KODAK D4000 Duplex Photo Printer. 305 Photo Printer. Printer Driver Guide

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1 KODAK D4000 Duplex Photo Printer 305 Photo Printer Printer Driver Guide December 2013

2 TM/MC/MR Licensed from Eastman Kodak Company: Kodak Kodak Alaris Inc Mount Read Blvd., Rochester, N.Y Kodak Alaris Inc. All rights reserved. P/N 4J8251

3 Table of Contents 1 Getting Started About the Printer Driver Features of the Printer Driver Hardware and Software Requirements Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver Installing the Printer Driver Installing the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS XP Operating System Installing the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS VISTA Operating System Installing the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS 7 Operating System Uninstalling the Printer Driver Uninstalling the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS XP Operating System Uninstalling the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS VISTA Operating System Uninstalling the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS 7 Operating System Using the Printer Driver with the WINDOWS Operating System Changing Print Options from an Application Selecting the Options on the Paper Tab Setting the Options on the Options Tab Setting the Options on the Color Adjust Tab Troubleshooting Printer Error Messages December 2013 iii

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5 1 Getting Started About the Printer Driver Features of the Printer Driver Welcome to the User s Guide for the KODAK 305 Photo Printer Driver for MICROSOFT WINDOWS Operating Systems. The printer driver provides access to the printer features. With the 305 Printer Driver, you can access the printer specific features from your software applications. For example, your application determines the page breaks, font selection, and page setup for your print job. The printer driver translates this information into a printer ready output and sends the print job to the printer. The printer driver gives you additional printing options that may not be available from your software application. The printer driver provides the following printing options that may not be available directly from your software application: Color Management You can make prints using the default color settings, then adjust the color, brightness, contrast, and saturation. Layout Choose layout options such as orientation, number of copies, sharpening, and scaling. Print Speed Choose from a standard print speed to ultra fine for a higher print quality. December

6 Getting Started Hardware and Software Requirements You must have the following: MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP, MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7, or MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA Operating System (latest service pack version available). Minimum main storage memory and hard disk capacity must be 512 Mb or more. A USB cable that is 2M or shorter. Available USB port (USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 protocol compatible). Select the appropriate printer driver for your operating system. Printer Driver EK305_WinXP EK305_WinVista7 EK305_WinVista7_x64 Operating System MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP (32-bit) MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA (32-bit) MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 (32-bit) MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA (64-bit) MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 (64-bit) 1-2 December 2013

7 2 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver Installing the Printer Driver The following installation instructions assume that you are familiar with MICROSOFT WINDOWS Operating Systems and terminology. You must have administrator privileges to add a printer. IMPORTANT: Before installing the software, you must have the latest printer firmware version installed on your printer. 1. Go to 2. Select: the Retail System Solutions tab Printers/Media Standalone Printer Support 3. Select the link for the 305 Photo Printer and download the correct printer driver. 4. Locate the file that you downloaded to your hard drive and double-click the file. 5. When the WinZip Self-Extractor screen appears, browse to a folder location that is easy to access, such as your computer's desktop. Click Unzip. An Installer folder is created containing all of the files. 6. Complete the installation. Follow the steps for your operating system: MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP see page 2-2. MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA see page 2-4. MICROSOFT WINDOWS 7 see page 2-6. December

8 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver Installing the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS XP Operating System 1. Log on to your computer as an Administrator or Administrator group members. 2. Connect the printer to the computer. 3. Move the power switch for the printer to the On ( ) position. 4. At, Found New Hardware Wizard : Select, No, not this time. Click Next. 5. At, What do you want the wizard to do? : Select, Install from a list or specific location (Advanced). Click Next. 2-2 December 2013

9 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver 6. At, Please choose your search and installation options : Select, Include this location in the search. Click Browse. Navigate to the printer driver folder. Click Next. 7. At, Hardware Installation, click Continue Anyway. 8. At, Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard, click Finish. 9. Make a test print to check the printer settings. December

10 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver Installing the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS VISTA Operating System 1. Log on to your computer as an Administrator or Administrator group members. 2. Connect the printer to the computer. 3. Move the power switch for the printer to the On ( ) position. 4. At, Found New Hardware Wizard, select Locate and install driver software. 5. At, User Account Control, click Continue. 6. At, Insert the disc that came with your KODAK 305 Photo Printer : Select I don t have the disc. Show me other options. Click Next. 2-4 December 2013

11 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver 7. At, Windows could not find driver software for your device, select Browse my computer for driver software. 8. At, Browse for driver software on your computer : Click Browse. Navigate to the printer driver folder. Click Next. 9. At the Windows Security message, select Install this driver software anyway. December

12 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver 10. At, The software for this device has been successfully installed, click Close. Installing the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS 7 Operating System IMPORTANT: Make sure that you disconnect the printer from the computer before you install the printer driver. 1. Log on to your computer as an Administrator or Administrator group members. 2. Click Start > Devices and Printers. 2-6 December 2013

13 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver 3. At, Devices and Printers : Select any icon listed under Printers and Faxes. Click Print server properties. 4. At, Print Server Properties : Select the Drivers tab. Click Add... December

14 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver 5. At, Welcome to the Add Printer Driver Wizard, select Next. 6. At, Processor and Operating System Selection : Select x86 if you use the 32-bit driver. Select x64 if you use the 64-bit driver Click Next. 7. At, Printer Driver Selection : Click Have Disk. Navigate to the printer driver folder. 2-8 December 2013

15 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver 8. At, Printer Driver Selection, click Next. 9. At, Completing the Add Printer Driver Wizard, click Finish. 10. At the Windows Security message, click Install. December

16 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver 11. The printer driver appears on the Drivers tab. Click Close. 12. Connect the printer to the computer. 13. Move the power switch for the printer to the On ( ) position. The driver software is automatically installed. 14. Click the balloon to check the installation status. 15. Click [Close] to finish the installation December 2013

17 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver Uninstalling the Printer Driver Before you remove the printer driver, make sure that: the printer driver is not being used by an application. there are no jobs waiting to be printed. if you are using the printer with WINDOWS VISTA or WINDOWS 7 Operating Systems, make sure that the printer is not set as the default printer. if you uninstall and then reinstall the printer driver in WINDOWS VISTA or WINDOWS 7 Operating Systems, make sure that you restart the computer after you reinstall the printer driver. Uninstalling the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS XP Operating System Uninstalling the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS VISTA Operating System You must have administrator privileges to remove a printer. 1. Navigate to the printer driver folder. 2. Double-click Rem305.exe. 3. Confirm that KODAK 305 Photo Printer appears in the dialog box. 4. Click Uninstall. 5. At, Uninstallation was completed, click Yes to restart your computer. You must have administrator privileges to remove a printer. 1. Select Start > Control Panel > Printers. 2. Right-click the icon for the KODAK 305 Photo Printer. 3. Select Delete. 4. Click Yes at the message prompt. 5. Right-click within the Printers folder and select Run as Administrator. 6. Click Print Server Properties. 7. Select the Drivers tab. 8. Select the printer driver that you want to remove. 9. Click Remove. 10. At, Remove Driver Package : Select Remove driver and driver package. Click OK. 11. At, Printer Server Properties, click Yes. 12. If Driver package information collected appears, click Delete. 13. At, Driver package deleted, click OK. 14. Restart the computer. December

18 Installing and Uninstalling the Printer Driver Uninstalling the Printer Driver on a WINDOWS 7 Operating System You must have administrator privileges to remove a printer. 1. Select Start > Control Panel > Devices and Printers. 2. Click the icon for the KODAK 305 Photo Printer. 3. Click Remove Devices. 4. Click Yes at the message prompt. 5. From the Devices and Printers window, click the icon for the MICROSOFT XPS Document Writer or any other printer. 6. Click Print Server Properties. 7. Select the Drivers tab. 8. Click Change Driver Settings. 9. Select the printer driver that you want to remove. 10. Click Remove. 11. At, Remove Driver And Package : Select Remove driver and driver package. Click OK. 12. At, Printer Server Properties, click Yes. 13. If Driver package information collected appears, click Delete. 14. At, Driver package deleted, click OK. 15. Restart the computer December 2013

19 3 Using the Printer Driver with the WINDOWS Operating System This section describes how to use the printer driver to send print jobs to the KODAK 305 Photo Printer from your computer. Changing Print Options from an Application You can use the Printing Preferences dialog box to select print options from an application. 1. In your application, select Print from the File menu. 2. Depending on the application, click Properties or Setup in the Print dialog box. 3. Select options from the tabs in the Printing Preferences dialog box (shown on the following pages), then click: OK to save your selections and close the dialog box Cancel to cancel your selections and close the dialog box Apply to save your selections without closing the dialog box 4. Depending on the application, click OK or Print in the Print dialog box. December

20 Using the Printer Driver with the WINDOWS Operating System Selecting the Options on the Paper Tab You can select the following options on the Paper tab: Paper Size the size of paper. Print Pixel the number of dots/pixels per inch. The print pixel number varies depending on the paper size. Print Size the print size. Orientation Portrait orients the print vertically. Landscape orients the print horizontally. Copies the number of copies to print. Scaling scales a print by a specified percentage. Remain the remaining amount of ribbon in the printer. The number of prints remaining on the ribbon depends on the paper and print size selected. About display driver information. 3-2 December 2013

21 Using the Printer Driver with the WINDOWS Operating System Setting the Options on the Options Tab You can select the following options on the Options tab: Sharpness sets an amount of None, -3 Soft, -2, -1, 0 Normal, 1, 2, 3 Hard image enhancement to improve the sharpness of the print. Print Speed Fine standard print speed for standard print quality. Ultra Fine slower print speed for high print quality. Ultra Fine is only available on printers with the latest firmware. Print Finish select print finish. Color Correction move the sliders to increase or decrease the amount of Red, Green, and Blue in a print. Color Matching determined by the ICC profile set on the Color Adjust tab. When the ICC profile is not set, set the Color matching to OFF. Color matching may not be available with some applications. Color Conversion None Color conversion is not performed. Table1 Color conversion is performed. NOTE: When the color matching is set to ON, color conversion is not available. Defaults all settings on the Option tab are reset to the default settings. December

22 Using the Printer Driver with the WINDOWS Operating System Setting the Options on the Color Adjust Tab You can select the following options on the Color Adjust tab: Gamma adjusts the lightness or darkness of the midtones. Brightness adjusts the relative lightness or darkness. Contrast adjusts the relationship between the light areas, midtones, and dark areas. Red adds or subtracts red. Green adds or subtracts green. Blue adds or subtracts blue. Defaults reset the color options to zero. Load load the color adjust settings. Save save the color adjust settings. 3-4 December 2013

23 Using the Printer Driver with the WINDOWS Operating System Fine Adjust Each Color Adjust if selected, you can adjust each color individually. If not selected, you make the same adjustments to each color. Input value before adjustments. Output value after adjustments. Defaults all the values are reset to zero. December

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25 4 Troubleshooting Printer Error Messages The printer driver uses the standard error handling provided by the operating system. Error messages are displayed with the spooler status window (printer queue). NOTE: When an error occurs during printing, it may appear on the monitor. Check the operator control panel for additional information. Number Problem/Error Message Description or Causes Solution 1 The printer is not connected. 2 The printer does not respond. 3 Something is wrong with the printer. (XXXXXX). 4 Mechanical Error(XXXXXX). Set paper again. 5 Mechanical Error(XXXXXX). The printer driver cannot connect to the printer. Check that the printer power is on and that the printer is connected to your computer Click OK. Turn the printer off and then back on. If problem persists, contact KODAK Service and Support Click Cancel. Turn the printer off and then back on. If problem persists, contact KODAK Service and Support. Out of paper Paper is partially loaded Paper ran out while loading Load paper or check that the paper is installed properly Click Cancel. Turn the printer off and then back on. If problem persists, contact KODAK Service and Support. 6 Printing unit is opened. The print unit is opened. Check the operator control panel for additional information and close the print unit. 7 Printing unit is opened while printing. The print unit is opened. Check the operator control panel for additional information and close the print unit. December

26 Troubleshooting Problem/Error Message Description or Causes Solution 8 Ribbon and paper type do not match. 9 Ribbon is not correctly installed. Ribbon and paper mismatch. Out of ribbon Ribbon is partially loaded Load the correct ribbon and paper. Load ribbon or check that the ribbon is installed properly. 10 Ribbon end. Out of ribbon. Load ribbon or check that the ribbon is installed properly. 11 Paper empty. Out of paper Paper is partially loaded Paper ran out while loading 12 The Ribbon is not standard. 13 The printer was turned off while printing. 14 Paper jam(xxxxxx). Set paper again. 15 Paper size of printer driver and Ribbon type do not match. 16 Ribbon empty. Replace Ribbon. The printer cannot determine the type of ribbon that is loaded. The printer was turned off while printing. A paper jam has occurred. Ribbon and paper mismatch. Out of ribbon. Load paper or check that the paper is installed properly. Load the correct ribbon. Move the power switch for the printer to the on ( ) position. Check the operator control panel for additional information and clear the paper jam. Load the correct ribbon and paper. Load ribbon or check that the ribbon is installed properly. 17 Paper end. Out of paper. Load paper or check that the paper is installed properly. 18 The printer not equipped with the Trim tray. The trim tray is not installed. 19 Ribbon error. (XXXXXX). Out of ribbon Ribbon is partially loaded 20 Ribbon error. (XXXXXX). Set paper and Ribbon again. Out of paper or ribbon Paper or ribbon is partially loaded Paper or ribbon ran out while loading Install the trim tray. Load ribbon or check that the ribbon is installed properly. Load ribbon or check that the ribbon is installed properly. Load paper or check that the paper is installed properly. 4-2 December 2013