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DocuPrint P8e

Personal Laser Printer

User Guide

Final Draft

Summary of Contents for DocuPrint P8E

Page 1: ...Ax DocuPrint P8e Personal Laser Printer User Guide Final Draft...

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Page 3: ...ecting the Printer to Your Computer 10 Installing the Printer Driver 11 Installing the RCP and SM Programs 13 Setting the DocuPrint P8e as the Default Printer 14 Chapter 2 Printing 15 Selecting Print...

Page 4: ...aper Jams 30 Printer Problems 33 Print Quality Problems 36 Chapter 4 Maintenance 39 Cleaning the Printer 40 Cleaning the Outside 40 Cleaning the Inside 40 Replacing the Image Cartridge 41 Chapter 5 Ad...

Page 5: ...information essential for the operation and care of your laser printer So keep it handy should you experience any difficulties with the printer Energy Star Xerox Corporation This printer contains adv...

Page 6: ...and handling storing media products as well as detailed specifications for print materials Also this chapter instructs you on how to load print media Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Describes procedures to...

Page 7: ...nual Conventions The following conventions are used throughout this manual Provides information required to successfully complete an operation or procedure Cautions you not to overlook the mentioned p...

Page 8: ...se of user operation The Center for Devices and Radiological Health CDRH of the US Food and Drug Administration implemented regulations for laser products of August 1 1976 These regulations apply to l...

Page 9: ...t obstruct ventilation openings These openings are provided to prevent overheating of the machine WARNING Do not push objects into slots and openings on the Xerox DocuPrint P8e Contacting a voltage po...

Page 10: ...y turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation...

Page 11: ...Print P8e in an area that has adequate ventilation and room for servicing Do not locate the Xerox DocuPrint P8e near a radiator or any other heat source Do not obstruct ventilation openings They are p...

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Page 13: ...Setting Up Your Printer 1 1 1Setting Up Your Printer...

Page 14: ...n easily Open the printer cover Load the paper Retrieve the paper Open the front single sheet output tray and retrieve the paper in the front output tray Be sure to allow air circulation around the ve...

Page 15: ...r Make sure you have the following items You need a centronics compatible parallel printer cable The printer cable may not ship with your printer in which case you can purchase this cable from your de...

Page 16: ...nted on plain paper a maximum of 100 sheets can be held 3 Stacker Extender Supports paper stacked in the paper output bin 4 Manual Feeder Used to feed a single sheet of paper 5 Multipurpose Paper Feed...

Page 17: ...Setting Up Your Printer 5 1 3 2 Rear View 1 3 3 Inside 1 Printer Cable Connector 2 Power Cord Connector 3 Power Switch 1 Image Cartridge 2 Front Cover...

Page 18: ...1 ERROR light 2 PAPER light 3 READY light 4 On Off line button Indicator Light Description READY on The printer is ready to receive and process data READY blink The printer is receiving or processing...

Page 19: ...nter to clear all data from the printer s memory except permanent fonts and macros and then restore the user default settings Self Test When the printer is on line and the other LEDs are off hold down...

Page 20: ...artridge 1 To open the front cover place your fingers on top of the cover and pull it down 2 Unpack the image cartridge 3 Shake the cartridge from side to side 5 or 6 times to distribute the toner 4 C...

Page 21: ...e cartridge slots inside the printer one on each side 6 Push the image cartridge into place by pressing down on the handle 7 Close the front cover gently Do not force the cover closed in case the imag...

Page 22: ...nnecting the Printer to Your Computer 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Plug the parallel interface cable into the connector on the back of the printer Push the clips at each end of the connector into the n...

Page 23: ...en instructions to complete the installation 6 Remove the diskette before restarting Windows 7 Restart Windows as prompted when the installation is complete Windows 3 1x PCL 5e Driver 1 Start Windows...

Page 24: ...ter icon 4 Click Have Disk 5 Insert the Setup Diskette for Windows NT 4 0 into your computer s floppy drive 6 Follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation You also have the option of...

Page 25: ...into your computer s floppy drive 2 Run Setup exe from the diskette and follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation Windows NT 4 0 RCP 1 Insert the Setup Diskette for Windows NT 4...

Page 26: ...t Settings then select Printers 2 Double click the Xerox DocuPrint P8e icon 3 Select Printer menu Set As Default A check mark will confirm the selection next time you open the printer menu Windows 3 1...

Page 27: ...Printing 15 2 2Printing...

Page 28: ...the Media Selection table above Do not use envelopes with thick or crooked edges or envelopes that are damaged curled wrinkled or irregularly shaped Multi Purpose Paper Feeder Media Sizes Weights Inpu...

Page 29: ...ll the extender on the MPF up until it stops 2 Before loading the paper flex the sheets back and forth to loosen them then fan them Tap the edges on a table top to straighten them Doing this before yo...

Page 30: ...feeder If the paper has a preferred print side place the print side facing you If you use letterhead paper load the paper with the letterhead edge pointing down and the front facing toward you 4 Adjus...

Page 31: ...ing 19 5 Pull up the extender on the face down stacker until it stops The face down stacker can hold up to 100 printed pages 6 Select the paper size from your software application and start your print...

Page 32: ...time into your printer 1 Place the paper in the manual feeder and adjust the paper guides to the width of the paper 2 Make sure the paper is as far down as it will go 3 Be sure that before starting y...

Page 33: ...or envelopes transparencies and thick stock paper 1 Place your fingers on either side of the face up stacker press tabs toward center of the printer and pull the face up stacker down 2 If you use the...

Page 34: ...feeding problems try placing envelopes one at a time into the manual feeder 1 Insert the envelopes in the multipurpose paper feeder The envelopes should be loaded vertically with the face to be print...

Page 35: ...essing the Status Monitor 1 For Windows 95 select Program from the Start menu Then select Xerox DocuPrint P8e RCP SM from the Program drop down list For Windows 3 1x click the Xerox DocuPrint P8e RCP...

Page 36: ...Paper Tray Open or Empty The printer has run out of paper Load the paper Paper JAM There is paper jammed inside the printer Remove the jammed paper see Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Memory Full The print...

Page 37: ...from the Windows screen 2 4 1 Accessing Windows RCP 1 Start Windows if not already started 2 For Windows 95 select Program from the Start menu Then select Xerox DocuPrint P8e RCP SM from the Program d...

Page 38: ...lt Resets all printer parameters to the factory default values Reset Resets all printer parameters to user preference default values Form Feed If any data exists in the printer the printer formfeeds t...

Page 39: ...n Power Save mode the power consumption is under 18 watts Paper Jam Recovery If this box is checked the printer will recover pages from the print job when paper is jammed in the printer Page Setup Pap...

Page 40: ...inter by selecting the Send settings to printer item in the File menu Quality Density Determines the overall density of the printed image Econo Mode Determines the toner quantity to use when printing...

Page 41: ...Troubleshooting 29 3 3Troubleshooting...

Page 42: ...3 3 1 Clearing Paper Jams If the paper has just started to feed from the feeder when the jam occurs 1 Pull the jammed paper back out of the feeder toward you 2 Open and close the front cover to resum...

Page 43: ...Troubleshooting 31 If the jam occurs inside the printer 1 Open the front cover 2 Remove the image cartridge...

Page 44: ...Grasp the paper on both sides and gently pull the paper out toward you 4 Check that there is no other paper in the printer 5 Reinstall the image cartridge 6 Close the front cover The printer will con...

Page 45: ...ows printer settings to make sure that the print job is being sent to the correct port for example LPT1 The image cartridge is not installed properly Remove and reinsert the image cartridge A paper ja...

Page 46: ...h Insert the correct paper into the printer or change the software paper size settings Scaling may be set to less than 100 Change the Scaling setting in the Printer Setup dialog box The interface cabl...

Page 47: ...a gap of approximately 1 mm 1 32 between the left edge of the envelopes at the paper guide Printing is too slow If using Windows 3 1x Print Manager may be disabled From the Control Panel Printers menu...

Page 48: ...ly distribute the toner Then replace the image cartridge Black staining There is a paper quality problem Use only paper that meets printer specifications refer to Selecting Print Media on page 16 An i...

Page 49: ...sfer roller may be dirty Print a few blank pages to clean the transfer roller Incorrect fonts TrueType fonts may be disabled Windows 3 1x Use the Fonts dialog box in the Control Panel to enable TrueTy...

Page 50: ...38 Chapter 3...

Page 51: ...Maintenance 39 4 4Maintenance...

Page 52: ...utside of the printer You can dampen the cloth slightly with water but be careful not to let any water drip onto the printer or inside it 4 1 2 Cleaning the Inside When paper jams occur unfused toner...

Page 53: ...Cartridge 1 Make sure the printer is turned OFF 2 To open the front cover place your fingers on top of the cover and pull it down 3 Lift the image cartridge handle to disengage the cartridge then pull...

Page 54: ...the used cartridge 4 Unpack the new image cartridge 5 Shake the cartridge from side to side five or six times to distribute the toner 6 Carefully remove the sealing tape by pulling on the sealing tap...

Page 55: ...Maintenance 43 8 Grasp the handle and slide the cartridge down between the image cartridge slots 9 Gently push the image cartridge into place by pressing down on the handle 10 Close the front cover...

Page 56: ...44 Chapter 4...

Page 57: ...Adding Memory 45 5 5Adding Memory...

Page 58: ...wn on the tray and stacker extenders until both are recessed into the printer body 5 Turn the printer upside down remove the screws where shown below and remove that half of the bottom panel 1 The pri...

Page 59: ...til it snaps into place Make sure both metal clips 1 on the connector are fastened and the two pins on the connector are pushed through the holes on the SIMM 8 Replace the bottom panel and secure with...

Page 60: ...e tray and stacker extenders until both are recessed into the printer body 5 Turn the printer upside down remove the screws where shown below and remove that half of the bottom panel 1 The printer s c...

Page 61: ...and rotate the SIMM to the vertical position Then pull out the SIMM 7 Replace the bottom panel and secure with screws 8 Turn the printer back over and replace the image cartridge 9 Pull out the tray a...

Page 62: ...50 Chapter 5...

Page 63: ...Specifications 51 A 6Specifications...

Page 64: ...ions W x D x H 13 5 345 mm x 14 3 14 3 mm x 8 8 224 mm tray closed Weight 15 4 lbs 7 Kg Duty cycle Up to 6 000 pages per month Safety USA UL 1950 Europe TUV GS CB DEMKO China CCIB Russia GOST India IS...

Page 65: ...iption Language PDL PCL 5e Fonts 45 interal scalable fonts 1 bitmap font Host environments Windows 3 1x Windows 95 98 Windows NT 4 0 DOS Host drivers PCL 5e Windows 3 1x 95 98 NT 4 0 RCP SM for Window...

Page 66: ...54 Appendix A...

Page 67: ...CE Declaration 55 B 7CE Declaration This Appendix contains the CE Declaration which only applies to European Countries...

Page 68: ...56 Appendix B...

Page 69: ...CE Declaration 57...

Page 70: ...58 Appendix B...

Page 71: ...3 Driver installation Windows 3 1x 11 Windows 95 98 11 Windows NT 4 0 12 E Envelopes 16 Loading 22 F Face down stacker Location on printer 4 Face up stacker Location on printer 4 Using 21 Front cover...

Page 72: ...printer 5 Printer cable connector Location on printer 5 R Remote Control Panel Installing 13 Using 25 28 Reset button function 7 S Self test button function 7 SIMM Installation 46 47 Removal 48 49 St...

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