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EFI STANDARD SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
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FOR USERS IN UNITED STATES
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 3
Chapter 2
Printer Setup
Connecting the Printer to a Network
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 4
Completing setup from Fiery WebSetup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Setup from the Front Panel and WebSetup
Installing Macintosh Software
Chapter 8
Appendix
Maintenance
Care and
Chapter 9
Options
Chapter 7
For Your Safety
General
Power source
Laser safety
Ozone release
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For Your Safety
Caution labels
N52
This mark shows that the product complies with AS/NZS 3548.
FOR USERS IN AUSTRALIA
ATTENTION:
For Your Safety
FOR USERS IN U.K.
Chapter 1
Before You Start
Cautions
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CD-ROM
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Features of the KX-P8420
High quality High speed Easy operation Networking and client capabilities
Color capabilities
Color management
Fiery WebTools
System requirements
With a Windows
With a Macintosh
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Unpacking
Operating Instructions
Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide
Part names
Front side view
Rear side view
Front panel overview
Buttons
Printer Setup
Setting up the printer
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Loading media
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Connecting the printer to a
Using a parallel interface cable
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Margins and print area
a) Open the left side door. b) Move the switch to the desired setting.
Loading media in the multi-purpose tray
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Using the front panel
Status messages
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Turn on the printer and allow it to warm up.
From the Ready screen, press the Menu/Exit button on the printers front panel.
Press the Enter button.
Press the Continue/Forward button until you see Test Print and then press the Enter button.
Printing pages from the front panel
To print a Configuration Page or PostScript Font List:
Configuration Page PostScript Font List
Ready
From the
button.
Enter
Cancel/Left
button on the front panel.
button to display a list of available pages.
) button until you see Conguration Page or PS Font List in the window and press the
The KX-P8420 prints a Conguration Page or PostScript Font List.
Chapter 3
Connecting the Printer to a Network
Network connections
Ethernet network connections
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Token Ring network connections
Parallel cable connection
Setting up TCP/IP printing
Setting up the printing environment
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Log in to your UNIX host as the root user.
Edit your /etc/hosts le to include the printer as a network device.
Save and exit the hosts le.
Conrm the connection using the ping command.
UNIX server print queues
If your UNIX system uses SunOS 4 or another BSD- based variant, go to the next section.
On each workstation that will print to the printer, log in to your UNIX host as the root user.
Create an entry for the printer in your /etc/printcap le.
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To see if the printer responds to its address, use the ping command.
Verifying the TCP/IP network connection
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On a UNIX system running Solaris 2, use the cancel command to remove jobs from the queue.
On a UNIX system running Solaris 2, use the lpstat command to see printer jobs in the queue.
Printing and administering print jobs
Setting up IPX (Novell) printing
Overview of IPX printing to the KX-P8420
Conguring the NetWare server
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Using AppleTalk with Macintosh computers on an IPX (Novell) network
Setting up NetWare Windows clients
Setting up Fiery WebTools
IMPORTANT:
Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide.
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Setting up Windows 95 clients for SMB printing
Expand the levels to locate your printer and the queue you want to print to.
Under the printers name, select the queue you wish to print to and click OK.
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Chapter 4
Installing Software for Windows
General steps
Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows
Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows 95
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Completing the connection for Windows 95
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Click the printer icon labeled with the NetWare print queue you will use and click OK.
In the Add Port dialog box, verify that the network path is updated, and click OK.
Click the General tab in the Properties dialog box, and click Print Test Page.
Setting up PostScript printing with Windows NT 4.0
Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows NT 4.0
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Completing the connection for Windows NT 4.0
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Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows 3.1
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Completing the connection for Windows 3.1
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Installing additional software for Windows users
Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide
PostScript and TrueType fonts
ATM (Windows 95 and Windows 3.1)
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CMYK Color Reference
Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide.
PANTONE Coated Color Reference
Color reference pages
Drivers and Utilities Reference Guide.
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Chapter 5
Installing Macintosh Software
General steps for installing Macintosh software
Installing Macintosh printing software
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Installing additional software for Macintosh users
Chapter 6
Setup from the Front Panel and WebSetup
Initial Setup from the front panel
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Parallel Port Setup
A) When the Ethernet card is installed in the printer:
B) When the Token Ring card is installed in the printer:
A) When you select TCP/IP Setup:
Network Protocol Setup
B) When you select AppleTalk Setup:
C) When you select IPX/SPX Setup:
Language Setup
Reset Queues Hard Disk
Completing setup from Fiery WebSetup
Accessing Fiery WebSetup
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Click the System Setup button.
System Setup
System Setup tab
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Protocol Setup tab
PServer Setup tab
Select the current NDS tree and click Remove.
A) PServer Setup (NDS Conguration)
Check the Enable NDS check box.
Click Change Trees to open the Add NDS Tree window.
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B) PServer Setup (Bindery Setup)
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Service Setup tab
Click the Printer Setup Button.
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Chapter 7
Color Calibration
Bias adjustment
Press the Menu/Exit button on the printer panel.
Press the Continue/Forward button.
Press the Continue/Forward button 5 times.
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VisualCal, 30% match calibration
VisualCal Limits and 30% Match page
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Calibrating the printer using VisualCal
VisualCal
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VisualCal Gray Balance page
To print the Gray Balance page, press the Enter
The Gray Balance page is printed and Best Patch (row) appears.
VisualCal
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Color adjustment
To print a Color Test that uses the new values, press the Enter button.
Color Adjust Test pages that use the previous value and the new values are printed.
Color Adjustment: Before Color Adjustment: After
The Apply Changes menu appears.
Panasonic KX-P8420
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Chapter 8
Care and Maintenance
Cleaning
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User replaceable components
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Displaying the life of supplies and coverage of toner
Maintenance
Clearing media jams
Image Area
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Troubleshooting
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If you cant make a print:
Media problem
Problems with image size and position
Print quality problems
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Front Panel Messages
Front panel status and error messages
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Front panel service calls
Repacking
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Chapter 9
Options
Upgrade options
Removing and replacing the printer controller board
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Installing a hard disk drive
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Installing additional memory
Initializing the hard disk
Installing SDRAM DIMMs
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Installing network cards
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Appendix
Printer
Specifications
Media sizes
Media
Paper weight
Margins and print area
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Specifications
Pin configuration
Bidirectional Parallel Interface
Parallel Interface connector (printer side)
Controller
Index
Numerics
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