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- Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 1
and Printing 10 Margins and Print Area 11 Using the Media Tray 12 Using the Manual Feed 18 Setting the Printer Driver 22 Displaying the Panasonic KX-P7100 Properties Window 22 Details Tab (Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me 25 Sharing Tab (Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me 26 Page Setup - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 2
of the Status Display 54 Recovery Information 55 Setting the Printer Status Display 56 Index 57 • Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. • CorelDRAW is a registered trademark of - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 3
of media into the manual feed. (Insert a media one by one.) Ink jet media Not genuine toner • Media for ink jet (paper, transparency, etc.) or transparency for color laser printer; it may be wrapped around the fuser roller and cause damage. • Any toner other than genuine Panasonic toner; it may - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 4
it may cause a machine error. s Ventilation Space The ventilation space is needed more than 20 mm (0.8″) between the printer and a wall. s Using the USB interface Please note that if more than one KX-P7100 printers are connected in a USB tree, only one of those printers will perform print out job. - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 5
Specifications 5 Part Names Paper support (see pages 16, 18) Output tray Manual feed (see pages 8 , 18) Media tray (see pages 8, 12) Rear Side View Printer panel (see page 6) Paper level indicator (see page 14) Parallel interface connector (see page 49 in "Maintenance and Specifications") USB - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 6
and Specifications" for the troubleshooting. Drum unit is not installed in the printer. Toner may be empty. Drum unit is worn out. Drum unit is worn out and toner may be empty. D1 Drum unit is wearing out. Change the drum unit. Toner is low. : Indicator is lit. Toner cartridge: KX-PDP7 - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 7
Printing Maintenance and Specifications CONTINUE Button 7 Printer Panel The printer executes the following action depending on the printer status by pressing this button. TONER/ READY ERROR DRUM UNIT Printer Status Printer wakes up from the sleep mode (power save mode). Printer recovers from - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 8
r D1 r D1 ! ! 216 X 356 mm (8.5″ X 14″) 182 X 257 mm (7.2″ X 10.1 r : supported ! : not supported D1 Cotton paper cannot be used for duplex printing. D2 If you print a document on a custom size paper, print it using the application software that page size can be set to the custom size. At that - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 9
Specifications Available Paper Weights and Capacity 9 About Media Paper weights Paper capacity Media Plain paper Thick paper Media tray 60 - 105 g/m2 (16 - 28 lbs.) ! Envelope Paper 90 g/m2 (24 lbs.) 250 sheets [75 g/m2 (20 lbs.)] Transparency 20 sheets Label ! Envelope 30 sheets Manual - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 10
Specifications 10 Loading Media and Printing Loading Media and Printing See the Setup Guide for the following instructions. • Installing the Toner Cartridge and Drum Unit • Connecting Cables • Intalling the Printer Software About Media" on page 8. A Manual feed A : Normal pass (face down) B : - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 11
Maintenance and Specifications 11 Loading Media and Printing Margins and Print Area The image (print area) is printed a bit smaller than the media size. 4.2 mm (0.17″) is required for the top, bottom and sides margins. You may need to adjust the page margins in the application software to match - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 12
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 12 Loading Media and Printing Using the Media Tray 1 Pull the media tray out of the printer. 2 Pinch the media guides and slide them to the approximate width ( # ) and length ( $ ) of the media. $ # - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 13
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 13 Loading Media and Printing NOTE • When loading the legal paper, slide the length guide unit ( $ ) to extend while pressing the stopper ( # ). $ # • If the media guide is removed, put it back. Media guide • If the metal plate is in the up - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 14
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 14 Loading Media and Printing 3 Tap the media a smudged print. • Reusing media (used paper or jammed paper) that has been fed through the printer once can reduce the life of the consumables and paper path components. 4 Place the media with the - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 15
Specifications 15 Loading Media and Printing Print side down Max. 20 sheets Envelope Flap Print side down Max. 30 sheets Flap (International C5) NOTE • Most media has instructions 5 Adjust the media guides to the media size. • Be sure that the stoppers of the media guides are put in the - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 16
. Paper support Rear cover (Open it when printing on an envelope.) Before printing a document, specify the paper size, media type and paper source from the printer driver following steps below. 8 Display the print window in the application software. 9 Select Panasonic KX-P7100 printer and click - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 17
and Specifications 17 Loading Media and Printing 10 Select the Media Tray (%) from Paper Source and specify the paper size (#) and media type ($). • You cannot select Thick Paper or Label when selecting the Media Tray for Paper Source. • For the detailed information to setup the printer driver - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 18
Printing Maintenance and Specifications 18 Loading Media and Printing Using the Manual Feed The manual feed serves as an , use the manual feed. 1 Raise the paper support so that the media is not dropped from the output tray. •It is recommended to open the rear cover of the printer to avoid the - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 19
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 19 Loading Media and Printing 3 Insert a media with the printing side up into the manual feed while adjusting the media guides to the media width. The inserted media is slightly fed into the manual feed automatically. • Be sure to insert a - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 20
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 20 Loading Media and Printing 4 Display the print window in the application software. 5 Select Panasonic KX-P7100 printer and click Properties. The printer properties window is displayed. 6 Select the Manual Feed (%) for Paper Source and - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 21
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 21 Loading Media and Printing 8 After the media has been fed from the manual feed, insert the media into the manual feed for the next printing. • If it is delayed to insert the media into the manual feed, the media empty error may occur. In - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 22
and Specifications 22 Setting the Printer Driver Setting the Printer Driver Displaying the Panasonic KX-P7100 Properties Window It is possible to set the printer by using the Panasonic KX-P7100 Properties window. It can be displayed from Windows®*1 (see below) or from an application (see page 24 - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 23
Specifications 23 Setting the Printer Driver 4 Click a tab to view the features. Details Tab Sharing Tab Page Setup Tab Advanced Tab Quality Tab Profiles Tab (see page 25) (see page 26) (see page 27) (see page 29) (see page 31) (see page 33) [For Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me] [For Windows - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 24
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 24 Setting the Printer Driver B Setting the Printer from an Application: When setting the printer by using the Panasonic KX-P7100 Properties window from an application, the setting is returned to the default setting if the application is - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 25
and Specifications 25 Setting the Printer Driver Details Tab (Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me) NOTE • This option is available only in Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me. # # Print to the following port Enables to select the port where the parallel interface cable or USB cable - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 26
and Specifications 26 Setting the Printer Driver Sharing Tab (Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me) # # Shared As Enables you to share the printer over the network. For the detailed information, refer to the Help menu in Windows. When shared, for other PCs to print the printer driver must - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 27
Settings and Printing Page Setup Tab Maintenance and Specifications 27 Setting the Printer Driver # $ % & ' ( ) # Paper Size Enables to select a different paper size. Letter, A4, Legal, Executive, B5, A5, A6, Envelope #10, Envelope #9, Monarch, International DL or International C5 can be - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 28
and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 28 Setting the Printer Driver % Paper Source Enables to select the Media Tray or Manual Feed. Thick paper [106 - 165 g/m2 (29 - 44 lbs.)] or label cannot be printed using the media tray. Their media can be printed using the manual feed. & Orientation - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 29
Advanced Tab Maintenance and Specifications 29 Setting the Printer Driver Overlay feature enables you to overlay an overlay file (images or characters) over a document (see "Overlay Printing - Watermark" on page 47). # $ % & ) ' ( # Make Overlay / Cover / Trailer Page File Enables you to - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 30
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 30 Setting the Printer Driver $ Print With Overlay Enables you to select a GDI file that you wish to overlay on a document when it is printed. The following are examples to use overlay feature: Overlay 1st Page: Enables to incorporate your - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 31
Settings and Printing Quality Tab Maintenance and Specifications 31 Setting the Printer Driver # $ % & # Brightness Control Changes the brightness of an image. A lighter setting (increasing value) provides a lighter image and a darker setting (decreasing value) provides a darker image. $ - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 32
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 32 Setting the Printer Driver % Print Mode Select the appropriate text mode for documents containing text only. & Toner Save With Toner Save mode turned on, your printer will reduce the amount of toner used to print. Black areas and text are - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 33
Settings and Printing Profiles Tab Maintenance and Specifications 33 Setting the Printer Driver You can save the settings of the driver (for example, printing on a label or envelope etc.) using the Profile tab and retrieve it when necessary. # $ % & ' ( # Profiles Name Displays the registered profi - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 34
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 34 Setting the Printer Driver $ Save as... Enables to register a new profile or renew the saved profile. 1 Change the driver settings. 2 Click the Profiles tab. 3 Click Save as... . 4 Enter a profile name and comment. • If you enter the same profi - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 35
Printing Maintenance and Specifications 35 Setting the Printer Driver Displaying the Printer Properties Windows for Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000 1 Click Start , move the pointer to Settings, then click Printers. The Printers window is displayed. 2 Click the Panasonic KX-P7100 icon. 3 Click the - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 36
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 36 Setting the Printer Driver 4 Click a tab to view the features. Ports tab (see page 37) Sharing tab (see page 38) Device Settings tab (see page 40) # (tab in Windows NT 4.0) •Tabs are different in Windows 2000. NOTE • The separator - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 37
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 37 Setting the Printer Driver Ports Tab (Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000) # (tab in Windows NT 4.0) # Checked port Documents will be printed to the checked port. Parallel interface: KXP1, KXP2, KXP3 USB interface: KXPUSB (only Windows 2000) - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 38
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 38 Setting the Printer Driver Sharing Tab (Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000) # (tab in Windows NT 4.0) # Shared (Windows NT 4.0) / Shared as (Windows 2000) Enables you to share the printer over the network. For the setup operation, refer to " - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 39
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 39 Setting the Printer Driver s Sharing the printer with a client computer: 1 Click on the Shared (Windows NT 4.0) check button or Shared as check button (Windows 2000). 2 Type the printer name (for example: KX-P7100) in the Shared Name or - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 40
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 40 Setting the Printer Driver Device Settings Tab (Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000) # (tab in Windows NT 4.0) # Form To Tray Assignment Enables to assign the paper size to the media tray or manual feed. If the Hold mismatched documents check - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 41
and Specifications 41 Using the Printer Console Window Using the Printer Console Window The KX-P7100 Printer Console window provides an easy means to configure and monitor the printer, and control print jobs when the printer is connected to your computer using the parallel interface or USB - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 42
Specifications 42 Using the Printer Console Window Menus (Buttons) s File Menu Pause Printer ( ) Enables to pause printing a document. The paused document can be resumed or canceled printing. Resume Printer Enables to exit the Panasonic KX-P7100 Printer Console window. s Settings Menu - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 43
Software Version: Date: Windows Version: Output Port: Total RAM Size: Free Disk Space: Printer Mode: Density: Power Saving: Version K Bytes ########## Bytes on C: GDI Medium On Printer Configuration Printer Name: Panasonic KX-P7100 Controller FW: #.## Engine FW: ### Page Count: #### Drum Unit - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 44
the detailed information, see "Printer Status Display" on page 53. Cleaning Fuser Unit ( ) The printer prints 5 sheets of blank page by clicking this button to clean the fuser unit. s Help Menu About Displays the version of the Panasonic KX-P7100 Printer Console window. Index Enables to display - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 45
printing and display the print window in your application. 3 Select Panasonic KX-P7100 printer and click Properties. The printer properties window appears. •The operation for displaying the printer properties window may be different depending on the application software. 4 Change the setting to the - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 46
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 46 Using the Special Print Features 5 Click on the Flip on long edge or a much data, the paper may be stopped for a while at the media exit of the printer before printing the back side of the paper. Be sure not to mistake it for the paper jam. - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 47
set of presentation slides. • Overlay the word "Confidential" on every page of an important document. • Print a special cover page or trailer page for each print job. NOTE Overlay feature is only available for the local printer that is connected to your computer directly. (This feature cannot be used - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 48
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications 48 Using the Special Print Features s Prepared Overlay Files (Watermarks) To perform the watermark printing, see page 52. CONFDENT.GDI COPY.GDI NOTCOPY.GDI CONFIDENTIAL C O P Y DO NOT COPY DRAFT.GDI SAMPLE.GDI DRAFT SAMPLE - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 49
to overlap on a document. 2 Verify the overlay data by printing it. 3 Display the print window and select the Panasonic KX-P7100 printer. 4 Click Properties to display the printer properties window. 5 Click the Advanced tab, then click on the Make Overlay / Cover / Trailer Page File check box. - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 50
95, Windows 98, Windows Me: Program Files\Panasonic\Panasonic KX-P7100 Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000: Winnt (OS System)\system32\Kxp7100 •You cannot use the following names for the overlay file (GDI file). CONFDENT.GDI COPY.GDI COVER.GDI DRAFT.GDI NOTCOPY.GDI SAMPLE.GDI TEST.GDI TRAILER.GDI - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 51
Specifications 51 Using the Special Print Features 14 Click the Advanced tab, then click on the check box of your desired selection. Print With Overlay: Print Cover Page: Print Trailer Page: The overlay file is overlapped only on the first page (Overlay 1st Page) or all pages (Overlay All Pages - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 52
and Specifications 52 Using the Special Print Features s Example of Watermark Printing The following is the example to print the watermark COPY on all pages. 1 Open a document to print with the overlay file and display the print window. 2 Select the Panasonic KX-P7100 printer. 3 Click - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 53
and Printing Maintenance and Specifications Printer Status Display 53 Printer Status Display The Printer Status Display will show the printer status, error message or recovery information of the local printer connected to your computer using the parallel interface or USB interface cable. When - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 54
is displayed by clicking on the More Information check box (see "Recovery Information" on page 55). % Clicking Close closes the Printer Status Display window. & A print job is cancelled by pressing the Cancel . If the printer is not printing, the Cancel is grayed out. ' Clicking Setup... enables the - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 55
Settings and Printing Maintenance and Specifications Recovery Information 55 Printer Status Display Recovery information shows the corrective instruction with animation when a printer error has occurred. # $ %& ' ( # Shows corrective action for the printer error with animation. $ Shows - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 56
Printing Maintenance and Specifications Setting the Printer Status Display 56 Printer Status Display # $ # Status Display Type % & Stay: Error: Clicking on the Stay check button runs the Printer Status Display program and places the icon on the task bar when starting Windows. The icon is - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 57
File 29 Manual feed 5, 8, 18 Margin 11 Media 8 Media tray 5, 8, 12 Media Type 8, 27 O Output tray 5 Overlay printing 29, 30, 47 P Page Setup tab 27 Pages Per Sheet 27, 28 Paper 8, 9, 14, 19 Paper level indicator 5 Paper pass 10 Paper Size 8, 27 Paper Source 27, 28 Paper support 5, 16 - Panasonic KX-P7100 | User Guide - Page 58
Test page 43 Using manual feed 18 Using media tray 12 Profiles tab 33 Index R READY indicator 6 Rear cover 5, 10, 16, 18 Recovery information 55 S Scaling 29, 30 Sharing tab 26, 38 Sharing the printer 39 Status Display 44, 53 T Test Page 43 Toner Save 31, 32 TONER/DRUM UNIT indicator
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Maintenance and Specifications
Settings and Printing
Settings and Printing
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Cautions
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Part Names
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Printer Panel
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Indicators
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CONTINUE Button
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About Media
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Available Media and Media Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Available Paper Weights and Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recommended Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Loading Media and Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Margins and Print Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Media Tray
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Using the Manual Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Displaying the Panasonic KX-P7100 Properties Window . . . . . . . . 22
Details Tab (Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me) . . . . . . . . . 25
Sharing Tab (Windows 95 / Windows 98 / Windows Me) . . . . . . . . 26
Page Setup Tab
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Advanced Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quality Tab
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Profiles Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Displaying the Printer Properties Windows for
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Ports Tab (Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000)
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Sharing Tab (Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000)
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Device Settings Tab (Windows NT 4.0 / Windows 2000) . . . . . . . . 40
Using the Printer Console Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Displaying the Printer Console Window
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Queue Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Menus (Buttons)
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