Page 2 - CONTENTS; PRINTING FROM WINDOWS; PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH
1 CONTENTS ABOUT THIS MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 • MANUALS PROVIDED WITH THE MACHINE . . . 4 PRINTER FUNCTION OF THE MACHINE . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 • SELECTING THE PAPER . . . . . . . . ...
Page 3 - CHANGING THE JOB QUEUE
2 4 PRINTING WITHOUT THE PRINTER DRIVER DIRECTLY PRINTING FROM THE MACHINE. . . . . . 48 • DIRECTLY PRINTING A FILE ON AN FTP SERVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 • DIRECTLY PRINTING A FILE IN USB MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 4 - ABOUT THIS MANUAL; Please note; Warning
3 ABOUT THIS MANUAL Please note • For information on installing the drivers and software cited in this manual, please refer to the separate Software Setup Guide. • For information on your operating system, please refer to your operating system manual or the online Help function. • The explanations o...
Page 5 - MANUALS PROVIDED WITH THE MACHINE; Printed manuals; Icons used in the manuals
4 MANUALS PROVIDED WITH THE MACHINE Printed manuals and manuals stored in PDF format on the machine's hard drive are provided with the machine. When using the machine, read the appropriate manual for the feature you are using. Printed manuals Operation manuals in PDF format The manuals in PDF format...
Page 6 - PRINTER FUNCTION OF THE MACHINE; Printer driver type
5 PRINTER FUNCTION OF THE MACHINE This machine has a full colour printing function which can be used in a Windows environment as a standard feature. The printer driver can be installed from the provided CD-ROM to enable printing from your computer.Expansion kits are available to enable the machine t...
Page 7 - BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE
6 BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE The following example explains how to print a document from "WordPad", which is a standard accessory program in Windows. 1 PRINTING FROM WINDOWS 1 Select [Print] from the [File] menu of WordPad. The menu used to execute printing may vary depending on the software a...
Page 8 - Select print settings.
7 3 Select print settings. (1) Click the [Paper] tab. (2) Select the paper size. To select settings on other tabs, click the desired tab and then select the settings. (3) Click the [OK] button. 4 Click the [Print] button. Printing begins.In Windows 98/Me/NT 4.0, click the [OK] button. The print job ...
Page 9 - SELECTING THE PAPER
8 SELECTING THE PAPER This section explains how to configure the "Paper Selection" setting on the [Paper] tab of the printer driver properties window.Before printing, check the paper sizes, paper types, and paper remaining in the machine's trays. To view the most recent tray information, cli...
Page 11 - Enter your login name and password.
10 2 Enter your login name and password. (1) Click the [Job Handling] tab. (2) Enter your user information. • When authentication is by login name/password Select the [Login Name] and [Password] checkboxes so that checkmarks appear, and enter your login name and password. Enter 1 to 32 characters fo...
Page 12 - VIEWING PRINTER DRIVER HELP; Information icon
11 VIEWING PRINTER DRIVER HELP When selecting settings in the printer driver, you can display Help to view explanations of the settings. Pop-up help To view Help for a setting, click the button in the upper right-hand corner of the window and then click the setting. You can also view the same Help b...
Page 13 - SELECTING THE COLOUR MODE
12 SELECTING THE COLOUR MODE This section explains how to select the "Color Mode" on the [Color] tab of the printer driver properties window. The following three selections are available for the "Color Mode".Automatic: The machine automatically determines whether each page is colour ...
Page 14 - BLACK AND WHITE PRINTING; Select the colour mode.
13 BLACK AND WHITE PRINTING Black and white printing can be selected on the [Main] tab as well as on the [Color] tab. Click the [Black and White Print] checkbox on the [Main] tab so that a checkmark appears . The [Black and White Print] checkbox on the [Main] tab and the "Color Mode" setting...
Page 17 - FITTING THE PRINT IMAGE TO THE PAPER
16 FITTING THE PRINT IMAGE TO THE PAPER This function is used to automatically enlarge or reduce the printed image to the size of the paper loaded in the machine.This is convenient for such purposes as enlarging an A4 or letter size document to A3 or ledger size paper to make it easier to view, and ...
Page 19 - PRINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE PAGE
18 PRINTING MULTIPLE PAGES ON ONE PAGE This function can be used to reduce a print image and print multiple pages on a single sheet of paper.This is convenient when you want to print multiple images such as photos on a single sheet of paper, and when you want to conserve paper. This function can als...
Page 22 - (2) Select the staple function or the punch
21 1 Open the printer driver properties window from the print window of the software application. (1) Select the printer driver of the machine. (2) Click the [Preferences] button. The button that is used to open the printer driver properties window (usually [Properties] or [Printing Preferences]) ma...
Page 23 - Selecting the settings:
22 This section explains convenient functions for specific printing objectives. The procedures for selecting these functions assume that the printer driver properties window has been opened from the print window of your application and that basic settings such as the paper size have been selected. W...
Page 24 - CREATING A LARGE POSTER (Poster Printing)
23 INCREASING THE MARGIN (Margin Shift) This function is used to shift the print image to increase the margin at the left, right, or top of the paper. This is convenient when you wish to staple or punch the output, but the binding position overlaps the text. When a finisher or saddle stitch finisher...
Page 25 - ABCD
24 FUNCTIONS TO ADJUST THE SIZE AND ORIENTATION OF DATA ROTATING THE PRINT IMAGE 180 DEGREES (Rotate 180 degrees) This feature enables the image to be rotated 180 degrees so that it can be printed correctly on paper that can only be loaded in one orientation (such as envelopes or paper with punch ho...
Page 27 - COLOUR MODE ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION
26 COLOUR MODE ADJUSTMENT FUNCTION ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST OF THE IMAGE (Color Adjustment) The brightness and contrast can be adjusted in the print settings when printing a photo or other image. These settings can be used for simple corrections when you do not have image editing softwa...
Page 31 - CREATING OVERLAYS FOR PRINT DATA (Overlays)
30 CREATING OVERLAYS FOR PRINT DATA (Overlays) The print data can be printed in a previously created overlay. By creating table rulings or a decorative frame in an application different from the text and registering the data as an overlay file, an attractive print result can be easily obtained witho...
Page 35 - PRINTING TEXT ON TABS OF TAB PAPER (Tab Printing)
34 PRINTING TEXT ON TABS OF TAB PAPER (Tab Printing) This function is used to print text on the tabs of tab paper. Printing tab data created in the printer driver (PCL6 only) Enter the text to be printed on the tabs in [Tab Paper Print] on the [Paper] tab of the printer driver properties window, and...
Page 36 - CONVENIENT PRINTER FUNCTIONS
35 CONVENIENT PRINTER FUNCTIONS USING TWO MACHINES TO PRINT A LARGE PRINT JOB (Tandem Print) Two machines are required to use this function.Tandem Print allows you to divide a large print job between two machines connected to your network.The machines simultaneously print each half of the job, makin...
Page 38 - SAVING SETTINGS AT THE TIME OF PRINTING; Save the print settings.
37 SAVING FREQUENTLY USED PRINT SETTINGS Settings configured on each tab at the time of printing can be saved as user settings. Saving frequently used settings or complex colour settings under an assigned name makes it easy to select those settings the next time you need to use them. SAVING SETTINGS...
Page 39 - Check and save the settings.
38 3 Check and save the settings. (1) Check the displayed settings. (2) Enter a name for the settings (maximum of 20 characters). (3) Click the [OK] button. 4 Click the [OK] button. 5 Start printing. • Up to 30 sets of user settings can be saved. • The following items cannot be saved in user setting...
Page 40 - USING SAVED SETTINGS; Deleting saved settings; Select the print settings.; (1) Select the user settings that you wish to
39 USING SAVED SETTINGS Deleting saved settings Select the user settings that you want to delete in step 2 above, and click the [Delete] button. 1 Open the printer driver properties window from the print window of the software application. (1) Select the printer driver of the machine. (2) Click the ...
Page 41 - Open the printer properties window.; (1) Click the icon of the printer driver of the
40 CHANGING THE PRINTER DRIVER DEFAULT SETTINGS The default settings of the printer driver can be changed using the procedure below. The settings selected using this procedure are saved and become the default settings when printing from a software application. (Settings selected in the printer drive...
Page 43 - SELECT PAPER SETTINGS; Select paper settings.; (1) Make sure that the correct printer is
42 BASIC PRINTING PROCEDURE The following example explains how to print a document from "TextEdit", which is a standard accessory program in Mac OS X. SELECT PAPER SETTINGS Select paper settings in the printer driver before selecting the print command. 3 PRINTING FROM A MACINTOSH The PS3 exp...
Page 44 - PRINT
43 PRINT 1 Select [Print] from the [File] menu of TextEdit. 2 Make sure that the correct printer is selected. • The machine name that appears in the "Printer" menu is normally [SCxxxxxx]. ("xxxxxx" is a sequence of characters that varies depending on the machine model.) • The print w...
Page 47 - Display the job handling screen.
46 PRINTING WHEN THE USER AUTHENTICATION FUNCTION IS ENABLED When the user authentication function is enabled in the machine's system settings (administrator), your user information (login name, password, etc.) must be entered when you print. The information that must be entered varies depending on ...
Page 49 - DIRECTLY PRINTING FROM THE MACHINE; DIRECTLY PRINTING A FILE ON AN FTP SERVER; DOCUMENT
48 When you do not have the printer driver installed on your computer, or when the software application used to open a file that you wish to print is not available, you can print directly to the machine without using the printer driver.The file types (and corresponding extensions) that can be printe...
Page 50 - Access the FTP server.; (2) Touch the key of the FTP server that you; Print the selected file.
49 2 Touch the [External Data Access] key. The [External Data Access] key cannot be touched if an FTP server is not configured. 3 Access the FTP server. (1) Touch the [FTP] key. (2) Touch the key of the FTP server that you wish to access. 4 Touch the key of the file that you wish to print. • The ico...
Page 51 - DIRECTLY PRINTING A FILE IN USB MEMORY
50 DIRECTLY PRINTING A FILE IN USB MEMORY A file in a USB memory device connected to the machine can be printed from the operation panel of the machine without using the printer driver. When the printer driver of the machine is not installed on your computer, you can copy a file into a commercially ...
Page 53 - DIRECTLY PRINTING FROM A COMPUTER; SUBMIT PRINT JOB
52 DIRECTLY PRINTING FROM A COMPUTER Settings can be configured in the Web pages of the machine to enable direct printing from a computer without using the printer driver. SUBMIT PRINT JOB You can specify a file to be printed directly without using the printer driver.In addition to a file on your co...
Page 55 - Select the encrypted PDF print job.; (3) Touch the print job key of the PDF file that; JOB STATUS
54 PRINTING AN ENCRYPTED PDF FILE Encrypted PDF is used to protect a PDF file by requiring the entry of a password to print or edit the file. To directly print an encrypted PDF file on an FTP server or in a USB memory device, follow the steps below to enter the password and begin printing. The PS3 e...
Page 56 - GIVING A PRINT JOB PRIORITY; Give the desired job priority.; (3) Touch the key of the print job to which you
55 GIVING A PRINT JOB PRIORITY / CANCELLING A PRINT JOB GIVING A PRINT JOB PRIORITY When the machine is busy copying or printing a received fax or other job, you can give priority to a print job that is waiting to be printed and print it ahead of the other jobs. 5 CHANGING THE JOB QUEUE 1 Press the ...
Page 57 - CANCELLING A PRINT JOB; (3) Touch the key of the print job that you wish
56 CANCELLING A PRINT JOB A job being printed, a job waiting to be printed, or a spooled job can be cancelled. 1 Press the [JOB STATUS] key. 2 Cancel the job. (1) Touch the [Print Job] key. (2) Change the print job status mode to [Spool] or [Job Queue]. Touch this key to change modes. The selected m...
Page 61 - Printer Guide
MX4500-EX-PRT-Z2 Printer Guide MX-3500NMX-3501NMX-4500NMX-4501N MX-2300GMX-2300NMX-2700GMX-2700N MODEL:
