Panasonic KX-MB3010 Operating Instructions Manual - 3.1 Printing From Windows

3. Printer

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3 Printer

Printer

3.1 Printing from Windows 

applications

You can print a file created in a Windows application. For 

example, to print from WordPad, proceed as follows.

1

Open the document you want to print.

2

Select [Print...] from the [File] menu.

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The [Print] dialog box will appear.

For details about the [Print] dialog box, click 

[

?], then click the desired item.

* The pictured model is KX-MB3020.

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For Microsoft PowerPoint

®

, select [Color] or 

remove the check next to [Grayscale] in the 

print dialog so that colored text will be printed in 

grayscale.

3

Select the unit’s name as the active printer.

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If you have changed the name of the unit when 

installing, select that name from the list.

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To change the printer settings, proceed as 

follows.

For Windows 98/Windows Me:

Click [Properties], then click the desired tab. 

Change the printer settings, then click [OK].

For Windows 2000:

Click the desired tab and change the printer 

settings.

For Windows XP/Windows Vista:

Click [Preferences], then click the desired tab. 

Change the printer settings, then click [OK].

4

Click [Print] or [OK].

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The unit will start printing.

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To stop printing from the unit, see page 73.

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To load paper, see page 13.

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For details about the paper specifications, see page 

99.

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If a printing error occurs, the Device Monitor (page 

73) will start automatically and display the error 

information.

Setting the printer properties

You can change the printer setting in step 3. We 

recommend that you test paper (especially special sizes 

and types of paper) on the unit before purchasing large 

quantities.

You can change or display the settings on the following 

tabs.

[

Basic]: Paper size, media type, duplex, etc.

[

Output]: Number of prints, collate, etc.

[

Quality]: Quality, contrast, toner save feature, etc.

[

Effects]: Watermark, overlay.

[

Profile]: Saving the desired settings, selecting the 

saved settings, etc.

[

Support]: Version information.

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Select the desired media type on the [Basic] tab 

according to the recording paper.

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When printing from a computer, the printer 

properties setting overrides the following unit’s 

programming features:

–

Media type setting (feature #383 on page 57)

–

Toner save setting (feature #482 on page 57)

3.1.1 Duplex printing

For example, to print from WordPad, proceed as follows.

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Plain paper and thin paper can be used.

1

Open the document you want to print.

2

Select [Print...] from the [File] menu.

3

Select the unit’s name as the active printer.

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For Windows 2000 users, go to step 5.

4

For Windows 98/Windows Me:

[

Properties]

For Windows XP/Windows Vista:

[

Preferences]

5

Click the [Basic] tab.

6

Select the desired duplex layout. i [OK]

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Select [None] to deactivate this feature.

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You can also change the duplex margin.

Recording paper type

Media type

Plain paper

75 g/m

2

 to 90 g/m

2

(20 lb to 24 lb)

[

Plain Paper]

Thin paper

64 g/m

2

 to 75 g/m

2

(17 lb to 20 lb)

[

Thin Paper]

Thick paper

90 g/m

2

 to 165 g/m

2

(24 lb to 44 lb)

[

Thick Paper]

Transparency

[

Transparency]

Label

[

Label]