Panasonic Digital Copier DP-2000/2500/3000 Operating Instructions

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Printer Section
Installing the Printer Driver
Next
Next
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Open the Printers dialog box.
     Click the Start button.
     Place the cursor on Settings and click Printers.
2
Double-click the Add Printer icon.
3
Click the                      button.
4
Select Local printer and click the
button.
Network printer is specified when a printer on the 
network is installed.  
Refer to the Windows 95/98/Me users manual 
for details.
If you are using the LPR software to connect this 
device, select Local printer at this time. You will 
change to the correct port later. 
						

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Next
Next
OK
Have Disk...5
Insert the CD-ROM containing the printer driver.
Click the                             button.
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Specify the drive name and type 
D:\ENGLISH\DRIVER\WIN9X.
(When drive D is the CD-ROM drive.)
Click the                      button.
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Select the device (Panasonic DP-2000 PCL , 
Panasonic DP-2500 PCL or Panasonic DP-3000 
PCL).
Click the                      button.
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Select LPT1.
Click the                      button. 
						

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Printer Section
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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
10Finish
Finish
Select Yes (recommended) and click the
                     button.
  Test printing starts.
  Default (initial setting) for paper size is Letter    
        .
Select No when skipping test printing, and click 
the                      button.
Next 
						

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The following step is to Register the LPR Port. for 
network printing.
Before proceeding, ensure that the Printer is 
installed, connected to the Network, is turned ON 
and operating properly. 
Right-click on the Panasonic DP-2500 PCL icon 
in the Printers folder and select Properties from 
the pop-up menu.
The Panasonic DP-2500 PCL Properties dialog 
box appears.
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The required files are copied.
The Printers icon is now displayed in the Printers
folder.
You have completed the installation as a local
printer.
If both the PC and the printer are connected on a 
network, please contact your network administrator 
for the IP Address of the printer and proceed to the 
next step.
  Be sure to delete the drivers of earlier versions before updating drivers.
  Restart Windows after updating drivers.NOTE 
						

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Printer Section
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The screen reverts to DP-2500 PCL Properties.
Check that the Print to the following port:was 
changed as entered, and click on the Apply button 
first and then on the                       button.
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The LPR Port Name dialog box appears.
Type the IP Address of the DP-2500 and lpas the 
queue name separated by a :
Example: 192.168.3.23:lp
Click on the                        button. If an error occurs 
because the queue name was already used for the 
same IP Address, select a unique name such as lpr.
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The Add Port dialog box appears. Click the Other 
radio button, and select HLPRMON from Click the 
type of port you want to add: and click on the 
                    button.
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Select the Details tab and click on the 
button.
OK
OK
OK
Add port... 
						

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Configuring the Printer Driver Settings
NOTE
To change the printer settings,  open the dialog box of the printer properties by the following steps.
  Upon printing, changing the properties Paper/Layout, Handling, Quality and Device 
Options is allowed by clicking Properties in the print dialog box of an application.
  Color Management Tab in the property dialog box is not used for the DP-2000/2500/
3000.
  Sharing Tab in the property dialog box is not displayed unless printer sharing has 
been specified. 
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Click the Start button, place the cursor on Settings, and then click Printers.
2
Right-click the printer icon in the printers window, and select Properties in the dropdown menu.
The dialog box for the printer properties appears.  
						

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Printer Section
   
Browse...
Print Test Page

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 an already set-up user will
remain unchanged even if the comment is modified later.
Separator page
Inserts a separator page for every document to be printed. This feature is useful when multiple users 
share the same printer or when printing multiple documents at one time. The user can choose between 
Full, which is adorned with graphics, and Simple which consists of only text.
To use a specific separator page, click on                   and then specify any Windows metafile (.WMF) to 
be used as the separator page.
                        button
Prints a test page. This allows the user to verify if the printer is installed properly. 
						

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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 or enter the 
network path here.
Print using the following driver
Displays the type of the printer driver. Specify the printer being used or a printer model which can be
emulated with the printer being used.
                                    /                            button
Assigns a port to the network drive or cancels a port assigned to the network drive.
Timeout settings - Not selected
Specify the amount of time (in seconds) allowed to elapse before the printer becomes online. If the printer 
is not online within this duration, an error message will be displayed.
Timeout settings - Transmission retry
Specify the amount of time (in seconds) allowed to elapse before the printer is ready for printing. If the 
printer is not ready for printing within this duration, an error message will be displayed.
Increase this value if a timeout error occurs when printing a large document.
                        /                         button
Adds/deletes a new port or a new network path.
                       button
Updates or modifies the printer driver.
Add Port... 
						

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Printer Section
                          button
Specify the method of sending (spooling) 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 EMF format (metafile compression) may cause the following problems on some 
application software.
        1) Printing result is different from the screen display.
        2) Printing requires excessive time.
Enable bidirectional support
Be sure to check the check box of Enable bidirectional support when installing the status monitor. 
Printing may be disabled without the checking it.
                          button
Modifies printer port settings.
Spool Settings...
Port Settings... 
						

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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 this time will be displayed when other users view information about the
printer on the network.
Comment
You can enter comment regarding a shared printer (such as the type of printer and the location where it is
installed). When other users view information about the printer on the network, the comment specified 
here will be displayed.
Password
Specify a password when other users will connect to this printer.
Leave the box blank in order not to use any password.