Panasonic WORKIO DP-CL21 User manual

Settings and Printing
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Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Contents of Basics Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Part Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Loading Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Printer Panel (Menu Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Menu Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Outline for Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Outline for Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Performing Check and Print (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Performing Memory Print (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Performing Confidential Print (Windows-PCL Only) . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjusting the Color Density (Color Calibration) . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Setting the “ADJ. to Media” (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Manual Duplex Printing (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using the HDD Maintenance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Contents of Windows Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Setting the PCL Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Setting the PS Printer Driver (DP-CL21M only) . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Performing Automatic Duplex Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Watermark Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Status Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
HDD Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
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Remote Maintenance Setting Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Contents of Macintosh Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.1 - Mac OS 9.2) . . . . 243
Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Status Display (Mac OS 8.1 - Mac OS 9.2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

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Part Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Available Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Recommended Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Loading Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Media Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using the Multi-purpose Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Using the Printer Panel (Menu Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Menu Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Outline for Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Check and Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Memory Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Confidential Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Test Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Color Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
PCL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
NW Protocol Setup (Network Protocol Setup) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
I/O Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ADJ. to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mono Page Detect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Outline for Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Performing Check and Print (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Saving a Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Printing a Check and Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Deleting a Check and Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Performing Memory Print (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Printing a Memory Print Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Deleting a Memory Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Performing Confidential Print (Windows-PCL Only) . . . . . . . . . 58
Printing a Confidential Print Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Deleting a Confidential Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the Color Density (Color Calibration) . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Printing a Color Calibration Test Print Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting the Density for All Colors Simultaneously . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Adjusting the Density for Each Color Independently . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setting the “ADJ. to Media” (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Installing the Print Media Test Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Printing the Print Media Test Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Setting the ADJ. to Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Manual Duplex Printing (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using the HDD Maintenance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Part Names
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■Front View
■Rear View
Part Names
Output tray
Paper support (see page 12, 16)
Front door release
Right side door
Printer panel (see page 21)
Front door
Media tray (see page 9) /
Multi-purpose tray
(see page 14)
Toner door
Rear cover
Network interface connector
USB interface connector
Parallel interface
connector
Optional paper feeder cable cover
AC inlet
Power switch
Tray cover

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See the tables below for available media. For the notes and detailed media specification, refer to
“Media” on page 86 in “Maintenance and Specifications” section.
■For Tray 1 (Standard Media Tray)
■For Multi-purpose Tray
*1See “Recommended Media” on page 7.
*2Available media size : Min. 90 x 148 mm (3.5 x 5.8 in.)
: Max. 216 x 356 mm (8.5 x 14 in.)
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Available Media
Media Type Media Weight Media Size
Plain paper*1
Bond/Letterhead
Recycled paper
75 - 105 g/m2(20 - 28 lb.) Letter, Legal, A4, B5 (JIS)
Thin paper 60 - 75 g/m2(16 - 20 lb.)
Media Type Media Weight Media Size
Plain paper*1
Bond/Letterhead
Recycled paper
75 - 105 g/m2(20 - 28 lb.)
Letter, Legal, Executive, A4, A5,
B5 (JIS), Envelope #9, Envelope
#10, Envelope Monarch,
Envelope C5, Envelope C6,
Envelope DL, Custom*2
Thin paper 60 - 75 g/m2(16 - 20 lb.)
Thick paper/Card 105 - 165 g/m2(28 - 44 lb.)
Coated Paper 120 g/m2(32 lb.)
Letter, A4
Transparency*1–
Label*1–
Envelope 75 - 90 g/m2(20 - 24 lb.)
Envelope #9, Envelope #10,
Envelope Monarch, Envelope
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■For Tray 2 / Tray 3 (Optional Paper Feeder)
■For Automatic Duplex Printing
To perform automatic duplex printing, the automatic duplex unit option must be installed in the printer.
NOTE:
• Automatic duplex printing is not available from the multi-purpose tray.
Media Type Media Weight Media Size
Plain paper
Bond/Letterhead
Recycled paper
75 - 105 g/m2(20 - 28 lb.) Letter, Legal, A4, B5 (JIS)
Thin paper 60 - 75 g/m2(16 - 20 lb.)
Media Type Media Weight Media Size
Plain paper
Bond/Letterhead
Recycled paper
75 - 105 g/m2(20 - 28 lb.) Letter, Legal, A4, B5 (JIS)
Thin paper 60 - 75 g/m2(16 - 20 lb.)
Recommended Media
Media Type Media Size Recommendation
Plain paper Letter Hammermil Laser Print 24 lb.
A4 ENSO 4CC Premium 80 g/m2
Transparency Letter / A4 3M CG3300
Label Letter Avery 5160 - Avery 5163, Avery 5660 - Avery 5663
A4 Avery L7159 - Avery L7164

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See the Setup Guide for the following instructions:
• Installing the toner cartridges and print cartridges
• Connecting cables
• Installing the printer software
• When the tray cover is opened or the multi-purpose tray is used, you cannot pull the media tray out of
the printer. Be sure to push the multi-purpose tray (1) and close the tray cover (2) before you pull the
media tray out of the printer.
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1Pull the media tray out of the printer while slightly raising its front portion.
CAUTION
• Be sure to hold the media tray with both hands so you do not drop it.
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2Pinch the media guides and slide them to the width of the media.
3Slide the length guide unit to adjust it to the media length. Slide the length guide
unit (2) while pressing the PUSH mark (1) to extend it.
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4Tap the media stack on a level surface to avoid media jams or skewed printing.
NOTE:
• Be careful not to leave fingerprints on the media, which can result in a smudged print.
• Reusing media (used paper or jammed paper) that has been fed through the printer once may
reduce the life of the consumables and paper path components.
5Place media with the print side up under the hooks in the tray.
NOTE:
• Most media has instructions recommending the side to be printed first.
• Do not mix different types or thickness of media in the media tray at one time; this may cause
a jam.
• Loading media exceeding the designated sheets may cause a media jam or shifting of print.
6Confirm the media guides are adjusted to the media size.
Fill media up
to here.
Load media with
print side up.
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7Slide the media tray completely into the slot.
CAUTION
• Be sure to hold the media tray with both hands so that you do not drop it. The media tray
weighs approximately 6.4 kg(14lbs.) when it is fully loaded.
8Pull (1) and raise (2) the paper support so that the media does not drop from
the output tray.
Paper support 1
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9Specify the printer driver’s setting depending on the operating system.
For Windows®*1
(1) Display the print window in the application software.
(2) Select Panasonic DP-CL21P PCL 5c, Panasonic DP-CL21M PCL 5c or Panasonic
DP-CL21M PS printer.
(3) Click Properties ([Preferences] for Windows XP*2) to display the printer properties window.
(4) Specify the paper size, media type and paper source.
PCL printer driver: see “Setting the PCL Printer Driver” on page 84.
PS printer driver: see “Setting the PS Printer Driver (DP-CL21M only)” on page 145.
For Mac OS 8.1 - Mac OS 9.2 (For DP-CL21M only)
(1) Open a document to print.
(2) Select Page Setup... or Print... from the application’s File menu.
(3) Select your printer from the Printer menu.
(4) Specify the paper size (Page Attributes), media type (Printer Specific Options) and paper
source (General).
For the detailed information, see “Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.1 - Mac OS
9.2)” on page 243.
For Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2 (For DP-CL21M only)
(1) Open a document to print.
(2) Select Page Setup... from the application’s File menu.
(3) Select your printer from the Format for menu and specify the paper size (Page Attributes).
(4) Select Print... from the application’s File menu.
(5) Select your printer from the Printer menu.
(6) Specify the media type (Printer Features) and paper source (Paper Feed).
For the detailed information, see “Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1)” on page
263.
*1Microsoft®Windows®operating system (hereafter Windows)
*2Microsoft®Windows®XP operating system (hereafter Windows XP)

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The multi-purpose tray serves as an additional tray for loading any type of media that ranges in size
from 90 mm x 148 mm to 216 mm x 356 mm (3.5″x 5.8″to 8.5″x 14″).
When using thick paper/card, coated paper, transparency, labels or envelope, use the multi-purpose
tray.
1Open the tray cover and pull it to expand the multi-purpose tray [(1) - (3)].
NOTE:
• When the tray cover is opened, you cannot pull the media tray out of the printer.
2Separate the media guides to the approximate width of the media.
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3Insert media with the printing side down into the multi-purpose tray while
adjusting the media guides to the media width.
NOTE:
• Loading media exceeding the designated sheets may cause a media jam or shifting of print.
• When printing on envelopes, close the flap and insert with the flap side on the left side into the
multi-purpose tray.
• Envelopes with opening on the shorter edge cannot be used.
• When printing on some type of envelope, a wrinkle may occur. For the detailed information,
refer to “Envelope Specifications” on page 94 in “Maintenance and Specifications”.
Fill media up to here.
Fill media up to here.
Load media with
print side down.
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4Pull and raise the paper support so that the media does not drop from the
output tray.
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5a When printing a paper, specify the printer driver’s setting depending on the
operating system. (When printing envelopes, see 5b on page 18.)
For Windows
(1) Display the print window in the application software.
(2) Select Panasonic DP-CL21P PCL 5c, Panasonic DP-CL21M PCL 5c or Panasonic
DP-CL21M PS printer.
(3) Click Properties ([Preferences] for Windows XP) to display the printer properties window.
(4) Specify the paper size, media type and paper source.
PCL printer driver: see “Setting the PCL Printer Driver” on page 84.
PS printer driver: see “Setting the PS Printer Driver (DP-CL21M only)” on page 145.
For Mac OS 8.1 - Mac OS 9.2 (For DP-CL21M only)
(1) Open a document to print.
(2) Select Page Setup... or Print... from the application’s File menu.
(3) Select your printer from the Printer menu.
(4) Specify the paper size (Page Attributes), media type (Printer Specific Options) and paper
source (General).
For the detailed information, see “Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS 8.1 - Mac OS
9.2)” on page 243.
For Mac OS X 10.1 - Mac OS X 10.2 (For DP-CL21M only)
(1) Open a document to print.
(2) Select Page Setup... from the application’s File menu.
(3) Select your printer from the Format for menu and specify the paper size (Page Attributes).
(4) Select Print... from the application’s File menu.
(5) Select your printer from the Printer menu.
(6) Specify the media type (Printer Features) and paper source (Paper Feed).
For the detailed information, see “Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1)” on
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5b When using envelopes, specify the printer driver’s setting depending on the
operating system.
For Windows (DP-CL21P / DP-CL21M PCL)
(1) Display the print window in the application software.
(2) Select Panasonic DP-CL21P PCL 5c or Panasonic DP-CL21M PCL 5c printer.
(3) Click Properties ([Preferences] for Windows XP) to display the printer properties window.
(4) Click Setup tab.
(5) Click [Advanced...].
(6) Specify the paper size (Envelope #9, Envelope #10, Envelope Monarch, Envelope C5,
Envelope C6 or Envelope DL), orientation (Landscape and Rotate 180), media type
(Envelope) and paper source (Multi-Purpose Tray).
(7) Click [OK] to close the Advanced setting window.
(8) Click [OK] to exit the setting of the printer driver.
(9) Click [OK] to start the printing.
For Windows 2000*1/ Windows XP (DP-CL21M PS)
(1) Display the print window in the application software.
(2) Select Panasonic DP-CL21M PS printer.
(3) Click Properties or [Preferences] to display the printer properties window.
(4) Click Layout tab and click [Advanced...].
(5) Specify the paper size (Envelope #9, Envelope #10, Envelope Monarch, Envelope C5,
Envelope C6 or Envelope DL).
(6) Click [OK] to close the Advanced setting window.
(7) Click Layout tab and select Rotated Landscape.
(8) Click Paper/Quality tab and specify the paper source (Multi-Purpose Tray) and media type
(Envelope).
(9) Click [OK] to exit the setting of the printer driver.
(10) Click [OK] to start the printing.
For Windows NT®4.0*2(DP-CL21M PS)
(1) Display the print window in the application software.
(2) Select Panasonic DP-CL21M PS printer.
(3) Click Properties to display the printer properties window.
(4) Click Page Setup tab.
(5) Specify the paper size (Envelope #9, Envelope #10, Envelope Monarch, Envelope C5,
Envelope C6 or Envelope DL), orientation (Rotated) and paper source (Multi-Purpose
Tray).
(6) Click Advanced tab and change the media under Paper/Output to Envelope.
(7) Click [OK] to exit the setting of the printer driver.
(8) Click [OK] to start the printing.
*1Microsoft®Windows®2000 operating system (hereafter Windows 2000)
*2Microsoft®Windows NT®operating system Version 4.0 (hereafter Windows NT 4.0)

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For Windows 95*1/ Windows 98*2/ Windows Me*3(DP-CL21M PS)
The orientation’s Rotated function is effective when setting it from the printer properties window
under Windows for Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows Me [see steps (1) - (5) below)].
(1) Display the printer properties window under Windows (Start - Settings - Printers).
(2) Click Panasonic DP-CL21M PS printer icon.
(3) Click the File menu, then click Properties.
(4) Click Paper tab and specify the orientation (Landscape and Rotated).
(5) Click [OK].
(6) Display the print window in the application software.
(7) Select Panasonic DP-CL21M PS printer.
(8) Click Properties to display the printer properties window.
(9) Click Paper tab.
(10) Specify the paper size (Envelope #9, Envelope #10, Envelope Monarch, Envelope C5,
Envelope C6 or Envelope DL), paper type (Envelope) and paper source (Multi-Purpose
Tray).
(11) Click [OK] to exit the setting of the printer driver.
(12) Click [OK] to start the printing.
*1Microsoft®Windows®95 operating system (hereafter Windows 95)
*2Microsoft®Windows®98 operating system (hereafter Windows 98)
*3Microsoft®Windows®Millennium Edition operating system (hereafter Windows Me)

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For Mac OS 8.1 - Mac OS 9.2 (DP-CL21M PS)
(1) Open a document to print.
(2) Select Page Setup... from the application’s File menu.
(3) Specify the paper size (Envelope #9, Envelope #10, Envelope Monarch, Envelope C5,
Envelope C6 or Envelope DL) and orientation (Landscape).
(4) Click Page Attributes list box and select PostScript(TM) Options.
(5) Click on the both check boxes of Visual Effects: Flip Horizontal, Flip Vertical.
(6) Click [OK] to exit the Page Setup window.
(7) Select Print... from the application’s File menu.
(8) Click General list box and select Printer Specific Options.
(9) Change the media type to Envelope.
(10) Start printing.
For Mac OS X 10.1 (DP-CL21M PS)
(1) Open a document to print.
(2) Select Page Setup... from the application’s File menu.
(3) Select your printer from the Format for menu and specify the paper size (Envelope #9, #10
Envelope, Monarch Envelope, C5 Envelope, C6 Envelope or Long Envelope) and
orientation (Landscape).
(4) Select Print... from the application’s File menu.
(5) Select your printer from the Printer menu.
(6) Change the media type to Envelope (Printer Features) and specify the paper source
(Paper Feed).
For the detailed information, see “Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1)” on
page 263.
For Mac OS X 10.2 (DP-CL21M PS)
(1) Open a document to print.
(2) Select Page Setup... from the application’s File menu.
(3) Select your printer from the Format for menu and specify the paper size (Envelope #9, #10
Envelope, Monarch Envelope, C5 Envelope, C6 Envelope or Long Envelope) and
orientation (Rotated Landscape).
(4) Select Print... from the application’s File menu.
(5) Select your printer from the Printer menu.
(6) Change the media type to Envelope (Printer Features) and specify the paper source
(Paper Feed).
For the detailed information, see “Setting the PS Printer Driver (Mac OS X 10.1)” on
page 263.