PCL6 Printer Driver
For Microsoft Windows

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Introduction

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. For information on the Printer Driver settings and features, please check the Help file.

Contents

Supported operating systems

Getting started

• Installing the printer driver
• Upgrading the printer driver
• Uninstalling the printer driver

Other important points

Supported operating systems

32-bit architecture

• Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate
• Windows 8.1 Pro and Enterprise
• Windows 10 Home/Pro/Enterprise/Education
• Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise

64-bit architecture

• Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate
• Windows 8.1 Pro and Enterprise
• Windows 10 Home/Pro/Enterprise/Education
• Windows Server 2008 Standard and Enterprise
• Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and Enterprise
• Windows Server 2012 Foundation, Essentials, and Standard
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation, Essentials, and Standard
• Windows Server 2016 Standard/Datacenter/Essentials/MultiPoint Premium Server
• Windows Server 2019 Standard/Datacenter/Essentials

Getting Started

1) Installing the Printer Driver

1-1) Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019

1. From the Start button, go to the following to initialize the "Add Printer" settings: "Settings" > "Devices" > "Printers & scanners" > "Add printers & scanners" or select "All Apps" > "Windows System" > "Control Panel" > "View devices and printers" > "Add a printer".
2. From "Select a printer", select "The printer that I want isn't listed".
3. Select the connection method in "Find a printer by other options" according to the printer setup wizard. The following is the procedure when "Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings" is selected.
   
   Below is the procedure when "Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings" is selected.
   
   
4. Select a printer port in the "Choose a printer port" dialog.
   1. If an existing port will be used, select it from the "Use an existing port:" dropdown list.
   2. If a new port will be used, choose "Standard TCP/IP Port" from the "Create a new port:" dropdown list. In the "Type a printer hostname or IP address" dialog, enter the hostname or IP address and uncheck "Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use".
5. Specify the driver file under the disk1 directory of the downloaded driver folder or by installing the CD-ROM and then click "Have Disk".
6. Select the appropriate manufacturer and printer in the "Install the printer driver" dialog.
7. Enter a printer name in the "Type a printer name" dialog.
8. Select if the printer should be shared with other network users in the "Printer Sharing" dialog.
9. Check "Set as the default printer" in the "You've successfully added [Printer name]" dialog if the printer should be used as the default printer.
10. Check if the printer is working properly by clicking "Print a test page" in the "You've successfully added [Printer name]" dialog.
11. Click "Finish" to complete the driver installation.

1-2) Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012/Server 2012 R2

1. Initialize the "Add Printer" dialog by navigating to the following from the Charms Bar: "Settings" > "Control Panel" > "View devices and printers" > "Add a printer".
2. Stop searching for available printers and select "The printer that I want isn't listed" in the "Select a printer" dialog.
3. Select the connection method in "Find a printer by other options" dialog.
   
   Below is the procedure when "Add a local printer or network printer with manual settings" is selected.
   
   
4. Select a printer port in the "Choose a printer port" dialog.
   1. If an existing port will be used, select it from the "Use an existing port:" dropdown list.
   2. If a new port will be used, select "Standard TCP/IP Port" from the "Create a new port:" dropdown lists. Enter the device IP address and uncheck "Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use" in the "Type a printer hostname or IP address" dialog.
5. Specify the driver file the .inf file under the disk1 directory of the downloaded driver folder or included in the CD-ROM-by clicking "Have Disk".
6. Select the appropriate manufacturer and printer in the "Install the printer driver" dialog.
7. Enter a printer name in the "Type a printer name" dialog.
8. Select if the printer should be shared with other network users in the "Printer Sharing" dialog.
9. Check "Set as the default printer" in the "You've successfully added [Printer name]" dialog if the printer should be used as the default.
10. You can check if the printer is working properly by clicking "Print a test page" in the "You've successfully added [Printer name]" dialog.
11. Click "Finish" to complete the driver installation.

1-3) Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008

1. Initialize the "Add Printer" dialog by navigating to the following from the Start button: "Devices and Printers" > "Add a Printer".
2. Select the connection method in the "What type of printer do you want to install?" dialog.
   
   Below is the procedure when "Add a local printer" is selected.
   
   
3. Select a printer port in the "Choose a printer port" dialog.
   1. If an existing port will be used, select it from the "Use an existing port:" dropdown list.
   2. If a new port will be used, select "Standard TCP/IP Port" from the "Create a new port:" dropdown list. Enter the device IP address and uncheck the "Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use" in the "Type a printer hostname or IP address" dialog.
4. Specify the driver file the .inf file under the disk1 directory of the downloaded driver folder or included in the CD-ROM-by clicking "Have Disk".
5. Select the appropriate manufacturer and printer in the "Install the printer driver" dialog.
6. Enter a printer name in the "Type a printer name" dialog.
7. Select if the printer should be shared with other network users in the "Printer Sharing" dialog.
8. Check "Set as the default printer" in the "You've successfully added [Printer name]" dialog if the printer should be used as the default.
9. You can check if the printer is working properly by clicking "Print a test page" in the "You've successfully added [Printer name]" dialog.
10. Click "Finish" to complete the driver installation.

2) Upgrading the printer driver

Please follow these installation steps to update the printer driver from old version to new version.
This procedure requires administrator privileges.
Make sure to close all applications before upgrading.

1. Open the "Printers" folder (or "View Devices and Printers") from the "Start" menu or "Control Panel".
2. Open the Properties of the printer to be upgraded.
3. Select "Advanced" tab > "New Driver" button. Click "Next >".
4. Select "Have Disk..." then browse to the folder containing the extracted printer driver (you chose at step 2) INF file. Click "Open".
5. Click "OK" and select the printer model. Click "Next >".
6. Once the installation is complete, click "Finish".
7. Click "OK" to close the printer properties dialog box.
8. To finalize upgrade, log off and log on again.

3) Uninstalling the printer driver

3-1) Windows 7/8.1/10/Server 2008 R2/Server 2012/Server 2012 R2/Server 2016/Server 2019

1. Close all applications.
2. Open the "Printers" folder (or "Devices and Printers").
3. Delete the printer icon corresponding to the driver that is to be uninstalled.
4. Print server properties > "Change Driver Settings" button.
5. Open the Driver tab.
6. Select the driver to be uninstalled.
7. Press the Remove key.
8. Press "Remove driver and driver package".
9. Restart the PC.

3-2) Windows Server 2008

1. Close all applications.
2. Open the "Printers" folder.
3. Delete the printer icon corresponding to the driver that is to be uninstalled.
4. Right click in the "Printers" folder and select "Run as Administrator".
5. Server Properties > Driver tab.
6. Select the driver to be uninstalled.
7. Press the Remove key.
8. Press "Remove driver and driver package".
9. Restart the PC.

Other important points

[General Issue]

• Banner pages cannot be printed using the source tray that is selected to print "Chapter Page". Please use another source tray to print banner pages.
• With specific application, depending on the combination of post-processings features and number of copies set on the printer driver, only 1 copy is printed out even if set with multiple copies. Post-processing features are the following.
  • Staple
  • Punch
  • Fold
  • Sort
  • Perfect Binding
  • Layout and Booklet etc.
    The example of specific application : Microsoft Office
• If the PC name is set with a character string containing 16 bytes or more, Hostname on the banner is printed only up to 15 bytes.
• On some applications, the backside of a duplex page is incremented by the device counter. These applications add a blank page to the end of odd-paged duplex jobs.
  
    Workaround:
    Specify the number of copies using the driver.
• Use of Raster Mode with the Layout settings (= pages per sheet) may be printed roughly.
  
    Workaround:
    Use Vector Mode in the PCL driver.
• If the registry and configuration files that are generated during driver installation are edited or deleted, the behavior of the driver is not guaranteed.
• The driver does not support transferring TrueType fonts to the database of fonts in the printer.
• When installing a driver, if a different printer's name was selected in the "Install the printer driver" dialog, bidirectional communication cannot be performed normally. Ensure that the correct printer's name is selected when installing the driver.

[OS/Windows Related Issues]

• The driver's "Web Image Monitor" button might not work in an IPv6 environment.
• Connecting via USB by using a recommended cable, standard operating-system port, or shared-port's output are supported.
• We cannot guarantee if the behavior will be as expected when the Terminal Service Easy Print function is used in Windows Server 2008 environments.

[Driver Setting Related Issues]

• The number of copies setting of the printer driver might not work as expected when printing the following applications:
  
  • Adobe Reader
  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  
    Workaround:
    Set the number of copies in application.
• The use of Reverse Order is not supported with the Duplex, Front Cover, Back Cover, Chapter Pages, Slip Sheet functions.
• If the Staple setting is "2 at Center" or if the "Reverse Order" setting is On, the driver will add an extra page to the end of odd-paged duplex jobs. The added page will be incremented in the printer's counter. There is no way to prevent this.
• A paper mismatch error occurs, if the paper size unit set in Custom Paper Size dialog is different to that set in "Custom Size" settings on the printer operation panel.

[Printing Issues]

• Additional Page Count in Duplex Printing An extra page is added to the end of odd-paged duplex jobs. The added page might be incremented in the printer's counter.
• Thin lines printed at high resolution (1200dpix1200dpi) might be difficult to see in the printed output. In such cases, use of a lower resolution is recommended.
• Some shaded images may not be printed correctly when Raster Mode is used.
  
    Workaround:
    Use Vector Mode in the PCL driver.
• Depending on the combination of text and font settings for watermark, text might not be printed.
  In such case, a change of font is recommended.
• If you set the resolution to 1200 x 1200 dpi and specify a size larger than the specified paper size from Custom Paper Size, the image might be missing when printed.
  
    Workaround:
    By changing the resolution to 600 x 600 dpi or changing Vector/Raster to Raster, it is possible to print correctly.
    Procedure:
  • To change the resolution to 600 x 600 dpi, open Detailed Settings, go to Print Quality: Standard, and underResolution select 600x600 dpi.
  • To change Vector/Raster to Raster, open Detailed Settings, go to Print Quality: Advanced, and underVector/Raster select Raster.

[B/W print with CMYK setting Issue]

• If the "Color/ Black and White" setting is "Color" some purely BW objects might be printed using CMYK toners (composite black). If the "Color/ Black and White" setting = "Black and White", all objects will be printed using K toner (pure black) only.

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