KM-NET for Direct Printing

Operation Guide

Legal and General Information

Notice
Unauthorized reproduction of all or part of this guide is prohibited. The information in this guide is subject to change without notice. Kyocera Mita cannot be held liable for any problems arising from the use of this product, regardless of the information herein.

Regarding Trademarks
KYOCERA, KYOCERA MITA, ECOSYS and PRESCRIBE are registered trademarks of Kyocera Corporation. KPDL and KIR (Kyocera Image Refinement) are trademarks of Kyocera Corporation. Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple, AppleTalk, Mac, Macintosh, Mac OS and TrueType are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Adobe, Acrobat and Postscript are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Novell and NetWare are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. HP and PCL are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. Intel, Pentium and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Other brand and product names contained in this document are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies.

General Information
When using this utility, the items that can be configured will differ depending on the model of your printing system or multifunctional printer (hereinafter referred to as "printing system"). Examples in this document are described in terms of the Internet Explorer 6.0 and Microsoft Windows XP operating system environment.

Table of Contents
1. Features ................................................................................................................. 1 1.1. What is KM-NET for Direct Printing? .............................................................. 1 1.2. System Requirements..................................................................................... 1 1.3. Support Language .......................................................................................... 1 2. Installation and Startup ........................................................................................ 2 2.1. Installation....................................................................................................... 2 2.2. Startup ............................................................................................................ 2 3. Printing PDF .......................................................................................................... 3 4. Names and Functions........................................................................................... 5 5. Printing System Settings ..................................................................................... 6 6. Detailed Settings ................................................................................................. 10

Features

1. Features
1.1. What is KM-NET for Direct Printing?
KM-NET for Direct Printing is a utility that allows you to print PDF files downloaded from Internet such as catalog and documents without starting Adobe Acrobat/Reader.

1.2. System Requirements

The KM-NET for Direct Printing operates in the following environment. Verify your environment before installation. Item OS (Depending on the model) Description
Microsoft Windows 98 SE/Me Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Service Pack 6 or later Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition/Professional Edition Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later A processor equivalent to a Pentium 200 MHz or greater At least 32 MB of free memory At least 4 MB of free hard disk space SVGA (800 600, 256 color) or greater

Web Browser Hardware

Administrator rights are required for installation.

1.3. Support Language

KM-NET for Direct Printing supports the following languages: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Farsi, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Lithuanian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese and Turkish.

KM-NET for Direct Printing

Installation and Startup

2. Installation and Startup

2.1. Installation
Install KM-NET for Direct Printing in your computer. Note Before installing this utility, make sure that any of the printer drivers are installed. The Kyocera Extended Driver is provided on the Product Library disc supplied with the printing system. Insert the Product Library disc that came with the printing system into the optical drive of the computer. The installation program starts up automatically. Follow the instructions for installation.

2.2. Startup
When the installation is completed, you can start the KM-NET for Direct Printing by proceeding from the start menu > All Programs > Kyocera > KM-NET for Direct Printing.

KM-NET for Direct Printing

Printing PDF

3. Printing PDF
Perform the following procedures below to print PDF file using KM-NET for Direct Printing.

Start KM-NET for Direct Printing.

Add the desired PDF files to the File Name list by the following methods. Click the Add button to select files from the Open File dialog box. Select the file in Windows explorer and then drag and drop it to the icon for this application (including shortcut). Select the file in Windows explorer and then select KM-NET for Direct Printing in the context menu. Select the file and then drag and drop it to this window.

3 4

Select the printing system to print PDF files from the Printer Listing pull-down menu. Click the Settings button and make settings for printing. For details, refer to Printing System Settings on page 6. Note When you want to load the previously saved setting, select the setting file from the User Printer Settings pull-down menu or click the Browse button.

Click the Detailed Settings button and make the detailed settings such as page range for printing and media type. For details, refer to Detailed Settings on page 10.

KM-NET for Direct Printing

Printing PDF

Click the Print button. The Confirmation dialog box appears.

Notes Checking Enable Multiple Master Font and then clicking OK enable to generate a version of a character that is optically correct for the size at which it will be viewed on PDF file. Checking Do not show this dialog again and then clicking OK can not be displayed the Confirmation dialog box.

When you want to continue printing, click OK.

KM-NET for Direct Printing

Names and Functions

4. Names and Functions

When you start this utility, the window below appears.

Name and Icon Add button

Description Displays the Open File dialog box. When you select a valid file, file name, file size and last update are displayed in the File Name list. Moves order of selected files up one or down one. Note You can also change the order by selecting a file and then dragging it to the order you want to change. Deletes the selected file from the list. Note You can also delete a file by selecting a file and then pressing the Del key on the keyboard.

Up button Down button Delete button

Printer Listing Settings button User Printer Settings Browse button About button Print button Close button

Displays the printing systems installed in the system. Select the output target printing system here. Displays the printing system setting dialog box. Displays the names of setting files saved previously. Displays the Open File dialog box to load previously saved setting files. Displays the version and copyright of this utility. Starts the printing process of the file displayed in the File Name list. Exits this utility.

KM-NET for Direct Printing

Printing System Settings

5. Printing System Settings

You can make frequently used settings as default.

Copies Collate Layout

Specifies the number of copies. The default setting is 1. Produces the specified number of copies as complete sets of documents. The default setting is disabled (not checked). Specifies the layout of the output. The following layouts are available: Reduce Image to Fit, Through, Catalog (Left to Right), Catalog (Right to Left), Booklet (Left Edge Binding) and Booklet (Right Edge Binding). The default setting is Reduce Image to Fit. When you select Reduce Image to Fit, the image is enlarged or reduced to fit the printing area of the paper specified in Paper Size. When you select Through, the image is printed in the same size as the original page regardless of paper size. When you select Catalog (Left to Right), Catalog (Right to Left), Booklet (Left Edge Binding) or Booklet (Right Edge Binding), the printing order is as follows. Catalog (Left to Right)

Original page order

Printing result

KM-NET for Direct Printing

Printing System Settings Catalog (Right to Left)

Original page order

Printing result

Note If the page order is not in the same order as shown above, the printing results will vary. Booklet (Left Edge Binding)

Original page order

Printing result

Booklet (Right Edge Binding)

Original page order

Printing result

Note Confirm the paper size and load the paper into the cassette before printing. For example, to change the booklet configured in A4 portrait into the double spread page in A3 size, load the A3 size paper. If you load the A4 paper in landscape, a single side is reduced in A5 size, and the double spread pages in A4 are printed. N-up Specifies the number of pages per sheet. The following value is available: 1, 2 and 4. The default setting is 1. When N-up settings 2 or 4 are used, the page layouts are as follows. KM-NET for Direct Printing 7

Printing System Settings 2-up

4-up

Note If you select Through in Layout, the value of N-up is fixed at 1 and cannot be changed. Furthermore, if you select Catalog or Booklet, the value is fixed at 2 and cannot be changed. Paper Size Specifies the paper size applied to the output. The following paper sizes are available: 16K, 8K, A3, A4, A5, A6, Auto, B4, B5, B6, C4, Envelope #10, Envelope #6, Envelope #9, Envelope C5, Envelope DL, Executive, Folio, Hagaki, ISO B5, Ledger, Legal, Letter, Monarch, Oficio II, OufukuHagaki, Statement, Youkei 2 and Youkei 4. The default setting is Auto. Sets 2-sided printing. The following modes are available: Off, Flip on Long Edge and Flip on Short Edge. The default setting is Off. Notes If you select Catalog or Booklet in Layout, the value of Duplex is fixed at the Flip on Short Edge and cannot be changed. This utility does not automatically recognize whether or not a duplex printing unit is present in a printing system. Therefore, there is a possibility that the duplex printing settings set here may be invalid. Resolution Specifies the printing resolution. The following resolutions are available: 300, 600, Fast 1200 and Fine 1200. The default setting is 600. KIR (Kyocera Image Refinement) is a smoothing function that enhances resolution, resulting in high-quality printing. The default setting is disabled (not checked). Enables the printing system to reduce the amount of toner consumption to save printing costs. The default setting is disabled (not checked).

Duplex

KIR

EcoPrint

KM-NET for Direct Printing

Printing System Settings Save The Settings Saves settings in a file. When checked, click OK to save the settings. You can select the saved file by Load Setting File in the main window. The default setting is disabled (not checked) Detailed Settings Displays another dialog box to perform more detailed settings. Information on using the Detailed Settings dialog box can be found on the following page

KM-NET for Direct Printing

Detailed Settings

6. Detailed Settings
You can make select media type, media source and other detailed settings in this dialog box.

Print All Pages

Check to print all pages. If you remove this check, the range entry boxes are active. Specify the page range for printing. Note If you select Catalog in Layout of the Settings dialog box, Print All Pages is automatically checked and cannot be changed.

Media Type

Selects the media type used for printing. The following media types are available: Auto, Plain, Transparency, Preprinted, Labels, Bond, Recycled, Vellum, Rough, Letterhead, Color, Prepunched, Envelope, Cardstock, Coated, 2nd Side, Thick, High Quality and Custom 1 (to 8). The default setting is Auto. Specifies the paper supply cassette. The following media sources are available: Auto, Multi Purpose Tray, Cassette1, Cassette2, Cassette3, Cassette4, Cassette5, Cassette6 and Envelope Feeder. The default setting is Auto. Note The setting may be ignored depending on the configuration of the printing system.

Media Source

10

KM-NET for Direct Printing

Detailed Settings Output to Specifies the paper output destination.The following destinations are available: Auto, Face Up Tray, Face Down Tray, Finisher Tray (Face Down) and VMB. The default setting is Auto. Note The setting may be ignored depending on the configuration of the printing system. VMB (Virtual MailBox) This is active when VMB is specified as the Output to destination above. Virtual Mailbox feature, mailboxes created on the hard disk are assigned to multiple users. Jobs posted to a virtual mailbox can be printed later from the operation panel of the printing system. Number: specifies the mailbox by the number. the number should be 1 to 255. Name: specifies the mailbox by the name. Note The setting may be ignored depending on the configuration of the printing system. Fold Staple Folds copies for booklet format. The default setting is disabled (not checked). Staples each copy set. The default setting is disabled (not checked). When this item is enabled, the combo box is active allowing you to select that result. The following staple positions are available: Back, Booklet and Front. Punch Makes copies hole punched. The default setting is disabled (not checked). When this item is enabled, the combo box is active allowing you to select that result. The following value are available: Main Punch Unit and Sub Punch Unit. Note The setting may be ignored depending on the configuration of the printing system. PDF Password Quality Enter the password required to print encrypted PDF files. The password should be 32 characters maximum. You can choose the printing quality, from High Quality to High Speed. Move the slider to the left to select a High Speed or to the right to select a High Quality. The default setting is center. Note The setting is enabled only when the PDF file to print is PDF version 1.4 or later file and using Transparency Flattenering function. Otherwise the setting is ignored. PDF version can be confirmed on the window displayed by which selecting from File menu > Document Properties > Summary. Transparency Flattenering function can be confimed on the Advanced Print Setup dialog box.

KM-NET for Direct Printing

11

Detailed Settings Job Log Maintains a log in the system that indicates printed PDF files and the date/time of printing. Entering a check mark for this item enables the Job Log. For details on the Job Log, refer to the Operation Guide of the printing system. Authentication Displays Authentication dialog box.

User Login To use user login function, click User Login to check. For details on user login function, refer to Operation Guide of the printing system. Select Use Specific User ID when always printing with same ID. Select Prompt for User ID when printing with several different IDs. This prompt you to enter the User ID and Password at each time you print on the printing system. Job Accounting To use job accounting function, click Job Accounting to check. For details on job accounting, refer to Operation Guide of the printing system. Select Use Specific Account ID when always printing with same ID. Select Prompt for Account ID when printing with several different IDs. This prompt you to enter the Account ID at each time you print on the printing system. Default Settings Returns all settings to their initial state.

12

KM-NET for Direct Printing

Detailed Settings

KM-NET for Direct Printing

13

Rev. 3.3 2011.7