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Summary of Contents for DISCOVER FS-3830N

Page 1: ...FS 1920 Page Printer Operation Guide ...

Page 2: ...ial from which the copying is done Regarding Tradenames PRESCRIBE is a registered trademark of Kyocera Corporation KPDL and KIR Kyocera Image Refinement are trademarks of Kyocera Corporation Diablo630isaproductofXeroxCorporation IBMProprinterX24EisaproductofInternationalBusinessMachinesCorporation Epson LQ 850 is a product of Seiko Epson Corporation Hewlett Packard PCL and PJL are registered trade...

Page 3: ...e implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties so the above exclusion may not apply to you 3 Limitation of Remedies IBM s entire liability under this license is the following 1 For any claim including fundamental breach in any form related in any way to this license IBM s liability will be for actual ...

Page 4: ... disassemble decrypt reverse engineer or decompile the Software 7 Agfa Japan warrants that for ninety 90 days after delivery the Software will perform in accordance with Agfa Japan published specifications and the diskette will be free from defects in material and workmanship Agfa Japan does not warrant that the Software is free from all bugs errors and omissions The parties agree that all other w...

Page 5: ... Map 1 12 Status Page 1 14 Service Status Page 1 18 Network Card Interface Status Page 1 19 Font Lists 1 21 Received Data Dumping 1 23 Paper Handling 1 24 Setting the Paper Size 1 24 Setting the Paper Size in Paper Cassette 1 24 Setting the Paper Size in MP Tray 1 28 Setting the Paper Type 1 30 Setting the Paper Type in Paper Cassette 1 30 Setting the Paper Type in MP Tray 1 31 Creating Custom Pap...

Page 6: ...e MPS 1 56 Quick Copy 1 57 Proof and Hold 1 59 Printing a Private Job 1 61 Printing a Stored Job 1 63 Printing a Code Job 1 65 Printing a List of Code Jobs 1 67 Retrieving Jobs from Virtual Mailbox VMB 1 68 Printing a List of VMB 1 69 e MPS Configuration 1 70 Interface 1 74 Parallel Interface Mode 1 74 USB Interface Mode 1 75 Serial Interface Parameters 1 76 Network Interface Parameters 1 78 Opera...

Page 7: ...ting 1 105 Duplex Printing Error Detection Setting 1 107 Chapter 2 Paper Selection 2 1 General Guidelines 2 2 Paper Availability 2 2 Paper Specifications 2 2 Selecting the Right Paper 2 3 Special Paper 2 7 Transparency Overhead Projection Film 2 7 Adhesive Backed Labels 2 8 Paper Type 2 12 Chapter 3 Maintenance 3 1 Toner Container Replacement 3 2 Toner Container Replacement Interval 3 2 Replenishi...

Page 8: ... List of Fonts 5 2 PCL Scalable and Bitmap Fonts 5 2 KPDL Fonts 1 5 5 KPDL Fonts 2 5 6 Appendix A Options A 1 Available Options A 2 Expanding the Printer Memory A 3 Installing Option Units A 9 PF 60 Paper Feeder A 9 DU 61 Duplexer A 12 SO 60 Sorter A 15 EF 60 Envelope Feeder A 21 PT 4 PT 60 Rear Tray A 25 Network Interface Card A 26 Microdrive Hard Disk A 28 CompactFlash Memory Card A 30 Appendix ...

Page 9: ... 232C Interface B 6 RS 232C Protocol B 7 PRESCRIBE FRPO D0 Command B 9 RS 232C Cable Connection B 10 Obtain a Suitable RS 232C Cable B 10 Connecting the Printer to the Computer B 10 Appendix C Specifications C 1 Glossary Glossary 1 Index Index 1 ...

Page 10: ...y desirable features It was designed to make a contribution to a cleaner environment as well as to represent the latest generation of page printer technology This section contains the following subsections Features For More Information Guide to the Operation Guide ...

Page 11: ... Fast 1200 mode the printout is close to typeset quality Also with Kyocera Image Refinement KIR technology high quality printing can be achieved even at 300 dpi and 600 dpi Large paper capacity Approximately 500 sheets can be loaded into the paper cassette and about 100 sheets can be loaded into the MP tray Wide variety of print media As well as standard paper the printer will print on transparenc...

Page 12: ... Quick Copy etc allowing you to quickly print additional copies of a document from the printer at any time without needing to re spool the document or start up the computer system Printer control language PRESCRIBE The printer uses PRESCRIBE Kyocera Mita s page printer control language with enhanced color graphics capabilities The simple commands of PRESCRIBE allow the programmers to easily define...

Page 13: ...option fonts macros forms etc Data in the CompactFlash card can be selectively read from the printer s operator panel SNMP compliance The printer complies with Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP The SNMP is used for providing and transferring management information MIB between the printer and the host computer Support for network printer monitor utility KM NET VIEWER Allows network wide manag...

Page 14: ...he printer driver software Operation Guide this manual Guides you through topics concerning the operations and maintenance of the printer KX Printer Drivers Operation Guide Describes how to install and set the printer driver PRESCRIBE Command Technical Reference PRESCRIBE is the native language of the Kyocera Mita printers This Technical Reference contains the information about how the printing is...

Page 15: ... chapter explains how to handle printer problems that may occur such as paper jams Chapter 5 Fonts This chapter explains about fonts and lists the printer s internal fonts Appendix A Options This appendix explains how to expand the printer s memory and how to install each option unit Appendix B Host Computer Interface This appendix explains the pin assignment and specifications for the printer s p...

Page 16: ...e potentially hazardous to the human body or devices Indicates situations that are potentially extremely hazardous to the human body or devices Indicates operations that can be performed or are effective only when the required option unit is installed Note Caution Warning Option ...

Page 17: ...r 1 Using the Operator Panel 1 This chapter explains the following topics Understanding the Operator Panel Printing Test Pages Paper Handling Pagination e MPS Interface Operating the Storage Device Configuration ...

Page 18: ...ed on for the first time after the toner container is installed Adding toner also appears Ready The printer is ready to print Processing The printer is receiving data generating graphics reading a CompactFlash card Microdrive or printing Sleeping The printer is in sleep mode The printer wakes from sleep mode whenever the GO key on the operator panel is pressed the cover is opened or closed or data...

Page 19: ...the paper sizes While the printer is processing data the SIZE indicator indicates the paper size selected by the application software INTERFACE Note SIZE Message Display Paper Size Message Display Paper Size A4 ISO A4 21 29 7 cm EX Executive 7 1 4 10 1 2 inches A5 ISO A5 14 8 21 cm 6 Commercial 6 3 4 3 5 8 6 1 2 inches A6 ISO A6 10 5 14 8 cm With only the MP tray feeding 9 Commercial 9 3 7 8 8 7 8...

Page 20: ...CK Cardstock BOND Bond THICK Thick RECYCLED Recycled HIGH QUAL High quality VELLUM Vellum CUSTOM 1 to 8 Custom 1 to 8 ROUGH Rough Table 1 3 Indicator Description Flashing Indicates when an error occurs that you can clear by yourself Lit Indicates that the printer is on line The printer prints received data Off Indicates that the printer is off line Data can be received but will not be printed Also...

Page 21: ...cels a setting procedure Used to stop the sounding of the alarm buzzer an error occurs When pressed during mode selection terminates the setting and the printer returns to the Ready condition Used to select the emulation font character code set to read an CompactFlash card and more Used to access a desired item or enter numeric values In some of the control procedures the and keys are used to ente...

Page 22: ...tware or from the printer driver which take priority over operator panel settings The following is the hierarchy diagram of the menu selection system of the printer The vertical transition is made with the and keys and horizontal transition is made with the and keys To change or finalize configuration on an item use the ENTER key Note Ready PAR A4 PLAIN These items will not appear unless the print...

Page 23: ...ge Off NetWare Frame Auto DHCP OFF IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Emulation Line Printer On On Emulation PCL 6 Print KPDL errs Off Emulation KPDL Emulation KPDL AUTO Print KPDL errs Off Emulation DIABLO 630 Emulation EPSON LQ 850 Emulation IBM Proprinter Alt Emulation PCL 6 Baud Rate 9600 Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Parity None Protocol DTR pos XON Interface Option Interface Serial USB Interface Paral...

Page 24: ...andscape Regular Font Courier Dark Dark Letter Gothic Regular Size 012 00 Pitch 10 00 cpi List of Internal Fonts Page Set Copies 001 Orientation Portrait Page Protect Auto LF Action LF only Ignore CR CR and LF CR Action CR only On Wide A4 Off I000 Option Font Select Internal List of Option Fonts Code Set IBM PC 8 ...

Page 25: ...elete Data List of Partitions RAM Disk Mode On RAM Disk Mode Off RAM Disk Size Read Data Write Data Delete Data List of Partitions Read Fonts Read Data Write Data Delete Data Format List of Partitions 600 dpi 300 dpi Print Quality Off KIR Mode On On Ecoprint Mode Off Resolution Fast 1200 mode Print Density 03 Memory Card ...

Page 26: ...ype Envelope inch Unit mm X Dimension Y Dimension Cassette Type Plain Duplex Mode None Override A4 LT On Override A4 LT Off Paper weight Normal 2 Reset Type Adjust Feed Select Cassette Sorter Mode Sorter Life Counters Total Print 0123456 New Toner Installed Type Adjust Custom 1 Disable Duplex Path Enable Cassette Size Custom Cassette Size A4 Stack Select RearTray FaceUp Stack Select Top tray FaceD...

Page 27: ... Timer 015 min Print HEX DUMP Printer Reset Permanent Resource Prot Off Off Buzzer On Service Mode Off Auto Continue Mode On Auto Continue Timer 030sec Off Sleep Mode On MSG Language English Since this menu is provided for service normally you need not use it Finishing Print Status Page Print Event Log Developer DRUM CTRL 00 Drum ...

Page 28: ...or most basic printer configurations You may be required to produce a status page when requesting service to the printer Menu Map The printer prints a full list of menu selection system Note that menus indicated on the list may vary depending on which option units are installed on the printer 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Print Menu Map appears 3 Press the ENTER key A qu...

Page 29: ...Printing Test Pages 1 13 MENU MAP FS 1920 Page Printer Sample MENU MAP ...

Page 30: ...n find the information you need on the status page 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Print Status Page appears 3 Press the ENTER key A question mark appears 4 Press the ENTER key again The printer prints a status page For a full description of the status page see the following pages Print Status Page Print Status Page ...

Page 31: ... pages Items and values on the status page may vary depending on the printer s firmware version KIR Test pattern ON Memory Installed Options Network Status Emulation Toner Gauge 0 100 Interfaces Hardware Information Page Information Error Log STATUS PAGE FS 1920 Page Printer Firmware Version Released 1 4 3 5 7 2 6 8 9 10 11 Note ...

Page 32: ...er 6 Network Status This shows the IP address Subnet Mask address and Default Gateway address for the network interface card installed in the printer 7 Emulation This shows all available emulations of the printer The printer is shipped from the factory with PCL 6 emulation selected as the default 8 Error Log This shows the last three instances of the following types of errors listing them in the o...

Page 33: ...information shows the default font and the default emulation for all interfaces installed in the printer 11 KIR Test Pattern KIR is the Kyocera Mita s original smoothing function This test pattern shows the effect of the KIR Kyocera Image Refinement system ...

Page 34: ...tatus page that may be helpful to you the procedure for printing it out is given below 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Others appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Service appears 5 Press the key 6 Press the or key repeatedly until Print Status Page appears 7 Press the ENTER key A question mark appears 8 Press the ENTER key again The display indicates...

Page 35: ... printer status page is printed Printing out a network interface card status page may not be possible with some network interface cards For details see the manual for the network interface card 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Interface appears 3 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears If you want to abandon the interface selection procedure press the CANCEL ke...

Page 36: ...e it as follows Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 8 Select On using the or key 9 Press the ENTER key again 10 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready Opt StatusPage Off Opt StatusPage On Opt StatusPage On NETWORK STATUS PAGE FS 1920 Page Printer ...

Page 37: ...ernal is displayed To print a list of option fonts press the ENTER key Press the or key repeatedly until the message display indicates Option and press the ENTER key 6 Press the or key repeatedly until List of Internal Fonts or List of Option Fonts appears 7 Press the ENTER key A question mark appears 8 Press the ENTER key again Processing appears then Ready The printer prints a list of fonts with...

Page 38: ...t Lists Internal Scalable and Bitmapped Fonts List Font Name Scalable Bitmap Password Selection FSET Font ID PRESCRIBE Internal Scalable and Bitmapped Fonts List Font Name Scalable Bitmap Password Selection FSET Font ID PRESCRIBE ...

Page 39: ...ppears 6 Press the ENTER key again Processing appears for a second and then Waiting appears 7 Send data to be dumped to the printer The message Processing will be displayed during receiving the data Once the dumped data you require has been output it is possible to cancel the printing of any further dumped data by taking the printer offline by pressing the GO key and then pressing the CANCEL key 8...

Page 40: ...dard sizes A5 A4 B5 Letter and Legal for U S A only size for the paper cassette use the following procedure to set the paper size dial of the paper cassette If you use a non standard size see Custom Paper Size on next page Properly set the paper into the paper cassette For details about the adjustment of the paper guides and paper stopper inside the paper cassette set the Installation Guide suppli...

Page 41: ...stment of the paper guides and paper stopper inside the paper cassette see the Installation Guide supplied with the printer Setting Paper Size Dial Use the following procedure to set the paper size dial to OTHER 1 Pull out the paper cassette from the printer and turn the paper size dial to OTHER See step 1 in Setting the Paper Size in Paper Cassette 2 Adjust the paper guides and paper stopper insi...

Page 42: ...ng question mark appears 6 Press the or key to display the desired paper size The message display toggles through the following paper sizes Custom Oficio II Folio 16K C5 A5 B5 ISO B5 A4 Executive Letter Legal 7 When the desired paper size is displayed press the ENTER key The paper size is set for the paper cassette If you selected Custom in step 6 be sure to set the unit of measurement and the dim...

Page 43: ...nt is displayed the default setting is mm 3 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 4 Select mm or inch using the or key 5 Press the ENTER key Set the dimensions of paper as described in the next section Entering the Width and Length Then use the following procedure to set the paper size Unit mm Unit mm Enter the paper size for X Dimension and Y Dimension as shown in the figure X Dime...

Page 44: ... can be set between 210 and 356 mm 8 27 to 14 02 inches 6 Display the paper length press the ENTER key 7 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready To print using the custom size set above define the same custom size on the printer driver For details see KX Printer Drivers Operation Guide Setting the Paper Size in MP Tray When using the MP tray in the cassette mode you should set the ...

Page 45: ...e The display changes as shown below A4 Executive Letter Legal Custom Oficio II Statement Folio Youkei 2 Youkei 4 16K Hagaki OufukuHagaki Monarch Business Comm 9 Comm 6 3 4 DL C5 A6 B6 A5 B5 ISO B5 7 When the desired paper size is displayed press the ENTER key 8 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready The paper size setting for the MP tray is completed MP Tray Size A4 MP Tray Size ...

Page 46: ...ils about the paper types that can be fed from the paper cassette see Chapter 2 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Paper Handling appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Cassette Type appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Press the or key to display the desired cassette type The display changes as shown below Plain Preprinted Bon...

Page 47: ... does not appears when the option envelope feeder is installed on the printer For more details about the paper types that can be fed from the MP tray see Chapter 2 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Paper Handling appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until MP Tray Type appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears Paper Handling MP Tray Type ...

Page 48: ... set a user defined paper type for the printer Eight custom user settings may be registered After having been set any of these may be called up when setting the paper type for a paper source The paper weight and duplex path can be set see Setting the Paper Weight on page 1 34 and Setting the Duplex Path on page 1 35 after selecting the paper type to be customized as follows For how to reset the cu...

Page 49: ...nsparency Preprinted Labels Bond Recycled Vellum Rough Letterhead Color Prepunched Envelope Cardstock Thick High quality 7 When the paper type to be customized is displayed press the ENTER key 8 Press the key and proceed to Setting the Paper Weight on the following page Proceed to Setting the Paper Weight and Setting the Duplex Path starting from the following page Type Adjust Custom 1 ...

Page 50: ...e desired paper thickness The display changes as shown below For details of the default setting for each paper type see Paper Type on page 2 12 Light Normal 1 Normal 2 Normal 3 Heavy l Heavy 2 Heavy 3 Extra Heavy 5 When the desired paper thickness displayed press the ENTER key 6 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready If the paper type is set to Custom and the option duplexer is in...

Page 51: ...isplay the custom paper type see Creating Custom Paper Type on page 1 32 and press the key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Duplex path appears 3 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 4 Select Enable or Disable using the or key For details of the default setting for each paper type see Paper Type on page 2 12 5 Press the ENTER key 6 Press the MENU key The message display returns ...

Page 52: ...ss the or key repeatedly until Paper handling appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Reset Type Adjust appears 5 Press the ENTER key A question mark appears 6 Press the ENTER key All the customized paper weight and duplex path settings will be reset to the default The message display returns to Ready Paper Handling Reset Type Adjust Reset Type Adjust ...

Page 53: ...A4 size 0 11 mm thickness paper will be fed from the paper source originally selected This mode is convenient to feed paper of special size or type without reloading the current paper source However the MP tray must be kept empty if you desire to feed paper from the intended paper source This menu does not appears when the option envelope feeder is installed on the printer The maximum capacity for...

Page 54: ... the paper cassette and MP tray of the printer If option paper feeders are installed they can also be selected using the manner described below 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Paper Handling appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Feed Select appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Select MP tray or Cassette using the or key 7 P...

Page 55: ...e key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Stack Select appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Press the or key to display the desired destination The output tray changes as shown below Top tray FaceDn Printer s top tray Default RearTray FaceUp Printer s rear tray Option rear tray required Sorter FaceDn Option sorter required 7 When the desired paper source displayed press...

Page 56: ...is displayed When this is set to On printing is performed even if the actual paper size differs from the paper size formatting the jobs 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Paper Handling appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Override A4 LT appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Select On or Off using the or key 7 Press the ENTER ...

Page 57: ...e Changing the Emulation To change the emulation mode proceed as follows 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Emulation appears One of the emulation modes shown below appears indicating the current emulation PCL 6 default KPDL KPDL AUTO Line Printer IBM Proprinter DIABLO 630 EPSON LQ 850 KPDL is the Kyocera s implementation of the PostScript page description language 3 Press th...

Page 58: ...n is PCL 6 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Emulation appears 3 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 4 Press the or key repeatedly until the message display indicated KPDL AUTO appears 5 Press the ENTER key 6 Press the key When Print KPDL Errs is displayed press the or key The display cycles through the emulation in the following order PCL 6 default Line Pri...

Page 59: ...not print KPDL errors 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Emulation appears 3 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 4 Select KPDL or KPDL AUTO using the or key 5 Press the ENTER key 6 Press the key The message display changes to that shown below If Alt Emulation is displayed when the KPDL AUTO emulation is selected press the or key to change it 7 Press the ENTER...

Page 60: ... Letter Gothic Default font 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Font appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Font Select appears 5 To select an internal font check that Internal is displayed If Internal is not displayed press the ENTER key Press the or key repeatedly until the message display indicates Internal and press the ENTER key To select an option fo...

Page 61: ...key repeatedly until the desired font number appears For font numbers of the internal fonts see List of Fonts on page 5 2 9 When the desired font is displayed press the ENTER key 10 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready Letter Description I Internal font S Soft down load font M Fonts in an option CompactFlash card H Fonts in a RAM disk or option Microdrive O Fonts in an option RO...

Page 62: ...rs 5 Check that Internal is displayed and press the key 6 Press the or key repeatedly until Size appears 7 Press the ENTER key A blinking cursor _ appears 8 Press the or key to increase or decrease the value of the figure where the cursor is blinking The font size can be set between 4 and 999 75 points in 0 25 point increments You can use the or key to move the cursor right and left 9 When the des...

Page 63: ...y until Font appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Font Select appears 5 Check that Internal is displayed and press the key 6 Press the or key repeatedly until Courier appears 7 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 8 Select Regular or Dark using the or key 9 Press the ENTER key 10 Press the MENU key and the message display returns to Ready Font Font Select Int...

Page 64: ...press the key 6 Press the or key repeatedly until Pitch appears 7 Press the ENTER key A blinking cursor _ appears 8 Press the or key to increase or decrease the value of the figure where the cursor is blinking The character pitch can be set between 0 44 and 99 99 characters per inch in 0 01 character per inch increments You can use the or keys to move the cursor right and left 9 When the desired s...

Page 65: ...s the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Font appears 3 Press the key Press the or key until Code Set appears 4 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 5 Press the or key until the desired character code set appears 6 Press the ENTER key 7 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready Font Code Set IBM PC 8 Code Set IBM PC 8 ...

Page 66: ... 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Copies appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking cursor _ appears 6 Press the or key to increase or decrease the value of the figure where the cursor is blinking It can be set between 1 and 999 You can use the and keys to move the right and left 7 When the desired size is displayed press the ENTER key 8 Press the MENU key The message display retu...

Page 67: ... key repeatedly until Page Set appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Orientation appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Select Portrait or Landscape using the or key 7 Press the ENTER key 8 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready Portrait orientation Landscape orientation A A Page Set Orientation Portrait Orientation Portrait ...

Page 68: ...Note KIR Test pattern ON Memory Installed Options Network Status Emulation Toner Gauge 0 100 Interfaces Hardware Information Page Information Error Log STATUS PAGE FS 1920 Page Printer Firmware Version Released Status Page KIR Checking Lines Optimized stripes The current KIR setting is optimal Dark vertical stripes Set the KIR mode to Off Try printing the status page again If you still get dark ve...

Page 69: ...y appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until KIR Mode appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Select On or Off using the or key 7 Press the ENTER key 8 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready Print Quality KIR Mode On KIR Mode On ...

Page 70: ... is On when the printing image becomes lighter yet very readable 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Print Quality appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until EcoPrint Mode appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Select On or Off using the or key 7 Press the ENTER key 8 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready Ecoprint se...

Page 71: ... 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Print Quality appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Resolution appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Select Fast 1200 mode 300 dpi or 600 dpi using the or key 7 Press the ENTER key 8 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready Print Quality Resolution Fast 1200 mode Resolution Fas...

Page 72: ...oof and Hold Private Print Stored Job Primary function To later print additional copies Toproofthefirst copy before printing multiple copies Toholdthedocument in printer to prevent unauthorized access To electronically storedocumentssuch as fax cover pages Start storing by Printer driver Printer driver Printer driver Printer driver Onterminatingprint setting from application software Prints simult...

Page 73: ...ored job for printing see Retrieving Jobs from Virtual Mailbox VMB on page 1 68 The virtual mailbox can be used in PCL 6 emulation only Quick Copy This mode enables you to print the requested number of copies of a job simultaneously storing the job on the Microdrive When additional copies are required you can reprint the required number of copies from the printer operator panel To print a job as a...

Page 74: ... 7 Press the ENTER key The job name entered in the printer driver Report in this example appear with a blinking question mark before the letters 8 Press the or key to scroll to the desired job title 9 Press the ENTER key The number of copies to be printed can be set To increase the copy count press the key to decrease the copy count press the key 10 Press the ENTER key to finalize the copy count T...

Page 75: ...es this mode first prints one copy so that you can proof it before continuing to print the remaining copies Since you can proof the printouts before printing the remaining copies wastage of paper can be reduced The printer prints one copy and at the same time saves the print job on the Microdrive You can also change the number of copies when resuming printing from the operator panel When the print...

Page 76: ... the ENTER key The job name entered in the printer driver Report in this example appear with a blinking question mark before the letters 8 Press the or key to scroll to the desired job title 9 Press the ENTER key The number of copies to be printed can be set To increase the copy count press the key to decrease the copy count press the key 10 Press the ENTER key to finalize the copy count The print...

Page 77: ...Releasing a Private Job To print a private job through the operator panel 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Private Stored appears The name entered in the printer driver Harold in this example also appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark before a user name appears 6 Press the or key to display t...

Page 78: ... count press the key 11 Press the ENTER key to finalize the copy count The printer prints the specified number of copies for the job Deleting a Private Job To delete a stored private job proceed as follows 1 Follow steps 1 through 8 in the above section 2 When the title of the job to be printed is displayed Agenda in this example press the ENTER key Enter the four digit access code entered in the ...

Page 79: ...he MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Private Stored appears The name entered in the printer driver Harold in this example also appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark before a user name appears 6 Press the or key to display the desired user name Arlen in this example 7 Press the ENTER key The user name and ...

Page 80: ...s the key to decrease the key 11 Press the ENTER key to finalize the copy count The printer prints the specified number of copies for the job Deleting a Stored Job To delete a stored job proceed as follows 1 Follow steps 1 through 8 in the above section 2 When the title of the job to be printed is displayed Agenda in this example press the ENTER key If you entered an access code for the printer dr...

Page 81: ...for the software Job Manager will start 3 Click the Add printer icon below Select the Local or Network port If you use the local parallel port to connect to the printer make sure that the printer driver is set to print to a local port To check this out click the Details tab of the printer Properties and note the Print to the following port setting 4 Follow the wizard until the Select printer dialo...

Page 82: ... on the drop down list that appears It is possible to select more than one job at a time by right clicking a job one by one while pressing the Shift key on the computer keyboard The job remains intact even after printing To permanently delete the job in the hard disk right click the job name on Job Manager then click Delete on the drop down lost that appears ...

Page 83: ... printed using the operator panel 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until List of Code JOB appears 5 Press the ENTER key A question mark appears 6 Press the ENTER key again The printer prints a Code Job list e MPS List of Code JOB List of Code JOB ...

Page 84: ...s the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Print VMB Data appears The virtual mailbox number will also appear 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Press the ENTER key The document in the mailbox is printed and automatically deleted from the mailbox Option e MPS Print VMB Data Tray001 Print VMB Data Tray00...

Page 85: ...s the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until List of VMB appears 5 Press the ENTER key A question mark appears 6 Press the ENTER key again The printer prints a list of jobs currently posted in the virtual mailboxes e MPS List of VMB List of VMB ...

Page 86: ... may only be able to accommodate print jobs of a smaller amount of print jobs than specified Changing the Maximum Number of Quick Copy Proof and Hold Jobs This changes maximum number of Quick Copy Proof and Hold jobs from 0 to 50 The default is 32 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS Configuration appears 5...

Page 87: ...ace that holds temporary code jobs You can change the maximum space from 0 to 9999 megabytes The actual maximum size depends on the size of free hard disk space however The default size is 50 MB 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS Configuration appears 5 Press the key 6 Press the or key repeatedly until Te...

Page 88: ... 0 to 9999 megabytes The actual maximum size depends on the size of free Microdrive space however The default size is 50 MB 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS Configuration appears 5 Press the key 6 Press the or key repeatedly until Perm Code JOB Size appears 7 Press the ENTER key A blinking cursor appear...

Page 89: ...0 MB 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until e MPS Configuration appears 5 Press the key 6 Press the or key repeatedly until VMB Size appears 7 Press the ENTER key A blinking cursor appears 8 Press the or key to increase or decrease respectively the value at the blinking cursor Use the and keys to move the cursor ri...

Page 90: ...eed mode Normally this interface is used under the default setting AUTO For details see Appendix B After setting the interface be sure to reset the printer or turn the power off at least once The new setting will be enabled thereafter 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Interface appears One of the interface names shown below appears indicating the current interface Parallel d...

Page 91: ...r details see Appendix C 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key until Interface appears One of the interface names shown below appears indicating the current interface Parallel default USB Serial when a serial interface board kit is installed Option when a network interface card is installed 3 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 4 Press the or key until USB appears 5 Press the EN...

Page 92: ...rface appears One of the interface names shown below appears indicating the current interface Parallel default USB Serial when a serial interface board kit is installed Option when a network interface card is installed 3 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears If you want to abandon the interface selection procedure press the CANCEL key The interface remains unchanged 4 Press the or k...

Page 93: ...9600 default 19200 38400 57600 and 115200 Some computers may not be compatible with a baud rate of 115200 bps If you set the baud rate to 115200 and communication problems occur lower the baud rate 9 Display the desired baud rate and press the ENTER key 10 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready Baud Rate 9600 Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1 Parity None Definable baud rates 1200 2400 4800 ...

Page 94: ...tivate or deactivate DHCP Enter IP address subnet mask address and default gateway address To confirm or change network card parameters proceed as follows 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Interface appears One of the interface names shown below appears indicating the current interface Parallel default USB Serial when a serial interface board kit is installed Option when a n...

Page 95: ...TCP IP On EtherTalk Off Opt StatusPage On Set this item to On when you connect to a network using NetWare In submenu frame mode can be selected from Auto Ethernet 802 2 802 3 and 802 3 SNAP Set this item to On when you connect to a network using TCP IP Submenu has items including DHCP IP address subnet mask address and gateway address When the item is set to On the printer prints out a network sta...

Page 96: ... select On or Off using the or key For IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway addresses press the or key to change the number 000 to 255 where the cursor is blinking You can use the and key to move the cursor right and left To obtain these addresses consult your network administrator 11 Press the ENTER key 12 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready DHCP Off IP Address 000 000 000 000 S...

Page 97: ... job can then be used to print multiple copies of the job reducing the total amount of period required to print the whole job It acts similar to the option Microdrive except that the data is effective only during the printer is powered up To set up the RAM disk the option Microdrive must not be installed To use the RAM disk activate and enter the desired size of the RAM disk in the manner describe...

Page 98: ...isk size using the or key It is not possible to make a setting that exceeds total printer memory The default value for the RAM disk is the total printer memory minus 9 MB This parameter may be set anywhere from 0001 to 1024 depending on the available printer memory 6 When the desired RAM disk size is displayed press the ENTER key 7 Press the MENU key and restart the printer The setting will be act...

Page 99: ... Hard Disk or RAM Disk Mode appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Read Data appears The data name also appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears before the data name 6 Press the or key to display the desired data name 7 Press the ENTER key Processing appears and the reading of data from the storage device starts Memory Card Read Data data name Read Data d...

Page 100: ...t the Microdrive or the RAM disk using the operator panel when the first time you installed a new Microdrive or the RAM disk About formatting a new Microdrive After writing is complete you can print a list of data stored in the storage device for confirmation See Printing a List of Data Names on page 1 89 To write data to a CompactFlash card the Microdrive or the RAM disk proceed as follows 1 Pres...

Page 101: ...isplay changes to Waiting 8 Check that the message display has changed to Waiting then press the GO key This writes the file to the memory card and instructs the printer to automatically print out a CompactFlash card write information page as shown below Partition Type Type of data written currently only type 2 is supported Partition Name Name of data written Write Partition Length Length size of ...

Page 102: ...n page 1 89 Printing a List of Data Names Deleting Data You can use the printer s operator panel to delete data from a CompactFlash card the Microdrive or the RAM disk 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Memory Card Hard Disk or RAM Disk Mode appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Delete Data appears The data name also appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blink...

Page 103: ...oceed as follows 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Memory Card appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Read Fonts appears 5 Press the ENTER key A question mark appears 6 Press the ENTER key Processing appears and the reading of fonts from the CompactFlash card starts 7 When the reading of fonts ends the message display returns to Read fonts 8 Press the ME...

Page 104: ... the operator panel when the first time you installed a new Microdrive About formatting a new Microdrive To format a CompactFlash card or the Microdrive use the following procedure 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Memory Card or Hard Disk appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Format appears 5 Press the ENTER key A question mark appears 6 Press the ENTE...

Page 105: ...n is printed the message display returns to Ready Printing a List of Data Names The printer prints a list of all data names referred to as partitions stored in the storage device for reference Printing a list is also available for a font card To print a list of data names for the CompactFlash card the Microdrive or the RAM disk proceed as follows 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly ...

Page 106: ...tes Used Space The total space used for data stored in the storage device in bytes Free Space The space remaining in the storage device for storing more data including the memory space required by the printer for its file system Partition Name The name assigned automatically by the printer for written data Partition Size Size of the written data in bytes Partition Type The type identifying the wri...

Page 107: ...Alarm Buzzer Setting Auto Continue Setting Duplex Printing Error Detection Setting Page Protect Mode The Page Protect Menu does not normally appear however Page Protect will be forcibly set to On if a print overrun error occurs due to insufficient printer memory When this has happened be sure to reset Page Protect to Auto default in order to maintain the optimum use of printer memory 1 Press the M...

Page 108: ... code character code 0AH 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Page set appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until LF Action appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Press the or key repeatedly until desired linefeed action appears LF only A linefeed is performed default CR and LF A linefeed and carriage return are performed Ignore LF The...

Page 109: ... Page set appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until CR Action appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Press the or key repeatedly until desired carriage return action appears CR only A carriage return is performed Default CR and LF A carriage return and linefeed are performed Ignore CR The carriage return code is ignored 7 When the desired action is displ...

Page 110: ...0 pitch This setting is effective in only PCL 6 emulation 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Page set appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Wide A4 appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Select On or Off using the or key 7 Press the ENTER key 8 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready Page set Wide A4 Off Wide A4 ...

Page 111: ...eatedly until Print Quality appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Print Density appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Select the print density from five steps from 01 light to 05 dark using the or key 7 Press the ENTER key 8 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready Print Quality Print Density 03 Print Density 03 ...

Page 112: ...iner is replaced reset the toner counter as follows so that an accurate toner gauge measurement is indicated on the status page Note that if this operation is performed when the toner container is not replaced the toner gauge measurement will not be indicated correctly Also refer to the Installation Guide supplied with the toner kit when replacing the toner container 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press t...

Page 113: ...ocedure given below You can optionally download messages in order language Contact your Kyocera Mita dealer for information 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Others appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until MSG Language appears The default message language is English 5 To change the language press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears New Toner Ins...

Page 114: ...tions in the following order The key cycles in the reverse order 7 Press the ENTER key 8 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready MSG Language English Langue Francais Anzeigesprache Deutsch Lingua Italiano Berichttaal Nederlands Idioma Español Idioma da MSG Portugues ...

Page 115: ... the or key repeatedly until Form Feed Time appears The default setting is 30 seconds 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking cursor appears 6 Press the or key to increase or decrease the value of the figure where the cursor is blinking and set the desired time The time can be set between 0 and 495 seconds in 5 second increments You can use the and keys to move the cursor right and left 7 Display the des...

Page 116: ...s appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Sleep Timer appears The default setting is 015 min 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking cursor _ appears 6 Press the or key to increase or decrease the value of the figure where the cursor is blinking and set the desired time The timer can be set between 5 and 240 min in 5 minute increments You can use the and keys to move the cursor right ...

Page 117: ...eatedly until Others appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Sleep Timer appears 5 Press the key and display Sleep Mode 6 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 7 Select Off using the or key 8 Press the ENTER key 9 Press the MENU key The message display returns to Ready Others Sleep Timer 015 min Sleep Mode On Sleep Mode On Sleep Mode Off ...

Page 118: ...by commands to their default values 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Others appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Printer Reset appears 5 Press the ENTER key A question mark appears 6 Press the ENTER key again Self test appears while the printer is resetting itself then Please wait followed by Ready Others Printer Reset Printer Reset Self test Please w...

Page 119: ...ry recommended for using the resource protection option is affected by several factors See Appendix A 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Others appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Resource Prot appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Press the or key to display the desired mode The display changes as shown below Off default Per...

Page 120: ...rom the user The audio alarm is set to On when leaving the factory If the alarm is set to Off it is made not to sound 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Others appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Buzzer appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 6 Select On or Off using the or key 7 Press the ENTER key 8 Press the MENU key The messa...

Page 121: ... GO Duplex disabled Press GO If one of the above errors is caused by someone on a network where the printer is being shared for example data sent from another person will be printed after a preset amount of time 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Others appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Auto Continue appears 5 Press the ENTER key A blinking question ...

Page 122: ...s the ENTER key A blinking cursor appears 7 Press the or key to increase or decrease the value of the figure where the cursor is blinking and set the desired time The time must be set between 000 and 495 seconds in 5 second increments If set to 000 printing will be continued immediately without allowing any time interval You can use the and keys to move the cursor right and left 8 Display the desi...

Page 123: ...t onto one side of the paper only when this message is displayed press the GO key The default setting is Off 1 Press the MENU key 2 Press the or key repeatedly until Others appears 3 Press the key 4 Press the or key repeatedly until Finishing Error appears 5 Press the key and display Duplex 6 Press the ENTER key A blinking question mark appears 7 Press the or key to change Off to On 8 Press the EN...

Page 124: ...2 1 Chapter 2 Paper Selection 2 This chapter explains the following topics General Guidelines Special Paper Paper Type ...

Page 125: ...is the ease with which they pass through the printer This is affected by the smoothness size and moisture content of the paper and the way in which the paper is cut The higher the grade of paper you use the less risk there will be of paper jams and other problems and the higher the level of quality your printed output will reflect Differences between paper from different suppliers can also affect ...

Page 126: ...ter are as follows Condition of the Paper Avoid using paper that is bent at the edges curled dirty torn embossed or contaminated with lint clay or paper shreds Use of paper in these conditions can lead to illegible printing misfeeding and paper jams and can shorten the life of the printer In particular avoid using paper with a surface coating or other surface treatment The paper should have as smo...

Page 127: ...wear of the printer Uneven paper weight can cause multiple feeds print defects poor toner fusing blurring and other print quality problems The proper weight is 60 to 105 g m for the paper cassette and 60 to 200 g m for the MP tray Multi purpose tray Size Cassette or multi purpose tray Size Monarch 3 7 8 7 1 2 inches Legal 8 1 2 14 inches Business 4 1 8 9 1 2 inches Letter 8 1 2 11 inches ISO A6 10...

Page 128: ...he paper varies with the relative humidity in the room When the relative humidity is high and the paper absorbs moisture the paper edges expand becoming wavy in appearance When the relative humidity is low and the paper loses moisture the edges shrink and tighten and print contrast may suffer Wavy or tight edges can cause misfeeding and alignment anomalies The moisture content of the paper should ...

Page 129: ...given on the paper package If the paper is considerably curled in one direction e g when the paper was used to print on one side try to roll the paper in the opposite direction to counteract the curl Printed sheets will then come out flat Electrostatic properties During the printing process the paper is electrostatically charged to attract the toner The paper must be able to release this charge so...

Page 130: ...oisture etc given off in printing on special paper causes harm to the machine or operator Before purchasing any type of special paper test a sample on the printer and check that print quality is satisfactory Specifications for each type of special paper are given below Transparency Overhead Projection Film Transparency must be able to withstand the heat of fusing during the printing process It sho...

Page 131: ...sure sensitive adhesives The carrier sheet also called the linear or backing sheet holds the labels until use Due to the complexity of its composition adhesive backed label paper is particularly likely to give trouble in printing Adhesive label paper must be entirely covered by its top sheet with no spaces between the individual labels Labels with spaces in between are apt to peel off causing seri...

Page 132: ...han a single sheet of paper For this reason it may not be possible to obtain consistent print quality over the entire envelope surface Many envelopes have a diagonal grain orientation See Paper Grain on page 2 6 This orientation is more likely to wrinkle and crease on its way through the printer Before purchasing envelopes for use with the printer test a sample to verify the envelope s suitability...

Page 133: ... loading them in the MP tray Some types of paper have rough edges on the back those are created when the paper is cut In this case put the paper on a flat place and rub the edges once or twice with for example a ruler to smooth them in the same way as described in Postcards on page 2 9 Feeding rough edged paper may cause paper jams If the paper jams even after you smooth it out in such a way set t...

Page 134: ...ave a bond paper base The preprinted ink must be able to withstand the heat of fusing during the printing process and must not be affected by silicone oil Do not use paper with any kind of surface treatment such as the type of paper commonly used for calendars Recycled Paper Select recycled paper that meets the same specifications as the white bond paper see Paper Specifications on page 2 2 except...

Page 135: ...er can be set Yes Can be stored No Cannot be stored Paper source Paper Type MP tray Paper Cassette Paper Weight Duplex path MP tray available only in Cassette mode Plain Yes Yes Normal 2 Yes Transparency Yes No Extra Heavy No Preprinted Yes Yes Normal 1 Yes Labels Yes No Heavy 1 No Bond Yes Yes Normal 3 Yes Recycled Yes Yes Normal 2 Yes Vellum Yes No Light No Rough Yes Yes Normal 3 Yes Letterhead ...

Page 136: ...s chapter explains how to replace the toner container and how to clean parts such as the registration roller and charger wire This chapter explains the following topics Toner Container Replacement Waste Toner Box Replacement Cleaning ...

Page 137: ...ner container will need replacing approximately once every 15 000 pages For a new printer with a toner kit installed for the first time the number of copies that can be printed will be approximately 7 500 Toner Kits to be Used Contents Toner container Waste toner box Wiper cloth Grid cleaner 2 plastic bags for disposal of the old toner container and waste toner box Installation Guide Be sure to di...

Page 138: ...ight and gently lift the old toner container Keep the toner container as level as possible while removing 3 Put the old toner container in the plastic bag supplied with the toner kit and dispose of it The old toner container may be incinerated without the risk of generating harmful gas Top Cover Lock Lever Note Old Toner Container Note ...

Page 139: ...own thoroughly shake the toner container in the direction of the arrows ten times or more This ensures that the toner is evenly distributed inside 6 Carefully remove the protective seal orange colored 7 Install the toner container into the printer New Toner Container 10 times or more Protective Seal ...

Page 140: ...he top cover It is necessary to clean the inside of the printer after replacing the toner container If the toner container is replaced when Replace toner Clean printer is displayed Clean printer Press GO will appear after replacement After cleaning the inside of the printer see Cleaning on page 3 9 the message will disappear when the GO key is pressed and the printer will be ready for printing Not...

Page 141: ...ith the new one from the new toner kit 1 Open the left cover on the left side of the printer 2 While holding the waste toner box press the lock lever and then gently remove the waste toner box Remove the waste toner box as gently as possible so as not to scatter the toner inside Do not let the opening of the waste toner box face downward Note Left Cover Old Waste Toner Box Lock Lever Note ...

Page 142: ...ner box after removing from the printer 4 To avoid toner spilling place the capped waste toner box in the plastic bag supplied before proper disposal 5 Open the cap of the new waste toner box Cap Old Waste Toner Box Plastic Bag Cap New Waste Toner Box ...

Page 143: ...locked when it fits into place 7 Ensure that it is correctly inserted and close the left cover The printer parts must be cleaned when replacing the toner container See Cleaning on page 3 9 8 When the toner container is replaced reset the toner counter see Toner Counter Resetting on page 1 96 New Waste Toner Box ...

Page 144: ...r after replacement After cleaning the inside of the printer following the procedure shown below press the GO key the message will disappear and the printer will be ready for printing Cleaning the Charger Wire The charger wire is a part in the drum unit that needs to be periodically cleaned You can clean the charger wire by pulling the cleaning knob as instructed below 1 Open the left cover on the...

Page 145: ...taching it to the printer and pull out the charger unit as instructed below 1 Take the grid cleaner from protective bag in the new toner kit and remove the cap The grid cleaner pad is supplied with water soaked Perform the following procedure before the pad dries 2 Pull out the charger unit approximately 5 cm 2 inches Protective Bag Cap Grid Cleaner Note Charger Unit 1 2 ...

Page 146: ... the grid cleaner pad repeat a few times the action of slowly pulling out and pushing back in the charger unit as shown in the figure This cleans grid part underneath the charger unit Do not push the charger unit all the way in Otherwise water from the pad will cause the charger unit to become wet and this may affect printing Grid Cleaner Charger Unit Charger Roller Note ...

Page 147: ...ng 3 12 5 Remove the grid cleaner from the printer and dispose of it The grid cleaner is not re usable 6 After cleaning the charger wire and grid push the charger unit all the way in and close the left cover ...

Page 148: ...r transfer unit 2 Wipe away the paper dust on the registration roller and the paper ramp using the wiper cloth included in the toner kit Be careful not to touch the transfer roller the black roller during cleaning as this may adversely affect print quality Paper Transfer Unit Paper Transfer Unit Release Lever green colored Paper Ramp Transfer Roller Black See Note below Registration Roller Metal P...

Page 149: ...explains how to handle printer problems that may occur If a problem cannot be corrected contact your Kyocera Mita dealer This chapter explains the following topics General Guide Print Quality Problems Indicators and Messages Correcting a Paper Jam ...

Page 150: ...pears in the message display See Maintenance Messages on page 4 7 Print quality is not good See Print Quality Problems on page 4 3 Paper is jammed See Correcting a Paper Jam on page 4 12 Nothing lights on the operator panel even when power is turned on and the fan makes no noise Check that the power cord is properly plugged into the power outlet Turn off the printer s power plug in the power cord ...

Page 151: ...cover and check that the toner container is correctly installed in the printer See Toner Container Replacement on page 3 2 All black printout Check the charger unit Open the printer left cover and check that the charger unit is correctly installed Dropouts horizontal streaks stray dots Clean the charger wire Open the printer left cover Pull the cleaning knob green colored slowly in and out a few t...

Page 152: ...ob green colored slowly in and out a few times See Cleaning on page 3 9 Grey background Check the operator panel If the Toner low TK 50 message is displayed and the ATTENTION indicator is flashing install a new toner kit See Toner Container Replacement on page 3 2 Check the print density Display the print density menu from the operator panel and select a lighter density setting See Print Density o...

Page 153: ... Cleaning on page 3 9 Check the transfer roller If the transfer roller is dirty with toner try printing several pages Characters out of position Check the file or program Check whether the problem is being caused by a PRESCRIBE command error If the problem occurs only with a specific file or program the most likely cause is an error in a parameter to a command or command syntax Printed Results Cor...

Page 154: ... is off line The printer stores but does not print received data Also indicates when printing is automatically stopped due to occurrence of an error Data indicator Flashing Data transfer is taking place Lit Either data is being processed or data is being written onto the option CompactFlash card or Microdrive Attention indicator Flashing The printer needs maintenance attention or the printer is wa...

Page 155: ...played when there is an option paper feeder installed Check waste toner box The waste toner box is not installed After installing the waste toner box you should be able to print Replace the old waste toner box with the new one which is included in the toner kit The message will also be shown if the waste toner box has become full The waste toner box should be replaced when the message display even...

Page 156: ...ectly inserted Insert the duplex drawer securely Option interface Error A failure has occurred with the option network interface card Check the option interface installed in the printer Paper jam Open the top cover or the paper transfer unit and correct the paper jam or paper mis feeding in the paper cassette The location of the paper jam is also indicated in place of the s Online help messages wh...

Page 157: ...ning low memory The printer s internal memory is running low due to the number of fonts and macros downloaded Print a status page to see how much user memory is left and try deleting unnecessary fonts and macros See Appendix A These messages will not appear if the number of copies is set to 2 or more paper size and paper type are displayed flashing alternately Message Corrective Action Table 4 4 C...

Page 158: ...ase the available memory 10 Formatting is not possible because host data is being spooled on the Microdrive Wait until the Microdrive is ready and then format 85 VMB Alias error the alias setting was lost or the VMB tray corresponding to the alias does not exist Set the alias again 97 Code job The number of permanent code job reached the limit value and no more can be saved Either delete some unne...

Page 159: ...ficient Clean up files 05 Specified file not on CompactFlash card 06 No memory for use by CompactFlash card Expand printer memory Paper path error There is no paper cassette in the feeder or the cassette is not inserted properly After reinserting the paper cassette you should be able to print When two or more option feeders are installed and the lowest one is selected the same message will appear ...

Page 160: ...aper jam location are indicated on the message display Details of the messages and paper jam locations are as follows Paper jam message Paper jam location Description Reference page Paper jam Cassette 1 A Paper is jammed at the paper cassette or inside the printer 4 14 Paper jam Cassette 2 to 4 B Paper is jammed at the option paper feeder s cassette 4 14 Paper jam Duplexer C Paper is jammed inside...

Page 161: ...m by changing the paper there may be a problem with the printer Call a service person When pulling the paper pull it gently so as not to tear it Torn pieces of paper are difficult to remove and may be easily overlooked deterring the jam recovery Online help messages With the online help message function this printer can display the procedure to correct a paper jam on the message display When a pap...

Page 162: ... START press the key An online help message appears 1 Pull out the paper cassette and remove the jammed paper 2 Push the paper cassette back in While pulling the paper transfer unit release lever green colored pull out the paper transfer unit Paper jam Cassette 1 HELP START Press key Open cassette 1 and pull out paper transfer unit then remove the paper jam Examples of online help messages Paper T...

Page 163: ...der the registration roller remove it as shown in B 4 Open the rear cover and remove the jammed paper 5 Push the paper cassette and paper transfer unit back in and close the rear cover Registration Roller Registration Roller A B Also remove the paper jam from rear cover Rear Cover Close paper transfer unit HELP END Press Key ...

Page 164: ...iven below While the display alternates between the paper jam message and HELP START press the key An online help message appears 1 Open the rear cover of the duplexer and remove the jammed paper 2 Pull out the duplex drawer Paper jam Duplexer HELP START Press key Open duplexer rear cover and remove the paper jam Examples of online help messages Rear Cover Pull out duplex drawer Duplex Drawer ...

Page 165: ...Correcting a Paper Jam 4 17 3 Remove the jammed paper 4 Close the rear cover of the duplexer and the duplex drawer and remove the paper jam Close rear cover and duplex drawer HELP END Press Key ...

Page 166: ...d HELP START press the key An online help message appears 1 Open the rear cover of the option sorter 2 Remove the jammed paper If both ends of the paper are inside the sorter turn the paper feed gears in the direction of the arrows The paper can then be removed easily Paper jam Sorter HELP START Press key Open sorter rear cover Examples of online help messages Rear Cover and remove the paper jam P...

Page 167: ...Correcting a Paper Jam 4 19 3 Close the rear cover of the option sorter Close rear cover HELP END Press Key ...

Page 168: ...the paper jam message and HELP START press the key An online help message appears 1 Remove the paper jammed at the MP tray 2 Open and close the top cover the paper jam error will be reset Paper jam MP tray HELP START Press key Check the MP tray and remove the paper jam Examples of online help messages Open and close top cover to release paper jam error HELP END Press Key ...

Page 169: ...ont is a set of characters of a particular design The design is referred to as a typeface Several characteristics identify a font These include the code set For details on the code sets read the Programming Manual on the supplied CD ROM spacing pitch height style stroke weight and typeface family ...

Page 170: ...patible fonts You can print the font list from the printer by using the printer s operator panel key To print a list of fonts see Font Lists on page 1 21 Font may be downloaded to the printer s memory from an option memory card or a hard disk PCL Scalable and Bitmap Fonts Font number Font samples 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ...

Page 171: ...List of Fonts 5 3 Font number Font samples 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 ...

Page 172: ...List of Fonts 5 4 Font number Font samples 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 ...

Page 173: ...List of Fonts 5 5 KPDL Fonts 1 ...

Page 174: ...List of Fonts 5 6 KPDL Fonts 2 ...

Page 175: ... option unit Also refer to the manuals of the respective option units This appendix explains the following option units Expanding the Printer Memory PF 60 Paper Feeder DU 61 Duplexer SO 60 Sorter EF 60 Envelope Feeder PT 4 PT 60 Rear Tray Network Interface Card Microdrive Hard Disk CompactFlash Memory Card ...

Page 176: ...er and Legal size paper Up to three paper feeders can be attached to the bottom of the printer Other Options Paper Cassette PC 60LG Holds A5 to A4 Letter and Legal size paper Microdrive Hard Disk Unit Enables the electronic sorting and job retention functions To be inserted into the slot designed for it on the main circuit board of the printer See your dealer for purchasing information regarding t...

Page 177: ...Module on the main circuit board This printer comes supplied with 32 MB of memory installed The DIMM socket is provided for expanding the printer memory to allow more complex printing jobs and increase the printing speed By installing DIMM into your printer the memory in the printer can be increased to a maximum of 288 MB The expansion memory should be installed only by a Kyocera Mita authorized d...

Page 178: ... the main circuit board and DIMM touch a water pipe or other large metal object to discharge yourself of static electricity While doing the work it is recommended that you wear an antistatic wrist strap Touch the main circuit board and DIMM only at the edges Removing the Main Circuit Board from the Printer Be sure to remove the CompactFlash Card memory card first if inserted in the printer s card ...

Page 179: ...t board all the way out of the printer Before pulling the main circuit board out clear away the area behind the printer Foreign objects accidentally sticking to the back of the main circuit board can cause serious damage to the printer Install the DIMM as described on the following page Screws DIMM Socket Note ...

Page 180: ...Insert the DIMM into the socket as shown below 1 Remove the DIMM from its package 2 Open the clips on both ends of the DIMM socket 3 Insert the DIMM into the socket so that the notches on the DIMM align with the corresponding protusions in the socket 4 Close the clips of the DIMM socket to secure the DIMM 5 When you finish installing the DIMM reinsert the main circuit board into the printer by rev...

Page 181: ...DIMM in the printer test the printer to see if the installation was successful To test the expansion memory proceed as follows 1 Make sure printer is turned off Plug the power cord into the printer and turn the printer on 2 Press the MENU key on the operator panel 3 Press the and key repeatedly until Print Status Page appears 4 Press the ENTER key twice 5 If the installation was successful the amo...

Page 182: ...river so that the printer can use the memories efficiently 1 Click the Windows start button and click Printers and Faxes 2 Right click the Kyocera Mita FS 1920 KX icon and click Properties The Properties dialog box will open Click the Device Settings tab 3 Enter the total memory size installed to the printer up to 288 MB in the Memory box 4 Click the OK button to close the window ...

Page 183: ...per cassette which can also hold approximately 500 sheets of paper up to approximately 2 000 sheets of paper can be fed continuously The paper cassette of the paper feeder can feed Legal size paper When installing more than one paper feeder first stack the paper feeders together 1 Turn off the printer and disconnect the power cord and printer cable 2 Gently place the printer on top of the paper fe...

Page 184: ...stalling Option Units A 10 4 Push down the bottom plate until it locks 5 Set the paper size dial to the size of paper to be used 6 Adjust the paper guides and paper stopper to the size of paper to be used ...

Page 185: ...ts on the paper guides The paper cassette will hold approximately 500 sheets of paper with a 80 g m 21 lb basis weight or with a thickness of 0 11 mm 8 Set the stack of paper so that it is under the clips as shown in the figure 9 Insert the paper cassette back in Note Load Limit Load Limit Clip Clip ...

Page 186: ...he two printing orientations portrait and landscape duplex printing is possible in four different methods Duplex printing can be specified from the application printer driver 1 Remove the tape and the pad from the duplexer 2 While pushing the rear cover release lever inward remove the duplexer rear cover 3 Turn off the printer and disconnect the power cord and printer cable Pad ...

Page 187: ...llel interface cable USB interface cable serial interface cable or network interface cable according to your operation environment If you are using a paper cassette for Legal size paper be sure to pull the cassette out towards you first before you connect the printer cable 6 Connect the power cord to the printer ...

Page 188: ...Installing Option Units A 14 7 Pass the connected cable and power cord through the opening in the duplexer 8 Install the duplexer rear cover ...

Page 189: ...and the mail box mode for details about the modes see KX Printer Drivers Operation Guide The following installation procedure explains how to install the sorter when the option paper feeder PF 60 and duplexer DU 61 have already been installed 1 Unpack the sorter and place it on its side 2 Remove the tapes from the sorter 3 Unfold the two attachment legs of the sorter 4 Turn off the printer and dis...

Page 190: ...ower cord and printer cable 6 Remove the sorter connection cover from the printer Store the removed cover in a safe place 7 Install the sorter by inserting the four hooks on its attachment legs into the notches in the printer Sorter Connection Cover Hook Hook Hook Notch Notch Hook Notch Notch ...

Page 191: ...wn The levers of the attachment legs are in the lock position 9 Connect the sorter cable to the printer When removing the sorter unlock the attachment legs by releasing the levers as shown in the figure one by one and then lift the sorter Sorter Cable ...

Page 192: ...r If you are using a paper cassette for Legal size paper be sure to pull the cassette out towards you first before you connect the printer cable 11 Secure the connected sorter cable and power cord to an attachment leg on the sorter When disconnecting the sorter cable hold the grip on the connector as shown in the figure and then pull it out Grip To printer Power Cord To power supply ...

Page 193: ...ecure the power cord to the duplexer Take care not to loosen the power cord 13 If the duplexer is installed remove the two cut out portions from the upper part of the duplexer rear cover removed in step 5 14 Reinstall the duplexer rear cover NO Duplexer Rear Cover ...

Page 194: ... Option Units A 20 15 Install the five sorter trays to the sorter 16 Connect the power cord supplied with the printer to the sorter Do not move or lift the printer with the sorter installed Sorter Tray Warning NO ...

Page 195: ... at one time Installing the envelope feeder on the printer Turn OFF the power to the printer before installing the envelope feeder 1 Pull the printer s paper transfer unit release lever green colored then draw the paper transfer unit fully out of the printer 2 Gently tilt the MP tray toward the printer until that it rests on its side as shown in the figure and remove the MP tray from the printer b...

Page 196: ...as shown in the figure and lay the envelope feeder down toward you 4 Return the paper transfer unit into the printer with the envelope feeder mounted Load envelopes into the envelope feeder 1 Push the bottom tray downward as shown in the figure until you hear a clicking sound to secure it Envelope Feeder Bottom Tray ...

Page 197: ...ge first Then adjust the envelope feeder s paper guides to the width of the envelope Do not set different types of envelopes into the feeder at the same time Do not load envelopes into the envelope feeder higher than the limitation marks on either side of the feeder Do not force paper into the envelope feeder Damage to the mechanism may result Sub tray Paper Guides Note ...

Page 198: ...appens remove the envelopes and move the switch to the up position as shown in the figure This improves seating of the envelopes in the envelope feeder Do not touch envelopes while they are being fed or attempt to pull an envelope back once it starts being fed Damage to the mechanism may result To avoid trouble we recommend that envelopes be delivered face up using the option rear tray Refer to ne...

Page 199: ...paper When installing it directly to the printer use PT 4 If an option duplexer has been installed use PT 60 1 Install the paper stopper according to the size of paper to be used same for both PT 4 and PT 60 2 Install the rear tray on the rear of the printer Legal Size A4 Size Letter Size Paper Stopper When installing directly to the printer If a duplexer has been installed to the printer Rear Tra...

Page 200: ... The network interface card enables the printer to be used in a network 1 Turn off the printer and disconnect the power cord and printer cable 2 Remove the two screws from the option interface slot cover 3 Insert the network interface card and secure it with the screws removed in step 2 Option Interface Slot Cover Screws Network Interface Card Screws ...

Page 201: ...Installing Option Units A 27 4 Connect the network cable 5 Set the network address from the printer operator panel for details about the modes see Network Interface Parameters on page 1 78 Network Cable ...

Page 202: ...odrive This enables high speed printing of multiple copies using an electric sort function Also you can use the e MPS functions For details see e MPS on page 1 56 For details of available Microdrives see your dealer 1 Turn off the printer and disconnect the power cord and printer cable 2 Remove the two screws from the rear panel 3 Pull the main circuit board all the way out of the printer Rear Pan...

Page 203: ...g Option Units A 29 4 Install the Microdrive into its slot on the main circuit board 5 Return the main circuit board to the printer by reversing the procedure followed when removing it Microdrive Microdrive Slot ...

Page 204: ... printer is turned on The presence of this data in the printer memory can be confirmed on the status printout For details of available CompactFlash cards see your dealer 1 Turn off the printer Do not insert or remove a CompactFlash card while power is on If the CompactFlash card is removed while the printer is on damage could result in the printer s electronics or the CompactFlash card 2 Insert th...

Page 205: ...s pin assignments signal functions timings connector specifications and voltage levels The RS 232C protocols are also covered Finally it explains how to use the printer in a multi computer environment This appendix explains the following topics Parallel Interface USB Interface Serial Interface Option RS 232C Protocol RS 232C Cable Connection ...

Page 206: ...4 standard You can choose from four communication modes Interface Signals The pins of the parallel interface connector carry the signals listed in the table in Parallel Connector Pin Assignment on page B 3 Asterisks in the table indicate signals that are active low The table also indicates whether each signal is incoming or outgoing with respect to the printer Note Communication Mode Reception Tra...

Page 207: ... 7 Data 8 10 Out Acknowledge nAck 11 Out Busy Busy 12 Out Paper Empty PError returns paper empty status if FRPO O2 2 13 Out Select Online nSelect returns off line status if FRPO O2 2 14 In Auto feed nAutoFd 15 Not connected 16 0 V DC 17 Chassis GND 18 5 V DC 19 Ground 20 Ground 21 Ground 22 Ground 23 Ground 24 Ground 25 Ground 26 Ground 27 Ground 28 Ground 29 Ground 30 Ground 31 In Ignored nInit 3...

Page 208: ...ter is busy and low when it is able to accept more data Paper Empty PError Pin 12 This signal goes high when the printer has received a print job and run out of paper Select Online Pin 13 This signal is high when the printer is online and low when the printer is offline It goes low when the GO key is pressed to set the printer offline 5 V DC Pin 18 This line is connected to the printer s 5 V DC li...

Page 209: ...d USB 2 0 Connectors Printer B type receptacle female with upstream port Cable B type plug male Cable Use shielded cable that complies with the USB Revision 1 1 standards and not longer than 5 meters 16 feet Transfer Mode Full speed max 12 Mbps Power Control Self power device Interface Signals Pin Signal Description 1 Vbus Power supply 5 V 2 D Data transmission 3 D Data transmission 4 GND Signal g...

Page 210: ...Frame Ground Pin 1 This pin is connected directly to the printer frame TXD Transmit Data Pin 2 This output carries asynchronous data sent by the printer to the computer It is used mainly in handshaking protocols RXD Receive Data Pin 3 This input carries serial asynchronous data sent by the computer to the printer RTS Request To Send Pin 4 This output is always held high above 3 volts CTS Clear To ...

Page 211: ...olts Voltages between 3 volts and 3 volts are undefined RS 232C Protocol A protocol is a set of rules the computer follows in sending data to the printer The RS 232C parameters are stored in battery backed up memory They are indicated on the status printout They can be changed by the FRPO firmware reprogram command described in the Programming Manual provided on the CD ROM supplied with the printe...

Page 212: ...early full and nearly empty thresholds allows the computer to send a fairly large amount of data in a continuous stream H8 Received data buffer size This is the size of the input buffer specified in units of 10 Kbytes The factory set value is 6 meaning 60 Kbytes Since DTR DSR protocol is not used with the RS 422A standard select a parameter value other than 0 1 or 2 for the H5 setting when using t...

Page 213: ... when an error occurs on the serial interface The following table summarizes the error status corresponding to different D0 values Timing of XON transfer to host while Ready or Waiting Serial interface error Error not handled Error handled XON sent every 3 5 seconds D0 0 default D0 1 XON not sent D0 10 D0 11 Table B 8 ...

Page 214: ...end of the RS 232C interface cable into the printer s RS 232C connector and screw it in place 3 Plug the other end of the cable into the computer s RS 232C interface connector 4 Switch on the printer s power 5 The printer s RS 232C parameters are factory set to the following values Baud rate 9600 bps data bits character length 8 bits stop bits 1 parity none The two RS 232C protocols are XON XOFF a...

Page 215: ... 2 The Control Panel window opens Double click on System 3 System Properties window opens Click on the Hardware tab then click on the Device Manager button and double click on Ports COM LPT 4 Double click on Communications Port 5 The Communications Port Properties dialog is displayed for the selected COM port Click on the Port Settings tab and set the port properties 6 After setting the properties...

Page 216: ...rol Panel from among the items displayed 2 The control panel folder opens Double click on System 3 System Properties opens Click on the Device Manager tab then click on the COM port to be used 4 Click on Properties button 5 The Properties sheet is displayed for the selected COM port Click on the Port Settings tab and set the port properties 6 After setting the properties click OK button ...

Page 217: ...owing commands C MODE COM1 96 N 8 1 P C MODE LPT1 COM1 To test the interface enter the following CTRL P C DIR CTRL P The software settings made using the above procedures are temporary On most computers permanent settings must be made with DIP switches ...

Page 218: ...C 1 Appendix C Specifications C ...

Page 219: ...lot 1 Microdrive Self test Performed at power up Maximum duty cycle 100 000 pages month Drum Amorphous silicon drum Developer Mono component dry developer Main charger Positive scorotron charger Transferring Negative charger roller Separation Curvature separation Drum cleaning Blade cleaner Drum discharging Illumination by eraser LED array Fuser Heat roller and pressure roller Toner saving Ecoprin...

Page 220: ...wable frequency fluctuation 2 Power consumption Max 979 W U S A Canada 987 W European countries During printing 422 W U S A Canada 425 W European countries During sleep mode 5 6 W U S A Canada 5 3 W European countries Operating noise in accordance with ISO 7779 Bystander Position sound pressure level at the front During printing LpA 55 dB A During standby LpA 33 dB A During sleep mode Immeasurably...

Page 221: ...Glossary 1 Glossary C ...

Page 222: ...nserted in the MP tray the first paper will always feed from there even if another paper source is selected The printer is set to the cassette mode another MP tray operation mode as the factory default but you can change this setting from the operator panel IEEE1284 This is a standard used when connecting a printer to a computer and was established by the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Eng...

Page 223: ...is on the CD ROM supplied with the printer Install the printer driver on the computer connected to the printer RAM disk This is a virtual disk drive that uses part of the printer s memory With RAM disk you can set any memory size arbitrarily and use electronic sorting to reduce print time Rear tray Tray installed at the rear of the printer Select paper output to the rear tray when printing on post...

Page 224: ...Index 1 Index ...

Page 225: ... Indicators 1 4 4 6 Interface 1 3 B 1 Internal font 5 2 K Keys 1 5 KIR 1 17 1 52 KM NET VIEWER xii Glossary 2 L Left cover 3 6 3 9 M Main circuit board A 4 A 28 Maintenance messages 4 7 Memory expansion A 4 Menu map 1 12 Menu system road map 1 6 Message display 1 2 Message language 1 97 Microdrive 1 81 A 2 A 28 MP tray 1 24 cassette mode 1 37 Glossary 2 first mode 1 37 Glossary 2 paper guides 1 25...

Page 226: ...ray PT 4 PT 60 A 25 Glossary 3 Recycled paper 2 11 Registration roller 3 13 4 15 Resolution 1 55 Resource protection 1 103 RS 232C 1 76 B 6 B 7 B 10 RS 422A B 7 S Serial interface 1 76 B 6 computer interface B 11 protocol 1 76 B 7 RS 232C mode B 6 Serial interface board kit IB 11 A 2 B 6 Service status page 1 18 Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP xii Glossary 3 Sleep mode x 1 2 1 100 Glossary...

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