Panasonic Software DP-2310/3010/3510/3520/4510/4520/6010/6020 Operating Instructions

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Printer Section
General Tab
1.Printer Name
Name of the printer specified upon installation is displayed.
2.Location
Specifies the printer location.
3.Comment
Enter comments to the properties, if any.
If another user sets up this printer on his or her computer when sharing the printer, the comment specified
here will also appear on that computer. However, the comment displayed for an existing user will remain
unchanged even if the comment is modified later.
4.Features
Functions and settings of the printer are displayed.
5. button
Changes properties (print settings) specifiable for each user.
Refer to Printing from Windows Applications for detailed settings.  (See page 103)
6.  button
Prints a test page. This allows the user to verify if the printer is installed properly.
NOTE1. In Windows 2000/XP, setting the properties depends on the logon account. This section
describes properties to be specified by the administrator (system manager). 
See Printing from Windows Applications for details on user properties. (See page 103)
Windows 2000/XP (Administrator Settings)
Printing Preferences...
Print Test Page 
						

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Windows 2000/XP (Administrator Settings)
Sharing Tab
1.Not shared/Shared as
Select whether to display or share this printer with other computers.
For sharing a printer, specify the share name of a printer to be shared. A name specified here appears
when other users view the printer information on a network.
2. button (The PS Printer Driver is not available in this menu.)
Allows other operating systems printer drivers to be loaded.  When users of these operating systems
connect to the printer, the printer driver is automatically loaded.
NOTE1. When sharing a printer on the network, the print driver needs to be installed on the print server
only, other computers will automatically copy and use that driver.
For this reason, the print server must be ready with printer drivers for all the operating systems
of all the computers that will be sharing the printer.
Additional Drivers... 
						

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Windows 2000/XP (Administrator Settings)
Printer Section
Ports Tab
1.Print to the following port(s)
Displays a list of available ports for printing (Port), their status (Description) and printers that are
connected to these ports (Printer).
2. /   button
Adds/deletes a new port or a new network path.
3. button
Configures the selected port.  In case of a parallel port, Transmission Retry should be specified.
4.Enable bidirectional support (The feature is not available with this model.)
Be sure to check the check box for Enable bidirectional support when installing the status monitor.
Otherwise, status information reception may not function property.
5.Enable printer pooling
Printer pooling allows outputting data from one logical printer to two or more printers. With printer pooling
enabled, a transmitted printing job is output to the first printer that is ready for printing.
Add Port...Delete Port
Configure Port... 
						

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Advanced Tab
1.Always available/Available from
Schedules when the printer is available for operation. Specify operating hours when From-To is selected.
2.Priority
Sets printing priority. The slider allows the priority to be adjusted from 1 through 99.
3.Driver
Displays the printer driver type. Specify the printer being used or a printer model that can be emulated
with the printer being used.
4. button
Updates or modifies the printer driver.
5.Spool print documents... / Print directly to the printer
Specify how documents should be sent from an application to the printer.
6.Hold mismatched documents
The spooler compares document settings against printer settings and holds printing of a document if its
settings (Paper Size, Orientation, and so on) do not match the printer settings.
7.Print spooled documents first
Always prints spooled documents first regardless of printing priority.
8.Keep printed documents
Holds documents in the print queue even after they have been printed. These documents can be printed
again directly from the queue regardless of the state the application is in.
9.Enable advanced printing features
Enables advanced printing features. Optional printer features (page ordering, booklet printing, numbering
on sheets) are enabled. These features can be disabled if a problem occurs due to incompatibility.
Disabling the features may also disable the printing options.
New Driver... 
						

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Windows 2000/XP (Administrator Settings)
Printer Section
10. button
Specifies standard (default) values for the properties (print settings) specifiable for each user. If a local
printer is shared, the settings here are used as printing defaults for other users.
Refer to Printing from Windows Applications for detailed settings.  (See page 103)
11 . button
Specify the processor to be used for printing (Print Processor) and the data type (Default Data type). The
processor and data type affect the manner in which the printer functions in Windows 2000/XP. Normally
they do not need to be modified. However, modification might be necessary when the printer is used with
a special application.
12.  button
This feature is not available on your machine.Printing Defaults...
Print Processor...
Separator Page... 
						

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Windows 2000/XP (Administrator Settings)
Security Tab
Displays a list of users and groups to whom printer access is assigned to. A list of standard permissions for
each group or user is displayed. Check the checkboxes for permitting or prohibiting access. Gray checkbox
indicates the permission inheritance.
1. /   button
Add or delete a user or group from the list.
2. button
Specify access to a printer, audit, and owner.
NOTE1. Windows 2000 provides the capability of managing access to various objects (e.g. printers) by
users.
2. Refer to the Windows 2000 documentation for details on access permission, audit, and owner.
3. The Security Tab is not shown in Windows XP.
Add...Remove
Advanced... 
						

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Windows 2000/XP (Administrator Settings)
Printer Section
Device Settings Tab
Specifies the following printer settings and options:
•Form To Tray Assignment
Specifies the paper size of each available tray.
•Font Substitutuion Table
Specifies which PostScript fonts to substitute for TrueType fonts. Instead of sending all TrueType fonts to
your printer, this option substitutes a PostScript printer font for the common TrueType fonts used in your
document.
•Available PostScript Memory
Specifies the amount of available printer memory. The driver uses this information when performing
printing tasks, such as sending fonts from the computer to the printer.
•Output Protocol
Specifies the data format to the printer. Only use this option if you are an advanced user with experience
working with PostScript.
•Send CTRL-D Before/After Each Job
Sends a CTRL+D to notify the printer that the current job has finished printing and to reset the printer. Only
use this option if you are an advanced user with experience working with PostScript.
•Convert Gray Text/Graphics to PostScript Gray
This feature is not available on your machine.
•Add Euro Currency Symbol to PostScript Fonts
Adds the European currency symbol to most PostScript fonts.
•Job timeout
Specifies the maximum number of seconds that the print job can take to get from the computer to the
printer before the job is canceled.
A value of zero means that the job is never canceled. If your printer is shared, do not specify a value of
zero.
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•Wait timeout
Specifies the maximum number of seconds that the printer will wait for the computer to send data before
canceling the job.
A value of zero means that the job is never canceled. If your printer is shared, do not specify a value of
zero.
•Minimum Font Size to Download as Outline
Specifies the minimum font size to download as Outline. Increasing this value can speed up printing.
•Maximum Font Size to Download as Bitmap
Specifies the maximum font size to download as Bitmap. Decreasing this value can speed up printing.
Installable Options
•Number of Paper Trays
Select the number of available paper trays if optional Paper Feed Module(s) are installed.
•Large Capacity Paper Tray (LCT) (For DP-3510/3520/4510/4520/6010/6020 only)
Select if a Large Capacity Paper Tray is installed.
•Finisher (For DP-3510/3520/4510/4520/6010/6020 only)
Select the type of Finisher if a Finisher is installed.
•Punch Unit (For DP-3510/3520/4510/4520/6010/6020 only)
Select if a Punch Unit is installed.
•Outer Option (For DP-2310/3010 only)
Select the type of Finisher if a Finisher is installed.
•Inner Tray (For DP-2310/3010 only)
Select Installed if the Inner Tray is installed.
•Duplex Unit (For DP-2310/3010 only)
Select Installed if the Duplex Unit is installed.
•Hard Disk Drive
Select if the HDD Unit is installed.
•Memory
Select the memory (Standard or additional).
(Only available if the optional HDD unit (DA-HD30/HD60) is installed) 
						

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Printer Section
Configuring the Printer Driver Settings (Macintosh)
To change the printer settings, open the printer properties by performing the following steps.
In print window, you will see a number of titles in the pop-up menu. The appropriate operating system shows
different titles in the window.
Mac OS 8.6/9.x:
Click the   button to save the current settings for the default values.
Mac OS X:
Select Save Custom Setting menu to save the current settings for the default values.
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Select the File menu > Print.
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Select the Panasonic printer.
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General menu
1.Copies
Specify the number of copies to be printed.
2.Pages
Specify the range of printing pages.
3.Paper Source
Specify where the paper you want to use is located in the device.  If you choose Auto Select, the printer
driver will automatically select an appropriate tray according to the Paper Size selected.
Mac OS 8.6/9.x