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    Printer/Scanner Unit Type 2018 Operating I nstructions Printer Reference 2 Read this manual careful ly before you use this machine and keep it handy for futur e reference. For safe and correct use, be sur e to read the Safet y Informatio n in the "Copy Referenc e" before using the machi ne. Sett ing Up the P rint er Dri ver and Canceli ng[...]

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    Introduction This m anual co ntains deta iled in structi ons and notes on t he ope ration an d use o f this machine. For you r safety and benefit, read t his manua l carefull y befor e using the ma chine. Kee p this m anual in a hand y place for quick reference. Important Conten ts of t his manual are subj ect t o cha nge wit hout pr ior no tic e. [...]

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    i Manuals for This Machine The following manuals describe the operational procedures of this machine. For particular function s, see the re levant part s of the manual . Note ❒ Manuals provided are specific to machine type. ❒ Adobe Acrobat Reader is n ecessary to view the manuals as a PDF file. ❒ Three CD-ROMs are pr ovided: • CD-ROM 1“Op[...]

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    ii ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Manuals for DeskTopBinde r Lite DeskTopB inder Lite i s a utility includ ed on the CD -ROM lab eled “ Scanner Driver & Document Manag ement Utilities ” . • DeskTopBinder Lite Setup Guide (PDF file - CD-ROM2) Describes i nstallation of, an d the operatin g environment for De skTop- Binder Lite in detail. This guide can b[...]

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    iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Manuals for This Machine ...... ....... ..... ........ ....... ..... ........ ....... ....... ...... ....... ....... ...... i How to Read Thi s Manual ...... ......... ....... ....... ......... ........ ......... ....... ......... ........ ...... 1 1. Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job Accessing Print er P[...]

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    1 How to Read This Manual Symbols In this manual, the following sy mbols are used: R WARNING: This sym bol indicat es a pote ntially haz ardou s situat ion which, if instruction s are not followed, could result in death or serious inj ury. R CAUTION: This sym bol indicat es a pote ntially haz ardou s situat ion which, if instruction s are not follo[...]

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    2 Names of Major Opt ions Major options of this machine are referred to as follows in this manual: • IEEE 1394 In terface Board Type B → IEEE 1394 in terface boa rd • IEEE 802.11b Interfac e Unit Type D → IEEE 802.1 1b interface un it • IEEE 1284 In terface Board Type A → IEEE 1284 in terface boa rd • PostScript3 Unit Type 201 8 → P[...]

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    3 1. Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job Accessing Printer Properties Windows 95/98/ Me - Accessing Pri nter Propert ies Changing default settings A A A A On the [ Sta rt ] menu, point to [ Set- tings ] , and then click [ Pr int er s ] . The [ Pr inte rs ] window appears . B B B B Click the ico n of the machine whose def ault yo[...]

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    Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job 4 1 Windows 2000/XP and Windows Server 2003 - Accessing Pri nter Propert ies Changing default settings - Printer properties Limita tion ❒ Changing machine set tings re- quires Manage Printers per mis- sion. Member s of Administra tors and Power Users gr oups hav e Manage Printers pe rmission[...]

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    Accessing Printer Properties 5 1 C C C C On the [ File ] menu , click [ Pr int ing Prefer ences... ] . The [ Printing Pref erence s ] dia log b ox appears. D D D D Make the settings you requ ire, and then click [ OK ] . Note ❒ Settings you make here are used as default for all applic ations. Making se ttings from a n application To make settings [...]

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    Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job 6 1 Changing the default set tings - Default document propertie s Limita tion ❒ Changing machine settings requires Full Control access permission. Members of the Administrators, Server Opera tors, P rint Operator s, and Power Users groups have Full Control permission by default. When you set[...]

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    Accessing Printer Properties 7 1 Macintosh - Setting Up for Printi ng Making paper s ettings from a n application A A A A Open the file you w ant to print. B B B B On the [ File ] menu, click [ Page Set - up ] . The [ AdobePS Page Setup ] dialog box appears. C C C C Make sure the machine you want to use is shown in the [ Pri nte r: ] box. Note ❒ [...]

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    Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job 8 1 Canceling a Print Job Windows - Can celing a Prin t Job A A A A Double-click the printer icon on the Windows taskbar. A window appears, showing all print jobs cu rrently queued for printing. Check the current status of th e job you wan t to ca ncel. B B B B Select the name of the job you w[...]

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    Canceling a Print Job 9 1 Macintosh - Cancel ing a Print Job Mac OS A A A A Double-click the printer icon on the desktop. A window appears, showing all print jobs cu rrently queued for printing. Check the current status of th e job you wan t to ca ncel. B B B B Select the name of the job you want to canc el. C C C C Click the pause icon, and then c[...]

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    Setting Up the Printer Driver and Canceling a Print Job 10 1 F F F F Press [ JobReset ] . G G G G Press [ Current ] . • [ Current ] : cancel s the print job currently being process ed. • [ Resume ] : resumes printing jobs. A confirmation message appears. H H H H Press [ Ye s ] to cancel the print job. Note ❒ Press [ No ] to return to the prev[...]

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    11 2. Troubleshooting Error & Status Messages on the Display This section descr ibes the princi pal mess ages that app ear on the displ ay. If a message not described here a ppears, act acc ording to the message. Reference Before turning the main power off, see ‘ Tur ning On th e Po wer ’ , Copy Refer- ence . ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Status m essage[...]

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    Troubleshooting 12 2 ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Alert me ssages Messages/Second m essages Causes Solutions Add ton er Out of toner. Follow instructions inside and replace toner Toner is running out. It is time to supply toner. Change Tray # to the fo llow- ing settings: xxx yyy The settin gs of th e sele cte d pa- per tray a re different fr om those specified[...]

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    Error & Status Messages on the Display 13 2 Dupl ex mode is in off po si- tion for Tr ay # The selec ted paper t ray has not been configured for du- plex pri nting. # in dic ate s th e tr ay numb er . Pre ss [ JobReset ] to change the paper tr ay set tings or do s in- gle-sided printing. For details a bout the tray set - ting s, se e General Se[...]

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    Troubleshooting 14 2 Print overrun. The image data has been thinned out due to image com- pressio n. Increase memory capacity. When installing a memory module in the machine, con- tact y our sales o r se rvice r ep- resentative. Probl em:I EEE1394 board An error may have oc curr ed in the IEEE 1394 bo ard. Turn off the ma in power switc h, and b ac[...]

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    The Machine Does Not Print 15 2 The Machine Do es Not Print Possible Ca use Solutions Is the power on? Check the cable is securely plugged into the power outlet and the machine. Turn on the main power switch. Is the machine online? If not, press { { { { f f f f Online } } } } on the control panel. Does the Printer key stay red? If so, check the err[...]

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    Troubleshooting 16 2 When using wireless LAN, is the LED on the wireless LAN card lit or blinking? Confirm the orange LED is lit, and the green LED is lit or blinks during transm ission. Is the wireless LAN being used in ad hoc mode? Turn the main pow er off and back on. See “ Turn ing On the Pow- er ” , Copy Reference . Otherwise, configure [ [...]

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    The Machine Does Not Print 17 2 Problem Soluti ons Is the Data In indicator blinking or lit after starting the p rin t jo b? If not, data is not being sent t o the machine. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ When the machine is c onnected to the comput er using the interf ace cable Check the machine port set tings are correct. For parallel p ort connection, port LP T[...]

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    Troubleshooting 18 2 Is the Data In indicator blinking or lit after starting the p rin t jo b? ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Network connection Contact your network adminis trator. Problem Soluti ons[...]

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    Other Printing Problems 19 2 Other Printing Problems Problem Causes and Sol utions The print on the entire pa ge is fad- ed. If [ T oner Sav ing ] is selected on the [ Print Quality ] tab in the printer driver, the entire page will be faded when printed. Note ❒ In PostScript 3, click [ Advan ced... ] on the [ Paper/Quality ] tab , an d th en se- [...]

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    Troubleshooting 20 2 When using Win- dows 95/98/Me, Windows 2000/ XP, or Win - dows NT 4 .0, ei- ther combined printing or book- let print does not come out as ex - pecte d. Make sure the application's paper size and orientation settings match thos e of the printer driver. If a d ifferent pap er size and orie nta tion ar e se t, sel ect t he s[...]

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    Other Printing Problems 21 2 It tak es a l ong time to com pl ete a print jo b. Photographs and other data intens ive page s take a long time for the ma- chine to process, so simp ly wait when printing such data. Changing the following settings with the print er driver may help speed up printing : • PCL 6/5e Select the lowest value for [ Resoluti[...]

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    Troubleshooting 22 2 Note ❒ If the problem cannot be solved, contac t your sales or ser vice representative. It takes too much time to res ume printing . The da ta i s s o la rg e or c omp le x tha t i t ta kes t im e to pro ces s. I f th e Data In indicator is blinking, data is being processed. S imply wait until printing resume s. The machine w[...]

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    23 3. Printer Features Reference For more information about copier features and system settings, s ee Copy Ref- erence and Gener al Settings Guide . Printer Features Menu There are seven menu i tems in the Printer Features menu: • Paper Inpu t • List/T est Pri nt • Mainte nance • Sys tem • Host Int erfac e • PCL Menu • PS Menu (opt io[...]

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    Printer Features 24 3 *1 App ears w hen th e Post Script 3 un it (opt iona l) is insta lled. *2 Appears on Type 3 machine only. Check you r machine typ e. System See p.31 “ Sys tem ” . Print Error Report Auto C ontin ue Memory Overflow Memory Usa ge Duplex *2 Copies Edge Smoothing Toner Saving Pri nter L angu ag e *1 Sub P aper Size Page Size L[...]

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    Adjusting Printer Features 25 3 Adjusting Printer Features Printer Features allows basic adjustment of operations when us ing the machine as a printe r. Although fact ory default settings are suitable for most printing jobs, Printer Fea- tures gives you acc ess to a number of settin gs that control basic printer opera- tions. Printer Features setti[...]

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    Printer Features 26 3 Printer Features Parameters Paper In put ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Bypass Paper Size The size of the paper set in the by- pass tray. Reference For more information about pa- per sizes that can be set in the bypass tray, see General Settings Gui de . For information about setting paper in the byp ass tray, see Printer Refer ence 1 . Note[...]

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    Printer Features P arameters 27 3 D D D D Select [ Config. Page ] using { { { {U U U U} } } } or { { { {T T T T} } } } , and then pres s the { { { { OK } } } } key. The configuration page is printed. Interpreting the c onfiguration page System R eferen ce ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Un it N umb er Displays the serial numbe r assigned to the boar d by its manuf[...]

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    Printer Features 28 3 Paper Input Displays the settings made und er the Paper Input m enu. Reference p.26 “ Paper In put ” System Displays the settings mad e under the System men u. Reference p.31 “ Sys tem ” PCL Menu Displays the settings made und er PCL Menu. Reference p.34 “ PCL Menu ” PS Menu Displays the settings made und er PS Men[...]

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    Printer Features P arameters 29 3 Maintenanc e ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Menu Protect This pro ced ure le ts you pr otect menu setting s from accidental change. It makes it impossi ble to change menu setting s with normal procedures un less you perform the required key operations. In a net- work enviro nment, only adminis - trat ors ca n make chang es to men[...]

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    Printer Features 30 3 Canceling Menu Protec t A A A A Press the { { { { User Tools/Counter } } } } key. B B B B Select [ Printer Features ] using { { { {U U U U} } } } or { { { {T T T T} } } } , and then press the { { { { OK } } } } key. C C C C Select [ Maintenance ] using { { { {U U U U} } } } or { { { {T T T T} } } } , and then pres s the { { { [...]

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    Printer Features P arameters 31 3 System ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Print Error Report Select this to have an error re port printed when a printer or memory error occurs. • On • Off Note ❒ Def ault : Off ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Auto Continue You can select this to enab le Auto Con tinue. W hen it is On , print ing continues a fter a sys tem error oc- curs. • [...]

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    Printer Features 32 3 ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Printer Language Normally, the machine should b e set to Au to. If the printer language cannot be detected in Auto, the langu age specifie d by Default Printer Lang. is selected. • Auto • PCL • PS Note ❒ Def ault : Auto ❒ [ Printer Language ] appears if the optiona l PostScrip t 3 unit is in- stalled.[...]

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    Printer Features P arameters 33 3 ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Edge-Edge Print Select this to maximize the printa- ble area by minim izing the white space along the edges, to approxi- mately 0.04 inches (1 mm). • Off • On Note ❒ Def ault : Off ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Default P rinter Lang. You can set the default p rinter lan- guage i f the ma chin e cann ot fi n[...]

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    Printer Features 34 3 PCL Menu ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Orientati on You can set t he page orient ation. • Po rt rait • Landscape Note ❒ Def ault : Po rtrait ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Form Lines You can set th e numbe r of lines per page. • 5 to 128 by 1 Note ❒ Def ault : • Metric version: 64 • Inch version : 60 ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Font Source You can set t[...]

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    Printer Features P arameters 35 3 ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Ext. A4 Widt h You can exten d th e prin ting ar ea width (when p rinting on A4 s heet with PCL). • Off • On Note ❒ Def ault : Off ❒ When th e setting is O n, the width will be 8 / inc hes. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Append CR to LF By connecting to a host operating sy stem suc h as UN IX a nd s ett in[...]

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    Printer Features 36 3[...]

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    37 4. Appendix Collate and Rotat ing Collate If you sele ct the collate function on the printer driver, the m achine will store print data in m emory and automatically collate the prin touts. The collate function can be turned on or off from the printer driver. The mach ine automatically rotat es the printouts un der the followin g condition s: •[...]

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    Appendix 38 4 User Defined Pages Using this functi on, you can s pecify the p age numbers for each inp ut tray. Reference For printing methods, see the printer driver He lp. Limita tion ❒ This function is available with the PCL printer driver only. ❒ If [ User Defi ned Pages ] in [ Paper Selec tion: ] is selected on the [ Pa per ] tab, [ Layout[...]

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    System Settings (Parallel Connection) 39 4 System Settings (Parallel Connection) Interface Settings/Paral lel Interface ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Parallel Tim ing Specifies the timing for the para llel interface. Norma lly, you do not need to chan ge this setting . • ACK ins ide • ACK ou tsid e • STB d own Note ❒ Def ault : ACK outside ❖ ❖ ❖ ?[...]

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    Appendix 40 4 Specifications This se ction co ntains t he machin e's ele ctrical and hardwar e spec ificatio ns, in- cluding information about its options. *1 To use NetBE UI, use the SmartDeviceMonit or port. Component Specific ations Reso lutio n PCL 6 : 600 dp i PCL 5e: 300 dp i, 60 0 dpi RPCS ™ : 300 dpi , 600 dp i PostSc ript 3 : 300 d [...]

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    Specifications 41 4 Options Limita tion ❒ Only one optional interface can be ins talled in the machine at a time. There- fore, the optional IEEE 1394 interface board, the optional IEEE 802.11b inter- face unit (wireless LAN board), the optional IEEE 1284 interface board and the optional Blue tooth interface unit c annot be installed co ncurrently[...]

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    Appendix 42 4 IEEE 802. 11b Interfac e Unit Type D ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Transm ission spec.: Based on IEEE 802.11b (wireless L AN) ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Protocol: TCP/ IP, NetBEU I, IPX/SP X, Apple Talk Note ❒ SmartDeviceMonitor an d Web browser are supported . ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Data tran sfer speed: Auto select from below speed 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps [...]

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    Specifications 43 4 BlueTooth Unit Type 2238 This Bluetooth interface unit supports BIP if t he optional PostScript 3 unit is in- stalled. Reference See the manua l that comes w ith option al Bluetooth interface un it.[...]

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    44 INDEX B BlueTooth Unit Type 2238 , 43 C Canc eling a job Macin tosh , 9 Windo ws , 8 Config uration pag e , 26 Cont rol pane l print er feature s, adj usting , 23 D Data In indicato r , 17 , 21 , 22 Displ ay error messa ges , 11 E Error messages , 11 F Fonts , 40 H Host Int erf ac e , 33 I IEEE 1284 Interface Board Ty pe A , 42 IEEE 1394 Interfa[...]

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    45 W Win dows canceling a job , 8 Windo ws 2000/X P and Win dows Serv er 20 03 prin ter prop erti es, prin ter driv er , 4 Window s 95/98 /Me prin ter prop erti es, prin ter driv er , 3 Win dows NT 4.0 prin ter prop erti es, prin ter driv er , 5[...]

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    46 GB GB B263-8518[...]

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    Copyri ght © 2005[...]

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    Printer/Scanner Unit Type 2018 Operating Instructions Printer Reference 2 GB GB B263-851 8[...]