Panasonic Color Laser Printer Kx P8420 Reference Guide

 
11 Printing from Windows Computers  This section describes configuring printing options for Windows NT 4.0 
systems. On Windows NT 4.0, PostScript printing options are set from the 
Printer Properties dialog box and the Default Document Properties dialog 
box.   To configure Postscript printing options:  1  From the 
  Windows NT 4.0
   taskbar, select 
  Settings  >
Printers. 
2Click the Panasonic KX-P8420 printer icon, and select 
Properties from the File menu.
3Click the Device Settings tab.
4If the...

 
12 Printing from Windows Computers  7  Right-click the 
  Panasonic KX-P8420 
 printer icon in the 
  Printers
   folder and select 
  Document Defaults
 .   The Default Document Properties dialog box appears. 
NOTE:
  •  When printing from applications, this dialog box appears (select 
Print, and then click the Properties button).  8  Click the 
  Advanced
   tab.  9  Specify the appropriate settings for your print job.  From this tab you can specify all print option settings. These include 
Paper...

 
13 Printing from Windows Computers  This section describes configuring printing options for Windows 3.1 systems 
using the Adobe PostScript printer driver from the KX-P8420 Driver & Utility 
CD-ROM.  To configure PostScript printing options:  1  In the 
  Main
   window, double-click the
   Control Panel 
 icon.  2  Double-click the 
  Printers
   icon.  3  In the 
  Printers
   dialog box, select the 
  Panasonic
   
  KX-P8420
   
  on LPT1
   from the 
  Installed Printers
   list box 
and click...

 
14 Printing from Windows Computers  Windows print options  The printer drivers that come with your printer have been customized to 
provide additional print options specific to your KX-P8420 printer. Although 
the PostScript printer driver interfaces vary between Windows 95, 
Windows NT 4.0, and Windows 3.1 operating systems, the printing features 
available from each driver, on each platform, are virtually the same. 
The following table describes print options and settings available using the...

 
15 Printing from Windows Computers   Print option
Description
  Brightness 
85% to 115%
(Default: 100%)Adjust the color production on all color 
channels to make the printed output lighter 
or darker.
Check and Print
(Default: Disable)Allows you to print a single copy of a 
multiple copy job that can be visually 
checked before printing additional copies. 
When the Check and Print copy has been 
printed, you can specify the number of 
additional copies of the job to print using 
the Check and Print...

 
16 Printing from Windows Computers  Color CRD Text 
Color CRD Graphics
Color CRD Images
None/Photographic/
Presentation/Transparency
(Defaults:
Text—Presentation
Graphics—Presentation
Images—Photographic)Before an RGB image can be printed, the 
file’s color data must be converted to the 
printer’s CMYK color space. Color 
rendering dictionaries apply optimal gamut 
mapping methods to documents that 
contain text, photographs and illustrations. 
The Photographic CRD optimizes the range 
of colors on the...

 
17 Printing from Windows Computers  ColorWise Business Color
(Defaults:
Text—Presentation
Illustrations—Presentation 
 
  Photos—Photographic)Before an RGB image can be printed, the 
file’s color data must be converted to the 
printer’s CMYK color space. Color 
rendering dictionaries allow you to apply 
optimal gamut mapping methods for text, 
photographs and illustrations.
ColorWise Business Color specifies the 
application of the Photographic color 
rendering dictionary to photographic 
objects, and...

18 Printing from Windows Computers
CRD
Photos/Text/Illustrations
(Defaults:
Photos—Photographic 
Text—Presentation 
Illustrations—Presentation)Before an RGB image can be printed, the 
file’s color data must be converted to the 
printer’s CMYK color space. Color 
Rendering Dictionaries (CRDs) apply 
optimal gamut mapping methods to 
documents that contain text, photographs 
and illustrations. 
The Photographic CRD optimizes the range 
of colors on the printer to produce the best 
results for photographic...

19 Printing from Windows Computers
Grayscale By default your printer is set to print 
documents in color (CMYK). Select 
Grayscale to print documents in grayscale.
NOTES:
• Many applications offer black and white or 
grayscale printing options. Use the 
application’s grayscale option, if available, 
for more efficient processing time.
• To enable Grayscale in Windows 3.1, 
select None in all three CRD options in 
the Features tab.
• To enable Grayscale in Windows NT 4.0, 
select Document Defaults from...

20 Printing from Windows Computers
Output Order
Face-Down/Face-Up
(Default: Face-Down)Print jobs sent to the KX-P8420 can be 
output Face-Down or Face-Up. 
Face-Down printing results in a print job 
with the pages in sequential order, with the 
first page at the bottom of a stack of printed 
pages, face down. 
Face-Up printing results in a print job with 
the pages in sequential order, with the first 
page at the bottom of a stack of printed 
pages, face up.
NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:NOTE:
• Face-Up printing is...