Operating Instructions
For Digital Imaging Systems
Software ( Direct Printing System )
Before using this software, please read these instructions completely and keep these operating instructions for future reference.
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Table of Contents
Basic Operations ........................................................................................ 8
Direct Printing System Window .................................................................. 12
Option Settings........................................................................................... 14
Device Selection......................................................................................... 16
Searching Devices ..................................................................................... 18
Supported Files .......................................................................................... 20
Software Version and Supported Models................................................... 21
Troubleshooting.......................................................................................... 22
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General Description
The Direct Printing System software is used to output JPEG, TIFF, or PDF files from a computer to your machine(s) directly, using simple drag and drop operation. As the files are printed directly, bypassing the
Windows printer driver, the software does not only allow printing to be performed simply, it also gives the user access to functions such as Delivery Printing, and Parallel Printing by selecting which machines to use.
Drag-and-Drop Printing
JPEG, TIFF, or PDF files can be printed simply by dragging and dropping them on the Direct Printing System icon on the desktop.
Drag and Drop
Delivery Printing
By registering machines in the Direct Printing System, documents can be distributed to the machines in other departments via the network.
Network
Parallel Printing
By registering machines in the Direct Printing System, documents can be printed to a number of the machines simultaneously. This makes printing faster when printing multiple copies of the same document.
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The Direct Printing System is a quick and easy way to print files in formats such as JPEG, TIFF, and PDF*.
Easy to use
Just drag-and-drop the file, or files you want to print on the Direct Printing System icon, and select the printer device(s) to start printing.
Parallel printing finishes print jobs more quickly
Because the Direct Printing System can print multiple files (up to 10 files) to multiple devices (up to 8 devices) at the same time, you can quickly print a number of files at once.
The operation when used for the first time is slightly different to the operation at subsequent times.
Please use the software as described in the "Basic Operations" on page 8.
Note:
* The Printer Controller Module (for Adobe
®
PostScript
®
3
™
) is required to print the PDF files.
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System Requirements
Personal Computer : IBM PC/AT and compatibles (CPU Pentium II or greater is required, Pentium 4 or greater is recommended)
Operating System : Windows 98*
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, Windows Me*
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, Windows NT 4.0*
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(With Service Pack 3 or later is required),
Windows 2000*
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, Windows XP*
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, Windows Server 2003*
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System Memory : The minimum recommended Memory for each OS is as follows:
Windows 98, Windows Me : 128 MB or greater
Windows 2000, Windows XP,
Windows NT 4.0,
Windows Server 2003 : 256 MB or greater
Free Disk Space : 200 MB or greater
CD-ROM Drive
Interface
: Used for installing the software and utilities from the CD-ROM.
: 10Base-T/100Base-TX Ethernet port
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®
Windows
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98 operating system (hereafter Windows 98)
*2 Microsoft
®
Windows
®
Millennium Edition operating system (hereafter Windows Me)
*3 Microsoft
®
Windows NT
®
operating system Version 4.0 (hereafter Windows NT 4.0)
*4 Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 operating system (hereafter Windows 2000)
*5 Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP operating system (hereafter Windows XP)
*6 Microsoft
®
Windows Server
™
2003 operating system (hereafter Windows Server 2003)
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Basic Operations
Select the files (up to 10) you want to print.
Drag-and-Drop the files onto the icon on the
Windows desktop.
or
Right-click on the files, and select the
Direct
Printing System menu.
Drag-and-Drop
The Devices Selected window is launched.
The printer device(s) connected on your
Network are searched and displayed in the
Available Devices list.
Note:
If the printer device(s) have already been selected,
skip to the step 6 on page 9.
Right-click
Select the devices (up to 8 devices) from the
Available Devices list, on which you wish to print the files to.
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1. Click the Add button.
The selected devices are moved from the
Available Devices list onto the
Selected
Devices list.
2. Click the
OK
button.
1. Click the Add or
Delete
button when changing which files to print.
2. Click the
Select...
button when changing the printing devices.
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Click the
Print
button.
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The Direct Printing System window launches.
The files are sent to the devices to start printing.
Note:
To close this window automatically after sending the files, select
Close Sending dialog automatically after sending
on the
Result
window of step 8.
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The Result window appears once all files have been sent to the devices.
Click the
Close
button.
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Direct Printing System Window
The Direct Printing System window is the main window used to control the printing operations. Various windows used to setup the Direct Printing System can be opened from the Direct Printing System window.
This section describes those operations that are not covered in the Basic Operations.
To open the Direct Printing System window, double click the icon on the desktop, or select Panasonic
Direct Printing System Direct Printing System in the Programs folder of the Start menu.
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Files
Lists the print files.
2. ,
Moves the selected print files up or down in the list in order to change their print priority.
3.
Delete
Deletes the selected print file(s).
4. Add
Opens a dialog box to add selected file(s) to the list. (Up to 10 files)
5.
Selected Devices
Lists the selected print devices.
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6.
Select...
Opens the Devices Selected window to specify
the printer devices. (See page 16 for details)
7.
Copies
Displays the number of copies for each device.
8.
Collate
If you have selected more than one copy, specify whether you want the copies to be collated.
Note:
This feature is only enabled when printing a multi-page
TIFF or PDF file.
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Delivery Print / Parallel Print
Specify whether to print the files with
Delivery
Print or Parallel Print mode.
The modes are available only when multiple devices are selected.
Delivery Print
Print the same number of copies on all selected devices.
Parallel Print
Share the number of copies with multiple devices, and print them simultaneously.
The number of copies for each device is automatically assigned when entering the
Number of copies.
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PDF File Password
Enter the password, if the PDF file requires a password to print.
11.
Save password
Specify whether you want to save the password when printing all PDF files.
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Department Counter
If the printer has been set up with
Department
Codes, the Dept. ID must be provided before printing. (Printing is not permitted without an ID.)
Enter the
Dept. ID assigned by the administrator.
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Always opens this dialog before printing
Specify whether to open the
Direct Printing
System window before sending files to the specified devices.
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Options...
Opens the
Option window. (See page 14 for
details.)
15.
Print
Starts to print the files with the specified settings.
16.
Cancel
Cancels the current settings and closes the
Direct Printing System window.
17.
Apply
Saves the current
Direct Printing System window settings.
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Help
Displays the Help file.
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Option Settings
The Option window is used for configuring output devices.
When multiple devices are selected, the settings specified in the window are applied to all selected devices.
Clicking the
Options...
button in the Direct Printing System window launches the Option window.
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Paper Size
Selects the default paper size.
2.
Paper Source
Selects the paper source on the printer. If you select Automatically Select, the paper source settings in the print files are used to select the paper source automatically.
3.
Media Type
Selects the type of media to print on. Selecting Default uses the default setting of the printer.
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4.
Duplex
Duplex (double-sided) is the process of printing on both sides of a piece of paper.
Note:
This function is only available when printing multiple paged TIFF/PDF files.
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None
Select this for single-sided printing. The default is None.
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Flip on long edge
Perform double-sided printing, flipping the paper along its long edge (sometimes called
Long Edge Binding).
Portrait format Landscape format
5.
OK
button
Saves the settings and closes the Option window.
6.
Cancel
button
Cancels the settings and closes the Option window.
7.
Apply
button
Saves the current settings.
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Flip on short edge
Perform double-sided printing, flipping the paper along its short edge (sometimes called
Short Edge Binding).
Portrait format Landscape format
NOTE
The
Option
window settings are used for JPEG and TIFF files. For the PDF files, the print settings contained in the PDF file are used instead.
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Device Selection
The Devices Selected window is used to select printer devices.
Clicking the
Select
button in the Direct Printing System window, opens the Devices Selected window.
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Selected Devices
Displays the selected printer devices.
2.
button
Increases the priority of the currently selected devices.
3.
button
Decreases the priority of the currently selected devices.
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4.
Add
button
Add the devices from the Available Devices list to the Selected Devices list.
5.
Delete
button
Remove the devices from the Selected Devices list.
6.
Available Devices
Displays the devices found on your network.
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Search
button
Search the printer devices according to the criterion set in the Search Settings window.
8.
Settings...
button
Opens the Search Settings window. (See page
18.)
9.
OK
button
Sets the settings, and closes the
Devices
Selected window.
10.
Cancel
button
Cancels the settings, and closes the
Devices
Selected window.
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Searching Devices
Clicking the
Settings...
button in the Devices Selected window, opens the Search Settings window.
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Add the following IP Addresses
Selecting this check box enables you to enter values in the following IP address fields.
2.
Range
Select this button to specify the search range of
IP addresses. Enter the start IP address on the left, and the end IP address on the right.
3.
IP Address
Select this button to specify a specific IP address.
4.
Add
button
Adds the specified IP address to the IP address list.
5.
Delete
button
Removes the IP address(es) selected in the IP address list.
6.
Time Out
Sets the search time out for the communication.
(1 to 60 seconds; default is 3 seconds)
7.
OK
button
Saves the settings, and closes the
Search
Settings window.
8.
Cancel
button
Cancels the settings, and closes the
Search
Settings window.
Make sure that the Community Name (1) on the device is set to
public
when searching the network for devices. If the Community Name (1) is set to a different name, it will be excluded from the search.
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Supported Files
The Direct Printing System supports the following types of files.
JPEG
TIFF
PDF (The Printer Controller Module (for Adobe
®
PostScript
®
3
™
)) is required to print PDF files.)
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NOTE
1.
You may not be able to print some types of TIFF files. We recommend you to use the TIFF file scanned by the device, in order to print properly.
2.
You may not be able to print from applications that work with TIFF files if you have saved the file after editing the page settings or changing the compression format.
Note that some TIFF file applications modify the file format as soon as you make any changes to the image, even if you have not explicitly saved the file.
For example, in "Windows Picture and FAX Viewer", a standard graphics file preview application included with Windows XP, operations such as rotating the image cause the file format to be changed and this may prevent the file from being printed.
Software Version and Supported Models
Verifying the software version
Right-click on the title bar of the Direct Printing System window, and select About Direct Printing System from the popup menu.
Verifying the supported model
Right-click on the title bar of the Direct Printing System window, and select Supported Models from the popup menu.
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Troubleshooting
Unable to print to a device
An error message appears if the software is unable to print to a device.
Verify the device status. After correcting the problem, click the
Retry
button to restart the operation.
Error Messages
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This application is already running
."
An error message appears if you try to start the Direct Printing System when the Direct Printing System is already running.
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The same file has been already added.
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This message appears if the same file has already been specified to print to a device. To remove the file, use the
Delete
button in the Direct Printing System window.
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Select up to 10 files.
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This message appears if you select more than 10 print files at a time.
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You can only select up to 8 devices.
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This message appears if you select more than 8 printer devices.
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A port with that name already exists. Select another port name.
"
When you click the
Add
button in the Devices Selected window to add devices to the printer device list, this message appears if the same port is already specified. You cannot specify multiple devices with the same port name. Click
OK
, and then select another port name.
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August 2006
Published in Japan
