Panasonic Color Laser Printer Kx P8420 Operating Instructions

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n Setting up IPX (Novell) printing with Windows 95
The following procedure describes how to prepare the computer for printing 
using IPX protocols.
Before you begin:
Verify the KX-P8420 has been configured for Novell printing in 
Network Protocol Setup.
For more information about setting up the printer for IPX (Novell) printing, 
see “Setting up IPX (Novell) printing” on page 61.
To set up IPX (Novell) printing:
1Click the Start button, select Settings, and click...

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9Click the printer icon labeled with the NetWare print 
queue you will use and click OK.
10In the Add Port dialog box, verify that the network path 
is updated, and click OK.
To confirm the connection, you can print a Windows 95 test page.
11Click the General tab in the Properties dialog box, and 
click Print Test  Page.
You are ready to print to the KX-P8420 from Windows applications. 
When you select Print, jobs are routed to the print queue on the 
NetWare file server,...

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To install the KX-P8420 as a local PostScript printer:
1Insert the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM in your 
CD-ROM drive.
2Select the Typical, Compact, or Custom installation 
option.
3Follow the instructions that appear on the screen.
If this is the first PostScript printer installed on your computer and you 
attempt to install the KX-P8420 PPD, the Files Needed dialog box will 
appear, prompting you to locate the PostScript driver PSCRIPT.DLL for 
Windows NT 4.0.
To...

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When the printer driver is installed, specify the optional devices installed on 
your printer to enable use of options relating to those devices.
To specify options installed on the KX-P8420:
1Select Settings>Printers from the Start menu.
2Click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon and select 
Properties from the File menu.
3Click the Device Settings tab, and scroll down to 
Installable Options.
4Configure the following options to correspond with the 
features installed...

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To print from Windows NT 4.0 you need to:
•Set up network servers, if any.
•Set up the KX-P8420 to accept print jobs from your computer.
•Configure a port on each computer with Windows NT 4.0 for the network 
or connection type.
n Setting up parallel printing on Windows NT 4.0
Once you have installed the PostScript printer driver for Windows NT 4.0 
complete the setup for parallel printing as follows:
To set up parallel printing:
1Click the Start button, select Settings,...

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n Setting up TCP/IP and LPR printing with Windows NT 4.0
Once you have installed the PostScript driver for Windows NT 4.0 complete 
the setup for the TCP/IP and lpr connection as follows:
•Prepare the KX-P8420 to accept print jobs using TCP/IP and lpr 
protocols.
•Configure the workstation for the TCP/IP connection.
Before you continue, ask the system administrator for the IP address 
assigned to the KX-P8420 and the subnet mask as well as gateway 
address, if they are...

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To set up TCP/IP and LPR printing for Windows NT 4.0:
1Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click 
Printers.
2Click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon, and select 
Properties from the File menu (or right-click the printer 
icon, and left-click Properties).
3Click the Por ts tab.
4Click Add Port.
The available port types are displayed. 

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5Select LPR Port and click New Port.
If the LPR port is not listed, install the TCP/IP protocols and 
Microsoft TCP/IP Printing. For details, see
 your documentation for 
Windows NT 4.0.
6In the Name or address of server providing lpr box of the 
Add LPR compatible printer dialog box, enter the IP 
address of the KX-P8420. 
If your network uses Domain Name Services (DNS), enter the DNS 
name assigned to the KX-P8420 instead of the IP address.
7Press Ta b and type the...

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The Adobe PostScript printer driver for Windows 3.1 is included on the 
KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM.
To install the Adobe PostScript printer driver:
1Start Windows and exit any applications that start 
automatically.
2Insert the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility CD-ROM into the 
CD-ROM drive.
3In the Main window, double-click the Control Panel icon 
and double-click the Printers icon.
4In the Printers dialog box, click Add, and then click 
Install.
5In the Install Driver...

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When the printer driver is installed, specify the optional devices installed on 
your printer. This will enable use of options relating to those devices.
To specify options installed on the KX-P8420:
1In the Control Panel window, double-click the Printers 
icon.
2In the Printers dialog box, select the Panasonic 
KX-P8420 on LPT1: in the Installed Printers list, and 
click Setup.
3In the Panasonic KX-P8420 on LPT1: dialog box, click 
the Features tab.
4Specify the...