Panasonic KX-PS8000 User manual

Utilities and Drivers
Model No. KX-PS8000
Reference Guide
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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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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)
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Any details given in this manual are subject to change without notice.
© KYUSHU MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CO.,LTD. 1997.

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Basic Tasks
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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

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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
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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.
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Displaying the Digital Duplicator Utility Window
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No. Name Function
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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
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Page Mode
No. Name Function
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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 )
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
C
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
( )
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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
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Digital Duplicator Utility Window Overview
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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
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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
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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).
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
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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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Make sure that your document has been inserted in the ADF tray or placed on the
scanner glass.
Click GOption .
The option buttons appear.
Click the Print Preview button ( ).
The scanner starts prescanning the document. During prescanning the
document the Scanning Progress window appears, then the prescanned
image appears in the Print Preview window.
Basic Tasks
Using the Print Preview Window
The Print Preview window allows you to preview the print image of the document.
Before sending it to the printer, all adjustments are shown immediately.
It is helpful to open this window when you adjust an image using Zoom, Shift, Mirror
or Negative/Positive functions.
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Note:
BThe Print Preview will not automatically prescan documents if a
document has already been prescanned. To represcan your
document, click the Prescan button ( ) in the Print Preview
window .
When the Prescan button is pressed, the Area Duplicate and Color
adjustment settings will be reset to the default settings.

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Basic Tasks
#Prescan button
Prescans a document and resets the Area Duplicate and the Color
Adjustment settings to the default settings.
If a document is duplicated from the ADF tray, the document is fed out
completely. However, if a document is prescanned from the ADF tray but
not duplicated, it will remain in the ADF tray. To eject the document, press
the Feed Out button ( ☞$).
$Feed Out button
Ejects the document that remains in the ADF tray.
%Preview Zoom
Sets the zoom value (100, 75, 50 and 30%) of the displayed image in the
Print Preview window.
&Close button
Closes the Print Preview window.
'Help button
Displays help information on the Print Preview window.
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■ Changing the size of the Print Preview window
Position the cursor on the edge of the window until the mouse pointer changes
into a double-ended arrow, press and hold the mouse button, then drag.
Reduced window
Enlarged window
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■Simultaneously viewing the enlarged and divided
image
When the Segment is selected for the enlarged image ( ☞P.19), the divided
multiple images will be displayed in the Print Preview window.
To view them simultaneously, select the smaller zoom value by clicking ▼of the
Preview Zoom.
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Click GOption .
The option buttons appear.
Click the Zoom button ( ).
The Zoom window appears.
The zoom function reduces or enlarges the output on the printed page. For your
convenience, open the Print Preview window to view changes to your image.
Basic Tasks
Reducing or Enlarging the Output (Zoom)
Displaying the Zoom Window
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#Zoom Value box
Displays the current zoom value. It also allows you to select a zoom value
by clicking G( ☞P. 17). Choosing a selection maintains the proportional
relationship of the height and width of an image.
$Width Zoom Value box
Set the zoom value of the width by clicking F or G.
Note:
BWhen using the ADF tray, you cannot print an image enlarged
more than 100%.

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%Height Zoom Value box
Set the zoom value of the height by clicking For G.
&W-H Uniform
Clicking on this check box allows you to set height and width
simultaneously by entering zoom value in either of their box. To set them
independently, click off this check box.
'Segment
Divides the enlarged image. ( ☞P. 19)
(Default button
Resets the settings to the default settings.

Selections FunctionZoom value
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100%
Duplicates an entire letter size document on A4
size paper.
Basic Tasks
Changing the Zoom Value
Change the zoom value by selecting an option from the Zoom Value box or by
entering it in the Width or Height Zoom Value box.
■ Using the Zoom Value box
Click Gof the Zoom Value box.
The zoom value selections appear ( ☞table below).
Click the desired selection.
The selected zoom value will be displayed in the Zoom Value, Width Zoom
Value and Height Zoom Value boxes. You can see the result of the selection in
the Print Preview window.
Click OK to make the selection effective.
The Zoom window is closed.
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400%
300%
200%
50%
Custom
A5->A4 (fit)
A4->A4 (fit)
A4->Letter (fit)
Letter->Letter (fit)
Letter->A4 (fit)
Letter ->Legal (fit)
Legal->Legal (fit)
100% Duplicates the same size as the original. If the document size is the same as paper size,
the edges of the document will not be printed.
Duplicates 4 times the original.
Duplicates 3 times the original.
Duplicates twice the original.
Duplicates at 50% of the original.
This option is automatically selected when the
zoom value of width and height are set using the
Width or Height Zoom Value box.
Enlarges to fit the A5 size document on A4 size
paper.
Duplicates an entire A4 size document on A4 size
paper.
Duplicates an entire A4 size document on Letter
size paper.
Duplicates an entire letter size document on Letter
size paper.
Duplicates an entire letter size document on Legal
size paper.
Duplicates an entire Legal size document on Legal
size paper.
400%
300%
200%
50%
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135%
95%
90%
96%
92%
96%
96%
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■ Using the Width / Height Zoom Value boxes
Enter the zoom value in either the Width or Height Zoom Value
box by clicking For G.
You can see the result of the selection in the Print Preview window.
BTo set each value independently, click off the W-H Uniform check box.
Click OK to make the selection effective.
The Zoom window is closed.
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Basic Tasks
F: increases the number of the zoom value (maximum 400%).
G: reduces the number of the zoom value (minimum 20%).
Holding down the mouse sequentially changes the zoom value.
Note:
BThe zoom value range available in the Digital Duplicator Utility is
from 20 to 400% . If you have used 200% for Area Duplicate
function ( ☞P.57), you can set the percentage up to 200%.
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Height Zoom Value box
Width
Zoom
Value
box
Output
size
Paper
size
(Example: 70%)
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Basic Tasks
Printing an Enlarged Image on Multiple Pages
You can enlarge the image and print it on multiple pages. Each divided image
overlaps 0.5 inch.
Note:
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■Example: Enlarging a Letter size document to 140% and printing it on
multiple pages
Click GOption .
The option buttons appear.
Click the Zoom button ( ).
The Zoom window appears.
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Basic Tasks