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RPCS Printer Driver
For Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP/2003(x86)
Ver. 4.88


INTRODUCTION

This Readme file contains information about using RPCS printer driver for Windows 95/98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP/2003. Please make sure to read this before installing RPCS printer driver.

CONTENTS

OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
[1]How to install RPCS printer driver
(1)Installing RPCS printer driver at the first time
- Installation steps of Windows 95/98/Me driver
- Installation steps of Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003 driver
(2)Updating RPCS printer driver
(3)Notes
[2] Explanations for each items of RPCS printer driver
[3]Limitation/Notes in using RPCS printer driver
(1)Limitation/Notes in using with each Operating System
(2)Limitation/Notes in using with each application
Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access,
Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat,
Lotus WordPro, Lotus Freelance, Lotus Notes
Microsoft Internet Explorer, CorelDRAW 8
(3)Limitation/Notes in printing
(4)Limitation in operating on Windows Server 2003


OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
This printer driver operates on enviroment listed below:
[Hardware]
* PC/AT compatible model implemented with Intel 486 or later.

[Operating System]
* Windows 95/98/98 Second Edition/Me
* Windows 2000 Professional / Windows 2000 Advanced Server (*1) / Windows 2000 Server
* Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0(SP3 or later) / Windows NT Server Version 4.0(SP3 or later) / Windows NT Server Version 4.0(SP3 or later) Terminal Server Edition
* Windows XP Professional / Windows XP Home Edition
* Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition / Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (*1)

*1 Cluster configuration is unavailable.

[Notes]
*Windows 3.1 and Windows NT3.51 are not supported.
*WindowsNT driver runs in kernel mode. Windows2000/XP/2003 driver runs in user mode. Please install driver for each OS.


[1]How to install RPCS Printer Driver

(1) Installing RPCS printer driver at the first time.
Installation steps for Windows95/98/Me driver
- 1 When using a driver downloaded from the Internet
After downloading the driver from the Internet, extract the file(s) to a folder of your choice.
From the [Start] menu, point to [Settings], then click [Printers]. In the Printer folder double click [Add Printer],and click "Next >".

- 2 Follow the Wizard guidance and select a printer connection method (Local or Network), then click "Next >" to continue.

- 3 The following explanation applies when the user has selected a [Local] connection method.

To install the downloaded driver, click [Have Disk] then [Browse] to locate the folder where you had extracted the downloaded driver, from this folder select Disk 1, then click "OK".

When installing the driver using a CD-ROM, click [Have Disk], then insert the CD-ROM into the CD ROM Drive, enter the path (e.g. D:\DRIVERS\RPCS\WIN9X_ME\DISK1) of the designated Drive then click "OK". (You can also navigate to the Drive by clicking the [Browse] button).

- 4 Select the printer to use.
After selecting, click "Next >".

- 5 Select the port you want to use with the installed printer.
After selecting, click "Next >".

- 6 Specify printer name. And if you want to use the installed printer as the default printer, check "Yes".
After specifying, click "Finish".

- 7 The dialog to enter "User Code" is displayed depending on installing printer type.
When it is displayed, check "Yes" if you want to use "User Code", check "No" if you don't.
If you check "Yes", set User Code following the dialog to enter User Code.
After completing above operation, you can use RPCS printer driver for Windows 95/98/Me.



Installation steps for WindowsNT4.0/2000/XP/2003 driver
If you are installing this product at the first time, please follow these steps;
- 1 Start Windows and log on as Administrators or Power Users.
When using a driver downloaded from the Internet
After downloading the driver from the Internet, extract the file(s) to a folder of your choice. From the [Start] menu, point to [Settings], then click [Printers]. In the Printer folder double click [Add Printer],and click "Next >".

- 2 Follow the Wizard guidance and select a printer connection method (My Computer or Network Printer Server / Local or Network Printer), then click "Next >" to continue.

- 3 The following explanation applies when the user has selected a [Local] connection method.
To install the downloaded driver, click [Have Disk] then [Browse] to locate the folder where you had extracted the downloaded driver, from this folder select Disk 1, then click "OK".
When installing the driver using a CD-ROM, click [Have Disk] button in "Manufacturers:" / "Printers:" window.

- 4 (On Windows 2000/XP/2003)
Insert the CD-ROM into the CD ROM Drive, enter the path (e.g. D:\DRIVERS\RPCS\WIN2K_XP_2003\DISK1\) of the designated Drive then click [OK]. (You can also navigate to the Drive by clicking the [Browse] button).

- 5 Select the printer to use.
After selecting, click "Next >".

- 6 Specify printer name. And if you want to use installed printer as the default printer, check "Yes".
After specifying, click "Next >".

- 7 If you want to share installed printer with other network users, indicate and set sharing.
After above, click "Next >".

- 8 Print test page to confirm that the printer is set up properly. Check on "Yes(recommended)" , then click "Finish", and finally , the installation is completed.

After completing above operation, you can use RPCS printer driver for WindowsNT4.0/2000/XP/2003.


(2)Updating RPCS Printer Driver
Please follow these installation steps to update the printer driver from old version to new version;
- 1 Start Windows and select the printer icon in Printers folder, then click "File"-"Delete" and delete the printer.

- 2 Restart PC.

- 3 Install new version of RPCS printer driver with the same step as "(1): Installing at the first time."
See installation steps for each OS as follows;
Installation steps for Windows 95/98/Me driver
Installation steps for Windows NT4.0/2000/XP/2003 drivers

After completing above operation, you can use RPCS printer driver of new version.


(3)Notes
* With RPCS printer driver, the drivers of different versions can't be used together.

* If "Print Settings" screen doesn't look normal after installation, delete the driver with the procedure of(2) and reinstall the driver.

* Do not extract CD-ROM before the installation is finished. Or else, system error may occur.

* To perform bi-directional communication with the network, please install SmartDeviceMonitor for Client or Network Connection Utility from attached CD-ROM separately.


[2]Explanations for each settings of RPCS printer driver

Please refer Help screen for the contents and details of each on-screen setup items of the printer driver.



[3]Limitation/Notes in using RPCS printer driver

(1)Limitation/Notes in using with each operating system

See OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.

(2)Limitation/Notes in using with each application


Application Microsoft Office XP
Operating Systems Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. In Diagram Gallery - VennDiagram, the outlines for DoubleOutline setting in Diagram Style Gallery may not be printed properly when using a resolution of 1200 dpi.

Application Microsoft Word
Operating Systems Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1.If print more than two copies with "Collate:"(can be checked in "Print" dialog), printed result will be incorrect. Please be sure to check off "Collate:" before printing.

2.. If trying to print with Word Ver6.0/7.0 from this driver when other application are open, error "Not enough memory on drive XX..." may occur.
We strongly advise you to start printing after closing other applications except word. If memory insufficiency error occurred, reset the "default printer" to be another printer, then reopen Word and start printing without opening other application.

3.If print with pasted object made with other application, right side of the object may be cut off, so please take the space to paste object larger than usual.

4.Character spacing of header may be different depending on the resolution.

5.When printing with "Layout" or "Reduce/Enlarge, if "Allow A4/Letter paper resizing" (in"Print" dialog's "Options..") is checked, the document may not printed correctly. Please start printing after checking off this option.

6.When printing with Watermark, if set "Collate" with more than two "Copies:" and specify "First page only", Watermark will not print on the first page from the second copy. To avoid this, please print after checking off "Collate".

7.If check on "Outline" in "Font.." of "Format" menu, the character may not be printed correctly.


Application Microsoft Excel
Operating Systems Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. Colored extra thin line made with "Autoshapes" may not be printed.

2. With Excel Ver5.0 or before, Paper size and Orientation set in "Page Setup..." will not reflected to this driver correctly. If you don't have Excel of later version than 5.0, please use PCL 6 driver.
Or please open printer icon's "Properties" ->"Print Settings", and set the same "Original size" as Excel's "Page Setup..." before start printing.


Application Microsoft PowerPoint
Operating Systems Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. The document which is printed correctly with Microsoft PowerPoint95 may not be printed correctly with PowerPoint97. For example, background gradation may be different. Printed result can be checked preliminary by setting PowerPoint's "View" to "Black and White".

2. Outline characters may be printed with the background color filled in. In this case, clear the "Print in black and white" check box at the lower-left in "Printer Properties."

Application Microsoft Access
Operating Systems Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. When creating new database, if use template file from Database Wizard and this printer is used as the default printer, application error may occur. In such case, please change the default printer to another printer.

2. Line thickness may be printed out differently depending on the print position.

3. If print with "Spool data format:" = "EMF", the document may not be printed.
In such case, print after resetting "Spool data format:" to "RAW".


Application Adobe PageMaker
Operating Systems Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. Paper size set in "Document Setup..." will not be reflected to the driver. Unify the paper sizes which are set in "Document Setup..." and in the driver.

2. When it is printed with paper size A6,B6, it is not prined normally.


Application Adobe Illustrator
Operating Systems Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. Part of images may not be printed.

2.If select 1200dpi when print the image converted by application, the printed result may not be as expected.


Application Adobe Acrobat
Operating Systems Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. Even though frames are displayed in PC screen, it may not be printed in actual printed result.

Application Lotus WordPro
Operating Systems Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. If print the document which is not attached with grid lines, tray setting becomes invalid.

2. Decorative lines of frames may not be printed.


Application Lotus Freelance
Operating Systems Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. The changes made in print Properties are not reflected.Set print conditions from "Document Defaults" of the driver before start application.

Application Lotus Notes
Operating System Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. Both setting of "Copies:" which set from Application and driver will be effective, so the output numbers of copies will be the multiplied number of each. Set "Copies:" only from one of application or the driver.

Application Microsoft Internet Explorer
Operating System Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. Depending on the combination of versions of Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer, even if print more than two copies using [Collate], the setting may become invalid, then the document may be printed in page batches (P1, P1, P2, P2 ...).

Application CorelDRAW 8
Operating System Windows95/98/Me, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows2003
Details 1. The printer driver dialog opened from CorelDRAW 8 may show unreadable characters, due to a problem in CorelDRAW 8. You can not enter the number of copies greater than 9 in the printer driver dialog opened from CorelDRAW 8, due to a problem in CorelDRAW 8. To print more than 9 copies, set the number of copies in the CorelDRAW 8's print dialog.

(3)Limitation/Notes in printing
* If virtual memory on a Windows operating system is set lower than usual , insufficient memory errors will occur and drawing operations in applications or printer drivers will not perform properly.
Documents may not print correctly or the following problems may occur:
- Application errors.
- Printing discontinues without warning.
- "86 parameter" appears on the display panel of the printer and printing discontinues.
Increase the memory setting for virtual memory, and then start printng. If this is not helpful, add additional memory on the computer.
* Depending on amount of the memory installed on your computer, printing may take longer from an application.
Also, an operating system running on insufficient memory may cause an application to discontinue printing.
* General protection violation error may occur depending on the specific environments and the type of the printed data.
* Part of data may not be printed depending on the display driver to use.
* If minimize the function of printer driver, part of data may not be printed normally depending on application.
* Printed result of Gray patterns may be different from PC screen display depending on application.
* Part of image data on PC screen may not be printed depending on application.
* Depending on the application, there is a possibility that print settings made on the Print Setting screen of an application will be lost after printing. Therefore, make sure to specify or confirm print settings before printing.
* When printing documents containing a mixture of landscape and portrait pages, printing may not perform as expected if "document orientation," selected in [File]->[Print properties], is not consistent with that of the first page,or even if each page's paper orientation is set properly.
In this case, change "document orientation," set in [File]->[Print properties], according to that of the first page.
* Inclination of the object in vertical format may be the same with in horizontal format.
* When PC's parallel port mode is set to ECP and if device driver lpt.vxd (implemented to system) 's version is "4.00.953", the document may not be printed normally. In such case, set parallel port mode to be except ECP, or use lpt.vxd version "4.00.955".
* If set large font watermark when printing the document with watermark, print speed may become extremely slow.
To avoid this, change watermark font smaller.
* For Windows NT4/2000/XP or higher, "_rpcs" directory will be created in the drive which contains the Windows directory (e.g. If the Windows directory is C:\Windows, then C:\_rpcs\ will be created.). This directory will be created in a hidden folder.
* If "Adobe Type Manager" is installed, some fonts may not be printed depending on font type.
In this case, make following settings with "Adobe Type Manager".
1. Start "Adobe Type Manager".
2. Click [Settings] tab and push [Advanced] button, then open [Advanced Settings] window.
3. Check on "Print Fonts as Graphics" checkbox in [Advanced Settings] window.
* Print with Layout or Zooming, its line thickness may be printed out differently depending on the drawing position.
* In using the printer driver of cross platform, be sure to set up the alternate driver to server before the client loads the printer driver.
* If a Separator Page of Windows is selected, some documents may not print as expected.
In Chinese ( Traditional Chinese / Simplified Chinese ) OS, following problems may occur when printing Watermark character with combining 2-byte system code character(e.g Chinese character) and 1-byte system code font(e.g. Arial, Times New Roman, etc.):
* Unable to print out as specified setting.
* Incorrect preview is shown in preview icon on the left side of "Edit" tab.
To solve this problem, please select 2-byte system font for Watermark when printing 2-byte code character.
* When multiple users log on a PC with "fast user switching" in Windows XP environment, the following functions may be overwritten to the printer driver setting by the latest user.
Please make sure whether each function of the printer driver is set correctly before printing.
* For papers such as envelopes or prepunched paper, they must be set in a unique direction (opposite direction than usual) in the tray as the printing result will rotate 180 degrees. In this case, please use [Rotated by 180 degrees] in the [Misc.] tab.
For document using mixtured portrait and landscape, pages will be rotated after printing between two orientations. In this case, please use [Mixed Original Orientations...] in the [PrinterConfiguration] dialog box.
* If print more than two copies in page batches (P1, P1, P2, P2 ...) without using [Collate], open [Print Settings] screen from [Printers] window, and click [Finishing] tab, then check off [Collate].
* Please imagine printing 3 sets of a 2-page document. If the application's collate function is used, 6 pages of data may be passed to the printer. In this case, if check on [Staple] in Print Settings screen, 6 pages of data is stapled together. Please check off [Staple] for application with [Collate].
* When selecting "Color" from "Clolor/ Black and White" setting in the "Setup" Tab, black and white document may be printed as a color job, depending on application or data.
If you want to print a document in black and white, select "Black and White" in "Clolor/ Black and White" setting.
* When using the port for SmartDeviceMonitor for Client or Network Connection Utility, you may not print Help correctly from the following screen.
Click "Help" from "Printer Properties"-"Ports"-"Configure LPT Port" dialog in "Printers" window.
* Cannot print from Microsoft Office binder.
* If the printer driver language differs from that of the Operating System, characters may not be printed properly or the characters on the printer driver may not be displayed properly.
* Remote Install is not available.
* If your printer driver has a long Printer or Port name, the application may suddenly terminate when the printer is selected or when printing has started. To avoid this, be sure to shorten the Printer or Port name of the printer driver beforehand.
* In the function for [Adjust photographs], adjustment for image data will not performed effectively for images other than on overexposed or underexposed images.

(4)Limitation in operating on Windows Server 2003
* The following driver functions are not available by General user permission on Windows Server 2003.
Unavailable functions are half bright. Job type, Add Overlay and Save/Restore settings are not available by Administrator permission also.
* Job type
* Add Overlay
* Registering Custom setting icon
* Print Quality -Registering User settings
* Registering Custom paper size
* Registering Overlay/Watermarks
* Save/Restore settings


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