Panasonic KX-PS8000 User manual

Utilities and Drivers

Model No. KX-PS8000

Reference Guide

Please carefully read the Operating Instructions and the Utilities and Drivers Reference Guide before using the

Digital Color Imaging System. Keep this CD-ROM in the protective case. Do not expose the CD-ROM to direct

sunlight or extreme heat and do not scratch or smudge the surface of the CD-ROM.

This manual explains how to use the Digital Duplicator Utility, Scanner and Printer features.

It consists of three parts:

■ Part 1 Digital Duplicator Utility ( ☞P.3)

This part explains how to use the Digital Duplicator Utility, which lets you adjust the appearance of your

document before duplicating. For example, you can enlarge or reduce the size of the image, change the color,

or select an area. This utility also provides a variety of duplicating functions.

■ Part 2 Scanner Function ( ☞P.65)

This part explains how to use the scanner driver, which lets you adjust the appearance of your document

before scanning. For example, you can enlarge or reduce the size of the image, change the contrast or

brightness, or perform other enhancement selections to improve the final image, making it better than the

original.

■ Part 3 Printer Function ( ☞ P.97)

This part explains how to use the print features through the printer drivers (Windows®95S1 / Windows 3.1S2 /

Windows NT®4.0S3).

■ Appendix ( ☞ P.134)

This section consists of Troubleshooting ( ☞ P.135), Print Quality and Required Memory ( ☞ P.150) and

Index ( ☞ P.152).

Introduction

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All other acknowledgements are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

S1 Microsoft®Windows®95 operating system (hereafter Windows 95)

S2 Microsoft®Windows®operating system Version 3.1 (hereafter Windows 3.1)

S3 Microsoft®Windows NT®Workstation operating system, and Microsoft®Windows NT®Server network

operating system Version 4.0 (hereafter Windows NT 4.0)

It is granted from Microsoft Corporation to use Microsoft®Windows®Screen Shot(s).

Any details given in this manual are subject to change without notice.

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Digital Duplicator
Utility
Displaying the Digital Duplicator Utility Window . . . . . . . . . . 5
Names and Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Option Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Print Preview Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reducing or Enlarging the Output (Zoom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Displaying the Zoom Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Changing the Zoom Value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Printing an Enlarged Image on Multiple Pages . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Shifting an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Displaying the Shift Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Background Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Selecting Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Creating a Mirror/Negative Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Creating a Mirror Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Creating a Negative Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Double Side Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Saving, Loading or Deleting a Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Saving the Current Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Loading a Saved Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deleting a Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Changing the Unit of Measurement (mm or inch) . . . . . . . . . 38
Enabling Jam Recovery ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Digital
Duplicator 
Utility Window
Overview
Table of Contents

4
Adjusting the Overall Color of an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Adjusting a Specific Color of an Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Modifying Color Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Deleting the Stored Color Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Area Duplicate Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Displaying the Area Duplicate Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Pasting an Area of an Image in the Layout Box . . . . . . . . . . 51
Moving a Selection Area in the Original Box . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Resizing a Selection Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Canceling a Selection Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Moving an Image in the Layout Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Resizing an Image in the Layout Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Creating a Mirror or Negative Image in the Layout Box . . . . 59
Creating Multiple Images in the Layout Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Duplicating an Image in the Layout Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Enlarging an Image to Fit on Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Deleting an Image in the Layout Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Area Duplicate
Adjusting 
Colors
Table of Contents

Digital Duplicator Utility Window

Overview

To display the Digital Duplicator Utility main window, perform either of the following

steps.

■

For Windows 95 / Windows NT 4.0

Click Start .

Select Programs, select KX-PS8000 Utilities then click Digital

Duplicator Utility.

The Digital Duplicator Utility main window appears.

■

For Windows 3.1

From the Program Manager, double-click the KX-PS8000 Utilities

icon.

Double-click the Digital Duplicator Utility icon.

The Digital Duplicator Utility main window appears.

Displaying the Digital Duplicator Utility Window

No. Name Function

1Displays the status of the printer and the scanner.

Ready will be displayed when you open the main

window. If not, refer to Troubleshooting ( ☞P. 135).

Digital Duplicator Utility Window Overview

Names and Functions

Status display

Displays the zoom value currently set. When the

zoom values of the height and the width are the

same, one value is displayed. If they are different, two

values such as 100 x 50% are displayed.

Clicking on the displayed zoom value opens the

Zoom window ( ☞P. 15).

Zoom Value

display

911

19 17

Page Mode

No. Name Function

Printing density can be adjusted by clicking Hor M

or by pressing +or –keys on the keyboard.

Note: If the Color Adjustment functions ( , )

are used, you cannot adjust the density.

Digital Duplicator Utility Window Overview

7 Density

8To open or close the option buttons ( ☞P. 9) click

GOption , or press the Page up key on the

keyboard.

Option tab

( GOption )

Tray Selection

button

( )

Allows you to select an installed tray by clicking this

button or by pressing F12 on the keyboard. The

indicator of the selected tray will be illuminated in the

tray display ( ☞No. 19).

Paper Size

Allows you to select a media type loaded in the multi-

purpose tray by clicking G. This is effective only

when the multi-purpose tray is selected. Plain Paper,

Transparency, Label, Coated paper or Paper 2nd

Side can be selected.

Media Type

Allows you to select a paper size loaded in the multi-

purpose tray by clicking G, or displays the paper size

of the selected media tray. This is effective only when

the multi-purpose tray is selected. Letter, Legal or A4

can be selected.

Used to select an image type from the following

selection.

BColor Printed Photo:

Select for color printed materials such as a

catalog.

BColor Glossy Photo:

Select for color photos such as a glossy

photo.

BB/W Text:

Select for text.

The monochrome color is selected in the

Monochrome Color (

☞No. 18).

BB/W Halftone, Photo:

Select for monochrome Photo or halftone

original. The monochrome color is selected

in the

Monochrome Color (

☞No. 18).

The image can be viewed in the Print Preview

window

(

☞P. 11).

Original Image

Type

Allows you to select a page mode by clicking G.

BAll page- All documents will be duplicated.

BEven pageS- Only even pages will be duplicated.

BOdd pageS- Only odd pages will be duplicated.

This function is used for double side printing

( ☞P. 31)

SWhen Even page or Odd page is selected, the

Output Order selection ( ☞No. 10) is not effective

and the documents are automatically printed face

up.

Stops printing by clicking .

Starts printing by clicking or by pressing the S

key on the keyboard. It is also used to resume

printing after loading media, or after clearing a media

jam when the Jam Recovery ON is selected

( ☞P. 39).

When the Energy Star is set to ON if the printer is idle

for 30 minutes, the printer will enter the Sleep Mode.

The status display in the Digital Duplicator Utility

window shows the message Ready (Sleep). While

the printer is in the Sleep Mode, a document cannot

be duplicated. To release the Sleep Mode, click the

Start button ( ). The message Ready will appear

in the status display.

No. Name Function

Specifies whether your document prints face up or

face down in the printer’s output tray by clicking G.

Note: This selection is not effective when the MPT

(Multi-Purpose Tray) is selected. When the

MPT is selected, Face up is automatically

selected.

Displays the status of the selected tray. If the

selected tray has paper installed, the green indicator

will be illuminated. Otherwise, the red indicator will be

illuminated.

Tray display

Digital Duplicator Utility Window Overview

Numeric keypad17 Used to enter the number of duplicates (1-999).

Clicking or pressing C key on the keyboard

resets the duplicate count to 1.

Output Order

16 Start button

( )

Monochrome

Color

Used to select a monochrome color from Black,

Yellow, Magenta or Cyan by clicking G. This is

effective when B/W Text or B/W Halftone, Photo is

selected in the Original Image Type ( ☞No. 3).

13 Resets all settings to default settings by clicking

or by pressing the Home key on the keyboard. If you

press while printing, the printer stops printing.

Reset button

( )

B/W Text Start

button

( )

Clicking or pressing the Ctrl + S keys on the

keyboard forces a document to print in black and

white regardless of the color settings.

Note: When the B/W Text is selected in the Original

Image Type ( ☞No. 3) and Black is selected

in the Monochrome Color ( ☞No. 18),

pressing the Start button ( ) prints a

document in black and white.

15 Stop button

( )

11 Views the help information by clicking Help .

Help button

( Help )

12 Exits the Digital Duplicator Utility window by

clicking Exit .

Exit button

( Exit )

No. Button Name Function
9
Various options for editing an image can be selected by clicking GOption . The
following option buttons appear. 
To close the option buttons, click FOption .
Option Buttons
13
24
Digital Duplicator Utility Window Overview
6
5 7 8910 11 12
Creates a mirror image of the original
( ☞P.29).
BTo return to the original, click this
button.
6Reduces the visibility of a reverse side
print and can reduce background stains
( ☞P.25).
Background
Reduction button
7Changes the resolution setting 
( ☞P.27).
Quality button
8
Mirror button
9
Creates a negative image of the original
( ☞P.30).
BTo return to the original, click this
button.
Negative/Positive
button
1Adjusts the overall color of an image
( ☞P.40).
Color Adjust
Entire Image
button
2Adjusts a specific color of an image
( ☞P.42).
Color Adjust
Specific Point
button
3Allows you to select and edit an area of
an image ( ☞P.48).
Area Duplicate
button
4Enlarges or reduces an image ( ☞P.15).Zoom button
5Shifts an image ( ☞P.23).Shift button
10 Saves, loads, or deletes the settings
made in this utility ( ☞P.33).
Memorize
Settings button
Indicators

No. Button Name Function

Print Preview

button

Allows you to preview the print image by

clicking this button, or by pressing the

Page down key. The Print Preview

window also shows immediately how

your changes affect the image

( ☞P. 11).

Used to select a unit of measurement

(inch or mm) ( ☞P. 38) and enable or

disable the Jam Recovery function

( ☞P. 39).

Other Settings

button

Digital Duplicator Utility Window Overview

■Indicators

When an option button indicator is illuminated, it indicates that the default setting

has been changed.

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