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Device Settings feature is unavailable for booklet, duplex, or multiple pages per sheet printing. KPDL Settings Smart duplex printing This option automatically keeps a sheet of paper from being sent through the duplex unit if the sheet is only printed on one side. The duplex unit is bypassed for the following types of print jobs: a one page document, one page from a multi-page document, or a multi-page document that prints onto a single sheet. Selecting this option can reduce wear on the mechanical duplex unit, and result in comparatively faster printing times. Skip blank pages This option prevents the printing system from outputting any page that contains no data, or that has, at most, one space character. Selecting this option can save paper, and result in comparatively faster printing times. This feature is unavailable for booklet, duplex, or multiple pages per sheet printing. When selected, Data passthrough is unavailable. Data passthrough This option reduces errors when printing complex jobs from applications that use PostScript formatting. When selected, EMF spooling is unavailable in the Advanced tab. PDF Settings Provides options for printing and saving documents to Adobe PDF format. See PDF topics for details. Selecting a PDL in Device Settings 1 In Device Settings > PDL, select the desired page description language from the Available languages list. If you select PCL XL, you can select Smart duplex printing and Skip blank pages. If you select KPDL, you can select Smart duplex printing and Skip blank pages or Data passthrough. Note that if you select Data passthrough, EMF spooling is unavailable in the Advanced tab. If you select PDF, you can click PDF Settings to open the PDF Settings dialog box. 2 You can select the GDI compatible mode option to improve the output quality of graphics created by your application. 3 Click OK in all dialog boxes. PDF With the Output to PDF plug-in, you can print and save documents from multiple sources to Adobe PDF format. This feature can be used as an alternative to existing commercial applications for creating PDF documents. Documents saved as PDF retain their original appearance, and can be viewed and printed on operating systems that display PDF content. For a document using mixed paper sizes, all pages in the PDF use the size of the first page. Note: With PDF selected as the PDL, only a limited set of driver options are available. 3-17 User Guide

Section	Page
Table of Contents	3
1 Installation	7
The Driver	7
Preparing to Install the Driver	7
Resource and Energy Saving	8
Communication Settings	8
Specifying Communication Settings	8
Express Install	8
Installing with Express Install	9
Custom Install	10
Installing with Custom Install	10
Installing Utilities Only	12
Editing Driver Properties	12
Editing Utility Properties	13
Upgrade	14
Upgrading Driver Components	14
Maintenance	14
Optional Printer Components	14
Installing Optional Printer Components	14
Documents	15
Uninstall	15
Uninstalling Driver Components	15
Printer Driver Settings Access	16
Changing the Default Driver Settings	16
2 Driver Overview	17
Overview Images	17
Selecting a PDL in Printing Preferences	18
Settings List	18
Print Preview	18
Previewing a Print Job	19
Kyocera Logo	19
Displaying Version Information	19
Displaying Plug-in Information	19
3 Device Settings	20
Accessing Device Settings	20
Device Options	20
Setting Device Options	20
Auto Configure	21
Enabling Auto Configuration	21
Memory	21
Setting the Memory	22
RAM Disk	22
Setting RAM Disk	22
Administrator Settings	22
General	22
Show Quick Print Tab	22
Send Count Information	23
Send Application Name	23
Associate Profile with Application	23
Password Protect Administrator Settings	23
Setting the Administrator Password	24
Clearing the Administrator Password	24
Hide Factory Default Profile	24
Hide Lower Pane	24
SNMP Settings	24
SNMPv3 Options	25
Selecting SNMP Settings	25
Job E-mail Notification	26
Selecting E-mail Notification Options	26
Lock Settings	26
Lock Settings Options	26
Locking Driver Settings	27
User Login	27
User Login Options	28
Printing with User Login	28
Job Accounting	29
Job Accounting Options	29
Adding or Editing an Account ID	30
Printing with Job Accounting	31
Net Manager	31
Selecting Net Manager Options	32
Printing with Net Manager	32
User Settings	33
Identification	33
Setting User Identification	33
Units	33
Selecting a Unit of Measurement	34
Language Preference	34
Setting Language Preference	34
Page Description Languages (PDL)	34
PDL Options	34
PDL Settings	35
Selecting a PDL in Device Settings	36
PDF	36
PDF Options	37
Printing and Saving to PDF	38
XPS Driver	38
XPS Options	38
Printing and Saving to XPS	39
Compatibility Settings	39
Media Source Enumeration	39
Setting Media Sources	39
Ignore Application Collation	40
Selecting Printer Driver Collation	40
Combine Source and Media Type Lists	40
Creating a Combined Source List	40
Removing a Plug-in	40
4 Quick Print	41
Quick Print Options	41
Orientation	41
Collate	42
Duplex	42
Pages per Sheet	42
EcoPrint	43
Edit Quick Print Options	43
Selecting Quick Print Options	43
Profiles	44
Selecting a Profile	44
Saving a Profile	44
Editing a Profile	45
Deleting a Profile	45
Importing a Profile	46
Exporting a Profile	46
Application Based Printing	46
Adding an Association	46
Deleting an Association	47
Editing an Association	47
5 Basic	48
Print Size	48
Page Sizes	48
Creating a Custom Page Size	49
Deleting a Custom Page Size	49
Printing with Custom Size Pages	49
Media Type	49
Source	50
Destination	50
Copies	50
Carbon Copies	50
Printing Carbon Copies	51
Collate	51
Printing Collated Documents	51
Orientation	52
Duplex Printing	52
Printing in Duplex Mode	53
EcoPrint	53
Selecting EcoPrint	53
6 Layout	54
Multiple Pages per Sheet	54
Printing Multiple Pages per Sheet	54
Scaling	55
Setting Scaling on the Page	55
Gutter	55
Creating a Gutter	55
Poster	56
Printing a Poster	57
Booklet	57
Printing a Booklet	57
7 Imaging	59
Print Quality and Custom Quality	59
Print Quality Selection	59
Selecting Print Quality	60
Font Settings	60
Font Settings Options	60
Selecting Font Settings	61
Setting Font Substitution	61
Disabling Device Fonts	62
Graphics Settings	62
Pattern Scaling	62
Line Thinning	63
Inversion Options	63
Optimization	63
CIE Option	64
Halftone Screen	64
Setting the Halftone Screen	64
Half Speed Mode	65
EcoPrint	65
Selecting EcoPrint	65
Black and White Adjustment	65
Adjusting Black and White Settings	65
Text and Graphics Effects	66
8 Publishing	67
Cover Mode	67
Cover Mode Options	68
Printing Covers	70
Transparency Interleaving	71
Inserting Backing Sheets Between Transparencies	71
Page Insert	71
Page Insertion Options	72
Printing Page Inserts	73
Chapter Page Insert	73
Printing with Chapter Page Insert	73
9 Job	75
Job Storage (e-MPS)	75
Job Storage (e-MPS) options	76
Quick Copy	76
Printing a Quick Copy Job	76
Proof and Hold	77
Printing a Proof and Hold Job	77
Private Print	77
Storing a Private Print Job	78
Job Storage	78
Storing a Job Storage Job	79
User Login	79
Printing with User Login	79
Job Accounting	79
Printing with Job Accounting	79
Job Name	80
Don’t Use Application Name	80
Overwrite Job Name	80
Selecting a Job Name	80
10 Advanced	82
Prologue/Epilogue	82
Insertion Point Options	83
Selecting and Assigning a Prologue/Epilogue File	83
Editing a Prologue/Epilogue File	84
Deleting a Prologue/Epilogue File	84
Watermark	84
Adding or Editing Watermark Text	85
Adding or Editing a Watermark Image	86
Security Watermark	87
Adding or Editing a Security Watermark	87
Status Monitor Notification	89
Setting Status Monitor Notification	89
Viewing Status Monitor	90
EMF Spooling	90
Selecting EMF Spooling	91

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Device Settings

User Guide

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feature is unavailable for booklet, duplex, or multiple pages per sheet

printing.

KPDL Settings

Smart duplex printing

This option automatically keeps a sheet of paper from being sent through the

duplex unit if the sheet is only printed on one side. The duplex unit is

bypassed for the following types of print jobs: a one page document, one

page from a multi-page document, or a multi-page document that prints onto

a single sheet. Selecting this option can reduce wear on the mechanical

duplex unit, and result in comparatively faster printing times.

Skip blank pages

This option prevents the printing system from outputting any page that

contains no data, or that has, at most, one space character. Selecting this

option can save paper, and result in comparatively faster printing times. This

feature is unavailable for booklet, duplex, or multiple pages per sheet

printing. When selected,

Data passthrough

is unavailable.

Data passthrough

This option reduces errors when printing complex jobs from applications that

use PostScript formatting. When selected,

EMF spooling

is unavailable in

the

Advanced

tab.

PDF Settings

Provides options for printing and saving documents to Adobe PDF format.

See PDF topics for details.

Selecting a PDL in Device Settings

Device Settings

PDL

, select the desired page description language from

the

Available languages

list.

If you select

PCL XL

, you can select

Smart duplex printing

and

Skip blank

pages

If you select

KPDL

, you can select

Smart duplex printing

and

Skip blank

pages

Data passthrough

. Note that if you select

Data passthrough

EMF spooling

is unavailable in the

Advanced

tab.

If you select

PDF

, you can click

PDF Settings

to open the

PDF Settings

dialog box.

You can select the

GDI compatible mode

option to improve the output quality

of graphics created by your application.

Click

in all dialog boxes.

PDF

With the

Output to PDF

plug-in, you can print and save documents from

multiple sources to Adobe PDF format. This feature can be used as an

alternative to existing commercial applications for creating PDF documents.

Documents saved as PDF retain their original appearance, and can be viewed

and printed on operating systems that display PDF content.

For a document using mixed paper sizes, all pages in the PDF use the size of

the first page.

Note:

With

PDF

selected as the PDL, only a limited set of driver options are

available.