Panasonic Color Laser Printer Kx P8420 Operating Instructions

121 Setup from the Front Panel and WebSetup
NOTE:
•If your network uses both NDS and Bindery, set up NDS first. Setting up 
NDS after Bindery will overwrite Bindery Setup. If your network uses both 
NDS and Bindery, including using NetWare 4.x servers in bindery 
emulation, the KX-P8420 cannot service NDS and bindery emulation 
servers on the same NDS tree.
PServer Setup (NetWare Services)
The Enable PServer mode option must be turned on if you have a Novell 
server connected. You can change the PServer...

122 Setup from the Front Panel and WebSetup
4Select the new NDS tree and click Add.
Your new NDS tree selection automatically overwrites any previous 
tree selection. If you change the NDS tree selection and there are 
also current Bindery settings, you are alerted that they will be 
deleted. If you continue with NDS Setup, you can replace Bindery 
settings afterwards. To exit NDS Setup, choose Cancel.
5Click OK.
The Select login user window appears.
6Select the User Login object from the display in the...

123 Setup from the Front Panel and WebSetup
B) PServer Setup (Bindery Setup)
Use Bindery Setup if you have already configured one or more bindery 
servers (file servers running NetWare 3.x or NetWare 4.x in bindery 
emulation) with a Print Server and a Print Queue for KX-P8420 jobs (see 
page 66). Before entering bindery settings, be sure the KX-P8420 is 
connected to the network and the NetWare file server is running. You’ll need 
a login name, and, if access to the file server or print server is...

124 Setup from the Front Panel and WebSetup
To set up the Bindery Setup:
1Click the Bindery Setup button to display the Add 
Connections window.
The Novell Setup window appears.
2Click the server you want to add.
3Click Add.
The Add Server window appears.
4Enter your user name and password.
5Click Next.
The Add Server window shows a list of print servers you can add.
6Select a print server from the list on the left.
7Enter a password if a password is required.
8Click Finish.
You return to the main Novell...

125 Setup from the Front Panel and WebSetup
n Service Setup tab
The Service Setup tab is used to set Windows Printing Service options. 
Windows Printing Service enables the Microsoft SMB protocol, which 
supports peer-to-peer printing, also known as Windows (WINS) or SMB 
printing. 
Enable Windows Printing Service— Enable this option to enable SMB 
(Server Message Block), the file and printer sharing protocol built into 
Windows. Enabling SMB allows the KX-P8420 to be listed on the network 
so that...

126 Setup from the Front Panel and WebSetup
Domain Workgroup—Enter the workgroup or domain you want the 
KX-P8420 to appear in.
NOTE:
•Lowercase characters are not allowed.
Use WINS  Server—Select to use a WINS name server. Broadcasts from 
SMB devices cannot be routed beyond their original network segment 
without a WINS name server. Setting up the WINS name server is outside 
the scope of this manual. To find out if a name server is available, contact 
your network administrator.
IP Address—Enter the IP...

127 Setup from the Front Panel and WebSetup
n PS Setup tab
The options that you can set from the PS Setup tab are described below.
Print to PS Error—Specify whether the KX-P8420 should print the 
available portion of a print job when it encounters a PostScript error. Select 
Yes to print an extra page with PostScript error messages. Select No to 
cancel the job entirely whenever a PostScript error is encountered.
NOTE:
•In some cases, the extra page may be printed even when No is selected.
Cover...

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Output from color print devices is subject to changes in temperature and\
  

129 Color Calibration
Bias adjustment
The printer’s Bias Adjustment feature provides basic control over the 
printer’s color production. The Bias Adjustment screens, accessible via the 
front panel, allow you to override the printer’s current toner density and 
brightness settings.
Using the Bias Adjustment and calibration offset controls, you can increase 
or decrease the density of cyan, magenta, yellow or black, and increase or 
decrease the overall brightness of all toner colors.
To perform Bias...

130 Color Calibration
The current density setting for each color is indicated by the line 
enclosure on the Color Calibration Page.
Color Calibration Page:
Current color density settings