README FILE
for
Panasonic KX-PS8000 Laser Printer for Windows(R) 2000
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This Readme file contains the following information:
1. Trademark Notices
2. New function in Printer driver.
3. Installing the KX-PS8000 Software
4. Alterations in the utility.
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* 1.Trademark Notices *
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(C)Copyright 1997-2000 Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd.
Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Panasonic Font Manager and 96 Typeface are under license from Agfa
Division, Bayer Corporation.
Adaptec and EZ-SCSI are trademarks of Adaptec, Inc.
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* 2.New function in Printer driver *
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This printer driver supports "Page Order" and "Pages Per Sheet" function.
Page Order function specifies the order in which the pages of your
document will be printed. Front to Back prints the document so that page
1 is on top of the stack. Back to Front prints the document so that page
1 is on the bottom of the stack.
Pages Per Sheet function specifies how many pages of your document to
print on one piece of paper. 1 prints one page on one sheet of paper,
while 2 prints two pages side-by-side on one sheet of paper.
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* 3.Installing the KX-PS8000 Software *
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3.1 Before installing the driver
3.2 Installing the Driver and Utilities for Windows 2000
3.2.1 Installing the SCSI port
3.2.2 Using the Printer in a Network Environment
The KX-PS8000 software installation will create the followings.
- Printer driver for Windows 2000
- Scanner driver for Windows 2000
- Digital Duplicator Utility for Windows 2000
- Status Display for Windows 2000
Notes:
When reinstalling the KX-PS8000 software, do it just after
restarting Windows.
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| 3.1 Before installing the driver |
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Before installing the driver, please uninstall the previous version
as follows.
1. Click "Start", move the pointer to Programs, then to KX-PS8000 Utilities.
2. Click "Uninstall".
3. Click "Yes".
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the uninstallation.
5. Remove the Printer driver from the Printer Folder.
6. Restart Windows.
Note:
For removing the Panasonic KX-PS8000 icon in the Printer Folder,
refer to Help in Windows 2000.
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| 3.2 Installing the Driver and Utilities for Windows 2000 |
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Notes:
- To connect the KX-PS8000 to your SCSI port, a SCSI driver and
ASPI Manager must to be installed. Refer to your SCSI board manual.
- If you have Adaptec SCSI host adapter, you can download the ASPI
Manager (ASPI32.EXE) from the following Web site.
http://www.adaptec.com/support/files/upgrades.html
1. Connect the KX-PS8000 to a computer using a SCSI cable or a parallel
interface cable.
2. Turn on the scanner, then the printer.
3. Turn on the computer.
4. Start Windows 2000.
5. If the "MATSHITA KX-PS8002 SCSI Scanner Device" window is displayed,
perform the following steps.
(1) The "Install Hardware Device Drivers" is displayed.
Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device" and click
"Next" button.
(2) The "Locate Driver Files" is displayed.
Check only "Specify a location" and click "Next" button.
(3) The "Insert the manufacturer's installation disk into the drive
selected, and then click OK" message is displayed.
Specify the directory you made for KX-PS8000 Driver and Utilities
and click OK.
( Example; C:\PS8000\Win2000\drivers )
(4) If the appropriate driver is found in the "Driver Files Search Result"
window, click "Next".
(5) If the "Digital Signature Not Found" window is displayed, click "Yes".
6. If the "MATSHITA KX-PS8001 SCSI Processor Device" window is displayed,
click "Cancel"
7. If the "Panasonic KX-PS8000" window is displayed, click "Cancel"
8. Quit all applications.
9. Click "Start", click "Run...".
The Run window is displayed.
10. Click "Browse..." then select the "Disk1" directory you made for KX-PS8000
Driver and Utilities.
( Example; C:\PS8000\Win2000\Disk1 )
11. Select Setup.exe ,and click "OK".
12. Click "OK"
The Installer starts.
13. Click "Next>".
The Setup Type window is displayed.
14. Click the type of setup, then click "Next>".
The Select Program Folder window is displayed.
15. Click "Next>".
After copying files and driver installation, the Select port Window is
displayed.
16. If you connect the KX-PS8000 to your computer using a SCSI cable, perform
the following steps.
(1) Click "Add SCSI port..." button.
(2) Type the port name ( Example: "PS8000SCSI" ), then click OK.
Note: You can also install the SCSI port later.
Refer to "Installing the SCSI Port".
17. Select the connected port and click "Next" button.
18. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
After the installation, restart your system.
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3.2.1 Installing the SCSI Port
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Notes:
- When printing color image frequently, it is recommended that
you do not connect the printer directly to the file server.
Otherwise the printer server may be diminished.
- When printing through the SCSI port, the access speed between
other connected SCSI devices is diminished.
- To connect the KX-PS8000 to your SCSI port, a SCSI driver and
ASPI Manager must to be installed. Refer to your SCSI board manual.
- If you have Adaptec SCSI host adapter, you can download the ASPI
Manager (ASPI32.EXE) from the following Web site.
http://www.adaptec.com/support/files/upgrades.html
1. Click "Start", select Settings, then click Printers.
The Printers window is displayed.
2. Click the Panasonic KX-PS8000 icon.
3. Click the File menu, then click Properties.
The Panasonic KX-PS8000 Properties window is displayed.
4. Click the Ports tab.
5. Click "Add Port...".
The Printer Ports window is displayed.
6. If the "Available port types" list does not contain "KX-PS8000 SCSI",
perform the following steps.
If you have already executed the installer, it installs the SCSI monitor
automatically.
(1) Click "New Monitor...".
The Installing Print Monitor window is displayed.
(2) Click "Browse...".
(If the drive of the "Copy files from:" is different from that of
KX-PS8000 Driver and Utilities, click "Cancel".)
The Locate File window is displayed.
(3) Select "Monitor.inf" file from the directory for the KX-PS8000 Driver
and Utilities.
(C:\PS8000\win2000\drivers)
(4) Click "Open".
The Installing Print Monitor is displayed.
(5) Click "OK".
The Printer Ports window is displayed.
7. Click "New Port...".
The Port Name window is displayed.
8. Type the port name (for example; PS8000SCSI), then click "OK".
The Printer Ports window is displayed.
9. Click "Close".
Notes:
- If you remove a port from the port list, you need to restart Windows.
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3.2.2 Using the Printer in a Network Environment
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For the server computer:
To share the printer with other clients on the network, perform the following
steps after installing the printer driver.
1. Double click the My computer icon.
2. Double click the Printers icon.
3. Select the Panasonic KX-PS8000 printer.
4. Click File menu, then click Sharing....
5. Click Shared.
6. Enter the printer name.
(Example: KX-PS8000).
7. Click "OK".
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4.1 Printer Function
4.2 Scanner Function
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| 4.1 Printer Function |
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The ICM(Image Color Management) function in the printer is improved in
Windows 2000 from Windows NT 4.0.
* ICM Method/ICM Intent for Windows 2000
The printer assigns the best color possible to represent the original
color accurately by selecting different ICM intent ( Saturation, Contrast,
Colorimetric). For using this function, perform the following steps.
1. Select Off in "Screen color match", and ICM Method and ICM Intent are enabled.
2. Select Color With Image Color Management in ICM Method.
3. Select the desired rendering intent, which determines how the printer
assigns the color.
The ICC Profile name of the KX-PS8000 printer is ps8000p.icm. To use ICM,
it must be displayed in the [Profiles currently associated with this printer:]
box as shown in the window above. It is always displayed by default.
If it is not displayed, perform the following steps in the "Color Management"
tab.
1. Click "Add...".
2. Select "ps8000p.icm", then click "Add".
3. Click "OK".
"ps8000p.icm" is located under the "winnt\system32\spool\drivers\color" or
"winnt\system32" directory.
Caution:
This driver is modified for adding "Screen Color Match" function.
"Screen Color Match" simulate color for display in default setting and disables
ICM function. But some applications use ICM function in spite of disable by printer
driver. If so, please remove ICC Profile as follows.
1. Double click the My computer icon.
2. Double click the Printers icon.
3. Select the KX-PS8000 printer.
4. Click File menu, then click Properties....
5. Click Color Management tab.
6. Select "ps8000p", then click "Remove" button.
7. Click OK.
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The Scanner now can be used as a Still Image ( STI ) device. It enables you
to start the specified application by placing a document on the ADF tray.
Perform the following steps to use this device.
1. Start Windows 2000.
2. Click "Start", move the pointer to "Settings", then click "Control Panel".
3. Double click the Scanner and Cameras icon.
If this icon does not exist, the installation of the KX-PS8000 Software
may have not been done properly. Please reinstall it referring to this
document.
4. Select "Panasonic KX-PS8000", the click "Properties".
5. Click the "Events" tab.
6. Select "ADF paper detect" in the [Scanner events] box.
7. Click on the application that you want to start automatically at the
occurrence of that event in the [Send to this application:] box.
Notes:
- If you click on more than one application in this box, a window to select
one of those applications is displayed when the event occurs.
- If the [Disable device events] check box is clicked on, the application
will not start automatically.
- The application that supports STI, such as Imaging, automatically prescans
the first page of the job upon startup. However, the KX-PS8000 Digital
Duplicator Utility does not prescan upon startup.
- The KX-PS8000 Digital Duplicator Utility cannot be used in any other
device but the KX-PS8000.
Windows 2000 supports ICM ( Image Color Management ) Version 2.0.
Adopting the ICM function in the scanner, it gives you improved color matching
between the scanned result and your original.
Perform the following steps to use Image Color Matching.
1. Click "Start".
2. Select "Programs", "Corel PHOTO-PAINT 6", then click "Corel PHOTO-PAINT 6".
The "Corel PHOTO-PAINT" window is displayed.
3. Click the File menu and select "Acquire Image", then click
"Select Source...".
The "Select Source" window is displayed.
4. Select "Panasonic KX-PS8000 32bit Driver", then click "Select".
5. Click the File menu and select "Acquire Image", then click "Acquire...".
The "Panasonic Scanner Driver" and the "Preview Screen" windows are
displayed.
6. Click the "Adjust" tab.
7. Click on the [Use image color matching] check box.
Note:
- You can select only one of "Use Hyper-Tetra Adjustment" or
"Use image color matching (ICM).
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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