Panasonic 150FP manual

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    Digital Copier Model No. DP-130P/135P/150P/150PA DP-135FP/150FP/150FX Operating Instructions Before operating this equipment, please read these instructions completely and keep these operating instructions for future reference. Before Use Printer Section Class 2 Fax Modem Section (For Printer, Document Management System) English Options (Available [...]

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    2 Energy Star The DP-130/135/150 copier complies with Tier 2 of the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program. This voluntary program specifies certain energy consumption and usage standards for copiers. These copiers will automatically “power down” after a specified period of non-use. The use of these Energy Star compliant cop[...]

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    3 Table of Contents External View and Control Panel External View ............................................................................ 6 Control Panel 7 Installation and Configuration (Windows 95/98/Me) Installing the Printer Driver ........................................................ Installation and Configuration (Windows NT 4.0) Inst[...]

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    4 Table of Contents Document Manager Main Window ......................................................................... Basic Operations ...................................................................... Document Scanner Document View Status Monitor Task Bar Display .................................................................... 132 Tas[...]

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    5 Precautions For U.S.A. You need to read the software license agreement before setting up the Printer Driver. You need to read the following precautions which is described in the Copier Operating Instructions. Installation Ventilation Handling Toner and Paper For your safety This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a [...]

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    6 Power Switch Usually set to ( ) position. External Vie w and Contr ol P anel Extern al Vie w Parallel interface connector Connect to PC Parallel interface cable Obtain a cable conforming to a PC separately. (A cable does not come with the unit.) Use a cable of IEEE1284 specifications, with a maximum length of 6 ft (2m). Consult a service provider[...]

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    External View and Control Panel 7 Control Panel ON LINE LED Paper is misfed. Paper is empty. Displays Printer condition If an error code/message is shown, please refer to the "Troubleshooting" section for a corrective action. No. Function Name 2SIDED DP-150FX ST ART 12 45 78 0 3 6 9 ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQRS TUV WXYZ P APER TRAY SELECT FUN[...]

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    8 NOTE[...]

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    Printe r Secti on Digital Copier Printer Section Printer Section[...]

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    10 Installation and Configuration (Windows 95/98/Me) Installing the Printer Driver Next Next Click the button. 3 1 Open the Printers folder. Click the Start button. Place the cursor on Settings and click Printers. 2 Double-click the Add Printer icon. 4 Select Local printer and click the button. Network printer is specified when a printer on the net[...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows 95/98/Me) 11 Next Next OK Have Disk... 5 Insert the CD-ROM containing the printer driver. Click the button. 6 Specify the drive name and type D:DriverWin9x. (Where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive.) Click the button. 7 Select your device (Ex. Panasonic DP-150FX). Click the button. 8 Select LPT1. Click th[...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows 95/98/Me) 12 9 In response to Do you want your Windows- based programs to use this printer as the default printer?, select Yes or No. Click the button. 10 The required files are copied. The Printers Icon is now displayed in the Printers folder. Be sure to delete the drivers of earlier version before updating [...]

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    13 Installation and Configuration (Windows 95/98/Me) NOTE To change the printer settings, open the dialog box for the printer properties by the following steps. Upon printing, changing properties Paper/Layout, Handling, Quality and Device Options is allowed by clicking Properties in the print dialog box of an application. Management tab of the colo[...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows 95/98/Me) 14 Browse... Print Test Page General Tab Comment If another user sets up this printer on his or her computer when sharing the printer, the comment specified here will also appear on that computer. However, the comment displayed for an already set-up user will remain unchanged even if the comment is [...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows 95/98/Me) 15 Capture Printer Port... End Capture... Delete Port... New Driver... Details Tab Print to the following port Displays either the port to which the printer is connected or the path to the network printer. To change the printing destination, either select the printing destination port from the list [...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows 95/98/Me) 16 button Specify the method of sending (spool) documents from the program to the printer. Spool Data Type Select spool data type (EMF format or RAW format). Specifying RAW format results in longer time before placing an application operational after printing on the application. Note: Spooling by EM[...]

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    17 NOTE Sharing Tab Sharing Tab in property dialog box is not displayed unless sharing of printer has been specified. Not Shared/Shared As Select whether to display or use this printer with other computers. Share Name Specify the name of the shared printer. The displayed name can be used as it is or a new name may be entered. The name specified at [...]

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    18 Paper/Layout Tab Paper Size Select a document size. Paper Source Specify where the paper you want to use is located in the machine. If you choose Auto Selection, the printer driver will automatically select an appropriate tray according to the Paper Size. Orientation Select the print orientation (Portrait/Landscape). Copies Specify the number of[...]

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    19 Handling Tab Sorter Select whether to Stack or Sort when printing multiple copies. Printing on both sides (Duplex) [DP-150FX only] Select duplex printing for printing on both sides. Note: Duplex Printing on Invoice/A5 is not supported. Flipping Direction Select binding side (Long Edge Binding/Short Edge Binding) for duplex printing. Installation[...]

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    20 NOTE Restore Defaults Quality Tab dpi (dot per inch) means the number of dots contained in one inch. The higher the value is, the higher the resolution becomes. Halftone Select method of expressing halftone. Select the setting according to the data to be printed and your preference. Normal: Select the halftoning method to be used. Select it acco[...]

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    21 NOTE About Device Options Tab Number of Paper Tray Select the number of available paper trays for the printer if an optional Paper Feed Module is installed. button Displays the version information about the printer driver. Device Options Tab is specified on the printer properties. Installation and Configuration (Windows 95/98/Me)[...]

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    22 Installation and Configuration (Windows NT 4.0) Installing the Printer Driver Next Log in using an account with the authority to change system settings (e.g. Administrator). 1 Open the Printer folder. Click the Start button. Place the cursor on Settings and click Printers . 2 Double-click the Add Printer icon. 3 Select My Computer and then click[...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows NT 4.0) 23 Next Have Disk... OK 5 Insert the CD-ROM containing the printer driver. Click the button. 6 Specify drive name and type D:DriverWinNT4 . (Where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive.) Click the button. 7 Select your device (Ex: Panasonic DP-150FX). 4 Select the printer port and click button. Instal[...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows NT 4.0) 24 Next Next Finish Finish 9 Select Not Shared and click the button. Select Shared only when installing on a network server. See the Windows NT 4.0 users' manual for details. 10 Select Yes (recommended) and click the button. Test printing starts. Default (initial setting) for paper size is Letter[...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows NT 4.0) 25 Notes: NOTE 11 The required files are copied. The Printers Icon is now displayed in the Printers folder. Be sure to delete the drivers of earlier version before updating a drivers. Restart Windows after updating drivers. DP-150[...]

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    26 NOTE To change the printer settings, open the dialog box for the printer properties by the following steps. In Windows NT 4.0, setting the properties depend on the log-in accounts. This section describes properties to be specified by an administrator (system manager). See "Configuring the Printer Driver Settings (User)" for details of [...]

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    27 Separator Page... New Driver... General Tab Comment Enter comments to the properties, if any. If another user sets up this printer on his or her computer when sharing the printer, the comment specified here will also appear on that computer. However, the comment displayed for a user already set-up will remain unchanged even if the comment is mod[...]

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    28 Print Processor... Print Test Page button Specify the processor to be used for printing (Print Processor) and the data type (Default Data type). The processor and data type affect the manner in which the printer functions in Windows NT. Normally they do not need to be modified. However, modification might be necessary when the printer is used wi[...]

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    29 NOTE Delete Port... Add Port... Configure Port... Ports Tab Print to the following port(s) Displays a list of available ports for printing (Port), their status (Description) and printers that are connected to these ports (Printer). / button Adds/deletes a new port or a new network port. button Configures the selected port. In case of a parallel [...]

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    30 Scheduling Tab Available Schedules the printer for operation. Specify operating hours when From-To is selected. Priority Sets printing priority. The slider allows the priority to be adjusted from 1 through 99. Spool print documents... / Print directly to the printer Specify how documents should be sent from the application to the printer. Hold m[...]

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    31 NOTE Sharing Tab Not Shared/Shared Select whether to display or use this printer on or with other computers. Share Name Specify the name of the shared printer. The displayed name can be used as it is or a new name may be entered. The name specified here will be displayed when other users on the network view information about the printer. Alterna[...]

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    32 Permissions Auditing Ownership Security Tab button Set printer access privileges. button Displays the persons who used this printer and how they used. button Set the ownership of the printer. Installation and Configuration (Windows NT 4.0) NOTE In order to utilize these features, you need to have selected Audit... from User Manager's Polici[...]

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    33 NOTE Device Settings Tab Device Settings Tab specifies device-specific settings and settings of optional Halftone Setup button Select the halftoning method to be used (halftones specific to the printer). Select it according to the details of data and your preference. • Halftone Pattern Select the pixel size to be used for halftones. The greate[...]

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    34 Device Gamma Adjust the gamma of print images (color intensities). Pixel Diameter Adjust the darkness of the print image. Manipulate the slider to specify the pixel size. You can select between specifying the real size in inches or specifying in percentage relative to the printer resolution. Luminance (CIE Y) Adjust the luminosity of the print i[...]

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    35 NOTE Properties... To change the printer settings, open the dialog box for the printer properties by the following steps. In Windows NT 4.0, setting properties depends on the log-in account. This section describes properties to be specified by a user, upon executing a print operation on an application. See "Configuring the Printer Driver Se[...]

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    36 Page Setup Tab Paper Size Select the size of the document. Paper Source Specify where the paper you want to use is located in the machine. If you choose Auto Selection , the printer driver will automatically select an appropriate tray according to the Paper Size. Copy Count Specify the number of copies to be printed. If the number of copies to b[...]

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    37 NOTE Advanced Tab Paper Size Select the size of the document. Orientation Select the print orientation (Portrait/Landscape). Paper Source Specify where the paper you want to use is located in the machine. If you choose Auto Selection, the printer driver will automatically select an appropriate tray according to the Paper Size. Copy Count Specify[...]

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    38 Metafile Spooling With Metafile Spooling enabled, the file is spooled in EMF format (metafile compression). With the function disabled, the file is spooled in RAW (non-compression) format. Specifying RAW format results in longer time before placing an application operational after printing on the application. Note: Spooling by EMF format may cau[...]

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    39 NOTE Settings specified in this section are valid until an application is shut down. Halftone Color Adjustment Contrast Adjust the contrast of print images. Brightness Adjust the brightness of print images. Dark Picture Select this option in order to print dark images brighter. Negative Select this option in order to print images with black and [...]

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    40 Installation and Configuration (Windows 2000) Installing the Printer Driver Next Log in using an account with the authority to change system settings (e.g. Administrator). About Windows 2000 Panasonic has performed operational tests on the Document Scanner, Status Monitor and Printing System - software using Office 2000 . However, the company do[...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows 2000) 41 Next Next Next Have Disk... 5 Click the button. 6 Select Printer Port and click the button. 7 Insert the CD-ROM containing the printer driver. Click the button. 4 Select Local Printer and click the button. Specify Network Printer for installing a printer on server upon network. Refer to the manual ab[...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows 2000) 42 OK Next 9 Select your device (Ex: Panasonic DP-150FX) 10 Click the button. 8 Specify the drive name and type D:DriverWinNT4. (Where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive.) Click the button. Next 11 Select Do not share this Printer and click the Select Share as only when installing onto a network serv[...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows 2000) 43 Finish Next 12 Select No and click the 13 Click the button. 14 button. Finish Click the button.[...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows 2000) 44 15 The required files are copied. The Printers Icon is now displayed in the Printers folder.[...]

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    Installation and Configuration (Windows 2000) 45 Configuring the Printer Driver Setting on Windows 2000 (Administrator) NOTE To change the printer properties, open the dialog box for the printer properties by the following steps. In Windows 2000, setting the properties depends on the log-in accounts. This section describes properties to be specifie[...]

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    46 Printing Preferences... Print Test Page General Tab Printer Name Name of the printer specified upon installation is displayed. Location and Comment Enter a comment about the location of the printer installation and information about the printer. If a printer is shared, the location and comment specified in this field appears when another user se[...]

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    47 NOTE Additional Drivers... Sharing Tab Not shared/Shared as Specify if this printer is displayed or used on a computer of other users. For sharing a printer, specify the share name of a printer to be shared. A name specified here appears when other users view the printer information on a network button Install additional printer drivers on the s[...]

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    48 NOTE Configure Port... Add Port... Delete Port Ports Tab Print to the following port(s) Displays a list of ports that allows printing, their status (description), and printers connected to the ports. / button Add or delete a new local port or a new network port. button Configure the port that is selected. On a parallel port, wait time (in second[...]

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    49 New Driver... Advanced Tab Always available/Available from Specify the operation schedule for a printer. Selecting Available from allows specifying an operation time. Priority Specify the priority in printing. Priority is adjustable from 1 to 99. ORIGINAL of higher priority are printed before those of lower priority. Driver Printer drivers are d[...]

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    50 Printing Defaults... Print Processor... Separator Page... Keep printed documents After printing, documents are kept in the queue. The documents are allowed to be reprinted directly from the queue regardless of the status of an application. Enable advanced printing features Usually enables advanced printing features. Optional features of the prin[...]

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    51 NOTE Advanced... Security Tab / button Add or delete a user or group in the list. button Specify access to a printer, audit, and owner. Displays a list of users and groups that are assigned access to this printer. A list of standard access permitted/prohibited for each group or user is displayed. Check the checkbox for permitting or prohibiting [...]

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    52 Halftone Setup... Device Settings Tab Halftone Pattern Select the size of pixels to be used for halftone. Selecting larger size pixels results in a rough image, which is suitable for printing of wider area. Enhanced patterns, which allow printing an image of higher resolution using a same number of pixels, may cause random lines or patterns and [...]

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    53 NOTE Number of Paper Tray Select the number of available paper tray(s) for the printer if an optional Paper Feed Module is installed. Device Settings Tab specifies device-specific settings and settings of optional devices. Refer to operation manuals of the optional devices, or on-line manuals for settings items. Settings specified in this sectio[...]

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    54 NOTE Properties... Changes the printer settings. Display the printer settings dialog box by the steps below: In Windows 2000, setting the properties depends on the log-in accounts. This section describes properties to be specified by a user, upon executing a print operation on an application. See "Settings Printer Driver on Windows 2000 (Ad[...]

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    55 General Tab Select Printer Select a printer for printing. Page Range Select a page range for printing. Number of copies Specify the number of copies. Collate Upon printing two or more copies, pages are output for each copy. Installation and Configuration (Windows 2000) The "General" tab will not be indicated, depending on each software[...]

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    56 Advanced... Layout Tab Orientation Select portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal). Print on Both Sides (Duplex) [DP-150FX only] Specify duplex printing for printing on both sides. Select the binding side (None/Flip on Short Edge/Flip on Long Edge) for duplex printing. Note: Duplex Printing on Invoice/A5 is not supported. button Specify det[...]

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    57 Advanced... Paper/Quality Tab Paper Source Specify an input tray. Selecting Auto Selection allows automatic selection of an input tray according to the paper size. button Specify detailed settings. Refer to Advanced for details. (See page 58) Installation and Configuration (Windows 2000)[...]

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    58 Advanced Paper Size Select a paper size. Resolution Select resolution of the printer (600dpi/300dpi). Scaling Specify a custom zoom when printing a document by zooming in/out at a desired rate. If the zooming rate is specifiable on an application, specify "100%" (same size) here. Specify a zooming rate in the print dialog box of the ap[...]

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    59 Halftone Color Adjustment Contrast Adjust the contrast of the printing image. Brightness Adjust the lightness of the printing image. Dark Picture Check to print a dark image into light image. Negative Check to print in reverse. Input RGB Gamma Adjust the gamma (strength of colors) in the printing image. Red, green and blue colors can be individu[...]

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    60 Print Operation Printing from Windows Applications NOTE Set as Default Printer OK If the printer driver is installed properly and a printer is selected as the default printer in the printer setup, printing can be accomplished from any Windows application with simple operations. To print from most Windows applications, use the Print... command on[...]

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    Print Operation 61 Printing on Network NOTE OK File and Print Sharing... For sharing a printer by connecting two computers via crossed-cable or using a hub, a connection among computers must be established. Establishing a connection among computers is verified by displaying the connected computers in Network Neighborhood on the desktop. The setting[...]

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    Print Operation 62 Next Next The operations above enable output from the remote computer to a printer connected to a printer server. 1 Click Start button, place cursor on Settings and then click Printers. 2 Double-click Add Printer in the printer window. Add Printer Wizard appears. Click the button. 3 Select Network Printer Click the button. 4 Spec[...]

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    63 Troubleshooting Starting with: NOTE If the printing operation fails, check the following points first: The printer cable is properly connected. Length of the printer cable is not longer than 6 ft. (2 m). Power to the device is turned on. Paper is loaded on the device properly. Error message is not displayed on device. The above points can be ver[...]

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    Troubleshooting 64 Document is not printed correctly Problem Printing position is wrong Characters and symbols not used in documents are printed Printing operation takes excessive time Action Paper size or printing orientation is different between the application settings and the printer driver settings. Specify the settings again. The specified pa[...]

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    65 Error messages displayed on the computer Problem Error in writing to LPT1. Unable to write to the Specified device. Error in writing to LPT1. Printer timeout error occurred. Printing is disabled due to error in the current printer settings Action Verify that the device is connected to the computer correctly. Verify that the power of the device i[...]

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    66 Appendix Printing/Scanning Area Top 0.1/2.5 0.1/2.5 0.1/2.5 Bottom 0.1/2.5 (Unit: inches/mm) Void margin[...]

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    Appendix 67 Parallel Interface Connector The printer has a parallel interface for connecting to PC. Shape of Connector Signal lines and pin arrangement *Signal used for bidirectional communication No. I/O Signal name No. I/O Signal name 1 I /STB 19 GND 2 I/O DATA0 20 GND 3 I/O DATA1 21 GND 4 I/O DATA2 22 GND 5 I/O DATA3 23 GND 6 I/O DATA4 24 GND 7 [...]

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    68 NOTE[...]

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    Digital Copier Class 2 Fax Modem Section Class 2 Fax Modem Section[...]

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    70 Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem Installing (Windows 95/98/Me) Next The installation is required for transmitting/receiving of Faxes with a PC using general-purpose PC fax function software (recommended: WinFax). Class 2 Fax Modem 1 Select Settings from the Start menu and open the control panel. Double-click the Add New Hardware icon. [...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 71 Next Next 3 Click the button. 4 Select No, the device isn't in the list. Click the button. Select No, I want to select the hardware from a list. (Windows 98 only) (Windows 98 only) (This screen will only appear if a new device is found.) Next Click the button.[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 72 Have Disk... Next OK Next Finish Yes 5 Select Ports (COM & LPT) . Click the button. 6 Select Communications Port . Click the button. 7 Enter D:Setup . (Where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive on.) Click the button. 8 Click the button. 9 10 Click the button. 11 Click the button and restart the PC.[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 73 Next 14 Select Modem . 12 Select No, the device isn't in the list . Click the button. Select No, I want to select the hardware from a list . 13 Repeat steps from "1" to "3." (This screen will only appear if a new device is found.) Next Click the button. Next Click the button.[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 74 Next OK Select Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list . Click the button. 15 16 Next Select Panasonic DP-130 or DP-150 Class 2 Fax Modem . Click the button. 17 Enter D:Setup . (Where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive.) Click the button. Have Disk... Click the button.[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 75 Finish 19 Click the button. Installation of the modem is completed. Next 18 Select Panasonic MFP Redirected Com Port (COM3*) . * COM number depends on the PC. Click the button.[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 76 Installing (Windows NT 4.0) Next 1 Select Settings from the Start menu and open the control panel folder. 2 Double-click the Modems icon. 4 Click the button. 3 Select Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list . Click the button. Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem. The installation[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 77 OK Next Finish 5 6 Select Panasonic DP-130 or DP-150 Class 2 Fax Modem . Click the button. 7 Select a COM port shown at the bottom of the COM ports list. 8 Click the button. Installation of the modem is completed. Enter D:Setup . (Where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive.) Click the button. Next Click[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 78 9 Close the Modems Properties screen.[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 79 Installing (Windows 2000) Next Next 1 Select Settings from the Start menu and open the Control Panel folder. 2 Double-Click the Add/Remove Hardware icon. Click the button. 4 Select Add/Troubleshoot a device . Click the button. 3 Install Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem. The installation is required for trans[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 80 Next 5 6 Select No, I want to select the hardware from a list . 7 Select Modems . Select Add a new device . Click the button. Next Click the button. Next Click the button.[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 81 OK Have Disk... Next 9 Click the button. 10 Enter D:Setup . (Where "D:" is your CD-ROM drive.) Click the button. 8 Select Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list. Click the button.[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 82 12 Select COM2. 11 Select Panasonic DP-130 or DP-150 Class 2 Fax Modem . Next Click the button. Next Click the button.[...]

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    Installing the Panasonic Class 2 Fax Modem 83 Yes Finish 13 If a warning message for logo certification appears, click the button and continue installation. Click the button. Installation of the modem is completed.[...]

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    84 NOTE[...]

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    Digital Copier Document Management System Section Document Management System Section[...]

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    86 Installing the Document Management System Next Next 1 Insert the provided CD-ROM. 2 Click the button. 3 Click Panasonic-DMS . 4 Verify the installation destination and click the button. 5 Click the Standard button.[...]

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    Installing the Document Management System 87 Next Finish 6 Enter the program folder name and click the button. 7 The required files are copied. 8 Click the button. The Panasonic Document Management System folder is added to the Start menu, and the installation is completed.[...]

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    Installing the Document Management System 88 NOTE When installing on Windows NT4.0, log in using an account with the authority to change system settings (e.g. Administrator). Standard installation method installs all of the following drivers and applications. Selecting the custom installation allows the selected installation of scanner and MFP util[...]

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    89 Document Manager Main Window Document Manager is application for managing image files. By utilizing the Document Manager and Document Viewer (see page111) in combination, a number of image files can be classified, managed, browsed, and edited. Selecting Panasonic Panasonic Document Management System Document Manager in Programs of the Start menu[...]

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    Document Manager 90 Title Bar Displays the title of a screen. Menu Bar Displays the menu of the Document Manager. Tool Bar Displays the tool buttons of Document Manager. Tool buttons correspond to functions of the menus in the menu bar. Folder Window Displays the folders containing the documents in tree form. Link Icon Dropping a dragged document o[...]

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    Document Manager 91 Basic Operations Clicking thumbnail images in the document window allows selection of documents. Dragging a mouse cursor on the screen or clicking with the Shift key held down allows selecting two or more documents at one time. Selecting documents Double-clicking thumbnail images in document window activates Document Viewer (See[...]

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    Document Manager 92 Dragging a document and dropping it onto another document in a document folder results in grouping the two documents together. Dragging a document and dropping onto a link icon activates an application corresponding to the function of each icon. Link icons are registered and deleted by selecting Launch to another application Ext[...]

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    Document Manager 93 Setting Plug-in Selecting Acquire Image... in the File menu displays a window for the Document Scanner (See page 104). The operation imports a document read on the scanner into a folder. Import document (from scanner) Selecting Open in the File menu displays a dialog box for selecting files. The dialog box allows importing image[...]

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    Document Manager 94 NOTE OCR software (Application such as e-Typist, etc.) File format : Select one among TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNG. Annotation : Paste to transmission image as an image. Image type : Select one among monochrome, grayscale, RGB color and no conversion. Resolution : Resolution of transmission image Correct skew : Inclination of document c[...]

  • Page 95

    Document Manager 95 File Menu Create a new folder under a folder that is currently selected. Path of a folder to be created can be specified as required. New Folder An image file saved in computer can be imported into a folder as document. File of the following formats can be opened in the Document Manager: TIFF : Tagged-Image File Format (TIFF) JP[...]

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    Document Manager 96 NOTE Change the names of a document. Rename See "Document Scanner" (See page 104) for operation of scanner. Display the file properties. Properties Using a scanner, etc. selected in Select Source , import a document to a folder that is currently selected. Acquire Image... Select a TWAIN-compatible device for scanning d[...]

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    Document Manager 97 NOTE Print a document selected in the document window. Print Specify layout and printing size for a document to be printed. Horizontal Position and Vertical Position Adjust the printing position on a sheet. Print Size Select printing in original size or printing in accordance with sheet size. N in 1 Select for printing reduced p[...]

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    Document Manger 98 NOTE Open a document selected in the document window with a specified application. Launch to another application Selecting External Application Setup displays a dialog box for adding/changing/deleting the application. Name If an external application is specified, the name in this field appears on a link icon. Application Type Spe[...]

  • Page 99

    Document Manager 99 Undo Trash Can Opens the Trash Can and displays any files. Selecting documents and clicking the button restores documents that have been discarded. Open Trash Can Deletes the files in the Trash Can. If the documents are emptied from the Trash Can, they are permanently deleted. They are not stored in the Recycle Bin. Empty Trash [...]

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    Document Manager 100 Edit Menu NOTE Undo the last editing operation done. Undo Delete a selected document from a folder and copy it to the clipboard. Cut Copy a selected document onto the clipboard. Copy Paste a document from the clipboard onto a selected folder. Paste Delete a selected document from a folder to the Trash Can. A confirmation messag[...]

  • Page 101

    Document Manager 101 View Menu Switch between displaying/hiding the tool bar. Tool Bar Switch between displaying/hiding the status bar. Status Bar Arrange documents in the document window by specifying order. Sorting by name, by type, by size, or by date is selected. Arrange Documents Line up the documents in the document window. Line Up Documents [...]

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    Document Manager 102 Documnet Menu Open a selected document. Activates the Document Viewer (See page 111) and opens a document for editing. Open Make a copy of the selected document in a folder. Duplicate Makes a group of two or more selected documents. The grouped documents are indicated by page number and and buttons at the bottom of a thumbnail [...]

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    Document Manager 103 Cancel the grouping for grouped documents. Either dividing all pages into individual documents or releasing only specified documents from a group can be Ungroup Apply the following correction to a selected document: Correct Skew : Detect any inclination of a document and automatically correct it. Enhance Edge : Enhance edge (bo[...]

  • Page 104

    104 Document Scanner Main Window NOTE Upon image scanning, an image is imported directly into a document using a TWAIN-compatible application (image editing software, etc.). Selecting Acquire Image... in the File menu displays a dialog box for the Document Scanner. The menu for operating the Document Scanner (scanner driver) depends on the applicat[...]

  • Page 105

    Document Scanner 105 Preview Window Displays an image after preview-scanning. The scanning area (black frame) is specified on the displayed image. Dragging the mouse in the preview window allows specifying the scanning area (black frame), changing the frame size, and moving the frame. The black-frame area is displayed in values <Output Size>.[...]

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    106 Scan Preview Zoom Out Zoom In Brightness (valid only when halftone is selected) Adjust the brightness for halftone or grayscale document. Contrast (valid only when halftone is selected) Adjust the contrast (difference between dark and light) for halftone or grayscale document. Invert Scan the image in negative. Edge Enhancement Scan the image w[...]

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    Document Scanner 107 Tool Menu NOTE Apply Adjustment - Gamma Curve Adjustment in the Tool menu becomes valid only if <Halftone> have been selected in <Image Type> on the main window. Display a dialog box for adjusting the gamma (color strength characteristics) of an image. (valid only when halftone is selected) Adjust the gamma curve by[...]

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    Documnet Scanner 108 Apply Adjust the highlight and shadow by dragging the slide bar or entering a value. Enhancing the highlight (bright portion) and the shadow (dark portion) makes clear shades on an image. Click the button to apply calibration result. Adjustment - Highlight and Shadow Display a dialog box for adjusting highlight and shadow. (val[...]

  • Page 109

    Document Scanner 109 t Image Scanning Preview Image scanning is performed by the following procedures: 1 Activate TWAIN-compatible application. 2 Select Acquire Image... in the File menu to display Document Scanner. 3 Specify the image type, resolution, and paper size of a document to be scanned. 4 Place a manuscript on Platen or ADF and click the [...]

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    Document Scanner 110 NOTE Scan Zoom In Zoom Out Adjust parameters for an optimum scanning image, with the view on preview image. Preview scanning can be repeated any number of times. Image scanning is only possible by the PC that the device is connected to directly through the parallel port. 5 Apply the following adjustment on the preview image: Dr[...]

  • Page 111

    111 Document Viewer Main Window NOTE The Document Viewer is an application for editing documents (image files) to be managed with the Document Manager (see page 89). In addition to usual image editing, the program provides various editing capabilities for documents with a wide selection of annotation functions. Double-clicking on the document (thum[...]

  • Page 112

    Documnet Viewer 112 Title Bar Displays the title of the screen and the name of the image file being displayed. Menu Bar Displays the menu of the Document Viewer. Tool Bar Displays the tool buttons of the Document Viewer. Tool buttons correspond to functions of the menus in the menu bar. Page List Displays the pages of the documents as thumbnails (r[...]

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    Document Viewer 113 Basic Operations Selecting a page by clicking in the page list displays an image of the selected page on the image window. Dragging and dropping a page in the page list can change the order of the pages. Selecting Page The image displayed in the image window is edited with the menu below: Edit menu : Editing operations such as c[...]

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    Document Viewer 114 Annotation Function Annotation Original image Annotation added to the original image Document Viewer provides the functions for adding various graphics and text to an image. The graphics and text added to an image are called <Annotation>. The annotation function, unlike usual image editing applications, does not change an [...]

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    Document Viewer 115 File Menu Opens an image file saved in the computer. Files of the following formats can be opened on the Document Viewer. TIFF : Tagged-Image File Format (TIFF) JPEG : Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format BMP : Windows standard bitmap format PNG : Portable Network Graphics format DDM : Document Manager file format Open[...]

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    Document Viewer 116 NOTE Prints a document under the editing operation. For a document containing two or more pages, pages from-to can be specified for printing. Print Specify the layout, printing size, and printing of annotations for a document to be printed. Vertical position and horizontal position Adjust the printing position on a sheet. Print [...]

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    Document Viewer 117 NOTE Opens a document selected in the document window with a specified application. Launch to another application Selecting External Application Setup displays a dialog box for adding/changing/deleting the application. See "Setting Plug-in" (See page 93) for specifying an external application. Clicking the Add button d[...]

  • Page 118

    Document Viewer 118 Open Trash Can Opens the Trash Can and displays any files. Selecting documents and clicking the button retrieves documents that has been discarded. Empty Trash Can Deletes the files in the Trash Can. If the documents are emptied from the Trash Can, they are permanently deleted. They are not stored in the Recycle Bin. Trash Can U[...]

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    Document Viewer 119 Edit Menu Undo the last editing operation done. Undo Delete a selected annotation. Clear Delete a selected annotation from a folder and copy it to the clipboard. Cut Copy a selected annotation onto the clipboard. Copy Paste an annotation from the clipboard onto a selected page. Paste Copy the entire page selected onto the clipbo[...]

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    120 Page Menu Display the next page. Next Turns the pages automatically. Stop : Stop automatic page turning. Setup : Displays the setup dialog box for automatic page turning. Auto Paging Displays pop-up menu for changing page order. Allows changing order of pages by moving selected page to a specified position. Move To Display the previous page. Pr[...]

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    Document Viewer 121 Annotation Menu Switch between displaying and hiding the annotation. Display Annotation Creates a header annotation. Selecting header annotation displays a header-specifying frame. If an annotation such as graphics and texts are created within the displayed frame, the frame is managed as a header. Header Creates a footer annotat[...]

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    Document Viewer 122 NOTE Creates a text annotation. Select text annotation in annotation menu (or tool button), and drag the mouse in the image window to specify the display position. A dialog box for text setup will appear. Enter the text to display, and then specify text color and font. Text Creates a line annotation. Select line annotation in th[...]

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    Document Viewer 123 NOTE Creates a rectangle annotation. Select rectangle annotation in the annotation menu (or tool button), and drag the mouse in the image window to draw a rectangle. Rectangle Creates an ellipse annotation. Select the ellipse annotation in the annotation menu (or tool button), and drag the mouse in the image window to draw an el[...]

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    124 NOTE Creates a white rectangle (solidly white-painted rectangle) annotation. Select the white annotation in the annotation menu (or tool button), and drag the mouse in the image window to draw a white rectangle. White Block Creates a black rectangle (solidly black-painted rectangle) annotation. Select the black annotation in the annotation menu[...]

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    Document Viewer 125 NOTE Creates a marker annotation. Select the marker annotation in the annotation menu (or tool button), and drag the mouse in the image window to draw a marker. Marker Creates a label annotation. Select the label annotation in the annotation menu (or tool button), and drag the mouse in the image window to draw label displays Tex[...]

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    Document Viewer 126 NOTE Add Stamp Creates a stamp annotation. The stamp annotation pastes another image file like a stamp. Select the stamp annotation in the annotation menu (or tool button), and drag the mouse in the image window to specify the area, displaying the stamp dialog box. Selecting the stamp allows drawing a stamp image. Clicking the b[...]

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    Document Viewer 127 Creates a page number annotation. Select the page number annotation in the annotation menu (or tool button), and drag the mouse in the image window to specify the area, displaying the text the settings dialog box. Specify format, color, and font of the page number to be displayed. Text input screen Enter the text here. Text Colo[...]

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    128 Image Menu Detects the Skew of a document and automatically corrects it. The dialog box of Correct Skew is displayed. Adjust the Skew to be corrected by the slide bar. if Preview has been checked, the adjustment result is displayed on the image window. Clicking the button detects the inclination of the image automatically. Correct Skew Removes [...]

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    Document Viewer 129 Adjust the brightness and contrast of an image. (Valid only for grayscale or RGB color image) The dialog box of Brightness/Contrast is displayed. Adjust the brightness and contrast by sliding the bar. If Preview has been checked, the adjustment result is displayed on the image window. Brightness/Contrast Adjust the hue and chrom[...]

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    130 NOTE Converts the selected page into a monochrome image. The dialog box of Threshold Sizes is displayed. Adjust the B/W Threshold by sliding the bar. If Preview has been checked, the adjustment result is displayed on the image window. Monochrome Converts the selected page into a grayscale image. A message appears upon converting a color image i[...]

  • Page 131

    Document Viewer 131 View Menu Grayscale Indication Selects grayscale display when displaying a monochrome image on the image window in reduced size. Picture Quality Precedence Switch the setting if making the image quality a higher priority than the displaying speed. Tool Bar Switch between displaying/hiding the tool bar. Status Bar Switch between [...]

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    132 Status Monitor Task Bar Display NOTE Status Monitor The Status Monitor is a MFP utility that monitors and displays the current status of connected devices. Upon activation of Windows, the icon of the status monitor appears on the System Tray. The Status Monitor indicates the device status by icon lamp color as listed below. Lamp color Status Gr[...]

  • Page 133

    Status Monitor Task Bar Menu Right-clicking on the status monitor in the System Tray displays the dropdown menu as shown below: About Displays the version information about the status monitor. Open Status Monitor Displays details about the current status of the device. Pop up when error occurs If the menu is selected, a checkmark appears or a pop-u[...]

  • Page 134

    Status Monitor 134 Display Status Details Status Tab Model Name Displays the name and number of a connected device. Device Status Display the current status of the device. If two or more items have been detected, clicking / buttons allows viewing all items. Status Displays information as appear on the panel of the device. If two or more items have [...]

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    135 Configuration Tab Model Displays the name and number of a connected device. Configuration Display a list with the current device configuration (optional devices, etc.). Status Displays the communication status between the status monitor and the device. Status Monitor[...]

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    136 NOTE Paper Tab The tab displays the type, size, and if there is any paper loaded in the paper tray. A comment by the user can be entered freely in the <Paper Type> field. Changing the types of loaded paper does not change the comment in <Paper Type> unless it is rewritten by a user. Status Monitor[...]

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    137 Configuration Editor Main Window This utility allows you to edit the machine configuration through the Parallel Port connected between the PC and the device. Startup Windows, and select Panasonic Panasonic Document Management System MFP Utilities Configuration Editor from the Programs in the Start menu to display the configuration editor dialog[...]

  • Page 138

    Configuration Editor 138 NOTE Retrieve Write Open File Save File Help About.. Exit button Retrieve the current settings of the selected folder from the device. button Write's the settings in the folder to the device. button Open the settings in the folder from a file. button Save the settings in the folder to a file. and buttons Switch between[...]

  • Page 139

    Configuration Editor 139 User Parameters Folder Specify the originating party name and telephone number, etc. to be registered on the device for fax communications.[...]

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    Configuration Editor 140 Fax Parameters Folder Display or change the Fax Parameter Settings.[...]

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    Configuration Editor 141 Copier Settings Folder Display or change the Copier Settings[...]

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    Configuration Editor 142 Journal Folder Display the Fax communication journal.[...]

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    Configuration Editor 143 Print Out Print a Fax Parameter, Phonebook or Transaction Journal List.[...]

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    144 Phone Book Settings Shortcut Activation Folder When the Phone Book Folder is selected the Phone Book Editor utility will be started. Configuration Editor[...]

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    145 Phone Book Editor Features This function allows registering, deleting, and modifying fax phone numbers in the main unit from a connected PC. Features provided by the Phone Book Editor function are as follows: Registering, deleting, modifying fax numbers can be operated on the control panel of the machine. The operation described on the left is [...]

  • Page 146

    Phone Book Editor 146 Activation Procedure Take the following steps to activate phonebook edit software. 1 Click Start at the bottom left of the PC screen. Select Programs. Select Panasonic. Select Panasonic Document Management System. Select MFP Utilities. Select Phone Book Editor. Phone Book Editor splash screen appears and the Phone Book Editor [...]

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    Phone Book Editor 147 The screen shown below appears on the PC: No. Indication Description Reference Station Name Station name (Up to 15 characters) Telephone No. Telephone number (Up to 36 digits) About Version information of software Retrieve Retrieve directory dialing information from the connected device. Page Write Send directory dialing infor[...]

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    Phone Book Editor 148 Retrieve/Write Yes This function retrieves the fax numbers in the connected device by PC and writes fax numbers from the PC to main unit. 1 Click Retrieve. 2 Click the button. 3 A list of fax numbers in the machine is displayed. Modify and add destination names and dial numbers on this screen. Retrieve[...]

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    Phone Book Editor 149 Yes 5 Click the button. The phonebook information is written to the connected device. 4 Write Click Write after the editing is completed.[...]

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    Phone Book Editor 150 Open/Save File Yes This function opens the phonebook file in the PC, edits the file and then saves the file in the PC again. 1 Click Open File 2 Click the button. 4 The phonebook information stored in the PC is displayed. Modify and add destination names and dial numbers on this screen. Open File 3 Select a file from the list [...]

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    Phone Book Editor 151 Yes 6 Click the button. The phonebook information is saved to a file. 5 Click Save File after the editing is completed. Save File 7 Select an existing file from the list or enter a new file name. Save Click the button. 1 2 1 2 For Save File:[...]

  • Page 152

    Phone Book Editor 152 Insert Entry This function adds or deletes lines in the list when editing the phonebook. The steps for inserting lines is as follows: 1 Click on the row number where you would like to insert a blank entry. The row will be highlighted as shown on the left. 2 Click Insert Entry. A blank row is inserted as shown on the left. 3 Do[...]

  • Page 153

    Phone Book Editor 153 Delete Entry OK Steps for deleting lines is as follows: 1 2 Click Delete Entry. The screen shown on the left appears. Click the button. The row is deleted as shown on the left. Click on the row number where you would like to delete the entry. The row will be highlighted as shown on the left.[...]