Panasonic DA-PC700 5.1 Using the Direct Print Utility

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This section explains the operations environment when using the Direct Print Utility as well as the

flow of setup.

5.1.1 System Configuration

To use the Direct Print Utility, install the software on Windows 95, Windows 98, or

Windows Me, setup the port and connect the printer to an Ethernet or Token Ring

network.

5.1.2 Target Computers (Windows 95/98/Me)

The target computers must meet all the following requirements:

• Installed with the English version of Windows 95/98/Me

• IBM PC-AT or compatible computer

• Equipped with Intel CPU (x86 compatible)

• Using TCP/IP protocol in a network environment

• Installed with a printer driver compatible with the printer

• Computer name setup by ASCII characters

• Use only single-byte uppercase/lowercase letters, numbers, hyphen (-) and

underscore (_) for ASCII character.

• If non-ASCII characters are used in a computer name, the printer may not print

normally. If non-ASCII characters are used, change the computer name in Control

Panel > Network > Identification.

5.1 Using the Direct Print Utility

Contents

Main Page i Preface ii Types of Manuals iii Using These Operating Instructions Organization iv v Conventions vi Precaution for power and earth connection Safety Notes vii Table of Contents Chapter 1 Overview of the Printer Chapter 2 Setup Chapter 3 Useful Operations viii Chapter 4 Installing/ Configuring the Printer Drivers Chapter 5 Setup for the Direct Print Utility ix Chapter 6 Setup for TCP/IP (Windows NT/Windows 2000) Chapter 7 Setup for Windows Networking Chapter 8 Setup for NetWare x Chapter 9 Using the Internet Printing Protocol Chapter 10 Using Internet Services Chapter 11 Setting Print Mode Chapter 12 Printing Reports/Lists xi Chapter 13 Configuring by the Tools Mode Screen Chapter 14 Precautions and Limitations Chapter 15 Troubleshooting xii Appendix Page Page 3 1.1.2 Using the Touch Panel Display 1.2 Getting Ready to Print Page 6 1.3 Special Features of the Printer * 1.4 Setting Printer Environment Windows Networking (for Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000) 1.5 Network Printer Environments Page TCP/IP (for Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000) Page Internet printing Token Ring Page Page Page Page 17 1.6.3 Checking/Setting DHCP Environment 18 1.7 Setting Port 1.7.1 Activating Port Page Page 21 1.7.2 Other setting items 22 1.8 Power Saver 1.8.1 Using the Power Saver Mode 1.8.2 Automatic Power Saver Mode 1.9 About the Attached CD-ROM Page Page 2.1 Connecting Interface Cables 26 2.1.1 Parallel Page 2.2 Memory Allocation 28 2.2.1 Uses 2.2.2 Suggested Values System use Page 30 3.1 Flow of Printing 3.1.1 For Windows Useful Operations 31 3.1.2 Basic Way of Printing 3.1.3 Online Help 3.2 Checking Job Status Useful Operations 33 3.3.1 Cancelling Jobs in Process 3.3 Cancelling Printing From Printer 34 3.3.2 Cancelling Jobs in the Printer 3.4 Forced Outputting Page 3.5 Switching Printer to Offline 3.6 Printing vs Copying/ Scanning Page Page Page Page Page 4.1 About the Printer Drivers 44 4.1.1 The PCL 6 Printer Drivers 4.1.2 Installation/Configuration Methods 4.1.3 Settings on the Printer 4.2 Installing/Uninstalling the Printer Drivers Page Page 48 4.2.2 For a Network Printer 49 4.2.3 Uninstalling the Printer Drivers Page 51 4.3 Configuring the Printer Drivers 4.3.1 Accessing the Printer Properties Dialog Box For Windows 95/98/Me For Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000 53 4.3.2 Setting the Printer Properties Printer Error Report Select Substitution Tray Bypass Feed Orientation Device Halftoning (for Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000) Job Owner Settings Paper/Output Paper Size Paper Source Page Image Orientation 2 Sided Print Copies (default: 1) Custom Paper Size Output Options Page Page First Sheet EMF Spooling (for Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000) (default: off) Graphics Graphics Mode Halftone Image Enhancement (default: on) All Texts to Black (default: off) TrueType Mode Use Printer TrueType Fonts (default: on) Halftone Color Adjustment (for Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000) Overlays Load Overlay Create Overlay Page Layout A rectangle is drawn to divide each document page. Layout Mode (1) Multi-Up (available when Multi-Up is selected for Layout Mode) No page border is drawn. Page Page Page Watermarks The procedure to create a watermark is as follows: The procedure to edit a watermark is as follows: The procedure to delete a watermark is as follows: To print a watermark, the options available include: Page Page 5.1 Using the Direct Print Utility 76 5.1.1 System Configuration 5.1.2 Target Computers (Windows 95/98/Me) Page 5.2 Setup of the Printer 78 5.2.1 When the LPD Port is Disabled Page 80 5.2.2 Other Settings 81 Setup for the Direct Print Utility This section describes the installation method for Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me. 5.3 Installing the Direct Print Utility 82 5.3.2 Setting the TCP/IP Protocol Page Page Page Page 87 Setup for the Direct Print Utility 5.4 Status Indication Page 5.5 Uninstalling Page Page Page 94 6.1.1 Flow of Setup 6.1 Setup for TCP/IP (Windows NT/Windows 2000) 6.2 Setup for the Printer Page Page Page Page 100 6.3 Setup for Windows NT/ Windows 2000 6.3.1 For Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000 Page 7.1 Introduction 102 7.1.1 System Structure 103 7.1.2 Setup Procedure 7.2 Setting NetBEUI in Printer Page 106 7.2.2 Other Settings Also, you have to define the following settings if you are using Internet Services: 7.3 Setting TCP/IP in Printer Page Page 111 7.4 Changing Printer and Workgroup Name 7.4.1 Through Windows Networking Page Setting format of config.txt Page Page 7.5 Auto Driver Downloading 116 7.5.1 Preparation for Auto Driver Downloading Page 118 7.5.2 Auto Downloading of Printer Driver Page Page Page 8.1 Using NetWare 122 8.1.1 System Configuration 8.1.2 Target Computers 123 Setup for NetWare 8.1.3 Interface 124 8.2 Setup for NetWare 8.2.1 Flow of Setup 8.3 Setup for the Printer Page Page Page 8.4 Setup for the Client 129 Setup for NetWare 8.4.1 Windows 95/98/Me, Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 Page Page 9.1 Introduction Page 134 9.1.3 Other Setting Items 9.2 Setup of the Printer and Installing the Printer Driver Page Page Page Page 10.1 Using Internet Services 140 10.1.1 Structure of the Internet Services Screen 141 Using Internet Services 10.1.2 System Environment 10.1.3 Target Host Computers and Browsers Host computers 10.2 Configuring Browser 10.2.1 Checking Browsers For Netscape Communicator For Internet Explorer 143 Using Internet Services 10.2.2 Checking Proxy Server and Port Number Proxy server setting Port number setting 10.3 Configuring Printer 144 10.3.1 Activating Internet Service Page 146 10.3.2 Other Internet Service Settings Items 10.4 Activating Browser Page Page 11.1 Print Mode Operation 151 This section explains the values that can be set in the PCL 6 Settings and the setting procedure. 11.2.1 List of PCL 6 Settings Items 11.2 PCL 6 Settings Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 12.1 Types of Reports/Lists 160 12.1.1 Types and Paper Sizes Types Paper sizes Page Page Printing Reports/Lists 163 12.1.3 Job History Report About Job History Report The result of the printing is shown on the next page. Page Page Page 168 12.1.5 PCL Settings List The result of the printing is shown on the next page. About PCL Settings Prints the PCL settings of the printer Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 178 12.1.10 Stored Print Job List About Stored Print Job List Page 12.2 How to Print Report/List Page 13.1 Tools Mode 182 13.1.1 Displaying the Tools Mode Screen Page 184 13.2 System/Meter Settings 13.2.1 Common Settings Page 186 13.2.2 Copy Mode Settings 187 13.2.3 Print/Scan Mode Settings Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 14.1 In General When switching on/off power When cancelling printing When initialized hard disk When specifying multiple-copy printing instruction (sorting) for a document with more than 701 pages Page 200 14.2 On Using NetWare This section explains the precautions and limitations of using this printer with NetWare. 14.2.1 Setting Printer 201 14.2.2 Setting Server For NDS For Bindery Workload of Bindery reference queue (for directory service/Pserver mode) 202 14.2.3 During Printing 14.2.4 Using Token Ring Interface Port 14.2.5 Others 203 14.3 On Using TCP/IP (LPD) 14.3.1 During Setup Setting up at the printer Setting up at the PC/workstation 14.3.2 During Switching Power On/Off 204 When LPD Spool is set to Off (non-spool mode) 14.3.3 During Printing When LPD Spool is set to Hard Disk or Memory (spool mode) When LPD Spool is set to Off (non-spool mode) 14.4 On Using SMB 205 14.4.1 During Setup Setting up the printer Setting up the PC/workstation 206 14.4.3 During Printing When SMB Spool is set to Hard Disk or Memory (spool mode) When SMB Spool is set to Off (non-spool mode) When the IP address or computer name is changed Page 15.1 When Problems Occur Page Page Page 15.2 When the Print Quality is Poor Page Page Page 15.3 Using the Direct Print Utility Page 218 pertaining to errors which may occur when using the printer with NetWare. 15.4.1 The printer is not Printing 15.4 Using NetWare Page Page Page 222 15.4.4 No Notification No end-of-job notification No notification of printer errors 15.5 223 Using TCP/IP pertaining to errors which may occur when the printer is used with TCP/IP (LPD). 15.5.1 When Using Windows 95/98/Me 224 15.5.2 When Using Windows NT 4.0 Unable to obtain the desired print results When the printer is not printing 15.6 225 Using SMB pertaining to errors which may occur when using the printer with SMB. 15.6.1 The Printer is not Found 226 15.6.2 Cannot Print 15.6.3 Cannot Delete Documents from the Printer Window 227 15.6.4 Cannot Perform Auto Driver Downloading 15.7 Using Internet Services Page 230 AMain Specifications A.1 Specifications of the Printer 231 A.2 Printing Area a This section describes the parallel interface (centronics/IEEE1284-compliant inter- face). Shape of the connector BConnectors and Allocation Signal Meaning of the signals When the bidirectional is OFF: All connections adhere to the IEEE 1284 connector standard. When the bidirectional is ON: 234 C Printing Data Combined Using Overlays C.1 Creating an Overlay 235 C.2 Printing with an Overlay Page 237 D.1 Storing Secured Print/Sample Set Jobs Page Page Page Glossary 241 Glossary Page 243 Index Index Symbol A B C J L M N O 245 Index R S T Page Page WARRANTY U.S.A. only