Panasonic DPC406 Operating instructions

Digital Colour Imaging Systems

Operating Instructions

Before operating this machine, please carefully read this manual

and keep this documentation in a safe place for future reference.

(Illustration shows optional accessories that may not be installed on your machine.)

English

(For Printer)

Model No.

DP-C406 / C306 / C266

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Operating Instructions

The following Operating Instruction manuals are included with this machine. Please refer to the appropriate manual

and keep all manuals for future reference. If you lose the manual, contact the authorised Panasonic dealer.

Accessories

Quick Reference Guide

Describes the basic procedures for each function, and

introduces various settings for Copy function.

Operating Instructions (For Basic)

Describes the overview of this machine.

For a detailed explanation of functions, please refer to

the Operating Instruction manuals included on two CD-

ROMs as illustrated below.

Operating Instructions CD

Contains manuals with detailed information for

Administrator Setup, User Setup, Copy, Facsimile/

Internet Fax, Scan/Email, Print functions, Function

Parameters, User Authentication, and Maintenance.

Document Management System CD

Contains the Panasonic Document Management

System Application software, and manuals for the

Panasonic Document Management System Application

software.

Operating Instructions CD

Setup Guide For Administrator

Describes how to set up the machine.

Setup Guide For User

Describes how to install the printer driver

and application software to client PC.

Copy Function

Describes how to make a Colour Copy

with creative features.

Facsimile and Internet Fax

Function

(The Facsimile function is available when

the optional G3 Fax Communication

Board is installed.)

Describes how to send/receive a

Facsimile/Internet Fax, and describes the

course of action to take when a trouble

message appears, etc.

Scan and Email Function

Describes how to scan and how to send

Email through the machine.

Print Function

Describes how to print using the Control

Panel of the machine.

Function Parameters

Describes how to change the default

settings of each function using the Control

Panel of the machine.

User Authentication

Describes how to enable and use the

User Authentication function.

Maintenance Guide

Describes how to maintain the machine,

and the course of action to take when a

problem message appears.

Document Management System CD

Application Software

Describes how to use the application

software.

Ex: Printer Driver, Fax Driver, Quick

Image Navigator, Device Monitor/

Device Explorer, Network

Configuration and Address Book

Editor

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Conventions

Icons

The following icons are used in this manual.

Notation

The following notations are used in this manual.

Icon Description

Indicates important information that must be read in detail.

Indicates reference information.

Notation Description

For Keys and Buttons Hard buttons on the Control Panel are depicted as **** key, and soft buttons on the Touch

Panel Display are depicted as “xxx”.

Ex:

Press the Start key and select “More Menus”.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Print Operations

Printing from PC .................................................................................................................. 6

Printing from SD Memory Card/USB Flash Memory/Internal Hard Disk Drive/Mailbox....... 8

Photo Print ...................................................................................................................... 8

File Print .......................................................................................................................... 9

Basic Operation Procedure ................................................................................................. 10

Printing from SD Memory Card ...........................................................................“SD Print”11

Printing from USB Flash Memory ........................................................................ “SD Print”14

Printing from the Internal Hard Disk Drive...........................................................“SD Print”16

Mailbox Printing....................................................................................................“Mailbox”17

Printing from Mailbox ...................................................................................................... 17

Deleting Mailbox Data ..................................................................................................... 20

Job Control (Output Queue) ..........................................................................“Job Control”22

Turning the Printer On-Line and Off-Line......................................“On Line” / “Off Line”22

Canceling the Current Print Job ............................................................... “Cancel Print”23

Confirming the Print Jobs in the Output Queue .................................... “Output Queue”24

Chapter 2 SD Print Settings

Selecting the Colour Mode .......................................................................... “Colour Mode”25

Quality Adjusting............................................................................................ “Quality Adj.”27

Contrast.......................................................................................................... “Contrast”29

Brightness .................................................................................................. “Brightness”30

Saturation.................................................................................................... “Saturation”31

Tint ..........................................................................................................................“Tint”32

Colour Balance....................................................................................“Colour Balance”33

Sort Mode......................................................................................................“Sort Setting”34

Selecting the Frame Size for Individual Print........................................... “Frame Settings”36

Selecting the Layout for Index Print...........................................................“Index Settings”38

Mirror Image ............................................................................................................“Mirror”40

2-Sided Mode ....................................................................................................... “2-Sided”41

Image Repeat.......................................................................................................... “1 to N”42

Preset Jobs....................................................................................................“Preset Jobs”43

Storing a Job in Memory ................................................................................................. 43

Recalling a Preset Job Stored in Memory....................................................................... 45

Confirming/Editing the Selected Print Features.................................... “Confirm Settings”46

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Chapter 3 Solving Problems

Tips for Solving Problems.................................................................................................... 47

Printing Operation Failure................................................................................................ 47

Documents Not Printing Correctly ................................................................................... 47

Error Messages ................................................................................................................... 48

Checking Error Messages ............................................................................................... 48

Chapter 4 Appendix

Combined Print Functions ................................................................................................... 49

File List Tab..................................................................................................................... 49

Thumbnail/Individual and Thumbnail/Index Print Tabs.................................................... 50

Specifications....................................................................................................................... 51

PCL Printer Unit............................................................................................................... 51

Chapter 1 Print Operations

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1Print Operations

Printing from PC

You can print images or data of application software from PC on which the printer driver is installed.

z To print from PC, the setup of this machine and PC is necessary.

For setting up the machine as a network printer, refer to Setting up the Network Configuration in the

Operating Instructions (For Administrator Setup) of provided CD-ROM.

For installing the printer driver to your PC, refer to Installing the Printer Driver and Application Software in

the Operating Instructions (For User Setup) of provided CD-ROM.

z The illustrations shown for the following steps are from WordPad on Windows

®

XP.

The procedures for other applications and Windows operating systems are basically the same, even though the

screen displays may differ.

Print

1

Select “Print” from the “File” menu.

2

Select the desired printer in “Select

Printer”.

3

Click “Preferences” to configure the

print settings if necessary.

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4

Change the print settings, and then

click “OK”.

z For the settings of printer driver, refer to the

online help for the printer driver.

5

Click “Print”.

z When the desired size of paper is not set in

the Paper Tray, use the Sheet Bypass.

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Chapter 1 Print Operations

Printing from SD Memory Card/USB Flash

Memory/Internal Hard Disk Drive/Mailbox

You can print data saved in the SD Memory Card, USB Flash Memory, Internal Hard Disk Drive, or

Mailbox using the Control Panel of the machine.

There are two ways for selecting data to print.

Photo Print

Photo images (JPEG files) are displayed as thumbnails in the Thumbnail/Individual and Thumbnail/

Index Print tabs, and can be printed individually or as thumbnail indexes.

z Only JPEG files in EXIF* format ver. 2.1 or later for the digital camera are displayed as thumbnails.

z SD Logo is a trademark.

z SDHC Logo is a trademark.

SD Memory Card: For printing pictures taken by a digital camera, etc., (See page 11).

* Short for Exchangeable Image File, a standard format used for storing interchange information in digital photography

image files using JPEG compression. (Ex: Dimensions, Date Picture Taken, Camera Model, File Type, Size).

Selecting thumbnails of files from the Thumbnail/Individual or Thumbnail/Index Print tab.

Individual Print: Selected files are printed individually.

z The frame size for the Individual Print can be changed. For details, refer to

Selecting the Frame Size for Individual Print (see page 36).

Index Print: Selected files are printed as thumbnail indexes.

z The layout for the Index Print can be changed. For details, refer to Selecting

the Layout for Index Print (see page 38).

Ex: Digital Camera

SD Memory Card

Photo Images

Individual Print

Index Print

Y

X

Frame

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File Print

Files other than photo images (JPEG/TIFF/PDF files) are displayed in the File List tab.

z Only one file can be selected at a time in the File List tab. For more details, refer to step 5 of Printing from

USB Flash Memory (See page 14).

USB Flash Memory: For printing files copied to the USB Flash Memory from PC (See page 14).

Internal Hard Disk/Mailbox: For printing files saved in the machine from PC on the network (See

pages 16 and 17).

PC

USB Flash Memory

Internal Hard Disk Drive/

Mailbox

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Basic Operation Procedure

This section describes the workflow of printing data using the Control Panel of the machine. For the

detailed description of procedures for each print function, refer to the relevant suggested section.

1

Press the Print key if the machine is

set to other function mode.

2

Select the desired print function.

• SD Print:

Select when printing data in the SD Memory

Card, USB Flash Memory or Internal Hard Disk

Drive (See pages 11 to 16).

• Mailbox:

Select when printing or deleting data saved in

Mailbox (See pages 17 to 21).

• Job Control:

Select when turning the printer on-line or off-line,

canceling the current print job, or managing print

data in the Output Queue (See pages 22 to 24).

z You can confirm the progress information

while printing in the message area of the

Touch Panel Display by setting the Function

Parameter “27 PC Print Page Display”

(Printer Settings > General User Mode) to

“On”.

For more details, refer to Printer Settings in

the Operating Instructions (For Function

Parameters) of provided CD-ROM.

z After finishing printing, press the Reset key to

return to the initial screen of the current active

mode.

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Printing from SD Memory Card

You can print images directly from the SD Memory Card.

z Be sure to use only a genuine SD Memory Card* (up to 32GB).

z Image data saved on the SD Memory Card cannot be printed if the Function Parameter “70 SD/USB Memory

Function” (General Settings > Key Operator Mode) is set to “No”. For more details on this setting, refer to

General Settings in the Operating Instructions (For Function Parameters) of provided CD-ROM.

* SD Memory Card and SDHC Memory Card are referred to as SD Memory Card in this manual.

z Any commercial grade genuine SD / SDHC Memory Card can be used.

z The optional Printer Controller Module is required for printing text/graphic files in the PDF format.

z Some TIFF and PDF files cannot be printed directly from the SD Memory Card depending on the type of

format.

z When the printing result differs from the actual photograph image, set the Function Parameter “30 SD Print

Settings (03 Auto Contrast)” (Printer Settings > General User Mode) to “On” (the initial setting of this function

is “On”). The machine will automatically adjust the print quality. However, the level of improvement will vary with

each photograph. For details, refer to the Operating Instructions (For Function Parameters) of provided CD-

ROM.

1

Press the Print key if the machine is

set to other function mode.

2

Insert the SD Memory Card.

Push the Slot Cover to open it.

Insert the SD Memory Card as illustrated.

(Label side up)

The data and the folder name on the SD

Memory Card are displayed.

3

Select “SD Print”.

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4

Select “Thumbnail/Individual” or

“Thumbnail/Index Print”.

z To print thumbnail indexes (Index Print),

select the desired data from the Thumbnail/

Index Print tab.

z To print images individually (Individual

Print), select the desired data from the

Thumbnail/Individual tab.

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Select the desired data.

z You can select all files at a time with the

“Select All” button.

z Images are printed in the selected order.

z Select or to scroll pages.

z If the desired data and the name of the

folder are not displayed, select the

button until the desired data and folder

appears.

 When thumbnails are not displayed

Ex: JPEG files except from digital camera

are displayed as follows.

Ex: When photo images are not included, a

file list is displayed.

z To select data from the File List tab, refer to

step 5 of Printing from USB Flash

Memory (See page 14).

z The default directory can be set to display

either “DCIM” (a folder for digital camera

images) or “Scan Img” by changing the

setting of the Function Parameter “30 SD

Print Settings (01 SD/USB Memory Def.

Dir.)” (Printer Settings > General User

Mode). For more details on this setting, refer

to Printer Settings in the Operating

Instructions (For Function Parameters) of

provided CD-ROM.

z The default display type can be set to

“Index”, “Indivi.”, or “File List” by changing

the setting of the Function Parameter “30

SD Print Settings (02 SD/USB Mem. Disp.

Type)” (Printer Settings > General User

Mode). For more details on this setting, refer

to Printer Settings in the Operating

Instructions (For Function Parameters) of

provided CD-ROM.

z The frame size for the Individual Print can

be changed. For details, refer to Selecting

the Frame Size for Individual Print (See

page 36).

z The Layout for the Index Print can be

changed. For details, refer to Selecting the

Layout for Index Print (See page 38).

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Select the required settings if

necessary.

• Confirm Settings (See page 46)

• More Settings (See pages 25 to 42)

• Preset Jobs (See page 43)

• Paper/Output Tray: Selects the Paper Tray and

Output Tray.

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Select “Start”.

8

Push the SD Memory Card, and then

remove it.

z Do not remove the SD Memory Card while

the Access Indicator is flashing.

9

Close the Slot Cover.

z When re-inserting the SD Memory Card into

the slot, pull it out completely once, and then

insert the card again.

z When canceling the operation, press the Reset

key on the Control Panel.

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Printing from USB Flash Memory

You can print images directly from the USB Flash Memory.

z Be sure to use only a USB Flash Memory that supports Mass Storage Class (FAT16 or FAT32 format).

z The USB Flash Memory with the security function cannot be used.

z We cannot guarantee compatibility with all USB Flash Memories.

For details, contact the authorised Panasonic dealer.

z The image data saved on the USB Flash Memory cannot be printed if the Function Parameter “70 SD/USB

Memory Function” (General Settings > Key Operator Mode) is set to “No”. For more details on this setting,

refer to General Settings in the Operating Instructions (For Function Parameters) of provided CD-ROM.

1

Press the Print key if the machine is

set to other function mode.

2

Select “SD Print”.

3

Connect the USB Flash Memory.

4

Select “File List”.

5

Select the button to display the

USB Flash Memory folder, and then

select the desired data.

z Only one file can be selected at a time in the

File List tab.

z To select images from the Thumbnail/

Individual or Thumbnail/Index Print tab, refer

to step 5 of Printing from SD Memory

Card (See page 11).

z Select or to scroll pages.

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Select the required settings if

necessary.

• Confirm Settings (See page 46)

• More Settings (See pages 25 to 42)

• Preset Jobs (See page 43)

• Paper/Output Tray: Selects the Paper Tray and

Output Tray.

• 2-Sided (See page 41)

7

Select “Start”.

8

Remove the USB Flash Memory.

z Do not remove the USB Flash Memory while

the Access Indicator is flashing.

9

Close the Slot Cover.

z When canceling the operation, press the Reset

key on the Control Panel.

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Printing from the Internal Hard Disk Drive

You can print images saved in the internal Hard Disk Drive.

z The Hard Disk Drive is enabled with 12 image boxes.

Hard Disk Drive

1

Press the Print key if the machine is

set to other function mode.

2

Select “SD Print”.

3

Select “File List”, and then select an

Image Box in the Hard Drive.

z When the SD Memory Card or USB Flash

Memory has been inserted, select the

button to display the Hard Drive folder.

z Only one Image Box can be selected at a

time.

4

Select the desired data.

z Only one file can be selected at a time from

an Image Box.

5

Enter the desired number of prints.

6

Select “Start”.

z When canceling the operation, press the Reset

key on the Control Panel.

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Mailbox Printing

Printing from Mailbox

You can print data saved in the machine’s Mailbox using the Control Panel. User ID (and password for

Secure Mailbox) is required to print documents saved in Mailbox. Mailbox print is suitable for printing

confidential documents.

z For instructions on how to save printing data to Mailbox, refer to Print Operation (for Printer) in the Document

Management System (Printer Driver) of provided CD-ROM.

Mailbox

1

Press the Print key if the machine is

set to other function mode.

2

Select “Mailbox”.

3

Enter the mailbox User ID (up to 8

digits), and then select “OK”.

z When print data is saved in only one of the

mailboxes (Check then Print, Mailbox, or

Secure Mailbox), the mailbox is opened. In

this case, go to step 5.

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4

Select the desired mailbox.

5

Select the desired data, and then

select “Print”.

 When Check then Print is selected

z Only one file can be selected at a time.

Enter the desired number of copies, and then

select “OK”.

z When the Function Parameter “15 Check

then Print Qty” (Printer Settings > Key

Operator Mode) is set to “Yes”, the screen

confirming the number of copies is

displayed. For more details, refer to Printer

Settings in the Operating Instructions (For

Function Parameters) of provided CD-ROM

 When Mailbox is selected

z All files can be selected at a time with the

“Select All” button.

z When the Function Parameter “16 Mailbox

Print Qty” (Printer Settings > Key Operator

Mode) is set to “Yes”, the screen confirming

the number of copies is displayed. Enter the

desired number, and select “OK”. For more

details, refer to Printer Settings in the

Operating Instructions (For Function

Parameters) of provided CD-ROM.

 When Secure Mailbox is selected

z Only one file can be selected at a time.

After selecting the data in Secure Mailbox,

enter the password (8 to 16 digits), and then

select “OK”.

Check then

Print

Prints one proof set before printing

multiple sets. The document data

will be deleted after printing.

Mailbox Prints data in the mailbox that is

specified by User ID. The

document data will remain in the

mailbox until it is deleted.

Secure

Mailbox

Prints data in the mailbox that is

specified by User ID. Password is

also required to print confidential

documents saved in Secure

Mailbox. The document data will

remain in the mailbox until it is

deleted.

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z When saving print data in the Secure

Mailbox of the machine, set the password in

more than 8 digits (the machine does not

accept the data with the password in less

than 8 digits). For more details, refer to the

Document Management System (Printer

Driver) of provided CD-ROM.

z When the Function Parameter “17 Secure

MB Print Qty” (Printer Settings > Key

Operator Mode) is set to “Yes”, the screen

confirming the number of copies is

displayed. Enter the desired number, and

select “OK”. For more details, refer to

Printer Settings in the Operating

Instructions (For Function Parameters) of

provided CD-ROM.

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When “Mailbox” or “Secure Mailbox”

has been selected in step 4, select

whether to delete the data after

printing.

z When canceling the operation, press the Reset

key on the Control Panel.

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Deleting Mailbox Data

1

Press the Print key if the machine is

set to other function mode.

2

Select “Mailbox”.

3

Enter the mailbox User ID (up to 8

digits), and then select “OK”.

z When print data is saved in only one of the

mailboxes (Check then Print, Mailbox, or

Secure Mailbox), the mailbox is opened. In

this case, go to step 5.

4

Select the desired mailbox.

5

Select the desired data, and then

select “Delete”.

 When Check then Print is selected

z Only one file can be selected at a time.

 When Mailbox is selected

z All files can be selected at a time with the

“Select All” button.

 When Secure Mailbox is selected

z Only one file can be selected at a time.

After selecting the data in Secure Mailbox,

enter the password (8 to 16 digits), and then

select “OK”.

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