Panasonic Kx Ps8100 Operating Instructions Manual

							Please carefully read the Operating Instructions and the Utilities and Drivers Reference Guide before using 
the Digital Color Imaging System. Keep this CD-ROM in the protective case. Do not expose the CD-ROM to 
direct sunlight or extreme heat and do not scratch or smudge the surface of the CD-ROM.
Operating Instructions
Model No. KX-PS8100 
						

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MODEL NO.   P rinte r:  KX-PS8101  Scanne r:  KX-PS8102
SERIAL N O.   P rinte r:  Scanner:
NAME OF RESELLER
D ATE OF PURCHASE
Impo rtant 
						

							 
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As an E 
NERGY 
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TAR 
® Partner, Panasonic has determined that this product meets 
the E 
NERGY 
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TAR 
® guidelines for energy efficiency.
(E 
NERGY 
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TAR 
 is a U.S. registered mark.)
Adobe, Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, PostScript, PostScript 3, 
Adobe Type Manager and the PostScript 3 logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems 
Incorporated.
Fiery, Fiery Driven, the Fiery Driven, and ColorWise logo are trademarks owned by 
Electronics For Imaging and registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
and in certain other foreign jurisdictions. 
• 
Fiery WebTools, Fiery WebSpooler, Fiery WebLink, Fiery WebStatus, and VisualCal are trademarks of 
Electronics For Imaging, Inc. 
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Apple, AppleTalk, LocalTalk, ColorSync, Macintosh, and TrueType are trademarks or registered trademarks 
of Apple Computer, Inc. 
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IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. 
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SunOS, Solaris and Java are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United 
States and other countries. 
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QuarkXpress is a trademark of Quark, Inc. 
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CorelDRAW is a trademark of Corel Corporation. 
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Netscape and Netscape Navigator are trademarks of Netscape Communications Corporation. 
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NetWare, Novell and Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) are trademarks or registered trademarks of 
Novell, Inc. 
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Times and Helvetica are trademarks of Linotype-Hell AG and/or its subsidiaries. 
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PANTONE is a trademark of Pantone, Inc. 
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UNIX is a trademark of X/Open Company, Ltd. 
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Microsoft, MS-DOS, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the 
United States and/or other countries. 
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Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. 
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Centronics is a trademark of Centronics Data Computer Corporation. 
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Adaptec is a registered trademark of Adaptec, Inc. 
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Avery is a registered trademark and all Avery codes are trademarks of Avery Dennison Corporation. 
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All other acknowledgments are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Screen shots reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation.
Acrobat® Reader copyright ©1987-1997 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
The operating instructions are subject to change without notice.
© Electronics For Imaging, Inc. 1999
© Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd. 1999 
						

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EFI STANDARD SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT
Electronics For Imaging, Inc. grants to you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the software and 
accompanying documentation (“Software”) included with the Fiery® server you have purchased, including 
without limitation the PostScript® software provided by Adobe Systems Incorporated.
You may:
a.use the Software solely for your own customary business purposes and solely with the Fiery® server;
b.use the digitally-encoded machine-readable outline and bitmap programs (“Font Programs”) provided with 
the Fiery® server in a special encrypted format (“Coded Font Programs”) to reproduce and display designs, 
styles, weights, and versions of letters, numerals, characters and symbols (“Typefaces”) solely for your own 
customary business purposes on the screen of the Fiery® server or Macintosh monitor used with the Fiery® 
server;
c.use the trademarks used by Electronics For Imaging to identify the Coded Font Programs and Typefaces 
reproduced therefrom (“Trademarks”); and
d.assign your rights under this Agreement to a transferee of all of your right, title and interest in and to the 
Fiery® server provided the transferee agrees to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this 
Agreement.
You may not:
a.make use of the Software, directly or indirectly, to print bitmap images with print resolutions of 600 dots per 
inch or greater, or to generate fonts or typefaces for use other than with the Fiery® server;
b.make or have made, or permit to be made, any copies of the Software, Coded Font Programs, 
accompanying documentation or portions thereof, except as necessary for use with the Fiery® Server 
purchased by you; provided, however, that under no circumstances may you make or have made, or permit 
to be made, any copies of that certain portion of the Software which has been included on the Fiery® server 
hard disk drive. You may not copy the documentation; 
c.attempt to alter, disassemble, decrypt or reverse engineer the Software, Coded Font Programs or 
accompanying documentation.
d.rent or lease the Software.
Proprietary Rights
You acknowledge that the Software, Coded Font Programs, Typefaces, Trademarks and accompanying 
documentation are proprietary to Electronics For Imaging and its suppliers and that title and other intellectual 
property rights therein remain with Electronics For Imaging and its suppliers. Except as stated above, this 
Agreement does not grant you any right to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trademarks (whether registered 
or unregistered), or any other rights, franchises or licenses in respect of the Software, Coded Font Programs, 
Typefaces, Trademarks or accompanying documentation. You may not adapt or use any trademark or trade 
name which is likely to be similar to or confusing with that of Electronics For Imaging or any of its suppliers or 
take any other action which impairs or reduces the trademark rights of Electronics For Imaging or its suppliers. 
The trademarks may be used only to identify printed output produced by the Coded Font Programs. At the 
reasonable request of Electronics For Imaging, you must supply samples of any Typeface identified with a 
trademark. The MacApp software is proprietary to Apple Computer, Inc. and is licensed to Electronics For 
Imaging, Inc. for distribution only for use in combination with Fiery® server software utilities.
Confidentiality
You agree to hold the Software and Coded Font Programs in confidence, disclosing the Software and Coded 
Font Programs only to authorized users having a need to use the Software and Coded Font Programs as 
permitted by this Agreement and to take all reasonable precautions to prevent disclosure to other parties. 
						

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Remedies
Unauthorized use, copying or disclosure of the Software, Coded Font Programs, Typefaces, Trademarks or 
accompanying documentation will result in automatic termination of this license and will make available to 
Electronics For Imaging other legal remedies.
Limited Warranty And Disclaimer
Electronics For Imaging warrants that, for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of delivery to you, the 
Software under normal use will perform without significant errors that make it unusable. Electronics For 
Imaging’s entire liability and your exclusive remedy under this warranty (which is subject to you returning Fiery 
to Electronics For Imaging or an authorized dealer) will be, at Electronics For Imaging’s option, to use 
reasonable commercial efforts to attempt to correct or work around errors, to replace the Software with 
functionally equivalent software, or to refund the purchase price and terminate this Agreement. Some states do 
not allow limitations on duration of implied warranty, so the above limitation may not apply to you.
Except for the above express limited warranty, Electronics For Imaging makes and you receive no warranties or 
conditions on the Product, express, implied, or statutory, and Electronics For Imaging specifically disclaims any 
implied warranty or condition of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
For warranty service, please contact your authorized service/support center.
EXCEPT FOR THE ABOVE EXPRESS LIMITED WARRANTY, ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING MAKES AND 
YOU RECEIVE NO WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ON THE SOFTWARE OR CODED FONT PROGRAMS, 
EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR IN ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR 
COMMUNICATION WITH YOU, AND ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY 
IMPLIED WARRANTY OR CONDITION OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE. Electronics For Imaging does not warrant that the operation of the software will be uninterrupted or 
error free or that the Software will meet your specific requirements.
Limitation Of Liability
IN NO EVENT WILL ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, 
INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, LOST PROFITS, COST OF COVER OR OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, 
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INDIRECT DAMAGES ARISING FROM THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE, CODED 
FONT PROGRAMS OR ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY 
OF LIABILITY. THIS LIMITATION WILL APPLY EVEN IF ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING OR ANY 
AUTHORIZED DEALER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. YOU 
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PRICE OF FIERY REFLECTS THIS ALLOCATION OF RISK. BECAUSE SOME 
STATES/JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR 
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
Export Controls
You agree that you will not export or re-export the Software or Coded Font Programs in any form without the 
appropriate United States and foreign government licenses. Your failure to comply with this provision is a 
material breach of this Agreement.
Government Use
Use, duplication or disclosure of the Software by the United States Government is subject to restrictions as set 
forth in subdivision (c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 
252.227-7013 or in subparagraphs (c) (1) and (2) of the Commercial Computer Software—Restricted Right 
Clause at 48 CFR 52.227-19, as applicable. 
						

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Third Party Beneficiary
You are hereby notified that Adobe Systems Incorporated, a California corporation located at 1585 Charleston 
Road, Mountain View, California 94039-7900 (“Adobe”) is a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement to the 
extent that this Agreement contains provisions which relate to your use of the Fonts, the Coded Font Programs, 
the Typefaces and the Trademarks licensed hereby. Such provisions are made expressly for the benefit of 
Adobe and are enforceable by Adobe in addition to Electronics For Imaging.
General
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of California.
This Agreement is the entire agreement held between us and supersedes any other communications or 
advertising with respect to the Software, Coded Font Programs and accompanying documentation.
If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force 
and effect.
If you have any questions, please see Electronics For Imaging’s web site at www.efi.com.
These functions are used for various tasks such as Desktop Publishing, or image editing. 
						

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5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
EXCEPT AS STATED ABOVE, NEITHER PANASONIC NOR PANASONIC’S SUPPLIER MAKES OR PASSES 
ON TO YOU OR OTHER THIRD PARTY, ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION INCLUDING, BUT NOT 
LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, NEITHER PANASONIC NOR 
PANASONIC’S SUPPLIER WARRANTS THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR THAT IT WILL 
MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. NEITHER PANASONIC NOR PANASONIC’S SUPPLIER SHALL BE LIABLE 
FOR ANY DAMAGE SUFFERED BY YOU INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CONSEQUENTIAL, 
INCIDENTAL SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES. THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS 
OF THE FORM OF ACTION WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT 
PRODUCT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE 
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. 
						

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FOR USERS IN UNITED STATES
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant 
to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful 
interference in a residential installation.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in 
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. 
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment 
does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more 
of the following measures:
•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
•Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
The user may find the booklet “Something About Interference” available from FCC local regional offices 
helpful.
FCC Warning: To assure continued FCC emission limit compliance, the user must use the recommended 
shielded interfacing cable when connecting to a host computer. Also, any unauthorized changes or 
modifications to this equipment would void the user’s authority to operate this device.
Technical Support Calls 
If you have read this manual and tried the troubleshooting procedures and you are still having difficulty, 
please contact the reseller from which the unit was purchased. You may also call the end user technical 
support telephone number which is operational during East Coast business hours (9:00 AM to 7:00 PM). 
The end user technical support number is 1-888-744-2424. 
This number is available within the U.S. only.
Helpful Phone Numbers
To locate your nearest sales dealer CALL 1-800-742-8086 ask for COLOR 
To order consumables CALL 1-800-222-0584 
To order operating instructions/CD’s CALL 1-800-833-9626 
To locate your nearest authorized service center CALL 1-888-744-2424 
For technical support CALL 1-888-744-2424 
Automated 24-hour support via Fax back CALL 1-800-222-0584 
Electronic bulletin board CALL 1-201-863-7845 
World Wide Web Technical & Driver Support http://www.panasonic.com/alive 
						

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EFI STANDARD SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
End-User License Agreement  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
For Your Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Power source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Laser safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Ozone release  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Light source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Moving the units  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Caution labels  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
FOR USERS IN U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
CD-ROM  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Static electricity damage  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Interface cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Waste disposal method  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Scanner function  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Printer function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Digital duplicator function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
System requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
With a Windows computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
With a Macintosh computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Minimum space requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Power source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Unpacking  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Scanner box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Printer box  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Part names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Scanner  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Scanner panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Activity light  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Printer panel overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) panel  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Activity lights  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Contents
Chapter 1
Before You 
Start