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README file for:

Founder ML 320/320D
PCL 6 printer driver for Windows(R) 2000/XP and Windows Server(R) 2003

April 24, 2006
Version 2.1.0.0

Portion Copyright (c) 1998-2006 RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Copyright (c) 1993-2005 Software Imaging.
All rights reserved.
All brand names and product names mentioned in this document are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective companies.
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This README file has the following sections:

(I)   Introduction
(II)  Installing the printer driver from the downloaded driver package
         i)   Installing the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
         ii)  Special notes for Point-and-Print setup
         iii) Upgrading the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
(III) Installing the printer driver from the CD
         i)   Installing the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
         ii)  Special notes for Point-and-Print setup
         iii) Upgrading the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
(IV)  Uninstalling the printer driver from Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
(V)   Application notes and tips
(VI)  Resolved problems and changed features


(I) Introduction
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This file describes how to set up your printer driver and contains the most up-to-date 
information that was available at the time of software release. Please see the application 
notes section for details of known limitations. For information on printer driver settings 
and features, please check the Help file. 

(II) Installing the printer driver from the downloaded driver package
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  i) Installing the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
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  The printer driver is provided on the printer driver download site. 

  1. Download the printer driver and extract it to your computer.

  2. Close all applications.

  3. (Windows 2000) Open "Printers" folder in "Settings" from "Start" menu.
     (Windows XP/Server 2003) Open "Printers and Faxes" folder from "Start" menu.

  4. (Windows 2000) Double click on "Add Printer" and follow the instructions.  
     (Windows XP/Server 2003) Click on "Add a Printer" in "Printer Tasks" and follow the instructions.
       
     When asked for the installation disk,
     a) Select the folder that the driver is extracted to.
     b) Select the "DISK1" directory.
     c) Click "OK" and continue with the instructions.

  ii) Special notes for Point-and-Print setup
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   * When installing Windows 9x alternate driver from Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003,
     Windows 9x may ask you to enter the path for the driver files, or to select a printer
     model among a list of printers.  In such cases, the "Point and Print" is not 
     functioning properly.  In such cases, you need to cancel the "Point and Print" 
     installation and install the printer driver locally.

  iii) Upgrading the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
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  1. (Windows 2000) Open the "Printers" folder from the "Start" menu.
     (Windows XP/Server 2003) Open the "Printers and Faxes" folder from the "Start" menu.
  2. Select the printer for which you wish to upgrade the driver.
  3. Open the printer's properties dialog by selecting Properties under File menu.
  4. Select the Advanced tab.
  5. Press "New Driver..." button, and follow the instructions
  6. When asked for the installation disk,    
     a) Select the folder that the driver was extracted to.
     b) Select the "DISK1" directory.
     c) Click "OK" and continue with the instructions.
  7. Log off Windows and Log on again.

  Note:
    If you do not log off and log on Windows, you may encounter an Explorer error
    when opening the printer driver dialog.
    To resolve this problem, please log off and log on Windows.


(III) Installing the printer driver from the CD
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  i) Installing the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
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  The printer driver is provided on a CD-ROM.

  1. Insert the "Printer Drivers and Utilities" CD in the CD drive on your computer.

  2. Close all applications.

  3. (Windows 2000) Open "Printers" folder in "Settings" from "Start" menu.
     (Windows XP/Server 2003) Open "Printers and Faxes" folder from "Start" menu.

  4. (Windows 2000) Double click on "Add Printer" and follow the instructions.  
     (Windows XP/Server 2003) Click on "Add a Printer" in "Printer Tasks" and follow the instructions.
       
     When asked for the installation disk,    
     a) Select your CD drive.
     b) Select the "DRIVERS" directory.
     c) Select the "PCL6" directory.
     d) Select the "WIN2K_XP" directory.
     e) Select your Windows (natural) language directory.
     f) Select the "DISK1" directory.
     g) Click "OK" and continue with the instructions.

  ii) Special notes for Point-and-Print setup
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   * When installing Windows 9x alternate driver from Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003,
     Windows 9x may ask you to enter the path for the driver files, or to select a printer
     model among a list of printers.  In such cases, the "Point and Print" is not 
     functioning properly.  In such cases, you need to cancel the "Point and Print" 
     installation and install the printer driver locally.

  iii) Upgrading the printer driver in Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
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  1. (Windows 2000) Open the "Printers" folder from the "Start" menu.
     (Windows XP/Server 2003) Open the "Printers and Faxes" folder from the "Start" menu.
  2. Select the printer for which you wish to upgrade the driver.
  3. Open the printer's properties dialog by selecting Properties under File menu.
  4. Select the Advanced tab.
  5. Press "New Driver..." button, and follow the instructions
  6. When asked for the installation disk,    
     a) Select your CD drive.
     b) Select the "DRIVERS" directory.
     c) Select the "PCL6" directory.
     d) Select the "WIN2K_XP" directory.
     e) Select your Windows (natural) language directory.
     f) Select the "DISK1" directory.
     g) Click OK and continue with the instructions.
  9. Log off Windows and Log on again.

  Note:
    If you do not log off and log on Windows, you may encounter an Explorer error
    when opening the printer driver dialog.
    To resolve this problem, please log off and log on Windows.


IV) Uninstalling the printer driver from Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
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1. Close all applications.

2. (Windows 2000) Open "Printers" folder in "Settings" from "Start" menu.
   (Windows XP/Server 2003) Open "Printers and Faxes" folder from "Start" menu.

3. Select the printer you wish to uninstall.

4. Press "Delete" key.

5. Restart Windows after the uninstallation.


(V) Application notes and tips
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Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
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 1. When graphics images or text printed as graphics images are not printed as they appear on your computer screen, change the "Graphics Mode" on the "Print Quality" tab. 

 2. With some applications, some characters may not print correctly. To solve this problem, change the "TrueType Mode" and/or the "Use Printer Fonts" on the "Print Quality" tab.

 3. When printing complicated documents to a printer connected with a parallel interface, the printer time-out may cause the document to print incorrectly. If this happens, the Spool Setting to "Start printing after last page is spooled" and/or extend the IO timeout at the printer operation panel(max. 300 seconds).

 4. Selecting the Spool Type as EMF may cause some applications not to print well in "Vector" mode. If this happens, return the Spool Type setting to RAW.

 5. Documents that contain fonts not installed on your computer will not print correctly. Make sure your document only contains fonts installed on your computer.

 6. To avoid problems in general, make sure that there is plenty of free disk space.

 7. Even when "Print All Text As Black" is selected, characters rendered using "Gradation Management" will not be printed as black.

 8. When you change the printer properties from WordPad, changes will not be reflected in the print job immediately following the change.

 9. When "Copies" is selected on the driver's "Setup" tab, the value may not be reflected in the application print dialog box. Be sure to set the number of copies only in the driver, not in the application.

10. PowerPoint may print some graphics objects with the same color although they are in different colors on the computer screen. To solve this problem, change the object's color.

11. To print multiple copies from MS-Project, set the number of copies setting in the application print dialog box to 1, and then specify the number of copies using "Copies" setting on the driver's "Setup" tab.

12. When using with MS-Project, the stripe pattern interval may not print as it appears on your computer screen. If this happens, change the "Graphics Mode".

13. PageMaker shifts the image by about an inch with some paper sizes. To solve this problem, print using a different paper size.

14. For some applications, selecting "Print All Text As Black" may not print some text in black if "Use Printer Fonts" is turned off. In order to avoid this problem, turn on "Use Printer Fonts".

15. "Print All Text As Black" setting in the "Print Quality" tab does not work when printing a WordPerfect document when the "Graphics Mode" is "Raster". In order to avoid this problem, change the "Graphics Mode" to "Vector" in the "Print Quality" tab.

16. "Print All Text As Black" setting in the "Print Quality" tab does not work when printing a WordPerfect document.

17. Some TrueType fonts such as Kidnap may not print correctly on Windows 2000. In order to avoid this problem, "TrueType Mode" to "Download as bit image" or "Print as graphics" in the "Print Quality" tab.

18. With Adobe Frame Maker, please use *.FM document to print when "Duplex/Booklet" function is selected.

19. If a Separator Page is selected, some documents may not print as expected.

20. The printer driver dialog opened from CorelDRAW 8 may show unreadable characters, due to a problem in CorelDRAW 8.

21. 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.

22. The measurement unit in the Custom Paper Size dialog is reset to "cm" when the driver dialog is reopened, even if the custom paper size was previously specified in "inch". The paper size specification is retained regardless of the unit.

23. When the spooler is paused, please do not send the print job.

24. Please do not change the "Driver" setting on the "Advanced" tab.

25. When both "Edge to Edge Print" and "Non Reduction Booklet" funtions are selected, some documents may not print as expected.

26. If you are using Office XP, be sure to apply Service Pack 1 or later to avoid printing problems.

27. With some applications (e.g. CorelDRAW, Visio), complicated images may take a long time to print when the "Graphic Mode" is "Vector". For faster printing, choose "Raster"(Graphics Mode) and/or "Print as graphics"(TrueType Mode) on the "Print Quality" tab. 

28. If the printer driver language differs from the Operating System language, then characters may not be printed properly or the characters on the printer driver may not be displayed properly.

29. If the "Graphics Mode" is set to "Raster" or if the "TrueType Mode" is set to "Download as bit image", the watermark may not print correctly.  Change the "Graphics Mode" to "Vector".

30. Use of a different Paper Source for the cover setting might result in a paper mismatch error. This occurs if the cover is of a different paper size than the rest of the document. This only happens if the cover is not blank and if the source tray for the rest of the document is not "Auto Tray Select". As a workaround, change the print settings so that any one of the above conditions are not met. Note: "cover" = Front Cover, Back Cover or Chaptering Pages



(VI)  Resolved problems and changed features
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Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003
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None.


