Panasonic Color Laser Printer Kx P8420 Reference Guide

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Drivers and UtilitiesReference Guide
Model No . KX-P8420 
						

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Features and functionality which require an optional hard disk drive. 
See
 “Installing a hard disk drive” in the   Setup Manual   or  Operating Instructions  .
 
:
 
Features and functionality which require a minimum of 32 MB of SDRAM. 
See “Installing additional memory” 
in the  Setup Manual   or  Operating Instructions  .
 
:
 
Features and functionality available to printers operating in a networked environment. 
See “Installing network cards” in the  
Setup Manual   or  Operating Instructions  .
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3  PostScript printing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5  Configuring PostScript printing options with Windows 95  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Configuring PostScript printing options with Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Configuring PostScript printing options with Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13  Windows print options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14  Semi Automatic Duplex printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23  Setting up PostScript printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25  Printing from a Macintosh application  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26  Macintosh print options  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28  Semi Automatic Duplex printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33  Printing to the KX-P8420. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
About Fiery WebTools  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 
Accessing Fiery WebTools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 
Using Fiery WebSpooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 
Duplicating, moving, and deleting jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing print settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Using the Job Log  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 
Checking the printer status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Linking to other Web sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Using Fiery WebDownloader  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51  Chapter 1  Printing from 
Windows 
Computers  Chapter 2  Printing from 
Macintosh 
Computers  Chapter 3  Printing from 
UNIX 
Workstations 
Chapter 4 
Managing 
Print Jobs  Contents 
						

							 
4  Contents  The properties of color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53  The physics of color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
CIE color model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Hue, saturation, and brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Additive and subtractive color systems  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Print device gamut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56  Controlling printed color  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57  Maintaining print device consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Paper stock and toner  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57  Using color effectively  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58  A few rules of thumb  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Color wheel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Color and text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60  Raster images and vector images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Optimizing files for processing and printing  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62  Resolution of raster images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63  Color management on the KX-P8420. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64  RGB Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Color rendering dictionaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
CMYK Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Choosing colors in PostScript applications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 
Resident printer fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 
Adobe Type 1 PostScript fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
TrueType fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75  Chapter 5  Working with 
Color 
Appendix A 
Fonts 
						

							 5
Chapter 1
 
Printing from Windows Computers 
The following chapter describes where to set print options available usi\
ng 
the PostScript printer driver if you are running Windows® 95* 
1
 
, 
Windows NT 4.0* 
2 
 
* 
3
 
, or Windows 3.1* 
4
 
 operating systems.  
PostScript printing 
Custom print options available from the PostScript printer driver are 
described in “Windows print options” on 
page 14. For additional information 
on using KX-P8420 color management options, see “ Chapter 5 Working 
with Color”.
For information on installing the appropriate driver for your system and\
 
setting up the environment for parallel printing with the KX-P8420, see \
Chapter 4 of the  
Setup Manual  
or  
Operating Instructions  . This manual also 
describes how to connect to the printer over the network, how to set up \
networking for all supported network types, and how to install additiona\
l 
KX-P8420 user software.
* 
1
 
Microsoft® Windows® 95 operating system (hereafter Windows 95)
* 
2
 
Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation operating system, and Microsoft\
® 
Windows NT® Server network operating system Version 4.0 
(hereafter Windows NT 4.0)
* 
3
 
Service Pack 3 or later version is required.
* 
4
 
Microsoft® Windows® operating system Version 3.1 
(hereafter Windows 3.1) 
						

							 
6 Printing from Windows Computers  This section describes configuring printing options for Windows 95 using 
the Adobe PostScript printer driver provided on the KX-P8420 Driver & 
Utility CD-ROM. 
Print options are specified from the Printer Properties dialog box. This 
dialog can be accessed using the steps described below, or by selecting 
File > Print from within your application and clicking the Properties button.  To configure PostScript printing options:  1  From the Windows
   Start
   menu, select 
  Settings  >  Printers
  .  2  Click the
   Panasonic KX-P8420
   printer icon and select 
  Properties
   from the 
  File
   menu.  The Printer Properties dialog box appears, with the General tab 
displayed.
Configuring 
PostScript 
printing options 
with Windows 9
5  
						

							 
7 Printing from Windows Computers  3  Click the 
  Paper
   tab.  Specify paper size, paper source, number of copies, and other print 
options from this tab. 
4 
Click the  
More Options 
 button in the  
Paper 
 tab. 
Specify whether or not to print a page border for your print job.  
5 
Click  
OK 
. 
						

							 
8 Printing from Windows Computers  6  Click the 
  ColorWise
   tab.  Specify color management settings from this tab. For information on 
the print options available in this tab, see “Windows print options” on 
page 14. 
						

							 
9 Printing from Windows Computers  7  Click the 
  Device Options
   tab.   Specify settings in the Output tab. For details on print option settings 
you can make in this tab, see “Windows print options” on page 14.
The Check and Print and Electronic Collation options are available 
only for printers with a hard disk drive. 
						

							 
10 Printing from Windows Computers  8  Click the 
  Options
   tab.  Features related to optional device, such as a Hard Disk or 2nd 
Feeder are enabled only when you have specified them as installed 
in this tab.
To add an option, select it from the Available Options area and click 
Add. To remove an option, select it from the Installed Options area 
and click Remove.  
9 
Click  
Apply 
 to apply any changes you made, then click  
OK 
.