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README file for:
GelSprinter GX 3050SFN
PCL 5c printer driver for Windows(R) 2000/XP/Vista and Windows Server(R) 2003
April 12, 2007
Version 1.4.0.0
Portion Copyright (c) 1998-2007 RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Copyright (c) 1993-2005 Software 2000 Limited.
All rights reserved.
All brand names and product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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This README file has the following sections:
(I) Introduction
(II) Installing the printer driver from the downloaded driver package
i) Installing the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
ii) Special notes for Point-and-Print setup
iii) Upgrading the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
(III) Installing the printer driver from the CD
i) Installing the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
ii) Special notes for Point-and-Print setup
iii) Upgrading the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
(IV) Uninstalling the printer driver from Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
(V) Application notes and tips
(VI) Resolved problems and changed features
(VII) Limitations with Windows Vista
(I) Introduction
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This file describes how to set up your printer driver and contains the most up-to-date
information that was available at the time of software release. Please see the application
notes section for details of known limitations. For information on printer driver settings
and features, please check the Help file.
(II) Installing the printer driver from the downloaded driver package
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i) Installing the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
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The printer driver is provided on the printer driver download site.
1. Download the printer driver and extract it to your computer.
2. Close all applications.
3. (Windows 2000) Open "Printers" folder in "Settings" from "Start" menu.
(Windows XP/Server 2003) Open "Printers and Faxes" folder from "Start" menu.
(Windows Vista) Click "Control Panel" from the "Start" menu.
4. (Windows 2000) Double click on "Add Printer" and follow the instructions.
(Windows XP/Server 2003) Click on "Add a Printer" in "Printer Tasks" and follow the instructions.
(Windows Vista) Click "Printer" in "Hardware and Sound" in "Control Panel".
5. (Windows Vista) Click "Add a Printer" from the menu bar and follow the instructions.
When asked for the installation disk,
a) Select the folder that the driver is extracted to.
b) Select the "DISK1" directory.
c) Click "OK" and continue with the instructions.
ii) Special notes for Point-and-Print setup
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* When installing Windows 9x alternate driver from Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista,
Windows 9x may ask you to enter the path for the driver files, or to select a printer
model among a list of printers. In such cases, the "Point and Print" is not
functioning properly. In such cases, you need to cancel the "Point and Print"
installation and install the printer driver locally.
iii) Upgrading the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
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1. (Windows 2000) Open the "Printers" folder from the "Start" menu.
(Windows XP/Server 2003) Open the "Printers and Faxes" folder from the "Start" menu.
(Windows Vista) Click "Control Panel" from the "Start" menu and click "Printer" in "Hardware and Sound" in "Control Panel".
2. Select the printer for which you wish to upgrade the driver.
3. (Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003) Open the printer's properties dialog by selecting Properties under File menu.
(Windows Vista) Click the right mouse button to open Menu. Click "Run as administrator" and "Properties" in this order.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
4. Select the Advanced tab.
5. Press "New Driver..." button, and follow the instructions
6. When asked for the installation disk,
a) Select the folder that the driver was extracted to.
b) Select the "DISK1" directory.
c) Click "OK" and continue with the instructions.
7. Log off Windows and Log on again.
Note:
If you do not log off and log on Windows, you may encounter an Explorer error
when opening the printer driver dialog.
To resolve this problem, please log off and log on Windows.
(III) Installing the printer driver from the CD
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i) Installing the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
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The printer driver is provided on a CD-ROM.
1. Insert the "Printer Drivers and Utilities" CD in the CD drive on your computer.
2. Close all applications.
3. (Windows 2000) Open "Printers" folder in "Settings" from "Start" menu.
(Windows XP/Server 2003) Open "Printers and Faxes" folder from "Start" menu.
(Windows Vista) Click "Control Panel" from the "Start" menu.
4. (Windows 2000) Double click on "Add Printer" and follow the instructions.
(Windows XP/Server 2003) Click on "Add a Printer" in "Printer Tasks" and follow the instructions.
(Windows Vista) Click "Printer" in "Hardware and Sound" in "Control Panel".
5. (Windows Vista) Click "Add a Printer" from the menu bar and follow the instructions.
When asked for the installation disk,
a) Select your CD drive.
b) Select the "DRIVERS" directory.
c) Select the "PCL5C" directory.
d) Select the "WIN2K_XP" directory.
e) Select your Windows (natural) language directory.
f) Select the "DISK1" directory.
g) Click "OK" and continue with the instructions.
ii) Special notes for Point-and-Print setup
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* When installing Windows 9x alternate driver from Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista,
Windows 9x may ask you to enter the path for the driver files, or to select a printer
model among a list of printers. In such cases, the "Point and Print" is not
functioning properly. In such cases, you need to cancel the "Point and Print"
installation and install the printer driver locally.
iii) Upgrading the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
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1. (Windows 2000) Open the "Printers" folder from the "Start" menu.
(Windows XP/Server 2003) Open the "Printers and Faxes" folder from the "Start" menu.
(Windows Vista) Click "Control Panel" from the "Start" menu and click "Printer" in "Hardware and Sound" in "Control Panel".
2. Select the printer for which you wish to upgrade the driver.
3. (Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003) Open the printer's properties dialog by selecting Properties under File menu.
(Windows Vista) Click the right mouse button to open Menu. Click "Run as administrator" and "Properties" in this order.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
4. Select the Advanced tab.
5. Press "New Driver..." button, and follow the instructions
6. When asked for the installation disk,
a) Select your CD drive.
b) Select the "DRIVERS" directory.
c) Select the "PCL5C" directory.
d) Select the "WIN2K_XP" directory.
e) Select your Windows (natural) language directory.
f) Select the "DISK1" directory.
g) Click OK and continue with the instructions.
9. Log off Windows and Log on again.
Note:
If you do not log off and log on Windows, you may encounter an Explorer error
when opening the printer driver dialog.
To resolve this problem, please log off and log on Windows.
IV) Uninstalling the printer driver from Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
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1. Close all applications.
2. (Windows 2000) Open "Printers" folder in "Settings" from "Start" menu.
(Windows XP/Server 2003) Open "Printers and Faxes" folder from "Start" menu.
(Windows Vista) Click "Control Panel" from the "Start" menu and click "Printer" in "Hardware and Sound" in "Control Panel".
3. Select the printer you wish to uninstall.
4. Press "Delete" key.
5. Restart Windows after the uninstallation.
(V) Application notes and tips
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Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
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1. When graphics images or text printed as graphics images are not printed as they appear on your computer screen, change the "Graphics Mode" on the "Print Quality" tab.
2. With some applications, some characters may not print correctly. To solve this problem, change the "TrueType Mode" and/or the "Use Printer Fonts" on the "Print Quality" tab.
3. Selecting the Spool Type as EMF may cause some applications not to print well in "Vector" mode. If this happens, return the Spool Type setting to RAW.
4. Documents that contain fonts not installed on your computer will not print correctly. Make sure your document only contains fonts installed on your computer.
5. To avoid problems in general, make sure that there is plenty of free disk space.
6. When you change the printer properties from WordPad, changes will not be reflected in the print job immediately following the change.
7. When "Copies" is selected on the driver's "Setup" tab, the value may not be reflected in the application print dialog box. Be sure to set the number of copies only in the driver, not in the application.
8. PowerPoint may print some graphics objects with the same color although they are in different colors on the computer screen. To solve this problem, change the object's color.
9. To print multiple copies from MS-Project, set the number of copies setting in the application print dialog box to 1, and then specify the number of copies using "Copies" setting on the driver's "Setup" tab.
10. When using with MS-Project, the stripe pattern interval may not print as it appears on your computer screen. If this happens, change the "Graphics Mode".
11. PageMaker shifts the image by about an inch with some paper sizes. To solve this problem, print using a different paper size.
12. With Adobe Type Manager(ATM), some characters may not print correctly. To avoid this problem, change the "Graphic Mode" to "Raster" or print the document with PCL 6 or PostScript driver.
13. Some TrueType fonts such as Kidnap may not print correctly on Windows 2000. In order to avoid this problem, "TrueType Mode" to "Download as Bit Image" or "Print as Graphics" in the "Print Quality" tab.
14. With Adobe Frame Maker, please use *.FM document to print when "Duplex/Booklet" or "Staple" function is selected.
15. If a Separator Page is selected, some documents may not print as expected.
16. The printer driver dialog opened from CorelDRAW 8 may show unreadable characters, due to a problem in CorelDRAW 8.
17. You can not enter the number of copies greater than 9 in the printer driver dialog opened from CorelDRAW 8, due to a problem in CorelDRAW 8. To print more than 9 copies, set the number of copies in the CorelDRAW 8's print dialog.
18. Documents may not be stapled at the slant angle, even when you select "Top Left Slant" or "Top Right Slant". In such a case, the document will be stapled parallel to an edge of the paper.
19. The measurement unit in the Custom Paper Size dialog is reset to "cm" when the driver dialog is reopened, even if the custom paper size was previously specified in "inch". The paper size specification is retained regardless of the unit.
20. When the spooler is paused, please do not send the print job.
21. Please do not change the "Driver" setting on the "Advanced" tab.
22. If you are using Office XP, be sure to apply Service Pack 1 or later to avoid printing problems.
23. The watermark is not printed on the first page when both "On first page only" and "Booklet" are selected.
24. With some applications (e.g. CorelDRAW, Visio), complicated images may take a long time to print when the "Graphic Mode" is "Vector". For faster printing, choose "Raster"(Graphics Mode) and/or "Print as graphics"(TrueType Mode) on the "Print Quality" tab.
25. When selecting "Color" from "Color/ Black and White" setting in the "Setup" Tab, black and white document may be printed as a color job, depending on application or data. If you want to print a document in black and white, select "Black and White" in "Color/ Black and White" setting.
26. If the printer driver language differs from that of the Operating System, characters may not be printed properly or the characters on the printer driver may not be displayed properly.
27. Printing a large document in booklet produce a large temporary file. If you encounter an error when printing a large document in booklet, try again after increasing the free area in drive C:.
28. In case Acrobat Reader prints unexpected characters or graphics, change the "Graphics Mode" in "Print Quality" tab to "Raster".
29. If the "Graphics Mode" is set to "Raster" or if the "TrueType Mode" is set to "Download as bit image", the watermark may not print correctly. Change the "Graphics Mode" to "Vector".
(VI) Resolved problems and changed features
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Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
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None.
(VII)Limitations with Windows Vista
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1. Driver Help is not displayed.
Windows Vista does not support the conventional type of Help file called "WinHelp" used under Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 and other prior versions of Windows.
The help file for this driver uses the WinHelp format and cannot be displayed under Windows Vista by default.
We have no plan to support the Windows Vista help system for this machine.
See Microsoft's web page below for further information:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607
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After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.