Kyocera TASKalfa5550ci - Manual

1 Installation A printer driver is an application that manages communication between a printerand your computer. Once installed, the printer driver settings must beconfigured in the printer Properties and Printing Preferences . Note: In Windows operating systems, you must be logged in with administr...

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 C...

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 message appea...

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 yourcomputer. Custom Installation Custom Mode applies to driver installation for a USB or network connec...

Installation 7 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 ofthe installed driver components. Enable Status Monitor The Status Monitor displays system status messages ...

Installation The installation of the printer is now complete. If prompted, restart yourcomputer. Installing in Custom Mode with a USB Connection using CustomSelect This section describes the custom installation procedure of the driver softwarein Windows operating systems using a USB connection. With...

Installation This selection verifies a connection with the printer and creates a print out ofthe 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....

Installation 1 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 instruction...

Installation 3 Click Printing Preferences . 4 In the 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 thememory setting in the driver with the memory installed in your printing system,which lets the driver manage font downloads mor...

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 t...

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 such as input devices. When your computer is connected to the printing systemthrough a TCP/IP or WSD port, the Auto ...

Device Settings Administrator Settings Administrator Settings lets you set options that include controlling accessibility, displaying features in the interface and setting a password tocontrol access to the Administrator Settings options. Selections vary according to printing system model. In a clie...

Device Settings Associate Profile with Application This option lets you set all printing from each installed application to use thesame 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...

Device Settings This option ensures secure Auto Configure communication using a user name and password. Authentication and privacy options are available byselecting Settings . Apply to other models This option displays a list of installed printing systems to apply the selectedsettings. SNMPv3 Option...

Device 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. Lock Settings An administrator can specify settings at the tab or feature level in the driver, andthen lock them. The se...

Device Settings The password set by the administrator temporarily unlocks driver features. Itprompts 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...

Device Settings prompted to contact an administrator to establish printing permissions. Withadministrator permissions, the driver prompts for the Login user name and Password . Along with the Windows User name , these are then added to the list so succeeding print jobs do not require the user to ent...

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 accountIDs can be stored in the printer driver for use with multiple printing systems. Job Accounting Options Job accounting supports the fol...

Device 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. 7 For some options, when the Print Options dialog box appears, type or select an account ID, and click OK . User Settings User Settings lets you speci...

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 com...

Device Settings Selecting a PDL You can select a page description language from PDL options. 1 In Device Settings > PDL > 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 graph...

Device Settings Arc4 128 This encryption option provides low level security for a PDF document. Thisoption supports Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader 6.0, or later. AES 128 This encryption option provides high level security for a PDF document. Thisoption supports Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader 7.0, or...

Device Settings 2 Click Settings . 3 In the PDF Settings dialog box, select Print and save . 4 Click Settings , and select from print and save options. See the PDF Options topic for details. 5 Click OK in all dialog boxes. 6 Open and print the document. 7 Name and save the PDF file. XPS Driver In Wi...

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 otherdriver. 3 Click OK in the Compatibility Settings and Properties dialog boxes. You can restore all the options in Compatibility ...

Device Settings 1 In Device Settings , click Kyocera logo > 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 the 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 Inst...

Quick Print This icon changes between color and black and white printing. Collate This icon changes the ordering of the printed pages. The page orderingsequence can either be 123, 123, or 111, 222 and so on. You can alsoreverse the order of the printed pages (321, 321) by selecting the Reverse check...

Quick Print 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 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 cont...

Quick Print 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 . Profiles In Profiles ,...

Quick Print 2 Click Profiles > Save . 3 To identify the profile, type a Name , select an Icon , and type a Description . 4 Click OK to save the profile. The newly added profile appears in the Profiles dialog box. 5 Click Apply to use the selected profile for the current print job, or click OK to ...

Quick Print Exporting a Profile 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. 1 Click Profiles . 2 In the Select profile section, select the profile to be exported, and click Export . 3...

Quick Print Editing an Association You can change the name, file, and profile for an association. 1 In any 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 Assoc...

4 Basic In the Basic tab, you can specify the most commonly used printer driver settings. Basic Settings 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 ofthe actual paper size...

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 multiplecopies, select Collate . If Reverse is selected, the printed p...

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...

Basic 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 Printing in Duplex Mode You can print on both sides of each page. 1 In the Basic tab, select Print on both sides . 2 Select either Fl...

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 override...

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 beforeprinting, click the “X” button. If you are satisfied with the preview, click the printer button to print the job. Kyocera Logo ...

5 Layout In the Layout tab, you can arrange document data on printed pages without affecting the original document. 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 andreadabilit...

Layout 5 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 6 Click OK to start printing. Scaling 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 selecte...

Layout Ensure that Print size in the Basic tab, is larger than the page size. For example, with Full Bleed selected, and in Basic > Paper , you select Print size > Letter (100%) and Pages Sizes > Envelope #10 , there will be a lot of white space around the document for you to trim after pri...

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 ...

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 agutter, stapling and punching holes. Separation The Separation feature stacks print jobs so that one print job can be distinguished...

Finishing 2 Select a number of copies greater than 1. 3 In Finishing > 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 offs...

Finishing your document. You can select the direction of the folds. You can also select thenumber of pages produced as output. Printing with Tri-Fold With a folding unit installed, you can create a folded document. 1 In the Finishing tab, select Tri-Fold . 2 In Print Side , select one of the two opt...

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 You can align the matching sides...

Finishing The top two settings (A4/Letter) are for the smaller size paper in the mixedpage document. The second row of settings (A3/Legal/Ledger) is for the larger size paper inthe mixed page document. Note that a change to one custom Finishing edge setting adjusts other selections to make them comp...

Finishing destination compatible with that finishing option. The destination isautomatically updated to the first available output tray that supports the selectedfinishing option. Staple selects the Destination automatically. If the Finishing options are changed, the Destination selection is not aff...

Finishing 3 Click OK to return to the Print dialog box. 4 Click OK to start printing. User Guide 6-7

7 Imaging In the Imaging tab, you can manage print quality and color settings. 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 pri...

Imaging 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. 1 In the Imaging tab, in the Print Quality list, select Custom . 2 Select the EcoPrint check box. 3 Select the level of t...

Imaging System fonts are the primary fonts used by the operating system. They are typically accessed through an application interface or through a common fontdialog box. Device fonts are stored either permanently or temporarily in the printing system memory. Font Settings The Font Settings dialog bo...

Imaging Setting Font Substitution You can use one font in place of another. 1 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 Pri...

Imaging 2 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, oftenincl...

Imaging This setting increases print speed and decreases spool size. It deliversimages 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 binaryformat created in Fast printing , the ASCII t...

Imaging This option is for printing documents that contain many graphs, charts ordrawings. 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 m...

Imaging This option is for matching colors precisely in all print jobs, such as colors ina corporate logo. Optimize for color contrast (best for images) This option optimizes for color contrast by adjusting contrast to preservedetail throughout the tonal range. Select it for images or scannedphotogr...

Imaging 4 Select the Color Management tab and click Add . 5 In the Add Profile Association dialog box, select a color profile from the list and click Add . 6 In the Color Management tab, select Manual . 7 Select the desired color profile from the list and click Set as Default . 8 Click Apply . Color...

Imaging 6 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 ...

Imaging Select this option if the driver receives full-color data from the application. Black & White Adjustment Black & White adjustment settings change the brightness and contrast ofgraphics. These settings are useful if graphic images are printing too light, toogray, or too dark. Text rem...

Imaging Print graphics as black This option prints all color graphics with black, rather than grayscale. Thisfeature is implemented for CAD applications. Black & White must be selected as the Color mode . User Guide 7-12

8 Publishing In the Publishing tab, you can create covers and inserts for a print job, and add backing sheets between transparencies. 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 maindocum...

Publishing 5 Click OK to start printing. Cover Mode Options Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Front Inserts a blank front cover. Front Prints on the outside surface of thefront cover. Front outside Front Prints on the inside surface of the frontcover. Front inside Prints on the outside and in...

Publishing Check Box Selection Cover Insertion Type Prints on the inside surface of the Front and back back cover and inserts a blank frontcover. Back inside Prints on the outside surface of the Front and back back cover and inserts a blank frontcover. Back outside Prints on both sides of the back c...

Publishing 1 In the Publishing tab, select Cover mode . 2 In 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 matchingthat media type is automatically selected. 3 Click OK to return to the Print dialog...

Publishing Page Insertion Options Check Box Selection Page Insertion Type Page insert Inserts a blank page. Page insert Prints on the front side of the insertedpage. Print onto front Page insert Prints on the back side of the insertedpage. Print onto back Prints on both sides of the inserted Page in...

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 c...

Job Quick copy Hard disk No When sent from the When printingcomputer system is turned offor hard disk is full Proof and hold Hard disk No One copy when job When printingis sent; remaining system is turned off copies later Private print Hard disk Yes When access code When printingis entered at system...

Job password to the custom box list in the driver. With user permissions, the printjob is canceled. You will be prompted to contact an administrator to establishprinting permissions. Quick Copy Quick copy is a Job storage (e-MPS) option that prints all copies of a print job and stores the job tempor...

Job 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 . Printing a Proof and Hold Job Proof and hold lets you print one copy of a multicopy job to proof before printing the re...

Job Job Storage 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 ofprotecting the print job from unauthorized printing by using an access code. Thisfeature is available when a hard disk is installed ...

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 usersends two print jobs with the same user name and job name, the second jobreplaces the first job without any prompt. To pre...

10 Advanced In the Advanced tab, you can choose special features that extend the capabilities of the printing system. 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, utilizespro...

Advanced 1 In Advanced > Prologue/Epilogue , select a Prologue/Epilogue file name from the list, and then click Edit . 2 After your text editor opens, make your changes to the file. 3 Save the file and exit. Note: Editing and saving a command file replaces the contents of the existing local or ne...

Advanced Unassigned The selected command file is not inserted into the print job. This selection canbe used when you are working with multiple command files and want to usesome but not others. Select Unassigned for the command files you do not want to use in the print job. Beginning of the print job...

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 th...

Advanced 1 In Advanced > Watermark > 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 fir...

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...

Advanced When selecting Color Mode > Black & White in the Imaging tab, the only option for watermark colors is black. 9 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. 10 Adjust the ca...

Advanced 2 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 option prints the secu...

Advanced 2 From the application's File menu, click Print , then click Preferences or Properties to open the Properties dialog box. 3 In Advanced > Color Optimizer > Color adjustment , select Custom 1 , Custom 2 , or Custom 3 . 4 Under Printer profile , select from available options. 5 Select a...

Advanced 4 Move the pointer over the Status Monitor image to display balloon-style status messages containing information about printing system activity and the printerport. You can click the toner icon to display toner levels. 5 To display a list of options, right-click the Status Monitor icon in t...

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 t...

Advanced Select the Enable client profile check box for using custom profiles locally in the driver. KX DRIVER 10-12