Drivers and Utilities
Reference Guide
Model No. KX-P8420
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Features and functionality which require an optional hard disk drive.
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Setup Manual
or
Operating Instructions
.
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Setup Manual
Operating Instructions
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or
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Operating Instructions
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Contents
Chapter 1
Printing from
Windows
Computers
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
Chapter 2
Printing from
Macintosh
Computers
Chapter 3
Printing from
UNIX
Workstations
Chapter 4
Managing
Print Jobs
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
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Contents
Chapter 5
Working with
Color
Appendix A
Fonts
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
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Chapter 1
Printing from Windows Computers
The following chapter describes where to set print options available using
1
,
the PostScript printer driver if you are running Windows® 95*
Windows NT 4.0*
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3
2
, or Windows 3.1*
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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
describes how to connect to the printer over the network, how to set up
networking for all supported network types, and how to install additional
KX-P8420 user software.
Operating Instructions
Setup Manual
or
. This manual also
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*
Microsoft® Windows® 95 operating system (hereafter Windows 95)
Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation operating system, and Microsoft®
Windows NT® Server network operating system Version 4.0
(hereafter Windows NT 4.0)
Service Pack 3 or later version is required.
Microsoft® Windows® operating system Version 3.1
(hereafter Windows 3.1)
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Printing from Windows Computers
Configuring
PostScript
printing options
with Windows 95
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:
Start
From the Windows
Printers
Settings
.
>
menu, select
Panasonic KX-P8420
Click the
Properties
The Printer Properties dialog box appears, with the General tab
displayed.
printer icon and select
from the
File
menu.
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2
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Printing from Windows Computers
Click the
Paper
tab.
Specify paper size, paper source, number of copies, and other print
options from this tab.
More Options
Click the
Specify whether or not to print a page border for your print job.
button in the
Paper
tab.
Click
OK
.
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Printing from Windows Computers
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.
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