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Preparation before Use
Installing Software
Ensure the printer is plugged in and connected to the PC before installing the printer driver and utilities from the Product
Library disk.
Software
The following software can be installed from the provided Product Library disk.
In Express Install, the KX Driver, Status Monitor and Fonts are installed automatically.
Installing Printer Driver in Windows
Express Install
The following procedure is an example for installing the software in Windows 7 using Express Install.
For details, refer to Custom Installation in the Custom Install on page 2-9.
1
Insert the Product Library disk.
Software Description
Express
Install
KX DRIVER Driver for printing files on a computer with the machine. This printer driver
enables full use of the machine’s features.
KX XPS DRIVER Printer driver for the XPS (XML Paper Specification) format developed by
Microsoft Corporation.
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PCL mini-driver A Microsoft Mini Driver type driver which emulates and outputs both PCL and
KPDL. KPDL is Kyocera’s implementation of the PostScript language. With
this driver, it is only possible to use a limited number of all the functions of the
machine and the optional functions there are.
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KPDL mini-driver —
KYOCERA Net Viewer Utility that enables the machine, when connected to a network, to be
monitored.
—
Status Monitor Utility that monitors the printer status and provides an ongoing reporting
function.
KYOCERA Net Direct
Print
Simple printing of PDF documents. —
FONTS These are the screen fonts equivalent to the printer fonts.
Note
In Windows operating systems, you must be logged on with administrator rights to install the printer driver.
Note
Installation on Windows must be done by a user logged
on with administrator privileges.
If the Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog
box displays, select Cancel.
If the autorun screen is displayed, click Run setup.exe.
If the user account management window appears, click Yes
(Allow).