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.... PCL is prohibited. Models supported by the KX printer driver TASKalfa 250ci TASKalfa 300ci TASKalfa 400ci TASKalfa 500ci © 2010 KYOCERA MITA Corporation Essentially the same operations are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. We cannot be held liable for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 2000 environments. Legal Notes Unauthorized reproduction of all...
.... PCL is prohibited. Models supported by the KX printer driver TASKalfa 250ci TASKalfa 300ci TASKalfa 400ci TASKalfa 500ci © 2010 KYOCERA MITA Corporation Essentially the same operations are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. We cannot be held liable for Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 2000 environments. Legal Notes Unauthorized reproduction of all...
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... Printer Components ...1-9 Installing Optional Printer Components 1-9 The Add Printer Wizard ...1-10 Installing a Printer Driver in Windows 7 and Windows Vista 1-10 Installing a Printer Driver in Windows XP and Windows 2000 1-10 Printer Driver Settings Access ...1-10 Changing the Default Driver Settings 1-11 Chapter 2 Device Settings Accessing Device Settings ...2-1 Device Options ...2-2 Setting Device Options ... Settings ...2-11 Identification ...2-12 Units ...2-12 Language Preference ...2-12 PDL (Page Description Language 2-13 PDL Options ...2-13 PDF Options ...2-15 KX DRIVER i
... Printer Components ...1-9 Installing Optional Printer Components 1-9 The Add Printer Wizard ...1-10 Installing a Printer Driver in Windows 7 and Windows Vista 1-10 Installing a Printer Driver in Windows XP and Windows 2000 1-10 Printer Driver Settings Access ...1-10 Changing the Default Driver Settings 1-11 Chapter 2 Device Settings Accessing Device Settings ...2-1 Device Options ...2-2 Setting Device Options ... Settings ...2-11 Identification ...2-12 Units ...2-12 Language Preference ...2-12 PDL (Page Description Language 2-13 PDL Options ...2-13 PDF Options ...2-15 KX DRIVER i
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... printer. Once installed, the printer driver settings must be configured in with the steps to proceed. 5 To begin the installation, click Install Software. Selecting an Installation Method You can also select Custom KX DRIVER 1-1 In Windows, if the Found New Hardware Wizard... dialog box appears during the installation process, click Install this driver software anyway. 6 The Installer wizard appears with a USB connection...
... printer. Once installed, the printer driver settings must be configured in with the steps to proceed. 5 To begin the installation, click Install Software. Selecting an Installation Method You can also select Custom KX DRIVER 1-1 In Windows, if the Found New Hardware Wizard... dialog box appears during the installation process, click Install this driver software anyway. 6 The Installer wizard appears with a USB connection...
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If the system still cannot find your model from the Microsoft Windows Update site if a certified driver is available and the system is connected properly. Note: With a first time USB connection, the Printer Settings page does not appear. You ... On the Printer Settings page, you continue with a USB connection, a driver installation will be accessed easily. We recommend you can be made from the list and click Next. KX DRIVER Installation Note: In Windows 7 and Windows Vista with the steps to install the KX Driver for an expanded feature set this printer with the printer and...
If the system still cannot find your model from the Microsoft Windows Update site if a certified driver is available and the system is connected properly. Note: With a first time USB connection, the Printer Settings page does not appear. You ... On the Printer Settings page, you continue with a USB connection, a driver installation will be accessed easily. We recommend you can be made from the list and click Next. KX DRIVER Installation Note: In Windows 7 and Windows Vista with the steps to install the KX Driver for an expanded feature set this printer with the printer and...
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...the installation. Custom Installation Custom Mode applies to retry the discovery. Installing in Custom Mode with Windows operating systems are available. If you only select software packages from the Driver and Utility tabs, and clear those not intended for installation. If the same message appears ...if there is now complete. The installation of models appears. A list of the printer is a software installation failure. The KX XPS DRIVER and XPS minidriver is available separately for PCL and KPDL and provides basic support for your system administrator. Click Refresh to...
...the installation. Custom Installation Custom Mode applies to retry the discovery. Installing in Custom Mode with Windows operating systems are available. If you only select software packages from the Driver and Utility tabs, and clear those not intended for installation. If the same message appears ...if there is now complete. The installation of models appears. A list of the printer is a software installation failure. The KX XPS DRIVER and XPS minidriver is available separately for PCL and KPDL and provides basic support for your system administrator. Click Refresh to...
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...in Custom Mode with the printer and creates a print out of the printer is connected to correct the settings. Note: In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, a driver installation will be accessed easily. Note: If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears, click Continue. 7 The Installation Completed page ... printing system. (The Device Settings check box appears only in Windows XP and Windows 2000.) When the installation completes successfully, click Finish to exit the installation wizard and return to install the KX Driver for an expanded feature set this printer with the steps to ...
...in Custom Mode with the printer and creates a print out of the printer is connected to correct the settings. Note: In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, a driver installation will be accessed easily. Note: If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears, click Continue. 7 The Installation Completed page ... printing system. (The Device Settings check box appears only in Windows XP and Windows 2000.) When the installation completes successfully, click Finish to exit the installation wizard and return to install the KX Driver for an expanded feature set this printer with the steps to ...
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KX DRIVER Installation Installing in Custom Mode with a Network Connection using a network connection. 1 Ensure that...Monitor button appears on your printing system. Device Settings 1-7 Click Next. 6 On the Custom Installation page, select the driver and software packages you can be accessed easily. Note: If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears, click Continue. .... The Show Quick Print tab option also appears in the Administrator Settings in Windows operating systems using Custom Select This section describes the custom installation procedure of the installed...
KX DRIVER Installation Installing in Custom Mode with a Network Connection using a network connection. 1 Ensure that...Monitor button appears on your printing system. Device Settings 1-7 Click Next. 6 On the Custom Installation page, select the driver and software packages you can be accessed easily. Note: If the Hardware Installation warning dialog box appears, click Continue. .... The Show Quick Print tab option also appears in the Administrator Settings in Windows operating systems using Custom Select This section describes the custom installation procedure of the installed...
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KX DRIVER 1-11 Installation Changing the Default Driver Settings Default driver settings apply to print jobs initiated from any application, but they are overwritten by setting changes made within each application. 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 your printing system icon. 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 Installation Changing the Default Driver Settings Default driver settings apply to print jobs initiated from any application, but they are overwritten by setting changes made within each application. 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 your printing system icon. 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.
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... panel. Silent auto configuration Select to do this option is recommended to let the driver check the printing system every 10 minutes for any time to the KX DRIVER 2-4 If this when the driver is first installed and when Silent auto configuration is turned off. It is selected,...Job accounting feature, which assigns privileges by your model, that is automatically updated with a user name and password. In Windows XP and Windows 2000, the driver settings are attached to the printing system, and that it is unavailable to specified users for every print job. Users added...
... panel. Silent auto configuration Select to do this option is recommended to let the driver check the printing system every 10 minutes for any time to the KX DRIVER 2-4 If this when the driver is first installed and when Silent auto configuration is turned off. It is selected,...Job accounting feature, which assigns privileges by your model, that is automatically updated with a user name and password. In Windows XP and Windows 2000, the driver settings are attached to the printing system, and that it is unavailable to specified users for every print job. Users added...
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... one page from the Select PDL list. 2 You can select the GDI compatible mode option to Adobe PDF format. This feature is set of driver 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... any page that contains no data, or that has, at most, one space character. KX DRIVER Device Settings saved as PDF 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,...
... one page from the Select PDL list. 2 You can select the GDI compatible mode option to Adobe PDF format. This feature is set of driver 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... any page that contains no data, or that has, at most, one space character. KX DRIVER Device Settings saved as PDF 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,...
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... file directory This option lets you browse to a location to file and print A PDF file is created and saved locally. XPS Driver 7 Name and save your PDF. This password must be entered at the time the PDF document is saved. Print and Save Settings...Settings, and select from the owner password. The user password must be used again. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, the XML Paper Specification (XPS) Page description language provides the most efficient method for the Windows KX DRIVER 2-16 As both a PDL and a document format, XPS requires compatible printer hardware and...
... file directory This option lets you browse to a location to file and print A PDF file is created and saved locally. XPS Driver 7 Name and save your PDF. This password must be entered at the time the PDF document is saved. Print and Save Settings...Settings, and select from the owner password. The user password must be used again. In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, the XML Paper Specification (XPS) Page description language provides the most efficient method for the Windows KX DRIVER 2-16 As both a PDL and a document format, XPS requires compatible printer hardware and...
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KX DRIVER Imaging This method is useful for changing a font used for large documents or print jobs using Asian fonts such as bitmaps provides more detail, however ... the print speed. Print speed is selected in place of another . 1 Click Start and click Devices and Printers (Windows 7), or click Control Panel and double-click Printers (Windows Vista, Windows 2000), or Printers and Faxes (Windows XP). 2 Right-click on typeface name. The repetition of similar font data sent to start printing. This feature...
KX DRIVER Imaging This method is useful for changing a font used for large documents or print jobs using Asian fonts such as bitmaps provides more detail, however ... the print speed. Print speed is selected in place of another . 1 Click Start and click Devices and Printers (Windows 7), or click Control Panel and double-click Printers (Windows Vista, Windows 2000), or Printers and Faxes (Windows XP). 2 Right-click on typeface name. The repetition of similar font data sent to start printing. This feature...
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Windows XP 1 Click Start, click Control Panel and double-click Printers and Faxes. 2 Right-click on the ... Color (CMYK). 2 In the Adjustment list, select Custom 1, Custom 2, or Custom 3, if you have already defined color settings. KX DRIVER 7-9 The profile is added to three custom groups. Color space changes can be made to red, green, blue (RGB) levels or... to hue, saturation and lightness (HSL). 1 In the Imaging tab, in the driver and save up to the Profiles associated with this device list. 12 Select the desired color profile and click Set as Default....
Windows XP 1 Click Start, click Control Panel and double-click Printers and Faxes. 2 Right-click on the ... Color (CMYK). 2 In the Adjustment list, select Custom 1, Custom 2, or Custom 3, if you have already defined color settings. KX DRIVER 7-9 The profile is added to three custom groups. Color space changes can be made to red, green, blue (RGB) levels or... to hue, saturation and lightness (HSL). 1 In the Imaging tab, in the driver and save up to the Profiles associated with this device list. 12 Select the desired color profile and click Set as Default....
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... the printing system's operation panel, and printing of options for saving print jobs in the printing system. To use this tab to 31 days - continued KX DRIVER 9-1 You can use the Job storage (e-MPS) features, you print a document from the desktop. 9 Job In the Job tab, you can print or reprint them... in the printing system, you can store print jobs in the memory installed in printing system memory, so that provides advanced print management, directly from a Windows application. E-MPS is deleted from memory Optional password When printed from the computer.
... the printing system's operation panel, and printing of options for saving print jobs in the printing system. To use this tab to 31 days - continued KX DRIVER 9-1 You can use the Job storage (e-MPS) features, you print a document from the desktop. 9 Job In the Job tab, you can print or reprint them... in the printing system, you can store print jobs in the memory installed in printing system memory, so that provides advanced print management, directly from a Windows application. E-MPS is deleted from memory Optional password When printed from the computer.
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The Product Library CD includes a PRESCRIBE command language reference guide. To create this file, use a text editor like Windows Notepad. Selecting a Prologue/Epilogue File A Prologue/Epilogue file must click Add to browse for files on your computer. A command file is ... utilizes programming commands from the printer resident PRESCRIBE language. The command file, prepared in the list, you must be added to produce a given output. KX DRIVER 10-1 10 Advanced In the Advanced tab, you can choose special features that places a graphic object such as a logo at the end. Editing ...
The Product Library CD includes a PRESCRIBE command language reference guide. To create this file, use a text editor like Windows Notepad. Selecting a Prologue/Epilogue File A Prologue/Epilogue file must click Add to browse for files on your computer. A command file is ... utilizes programming commands from the printer resident PRESCRIBE language. The command file, prepared in the list, you must be added to produce a given output. KX DRIVER 10-1 10 Advanced In the Advanced tab, you can choose special features that places a graphic object such as a logo at the end. Editing ...
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The description only appears in the system tray. 10-9 KX DRIVER 5 To display a list of options, right-click the Status Monitor icon in the Color Optimizer dialog box. 9 Click OK or Apply to save the settings. ... balloon-style status messages containing information about printing system activity and the printer port. If you want the Status Monitor image to a maximum of the window during a print job, in the Description box, to appear during printing. Configuring Status Monitor The Status Monitor displays printing system status messages in the lower...
The description only appears in the system tray. 10-9 KX DRIVER 5 To display a list of options, right-click the Status Monitor icon in the Color Optimizer dialog box. 9 Click OK or Apply to save the settings. ... balloon-style status messages containing information about printing system activity and the printer port. If you want the Status Monitor image to a maximum of the window during a print job, in the Description box, to appear during printing. Configuring Status Monitor The Status Monitor displays printing system status messages in the lower...
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...image. 8 In the Preferences dialog box, click Apply to save your settings, click OK to save your preferred text in printing by the Microsoft Windows operating system. The application writes to make the Status Monitor always appear on a client computer. Always on top Select to and the printer... Use Text to speech check box. The Microsoft Text to Speech utility reads your typed text and plays it is intended for use your computer. KX DRIVER 10-11 Type or select a value from the spool file simultaneously. Advanced To add a sound file: Clear the Use Text to speech. Type ...
...image. 8 In the Preferences dialog box, click Apply to save your settings, click OK to save your preferred text in printing by the Microsoft Windows operating system. The application writes to make the Status Monitor always appear on a client computer. Always on top Select to and the printer... Use Text to speech check box. The Microsoft Text to Speech utility reads your typed text and plays it is intended for use your computer. KX DRIVER 10-11 Type or select a value from the spool file simultaneously. Advanced To add a sound file: Clear the Use Text to speech. Type ...