Connection; To install using a Local Connection:; Installing Components
1 Chapter 1 Installation Installing the Printer Driver in Windows A printer driver is an application that sends documents to the printer. Install the printer driver from the supplied Kyocera Software Library CD-ROM. Once installed, a variety of printer settings can be configured. When installing the...
Page 6 - If the; dialog box is
2 3 Insert the Kyocera Software Library CD-ROM into the CD drive.Once the installation program launches, the License Agreement appears. 4 Click View License Agreement to display and read the License Agreement. 5 Click Accept to proceed to the Main Menu dialog box. If the installation program fails t...
Page 9 - Installation; Do not share this printer
Installation 5 10 The Select the Printer Port dialog box appears. Select LPT1: from Use the following port: , and then click Next . 11 The Name Your Printer dialog box appears. Select Yes or No to use the printer as the default printer for Windows-based programs. Click Next . 12 The Printer Sharing ...
Page 11 - USB Connection; To install using a USB Connection:
Installation 7 16 Choose from one of the following options: • Select Yes and click Next to install additional printer drivers. The New Printer Installation dialog box appears. • Select No to complete the installation and click Finish . The installation of the printer is now complete. If prompted, re...
Page 13 - If Found New Hardware dialog box appears, click
Installation 9 8 The Local or Network Connection dialog box appears. Select Local Connection and click Next . 9 The Select Printer Model dialog box appears. From the list, select the Manufacturer and corresponding Printers you wish to connect, and click Next . N OTE • If Found New Hardware dialog bo...
Page 18 - Network Connection; To install using a Network Connection:
14 The installation of the printer is now complete. If prompted, restart your system. Network Connection This section describes how to install the printer driver when connecting to a network printer. To install using a Network Connection: 1 Ensure the computer and printer are turned off. 2 Connect t...
Page 22 - LPR Connection
18 13 The Printer Installed Successfully dialog box displays. Choose from one of the following options. • Select Yes to install additional printers and then click Next . The New Printer Installation dialog box appears. • Select No to complete the installation, and click Finish . The installation of ...
Page 29 - Saving; The displayed components may vary based on the printer model.
Installation 25 Installing Components You can expand the functions of your printer driver by installing components that compliment the ways in which you utilize your printer. For more information on profiles, refer to Saving Profiles on page 125. To install Printer Components: 1 Once the installatio...
Page 31 - Installing the Latest Printer Driver
Installation 27 The installation of the printer driver is now complete . If prompted, restart your system . Installing the Latest Printer Driver The latest Kyocera printer driver can be obtained from http://www.kyoceramita.com/ download/ , and can be installed using the Windows Add Printer Wizard . ...
Page 32 - The wizard can also be launched by clicking; in the
28 3 The Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard dialog box appears. Click Next and follow the instructions. 4 When the Completing the Add Printer Wizard dialog box appears, click Finish . 5 The Hardware Installation dialog box appears and the Hardware Installation warning message may display. If the warn...
Page 33 - Chapter 2 Printer Properties; Accessing Printer Properties
29 Chapter 2 Printer Properties This section explains how to customize the installed printer driver settings including: • Accessing Printer Properties • Installing Optional Devices • User Settings • Page Description Language (PDL) Settings • Administrator Settings • Compatibility Settings Follow the...
Page 34 - Installing Optional Devices; To install optional devices:
30 Installing Optional Devices If you use optional devices such as a paper feeder, finisher or an additional hard disk, specify the device on the Device Settings tab of the device properties. You can also specify the memory setting, PDL (Page Description Language) settings for the user, administrato...
Page 35 - Punch Settings; Device Options; The; dialog box appears if you select the; Assigning Virtual Mailboxes
Printer Properties 31 3 Select the check box of an optional device shown in blue, (such as the Finisher options), and a sub-dialog box appears with additional setting details. 4 In the Memory box, select the memory capacity of your printer. This setting is required to optimize the downloading of pri...
Page 38 - User Settings; Identification; Job Name Display
34 User Settings The following user information can be configured by clicking User... on the Device Settings tab. • Identification • Unit of Measurement • Language Preference Selection • Simplified User Interface (printer FS-1018 only) Identification You can display the user information for the curr...
Page 41 - KPDL; Media Type; Media
Printer Properties 37 2 The PDL Settings dialog box appears. Select select the desired languatge from the Page Description Language list. Refer to the table below for options and descriptions. 3 Settings... is available when the PDL is set to KPDL, and when PCL XL is selected on some models. PCL XL ...
Page 42 - The following settings can be specified by clicking; Job Accounting; Options; dialog box appearance and options will vary; dialog box shown below.
38 KPDL Administrator Settings The following settings can be specified by clicking Administrator... on the Device Settings tab. We recommend that the Administrator Settings should only be changed by the system administrator or authorized personnel. • Job Accounting • Job Name Display • Setting the A...
Page 44 - The password must be between 4 to 16 characters.
40 To set the Administrator password: 1 Select the Lock these Settings check box to access the Set Password dialog box. 2 In the Set Password dialog box, enter the new password in the New password field. Re-enter the password in the Confirm new password field and click OK . To change the Administrat...
Page 45 - Compatibility Settings
Printer Properties 41 2 The Enter Password dialog box appears. Enter the password and click OK . 3 The Administrator Settings dialog box appears. Clear the Lock these Settings check box. A Password message appears. 4 Click OK . Refer to Setting the Administrator Password on page 39 to enter a new pa...
Page 47 - Auto Configuration; Click; on the; tab in the Properties dialog box to; Windows 95 is not supported by KACT.
Printer Properties 43 5 Select the Ignore Application Collation check box to bypass the Collate setting in the application, and give priority to the printer driver setting. Auto Configuration The Auto Configuration Tool lets users automatically configure the physical device settings of a printer thr...
Page 51 - Chapter 3 Printing from Applications; Basic Printing Tasks; Basic Printing; dialog box does not look the same in every application.
47 Chapter 3 Printing from Applications This section describes the following printing tasks when printing from Microsoft Windows applications. • Basic Printing Tasks • Duplex Printing • Reverse Order Printing • Printing Watermarks • Adjusting Image Settings • Adjusting Color Basic Printing Tasks The...
Page 54 - Matching the Paper
50 8 Choose either Portrait or Landscape to match the document page orientation. You can rotate the document 180 degrees by enabling the Rotated check box. 9 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 10 Click OK to start printing. N OTE • For best results when printing on transparencies or recycle...
Page 55 - Printing from Applications; Scaling
Printing from Applications 51 Using a Different Print Size This section describes how to print documents of different sizes than the original document. The document image is automatically adjusted to match the output page size. 1 In the Properties dialog box, click the Media tab. 2 In the Page Size ...
Page 56 - Pages per Sheet list; Print Size; is selected; check box displays the page borders of each; mode in the KPDL mode settings to; . For further details on changing the
52 2 Specify the number of source pages in the Pages per Sheet list . You can select the horizontal direction for the page layout using Layout (Sequence) . Scaling Based on the page and print size specified in the Print Size on the Media tab, you can reduce or enlarge the image from 20 to 500% befor...
Page 59 - Printing on Paper of Non-Standard Sizes; in
Printing from Applications 55 Once printing begins, the printer automatically selects the paper to match the paper size and specified media type. Printing on Paper of Non-Standard Sizes The printer can print on custom sizes of paper by defining them as custom paper sizes. Follow these steps to save ...
Page 60 - The name can be up to 31 characters.
56 5 Click Custom... . The Custom Paper Sizes dialog box appears. 6 Click Add... . The Add Paper Size dialog box appears. Enter a name for your custom paper size in the Name field. 7 Enter the measurements in the Height and Width boxes in millimeters or inches. (Units are selected from the User dial...
Page 62 - Duplex Printing; Booklet Printing
58 3 Select the source cassette for the custom paper from the Source list. 4 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 5 Click OK to start printing. Duplex Printing This section describes how to enable the duplex printing option. In order to activate this printing option, the duplex unit must be i...
Page 63 - Manual Duplex
Printing from Applications 59 3 Select the Print on Both Sides (Duplex) check box. Choose either Flip on Long Edge or Flip on Short Edge . 4 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 5 Click OK to start printing. Manual Duplex Manual duplex enables printing on both sides of a sheet by ordering the...
Page 66 - Reverse Order Printing
62 Reverse Order Printing Prints document pages in reverse order, from the last page to the first. When heavy or other special papers are printed face up, the reverse order printing function places the order of pages into numerical order as shown below. Print pages in reverse order 1 Access the Prop...
Page 68 - Printing Watermarks; list has four standard and customized watermarks. For
64 Printing Watermarks When printing using watermarks, your preferred text is printed in the document background. You can choose one of four standard watermarks or enter your own text. Selecting the Watermark 1 From the application’s Print dialog box, access the Properties . (Select Print from the F...
Page 75 - Adjusting Image Settings; Enable the Cover Mode option in the Advanced Media Settings on the; tab
Printing from Applications 71 Watermark Page Settings 1 In the Page Specification area, choose from All pages, First page only, All pages except first page, or Only on specified pages for printing the watermark text. 2 Select the Print Onto Cover check box to select the cover page for printing the w...
Page 76 - Print Quality; When you select Custom for the Print Quality, then click
72 Print Quality You can specify the printer settings for Resolution and EcoPrint. 1 From the Print dialog box of the application, access the printer Properties . 2 In the Properties dialog box, click the Imaging tab. 3 Click to select the Print Quality from the Print Quality list. Options Descripti...
Page 79 - Substitute with Device fonts
Printing from Applications 75 2 In the Font Settings dialog box, enable the Disable Device fonts check box to prevent any substitution of TrueType fonts with built-in printer fonts. Selecting Fonts for Substitution 1 Select your preference for substitution from the Available Device Fonts for each sy...
Page 82 - Adjusting Color; Color Mode
78 Half Tone Screen Settings 1 Click Halftone Screen... on the Graphics Settings dialog box. The Halftone Screen Settings dialog box appears. 2 Clear the Use Printer’s Default Screens check box. 3 Select from the list for each item, or enter values into the boxes to make settings. Refer to the optio...
Page 85 - Ink Simulation
Printing from Applications 81 2 Select for your preferred settings. ICM Settings You can select an appropriate color reproduction method that agrees with the contents of the print data. 1 Select ICM to display ICM Settings... . Color Correction Options Descriptions Automatic Color matching is perfor...
Page 93 - This section describes useful functions of the printer driver.; Staple; Staple and Offset features cannot be used simultaneously.
89 Chapter 4 Using Optional Equipment This section describes useful functions of the printer driver. Staple The Staple feature is available on printers with an optional finisher installed. If a booklet stitcher unit is installed, the Booklet Printing feature is available. For further details, refer ...
Page 95 - Using Optional Equipment; and; cannot be used simultaneously.
Using Optional Equipment 91 document is printed that has a total of 58 pages, the print job will be split into two separate stapled sets of 50 and 8 pages. 5 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box, and click OK to start printing. 6 The final printed document is stapled by the finisher and delive...
Page 97 - Cover Mode, Page Insert, and Transparency Interleaving; Booklet
Using Optional Equipment 93 3 Select the Punch check box in the Finishing Options section, and select the number of holes. 4 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box, and click OK to begin printing. 5 Holes are punched in each printed page. Cover Mode, Page Insert, and Transparency Interleaving Th...
Page 101 - Page Insert; Transparency Interleaving
Using Optional Equipment 97 To edit cover printing options: 1 From the 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 is automatically selected. Heavy, thin, or other special papers m...
Page 103 - Combinations; From the
Using Optional Equipment 99 I Combinations To adjust media combination settings: 1 Enter the page number to insert. A page will be inserted between the page number you entered and the page before it. You can designate for pages to be inserted starting from page 2 and ending on page 255. 2 To designa...
Page 108 - Collating Modes; Sorter Modes
104 5 Click the Output tab, and set Finisher (Face-down ) for Output to . 6 Select the number of copies you wish to print. 7 Select the Staple check box. Booklet (Fold) printing is selected automatically. Click [...] to the right of the list and set the number of sheets to staple together. The maxim...
Page 111 - Mailbox Mode
Using Optional Equipment 107 3 Clear the Collate check box. 4 Click OK to return to the application’s Print dialog box and begin printing. The specified number of copies of each page of the document are delivered to each tray. Mailbox Mode 1 From the Output to list, select Mailbox Face-down . 2 Sele...
Page 112 - Rotate Collate; Job Settings; RAM Disk Settings
108 Rotate Collate The Rotate Collate stacks the sets produced in the top tray in alternating orientations. This function is available when printing using A4, B5, and letter size paper. During printing, the same size paper must be loaded into two separate paper cassettes. For example, Portrait (A4) ...
Page 113 - In the
Using Optional Equipment 109 Job Settings offers a variety of functions as listed below. Quick Copy After using the quick copy feature, a document can be reprinted from the operator panel. 1 In the Properties dialog box, click the Output tab, and then click Job Settings . The Job Settings dialog box...
Page 114 - The actual key operation may differ depending on the model.
110 2 In the Job Settings dialog box, enable the Job Storage (e-MPS) check box. For Quick Copy printing, select Quick Copy . 3 You can name the job for later reference when printing from the print operator panel. In Job Name , select Application Defined for automatic naming by the application. Or, s...
Page 115 - Private Print
Using Optional Equipment 111 3 Otherwise, press the T or S key until the correct name appears. 4 After the menu for specifying the number of print copies appears, press the T key once. Delete appears. 5 Press the ENTER key to delete the job. Proof and Hold 1 Access the Job Settings dialog box as ind...
Page 116 - Job Storage
112 3 You can name the job for later reference when printing from the print operator panel. • If you select Application Defined in Job Name the application automatically names the document. • In Job Name , select Custom to enter a name of your choice. The name can be up to 31 characters in length. 4...
Page 117 - Virtual Mailbox; Page
Using Optional Equipment 113 1 Access the Job Settings dialog box as indicated in the instructions for Quick Copy on page 109. Select Job Storage . 2 Select the Access Code check box and enter the desired four-digit access code using numbers between 0 and 9. When you want to print the saved jobs, en...
Page 123 - Temporary and Permanent Jobs; or
Using Optional Equipment 119 The job list information shows the number of saved jobs, number of pages, size, and other specific details for each virtual mailbox. The symbol to the left of a virtual mailbox indicates jobs in the mailbox. Printing Jobs in Virtual Mailboxes 1 On the printer operator pa...
Page 124 - Check that your printer has an optional hard disk installed.; For further details, refer to
120 The features are listed below: • Jobs are managed internally with job IDs and printed after saving by an application (KM-NETJob Manager). • Barcode Print Output is supported and facilitates future printing with an optional barcode reader. • Both types of jobs are saved on the hard disk, up to th...
Page 125 - , and then To reprint temporary or permanent
Using Optional Equipment 121 Using KM-NET for Clients to Print Saved Jobs Again To print out jobs, the KM-NET for Clients utility must first be installed on your computer. The utility is located on the supplied Kyocera Software Library CD-ROM. 1 From the CD-ROM Main Menu dialog box, select Printer U...
Page 126 - To delete jobs manually, right-click on the job name and select; For further details, refer to KM-NET for Clients Operation Guide.
122 5 Select the printer to connect and click Finish to return to the main dialog box of the KM- NET for Clients. 6 Select the printer icon displayed in the main dialog box and click Job Manager . Print jobs saved in the printer are displayed. 7 Right-click on the job name and select Print from the ...
Page 129 - Saving Profiles; Creating Profiles; tab, and it can be shared by each printer.
Using Optional Equipment 125 Saving Profiles You can save print settings made on the Media , Output or other tabs in the Printer Propterties dialog box. By creating a profile out of the saved settings, they can be easily recalled, eliminating the need to reset them on the dialog box tabs. Profiles c...
Page 131 - Editing Profiles
Using Optional Equipment 127 9 The Profile Selections displays the icon and name, and the Profile Information displays the settings and comment. Click Use to activate the displayed printer settings. Editing Profiles The Name, Icon Style, Icon Color, and Description of created and shared profiles can...
Page 135 - Setting Information; Device Settings; Displayed settings may vary depending on the PDL
Using Optional Equipment 131 Setting Information You can confirm settings made on the Media, Layout, Imaging, Color, Output, Prologue/ Epilogue, Watermark, and Device Settings tabs. By simply clicking Setting Information... on the Printing Preferences/Properties dialog box, current driver settings c...
Page 137 - Appendix A Available Fonts; Font Name; Albertus Extra Bold; ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book Oblique; ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi; Antique Olive; Antique Olive Bold; Antique Olive Italic; Arial Bold; Arial Italic; CG Times Bold; CG Times Italic; CG Omega Bold; CG Omega Italic; Clarendon Condensed Bold; Coronet; Courier Bold; Palatino Bold Italic; CourierPS Bold; CourierPS Oblique; Garamond Halbfett; Garamond Kursiv; Helvetica Bold; Helvetica Oblique; Helvetica Narrow Bold; Helvetica Narrow Oblique
133 Appendix A Available Fonts MTI (AGFA) 80 FONTS Font Name File Name Font Name File Name Albertus Extra Bold KYCW1_1.TTF ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book Oblique KYCW1_48.TTF Albertus Medium KYCW1_0.TTF ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi KYCW1_49.TTF Antique Olive KYCW1_2.TTF ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi Obliq...
Page 139 - Index
135 A Accessing Printer Properties 29 Adjusting Color 78 Administrator Password 39 Administrator Settings 38 Applications, printing from 47 Assigning Virtual Mailboxes 32 Auto Configuration 43 B Barcode Reader reading with 124 Basic Printing Tasks 47 Binding Left-Edge and Right-Edge 103 – 104 Bookle...
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