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 Poll Interval and modify 
either Bindery Setup or NDS Configuration.
NOTE:
•To enable PServer mode you must first select a frame type. See “Select 
Frames” on page 120.
A) PServer Setup (NDS Configuration)
In initial setup, the KX-P8420 was connected to the network and an NDS 
directory tree, with a Printer, a Print Server, and one or more Print Queue 
objects for KX-P8420 jobs was configured (see page 66). You can make any 
changes to that setup through WebSetup. To modify NDS Setup you may 
need permission to browse the NDS tree. If access to the Print Server is 
restricted, you’ll need a login password.
Note that the terms NetWare server, Novell server, and IPX server are in 
common use and are used here interchangeably to mean the server on an 
IPX network running Novell NetWare networking software.
To set up the NDS configuration:
1Check the Enable NDS check box.
NDS has already been enabled. Uncheck this box only to remove 
NDS support.
2Click Change Trees to open the Add NDS Tree window.
You can have only one NDS tree, so the following process is 
required to change trees.
3Select the current NDS tree and click Remove. 
						

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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 
Select Login User window. 
7Enter a password if necessary.
8Click Next.
The Select Print Server window appears.
9Select the print server from the display in the Select 
Print Server window.
10Enter a password if necessary.
11Click OK.
The Select Print Queue root window appears.
12Select the print queue root from the display in the Select 
Print Queue Root window.
13Enter a password if necessary.
14Click Finish.
The NDS Configuration window reappears, showing the new 
settings. 
15Click OK.
You return to WebSetup window.
16Click Save. 
						

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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 restricted, 
you’ll need a login password.
NOTE:
•The terms NetWare server, Novell server, and IPX file server are in 
common use and are used here interchangeably to mean the server on 
an IPX network running Novell NetWare networking software.
Because you can set up more than one Novell server to handle KX-P8420 
print jobs, Bindery Setup allows you to add or delete new file server 
connections and view the connections you have selected. 
						

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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 Setup dialog box.
The print server you selected in the step 6 appears.
9Click OK.
You return to WebSetup window.
10Click Save. 
						

							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 Windows clients can print to a particular print connection (Hold, 
Print, or Direct) on the KX-P8420 without any other networking software. 
For information on how to set up a Windows client for Windows printing, see 
pages 73 and 76.
Windows (SMB) printing runs over TCP/IP, so TCP/IP must be configured 
on all the KX-P8420 and on workstations that use Windows printing.
Server Name—The server name is the name that will appear on the 
network.
NOTES:
•Lowercase characters are not allowed.
•Each printer should have a different server name, if several KX-P8420 
printers are connected to the same network.
Comment—Server comments (optional) can contain information about the 
printer. 
						

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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 address of the WINS Server.
NOTE:
•The Enable LPD Printing Service and Enable Web Services options are 
not in effect for the KX-P8420.
In Printer Setup, you specify PostScript printing option settings from the 
PS Setup tab.
To set PostScript printing options:
Click the Printer Setup Button.
Printer Setup 
						

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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 Page—Specify whether the KX-P8420 prints a cover (job summary) 
page at the end of each print job. If you select Yes, each print job is followed 
by a page containing the name of the user who sent the job, the document 
name, the server name, the time the job was printed, the number of pages 
printed, and the status of the job. If a PostScript error occurs, and the Print 
to PS Error option is set to Yes, an error message takes the place of the job 
status.
NOTE:
•Some information may not be printed depending on the operating system 
on which a job is printed.
When you have finished specifying settings from Fiery WebSetup, click 
Save, and then close the Fiery WebSetup window by clicking the X in the 
top-right corner of the window. The Reboot window appears, and you are 
asked whether to reboot the computer or not. Select Yes to reboot the 
printer and initialize the new settings.
Saving your 
settings and 
exiting 
Fiery WebSetup 
						

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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 Adjustment:
1.Print a color calibration page to confirm the current Bias Adjustment. 
(See below.)
2.Compare the color calibration page with the provided color calibration 
card. (See page 131.)
3.Perform Bias Adjustment. (See page 132.)
NOTE:
•Visual Calibration and Color Adjustment settings may affect the settings 
of Bias Adjustment.
— Reset VisualCal before performing the Bias Adjustment. (See 
page 140.)
— Restore the settings in Color Adjustment to the default values 
(all 0) before using the Bias Adjustment. (See page 143.)
To print a color calibration page:
1Press the Menu/Exit button on the printer panel.
Test Page is displayed in the LCD panel.
2Press the Continue/Forward button.
Bias Adjustment is displayed in the LCD panel.
3Press the Enter button.
Calibration Offset is displayed in the LCD panel.
4Press the Continue/Forward button 5 times.
Calibration Test Print is displayed in the LCD panel.
5Press the Enter button.
A Color Calibration Page will be printed. (See next page.) 
						

							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