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README file for:
RICOH Aficio 550/650
PCL 6 printer driver for Windows(R) 3.1/95/98
November 29, 1999
Version 2.1.0
Copyright (c) 1997-1999 RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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
i) Installing the printer driver in Windows 3.1/95/98
ii) Uninstalling the printer driver from Windows 3.1/95/98
(III) Application notes
(IV) Resolved problems and changed features
(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) Installation
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The printer driver is provided on a CD-ROM. The procedure to install and remove the driver is shown below. If a previous version of the driver has already been installed on your computer, then you must remove the previous version before installing this driver.
i) Installing the printer driver in Windows 3.1/95/98
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1. Insert the "Printer Drivers and Utilities" CD in the CD drive on your computer.
2. Close all applications.
3. Select your CD drive and select the "PCL6" directory.
4. Select the "WIN31_95" operating system directory.
5. Select the appropriate language directory.
6. Double-click SETUP.EXE.
7. Follow the instructions on the screen.
ii) Uninstalling the printer driver from Windows 3.1/95/98
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1. Insert the "Printer Drivers and Utilities" CD in the CD drive on your computer.
2. Close all applications.
3. Select your CD drive and select the "PCL6" directory.
4. Select the "WIN31_95" operating system directory.
5. Select the appropriate language directory.
6. Double-click UNSETUP.EXE.
7. Follow the instructions on the screen.
(III) Application notes and tips
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Windows 95/98
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1. Printing a font from the font folder may not print all font sizes. To avoid this problem, change the printer settings the "Graphics Mode" to "Raster" and "True Type" to "Print as graphics".
2. The overlay may not print with some applications (for example, MS Word) when the "Graphics Mode" is set to "Raster". If you encounter this problem, change the "Graphics Mode" to "Vector" on the "Print Quality" tab.
3. When the "Status" window does not indicate the printer status correctly, close and reopen the "Status" window again.
4. With some applications, some characters may not print correctly. To solve this problem, change the "TrueType Mode" or the "Use Printer Fonts" on the "Print Quality" tab.
5. The display driver for the Matrox Millennium and Millennium II in the Windows 98 CD-ROM is incompatible with this printer driver. Please obtain and install the latest Windows 98 display driver for the video cards from Matrox Graphics Inc.
6. "Print text as black" setting in the Print Quality tab does not work when printing a WordPerfect 8 document.
Windows 3.1x and 95/98
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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. When printing complicated documents to a printer connected with a parallel interface, the printer time out may cause the document to print incorrectly. If this happens, set the Spool Setting to "Start printing after last page is spooled" and/or extend the IO timeout on the printer (max. 300 seconds).
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. When you change the printer properties from WordPad, changes will not be reflected in the print job immediately following the change.
5. Even when "Print all text as black" is selected, characters rendered using "Gradation Management" will not be printed all in black.
6. With some applications (e.g. Corel Draw), complicated images may take a long time to print when the "Graphic Mode" is "Vector". For faster printing, choose "Raster" instead.
7. To print multiple copies from MS-Project, set the number of copies setting in the application print dialog box to 1, then specify the number of copies using the printer driver Copies setting.
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. With some applications (e.g. WordPad), overlay data may not be printed. To solve this problem, switch "TrueType mode" to "Print as graphics".
10. When using with MS-Project, the stripe pattern interval may not print as they appear on your computer screen. If this happens, change the "Graphics Mode" setting.
11. When using non-standard fonts with WordPerfect 6.1, decorative characters do not print correctly. If you wish to use decorative characters, only use standard Windows fonts.
12. 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.
13. To avoid problems in general, make sure that there is plenty of free disk space.
14. The overlay data are listed with the same name if they are registered with the same name and stored in different drives/directories.
15. Documents that contain fonts not installed on your computer will not print correctly. Make sure your document only contains fonts installed on your computer.
16. If the "Graphics Mode" is set to "Raster", the watermark may not print correctly. Change the "Graphics Mode" to "Vector".
17. When printing multiple copies, turn off collation in the application and turn "Collate" on, on the Setup tab. With some applications, collation may significantly slow down your computer.
18. With some applications (e.g. WordPad), overlay data may not be printed. To solve this problem, switch "TrueType" mode to "Print as graphics".
Windows 3.1x
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None.
(IV) Resolved problems and changed features
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Windows 95/98
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None.
Windows 3.1x and 95/98
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(Version 2.0.0) The "Use slip sheet" function is added in the "Paper" tab. Select this option to insert a slip(seperator) sheet after every printed sheet.
(Version 2.1.0) The "Booklet" function is added in the "Setup" tab under "Duplex" list box. Select this option to print your document in the booklet style.
Windows 3.1x
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None.
Download Driver Pack
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.
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