Panasonic Color Laser Printer Kx P8420 Operating Instructions

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Model No. KX-P8420
Operating Instructions 

 
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Thank you for purchasing the Panasonic KX-P8420 Color Laser Printer.  
The serial number is located on the label on the rear of the unit. For your convenience, record the 
number below and keep this book along with your proof of purchase, in the event of a theft or for future 
reference.
MODEL NO.        
KX-P8420  
SERIAL NO.
NAME OF RESELLER DATE OF PURCHASE 

 
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As an E 
NERGY 
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TAR 
® Partner, Panasonic has determined that this product meets 
the E 
NERGY 
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TAR 
® guidelines for energy efficiency.
(E 
NERGY 
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TAR 
 is a U.S. registered mark.)
Adobe, Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, PostScript, PostScript 3, 
Adobe Type Manager and the PostScript 3 logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems 
Incorporated.
Fiery, Fiery Driven and the Fiery Driven logo are trademarks owned by Electronics 
for Imaging and registered with the U.S. Patent and...

 
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EFI STANDARD SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT 
Electronics for Imaging, Inc. grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the software and 
accompanying documentation (“Software”) included with the Fiery® server you have purchased, including 
without limitation the PostScript® software provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated. 
You may:
a. 
use the Software solely for your own customary business purposes and solely with the Fiery® server; 
b. 
use the digitally-encoded machine-readable...

 
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Remedies 
Unauthorized use, copying or disclosure of the Software, Coded Font Programs, Typefaces, Trademarks or 
accompanying documentation will result in automatic termination of this license and will make available to 
Electronics for Imaging other legal remedies. 
Limited Warranty And Disclaimer 
Electronics for Imaging warrants that, for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of delivery to you, the 
Software under normal use will perform without significant errors that make it unusable....

 
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Third Party Beneficiary 
You are hereby notified that Adobe Systems Incorporated, a California corporation located at 1585 Charleston 
Road, Mountain View, California 94039-7900 (“Adobe”) is a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement to the 
extent that this Agreement contains provisions which relate to your use of the Fonts, the Coded Font 
Programs, the Typefaces and the Trademarks licensed hereby. Such provisions are made expressly for the 
benefit of Adobe and are enforceable by Adobe in...

 
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FOR USERS IN UNITED STATES 
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, 
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against 
harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment 
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with 
the instructions manual, may cause harmful interference to...

 
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Contents 
EFI STANDARD SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
For Your Safety  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Power source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Laser safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Ozone release  . . . . ....

 
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Contents 
Setting up the printer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 
Preparing the imaging unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Setting up the output tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Installing the toner cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Loading media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

 
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Contents 
General steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows . . . . . . .78 
Installing the PostScript printer driver for Windows 95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Specifying installed devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Completing the connection for Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Setting up PostScript printing with Windows NT...