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KX-P8420 Technical notes
Introduction
This document describes mainly the software issues about Panasonic Color Laser Printer KX-P8420 including the
explanation of basic features, software problems, troubleshooting, etc.
Troubleshootings included in this document are also included in Panasonic KX-P8420 home page where the
customers can access to.
The most of the content of this document also applies to the printer part of Panasonic latest CSP model KX-P8100.
Please note that this document can be disclosed exclusively for persons in charge of services on KME color
products at Panasonic sales companies because some information is related to the Service mode or factory setting.
The content itself can be revealed to the customers except for the items mentioned above.
Please refer to this document for your service activities regarding KX-P8420 software problems.
We hope that this document will be helpful and thank you in advance for your reading this document attentively.
Index:
1. KX-P8420 Color Features
2. KX-P8420 Color Calibration methods
3. KX-P8420 Consumables management
4. KX-P8420 Driver Features
5. KX-P8420 Driver and Utilities Setup
6. KX-P8420 Font Management
7. KX-P8420 WebTools
8. KX-P8420 Network General/Setup
9. Application Notes
10. KX-P8420 related miscellaneous topics
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KX-P8420 Technical notesIntroductionThis document describes mainly the software issues about Panasonic Color Laser Printer KX-P8420 including theexpla

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Bias adjustmentThe printer’s Bias Adjustment feature provides basic control over the printer’s color production. The Bias Adjustmentscreens, accessibl

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Operation:1.Enter number of the first circle virtually separated from the blank background.2.Enter number of the first circle virtually separated from

Página 4 - Brightness

Operation:1.Determine which patch composed of CMY toners have the most neutral gray that close to the background graycomposed of K toner.2.Enter the v

Página 5 - ICM or ColorSync

The chart attached “<Chart of Panel & Key Operation - Visual Calibration - >” illustrates the flow of VisualCal. Asyou can see, the opera

Página 6 - CMYK Color Reference

1)If error or warning messages are shown on front panel LCD, troubleshoot them.2)If WebTools are used, close them first.3)If still cannot be performed

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<Chart of Panel & Key Operation - Visual Calibration - >Visual Calibration Endpoint Page Endpoint PageEndpoint Print PrintingEndpoint Pag

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<Chart of Panel & Key Operation - Color Adjustment - >Color Adjustment BrightnessBrightness 0 * (-5 to 5)Brightness1 (-5 to 5)Bright

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3.KX-P8420 Consumable managementUser replaceable componentsWhen the printer panel indicates that a supply needs to be replaced, make sure that you hav

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“Fuser Unit and Oil Roll Worn out”- Change the Fuser unit now.- 31,000 pages*Paper 2nd side,transparency,coated paper,Label,envelope are counted as 2

Página 11 - Repeat step1.2,3.4

average of 5% coverage.* 3 Specialty media (Transparencies, coated paper, etc.) will result in shortening the life of a consumable to maintainbetter p

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1.KX-P8420 Color featureThe KX-P8420 uses a simple and flexible color architecture that produces excellent color results with default settings.It also

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Transfer Unit - shows the percentage of the Transfer unit remaining.It shows the percentage of the Transfer unit remaining.New Transfer Unit (No/Yes)Y

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MPT cork pad: shows the number of pages printed through Multi purpose tray since your purchase of the printer.Total Page: shows the number of pages yo

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value of the life expectancy. For instance, the remaining value of fuser unit is calculated,The value = 100 x (1 – the number of sheets printed with t

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4.KX-P8420 driver featuresThe printer drivers that come with your printer have been customized to provide additional print options specific toyour KX-

Página 17 - User replaceable components

ROM.1) PS error printEven when the “Print PostScript Error Information” option is disabled (in the PostScript tab of the Windows 95)Printer Properties

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tray and so MPT Envelope should be selected as a “Paper Source” selection.Be sure to use the right size or media type cassette or MPT tray for other p

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NOTE:- Not all applications support watermark printing. Please see AdobePS driver readme file.- WindowsNT and Macintosh driver does not support waterm

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printer.— Before printing on the first side, set the unprintable area [at least 15 mm (0.59") in length] on the top of paper.(See below.)Collatio

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characters, the document may not be recognizable if the user name is too long.- When you print from Microsoft Word, the document name become long such

Página 22 - ID protection of consumables

Windows3.1You can specify the KX-P8420 specific feature by selecting “Feature tab” in KX-P8420 document properties openedfrom Print dialog of the Appl

Página 23 - 4.KX-P8420 driver features

If you select ColorWise tab in Windows95 KX-P8420 Printer properties. In this tab, you can specify the variousP8420 color features described below. Th

Página 24 - Paper handling

5)Increase the value of “Not Selected”. Or 5)Click “Spool Settings...” button.6)Select “Print directly to the Printer”.

Página 25 - Printing Watermarks

5.KX-P8420 Driver/Utilities SetupThis document describes installing software and setting up printing for all platforms KX-P8420 supports.This document

Página 26 - Printing resolution

Compact – Printer driver, PPDCustom – You can select the items you want to install from the followings. Printer driver with PPD file, ATM,PS3 fonts,R

Página 27 - Check&Print

3.PS3 fonts. To install PS3 Type1 font, you have to install ATM first. Then open ATM program and select the desired font(s) Located under c:¥PS3Font

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Select icon “Panasonic KX-P8420” under Settings>Printer menu of Windows Start menu and select “Delete” fromFile menu.2.ATMSelect “Uninstall ATM ...

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You can install Printer driver and PPD file by these methods, but not other items. Please specify the folder in KX-P8420 Driver&Utility CD-R

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- NT SP(Service pack) 3 should be installed before KX-P8420 driver installation.2.PS3 fonts. Please follow the instructions below to install Type1 fo

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Windows3.1 platformThe following driver and utilities are provided for Windows95.1.KX-P8420 printer driver (Adobe PS driver3.1.2, PPD file (English,Sp

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located under PSFonts¥Type1 of the CD-ROM and click Add button.To install PS3 TrueType font, double click Fonts icon of Control Panel and click Add fo

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Select install program “ATM4.0.2 Lite/ATM(R)4.0.2 Installer “on the CD-ROM.After installing ATM, you can configure ATM feature by (1)Click Apple mar

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obscure characters.- In most cases, applying Presentation CRD to image objects does not make the obvious difference on the colorquality, but the subtl

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Printer profiles selected with ColorSync affect ColorSync compliant applications only. ColorSync version must be 2.01 or greater.With a document open

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TroubleShootings:Tr o u bl e : KX-P8420 Windows3.1 driver cannot be installed showing the message “This driver cannot beupdated because it is current

Página 37 - Windows3.1 platform

6.KX-P8420 font ManagementThis document describes how fonts are handled on PC screen and KX-P8420.Both Windows and Macintosh computers support TrueTyp

Página 38 - Macintosh platform

Type1 font is not installed. In this case, the screen display does not match to the print outcome, though the differenceis not so obvious in most case

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directory cannot be installed.- After ATM fonts are installed, WordPad lists two same font name in font list for each ATM font installed. This is apro

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• Always use Ture Type fonts : If you use True Type fonts, jobs will usually print slower; however, the job output fromdifferent printers will look id

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register the font by ATM.3)Microsoft or Apple periodically updates the TrueType fonts their system support to accommodate eurocharacter. Please refer

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7.KX-P8420 WebToolFiery WebTools software comes pre-installed on the KX-P8420. Fiery WebTools include: WebSpooler, Status,WebDownloader, WebSetup and

Página 43 - Resident printer fonts

your PC and network environment. For a quick operation of WebTools, 100Mbps network and faster client PC arestrongly recommended.- Microsoft Internet

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To use Fiery WebTools on each client workstation:1 Enable TCP/IP on the KX-P8420.2 Make sure the workstation has a valid, unique IP address.3 Make sur

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ICM or ColorSyncICM (Image Color Matching), ColorSync is a feature that allows closer color matching between what you see on thescreen and your printe

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WebDownloader: WebDown-loader allows you to download a PostScript or text file directly to the printer, withoutfirst opening the file in an applicatio

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RAM. If HDD is not available, only this queue can be used for N/W printing. The jobs sent to this queue are not storedin Prnted queue. Files that sent

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Using Fiery WebDownloaderUsing Fiery WebDownloader, you can send PostScript or text files to the KX-P8420 without first opening the file in anapplicat

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Print to PS Error—Specify whether the KX-P8420 should print the available portion of a print job when itencounters a PostScript error. Select Yes to p

Página 50 - Using Fiery WebSpooler

Possible Cause: Network or TCP/IP connection is not established.Corrective Action: Check Network connection or TCP/IP connection by ping command.Possi

Página 51 - Linking to other Web sites

5. Click Custom in Java permissions, and click Java Custom Settings button.The Local intranet zone window appears.6. Click the Edit Permissions tab, a

Página 52 - Fiery WebSetup

8.KX-P8420 Network General/SetupThis document describes the necessary procedure to set up the network connection for each printing protocol KX-P8420 s

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Select a frame size for Token Ring communication. Normally the appropriate value is automatically used and has notto be modified. 4204 is for achievin

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KX-P8420 physical connectionPhysical Network Interface Transmission SpeedRJ45 10/100MbpsEthernetAUI 10MbpsRJ45 (UTP (Type 3))Token Ring 4/16MbpsKX-P84

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Support OSOS LPD NCP PAP SMBWindows NT 4.0 - *1Windows 95 - - -Windows 3.11 - - - *2NetWare 3.x/4.x - *3--Macintosh - - -Solaris 2.4, 2.5.1 ---SunOS 4

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GrayscaleSelect Grayscale to print a document using 256 levels of gray. This option is useful for quickly producing preliminarycopies of color documen

Página 57 - Software Interface

queue and move a copy of the job to the Print queue every time you need to print it. You can also print large jobs tothe Hold queue and then move them

Página 58 - Token Ring

SMB SetupSMB is a protocol which allows Windows users to share a file or a printer. KX-P8420 supports this protocol to enablepeer to peer printing fro

Página 59 - About Print Queue

IP Address - Enter the IP address of the WINS Server.Change printer port in KX-P8420 propertiesTo print from Windows95/98 to P84201. From the Start me

Página 60 - Printer IP address setup

path to the printer” box of the Add Port dialog box, for example: ¥¥KX-P8420¥direct.- It is recommended to select print queue rather than direct queue

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6. Click OK in the Connect dialog box.7. Click Close in the Printers dialog box.- If the local network does not include a WINS server or WindowsNT mac

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Printing from Macintosh via Ethernet cardYou can print from Macintosh to P8420 by PAP protocol. To setup, Ethernet card should be installed both on th

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- The name of a printer corresponds to the system name that you can edit by using WebSetup.4) Click Create or Setup.5) Confirm an icon appeared to the

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1) On each workstation that will print to the printer, log in to your UNIX host as the root user.2) Create an entry for the printer in your /etc/print

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On a system running SunOS 4.1.x or another BSD-based variant, use the lpr command to send a job to the KX-P8420 as follows:lpr -P queuename -# copies

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Windows NT 4.0.2. Set up TCP/IP and LPR printing for Windows NT 4.0:1) Click the Start button, select Settings, and then click Printers.2) Click the P

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use the pages to see how they will be printed on your particular printer.NOTES:The color output may not be fully match to the color you confirmed in t

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10)Click OK to close the Panasonic KX-P8420 Properties dialog box. The new port has been configured. Youshould now print a test page to verify the con

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You can also print ps file from NT DOS prompt by using the following command.Lpr -S <IP address of the printer> -P xjprint(or xjdirect if HDD is

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Printing via Netware Print serverThis section explains how to set up the NetWare server so that networked users can print to the printer from theirwor

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3. Select Change Current File Server and press the Enter key.4. Using the arrow keys, select the file server name and press the Enter key.You must sel

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A blank Queue Servers list is displayed.11. Press the Insert key. The Queue Server Candidates list is displayed.12. Use the arrow keys to select the n

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IPX (Novell NetWare) options are set in the PServer Setup tab.You can modify both NetWare 3.x (Bindery) and NetWare 4.x (NDS) configurations from Fier

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3. Select the current NDS tree and click Remove.4. Select the new NDS tree and click Add.Your new NDS tree selection automatically overwrites any prev

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10. Enter a password if necessary.11.Click OK. The Select Print Queue root window appears.12. Select the print queue root from the display in the Sele

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1. Click the Bindery Setup button to display the Add Connections window.2.The Novell Setup window appears.2. Click the server you want to add.3. Click

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To set up IPX (Novell) printing:1. Click the Start button, select Settings, and click Control Panel.2. Double-click the Network icon.Make sure that IP

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Corrective Action: KX-P8420 provides 2 methods for calibrating the printer (Bias Adjustment, Visual Calibration) andanother method to adjust the color

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KX-P8420.9. Confirm the path and then click the OK button.10. Click OK in the Connect dialog box.11. Click Close in the Printers dialog box.Trouble sh

Página 80 - Trouble shootings:

Q: When uses WindowsNT as a server, what network protocol should be used to connect the server andclient PC.A. LPR or SMB protocol can be used between

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9.Application NoteThis section describes hints or notes that should be helpful if you remember when you print from particularapplications. Please note

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*Enable Use Printer’s default Screens. If it’s not, the screen setting specified below are used and pirntout may notlook good.2.CorelPhotoWhen you sel

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*Always enable “Use PostScript level 2 feature.*Enable “Output color bitmap in RGB if you want to make KX-P8420 CRD effective. Or not enable if you wa

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3.CorelDrawCorelDraw has the same option “Use color profile” as CorelPhoto, always enable this option.Click Option button and then select Options tab.

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3.Acrobat*Though “Print Quality” shows 1200dpi, KX-P8420 does not always print by 1200dpi. Select resolution inDevice Option tab of Printer Properties

Página 86 - 5.QuarkXpress ver3.3x

Possible Cause: PPD (PostScript printer description) file is not copied to the specified folder or KX-P8420 PPD file isnot specified in PageMaker prin

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Tr o u bl e : You are using the word processor software for Windows3.1 such as Write or MS Word and Papersource options are shown as “Tray1,Tray2,...

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9)Click “Update” button.10)Click “OK” button. 11)Open the file and print.Or edit KX-P8420 PPD file (¥Windows¥system¥Pakx2010.ppd) as follow.*DefaultRe

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2.KX-P8420 Color Calibration methodsOutput from color print devices is subject to changes in temperature and humidity, and is prone to drift over time

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10. KX-P8420 related miscellaneous topics1.PostScript3 supportKX-P8420 supports Adobe genuine PostScript3 interpreter in its RIP board and also comes

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page called PS Error print instead of Application file.When this happens, check the following.1)Check if correct Printer driver and PPD file is used.2

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4.LCD error message “TEST FAILED/UP/DOWN CANCEL”.KX-P8420 executes diagnostic process every time the printer is turned on to check if H/W has no probl

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6.HDD troubleTurning off the printer while RIP board is accessing its HDD drive might damage the HDD. This happens just afterprinting is finished or w

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8.Useful homepages8.1 Adobe driver homepageYou can download the latest Adobe PS driver from Adobe site.You also can get the various information relate

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