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The Xerox
DocuPrint P8ex
Personal Laser Printer
Reference Guide
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Contents i Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................... 1-1 Overview............................................................................ 1-2 Printer Components........................................................... 1-3 Printer Features................................................................. 1-5 Printer Documentation ....................................................... 1-6 Using the CD-ROM..............................................
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Using the Manual Feeder ............................................... 3-6 Using the Face-up Stacker............................................. 3-7 Loading Envelopes......................................................... 3-8 Chapter 4 Printing .................................................................. 4-1 Printing a Document .......................................................... 4-2 Configuring the PCL Drivers.............................................. 4-3 Selecting Your Pri
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Appendix A Printer Specifications ........................................... A-1 Appendix B Environmental and Safety Considerations ........ B-1 Introduction........................................................................B-2 Laser Safety.......................................................................B-3 Laser Safety for the United States and Canada.............B-4 Laser Safety for Finland and Sweden ............................B-5 Laser Statement (Laserturvallisuus)............
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DocuPrint P8ex Reference Guide
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Introduction 1 retpahC Overview .......................................................................... 1-2 Printer Components ......................................................... 1-3 Printer Features ............................................................... 1-5 Printer Documentation ..................................................... 1-6 Using the CD-ROM ....................................................... 1-7 Note, Caution and Warning Symbols ........................... 1-8
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Overview Overview In this chapter, you will become familiar with the features of your printer and learn where to locate specific printer parts. Before you use your printer, make sure that you perform all of the setup steps outlined in the User Guide that came with your printer. For installation options not covered in the User Guide, refer to Chapter 2: Additional Printer Setup Information in this guide. 1-2 DocuPrint P8ex Reference Guide
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Printer Features Printer Features Your Xerox DocuPrint P8ex is a compact, easy to use laser printer designed for the small office environment. It is designed to provide years of high quality, high performance printing. This manual tells you how to operate and maintain your new printer, and contains advice on how you can get the best performance from it. Please use this manual together with the documentation provided with your computer hardware and software. The maximum print speed for the
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Printer Documentation Printer Documentation Your DocuPrint P8ex is packaged with the following documentation and information: • User Guide, which shows you how to get your printer up and running, and provides the basic information needed to use your printer. • This Reference Guide (provided on in electronic form on the CD-ROM), which provides you with all of the detailed information you will need to use, maintain, upgrade and troubleshoot your printer. • Warranty Card, which you should fill
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Printer Documentation The documentation on the CD-ROM is provided as a PDF file, Using the CD-ROM which is readable using Adobe Acrobat Reader (provided on the CD-ROM if you do not already have it installed). This file contains hypertext links that enable you to jump from the Table of Contents or Index directly to the page where you are looking for information, as well as from page to page where information is cross-referenced. Simply move the cursor over a hypertext link and it changes to
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Printer Documentation Throughout this Reference Guide, several symbols are used to Note, Caution and emphasize useful, important and critical information. They are as Warning Symbols follows: This symbol indicates particularly useful or helpful information about your printer. This symbol indicates a caution against performing any action that may damage your printer or degrade performance. This symbol indicates a warning against performing any action that may lead to physical injury. 1-8
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Additional Printer Setup Information 2 retpahC Installing Software ........................................................... 2-2 Installing the RCP and Status Monitor .......................... 2-3 Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 Installation ............................ 2-3 Windows 3.1x Installation .......................................... 2-3 Installing the Xerox Font Manager ................................ 2-4 Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 Installation ............................ 2-4 Windows 3.1x Installa
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Installing Software Installing Software Included with your printer is a CD-ROM containing printer drivers for some of the most popular Windows software applications. To operate your printer, you must install a printer driver, which translates data from your application into data the printer understands. (Installation procedures follow this section.) The CD-ROM shipped with your printer contains the following printer drivers and utilities. • PCL 6 printer driver for Windows 95/98, Windows 3.
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Installing Software Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 Installation Installing the RCP and Status Monitor Insert the Xerox DocuPrint P8ex CD-ROM into your CD-ROM 1 drive. If the setup program runs automatically, skip to Step 5. 2 Select Run from the Start menu. 3 Type d:\setup.exe on the command line (where “d” is your 4 CD-ROM drive letter), then click OK. Click on the appropriate language. 5 Windows 95/98: Click on RCP&SM. 6 Windows NT 4.0: Click on RCP. Follow the instructions on the screen. 7 Windows 3.
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Installing Software Your printer includes 110 fonts for use on your computer and Installing the Xerox printer. To install the fonts (which is a time-consuming procedure), Font Manager follow the instructions below: Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 Installation Insert the Xerox DocuPrint P8ex CD-ROM into your CD-ROM 1 drive. If the setup program runs automatically, skip to Step 5. 2 Select Run from the Start menu. 3 Type d:\setup.exe on the command line (where “d” is your 4 CD-ROM drive letter), then cli
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Loading Print Media 3 retpahC Selecting Print Media ....................................................... 3-2 Media Selection ............................................................ 3-2 Media Guidelines .......................................................... 3-3 Loading Print Media ......................................................... 3-4 Using the Multipurpose Paper Feeder (MPF) ............... 3-4 Using the Manual Feeder ............................................. 3-6 Using the
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Selecting Print Media Selecting Print Media Media Selection Media Sizes Weights Input Sheet Capacity 2 1 Paper Letter (8.5 x 11") 16-24 lb (60-90 g/m)MPF : 150 (20 lb) Legal (8.5 x 14") Manual Feeder: 1 Executive (7.25 x 10.5") A4 (210 x 297 mm) A5 (148 x 210 mm) B5 (182 x 257 mm) 2 1 Envelope COM-10 24-43 lb (90-163 g/m)MPF : Up to 10 2 Monarch Manual Feeder : 1 C5 DL 3 2 1 Transparency Letter 24-43 lb (90-163 g/m)MPF : Up to 10 2 Labels A4 Manual Feeder : 1 Card Stock 1 Multipurpose Paper Fee
