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README file for:
infotec 4351 MF/4352 MF/4451 MF
PCL 6 printer driver for Windows(R) 2000
February 18, 2001
Version 4.0.0
Copyright (c) 1998-2000 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 2000
ii) Uninstalling the printer driver from Windows 2000
iii) Special notes for Point-and-Print setup
(III) Application notes and tips
(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 2000
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1. Insert the "Printer Drivers and Utilities" CD in the CD drive on your computer.
2. Close all applications.
3. Open the "Printers" folder in the "Settings" from the "Start" menu.
4. Double click on "Add Printer" and follow the instructions. When asked for the installation disk,
a) Select your CD drive.
b) Select the "DRIVERS" directory.
c) Select the "PCL6 directory.
d) Select the "WIN2000" directory.
e) Select your Windows (natural) language directory.
f) Select the "DISK1" directory.
g) Click "OK" and continue with the instructions.
5. Restart Windows after the installation.
ii) Uninstalling the printer driver from Windows 2000
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1. Close all applications.
2. Open "Printers" folder in "Settings" from "Start" menu.
3. Select the printer you wish to uninstall
4. Press "Delete" key.
5. Restart Windows after the uninstallation.
iii) 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, 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) Application notes and tips
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Windows 2000
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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. 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. And, some functions may not work correctly.
4. With some applications (e.g. Corel Draw, Visio), complicated images may take a long time to print when the "Graphic Mode" is "Vector". For faster printing, choose "Raster" instead.
5. 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, the Spool Setting to "Start printing after last page is spooled" and/or extend the IO timeout at the printer operation panel(max. 300 seconds).
6. 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.
7. Documents that contain fonts not installed on your computer will not print correctly. Make sure your document only contains fonts installed on your computer.
8. To avoid problems in general, make sure that there is plenty of free disk space.
9. Even when "Print all text as black" is selected, characters rendered using "Gradation Management" will not be printed all in black.
10. When you change the printer properties from WordPad, changes will not be reflected in the print job immediately following the change.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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".
15. If the "Graphics Mode" is set to "Raster", the watermark may not print correctly. Change the "Graphics Mode" to "Vector".
16. PageMaker shifts the image by about an inch with 8x13, 8.25x13, 8.5x13, A6, and JIS B4 paper sizes. To solve this problem, print using a different paper size.
17. For some applications, selecting "Print all text as black" may not print some text in black if "Use Printer Fonts" is turned off. In order to avoid this problem, turn on "Use Printer Fonts".
18. "Print text as black" setting in the "Print Quality" tab does not work when printing a WordPerfect document when the "Graphics Mode" is "Raster". In order to avoid this problem, change the "Graphics Mode" to "Vector" in the "Print Quality" tab.
19. 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.
20. With Adobe Frame Maker, please use *.FM document to print when "Duplex/Booklet" or "Staple" function is selected.
21. The overlay data are listed with the same name if they are registered with the same name and stored in different drives/directories.
22. With some applications (e.g. WordPad), overlay data may not be printed. To solve this problem, switch "TrueType Mode" to "Print as graphics".
23. When you select "Delete" in the Overlay tab, the driver asks you whether to delete the overlay file. "Yes" deletes overlay file from your hard disk. "No" does not delete the overlay file.
24. When the "Status" window does not indicate the printer status correctly, close and reopen the "Status" window again.
(IV) Resolved problems and changed features
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Windows 2000
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1. (Version 3.0.0) Windows 2000 is supported.
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.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.