Panasonic Software DP-1510P/1810P/1810F/2000/2010E/2500/3000 Operating Instructions

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Windows 2000/XP (Administrator)
Printer Section
Sharing Tab
1.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.
2. button
Install additional printer drivers on the system.
When users running different versions of Windows share a printer, installing additional drivers avoids the
necessity for installing new drivers on their systems.
NOTE1. When sharing a printer on the network, the print driver is installed on one print server, other
computers will automatically copy and use that driver.
For this reason, the print server must be ready with printer drivers for all the operating systems
of all computers that will be sharing the printer.
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Ports Tab
1.Print to the following port(s)
Displays a list of ports that allows printing, their status (description), and printers connected to the ports.
2. /   button
Adds/deletes a new port or a new network path.
3. button
Configure the port that is selected. On a parallel port, wait time (in seconds) for retransmission is
specified.
4.Enable bidirectional support
On a printer, this setting enables reception of configuration data and status data from computer. Be sure
to check this checkbox when installing status monitor. Printing may be disabled without checking on the
checkbox.
5.Enable printer pooling
Printer spool allows outputting data from one logical printer to two or more printers. With printer spool
enabled, a transmitted printing job is output to the first printer that allows printing.
NOTE1. Specify the time (seconds) waiting for the printer to be ready for printing. If a printer is not
ready for printing after the specified time has elapsed, an error message is displayed.
If a timeout error occurs frequently upon printing a large size document, specify a larger value
here.
Add Port...Delete Port...
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Printer Section
Advanced Tab
1.Always available/Available from
Specify the operation schedule for a printer. Selecting Available from allows specifying an operation
time.
2.Priority
Specify the priority in printing. Priority is adjustable from 1 to 99. Document of higher priority are printed
before those of lower priority.
3.Driver
Displays the printer driver type. Specify the printer being used or a printer model that can be emulated
with the printer being used.
4. button
Updates or modifies the printer driver.
5.Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster
Specify the method of sending a document from the program to the printer.
6.Hold mismatched documents
The spooler compares document settings against printer settings and holds printing of a document if its
settings (Paper Size, Orientation, and so on) do not match the printer settings.
7.Print spooled documents first
Always prints spooled documents first regardless of printing priority.
8.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.
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9.Enable advanced printing features
Enables advanced printing features. Optional features of the printer (page ordering, booklet printing,
numbering on sheets) are enabled. These features can be disabled if a problem occurs due to
incompatibility. Disabling the features may disable the printing options also.
10. button
Specifies standard (default) values for the properties (print settings) specifiable for each user. If a local
printer is shared, the settings here are used as printing defaults for other users.
Refer to Configuring the Printer Driver Settings (User) for detailed settings.  (See page 58)
11 . button
Specify a print processor and data type to be used for printing.
The processor and data type define operations of printers on Windows 2000/XP.
Usually no change is required in the settings. Use of a printer on a special application, however, may
require changes on the settings.
12.  button
This feature is not available on your machine.
Printing Defaults...
Print Processor...
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Printer Section
Security Tab
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
access. Gray checkbox indicates inheritance of access permission.
1. /   button
Add or delete a user or group in the list.
2. button
Specify access to a printer, audit, and owner.
NOTE1. Windows 2000/XP provides the capability of managing access to various objects (e.g. printers)
by users.
2. Refer to manuals of Windows 2000/XP for details of access permission, audit, and owner.
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Device Options Tab
1.Security Print Password (For DP-1810F/2000/2500/3000)
Set the password for Security Print, to enable the feature.
2.Duplex Unit (For DP-2000/2500)
Check this checkbox if the Automatic Duplex Unit (DA-MD200) is installed.
3.Inner Tray (For DP-2000/2500/3000)
Check this checkbox if the Exit Tray (Inner) and the Dual-Path Exit Guide Unit (DA-XN200/FK200) are
installed.
Specifying inner bins, Inner 1 and Inner 2, is allowed for printing on the printer.
4.Outer Tray (For DP-2000/2500/3000)
Check this checkbox if the Outer Tray (DA-XT200) is installed.
Setting of this option is allowed when the Inner Tray option is enabled.
5.Finisher (For DP-2000/2500/3000)
Check this checkbox if the 1-Bin Finisher (DA-FS200) is installed.
Setting of this option is allowed when the Inner Tray option is enabled. The staple function also is
selectable when this option is enabled.
6.Number of Paper Tray
Select the number of available paper trays for the printer if an optional Paper Feed Module is installed.
7.Printer/Fax Memory (For DP-1810F/2000/2500/3000)
Select the size of the Expansion Flash Memory Card or whether a Fax Option (2MB) has been installed,
to enable Security Print.
8. button
Return all items in the Device Options Tab to standard settings (default).
9. button
Displays the version information about the printer driver.
NOTE1.Device Options Tab specifies device-specific settings and settings of optional devices.
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Printer Section
Font Substitution Tab
Displays and edit the Font Substitution Table.
In the original setting, the Font Substitution Table is set to substitute TrueType fonts with the most similar
printer fonts. However, if you wish to modify the substitution, select a font from the list of TrueType fonts
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Changes the printer settings. Display the printer settings dialog box by the steps below:
NOTE1. In Windows 2000/XP, 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 Configuring the Printer Driver Settings (Administrator) for details of
administrator (system manager) properties. (See page 49)
Windows 2000/XP (User)
1
Select Print in the File menu of the application.
2
Select the printer model in the name box.
3Click the   button in the Print dialog box. 
4
The printer properties dialog box appears. Click the
desired tabs of the dialog box and specify the properties.
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Printer Section
Paper/Layout Tab
1.Paper Size
Select a document size.
2.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.
3.Orientation
Select the print orientation (Portrait/Landscape).
4.Copies (1-999)
Specify the number of copies to be printed. If the number of copies to be printed can be specified within
the application, indicate one copy here and specify the number of copies in the Print dialog box of the
application.
5.Zoom (25-400%)
Specify an enlargement or reduction percentage when printing documents. If enlargement/reduction can
be set within the application, indicate 100% here and specify the enlargement/reduction percentage in
the Print dialog box of the application.
Printer controlled
The printer controls numbers of copies.
(Prints faster utilizing the Sort Memory of printer.)
Note:  If the Collation can be specified on the applications Print dialog box,
           make sure it is unchecked in order for this setting to function properly.
Printer driver controlled
The printer driver controls number of copies.
(Prints slower not utilizing the Sort Memory of printer.) 
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6.Magnify
Select a fixed enlargement/reduction ratio according to the paper size. Specifying the magnification ratio
changes the Zoom to display the actual enlargement/reduction percentage.
7.N in 1
Specify the layout pattern for printing multiple documents on a single sheet of paper.
Selecting 2 in 1 or 4 in 1 changes the Zoom to display the actual enlargement/reduction percentage.
Note: 2 in 1 or 4 in 1 allows the user to select the following layouts under the Position field:
8. button
Return all items in Paper/Layout Tab to standard settings (default).
9.  button
Displays the version information about the printer driver.
4 in 1 Landscape
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Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4
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2 in 1 Portrait
Pattern 1 Pattern 2
1
1 22
2 in 1 Landscape
Pattern 1 Pattern 2
11 112
22
2
4 in 1 Portrait
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33
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Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4
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