S U P E R S C R I P T 4 6 0 0 N
U S ER ’S G U ID E
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Chapter 8, “Troubleshooting”
T H IS U S E R ’S G U ID E
Shows how to diagnose and respond to operating difficulties,
including paper jams, printer errors, and print quality
problems.
This user’s guide includes the information you need to
operate and maintain your NEC SuperScript™ 4600N
printer. The chapters in this guide are described below. For
networking information see the SuperScript Color Laser
Network Guide.
Chapter 9, “Technical Support”
Tells how to contact NEC for service, support, and supplies
for your printer. Also provides information about the
SuperScript 4600N Limited Warranty and obtaining service
contracts.
Chapter 1, “Features”
Describes SuperScript printing capabilities, printer options,
settings, and operating requirements.
Appendix A, “Printer Specifications”
Detailed information about printer operations.
Appendix B, “Media Specifications”
Information for using different media in your printer.
Chapter 2, “Getting Started”
Describes how to assemble your printer, print a test page,
connect the printer to your computer or network, and begin
printing your documents.
Appendix C, “Safety Inform ation”
Information about safety precautions.
Chapter 3, “Printer Options”
Appendix D, “Moving Your Printer”
Important instructions for safely moving, repacking, and
shipping the printer.
Provides instructions for installing and using printer options,
including the optional 250-sheet Paper Tray 2, the Legal Tray,
and SIMM.
Index
Chapter 4, “Printer Drivers”
In the online version of this user guide’s index you can click
on the hyperlink entries and go directly to index entry’s page.
How to install and use software on your computer to select
printer settings and monitor printer status.
Chapter 5, “The Operator Panel”
Describes how to use the Operator Panel to change printer
settings and perform other tasks.
Chapter 6, “Advanced Features”
Describes advanced PostScript spooling features enabled by
the built in hard disk. Features include collation, send one—
print multiple copies, and on-demand printing from an
externally connected Zip® drive.
Chapter 7, “Maintaining Your Printer”
Gives a schedule and instructions for performing routine
maintenance tasks that will keep your printer operating
efficiently.
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Overview
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Printer Options
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System Requirements
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Using Printer Drivers
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Printing w ith the 4600N Printer
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Advanced Features
Watermarks
Paper Handling
Graphics
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Quick Web Printing
w ith the 4600N
Setting the Printer’s IP Address
Easy Remote Printing Setup
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PostScript Options
Device Options
Printing Envelopes
Printing on Thick Paper
Printing Transparencies
Printing Labels
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PCL5e Features
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Working w ith Fonts In Window s
PostScript 3 Font Settings
PCL5e Font Settings
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Installing Printing Software
Choosing the Printer
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Overview
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Stopping a Job
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Changing Settings in the Printer Driver
Setting Another Printer Driver as Default
Using the Windows NT 4.0 Printer Driver
Installing Options
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C H A P T E R 6 : A D V A N C E D F E A T U R E S 6 1
From the Printer’s Hom e Page
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Spooling Options
Print Queue Status
Job Priority
Banner Pages
Job Hold
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Window s 3.1x
Installing the Printer Driver Software
Printing a Document
Accessing the Printer Driver
Changing Settings in the Printer Driver
Setting Another Printer Driver as Default
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Job Preview
Collation
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External Zip Drive Feature
To Print From the Web
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Previewing a Scanned Image
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Y O U R P R IN T E R
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Precautions
Maintenance Schedule
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Replacing the Fuser Unit
Cleaning the Laser Lens
Cleaning the Outside of the Printer
Nothing Printed
Nonsense is Printed
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Overview
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Error Messages with Little or Nothing Printed 92
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Print Quality Maintenance
Simple Troubleshooting
Printer Messages
C H A P T E R 9 : T E C H N IC A L S U P P O R T
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Overview
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Preventing Paper J am s
Understanding the Paper Path
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Assistance Nearby
Help From Within Your Company
Help From Your Dealer
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Rem oving Paper J am s
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M E D IA S P E C IF IC A T IO N S
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S A F E T Y IN F O R M A T IO N
Ozone Emission
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Laser Safety
CDRH Regulations
FCC Statement
M O V IN G Y O U R P R IN T E R
Moving Your Printer Locally
Shipping the Printer
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SuperScript 4600N Enhancem ents
With the SuperScript 4600N, you can take advantage of the
latest printing technology.
C H A P TER 1
F E A T U R E S
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Advanced PostScript spooling features enabled by the
built in hard disk. Features include collation, send one—
print multiple copies, and on-demand printing from an
externally connected Zip® drive.
O V ER V IEW
The innovative NEC SuperScript™ 4600N color laser printer
is the best value today for fast color and monochrome
printing. The 4600N delivers high resolution, laser color
output for business presentations and reports and is
adaptable to changing business needs. The 4600N printer
introduces the first web-based printing capability. This
allows you to send print jobs to various locations—across the
building or across the country! The following section reviews
the features and options that will make the SuperScript
4600N the busiest machine in your office.
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The printer’s home page provides access to web-based
printing software, online help, and other features.
Using NEC’s PrintAgent™ software, configuration and
monitoring can be done from your workstation.
Supports traditional network printing over NetWare,
TCP/ IP, EtherTalk, Windows 3.1x and above,
Windows NT 4.0, and NetBEUI/ NetBIOS
Printer Options
You can add these SuperScript features to increase your
printer’s versatility.
SuperScript 4600N Highlights
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Prints 4 plus color pages or 16 monochrome pages per
minute.
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250-sheet standard size Paper Tray 2
250-sheet Legal Tray
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With PostScript 3 or PCL5e printing languages, you can
print almost anything. The printer automatically selects
the appropriate printer language for incoming jobs.
Memory Upgrade Kit
Assum ptions
The instructions in this guide assume that you are familiar
with your computer and/ or network operating systems, and
that your system is configured and operating properly.
note: For color printing, you m ust use the PostScript 3
printer driver for your system .The PCL5e printer driver is
for m onochrom e printing only.
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600 x 600 dpi printing is standard
1200x1200 dpi printing is standard
96 MB of RAM standard, extendable to 128 MB
2.1 GB internal hard disk for storing fonts and forms.
200MZ processor speeds up the rendering of complex
graphic documents
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Year-2000 compliant
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For network setup, your workstation and network operating
system should be configured and operating correctly, and
your SuperScript 4600N printer drivers should already be
properly installed.
System Requirem ents
Your SuperScript 4600N printer and software can operate
using the following minimum system configurations.
Window s Operating System
Hardw are Requirem ents
You need to provide the following additional hardware to set
up and connect your printer.
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Microsoft Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/ 98,
or Windows NT 4.0
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486 or higher CPU
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For standard connection, a IEEE 1284 compliant parallel
cable.
CD-ROM drive
6.5 MB of free hard disk space
16 MB RAM for Windows 95/ 98
32 MB RAM for Windows NT
8 MB RAM for Windows 3.1x
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For network connection, Category 5 twisted pair cable
with RJ-45 connectors for 10/ 100Base-T Ethernet, shown
here.
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Parallel Port
Ethernet connection
Macintosh Operating System
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Mac OS 7.1 or higher
68040 or higher CPU
CD-ROM drive
5 MB of free hard disk space
8 MB or more of RAM
Ethernet connection on the 4600N
note: The network interface card (NIC) autom atically
detects whether you have a 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps
Ethernet connection. For better perform ance, NEC
recom m ends that you use shielded cable and connectors
when connecting to 100 Mbps Ethernet.
Web-Based Printing Requirem ents
To use the web-based Pull Printing and NEC PrintAgent
features, you need to have Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 4.01
SP1 or above web browser. Other requirements are described
in the SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide.
Energy Saving
The SuperScript 4600N printers meet the
requirements of the Environmental
Protection Agency’s Energy Star
Computers program for printers. The
purpose of this program is to promote
the manufacturing and marketing of
Supported Printing Environm ents
The SuperScript 4600N comes with software for using the
printer on several operating systems and networks.
energy-efficient office automation equipment, thereby
potentially reducing combustion-related pollution. (The
Energy Star emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of
any product or service.)
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Microsoft Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/ 98, and
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NetWare versions 3.x, 4.x and 5.x
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Mac™ OS 7.1 and higher using EtherTalk
Peer-to-peer printing for Windows 95/ 98
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UNIX
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Network Server/ Adm inistrator Setup
S U P ER S C R IP T 4 6 0 0 N C D
The SuperScript 4600N CD that comes with your printer
provides three options for installing printer drivers and
printing utilities in Windows.
This setup should only be used by system administrators
who are familiar with the procedures for installing server
software and network configuration. Use it to install and use
network utilities, and set up servers for NEC PrintAgent Pull
Printing.
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Easy/ Local Setup
Network Client/ Custom Setup
Network Server/ Administrator Setup
For more information on network setup see theSuperScript
Color Laser Network Guide.
Choose the one that best suits your needs.
In addition to all the items available in the Custom/ Network
Client Setup, the following tools are provided:
Printing Softw are for Window s
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PrintAgent Pull Printing Server software
Easy/ Local Setup
Use this option to quickly install the basic printing tools for
your operating system. This is appropriate if you are
connected to a SuperScript 4600N from the parallel port.
Using this option, you can install
PrintAgent Secondary File Server software
MAP utility for Windows 95/ 98, and Windows NT 4.0
Printing Softw are for Mac OS
The SuperScript 4600N CD that comes with your printer
provides the following software for Mac OS users.
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PostScript 3 and PCL5e printer drivers
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0
The AdobePS printer driver
UserGuide.pdf—A user’s guide you can view online, or
print out
The SuperScript 4600N printer description file
ICC files for Color Sync
note: For color printing, you m ust use the PostScript 3
printer driver.
Also, the advanced setting, Im age Color Matching (ICM),
is not available with this setup.
Instructions for installing Mac OS software are on page 48.
More detailed instructions are provided in the SuperScript
Color Laser Network Guide.
Network Client/ Custom Setup
If you are a network client with access to a SuperScript 4600N
printer, you can use this setup to access web-based printing
tools and network utilities. Using this option, you can install
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PostScript 3 printer driver with Image Color Matching*
PostScript 3 printer driver without Image Color
Matching*
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PCL5e printer driver
NEC PrintAgent for Remote Printing
Utilities for peer-to-peer printing*
Internet Explorer 5.0
Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0
UserGuide.pdf and NetworkGuide.pdf—User’s guides
you can view online, or print out
*Not available for Windows NT workstations
SuperScript 4600N CD
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Once you assign an IP Address to the printer, you can browse
to it using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 4.01 or higher. The
URL uses the printer’s IP Address.
4 6 0 0 N P R IN TER W EB P A G ES
Every SuperScript 4600N network printer has a built-in web
server and Printer Home page you can use for a variety of
tasks, including
It is http://<Printer IP Address> for example:
http://131.241.045.027
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Pull Printing from your desktop
Monitoring 4600N PrintAgent printers
Performing network administration tasks
Configuring URLs for 4600N printers and servers
Downloading Pull Printing Server software
Downloading Secondary File Server software
Getting information and Help
Two other useful printer web pages are
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The URL Configuration Page, which you can use to
install and configure Pull Printing Servers. The URL is
http://<Printer IP Address>/configure.html
See the SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide for more
information.
The Network Administration Page, which you can use
to configure the printer network settings. To access this,
go the URL configuration page and click the Network
Administration link. See the SuperScript Color Laser
Network Guide for more information.
You will need to obtain your printer’s IP address from your
network administrator and then assign the IP address to the
printer (see page 23).
The Printer Hom e Page
You can view the Printer Hom e page from Windows, Mac OS, or UNIX.
The URL is the IP address you assign to the printer, for exam ple, http://131.241.45.65.
Click here to display the Pull Printing page
to print over the web without a driver
Click here to install the NEC PrintAgent
driver for rem ote printing over the web
Click here to access advanced features
Click here to display the NEC PrintAgent
window to m onitor other web printers
Use these links to learn m ore about
Pull Printing and Rem ote Printing
using the NEC PrintAgent
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Supported Paper Sizes
You can print on a variety of paper sizes including
P A P ER H A N D LIN G A N D
S P EC IA L M ED IA
You can use the 4600N to print on a wide variety of media
and sizes. SuperScript 4600N paper handling features let you
manage print jobs and office tasks efficiently.
Pa p e r Size
Inches
8.5 x 11
Millimeters
Letter
216 x 279
216 x 356
210 x 297
184 x 267
203 x 254
216 x 330
105 x 241
Legal
8.5 x 14
Supported Media
A4
8.3 x 11.7
7.25 x 10.5
8 x 10
Use any light or medium weight copier paper to print out
draft copies of your documents. Then, for the best results on
final documents, you should consider using NEC’s Premium
papers.
Executive
UK Quarto*
Folio*
8.5 x 13
Commercial #10 Env.
4.13 x 9.5
Prem ium Color Laser Paper - 24 lb. Bond: A bright
paper with a super smooth finish for brilliant color
reproduction. Use this for correspondence, proposals,
charts, graphs, and illustrations.
*Not available in PCL printer drivers.
note: To print Legal size paper, you m ust install the
optional Legal Paper Tray into Paper Tray 1 or Paper Tray 2.
stock that is ideal for report covers, mailers, greeting
cards and invitations.
Paper Source Selections
In your printer driver, you can specify which paper tray the
printer should use for your print job: Tray 1, Tray 2 (option),
or AutoSelect. When you specify AutoSelect, the printer
automatically selects the right tray based on the media type
in the trays. The printer can detect paper sizes based on how
the trays are adjusted. Therefore, it is important to adjust the
paper trays properly.
Ultra Glossy Color Laser Paper - 100 lb.Text: Has a
double-sided glossy finish that is preferred for
professional printing and photographic art. Use this for
data sheets, brochures, and client presentations.
Prem ium Overhead Transparencies: Use this for
brilliant projected images.
Orientation
Your Starter Kit includes a sampler of NEC Premium papers.
See page 94 for information about ordering NEC premium
papers and other printer supplies. If you do not have the
NEC Premium papers, try to match them as closely as
possible for the best printing results. Appendix B, “Media
Specifications,” has more information about choosing media.
Orientation describes the position of images on a page with
respect to the long and short edges of the paper. You can print
three ways.
Portrait means the page has a vertical orientation
(the default).
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When printing special media, be sure to load the paper tray
only to the mark indicated for that media. When printing on
thick or glossy stock, set the Media Type to Thick Stock on
the printer Operator Panel, and reset it to Paper when you
are done (see page 59 for instructions).
Landscape means the page has a horizontal
orientation.
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Rotated Landscape means the page has a horizontal
orientation and is flipped.
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Num ber of Copies
You can set the number of copies to be printed up to 999
(99 for PCL).
Paper Handling and Special Media
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contain mostly text and limited formatting. The PCL5e driver
processes this type of document quickly.
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Printer Settings
SuperScript 4600N printer settings give you many ways to
customize your print job. There is often more than one place
to change the same printer setting. These include
note: For color printing, you m ust use the PostScript 3
printer driver for your system .The PCL5e printer driver is
for m onochrom e printing only.
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The SuperScript PostScript 3 and PCL5e printer drivers
The Operator Panel on your printer
P O S TS C R IP T 3 FEA TU R ES
These are general descriptions of settings available in the
PostScript 3 printer drivers. The interface of the printer
driver depends on the operating system you use. Not all
settings are available for all drivers, or they may appear on
different tabs in the printer driver. All printer drivers have
Online Help available at the click of a button, with more
information about specific settings. Chapter 4, “Printer
Drivers,” shows the PostScript printer drivers and explains
how to use them.
Using the Printer’s Operator Panel
You can use the printer’s Operator Panel to cancel a print job
or change settings that are not available in your printer
driver. You can view messages on the Operator Panel to help
diagnose printing problems. In addition, the printer operator
panel allows you to print out font lists and test pages and
view the total page count. You can also set the printer’s TCP/
IP address or reconfigure network settings. Chapter 5, “The
Operator Panel,” provides instructions for using the printer’s
operator panel.
Color Processing
Color Control
Use these settings to define color in your print job.
Using Printer Drivers
Your printer software includes the PostScript 3 printer
drivers for Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/ 98, Windows NT 4.0,
and Mac OS and the PCL 5e printer driver for Windows 3.1x,
Windows 95/ 98, and Windows NT 4.0. They offer a wide
range of features for setting up your print job and printer
settings.
Color Photo: Produces smooth color images, for the best
reproduction of photographic images.
Color Business Graphics: Produces bright, solid colors,
suitable for presentation graphics, charts, and posters.
Color Transparency: Use this for the best results when
printing color presentations on overhead transparency film.
Most of these features and settings are described in this
chapter. A particular feature may be implemented slightly
differently, depending on which driver you are using.
Grayscale: Converts all colors in the document to black and
shades of gray for monochrome printing.
Unadjusted: Does not apply any of the special color control
features.
note: If you are unsure about a setting in your printer
driver, be sure to use the driver’s Online Help feature.
Chapter 4, “Printer Drivers,” provides com plete
Im age Color Matching
inform ation about using your printer driver software.
This feature is available for advanced users (except for
Windows NT). During the PostScript 3 for Windows 95/ 98
driver installation from the SuperScript 4600N CD using the
Network Client/ Custom Install feature, you have the option
of installing a driver using Microsoft Image Color Matching
(ICM) technology or a driver using NEC’s color matching
method. The driver using NEC’s color matching method is
the default and recommended driver.
When to Use the PostScript 3 or PCL5e Printer Driver
Use the PostScript 3 driver for color documents and
documents that contain many complex graphic images or
extensive page layout formatting. The PostScript driver has
more options and delivers better graphic processing.
Use the PCL5e driver for monochrome documents that
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The ICM based driver calibrates the colors with those
actually seen on the print client’s monitor. The NEC based
driver calibrates the colors with those described by the NEC
Color Table located inside the printer.
Waterm arks
A watermark is text that appears on pages in your print job,
such as DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL. Use these settings to
apply watermarks to your print job, create new watermarks,
or modify existing watermarks. A preview area shows how
the watermark will appear. You can also specify whether the
watermark appears in the foreground or background, and on
which pages it appears. This feature is not available for
Windows NT.
Advanced Features
Advanced features allow you to have more control over your
print jobs. They can be accessed from the NEC features tab of
the PostScript driver or from the Advanced features button
on your printer’s home page. For more details about these
unique features see Chapter 6 of this user’s guide.
Paper Handling
Layout
Collation
Use this feature to print multiple page images on the printed
page, including 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, and 16. This gives you the ability
to print pamphlets, storyboards, or thumbnail layouts. You
can also print a border around the page image (except for 1
page only).
Use the collation feature to print multiple, sorted copies of
your print job.
J ob Hold
Through job hold you can store a document on the printer’s
hard drive and release it through the Operator Panel later.
This feature is most useful when you want to ensure
confidentiality in a networked environment.
Unprintable Area
Use this setting to specify the area on the edge of the paper
that cannot be printed on. This setting overrides margins set
in the application.
J ob Preview and J ob Reprint
With these features, the printer’s hard disk stores your
document indefinitely. Job preview lets you preview the first
copy of a document before printing out more copies. Job
reprint holds your job for release at a later time.
Graphics
Resolution
Print resolution is measured by the number of dots per inch
(dpi) in an image. The higher the number is, the finer the
resolution. Resolution can be set to 600 dpi (the default) or
1200 dpi.
Banner Page
Banner pages are used to identify and separate print jobs.
They contain information about your print job and are
especially useful in a network environment.
note: 1200 dpi is only available when 80 MB of RAM are
installed in the printer (96 MB of RAM are required for
printing legal size paper).
Color Scanning
An optional color scanner can attach to the printer’s SCSI
interface and provide convenient color copies. Scanned
images can be saved in JPEG format and accessed across the
company network or Internet.
Sharp Edge Technology
Specifies whether or not NEC’s Sharp Edge Technology (SET)
should be used. SET is only available with 600 dpi. It refines
the print quality of characters and line art by smoothing the
fine gradations along the edge of the printed image. It is best
to turn this feature OFF for color photo images.
Zip Drive Attachm ent
You can print certain files directly from a SCSI attached
Iomega Zip® drive—without the use of a PC. You can search
for files on the Zip drive by using the printer’s Operator
Panel.
Halftoning
If graphic images in your document do not print correctly,
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use these settings to adjust screen frequency and angle. For
example, use this when screened images show a moiré
pattern.
PostScript code.) If you are printing to your own local printer
and you will only be sending PostScript jobs you can choose
to send the header just once. The header is retained and will
be used with each job, thus slightly reducing print time.
Negative Im age
Error Handling
If you select this, black and white values are reversed and
RGB colors print as their complements.
You can send an error handler with each print job. Then, if an
error occurs, the printer prints a page with a message
describing the nature of the error. You or a technician can use
this information to diagnose the problem.
Mirror Im age
If you select this, pages are “mirrored” on the horizontal axis.
Scaling
PostScript Tim eout Values
You can enlarge or reduce the page image. A value of 100%
(the default) means no enlargement or reduction. A value of
50% reduces the page image to half its normal size. A value of
200% doubles the size of the page image.
These settings define timeout periods allowed when the
driver communicates with the printer. Enter a value from 0 to
999 seconds (32,767 seconds for NT). When zero is entered,
the printer will wait indefinitely. If you printer is shared, do
not specify a value of zero.
PostScript Options
J ob Tim eout: This is the maximum number of seconds
the printer can take to print a single job. If the print job
takes more time to print than the timeout value, the
printer may stop printing and prepare to receive a new
document.
There are several settings you can use to customize the way
the driver processes print jobs
PostScript Output Form at
These settings control the way the driver creates the
PostScript language descriptions for page images.
Wait Tim eout: This is the maximum number of seconds
the printer will wait for data from the computer. While
receiving a print job, the printer driver may pause to
build a PostScript language description of each page. For
complicated pages, which take longer to build, you may
need to set a higher wait time.
Optim ize for Speed: Check this for faster printing. This
option may cause a problem for some print jobs if the
printer does not have enough memory.
Optim ize for Portability-ADSC: Check this to ensure
that the document can be printed on any PostScript
printer. Documents may take longer to print when this
option is selected. This option is useful if the printer has
limited memory, because it creates smaller documents.
Advanced Options
Advanced options allow you to optimize printer
performance, but generally should not be changed unless
you have specific reasons to do so. Use the driver Online
Help feature for more information on these settings.
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS): Use this to print your
document as a single-page image that will be
incorporated into another file. You must also select
Output to File.
Device Options
You can use settings on the Device Options tab to match the
attached printer configuration so that the printer driver can
generate optimized PostScript code.
Archive Form at: Use this to create a PostScript data
stream that gets stored in a file to be used later.
PostScript Header
Available printer m em ory
Set this to match the amount of memory you have installed in
the printer.
You can control whether the driver sends a PostScript header
with each document. By default a header proceeds each sent
PostScript job. (You will not see this header, it is part of the
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Available font cache
Reserved printer m em ory
The driver automatically adjusts the font cache size based on
installed memory. Increase this amount for better
performance of Type 32 bitmap fonts.
Specify how much memory to reserve for special printer
functions, such as macros, Operator Panel settings, etc. The
reserved memory is not used for printing.
Installable options
Printer m em ory tracking
Use this area to change the settings to match the printer’s
hardware setup when you add options to the printer,
including Tray 2, or more RAM memory.
Before printing a document, the printer driver calculates how
much memory is required to print. If the document requires
more memory than is available in the printer, the document
is rejected. Use this setting to define how this calculation is
made. A conservative calculation ensures that printer
memory is never over-committed. A more aggressive
calculation allows the printer to attempt printing a complex
document, but memory may be over-exceeded and the print
job may not be completed.
P C L5 E FEA TU R ES
These are general descriptions of settings available in the
PCL5e printer drivers. The interface of the printer driver
depends on the operating system you use. Not all settings are
available for all drivers, or they may appear on different tabs
in the printer driver. All printer drivers have Online Help
available at the click of a button, with more information
about specific settings. Chapter 4, “Printer Drivers,” shows
the PCL5e printer drivers and explains how to use them.
Printer Mem ory
This feature appears on the driver, but does not apply to the
SuperScript 4600N printer and does not need to be adjusted.
Cartridges
Resolution
This feature appears on the driver, but does not apply to the
SuperScript 4600N printer and does not need to be adjusted.
Print resolution is measured by the number of dots per inch
(dpi) in an image. The higher the number is, the finer the
resolution. Resolution can be set to 600 (the default), 300, 150,
and 75 dpi. Lower resolutions require less memory and
processing time.
Dithering
Select a dithering pattern for converting images from one
format to another, for example, for printing color documents
in black and white. Dithering, along with the intensity and
resolution settings, effect the overall appearance of graphics
in printed documents.
Halftone Color Adjustm ent
In the Windows NT driver this is an advanced feature for
controlling how color appears in a document and is
converted to monochrome when printed.
Intensity
Adjust this setting to control the darkness of graphics in the
printed document.
PCL5e Features
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PCL5e Font Settings
W O R KIN G W ITH FO N TS IN
W IN D O W S
Dow nload TrueType fonts as outline fonts: TrueType
fonts used in your document are processed by the driver
and downloaded to the printer as outline fonts. This
provides the quickest printing time, but lowest quality
for text output.
Under most conditions your documents will print out well
without any adjustment to font settings in your printer
drivers. The Windows printer drivers have settings for
specifying how TrueType fonts in your document are
matched to PostScript fonts in the printer. You may want to
adjust these if your documents take a long time to print or the
quality of the font is not satisfactory. Font settings vary
slightly on the Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/ 98, and Windows
NT 4.0 printer drivers.
Dow nload TrueType fonts as bitm ap fonts: TrueType
fonts used in your document are processed by the driver
and downloaded to the printer as bitmapped fonts.
Formatting is very accurate at small point sizes. Printing
is faster, but not portable if printing to a file.
Print TrueType Text as graphics: TrueType fonts used in
your document are processed by the driver and
downloaded to the printer as graphics. This produces the
best text quality, but can slow printing. This is best for
documents with several graphics and little or no
repeating text.
PostScript 3 Font Settings
Send TrueType fonts to printer according to the font
Substitution Table: Instead of downloading all
TrueType fonts to the printer, this selection substitutes
PostScript fonts resident in the printer for the TrueType
fonts used in the document according to a table you
define.
Install Printer Fonts: Use this to download soft fonts to
the printer.
Using the Substitution Table: The substitution utility
allows you to view or edit which fonts in the printer
should be substituted for the TrueType fonts in your
document. Using resident printer fonts speeds printing.
Always use built-in printer fonts instead of TrueType
fonts: Select this and the printer substitutes its closest
matching resident fonts. This speeds printing, but the
document may not print out exactly as it appears on the
screen
Always use TrueType fonts: Downloads bitmap
TrueType fonts to the printer to print the document. This
ensures the printed document will look the same as it
does on the screen, but it may take longer to print.
The Update Soft Fonts feature updates the driver to
recognize new fonts. Use this if you have added new
fonts to your system after you installed the driver.
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Save the printer box and all packing materials that came
with your printer in case you need to ship it later.
C H A P TER 2
G E T T IN G S T A R T E D
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Lifting or moving the printer requires two adults!
Read the installation instructions carefully before you
plug in your printer, and heed all warnings.
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Keep this user’s guide for reference.
O V ER V IEW
This chapter tells you how to safely set up your printer and
begin printing right away. Included are instructions for:
Keep the printer level at all times, especially when the
Fuser Oil Bottle is installed. Do not tilt more than 1.5°!
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Selecting a location and unpacking
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The fuser area, under the Top and Back Covers is very
hot. Let the printer cool at least 15 minutes before
touching these areas.
Checking printer contents and identifying printer parts
Installing the Belt Cartridge, Fuser Oil Bottle and Fuser
Cleaning Roller, and Toner Modules
WARNING! This printer is intended to be electrically
grounded. It comes with a three-wire grounding plug.This
plug will only fit a grounded AC outlet or power strip. This
is a safety feature. Do not defeat the purpose of the
grounding plug by removing the third pin.
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Loading the Paper Tray
Printing a Startup Page
Connecting the printer to your computer or network
Printing with the 4600N printer
Quick Web printing
S ELEC TIN G A LO C A TIO N
Printing envelopes, transparencies, and labels
Select a level, stable place with adequate space for air
circulation and opening covers and trays. The area should be
well ventilated and away from direct sunlight or sources of
heat, cold, and humidity. Do not set the printer close to the
edge of your desk or table!
S A FETY IN S TR U C TIO N S
To protect yourself and your equipment from possible
damage, always follow these precautions:
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Protect the printer from dampness or spills.
10”
Safety Precautions
The printer and packaging weighs approxim ately 100 lbs.
Moving and unpacking the printer requires two adults.
Keep printer vents
unobstructed
10”
For m ore details on printer
dim ensions see Appendix A,
“Printer Specifications.”
28”
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4. Using your thumb and finger, remove the plastic screw
sleeves from the box (C).
5. Lift off the outer box (D).
6. Open the plastic bag that contains the printer and slide it
down.
7. With one person on each side of the printer, grasp the
printer at the hand grips where they are exposed by
notches in the foam padding (E).
U N P A C KIN G
Follow these steps to safely unpack the printer:
1. Open the top cover of the packing box and remove the
QuickStart poster.
2. Remove the Accessory kit and Starter kit from the top of
the printer.
3. Turn the large plastic box screws at the bottom of the box
to the left (A) and pull them out (B).
8. Lift the printer and place it on a sturdy, level surface.
Unpacking the Printer Box
B
C
A
D
E
note: Save the box, box screws,
and packing m aterial. If you ship
the printer in the future, be sure to
follow the special packing
instructions in Appendix D to
safeguard internal com ponents.
Caution! The printer and packaging
weigh approxim ately 100lbs.To set up the
printer and m ove it requires two adults.
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Power Cord
C H EC KIN G P R IN TER C O N TEN TS
Take a moment to verify that the following items were
included in your printer box:
Toner Collector (installed next to the Toner Modules
inside Front Cover of printer)
note: The black and color m odules in the Accessory Kit
print approxim ately 5,000 and 3,000 pages respectively.
Replacem ent m odules print approxim ately 10,000 and
6,000 letter size pages respectively, at 5% coverage.
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SuperScript 4600N printer with 250-sheet Paper Tray 1
QuickStart Poster
Starter Kit (see contents below)
Accessory Kit (see contents below)
SuperScript 4600N software in a license envelope
Starter Kit
NEC Paper Sam ple Pack
Software Envelope
QuickStart Poster
•SuperScript 4600N User’s Guid
•SuperScript 4600N CD
•Adobe® Photo Deluxe CD
Accessory Kit
Fuser Oil Syringe
(Save for future use!)
Toner Collector–
Fuser Oil Bottle
installed inside
Printer with
printer
Fuser Cleaning Roller
Belt Cartridge
Standard
250-sheet Paper Tray 1
Power Cord
Not Included …
1 BlackToner Module
1 Cyan Toner Module
1 Magenta Toner Module
1 Yellow Toner Module
To connect your printer, you need to provide the proper
parallel and/or network cable.
Category 5 Twisted Pair
IEEE 1284 Bidirectional
Cable with RJ -45 Connectors
Parallel Cable
for 10/100Base-T Ethernet.
Checking Printer Contents
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Power Cord Connector—for attaching the power cord
Back Vent—allows ventilation
ID EN TIFY IN G P R IN TER P A R TS
Use the illustrations on the facing page to identify standard
parts for the SuperScript 4600N.
Back Internal View
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Transfer Drum—transfers image to paper
Front View
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Operator Panel—for displaying messages and
configuring the printer
Registration Rollers—keeps the paper straight
Transfer Roller—works with the Transfer Drum to
transfer the image to the paper
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Power Button—for turning on and off the printer
Top Cover—provides access to the Fuser Unit and inside
of the printer (also serves as the Output Tray)
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Paper Discharger—removes the static electricity from the
paper
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Output Tray —holds up to 250 printed sheets
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Transfer Unit—consists of the above four parts
Top Cover Release button—unlocks and opens the Top
Cover
Top Internal View
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Fuser Unit—uses heat and pressure to adhere the toner
image to the paper. Contains two Fuser Rollers.
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Front Cover—provides access to Toner Modules and
Toner Collector
Fuser Oil Bottle—holds the oil that helps adhere the
toner image to the paper
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Front Cover Latch—unlocks and opens the Front Cover
Paper Tray 1—standard input tray, holds 250 sheets of
paper
Fuser Cleaning Roller—helps keep the Fuser Rollers
clean
Belt Cartridge—also known as the Photoconductor Belt
Module or OPC Unit.
Front Internal View
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Toner Module Racks—holds Toner Modules
Toner Collector—collects used toner
Paper Transfer Rollers—moves the paper from the inside
of the printer to the Output Tray
Back View
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Serial Number—necessary for warranty registration
Back Cover—provides access to clear paper jams
Back Cover Latch—lift to open back of printer
Filter Cover—contains the Ozone Filter
Bidirectional parallel interface—for attaching
bidirectional parallel cable from your computer
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Ethernet interface—for attaching the Ethernet 10/ 100
Base-T connectors from your network
SCSI Interface (Port)—for attaching a selected scanner
and/ or Zip drive
Interface Panel—contains the interface for the controller
board, hard drive and network interface card
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Im portant Printer Parts
FRONT INTERNAL VIEW
FRONT VIEW
Operator Panel
Toner Module
Racks
Top Cover
Output Tray
Paper Transfer
Rollers
Power
Button
Top Cover
Release Button
Front Cover
Paper Tray 1
Front Cover
Latch
Toner Collector
BACK INTERNAL VIEW
Transfer Unit consists of:
Transfer Drum
Registration Rollers
Transfer Roller
Paper Discharger
BACK VIEW
TOP INTERNAL VIEW
Fuser Cleaning Roller
Fuser Unit
Fuser Oil Bottle
Belt Cartridge
Back Vent
Serial Num ber
Filter Cover
Bidirectional Parallel
Interface
SCSI Interface
Back Cover
Latch
Ethernet
Interface
Interface Panel
Power Cord
Connector
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6. Remove, but do not discard, the black protective sheet
from around the Belt Cartridge.
7. Slide the Belt Cartridge into the guides, as shown (E).
The flat side of the cartridge should face the front of the
printer.
8. Snap the Belt Cartridge Locking Levers into place (F).
9. Close the Top Cover and then the Front Cover of the
printer.
IN S TA LLIN G TH E B ELT C A R TR ID G E
1. Make sure all packing materials and tape are removed
from the printer.
2. Open the Front Cover of the printer with the Front Cover
Release Latch (A).
3. Open the Top Cover of the printer by sliding the Top
Cover Release button forward (B)
4. Flip up the Belt Cartridge Locking Levers inside the top
of the printer (C).
5. Remove the Tension Release Pins from both sides of the
note: The Belt Cartridge is som etim es called the
Photoconductor Belt Module or OPC Unit.
Belt Cartridge (D). Do not discard these pins.
A
C
B
E
F
D
Save the Tension Release Pins
and black cover along with all
packing m aterials!
Caution The Belt Cartridge should
slide easily into the printer. Do not
force it!
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4. Remove the Fuser Oil Bottle from its plastic bag and set
into place with the shunt valve down and the labeled
side facing the front of the printer (D). The tab on the
bottle should face right when viewed from the printer’s
front. Place in front of the Lock Tabs.
IN S TA LLIN G TH E FU S ER
C O M P O N EN TS
Follow the steps below to install the Fuser Oil bottle and the
Fuser Cleaning Roller:
5. Remove the Fuser Cleaning Roller from its plastic bag
and set into place with the exposed part of the roller
facing the front of the printer (E). The extra tab should be
on the left. Place in back of the Lock Tabs over the Fuser
Rollers.
1. Open the Top Cover of the printer (A).
2. Make sure the Lock Tabs are in the open position (B).
3. Remove the orange Tension Release Pins from the ends
of the Fuser Rollers. Open the Pressure Release Tabs and
pull the pins up and out (C).
6. Turn the Lock Tabs to the closed position holding the
Fuser Oil Bottle and Fuser Cleaning Roller in place (F).
note: You m ay have to pull hard to rem ove these.
7. Close the Top Cover of the printer.
Lock
Tabs Open
Tension Release Pins
B
C
A
D
Save the Tension Release Pins
and along with all packing
m aterials!
Lock
Tabs Closed
E
F
G
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4. Remove the protective tape from the module.
5. Remove (and save) the orange protective cover.
6. Hold the module level and slide into place along the
racks in the printer (D).
7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for the remaining color Toner
IN S TA LLIN G TH E TO N ER M O D U LES
1. Open the Front Cover of the printer(A).
2. Note the color labels inside indicating where to slide the
different color Toner Modules (B) (C=Cyan, M=Magenta,
Y=Yellow, and K=Black).
Modules (E).
3. Begin with Cyan. Remove the Toner Module from its
8. Close the Front Cover, making sure it clicks into place (F).
plastic bag and rock it gently three or four times (C).
C
B
A
K (Black)
Y (Yellow)
M (Magenta)
C (Cyan)
F
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D
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paper’s width (C). The inside of the tab should match the
desired size on the tray (D).
4. Insert the paper into Paper Tray 1 (E).
5. Reinsert Paper Tray 1 into the printer (F).
LO A D IN G TH E P A P ER TR A Y
Paper Tray 1 can hold up to 250 sheets of medium weight
paper—U.S. letter size, executive, UK quarto, folio, or A4. It
also holds envelopes, transparencies, and sheets of labels. See
Appendix B, “Media Specifications,” for a complete list of
media that can be used. The exact number of sheets Paper
Tray 1 can hold depends on the weight of the paper.
note: If the paper type has been changed from plain to
thick stock, or from thick stock to plain, use the Media
button on the Operator Panel to switch between these
paper types.
1. Remove Paper Tray 1(A).
The printer does not have to be reconfigured for overhead
transparencies; it will autom atically recognize when this
type of m edia is loaded.
2. Squeeze both sides of the length tab and slide it into
place. The outside of the tab should match the desired
size marked on the inside of the tray (B).
3. Squeeze the left side guide and slide it to match your
A
B
C
Do not overfill Paper Tray!
E
F
D
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4. Turn on the printer power.
5. Indicator lights cycle and the following messages appear
P R IN TIN G A S TA R TU P P A G E
Follow these steps to connect your printer to AC Power and
print a Startup Page:
on the Operator Panel display in sequence (C):
SelfTest
SuperScript 4600 booting...
INITIALIZING
1. Make sure the power switch is turned off (A) (button is
out).
WARMING UP
PRINTING
2. Connect the Power Cord to the rear of the printer (B).
3. Plug the other end of the Power Cord into a properly
grounded outlet.
6. The printer issues the Startup Page (D) and the following
message appears on the Operator Panel display:
READY
WARNING! This printer is intended to be electrically
grounded. It comes with a three-wire grounding plug.This
plug will only fit a grounded AC outlet or power strip. This
is a safety feature. If you are unable to insert the plug into
the outlet, contact a licensed electrician to replace the
outlet with a properly grounded outlet. Do not defeat the
purpose of the grounding plug by removing the third pin!
A
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WARMING UP
GENERAL INFO
Printer Name: SuperScript 4600
Software Version: 0.04
Build Time: 936928632
PostScript Version: 3010.108
PrintAgent Version: 1.008
Disk Resource Version: 0.0.4N
Power
Warning
Online
STORAGE
RAM Installed: 128 Megabytes
Disk Size: 1964.03 Megabytes
Disk Free: 1667.97 Megabytes
B
Menu
OHT
OnLine
Label
J OB OPTIONS
Number of Copies: 1
Print PS Errors: Enabled
Wait Timeout: 240 seconds
Job Timeout: Never
Data
Feed
ENGINE INFO
Default Resolution: 600.0 X 600.0 DPI
Edge Smoothing: Disabled
Jam Recovery: Enabled
Tray 1: Letter
Tray 2: Legal
Pages Printed: 2182
Item
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Media
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PARALLEL PORT
Status: Enabled
Previous
Bi-di: Enabled
Personality: AutoSelect
NETWORK PORT
Status: Enabled
Personality: AutoSelect
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C O N N EC TIN G TH E P R IN TER
With the SuperScript 4600N, you can connect
This section tells you how to connect your SuperScript 4600N
Series printer to your computer or network.
to an Ethernet network. Use a Category 5
twisted pair cable with RJ-45 connectors for
10/ 100Base-T Ethernet.
note: You can be connected to and receive data at the
parallel port and Ethernet port at the sam e tim e.
Follow these basic steps to connect the printer and verify that
the NIC is installed and operating properly.
1. Make sure your computer and printer are turned OFF.
Connecting the 4600N Printer Locally
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You can connect to an IBM -compatible
computer using the bidirectional parallel
interface. We recommend an IEEE 1284
2. Connect the network’s twisted pair cable with
RJ-45 connectors to the new network port on your
printer. Reattach the power cord to the printer, plug in
the printer.
3. Turn on the printer. It may take up to 90 seconds to warm
up, and then it prints a Network Settings page with NIC
status information. For more details see the “SuperScript
Color Laser Network Guide.”
bidirectional parallel cable that is no more than 6 feet in
length. If you use a cable that is longer than 6 feet, it should
be certified as bidirectional. Use the wire clips to fasten the
cable to the printer.
Follow these basic steps:
1. Make sure your computer and printer are turned OFF.
2. Plug the parallel cable into the parallel port on your
computer and printer.
3. Turn on your printer, wait until it displays the READY
note: Keep the Network Settings page.You or your
network adm inistrator will need this inform ation when
configuring the NIC for your network.
message, then turn on your computer.
Interface Panel
Bidirectional Parallel
SCSI Port
Ethernet 10/100Base-T
Connecting the Printer
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PostScript Driver Setup for Window s 3.1x
Follow these steps to install and use the PostScript printer
driver in Windows 3.1x.
P R IN TIN G W ITH TH E 4 6 0 0 N
P R IN TER
After you have successfully printed a Startup Page and
connected your printer, you can install a printer driver from
the SuperScript 4600N CD and begin printing.
1. Boot your system and start Windows.
2. Insert the SuperScript 4600N CD into the appropriate
drive (in this example we use drive E:).
3. In the Windows Program Manager, select Run from the
File menu. Windows displays the Run dialog box.
4. Type E:\WIN31\PS\SETUP.EXEin the Command Line
There are three available setups for SuperScript 4600N Series
printer software: Easy/ Local, Network Client/ Custom, and
Network Server/ Administrator. These were described earlier
on page 3 of this user’s guide.
field.
note: Instructions for setup and printing from a Mac OS
are on page 48. See also the “SuperScript Color Laser
Network Guide.”
5. Click the OK button. This launches the Installer.
6. Respond to the selections displayed in the installation
dialog boxes.
To get started, you can use the Easy/Local setup. This setup
quickly installs the basic printing tools for your operating
system.
7. When installation is complete the installer will prompt
you to restart Windows. Click the Restart Windows
button.
8. After Windows restarts the Install PostScript Printer
Local Setup for Window s 95/ 98 and Window s
NT 4.0
From PPD dialog box will appear.
Follow these steps.
9. Select NEC SuperScript 4600N PS. Click on Install.
10. When installation is complete click on Close.
Printing from Your Application
used to create your document.
1. Insert the SuperScript 4600N CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. The Installer will launch automatically.
3. When prompted, select the Easy/Local installation option
and click Next.
4. Continue responding to the selections displayed in the
dialog boxes until installation is complete.
1. Open a document you wish to print.
2. Select Print from the File menu. The Print dialog box
appears.
3. Select the options you want in the Print dialog box,
including the number of copies and page range.
4. When the options are selected, click OK to print the
document.
Instructions for setup and printing from a Mac OS
com puter are on page 48.
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Easy Rem ote Printing Setup
Once the IP address is assigned to the printer, you can go to
the printer’s home page to download and install the NEC
PrintAgent software and driver.
Q U IC K W EB P R IN TIN G
W ITH TH E 4 6 0 0 N
The fastest way to begin printing over the network is to use
NEC’s PrintAgent software and a web browser. This section
tells how to set up NEC PrintAgent Remote Printing.
note: For m ore inform ation on PrintAgent Rem ote
Printing, see the “SuperScript Color Laser Network
Guide.”
To use Remote Printing, you must have the following on
your computer:
1. Launch your web browser.
2. Enter the Printer’s IP Address as the URL to reach the
Printer Home Page for example
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Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1 or above
The Windows 95/ 98 or Windows NT operating system
http://131.241.045.027
3. Click on the Install Drivers button to download
Setting the Printer’s IP Address
There are several ways to do this. The steps below show how
to use the Operator Panel to set your printer’s IP Address.
PrintAgent software.
4. In the File Download dialog box that appears, check Run
this program from its current location. and then click
OK to begin downloading and installing.
1. Press the Online button of the Operator Panel. OFFLINE
appears on the display.
2. Press the Menu button to enter menu mode. CONTROL
5. During installation, you will be prompted to enter the
URL (IP Address) of your printer so it can be added to
your system as the default printer. When installation is
finished, you can see the special NEC PrintAgent driver
by selecting Settings and then Printers from the
Windows Start menu.
appears on the display.
3. Press the Next button until COMMUNICATIONS appears
on the display, and press the Select button.
4. Press the Next button until NETWORK appears on the
display, and press the Select button.
5. Press the Next button untilTCP/IP appears on the display,
The Printers Window
and press the Select button.
6. Press the Next button until NET ADDRESS appears on the
display, and press the Select button.
7. Use the Operator Panel buttons to set values for each of
the 12 digits in this manner.
First press Next to set the cursor to the first digit.
For the first digit, press Select to increment to the correct
value. Then press Next to move to the next digit and
press Select to increment to its correct value. Continue
until all twelve digits are set. When the final digit is set,
press Next to confirm the Net Address you set and then
press Select.
8. Press Menu to exit menu mode and press Online to
6. Restart for the new driver to take effect.
bring the printer online.
note: You can also install Rem ote Printing software
from the SuperScript 4600N CD.
9. To validate any changes to network settings, you must
turn the printer off, and then on again.
Quick Web Printing with the 4600N
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note: You can load envelopes in Paper Tray 1 or the
optional LegalTray as long as the tray is inserted in the
Paper Tray 1 Feeder.
P R IN TIN G EN V ELO P ES
1. Format your envelopes in your computer application.
2. Remove Paper Tray 1 and adjust the paper guides to the
envelope size you want to load.
6. Press the Media button once. The message MEDIATYPE
THICK STOCK appears.
Power
Warning
Online
Menu
OHT
OnLine
Label
Data
Feed
3. Load no more than 15 Com10 envelopes into Paper Tray
1. Make sure the envelope stack is flat and even.
4. The following illustration shows how to load a stack of
envelopes in Paper Tray 1.
Item
Next
Media
Select
Previous
Stack the envelopes with flaps down
and facing left
7. To return to printing regular weight paper again press
the Media button. The message MEDIATYPE PAPER
appears.
note: If envelopes are wrinkling, try envelopes m ade
from a different kind of paper. Generally, textured
envelopes do not print well in laser printers.
P R IN TIN G O N TH IC K P A P ER
Printing on thick stock or heavy paper is basically the same
as printing on envelopes. Follow the Printing Envelopes
directions above. Adjust the paper guides inside the tray to
match your paper size.
WARNING! Do not use envelopes that have fasteners,
snaps, or windows. Also, do not use envelopes that seal
with peel-off strips or pressure-sensitive adhesives.
Printing on such envelopes can damage the printer.
5. Put Paper Tray 1 or the Legal Paper Tray back in the
printer.
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P R IN TIN G TR A N S P A R EN C IES
P R IN TIN G LA B ELS
Print labels as you would thick paper. Printing labels,
envelopes, thick paper, or transparencies takes slightly longer
than plain paper.
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Create the information you need printed on the
transparencies within your application. Try printing on a
plain sheet of paper first for proper placement.
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Print transparencies from Paper Tray 1 only.
Load up to 50 sheets in Paper Tray 1.
Be careful to fan and align the label sheets in Paper Tray 1.
When adding more label sheets, remove the ones already in
the tray. Stack and fan together before putting them back.
Keep the paper path clean. Transparencies are especially
sensitive to dirt. If shadows appear on either the top or
bottom of the sheets, refer to Chapter 8, “Maintaining
Your Printer,” for instructions on how to clean the
printer.
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If the manufacturer put a removable strip at the edge of
the transparencies, load the transparencies with the strip
toward the front of the printer (even if they recommend
that the striped edge faces the back of the printer).
1. Remove Paper Tray 1 and load no more than 80 label
sheets.
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The printer will automatically detect transparencies in
Paper Tray 1.
The best quality printing will be inside a 10 mm border
around the edge of the transparency
10m m
Best Print Area
2. Reinsert Paper Tray 1 into the feeder.
note: You can load label sheets in Paper Tray 1 or the
optional LegalTray as long as the tray is inserted in the
Paper Tray 1 feeder.
3. Press the Media button once. The message MEDIATYPE
THICK STOCK appears.
4. To return to printing regular weight paper, press the
note: The term s OHT (found on Operator Panel) and
OHP (found inside Paper Tray 1) both refer to
transparencies.
Media button. The message MEDIATYPE PAPER appears.
note: Load label sheets face up in the tray.
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The OHT light on the Operator Panel will start blinking
when the printer detects transparencies in Paper Tray 1.
Printing Transparencies
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This chapter provides instructions for installing and using
the printer options.
C H A P TER 3
P R IN T E R O P T IO N S
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Adding the Paper Tray 2 Unit
Installing the Legal Paper Tray
Adding Memory (SIMM)
O V ER V IEW
See page 94 for information about ordering printer options
and supplies.
The SuperScript 4600N has several easily installed options
available. You can add an extra paper tray and feeder unit or
a handy legal size paper tray. You can also increase the
printer’s random-access memory (RAM).
WARNING! When installing any of the options
described in this chapter, be sure the printer is
turned OFF.
The illustration below shows how the printer looks equipped
with the Paper Tray 2 unit attached.
SuperScr
ipt 4600N
SuperScript 4600N w ith Paper Tray 2 Unit
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WARNING! It takes two adults to lift the printer and
assure that it is level. If the printer is tipped more than 1.5
degrees, oil will spill inside and cause damage.
A D D IN G TH E P A P ER TR A Y 2 U N IT
Order #4005
1. Make sure the printer is turned off and disconnected.
5. Locate the metal tab with screw hole on each side of the
2. Make sure there is plenty of room around and above the
printer to work. Remove the optional Paper Tray 2 unit
from its packaging. Find the packet of brackets and
thumb screws and set aside.
3. Remove the .75”x 2” Connector Cable Door from the
unit. Extent the Connector Cable away from the unit.
4. Set the Paper Tray 2 unit next to the printer. Carefully
align the Paper Tray 2 unit to the printer. Keeping the
printer level, have two people lift the printer up and onto
the Paper Tray 2 Unit as shown (A).
Paper Tray 2 unit (A).
6. Take a metal bracket from the packet and hold it at a
slight angle away from you. Slide the bracket up into the
hole underneath the printer (B).
7. Make sure the hole in each metal bracket is lined up with
the corresponding screw hole on the Paper Tray 2 unit.
Insert and tighten the thumb screws (C).
Adding Paper Tray 2 Unit
A
B
C
Connector Cable
Adding Paper Tray 2 will increase
the printer’s height by 4 inches
Screw Hole
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8. Facing the back of the printer, locate the Connector Cable
at the rear of the Paper Tray 2 unit.
11. Snap on the left and right Paper Tray 2 unit covers (F).
12. Reconnect the power and interface cables to your printer
9. Remove the Cable Connector Door at the rear of the
(G).
printer (D) and plug the cable in to the printer socket (E).
13. Load paper into your new Paper Tray 2 (H), to check
operations turn your printer on and send a print job to
the printer using paper from both trays.
14. Update your printer driver. See Chapter 4 about
changing device settings in your driver.
10. Place the Cable Connector Door that you removed from
the printer over the opening on the Paper Tray 2 unit.
Place the Cable Connector Door that you removed in step
3 over the cable plug opening on the back of the printer.
Adding Paper Tray 2 Unit
D
E
Switch Cable Connector Doors
after connecting cable!
H
G
F
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note: You can load envelopes in the Legal PaperTray as
long as the tray is inserted in the Paper Tray 1 feeder. Do
not print envelopes from the Paper Tray 2 feeder.
IN S TA LLIN G TH E LEG A L P A P ER TR A Y
Order #4004
The optional Legal Paper Tray can hold 250 sheets of legal
paper or 15 envelopes.
Installation of the optional Legal Paper Tray is simple.
1. Remove the standard paper tray from the main feeder or
the optional Paper Tray 2 unit (A).
2. Remove the packing from the Legal Paper Tray and make
any needed adjustments inside the tray (B).
3. Fill the tray (C).
4. Install the tray in the feeder unit.
A
C
B
Envelope flaps down
Legal Paper Tray installed
in the Paper Tray 1 feeder
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To ease installation, remove SIMMs from the bottom memory
sockets first. Install SIMMs to the top memory sockets first.
A D D IN G M EM O R Y (S IM M )
The SuperScript 4600N have four Single Inline Memory
Module (SIMM) slots. The 4600N comes with 96MB RAM.
However, you can upgrade your printer to a maximum of
128MB of RAM through the installation of additional SIMMs.
The instructions on the next page explain how to install
memory in your printer yourself. You can also contact an
NEC-authorized dealer and have more memory installed for
a service fee. Call 800-632-4650.
Installing additional memory will help ensure that your
printer has enough memory to print the most complex
graphic print jobs without sacrificing resolution. Added
memory will also increase print speed.
note: If you are installing SIMMs of different capacities
you need to use the top two m em ory sockets m arked “A”
for the larger capacity SIMMs.
When you turn on your printer it will automatically
recognize the added memory. The new memory should show
up on the Start Up page shown below. Make sure the printer
driver knows about your added memory. See Chapter 4
about changing device settings in your driver.
To order SIMMs from NEC call 800-632-2326 (order number
4064) or use high quality SIMMs with the following
properties:
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72 pin
32 bit wide configuration (i.e. 8M x 32)
60 ns
TM
5v
non-parity
EDO
GENERAL INFO
Printer Name: SuperScript 4600
Software Version: 0.04
Build Time: 936928632
PostScript Version: 3010.108
PrintAgent Version: 1.008
Disk Resource Version: 0.0.4N
2K refresh
JEDEC
STORAGE
RAM Installed: 128 Megabytes
Disk Size: 1964.03 Megabytes
Disk Free: 1667.97 Megabytes
standard presence detect resistors
Information about name brand compatible DRAM SIMMs
can be found at the following NEC Technologies website:
J OB OPTIONS
Number of Copies: 1
Print PS Errors: Enabled
Wait Timeout: 240 seconds
Job Timeout: Never
nectech.com/printers/product_info guide
ENGINE INFO
Default Resolution: 600.0 X 600.0 DPI
Edge Smoothing: Disabled
Jam Recovery: Enabled
Tray 1: Letter
Tray 2: Legal
Pages Printed: 2182
If you want to upgrade your memory from 96MB to 128MB,
it is easiest to first remove the two 16MB SIMMs that came
with your printer. Then install two 32MB SIMMs in the two
memory sockets you removed the 16MB SIMMs from. Your
printer now has 128MB of RAM.
PARALLEL PORT
Status: Enabled
Bi-di: Enabled
Personality: AutoSelect
NETWORK PORT
Status: Enabled
Personality: AutoSelect
Web Address: http://131.241.45.88
For sales inform ation, call (800) NEC-INFO or visit our website at http://www.nectech.com . For supplies, call (800) 632-2326
©1999 NEC Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. NEC and the NEC logo are registered trademarks and SuperScript is trademark of NEC Corporation. Adobe, PostScript and the PostScript logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated or its subsidiaries
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Hold the SIMM so that the metal edge faces toward the
memory socket and the notched side of the SIMM faces
the right.
Hold the SIMM at a slight upward angle, being careful
not to touch the connection points along the edge of the
SIMM.
Installing SIMM
1. Turn the printer off and disconnect it.
2. Using a small phillips-head screw driver remove the two
screws from the expansion slot on the rear of the printer
(A), and pull out the Controller Board part way (B).
3. To remove any un-needed SIMMs start from the bottom:
Insert the SIMM in the memory socket (E).
Press the SIMM in and up until it clicks into place.
Open the metal release brackets on each side of the
memory socket at the same time (C).
Make sure the SIMM is seated securely and that the
metal brackets are closed.
5. Slide the controller board back into the printer and
reinstall the screws (F).
6. Connect the interface cable and power cord and print out
a Startup page (see previous page).
The SIMM will be released from the memory socket (D).
4. To add SIMMs:
Make sure the metal brackets on both sides of the
memory socket are open.
note: SIMMs of different values m ust be installed in
pairs.
C
A
B
note: Install SIMMs to the top
m em ory sockets first.
Make sure notch is on the right!
D
F
E
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When to Use the PostScript 3 or
PCL5e Printer Driver
Use the PostScript 3 driver for color documents and
documents that contain many complex graphic images or
extensive page layout formatting. The PostScript driver has
more options and delivers better graphic processing.
C H A P TER 4
P R IN T E R D R IV E R S
O V ER V IEW
Use the PCL5e driver for monochrome documents that
contain mostly text and limited formatting. The PCL5e driver
handles this type of document well and delivers faster
printing than the PostScript3 driver.
A printer driver is software that translates your computer
data into a format that the printer can read and print out. You
can access the printer driver software to change printer and
document settings and manage fonts. First, you need to
install the right printer driver for your system.
note: For color printing, you m ust use the PostScript 3
for m onochrom e printing only.
The SuperScript 4600N CD provides the following printer
drivers.
Installation Options
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PostScript 3 for Windows 95/ 98
PCL5e for Windows 95/ 98
There are three types of setup available for SuperScript
4600N printer software: Easy/ Local, Network Client/
Custom, and Network Server/ Administrator. This chapter
provides instructions for using the Easy/ Local setup. This
setup quickly installs the basic printing tools for your
operating system. This is appropriate if you are connected to
a SuperScript 4600N from the parallel port. All setup options
are described in more detail on page 3.
PostScript 3 for Windows NT 4.0
PCL5e for Windows NT 4.0
PostScript 3 for Window 3.1x
PCL5e for Window 3.1x
PostScript 3 for Mac OS (on EtherTalk networks)
In this chapter, you learn how to install, access, and use these
printer drivers to control printer settings. For definitions of
the different settings available on printer drivers, see
Chapter 1, “Features.” You can also use the online Help
feature on any printer driver.
The SuperScript 4600N CD also provides software for
configuring and using the printer on NetWare and TCP/ IP
networks. For Macintosh users, EtherTalk software is already
built into the operating system. Network setup is described
in the “SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide. “
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open the PostScript Options dialog box, then m ake sure
the Pure Binary Data radio button is clear.
W IN D O W S 9 5 / 9 8
About Color Control Options
Printing a Docum ent
You can do this using the print command of the application
used to create your document.
1. Open a document you wish to print.
2. Select Print from the File menu. The Print dialog box
During the PostScript 3 for Windows 95/ 98 driver
installation, you have the option of installing a driver using
Microsoft Image Color Matching (ICM) technology or a
driver using NEC’s color matching method. The driver using
NEC’s color matching method is the default and
recommended driver.
appears.
3. Select the options you want in the Print dialog box,
including the number of copies and page range.
4. When the options are selected, click OK to print the
The ICM based driver calibrates the colors with those
actually seen on the print client’s monitor. The NEC based
driver calibrates the colors with those described by the NEC
Color Table located inside the printer.
document.
Accessing a Printer Driver
You can access the printer driver from your application, or
the Windows Printer folder.
The choice can be made when the Select Components dialog
box appears during installation. Simply highlight the Printer
Drivers Win95 item, then click Change to open the Select
Subcomponents dialog box. The ICM based driver can be
selected there. However, when the ICM based driver is
installed, you can still choose between ICM based or NEC’s
color matching printing methods from the Color Control
options located in the Graphics tab of the driver.
From your application
Different applications have different methods for accessing
the Printer Setup. Below is one common example. If it does
not work with your application, consult your software
manual.
Installing Printer Softw are
1. Select Print from the File menu of your application.
Follow these steps to use the SuperScript Installer in
Windows 95/ 98.
2. In the Print dialog box that appears, click the Name pull-
down menu and select a printer from the list.
1. Insert the SuperScript 4600N CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3. Then click the Properties button in the Print dialog box
to display the printer driver.
2. The Installer will launch automatically.
3. Follow the instructions displayed on the computer
monitor.
4. At the Setup Type window, select the Easy/Local
installation option. At this point, you may click Change if
you want to install the ICM based driver described
above, otherwise, click Next to continue installing the
default driver.
From the Printers folder
1. Press the Start button and point to Settings in the Start
pop-up menu. In the menu that appears, click Printers.
2. In the Printers folder, select the printer driver you wish to
view.
3. From the File menu, select Properties.
5. When installation is complete, restart Windows.
Changing Settings in the Printer Driver
In the Properties folder, you simply point and click to change
printer settings.
1. Select a category of settings that you want to change by
clicking its name tab.
note: Pure binary data is not supported by PostScript
when a com puter is locally connected (directly connected
using a parallel cable) to the printer.To assure
com m unications between the com puter and the printer,
go to the PostScript tab of the driver, click Advanced to
2. Click to select new settings in the property sheet.
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3. Click OK to save the changes you made in all property
sheets and close the printer driver.
Shared radio button, then type in a name for the printer
into the Share Name text box.
Click Apply to save the changes you made in a property
sheet. The printer driver remains open.
Click Cancel to close the printer driver. Your changes will
not be implemented.
4. Select the operating systems of the computers that will be
printing to this printer.
5. Click Next to finish installing the driver.
To configure sharing after the driver is installed:
Setting Another Printer Driver as Default
You can change printer drivers using the Printers folder.
1. From the Windows NT computer, click Start, select
Settings, then click on Printers to open the Printers
control panel.
1. Press the Start button and point to Settings in the Start
pop-up menu. In the menu that appears, click Printers.
2. In the Printers folder, double-click a new printer driver.
2. Click the printer to open the shortcut menu.
3. In the folder that appears, select Set As Default from the
3. Select Sharing to open the printer driver. The Sharing tab
Printer menu.
will be automatically displayed.
4. Select the Shared radio button.
5. Type in a name for the printer into the Share Name text
Window s NT Shared Printer Driver
Windows 95/ 98 print clients can share the printer with
networked computers running Windows NT 4.0 and having
a parallel connection to the printer. This requires that the
PostScript printer driver be installed on the Windows NT
computer and that the driver be configured for sharing. Print
clients then can use the network to install the PostScript
printer driver from the Windows NT computer.
box.
6. Select the operating systems of the computers that will be
printing to this printer.
7. Click OK.
Installing the Shared Driver into Window s 95/ 98 Clients
After the Windows NT PostScript printer driver has been
configured for sharing, a Windows 95 and Windows 98 client
can use a network to install the driver from the Windows NT
computer.
Description
As seen from a Windows 95 and Windows 98 computer, the
shared Windows NT PostScript printer driver is similar to the
Windows 95 and Windows 98 PostScript drivers. They both
have the same options and features.
To install the shared driver:
1. From the Windows 95 or Window 98 client, use the
network to navigate to the Windows NT computer.
2. Click on the shared printer driver to open the shortcut
menu.
3. Select Install.
4. Follow the instructions presented by the Install Wizard to
install the driver.
Sharing the Window s NT PostScript Printer Driver
Configuring the PostScript printer driver for sharing can be
done during the installation of the driver from the SuperScript
4600N CD to the Windows NT computer, or after the driver
has been installed on the Windows NT computer.
To configure sharing during driver installation:
1. Insert the SuperScript 4600N CD into the Windows NT
computer to automatically launch the Install Wizard.
2. Follow the instructions presented by the Install Wizard to
install the PostScript printer driver until the Get Shared
Information dialog box appears.
3. From the Get Shared Information dialog box, select the
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Window s 95/ 98 Printer Driver - System Tabs
The General, Details, and Sharing tabs provide access to Windows features for setting up your printer. A brief
description is provided here. For m ore inform ation about settings on these tabs, see the Windows m anual.
GeneralTab
This tab provides general
inform ation about the printer. Use
the Com m ent area to add
com m ents about the printer.You
can specify a separator page to be
sent between jobs, and print a test
page to troubleshoot problem s.
Details Tab
Use this tab to custom ize the
local and network port
connections to the printer and
specify print spooling settings.
Sharing Tab
Use this tab to custom ize the local
and network port connections.
Click OK to save changes
and close the window.
Click Cancel to discard changes
and close the window.
Click the ? Help icon and click
a setting on the driver to view
m ore inform ation about it.
Click Apply to save changes
and leave the window open.
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Window s 95/ 98 Printer Driver - PostScript 3 Tabs (I)
PostScript Tab
Use these settings to configure options
for the PostScript printing language.
Waterm arks Tab
A waterm ark is text that appears on
pages in your print job, such as DRAFT or
CONFIDENTIAL. Use these settings to
custom ize waterm arks for your print job.
Paper Tab
Use the Paper tab to custom ize
paper handling for the print job.
NEC Features Tab
This tab allows you to control
the special features of the
SuperScript 4600N printer.
Click here to custom ize
advanced PostScript features
such as data form at.
This preview area shows
the effect of your selections.
To learn m ore about the printer’s spooling
features, such as collation, see Chapter 6,
“Advanced Features.”
Click here to
print page borders
on your job.
To order NEC Prem ium
papers call 800-632-2326
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Window s 95/ 98 Printer Driver - PostScript 3 Tabs (II)
Click the Help button to view the com plete Help file.
Click the ? Help icon and click a setting on the
driver to view m ore inform ation about it.
Click any tab to view m ore printer settings.
Graphics Tab
Use the Graphics tab settings
to define print quality.
Click the Restore Defaults button to replace current
settings on the tab with factory defaults.
Fonts Tab
You can use the Fonts tab to
specify how TrueType fonts in
your docum ent will be processed
by the printer.
Device Options Tab
You can use settings on the Device
Options tab to m atch the attached
printer options and configuration
so that the printer driver can
generate optim ized PostScript
code.
Click here to display the
Font Substitution Table.
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Window s 95/ 98 Printer Driver - PCL5eTabs
Paper Tab
Use the Paper tab to custom ize
paper handling for the print job.
Graphics Tab
Use the Graphics tab settings
to define print quality.
Fonts Tab
Use the Fonts tab to specify how
TrueType fonts in your docum ent will
be processed by the printer.
Device Options Tab
Use settings on the Device
Options to m atch the attached
printer options and
configuration so that the
printer driver can generate
optim ized PostScript code.
Click the ? Help icon and click a setting on the
driver to view m ore inform ation about it.
Click any tab to view m ore printer settings.
Click the Restore Defaults button to replace current
settings on the tab with factory defaults.
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Accessing Printer Properties
You can access the Printer Properties page from the Windows
Start menu.
W IN D O W S N T 4 .0
Installing Printer Driver Softw are
Follow these steps to use the SuperScript Installer in
Windows NT 4.0.
1. Insert the SuperScript 4600N CD into the CD-ROM drive.
2. The Installer will launch automatically.
1. Press the Start button and point to Settings in the Start
pop-up menu. In the menu that appears, click Printers.
2. In the Printers folder, select the printer driver you wish to
view.
3. When prompted, select the Easy/Local installation option
3. From the File menu, select Properties.
and click Next.
4. Continue responding to the selections displayed in the
installation dialog boxes.
5. When installation is complete Windows will prompt you
to restart.
Accessing Docum ent Properties
You can access the Document Properties page from an
application, such as Word or Excel.
1. Select Print or Print Setup from the File menu of your
application.
Printing a Docum ent
You can do this using the print command of the application
used to create your document.
2. In the Print dialog box that appears, click the Name pull-
down menu and select a printer from the list.
3. Then click the Properties button in the Print dialog box
1. Open a document you wish to print.
to display the printer driver settings.
2. Select Print from the File menu. The Print dialog box
Changing Settings in the Printer Driver
In the Document Properties page, you simply point and click
to change printer settings.
appears.
3. Select the options you want in the Print dialog box,
including the number of copies and page range.
4. When the options are selected, click Print to print the
1. Select the Page Setup or Advanced tab to find the setting
you want to change.
document.
2. Click to select new settings. In the Advanced tab, when
you click a setting in the scrolling menu, more specific
options are shown in the lower portion of the window.
3. Click OK to save the changes you made in all property
sheets and close the printer driver.
Click Cancel to close the printer driver. Your changes will
not be implemented.
Setting Another Printer Driver as Default
You can change printer drivers using the Printers folder.
1. Press the Start button and point to Settings in the Start
pop-up menu. In the menu that appears, click Printers.
2. In the Printers folder, double-click a new printer driver.
3. In the folder that appears, select Set As Default from the
Printer menu.
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Using the Window s NT 4.0 Printer Driver
Window s NT 4.0 Printer Properties
The General, Ports, Scheduling, Sharing,
and Security tabs provide access to
Windows features for setting up your
printer. For inform ation about settings on
these tabs, see the Windows m anual.
The Device Settings tab lets you change printer properties
specific to the SuperScript 4600N. (More settings are available
when you select Print or Print Setup from your application’s File
m enu or Docum ent Default from Printer Properties m enu.)The
Device Settings tabs are different for the PostScript 3 and PCL5e
printer drivers, and are shown below.
PostScript 3 Device Settings
PCL5e Device Settings
Installing Options
After you install an option such as
Paper Tray 2, Go to the Device
Settings tab.Open installable options
and select Installed for Tray 2.
Click any setting in the scrolling m enu
and the lower portion of the tab
displays m ore options for that setting.
Click OK to save changes
and close the driver window.
Click Cancel to discard changes
and close the driver window.
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Window s NT 4.0 Docum ent Properties - PostScript 3
You can change docum ent settings using the Docum ent Properties pages.To access these, select Print or Print
Setup from your application’s File m enu or Docum ent Defaults from the Printer Properties m enu.
Page Setup Tab
Use this tab for general page setup options.
Advanced Tab
Use this tab to access all Windows NT 4.0
printer driver settings. PostScript settings are
described in Chapter 1.
Click OK to save changes
and close the driver window.
Click any setting in the scrolling m enu
and the lower portion of the tab
displays m ore options for that setting.
Click Cancel to discard changes
and close the driver window.
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Window s NT 4.0 Docum ent Properties - PCL5e
You can change docum ent settings using the Docum ent Properties pages.To access these, select Print or Print
Setup from your application’s File m enu or Docum ent Defaults from Printer Properties m enu.
Page Setup Tab
Use this tab for general page setup options.
Advanced Tab
Use this tab to access all Windows NT 4.0
printer driver settings. PCL5e settings are
described in Chapter 1.
Click OK to save changes
and close the driver.
Click any setting in the scrolling m enu
and the lower portion of the tab
displays m ore options for that setting.
Click Cancel to discard changes
and close the driver.
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including the number of copies and page range.
4. When the options are selected, click OK to print the
W IN D O W S 3 .1 X
Installing the Printer Driver Softw are
document.
Accessing the Printer Driver
You can access the printer driver from your application and
the Windows Control Panel.
Installation for Window s 3.1x (PostScript)
1. Boot your system and start Windows.
2. Insert the SuperScript 4600N CD into the appropriate
drive (in this example we use drive E:).
3. In the Windows Program Manager, select Run from the
File menu. Windows displays the Run dialog box.
4. Type E:\WIN31\PS\SETUP.EXEin the Command Line
From Your Application
Different applications have different methods for accessing a
printer driver. Below is one common example. If it does not
work with your application, consult your software manual.
field.
5. Click the OK button. This launches the Installer.
1. Select Print from the File menu of your application.
6. Respond to the selections displayed in the installation
dialog boxes.
2. In the Print dialog box that appears, click the Setup
button.
7. When installation is complete the installer will prompt
you to restart Windows.
3. In the Print Setup dialog box that appears, select the
appropriate SuperScript printer driver in the Printers list
and then click the Setup button.
8. After Windows restarts, the Install PostScript Driver
From PPD dialog box appears.
From the Window s Control Panel
1. In the Windows Control Panel double-click the Printers
9. Select NEC SuperScript 4600 PS. Click on Install.
icon.
10. When installation is complete, click on Close.
2. In the Printers dialog box that appears, select the driver
you wish to view from the Installed Printers list. Then
click the Setup button.
11. See “Setting Another Printer as Default” below and
follow the instructions.
Changing Settings in the Printer Driver
In the printer driver, you simply point and click to change
printer settings.
Installation for Window s 3.1x (PCL Driver)
1. Boot your system and start Windows.
2. Insert the SuperScript 4600N CD into the appropriate
drive (in this example we use drive D:).
3. In the Main group, double-click on the Print Manager
icon. Click Options then Printer Setup.
1. In the PostScript 3 driver, select a category of settings
that you want to change by clicking its name tab. In the
PCL5e driver, press the Options button to display more
settings.
4. Click on the Browse button and navigate to
2. Click on any setting to select it.
D:\WIN31\PCL\
3. Click OK to save the changes you made in all property
Printing a Docum ent
You can do this using the print command of the Windows
application used to create your document.
1. Open a document you wish to print.
2. Select Print from the File menu. The Print dialog box
sheets and close the printer driver.
Click Apply (PostScript driver only) to save the changes
you made in a property sheet. The printer driver remains
open.
Click Cancel to close the printer driver. Your changes will
not be implemented.
appears.
3. Select the options you want in the Print dialog box,
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2. In the Printers dialog box that appears, select the driver
you wish to use in the Installed Printers list.
3. Click the Set As Default Printer button.
Setting Another Printer Driver as Default
You can change printer drivers using the Windows Control
Panel.
4. Click on the Close button to close the Printers dialog box.
1. In the Windows Control Panel double-click the Printers
icon.
The Window s 3.1x PostScript 3 Printer Driver Properties
Paper Tab
Use the Paper tab to custom ize
paper handling for the print job.
Features Tab
This tab allows you to control the
special printer features.
Fonts Tab
You can use the Fonts tab to specify
how TrueType fonts in your docum ent
will be processed by the printer.
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The Window s 3.1x PostScript 3 Printer Driver Properties
PostScript Tab
Use these settings to configure options
for the PostScript printing language.
J ob Control
Use these settings to configure m ore
options for PostScript printing.
Click the Help button to view
the com plete Help file.
Waterm arks Tab
A waterm ark is text that appears on
pages in your print job, such as DRAFT or
CONFIDENTIAL. Use these settings to
custom ize waterm arks for your print job.
Click Cancel to discard changes
and close the driver.
Click OK to save changes
and close the driver.
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Window s 3.1x - PCL5e Printer Driver Properties
The PCL5e printer driver window has general docum ent settings. Press the Options
button to display m ore settings for adjusting graphic output.
Click the Help button to view the com plete Help file.
Click Cancel to discard changes and close the driver.
Click OK to save changes and close the driver.
Click About to view version and copyright inform ation.
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by calling 800-SOS-APPL.
M A C O S
You can print from Mac OS version 7.1 and higher, to the
SuperScript 4600N network printer over EtherTalk.
Then perform a custom install of the Apple Printer Utility.
1. Launch the Apple Printer Utility.
2. Select the zone in which your SuperScript 4600N printer
resides.
3. Select the printer you wish to rename and click Open
Installing Printing Softw are
1. Insert the SuperScript 4600 CD in your drive and double-
click the AdobePS Installer icon.
2. Follow the installation instructions for the AdobePS laser
printer driver.
3. After you have installed the AdobePS software, double-
click the SuperScript 4600N Installer icon.
4. The installer prompts you to select install preferences
and places the software on your hard drive.
Printer.
4. Select the Name section of the window by clicking the
arrow.
5. Type your desired name into the field labeled AppleTalk
Name.
6. Click the Send button.
Printing
Choosing the Printer
To print a document from your Mac OS computer
1. Select Chooser from the Apple menu and make sure the
1. Select Print from the File menu.
AppleTalk Active button is selected.
2. A Print dialog box appears that allows you to select the
settings you want. Change the center “Panel” of settings
by selecting categories from the Settings pull-down
menu.
2. In the Chooser, select the AdobePS printer icon, select
the AppleTalk zone your printer is on, then select the
printer’s name, SuperScript 4600N, in the printer list.
Configuring the PPD
1. Click the Setup button in the Chooser.
3. Select one of the following options from the Destination
pull-down menu.
2. In the Setup dialog box, click Auto Setup. The driver will
attempt to determine the correct PPD (PostScript Printer
Description) file to associate with the printer.
Printer: Your document is printed out on your printer
(the default).
File: The document can be saved as either a PostScript
Job or an Encapsulated PostScript file.
4. When all settings are specified, click the Print button to
3. In the Printer Descriptions dialog box, select
SuperScript 4600N and click Select.
4. When the Setup dialog box reappears, click the
Configure button.
print the document.(See the Print dialog on page 49.)
5. In the Configure dialog box, use the pull-down menus to
specify options currently installed in your printer.
Page Setup
To view and change Page Setup settings
1. Select Page Setup from the File menu.
Renam ing Your Printer
2. A dialog box appears that allows you to select the
settings you want. Change the center “Panel” of settings
by selecting Page Attributes or PostScript Options from
the pull-down menu.
Rename your printer if you have more than one SuperScript
4600 printer on your network. To do this you need a copy of
Apple Printer Utility. Obtain this online from Apple
Computer at this URL:
3. Select options and click OK to return to the document.
http://asu.info.apple.com
Search for “Apple Printer Utility,” or you can request the
Apple LaserWriter 8.5.1 driver installer disk set from Apple
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C H A P TER 5
O P ER A TO R P A N EL FEA TU R ES
Indicator Lights
The indicator lights on the Operator Panel help communicate
the status of the printer.
O P E R A T O R P A N E L
O V ER V IEW
Light
Power
Mode
On
Status
The printer’s Operator Panel allows you to read printer
messages and change printer settings directly at the printer.
The Operator Panel on the SuperScript 4600N consists of
eight buttons and six indicator lights.
Printer power is on or in POWER SAVE
m ode.
(Green)
Warning
(Red)
Off
On
Off
Printer power is off.
Call for service (see page93).
Norm al state, no action is required.
This chapter describes
•
Operator Panel features, including indicator lights, the
message display, and buttons
Blinking The printer has a problem . See the
m essage display. If there is no
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Using the Operator Panel menu tree
m essage, call for service (see page93).
Important tasks you can perform using the Operator
Panel and menu tree settings.
Online
On
Printer is online and ready to print.
(Green)
Off
Printer is offline or in m enu m ode.
Blinking Printer is warm ing up.
Data
On
Print buffer contains data.
(Orange)
Off
Print job has ended or print buffer has
been cleared by pressing the Feed
button.
Blinking Data is being sent to the printer.
Power
Warning
Online
OHT
On
Media type is set to Over Head
Transparency (OHT).
Menu
OHT
OnLine
Label
(Green)
Data
Feed
Off
On
Media type is not set to OHT.
Media type is set to Thick.
Item
Next
Media
Select
Label
Previous
(Green)
Off
Media type is not set to Thick.
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Status messages with their explanation. Alert messages are
explained on page 84. Service messages require that you call
an authorized service representative. See page 93 for
information about service and technical support.
The Message Display
The Operator Panel status display is an LCD panel that
shows status messages, alert messages, media types, and
menu selections. When the printer is performing a job, the
display indicates a printer status message, such as
PROCESSING, PRINTING, etc. The standard display is READY,
meaning the printer is ready for use. The table below lists
Status Message
Explanation
INITIALIZING
RESETTING
Indicates that the printer is performing startup tests.
Indicates that the printer settings are being restored to their factory defaults.
WARMING UP
Printer is not yet ready to operate. It is performing an initial power up check or the fuser
unit is warming up to operating temperature.
READY
Printer is online and ready to print under Auto Emulation Switching mode.
Printer is printing a page.
PRINTING
PROCESSING
WAITING
Printer is processing a job.
Printer is waiting for additional input to complete the print job.
POWER SAVE
MODE
Printer is in Power Saving mode. When the printer receives data or you press any button,
the display restores ordinary printer messages.
MEDIATYPE <type>
SELECTED
Shows the current paper type <PAPER ORTHICK STOCK> when user presses Media button.
Appears when a setting is selected.
Printer is printing a test page.
TEST PRINT
FIRST JOB
Startup page is printing (if enabled).
Printer is resetting a job.
RESETTING JOB
OFFLINE
Printer is offline.
PRESS SELECTTO
CANCEL JOB
This appears if you press the Online button while the printer is processing a job or waiting
for additional input to complete the print job.Then press the Select button to cancel the job.
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Operator Panel menu tree and procedures for changing
printer settings are discussed beginning on page 54.
Operator Panel Buttons
Operator Panel buttons have different functions depending
on whether the printer is online, offline, or in menu mode.
The table below summarizes Operator Panel buttons. The
Button
Mode
Offline
Function
Online
Press to bring printer online.
Press to take printer offline.
Button is not active.
Online
Menu
Feed
Offline
In PCL emulation or Automatic Emulation Switching (AES) mode, pressing this button with the DATA
indicator light on allows data stored in the print buffer to be printed out. This button is not active in
PostScript emulation mode.
Online
Menu
Button is not active.
Button is not active.
Menu
Media
Offline
Online
Menu
Press to enter the menu mode. The menu category, CONTROL appears on the status display.
Button is not active.
Press to exit menu mode.
Offline
Press once to change media to Thick stock (use for envelopes and labels too) Green LED light turns on.
Press again to return to plain paper. When the printer detects overhead transparencies in the paper tray,
the button is not active, and the green OHT indicator light goes on. When the transparencies are
removed from the paper tray, the setting returns to the previous value.
Online
Menu
Offline
Online
Menu
Same as offline.
Button is not active.
Item
Button is not active.
Button is not active.
Press to go up one menu level.
Button is not active.
Previous Offline
Online
Scanner’s copy feature is activated (see Chapter 6, “Advanced Features.”)
Press to display previous item in a menu.
Button is not active.
Menu
Next
Offline
Online
Menu
Scanner’s scan to JPG feature is activated (see Chapter 6, “Advanced Features.”)
Press to display next item in a menu.
Button is not active.
Select
Offline
Online
Menu
Button is not active.
Enables changes made to settings in the menu tree.
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U S IN G TH E M EN U TR EE
You can use the Operator Panel to set communications
channels, print forms or pages, view usage reports, use
advanced features, or change printer settings. (However, in
most cases, you will use your printer drivers to change
printer settings.) Follow these three basic steps to enter menu
mode and navigate through the menu tree
1. Turn on the printer, if necessary.
2. Press Online to take the printer offline. The display
changes from READY to OFFLINE.
3. Press Menu. The display changes to MENU CONTROL.
4. You navigate through the menu tree by pressing the
menu selection buttons on the Operator Panel.
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•
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Press Next to go to the next item in a menu.
For an exam ple of how to use the m enu tree, see the
next page.
Press Previous to go to the previous item in a menu.
Press Select to go to the next menu level or to choose the
displayed setting if you are at the lowest menu level.
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Press Item to move back to the previous menu level.
Press Menu to exit menu mode. If you changed any
network settings, you must restart the printer to validate
the new settings.
MENU CONTROL
Power
Warning
Online
Menu
OHT
OnLine
Label
Data
Feed
Item
Next
Media
Select
Previous
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3. Press Next. MENU - SETUP appears on the display.
4. Press Next. MENU - POSTSCRIPT appears on the display.
5. Press Next. MENU - PCL appears on the display.
An Exam ple of Using the Menu Tree
The Operator Panel menu tree has eight top-level menu
categories. Each category contains items you can select, and
some of these items contain even more options. These form a
menu tree, but as you navigate through the menu tree, only
the currently selected item is shown on the status display.
6. Press Next. MENU - COMMUNICATIONS appears on the
display.
7. Press Next. MENU - USAGE STATUS appears on the
display.
Checking Total Page Count
8. Press Select. Press Next untilTOTAL PAGE COUNT
This example illustrated below shows the steps you take to
view the total page count. Follow these steps:
appears on the display.
9. Press Select and the number of pages printed appears on
1. Press Online. OFFLINE appears on the display.
2. Press Menu. MENU - CONTROL appears on the display.
the display.
Using the Operator Panel Menu Tree
Press Select to m ove to a lower
m enu or to select a setting when
you are at the lowest level in
a m enu
Key
Press Next to display the
next item in a m enu
Online
Offline
=
O
Press the Online
button to take the
Printer Offline
CONTROL
SETUP
N
I
= Item
Press Previous to display the
previous item in a m enu
= Menu
= Select
= Next
M
N
N
O
Press Item to m ove back
to the previous m enu level
READY
S
POSTSCRIPT
PCL
N
OFFLINE
P
= Previous
N
M
S
TOTAL PAGE COUNT
Press Menu
to enter
m enu m ode
N
COMMUNICATIONS
USAGE STATUS
M
S
O
PRINT FORM
ADVANCED FEATURES
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PostScript Menu
Operator Panel Menus
Use this menu to configure the printer’s settings for the
PostScript interpreter.
The Operator Panel has the eight main menus, described
below. Default selections for each setting are marked with an
asterisk (*).
POSTSCRIPT
Control Menu
YES* / NO
YES* / NO
STARTUP PAGE
PRINT PS ERRORS
JOBTIMEOUT
Use this menu to cancel the current print job or reset the
printer when the printer is in an error state. Selecting RESET
PRINTER restarts the printer and causes it to reinitialize and
perform a self-test. RESET NIC allows you to reset the
network interface parameters without rebooting.
NEVER*, 20, 40, 60, 80, ... 280, 300
WAITTIMEOUT
NEVER, 20, 40, 60, 80, ... 240*,280, 300
CONTROL
JOB HOLD PRINT*
PCL Menu
CONFIRM
RESET PRINTER
RESET NIC
Use this menu to configure the printer’s settings for the
PostScript interpreter.
PARAMETERS
Setup Menu
PCL
Use this menu to configure the default settings for jobs that
are not sent using printer driver software, or restore the
factory default settings. The JOB DEFAULTS submenu allows
you to set the appearance of print jobs. The MISCELLANEOUS
menu allows you to set printer operation settings. Select
RESTORE DEFAULTS to return printer settings to their factory
defaults (except communications parameters).
SET FONT
INTERNAL / DOWNLOAD
0*, 1, 2, 3, ... 50
SOURCE
NUMBER
PITCH ✝
0, 0.44,10*, ... 999.99
2.00,4.25, … 12.00*, ... 999.75
Rom an-8*, etc.
HEIGHT ✝
SYMBOL SET
SETUP
JOB DEFAULTS
0, 5, 10, 15, 60*... 300
TIMEOUT
600 x 600* / 1200 x 1200
RESOLUTION**
EDGE SMOOTHING
ENABLE* / DISABLE
1* to 999
COPIES
MISCELLANEOUS
POWER SAVE
NEVER, 30 MIN., 1HOUR*,
1.5HOURS, 2HOURS, 3HOURS
NO /YES*
JAM RECOVERY
MEMORY
32MB, 40MB, 48MB, 64MB,
72MB, 80MB, 96MB, 128MB
*Default selection for the setting.
** 1200 x 1200 resolution will be available when 80MB or
more memory is installed.
RESTORE DEFAULTS
✝ Either PITCH or HEIGHT will be displayed depending on the
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default font selected by the ID number.
Com m unications Menu
This menu has settings that enable the printer to receive print
jobs from the Parallel port or NIC, and to configure
emulations and networking protocols. See page 60 for
instructions on configuring TCP/ IP parameters such as the
network IP address. For more network information see the
SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide.
COMMUNICATIONS
PARALLEL PORT
YES* / NO
ENABLE
PERSONALITY
PS STANDARD
PS BINARY
PS TBCP
PCL
AIS RAW*
AIS BINARY
AIS TBCP
ON / OFF*
BIDI
NETWORK
ENABLE* / DISABLE
ENABLE* / DISABLE
ETHERTALK
NOVELL IPX
TCP/IP
ENABLE* /DISABLE
NET ADDRESS
SUBNET MASK
GATEWAY
PERSONALITY
AIS* / POSTSCRIPT / PCL
*Default selection for the setting.
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Usage Status Menu
Use the Usage Status menu to view the total number of pages
printed. Whenever a Fuser Unit, or Belt Module is installed
you must reset its status on the Operator Panel.
USAGE STATUS
TOTAL PAGE COUNT
ROLLER REPLACE?
BELT REPLACE?
FUSER REPLACE?
Print Form Menu
Use the Print Form menu to select and print documents
stored in the printer.
PRINT FORM
DEMO PAGE
PS START PAGE
MENU TREE PAGE
PS FONT PAGE
SUPPLY ORDER
Advanced Features Menu
Use the Advanced Features menu to access advanced
features that include scanner, Zip disk, and spooler functions.
For a full description of these see Chapter 6 of this user’s
guide.
ADVANCED FEATURES
SCANNER/COPY
ZIP DISK MENU
SPOOLER
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Resetting the Printer
You can reset the printer to its previous settings. Follow these
steps.
O P ER A TO R P A N EL TA S KS
This section describes important tasks you perform using the
Operator Panel buttons and menu selections.
1. Press Online. OFFLINE appears on the display.
Taking the Printer Offline and Online
Press the Online button to switch between the online and
offline states.
2. Press Menu. MENU - CONTROL appears on the display.
Press Select.
3. Press Next until RESET PRINTER appears on the display.
4. Press Select, and when the panel displays CONFIRM,
note: The printer m ust be offline before you can change
any printer settings. It m ust be online (indicator light on)
to print.
press Select again.
Resetting the NIC
While the printer is offline, it continues to receive data until
its input buffer is full. If you press the Online button while
the printer is printing, it finishes the current page, and then
waits for you to bring it online again.
You can reset the NIC to its factory default settings. Follow
these steps.
1. Press Online. OFFLINE appears on the display.
2. Press Menu. MENU - CONTROL appears on the display.
Press Select.
Setting Media Type
3. Press Next until RESET NIC appears on the display.
4. Press Select, and when the panel displays PARAMETERS,
When you load a new paper type into the tray, you should set
the Media type. If you do not specify the correct media type,
print quality may be poor, because the printer will move the
paper at the wrong speed. To change the Media type, on the
Operator Panel press the Media button to display PAPER or
THICK STOCK. When the correct type is displayed, the LCD
message will display READY.
press Select again.
Restoring Factory Defaults
To restore factory default settings to the printer
1. Turn off the printer.
2. While pressing the Online and Media buttons, turn on
the printer. When the display changes to INITIALIZE
NVRAM, release the button.
Stopping a J ob
If you wish to stop a print job before it is complete
1. Press the Online button to take the printer offline.
2. PRESS SELECT--TO CANCEL JOB appears on the message
Or follow these steps.
1. Press Online. OFFLINE appears on the display.
2. Press Menu. MENU - CONTROL appears on the display.
display.
3. Press the Select button to cancel the job.
3. Press Next until SETUP appears on the display, and press
the Select button.
4. Press Next until RESTORE DEFAULTS appears on the
Clearing the Print Buffer
The print buffer is an electronic memory in the printer where
data is kept before processing. When the Data light is
blinking, this indicates there is still data in the printer buffer.
To print out any data that is in the print buffer, press the
Online button to take the printer offline; then press the Feed
button to eject the page. (Not available in PostScript
emulation.)
display, and press the Select button.
5. When the panel displays CONFIRM, press Select again.
All settings except those under the Communications
Menu will be restored to their default.
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Printing 4600N Inform ation Pages
You can print a number of different pages preformatted with
useful information about your printer. Follow these steps.
1. Press Online. OFFLINE appears on the display.
2. Press Menu. MENU - CONTROL appears on the display.
3. Press Next until PRINT FORM appears on the display.
4. Press Select.
5. Press Next until you see the page you want to print. Your
choices are, DEMO PAGE, PS START PAGE, PS FONT PAGE,
MENU TREE PAGE, and SUPPLY ORDER.
TCP/ IP Setup
You can use the Operator Panel to enable and set up the
TCP/ IP networking parameters for the printer. This is
particularly useful for setting the printer’s IP address so you
can use it as the printer’s URL in web-based printing. Follow
these steps.
1. Press the Online button of the Operator Panel. OFFLINE
appears on the display.
2. Press the Menu button to enter menu mode. CONTROL
appears on the display.
3. Press the Next button until COMMUNICATIONS appears
6. Press Select.
on the display, and press the Select button.
4. Press the Next button until NETWORK appears on the
display, and press the Select button.
5. Press the Next button untilTCP/IP appears on the display,
and press the Select button.
6. Press the Next button until NET ADDRESS appears on the
Resetting Usage Reports
You should reset the Usage Status any time you replace the
Belt Cartridge, Fuser Cleaning Roller, or Fuser Unit. Follow
these steps. The example below shows how to reset the Usage
Report when you replace the Fuser Unit.
1. Press Online. OFFLINE appears on the display.
2. Press Menu. MENU - CONTROL appears on the display.
3. Press Next until USAGE STATUS appears on the display.
4. Press Select.
5. Press Next until REPLACE FUSER appears on the display.
6. Press Select, and when the panel displays CONFIRM,
display, and press the Select button.
7. Use the Operator Panel buttons to set values for each of
the 12 digits in this manner.
First press Next to set the curser to the first digit.
For the first digit, press Select to increment to the correct
value. Then press Next to move to the next digit and
press Select to increment to its correct value. Continue
until all twelve digits are set. When the final digit is set,
press Next to confirm the Net Address you set and then
press Select.
press Select again.
8. Press Menu to exit menu mode and press Online to
bring the printer online.
SUBNET MASK, and GATEWAY are set in the same way. If you
select ENABLE, the TCP/ IP protocol is enabled.
To validate any changes to network settings, you must turn
the printer off, and then on again.
For more information about networking the 4600N printer,
see the SuperScript Color Laser Network Guide.
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C H A P TER 6
FR O M TH E P R IN TER ’S H O M E P A G E
You can access the printer’s advanced features from the
SuperScript 4600N home page. When you click on the
Advanced Features button, a welcome page appears with
several navigational links on the left sidebar. For status on a
print job, click on the Queue icon. To print multiple copies of
a document after previewing a single copy, click on the
RePrint icon. To access a list of printable files from the ZIP
drive, click on the Zip icon. To see the last scanned image in
the printer’s hard drive, click on the Image icon.
A D V A N C E D F E A T U R E S
O V ER V IEW
This chapter provides information on the new advanced
features of the SuperScript 4600N. If your printer has an IP
address and you are connected to the Internet, you can access
most of these features from the printer’s home page. Most
features can also be accessed through the Operator Panel.
Advanced features include:
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Special spooling options like collation and job preview
On Demand printing from a Zip drive
Scanner/ copy options
The Advanced Features Web Page
The Printer’s Hom e Page
Web Page Icons
•
•
Click on the Queue icon for print status
Click on the RePrint icon to print multiple copies of
a previewed document
•
•
Click on the Zip icon to access files from the Zip
drive
Click on the Image icon to preview the last scanned
image
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Print Queue Status
S P O O LIN G O P TIO N S
This feature is shown on the Print Queue Status page (C)
after being chosen from the Advanced Features web page. It
shows you the next spooling print job, current print status,
and a list of recently printed jobs.
On printer networks, multiple users can send documents to
the same printer. These documents are sent to a spooler in the
printer where they wait in a queue (line). Special spooler
features found in the SuperScript 4600N greatly improve
print performance and usability. Advanced spooling features,
along with the built in 2.1 GB hard disk of the printer, speed
up print time especially for long, multiple-copy documents.
note: You cannot change print job param eters on this
web page.
J ob Priority
Most spooling options can be set up through the SuperScript
4600N PostScript driver under the NEC Features tab (A).
Make sure the “Use Printer’s Spooler Options” box is
checked. Spooler options can also be set up or viewed
through the Printer’s Home page under Advanced Features
(B).
The Job Priority feature allows you to prioritize a document
and send it to the “front of the line.” Each sent document is
assigned a default priority number of five (5). Set up Job
Priority on the NEC Features tab of the printer driver. If you
want a job to print ahead of the others, choose a number
between 1 and 4 in the scrolling Priority box on the NEC
Features tab.
In Windows NT, spooling options can be found on the
Document Properties Advanced tab under Document
Options and then Printer Features (see page 42).
A
B
C
Assign a priority num ber
here. Highest Job Priority is
num ber 1.
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creator, job size, number of copies, job hold, and job reprint
information. You can choose to print a Banner page from the
PostScript driver’s NEC Features tab or from the Job RePrint
web page, shown below.
Banner Pages
Banner pages are used to identify and separate print jobs.
These are especially useful with a shared printer. Items found
on the Banner page include job number, job name, owner, job
note: In Windows NT, banner pages can be found on the
Docum ent Properties Advanced tab under Docum ent Options
and then Printer Features (see page 42)
SuperScript 4600N Banner Page
J ob RePrint Web Page
Spooling Options
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How to Use the J ob Hold Feature
J ob Hold
1. Select Job Hold on the spooler area of the NEC Features tab (A).
2. Send your print job through the printer network.
3. Go to the printer’s Operator Panel and press Online. OFFLINE
appears on the display.
The Job Hold feature gives you the ability to send a
document to the printer and hold it there until you “release”
it at the Operator Panel. The printer will continue to print
other jobs in the queue until you go to the Operator Panel
and physically select JOB HOLD PRINT from the Control
Menu. Set up the Job Hold feature from the NEC Features tab
in the printer’s PostScript driver. You can also use the Job
RePrint web page.
4. Press Menu and CONTROL appears on the display. Press
Select.
5. Press Next until JOB HOLD PRINT appears on the display (B).
6. Scroll through the list, if necessary, using the Next/Previous
buttons until you find your job. Press Select.
7. Your job will print.
8. Press Menu, then Online. ONLINE appears on the display.
B
A
JOB HOLD
PRINT
Release the held print job at the Operator Panel
Power
Warning
Online
Menu
OHT
OnLine
Label
Data
Feed
note: In Windows NT, the Job Hold (Confidential)
feature can be found on the Docum ent Properties
Advanced tab under Docum ent Options and then
Printer Features (see page 42)
Item
Next
Media
Select
Previous
J ob RePrint Web Page
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J ob Preview
Collation
The Job Preview feature allows you to preview a first copy of
a long document before printing out multiple copies. This
gives you the opportunity to proofread the document first,
then print the required number of copies later. Job Preview
saves time because the document is stored on the printer’s
hard disk and does not have to be sent to the printer again
(assuming the preview document is OK).
The Collation feature allows multiple copy jobs to be printed
in “sorted order.” In other words, if Collate is selected and
you want to print two copies of the same document, the
pages will be printed in 1-2-3-1-2-3 order. This sorts each
document for you so it does not have to be sorted by hand.
You only have to go to the printer once and not to the copy
machine at all. By default this option is not selected. If Collate
is not selected the pages will be printed in 1-1-2-2-3-3 order.
How to Use the J ob Preview Feature
1. Select Job Preview on the NEC
Features tab.
2. Send one copy of your print job to the
printer.
3. The preview copy of your document
will print.
4. Proofread the preview copy.
5. If it is OK, bring up your printer’s
web page.
6. Click on Advanced Features. The
Advanced Features page appears.
7. Click on the RePrint icon on the
sidebar of the Advanced Features
web page.
8. Specify how many copies on the Job
RePrint web page.
9. Click on the Print button under Go.
10. Your job will now print.
Spooling Options
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Connecting the Zip Drive
EX TER N A L ZIP D R IV E FEA TU R E
Perform these steps to connect the Zip drive to your printer.
An SCSI Iomega Zip® 100MB or Zip® 250MB drive can be
connected to the SCSI port of the SuperScript 4600N. The
drive must be connected and the Zip cartridge must contain
files when the printer is turned on. You can then set up your
print job either through the Web or the printer’s Operator
Panel. You can print files with the .prn, .ps, .jpg, or .eps
extensions.
1. With the printer OFF, connect the Zip drive to the SCSI
port on the back Interface Panel of the printer (A).
2. Set the Zip drive terminator to ON.
3. Set the SCSI ID switch to 5.
4. Plug the Zip drive into the power supply, then turn on
the printer (B).
5. If you are also connecting a scanner to the printer, see
page 69.
note: A parallel port Zip drive will not work with this
printer.
SuperScript 4600 Interface Panel
A
Bidirectional Parallel
SCSI Port
Ethernet 10/100Base-T
Caution! Do not plug in the Zip drive
when the printer is turned ON.
B
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4. Press Next until ZIP - DISK MENU appears on the display.
To Print From the Web
1. Insert the Zip disk of files you want to print (A).
Press Select.
5. Press Next until SELECT FILE appears. Press Select, then
press Next again until the file you want appears on the
display. Press Select.
2. Click on the Advanced Features button from the Printer’s
Home page (B).
3. Select Zip from the left sidebar of the Advanced Features
home page.
note: Directory✝nam es have a right arrow (✝) next to
them .To enter these sub-directories, press the Select
button and navigate with the Next button.
4. You will see a list of files from your ZIP drive (C).
5. Clicking on a directory will open it and list the files.
Clicking on the “..” directory will bring you up to the
parent directory.
6. COPIES appears on the display. Press Select.
7. Press Next until the number of prints you want (1—999)
6. Click on the file you want printed.
appears on the display, then press Select.
note: You cannot specify the num ber of copies from the
Web.
8. Press Menu, then press Online. ONLINE appears on the
display.
To Print From the Operator Panel
You can also access Zip disk settings from the printer’s
Operator Panel. Follow these steps.
1. Press Online. OFFLINE appears on the display.
2. Press Menu. CONTROL appears on the display.
3. Press Previous until MENU - SPECIAL FEATURES appears
on the display. Press Select.
A
C
B
External Zip Drive Feature
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To Eject Zip Disk
1. Press Online. OFFLINE appears on the display.
2. Press Menu. CONTROL appears on the display.
3. Press Previous until MENU - SPECIAL FEATURES appears
on the display. Press Select.
4. Press Next until ZIP DISK MENU appears. Press Select.
5. Press Next until EJ ECT DISK appears on the display. Press
Select.
6. Press Menu, then press Online. ONLINE appears on the
display.
Eject Zip disk at the Operator Panel
EJ ECT DISK
Power
Warning
Online
Menu
OHT
OnLine
Label
Data
Feed
Item
Next
Media
Select
Previous
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3. Attach the SCSI terminator provided with the scanner to
the SCSI port of the scanner. Refer to the scanner’s
documentation on how to attach the terminator.
S C A N N ER C O P Y FEA TU R E
The printer works with the Umax Astra® 1200S and Astra®
1220S scanner.
4. Locate the SCSI ID switch on the back of the scanner.
Setting Up the Scanner
Before you can print, you must set up the printer to work
with the scanner.
5. With a small screw driver gently turn the SCSI ID switch
to 4, the usual factory default is 5 (C).
6. Turn the scanner, Zip drive if present, and then printer
ON.
1. Make sure the scanner is not plugged into the power and
the printer is turned OFF.
2. Plug the SCSI cable from the scanner to the SCSI port on
Caution! Do not plug in the scanner while the printer
is turned ON.
the Interface Panel of the printer (A).
note: The SCSI scanner cable can also be plugged into
the Zip drive SCSI port if a Zip drive is already connected
to the printer. Set the Zip drive term inator to OFF when
attaching the scanner (B).
A
B
C
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Accessing the Scanner
Scanner Support Features
Scale: Specifies the image size after scanning with
respect to the original image.
Access scanner settings at the printer’s Operator Panel (A).
Follow these steps.
1. Press Online. OFFLINE appears on the display.
2. Press Menu and CONTROL appears on the display.
3. Press Next until MENU - SPECIAL FEATURES appears on
Color Mode: You can scan images in black and white,
grayscale, or color. The default setting is color.
Light/ Dark Adjust: Adjust the darkness or brightness of
the image to be scanned. This control is applied before or
during the scanning and is not for modifying the scanned
output JPEG file.
the display. Press Select.
4. Press Next until SCANNER/COPY appears on the display.
Press Select.
5. Press Next until START COPY appears. Press Select.
Scan to J PG: Scans a page and saves it to the printer’s
hard drive as a jpg file. It can then be saved to another drive
for editing or printing.
6. COPIES appears on the display. Press Select.
7. Press Next until the number of prints you want (1—999)
appears on the display, then press Select.
Resolution: You can scan images in 75, 150, or 300 dpi.
The default setting is 150 dpi.
8. Repeat steps 4—7 to make selections of SCALE, COLOR
MODE, LIGHT/DARK ADJ UST, SCAN TO J PG, and
RESOLUTION. By default the settings are color mode and
150 dpi.
Preview ing a Scanned Im age
To see a preview of the printer’s last scanned image, click the
Image icon on the 4600N Advanced Features web page (B).
9. Press Menu, then press Online. ONLINE appears on the
display.
A
B
SCANNER/COPY
Power
Warning
Online
Menu
OHT
OnLine
Label
Data
Feed
Item
Next
Media
Select
Previous
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The life expectancy of each replaceable part is based on
printing under specific operating conditions, such as media
type, number of colors used, humidity, page size, and page
coverage (usually 5% coverage as in an average business
letter).
M A IN T A IN IN G Y O U R
P R IN T E R
P R EC A U TIO N S
Please take the following precautions when performing
maintenance tasks:
O V ER V IEW
This printer is designed for easy use and maintenance. Be
sure to review the maintenance and service schedules on
page 72, which show when parts should be cleaned or
replaced. Your Operator Panel will also remind you when
replacement of parts or consumables is due.
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Do not work inside Top or Back Covers of printer until it
has cooled at least 15 minutes.
Do not use ammonia-based cleaners. They may react
with the toner in the module.
Do not use alcohol-based cleaners on the printer exterior.
They may damage the plastic case.
This chapter explains basic maintenance and cleaning
procedures you must follow to maintain the high print
quality and efficient operation of your NEC SuperScript
4600N printer. Included are instructions for the following
maintenance tasks:
Do not expose the Belt Cartridge or Transfer Drum to
direct sunlight or bright room light.
Do not spill any liquid inside the printer or in the Power
Cord connector.
•
•
Replacing the Toner Modules
Replacing the Fuser Oil Bottle, Fuser Cleaning Roller,
and Fuser Unit
Turn off and unplug the printer while working inside the
covers.
•
•
•
•
•
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•
Cleaning and Replacing the Belt Cartridge
Cleaning inside the Back Cover
Cleaning the Laser Lens
Follow all directions carefully. Save this user’s guide for
future reference.
Do not attempt to service the printer yourself since
opening some internal parts may expose you to high
voltage or other hazards. Refer all servicing not
explained in this user’s guide to qualified technicians.
Call NEC Technical Support at 800-632-4650 for help.
Replacing the Ozone Filter
Replacing the Toner Collector (Waste Toner Bottle)
Cleaning the Paper Exit Roller
Cleaning the outside of the printer
note: See page 94, for information about ordering
printer supplies.
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Every 12 Months or By Page Count
Maintenance Schedule
Follow this schedule to keep your printer in good operating
condition.
•
•
•
prints or every 12 months, using the instructions on page
78.
Ongoing—As Needed
Wipe down the Paper Guides in the paper trays with a
soft cloth and mild solvent (after 20,000 prints or sooner
if needed).
•
solvent when dusty or soiled.
•
message appears on the Operator Panel display, take out
the Toner Module and gently rock it from side to side to
every 6,000 pages for color toner and every 10,000 pages
for black toner.
Replace the Belt Cartridge after 50,000 color planes* or
every 12 months, using the procedure on page 77.
•
•
Replace the Ozone Filter using the procedure on page 81.
Replace the Fusing Unit after 60,000 pages using the
procedure on page 79.
•
Clean the Registration Rollers using the procedure on
page 78.
Service Visit Schedule
Certain printer parts must be maintained or replaced by an
authorized NEC field service engineer. When this is
necessary call NEC Technical Support at 800-632-4650. They
will put you in touch with an engineer in your area who can
service your printer.
•
•
Clean the Transfer Roller (see page 78).
Clean the Paper Exit Roller using the procedure on page
82.
•
•
Clean the Belt Cartridge (OPC Belt) when the charge
wire gets stained or printouts show vertical streaks. Use
the procedure on page 76.
Every 120,000 pages: Paper Discharger, Drum Cleaner,
Paper Pick-up Roller, and Transfer Roller must be
replaced by a field service engineer.
printouts show vertical streaks.
Every 300,000 planes: Transfer Drum must be replaced
by a field service engineer.
Every 12,000 Pages
•
Replace the Fuser Oil Bottle when shipping the printer,
after 12,000 pages, or when indicated on the Operator
Panel display.
*Every laid-down color on a page is considered a plane.
There are four planes to a full color page using cyan,
magenta, yellow, and black.
•
•
Replace the Toner Collector (Waste Toner Bottle) after
12,000 pages.
Replace the Fuser Cleaning Roller after 12,000 pages (see
page 75).
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R EP LA C IN G TH E TO N ER M O D U LES
A
Replace each Toner Module when you start seeing print
quality problems such as light images or white streaks across
the page. The Operator Panel will display the TONER
EMPTY message when the toner level is getting low.
To order an NEC SuperScript 4600N Toner Module contact
your NEC printer dealer or see below. The black replacement
modules print approximately 10,000 pages. The yellow,
magenta, and cyan replacement modules print
approximately 6,000 pages each.
B
Follow these directions to replace the Toner Modules;
1. Open the Front Cover (A).
2. Pull out the Toner Module that needs replacing (B).
3. Hold the new Toner Module horizontally and rock it left
to right three or four times. Then remove the protective
orange cover and tape (C).
C
4. Insert the Toner Module into its corresponding slot and
close the printer (D).
note: The starter Toner Modules that shipped with your
printer contain less toner than replacem ent m odules.
D
To order new Toner Modules ✝800-632-2326
Toner Module
BlackToner Module
Yellow Toner Module
Magenta Toner Module
Cyan Toner Module
Order #
20-200
20-201
20-202
20-203
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5. Insert the new Fuser Oil Bottle, cap side down. Make
sure the tab of the bottle is on the right (E). The label will
face the front of the printer.
R EP LA C IN G TH E FU S ER O IL B O TTLE
Order Num ber 20-212
1. Turn the printer off and allow it to cool (A).
6. Close the Lock Tabs and the Top Cover (F).
7. The Operator Panel will inform you when the Fuser Oil
is getting low again.
WARNING! The Fuser Unit area may be very hot.
2. Open the Top Cover (B).
3. Open the Lock Tabs (C).
4. Remove the used Fuser Oil Bottle and discard it (D).
note: Hold a piece of paper under the used Fuser Oil
Bottle while rem oving it to avoid drips in the printer.
B
A
C
D
E
F
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7. Reset the Operator Panel to make sure the consumables
R EP LA C IN G TH E FU S ER C LEA N IN G
R O LLER
Order Num ber 20-211
usage information is current (G). Follow these steps.
a. Press Online. OFFLINE appears on the display.
b. Press Menu. CONTROL appears on the display.
1. Turn off the printer and allow it to cool (A).
2. Open the Top Cover (B).
c. Press Next until USAGE STATUS appears on the
display, and then press Select.
3. Open the Lock Tabs (C).
d. Press Next until ROLLER REPLACE? appears on the
display, and then press Select.
4. Remove the used Fuser Cleaning Roller (D).
5. Install the replacement Fuser Cleaning Roller (E).
6. Close the Lock Tabs and the Top Cover of the printer (F).
e. When the panel displays CONFIRM, press Select
again.
f. Press Menu, then Online.
D
A
B
C
E
F
G
Power
Warning
Online
Menu
OHT
OnLine
Label
Data
Feed
Item
Next
Media
Select
Previous
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6. Turn the Belt Cartridge so that the handle is facing away
from you.
7. Use the brush to gently clean the wire inside the end of
the Belt Cartridge. Do not press hard on the wire (E).
8. Using a dry cloth, clean any toner buildup from around
the Cleaning Blade.
C LEA N IN G TH E B ELT C A R TR ID G E
The Belt Cartridge is sensitive to bright light and touch.
Always wrap it in a soft dark cloth until you are ready to
clean or install it. Use a clean soft cloth to clean the parts.
1. Turn off the printer and unplug it.
2. Open the Front and Top Covers of the printer (A).
3. Release the Lock Levers (B) and carefully remove the Belt
9. Reinstall the Belt Cartridge (F)and secure the Lock Levers
(G).
Cartridge (C).
10. Return the Cleaning Brush to its holder and close the Top
4. Clean any toner or paper dust from the Belt Cartridge.
and Front Covers (H)
5. Remove the small Cleaning Brush from inside the front
of the printer (D).
A
B
C
D
note: Opening the Front Cover
is necessary in order to m ake room
for the Belt Cartridge.
E
F
H
G
Cleaning Blade
Do not touch edge!
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Do not use force (F).
7. Flip down the Lock Levers (G).
8. Close the Front and Top Covers.
R EP LA C IN G TH E B ELT C A R TR ID G E
Order Num ber 20-205
1. Turn off the printer (A).
2. Open the Front and Top Covers (B).
9. Reset the Operator Panel to make sure the consumables
usage information is current (H). Follow these steps:
3. Flip up the Lock Levers to release the Belt Cartridge (C).
4. Pull the old Belt Cartridge straight up and discard it (D).
5. Remove the black wrapper from the new Belt Cartridge
a. Press Online. OFFLINE appears on the display.
b. Press Menu. CONTROL appears on the display.
c. Press Next until USAGE STATUS appears on the
and pull out the two tension release pins as shown (E).
display, and then press Select.
d. Press Next until BELT REPLACE? appears on the
WARNING! Do not touch the green material on the Belt
Cartridge. It is easily scratched.
display, and then press Select.
e. When the panel displays CONFIRM, press Select.
6. With the flat side of the Belt Cartridge facing the front,
insert it straight into the guide slots in the lock levers.
The white gear on the cartridge goes to the right.
f. Press Menu. Press Online.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
Power
Warning
Online
Menu
OHT
OnLine
Label
Data
Feed
Item
Next
Media
Select
Previous
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5. Wipe and rotate the Transfer Roller with a soft cloth.
6. Reinstall the Transfer Roller in the Transfer Unit.
7. Remove the Paper Discharger by pushing the left side to
the right, as shown, and lifting it out (D).
8. Clean off any dust or toner with the cotton cloth.
IN S ID E TH E B A C K C O V ER
Allow several minute for the printer to cool down and use
only dry, lint-free cotton cloths or swabs for this procedure.
The Transfer Unit consists of the Transfer Drum, Registration
Rollers, Transfer Roller, and Paper Discharger.
1. Turn off and unplug the printer.
2. Open the Back Cover (A) and avoid the Transfer Drum
9. Using a dry cotton swab, clean any extra buildup from
the interior of the Paper Discharger holder.
while cleaning the other parts of the Transfer Unit (B).
10. Carefully clean the Paper Discharger wire (E) with a
cotton swab.
3. Using a dry cotton cloth, clean any paper dust or toner
buildup from the Registration Rollers. Rotate the rollers
with the white gear while cleaning.
4. Clean the Transfer Roller unit by lifting the Lock Lever
on the right end until the unit is released. Lift the unit
out (C).
11. Reinstall the Paper Discharger in the Transfer Unit. Push
it into the left part of the holder, then down until it locks
in place (F).
12. Clean the rest of the Transfer Unit.
13. Close the Back Cover.
A
B
C
Transfer Drum
Registration Rollers
Transfer Roller
Paper Discharger
Be careful not to touch the Transfer Drum !
F
D
E
Wire Inside
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8. Loosen (but do not remove) the finger screws and
brackets that hold the Fuser Unit in place (E).
9. Lift out and discard the used Fuser Unit (F).
10. Remove the new Fuser Unit from its packaging and pull
11. Carefully lower the new Fuser Unit into the slot (G).
R EP LA C IN G TH E FU S ER U N IT
Order Num ber 20-219
1. Turn the printer off and allow it to cool.
WARNING! The Fuser Unit area may be very hot.
2. Open the Top Cover.
12. Tighten the thumb screws inside the back of the printer.
3. Open the Lock Tabs (A).
4. Remove the Fuser Oil Bottle and put in a plastic bag
13. Gently lift up on the Fuser Unit’s handles to make sure
that it is secured.
temporarily or discard if replacing with a new one (B).
14. Close the Back Cover
5. Remove the Fuser Cleaning Roller (C).
15. Reinstall the Fuser Oil Bottle (H) and Fuser Cleaning
Roller (I).
6. Open the Back Cover (D).
16. Close the Locking Tabs (J) and the Top Cover.
17. Reset the Operator Panel to make sure the usage
information is current. See page 60.
7. Place a clean piece of paper against the Transfer Drum to
protect it.
A
C
B
D
Paper to protect Transfer Drum
H
G
F
Loosen left Thum b Screw
E
J
I
Loosen right Thum b Screw
Replacing the Fuser Unit
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5. Use both hands to remove the Laser Lens. Pinch the
Laser Lens tabs located on the bottom of the Toner
Module area and lift it out (F).
C LEA N IN G TH E LA S ER LEN S
Cleaning the Laser Lens is only necessary when you find
vertical white or light-color streaking in the colors.
6. Using a dry cotton cloth, wipe the lens.
7. Reinstall the Laser Lens by sliding it in at a 45 angle.
o
1. Open the Front Cover and Top Cover (A).
2. Remove the four Toner Modules (B). Keep them level!
3. Flip up the Belt Cartridge Lock Levers(C).
8. Reinstall the Belt Cartridge and the Toner Modules (G).
9. Close the Front and Top Covers.
4. Remove the Belt Cartridge (D) and loosely wrap it in a
soft dark cloth or paper (E).
B
C
A
D
Tabs
E
F
G
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R EP LA C IN G TH E O ZO N E FILTER
Order Num ber 126164
R EP LA C IN G TH E TO N ER C O LLEC TO R
Order Num ber 20-213
The Ozone Filter needs to be replaced about every 12 months.
1. Slide open the Filter Cover located in back of the printer.
The Toner Collector is a replaceable plastic bottle that collects
used toner. Follow these directions to change it:
1. Open the Front Cover of the printer.
2. Remove the used Toner Collector.
2. Take the used Ozone Filter from inside the Filter Cover
and discard it.
3. Fit the new Ozone Filter inside the Filter Cover and slide
it shut.
note: The Ozone Filter will produce an odor if not
replaced regularly.
3. Note the label attached to the used Toner Collector.
Remove this label and use it to seal shut the opening.
4. Discard the used Toner Collector.
5. Install the new Toner Collector.
Replacing the Ozone Filter
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C LEA N IN G TH E O U TS ID E O F TH E
P R IN TER
Use a clean cotton cloth and mild cleaner to clean the outside
of the printer.
note: Do not use strong solvents or abrasive cleansers
on plastic parts of the printer.
To clean the Paper Exit Rollers follow the instructions below:
1. Turn off and unplug the printer
2. Open the Top Cover slightly.
3. Using a dry cotton cloth, clean the Paper Exit Rollers.
Manually rotate each roller.
4. Close the Top Cover.
Paper Exit Rollers
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Paper does not output to the output tray…
Check for paper jam or misfeed.
C H A P TER 8
T R O U B LE S H O O T IN G
Paper does not stack correctly…
Check that the paper is between 16 and 90 lbs. base weight.
Printer Messages
Printer messages provide useful information for progress
checks and troubleshooting. These messages are displayed
on the printer Operator Panel.
O V ER V IEW
This chapter tells you how to resolve common printer
problems. Topics include:
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•
•
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Print quality maintenance
Simple troubleshooting
Operator Panel alert messages
Clearing paper jams
Status Messages
Status messages appear on the printer operator panel and
report normal operating conditions. No action is necessary.
The table on page 52, summarizes status messages.
Print quality problems
Alert Messages
Alert messages appear on the printer Operator Panel when a
condition occurs that causes normal printing to be
suspended. Often, operations can be recovered without
losing data by removing the source of the problem. Other
conditions require the printer to be turned off and then on
again to reset it, in which case, any data is lost. If Jam
Recovery is set to On, the printer will automatically reprint
long as you do not turn off the printer. Jam Recovery can only
be set in the Operator Panel menu tree (see page 56).
note: Refer to the SuperScript Color Laser Network
Guide for problem s relating to printer networking.
Print Quality Maintenance
Here are some suggestions for maintaining the highest print
quality from your printer.
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Replace the Toner Modules immediately when the
display indicates that replacement is necessary.
Use high-quality paper or transparencies to obtain sharp,
crisp characters and maximum contrast.
The table on page 84, summarizes alert messages and the
action you can take to correct them.
Follow the cleaning procedures described in Chapter 7,
“Maintaining Your Printer.”
Service Messages
Sim ple Troubleshooting
If a major problem occurs, the Operator Panel will display
the SERVICE CALL message followed by a code, such as F5.
You must call an authorized service representative to resolve
this problem. Report the code when you call to assist in
diagnosing the problem. See page 93 for more information
about getting service.
Here are some simple resolutions to occasional printer
problems.
Power light is off…
Check that the power cord is plugged into a live power outlet
and the printer power switch is turned on.
Power light is on but printer does not print…
•
Verify that the Online indicator light is on (if it is not,
press the Online button).
•
Verify that all interface cable connections are tightly
secured.
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ALERT Message
Booting…
Explanation
First message to appear when the printer is powered up.
One of the paper trays is empty
OUT OF PAPER
TRAY 2 UNSUPPORTED SIZE
Paper Tray 2 contains paper size that is not supported by the engine.
PAPER MISMATCH LOAD
<Paper Size> TRAY
Paper Tray 1 or 2 does not have the correct paper size as specified for the print
job. Load the paper size shown on the display <Letter, Legal, A4, B5JIS, B5ISO,
EXEC, FOLIO, FSCAP, SPFOLI, QUARTO, COM-10, or DL>.
<K, Y, M, or C> TONER EMPTY
<K, Y, M, or C> TONER NOT FOUND
PAPER JAM DRUM
Specified Toner Module is empty. Replace it with a new one.
Specified Toner Module is not installed or installed incorrectly. Reinstall it.
Paper jam in Transfer Drum area.
PAPER JAM INNER/DRUM
PAPER JAM EXIT/DRUM
MISFEED
Paper jam in back transfer area.
Paper jam in Output Tray.
Paper misfeed from Paper Tray 1 or Paper Tray 2.
Waste Toner (Toner Collector) is full or is not installed.
Fuser Oil Bottle needs replacing.
CHECK WASTE TONER
REPLACE FUSER OIL
REPLACE FUSER ROLLER
MISPRINT HW FAULT
BELT CARTRIDGE NOT FOUND
FUSER UNIT NOT FOUND
FUSER ROLLER NOT FOUND
FRONT COVER OPEN
BACK COVER OPEN
Fuser Cleaning Roller needs to be replaced.
Printing error caused by no PRREQ-N within a page. Resend the print job.
Belt Cartridge (OPC) is not installed.
Fuser Unit is not installed.
Fuser Cleaning Roller is not installed.
Front Cover is open.
Back Cover (containing Transfer Unit) is open.
Top Cover is open.
TOP COVER OPEN
LOW FUSER OIL
Fuser oil is low. Fuser Unit has about 30 pages of operation remaining.
Fuser Cleaning Roller has about 1000 pages of operation remaining.
Belt Cartridge worn out.
NEAR END FUSER ROLLER
REPLACE BELT
REPLACE FUSER UNIT
K-TONER LOW
Fuser Unit reaches end-of-life.
Black Toner Module has less than 300 pages of operation remaining.
Specified Toner Module has less than 500 pages of operation remaining.
<Y, M, or C> TONER LOW
120K SERVICE
Paper Discharger, Drum Cleaner, Transfer Roller, Transfer Drum, and Paper
Pick-up Roller (in back of Paper Trays) all need to be replaced by technician.
CASSETTE OUT <TRAY 1 or 2>
Paper Tray 1 or 2 is not installed in feeder.
MEDIA MISMATCH LOAD <MEDIA> TRAY Tray does not have the correct media as specified for the print job. Load the
media shown on the display <Paper, Label, or OHT (Transparency/OHP)>.
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Understanding the Paper Path
P R EV EN TIN G P A P ER J A M S
The following illustration shows the printer’s paper path.
Understanding this path will help you locate paper jams. The
paper is picked up from Paper Tray 1 (or 2) and passed under
the Transfer Drum. It then passes through the Fuser Unit and
is delivered to the Output Tray on the top of the printer.
This section explains how to prevent and remove paper jams.
There are several things you can do to prevent paper jams.
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•
Make sure the paper in not folded, wrinkled, or curled.
Do not overfill the paper trays. Paper Tray 1 and 2 have a
fill-limit mark on the inside left side.
Paper jams occur in the following three areas.
•
•
Use paper, envelopes, labels, and transparencies that
match the printer specifications (see Appendix A).
1. The top Fuser Roller/ output area. Operator Panel will
report PAPER JAM EXIT/DRUM.
2. The back Transfer Unit area. Operator Panel will report
PAPER JAM/INNER or PAPER JAM/DRUM.
3. The Paper Tray feed area. Error message on the Operator
If you have problems with double feeding, remove the
media from the tray and fan the sheets. They may be
sticking together.
Panel will report MISFEED.
note: Frequent jam s in any area indicate that area
should be checked, repaired, or cleaned.
Paper Path of the SuperScript 4600N
Output Tray
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•
Store all media in a dry location.
Make sure you have loaded the paper printing-side up.
Many manufacturers place an arrow on the end of the
wrapper to indicate the printing side.
1
K
Y
M
2
C
3
Paper Tray 1
Preventing Paper J am s
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Misfeed J am s
R EM O V IN G P A P ER J A M S
Misfeed jams happen in Paper Tray 1 or 2. A misfeed jam
may be as simple as a sheet of media not being picked up, or
it may be that the paper was picked up but not fed properly.
Access to this area is through the tray slot.
•
To avoid damage to rollers, always remove jammed
paper gently.
•
Try to remove jammed paper without tearing it. Any
pieces of media left in the printer, whether large or small,
can obstruct the paper path and cause further jams.
1. Remove the paper tray.
2. Pull out the jammed media.
If, after clearing the paper jam, the jam message on the
Operator Panel persists, open and close the Top Cover. This
should clear the jam message.
If Jam Recovery is enabled (see page 56), once the jammed
paper is removed and the printer is online, the printer should
resume printing the job from the page where the jam
occurred.
3. Make sure the paper is lying flat in the tray and that the
stack does not exceed the media limit mark inside the
tray.
4. Slide the tray back into the printer.
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4. Remove the jammed paper by pulling it from the bottom
of the fuser, through the printer’s Back Cover, not from
the top of the Fuser area. This prevents any unfused
toner from dirtying the Fuser Rollers (located under the
Fuser Cleaning Roller).
Inner J am s
Inner jams happen in the transfer Drum/ Transfer Unit area.
This type of jam means that the media did not make it to the
paper exit area.
1. Open the Back Cover.
WARNING! Be careful not to touch the Transfer Drum
while removing jammed paper.
2. If most of the page is showing, gently pull it toward you.
5. Close (set) the Pressure Release Tabs.
3. If the paper did not come out easily, open the Top Cover
and open the Pressure Release Tabs.
Fuser Cleaning Roller
6. Close the Top and Back Covers of the printer.
Rem oving Paper J am s
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Outer J am s
Outer jams occur in the fuser area. Jams of this type usually
means that paper is stuck in the Fuser Roller/ Output Area.
Follow these steps to clear these kinds of jams.
Drum J am s
Drum jams occur when the paper gets wound around the
Transfer Drum.
1. Turn off the printer and let it cool. Open the Back Cover.
1. Turn off the printer and open the Top Cover.
2. If there is a large amount of paper showing, gently pull it
out.
2. Carefully remove the paper from the Transfer Drum.
note: Do not touch the Transfer Drum !
3. If the paper does not come out easily or if only a small
amount is showing, open the Top Cover and follow steps
3—5 in the previous section.
4. Close the Top and Back Covers.
3. Close the Back Cover.
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Solutions
P R IN T Q U A LITY
•
Check the table the printer is on. It should not be tilted
This section discusses potential print quality problems, what
causes them, and how to resolve them.
more than 1.5%.
•
Check the Toner Modules. Replace any that are too low.
Background is Sm eared
Toner can spread where it does not belong when there is too
little toner or when the Belt Cartridge is worn out.
Im age Show s Banding, Shadow s, or Shifting
This occurs when the image wrinkles, shifts, or color mis-
registers.
Solutions
Solution
•
Check the Toner Module of the color that is smearing.
Replace it if it is too low.
•
Call a service representative to check the printer.
•
Replace the Belt Cartridge if it is worn or has reached the
end of its expected life (about 12 months).
White Line
If a vertical line appears in a specific color area, there may be
paper, dust, or some particle stuck to that color’s Developer
Roller or Toner Module Blade.
Im age Edges are Missing or Peeling
If edges of images are not sharply defined, are peeling, or are
missing, there may not be enough toner or the Belt Cartridge
may be warped.
Solutions
•
Check the Toner Module of the color that is misprinting.
•
Call a service representative.
Solutions
•
Check the Toner Module of the color that is effected.
Redistribute the toner or replace the Toner Module if it is
too low.
Vertical Streaks
A vertical band runs the entire length of the paper.
Solution
•
Replace the Belt Cartridge if it is warped or has reached
the end of its expected life (about 12 months).
•
Clean the Charge Wire at the end of the Belt Cartridge.
•
Call a service representative to check the printer.
Horizontal J itter
Toner distribution appears uneven horizontally across the
page.
Vertical White Band
A white band appears vertically in the print image.
Solution
•
Call a service representative to check the printer.
Horizontal Ribbing
Light print appears in a ribbed pattern at the left or right side
of the page. This may be caused by a tilt in the surface
supporting the printer, or by too little toner.
Solution
•
Make sure the Toner Modules have toner.
•
Clean the Laser Lens. See page 80 for procedure.
•
If problem persists call a service representative.
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Black Line
Horizontal Banding
Horizontal banding in the image may indicate a transfer
failure.
A fine black line appearing in the printed image may indicate
that the Belt Cartridge surface is damaged or that there is
debris stuck in the Belt Cartridge area.
Solutions
Solutions
•
Check Toner Modules.
•
Clean or replace the Belt Cartridge if it is damaged or has
reached the end of its expected life.
•
Replace the Belt Cartridge if it is getting to the end of its
life.
•
If problem persists call a service representative.
•
If problem persists call a service representative.
Vertical Line
A vertical line of any color appearing in the printed image
may indicate that there is debris on or near the transfer drum.
Horizontal White Band
A white band appears horizontally in the print image.
Solution
Solutions
•
Call a service representative to check the printer.
•
Clean inside the back of the printer especially the Paper
Discharger (see page 78).
Toner Spots
Toner spots or stains on the paper may be caused by toner
dropping inside the printer.
Im age Staggered Vertically
A printed image that staggers or repeats vertically may
indicate that the printer was bumped or vibrating during
printing. It may also indicate that the optical unit has failed.
Solutions
•
Clean the Belt Cartridge (see page 76).
•
Call a service representative to check the printer.
Mixed Color Im age
If a mixed color image appears on the page it may indicate a
problem with a Toner Module.
Solutions
•
•
•
Confirm that all Toner Modules are inserted correctly.
Make sure that the Front Cover is completely closed.
Replace or redistribute Toner Modules if low.
Solutions
•
Ensure that the printer was not bumped during printing
and that the surface it is placed on is not shaky or
wobbly.
•
Call a service representative to check the printer, if you
cannot identify a cause.
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Color Misregistration
When two colors do not register properly, it may indicate
problems with the Belt Cartridge.
Back of Paper is Stained
There are toner stains on the back side of the paper.
Solution
Solutions
•
Paper containing unfused ink may have been pulled up
through the Fuser Rollers, probably after a paper jam.
(Most paper jams are best removed from the back of the
printer.) Run several sheets of plain paper through the
printer to clean these rollers.
•
•
•
Confirm that the Belt Cartridge is properly seated.
Replace the Belt Cartridge if it is worn or damaged.
Call a service representative to check the printer to
replace the Cleaning Brush if necessary.
•
If problem persists call a service representative to check
the printer.
Toner Streak
When toner is streaked or brushed across the page, it may
indicate problems with the Toner Module.
Missing Print
A blank page is printed or a specific color is missing.
Solutions
•
Remove Toner Modules and rock them to the left and
right to redistribute toner.
Solution
•
Make sure all Toner Modules are installed correctly.
•
•
Confirm that Toner Modules are installed properly.
Replace low or damaged Toner Modules.
•
Call a service representative to check the printer.
Partial Printing
When an image is partially printed, it may indicate improper
fusing.
Mottled Im age
There is variation or mottling in the density of the image.
Solutions
Solution
•
Use only recommended paper.
•
Call a service representative to check the printer.
•
Make sure that the correct Media Type is selected on the
Operator Panel.
Shadow ing
A residual image of a preceding page appears on subsequent
pages.
•
Replace the Fuser Unit if it is at the end of its life.
Solution
•
Call a service representative to check the printer.
Insufficient Gloss
When the printed image appears dull, it may indicate a
problem with the Fuser Cleaning Roller or Fuser Unit.
Solutions
•
Replace the Fuser Cleaning Roller (see page 75).
•
Replace the Fuser Unit if getting to end of life (see page
79).
Print Quality
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4. Press SELECT and COMMUNICATIONS PARALLEL
PORT will appear.
5. Press SELECT.
6. Press NEXT until BIDI appears.
7. Press SELECT and ON will appear.
8. Press NEXT until OFF appears.
9. Press SELECT.
10. Press MENU.
11. Press ONLINE to finish.
P a r a lle l P r in t in g P r o b le m s
This section describes solutions to problems that might
appear when a computer is locally connected (with a parallel
cable) to the printer. Only Windows and UNIX computers
can be locally connected.
Nothing Printed
The printer does not indicate that a print job was received
and nothing was printed.
Solution
To return the printer to directional mode, repeat the
steps, but select ON in Step 8.
Assure the bidirectional parallel cable is attached securely.
Nonsense is Printed
Solutions for UNIX Com puters
This symptom appears as content that appears cryptic and
does not make any sense.
Put the printer into unidirectional mode.
1. From the printer Operator Panel, press the OFFLINE
Solution
button.
•
Assure that an IEEE 1284 compliant bidirectional cable is
used.
2. Press MENU.
3. Press NEXT until COMMUNICATIONS appears.
•
Assure that the computer provides an IEEE 1284
compliant parallel port.
4. Press SELECT and COMMUNICATIONS PARALLEL
PORT will appear.
5. Press SELECT.
Error Messages w ith Little or Nothing Printed
6. Press NEXT until BIDI appears.
7. Press SELECT and ON will appear.
8. Press NEXT until OFF appears.
9. Press SELECT.
10. Press MENU.
11. Press ONLINE to finish.
This may be a data communications problem between a
Windows 95 or higher computer and the printer.
Solutions for Window s 95 or Higher Com puters
One of, or a combination of, the following solutions may
resolve the problem.
•
With the printer driver open, click the Details tab to
move it to the front. Click Spool Settings to open the
Spool Settings dialog box. Clear the Disable
To return the printer to directional mode, repeat the
steps, but select ON in Step 8.
bidirectional support for this printer radio button.
•
•
From the Spool Settings dialog box, select Print directly
to the printer radio button.
Put the printer into unidirectional mode.
1. From the printer Operator Panel, press the OFFLINE
button.
2. Press MENU.
3. Press NEXT until COMMUNICATIONS appears.
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•
•
Page count (shown on the Printer Settings page)
Date and place of purchase
C H A P TER 9
T E C H N IC A L S U P P O R T
NEC Maintenance agreement number (if printer is
already under agreement)
NEC Technical Support can help you with the initial
installation of this product. Please contact your operating
system or network software vendor if you require assistance
in optimizing or customizing your system.
O V ER V IEW
This chapter provides information about different resources
for information and technical support, including
•
•
•
•
How to reach NEC Technical Support for assistance
How to order supplies and printer options
How to obtain NEC service contracts
How to Contact NEC
There are a number of ways to contact NEC or receive
information about technical issues, products, and services.
SuperScript 4600N Printer Limited Warranty
Contacting NECTechnical Support or Custom er Service
by Telephone
In North America, call 1-800-632-4650 to speak to a
representative about technical support, extended warranties,
repairs, or customer service.
A S S IS TA N C E N EA R B Y
Often, the best source for assistance is closer than you think.
Before calling NEC, check out the options below.
Reaching NEC on the World Wide Web
Help From Within Your Com pany
NEC’s web site provides up-to-date product information and
includes links to NEC’s FTP site and e-mail address. Using
your Web browser, open this URL: http://www.nectech.com
If your organization is large and has purchased many NEC
printers, the best source of assistance may be within your
own company. Your company may have designated central
support personnel that you can go to when you have any
problems or when you need supplies such as paper or toner
cartridges. These central support personnel can then contact
the appropriate dealer or NEC support staff.
This URL is available 24 hours-a-day.
•
Search the Knowledge Base for compatibility charts,
specifications, white papers, technical drawings, and
various other helpful documents.
Help From Your Dealer
•
•
Explore the FAQ pages for common problems and
solutions.
The dealer from whom you purchased your printer is backed
by complete support resources and programs within NEC.
Your dealer can provide you with details on all available
support options.
Visit the Message Board to post your technical questions
or to search a vast library of previous technical support
solutions.
N EC TEC H N IC A L S U P P O R T
NEC Technical Support is available to answer your
questions, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time.
•
•
Browse Service Programs to learn about ways to extend
or enhance your existing warranty.
Use the Dealer Locator to find a NEC Technologies’ sales
or service center near you.
Please have the following printer information ready when
you contact NEC:
•
•
Model number
Serial number
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Sending Internet Electronic Mail
You can e-mail your questions to NEC. NEC will respond
within three business days. Send e-mail messages to:
from NEC. The tables below list available parts and part
numbers. The print media listed have been tested to produce
high quality color output on the SuperScript 4600N.
tech-support@nectech.com
Printer Options
Sending a Facsim ile Transm ission
You can fax questions or comments to NEC at
1-978-742-7049
Part
Order #
250-Sheet Paper Tray 2
250-Sheet LegalTray
Mem ory Upgrade Kit
4005
4004
4064
Be sure to indicate the number where NEC can telephone or
fax a response.
Printer Supplies
Using FastFacts—NEC’s Inform ation Retrieval System
NEC’s technical support staff have created technical notes
and tips for using NEC products. You can order these
documents by touchtone menu and have these automatically
sent to your fax machine.
Part
Order #
BlackToner Module
Yellow Toner Module
Magenta Toner Module
Cyan Toner Module
20-200
20-201
20-202
20-203
20-205
20-210
To use NEC FastFacts in the US, call
1-800-366-0476
Belt Cartridge (Photoconductor Belt Module)
12K Kit — Contains item s that all need to be
replaced at the 12,000-page interval, including
1 Fuser Cleaning Roller, 1 bottle of Fuser Oil, and
1Toner Collector.These item s can also be purchased
separately using these order #s:
To use NEC FastFacts in Canada, call
1-630-775-7999
Follow instructions for ordering documents and include your
return fax number.
Fuser Cleaning Roller
Fuser Oil Bottle
Toner Collector
Fuser Unit
20-211
20-212
20-213
20-219
126164
Reaching the NEC Bulletin Board System
You can use the NEC Bulletin Board System (BBS) to send
messages and transfer files. The BBS number is
1-978-742-8706
Ozone Filter
Writing NEC
Print Media
You can mail your questions and comments to NEC Technical
Support at the following address:
Part
Order #
Printer Technical Support, Dept. #3390
NEC Technologies, Inc.
305 Foster Street
Prem ium Color Laser Paper - 24 lb. Bond
Prem ium Color Laser Paper - 60 lb. Cover
Ultra Glossy Color Laser Paper - 100 lb.Text
Prem ium Film Transparency
70-510
70-511
70-515
70-520
79-001
Littleton, MA 01460-2004
NEC Prem ium Paper Sam pler
O R D ER IN G S U P P LIES
To order printing supplies, contact your SuperScript 4600N
dealer. You can also call 1-800-632-2326 to locate the NEC
supplies dealer nearest you or purchase supplies directly
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N EC W A R R A N TY A N D S ER V IC E
S U P ER S C R IP T 4 6 0 0 N P R IN TER
LIM ITED W A R R A N TY
NEC TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (hereinafter NECTECH)
warrants this Product to be free from defects in material and
workmanship and agrees to repair or replace any part of the
enclosed unit which proves defective under these terms and
conditions.
Your SuperScript 4600N printer comes with a one-year onsite
warranty. The complete warranty is provided below. Packing
and shipping instructions are provided in Appendix D. All
repair requests must be prequalified by calling NEC
Customer Service at 1-800-632-4650.
NEC Service Contracts
After the initial one-year warranty period, fee-based
technical support and service is available. NEC Customer
Service and its dealers offer a complete range of services,
including onsite repairs and maintenance. Several
maintenance agreement programs are available to meet your
needs and budget, including:
Warranty Period
Labor is warranted for one (1) year from the date of the first
consumer purchase. Parts are warranted for one (1) year from
the date of the first consumer purchase. The Toner Module is
warranted until the module runs out of toner or until its
usable life expires, whichever occurs first. The Belt Cartridge
is warranted until its usable life expires (about 12 months).
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Onsite agreements on a yearly or multi-year basis which
ensure priority response from NEC Customer Service
and Support
Warranty Coverage
This warranty may be enforced only by the first consumer
purchaser and it is not transferable.
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Per-incident repair services for scheduled maintenance.
To discuss an extended warranty or a service contract,
contact NEC Customer Service at 1-800-632-4650.
Except as specified below, this warranty covers all defects in
material or workmanship in this Product. The following are
not covered by this warranty:
1. Any Product which is not distributed in the U.S.A. or
Canada by NECTECH or which is not purchased in the
U.S.A. or Canada by the first consumer purchaser.
2. Any Product on which the serial number has been
defaced, modified, or removed.
3. Damage, deterioration, or malfunction resulting from:
note: This product requires specific com puter hardware
and software configurations to operate as specified by
NEC. It is the owner's responsibility to supply these
supporting item s, and where necessary, to reconfigure
and/or furnish additional hardware and/or software as
required or specified by NEC to assure norm al product
operation. NEC incurs no obligation to furnish or install
said item s. NEC reserves the right to m odify or update
SuperScript software as it deem s necessary and to
determ ine distribution policies for such changes to
existing owners.
a. Accident, misuse, abuse, neglect, fire, water,
lightning, or other acts of nature, improper storage,
unauthorized product modification, or failure to
follow instructions supplied with the Product.
b. Alteration, repair, or attempted repair by anyone not
authorized by NECTECH.
c. Any shipment of the Product (claims must be
presented to the carrier).
d. Removal or installation of the Product.
e. Any other cause which does not relate to a Product
defect.
NEC Warranty and Service
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4. Cartons, carrying cases, batteries, external cabinets,
magnetic tapes, or any accessories used in connection
with the Product.
5. This warranty covers only NECTECH-supplied
components. Service required as a result of third party
components is not covered under this warranty.
You can contact Customer Service and Technical Support by
dialing 800-632-4650.
Lim itation of Dam ages
The following describes NECTECH’s policy on limitation of
damages and implied warranties:
NECTECH’s sole liability for any defective product is limited
to the repair or replacement of the product at our option.
NECTECH shall not be liable for:
1. Damage to other property caused by any defects in this
product, damages based upon inconvenience, loss of use
of the product, loss of time or data, commercial loss; or
Warranty Support
NECTECH will pay labor and material expenses for covered
items, but we will not pay for the following:
1. Removal or installation charges.
2. Costs of initial technical adjustments (set-up), including
adjustment of user controls.
2. Any other damages, whether incidental, consequential,
or otherwise.
3. Payment of shipping and related charges incurred in
returning the Product for warranty repair.
This warranty is exclusive and is in lieu of all other
Obtaining Warranty Service
warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to,
the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose. Some states do not allow the exclusion of
implied warranties or the limitation or exclusion of liability
for incidental or consequential damages. Therefore, the
above exclusions or limitations may not apply to you.
All service calls must be qualified by a NECTECH technical
support specialist.A service request can be made by calling
1-800-632-4650. If necessary NECTECH can dispatch a
technician to your site within 24 hours (excluding holidays
and weekends).
NECTECH may send a replacement printer which will be, at
NECTECH’s option, new or like new, and will meet all of the
specifications of the replaced printer. The replacement printer
will be shipped for delivery within 3 business days at
NECTECH’s expense within the United States or Canada,
upon receipt of your defective printer, or upon receipt of a
major credit card number to guarantee receipt of the
defective printer. The warranty period on any replacement
printer shall be either 1) the remaining balance of the original
one (1) year term, or 2) ninety (90) days, whichever is longer.
With the exception of the duration, the terms and conditions
of this warranty shall apply to any replacement printer. No
service will be provided outside of the United States or
Canada.
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may
also have other rights which vary from state to state.
For information, telephone 1-800-632-4650
Note: All Products returned to NECTECH for service MUST
have prior approval; this may be obtained by calling the
above number. Any unit shipped to NECTECH without
authorization may be returned freight collect.
This Product is warranted in accordance with the terms of
this limited warranty. Consumers are cautioned that
Product performance is affected by system configuration,
software, the application, customer data, and operator
control of the system, among other factors. While NEC
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Products are considered to be
compatible with many systems, the specific functional
implementation by the customers of the Product may vary.
Therefore, the suitability of a Product for a specific purpose
or application must be determined by the customer and is not
warranted by NECTECH.
NECTECH requires that you provide the original bill of sale
or receipt as proof of purchase in order to obtain warranty
service. Please retain such proof of purchase with your
records.
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Windows 95 ICM
A P P EN D IX A
All ICC-compliant color management systems
P R IN T E R S P E C IF IC A T IO N S
Interface Ports
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IEEE 1284-compliant parallel
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Ethernet 10/ 100Base-T (4400N only)
O P ER A TIN G S P EC IFIC A TIO N S
Power Requirem ents
120V Model-120 VAC, ± 10%, 60 Hz, 8.3A
Print speed
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Letter: 4-8 pages per minute color, 16 ppm monochrome
Power Consum ption
Print m ethod
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1000 W maximum, 575W average during operation
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Electrophotographic
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25 W maximum, Sleep mode
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Disposable color toner modules (C, Y, M, and K)
Tem perature
Operating: 50°F to 90.5°F (10°C to 32.5°C)
Non-operating: 41°F to 95°F (5°C to 35°C)
Hum idity
Recom m ended Duty Cycle
Monochrom e: 20,000 prints per month
Color: Up to 5,000 full color prints per month
Processor
Operating: 20-80% RH (non-condensing)
Based on 64-bit IDT 4700, 100 MHz RISC processor
Non-operating: 10-80% RH (non-condensing)
Random Access Mem ory (RAM)
Dim ensions (w ithout options)
Width: 19.7” (500 mm)
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96 MB standard
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128 MB Maximum
Depth: 19.3” (490 mm)
Internal IDE Hard Disk
For storing fonts and forms, spool files, and html pages
Height: 15.3” (388 mm)
Weight
SCSI Interface
64 lb (29 kg) without consumables, 90 lb (41 kg) shipped
To work witha Umax Astra® 1200S and Astra® 1220S scanner
To work with an SCSI Iomega Zip® 100MB or Zip® 250MB
drive
Adm inistrative Com pliance
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UL 1950 2nd Edition
CSA C22.2 950M89
Printer Language Em ulations
FCC Class B for the 4400, FCC Class A for the 4400N
Energy Star Compliant
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PostScript Level 3
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PCL 5e
Year 2000 Compliant
Autom atic Jam Recovery
Automatically reprints jammed pages
Color Support
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Apple ColorSync 2.12
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Clearance Space
Left Side: 4 inches
Right Side: 20 inches
Front: 28 inches
Back: 8 inches
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Heavy (thick) paper stock
Envelopes
Recom m ended Media
Use NEC Premium papers (listed below) to ensure the best
quality printed output. If you do not have the NEC Premium
papers, try to match them as closely as possible for the best
printing results.
Printable Area
Paper: 5 mm from top, left, and right edge
Transparencies: 10 mm from all edges
Prem ium Color Laser Paper 24 lb. Bond: A bright
paper with a super smooth finish for brilliant color
reproduction. Use this for correspondence, proposals,
charts, graphs, and illustrations.
Noise Level
Operating: less than 55 dBA
Standby: less than 48 dBA
Paper Handling
(NEC Order No. 70-510)
Prem ium Color Laser Paper 60 lb. Cover: A heavier
stock that is ideal for report covers, mailers, greeting
cards, and invitations.
Supported Paper Sizes
SuperScript 4600N printer drivers support the following
paper sizes.
(NEC Order No. 70-511)
Ultra Glossy Color Laser Paper: Has a double-sided
glossy finish that is preferred for professional printing
and photographic art. Use this for data sheets, brochures,
and client presentations.
Pa p e r Size
Inches
Millimeters
Letter
8.5 x 11
8.5 x 14
216 x 279
216 x 356
210 x 297
184 x 267
203 x 254
216 x 330
105 x 241
(NEC Order No. 70-515)
Legal
Prem ium Transparency Film : Use this for brilliant
projected images.
(NEC Order No. 70-520)
A4
8.3 x 11.7
7.25 x 10.5
8 x 10
Executive
UK Quarto*
Folio*
NEC Prem ium Paper Sam pler: A sampler is available
that contains a selection of all the NEC Premium Papers.
(NEC Order No. 79-001)
8.5 x 13
Com10 Envelope
4.13 x 9.5
Recom m ended Paper Weights
*Not supported in the PCL5e printer driver.
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Plain Paper: 16 to 24 lb. bond (60 to 90 g/ m bond)
note: To print Legal size paper, you m ust install the
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optional LegalTray in Paper Tray 1 or Paper Tray 2.
Thick Stock: Up to 60 lb. cover/ 90 lb. index (160 g/ m )
Supported Media
Paper Sources
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Plain paper
Standard Paper Tray 1: 250-sheet capacity
Optional Paper Tray 2: 250-sheet capacity
Standard transparencies
Glossy papers
Paper Output
Laser-quality labels
Main Output Tray—250-sheet capacity
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NEC Prem ium Paper Sam pler: A sampler is available
that contains a selection of all the NEC Premium Papers.
A P P EN D IX B
M E D IA S P E C IF IC A T IO N S
(NEC Order No. 79-001)
Recom m ended Paper Weights
Plain Paper: 16 to 24 lb. bond (60 to 90 g/ m2 bond)
Thick Stock: Up to 60 lb. cover / 90 lb. index (160 g/ m2)
This appendix has general guidelines for purchasing and
storing paper and other media for your NEC SuperScript
4600N printer. Your printer supports a wide variety of print
media, including
Paper Handling Considerations
Transparency Film : When you are printing on
transparency film, only load the transparencies to the
mark indicated on the paper tray.
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Plain paper
Transparencies
Glossy papers
Laser-quality labels
Heavy paper stock
Envelopes
Envelopes: The printer accepts Commercial 10 envelope
size. The leading edge of an envelope that feeds into the
printer must be straight. The fold must be firmly creased
and be no thicker than two paper thicknesses. As a rule,
the larger the envelope is, the more difficult it is to feed
properly. You should load envelopes with the flap edge
to the left. The address side must face up and the flap
side must face down.
Recom m ended Media
Use NEC Premium papers (listed below) to ensure the best
quality printed output. If you do not have the NEC Premium
papers, try to match them as closely as possible for the best
printing results.
Adhesive Labels: Only use adhesive labels that are
recommended for use in laser printers.
Heavy Print Stock: Excessive use of heavy stocks may
cause premature wear in addition to causing excessive
wear of print mechanisms.
Prem ium Color Laser Paper 24 lb. Bond: A bright
paper with a super smooth finish for brilliant color
reproduction. Use this for correspondence, proposals,
charts, graphs, and illustrations.
Preprinted Form s: During the print operation, heat
applied to preprinted forms can remove ink from the
form and leave residue (called offset) inside the printer.
In addition to offset residue problems, ink residues may
generate harmful gases and emissions. Note the
(NEC Order No. 70-510)
Prem ium Color Laser Paper 60 lb. Cover: A heavier
stock that is ideal for report covers, mailers, greeting
cards, and invitations.
following considerations. Tell the commercial printer
who will be printing your forms that you will be using
them in a laser printer. Forms should be printed with
heat-resistant inks that do not vaporize or generate
harmful emissions at temperatures greater than 392˚F
(200˚C) for 0.1 second. Do not use paper printed with
low-temperature inks, flammable inks, or inks that are
affected by the resin components found in toner.
(NEC Order No. 70-511)
Ultra Glossy Color Laser Paper: Has a double-sided
glossy finish that is preferred for professional printing
and photographic art. Use this for data sheets, brochures,
and client presentations.
(NEC Order No. 70-515)
Prem ium Transparency Film : Use this for brilliant
projected images.
(NEC Order No. 70-520)
Care must be taken to avoid changing the moisture
content of paper being preprinted or using materials that
change the electrical or handling properties of the paper.
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Forms should be sealed in moisture-proof wrapping after
pre-printing to prevent moisture changes during storage.
Paper and Print Media You Should NOT Use in This Printer
Paper jams or poor print quality may result from using print
media that is not recommended for use in this printer or from
print media that is damaged. Do not use media with the
following characteristics.
Choosing Paper and Media
Choosing quality paper is your best bet for avoiding many of
the output problems common to heat-intensive printing. It is
the most effective measure you can take to achieve
consistently good results from your printer. Using the NEC
Premium papers described above will ensure good results.
Generally, paper manufactured for photocopying has good
print quality and paper handling characteristics. Smoother
surface paper generates sharper output resolution and detail.
Try samples of any paper to determine if the printer
performance and print quality are acceptable to you.
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Paper that does not meet the size and weight
specifications of this printer
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Paper that is wrinkled, curled, torn, or bent
Paper that is wet
Paper that is extremely rough or heavily textured
Paper that is sticky or has an adhesive surface
Paper that is pasted
Thermal paper
When purchasing paper
Carbon paper
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Check that the media meets all specifications noted in
this chapter.
Paper that is unable to withstand a temperature of 392˚F.
Paper that is stapled or clipped
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Order a small quantity to test with your printer and your
quality guarantees to ensure that the output meets a
predetermined standard when used with laser printers.
If you do not like the paper, you may be able to return it
for another type — but test that one, too.
Paper that is labeled “NOT recommended for use in laser
printers”
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Label stock with the backing sheets exposed between the
individual labels
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Multiple copy perforated checks
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Tell the supplies buyer, the prospective seller, and
commercial letterhead printer that you will be using this
media in a laser printer.
Envelopes with thick or uneven edges
Envelopes with transparent windows
Envelopes with clasps attached to them
Embossed envelopes
note: NEC offers a m edia sam pler of prem ium papers.
One is included in the Starter kit that com es with your
printer. See page 94 for inform ation about ordering
another.
Envelopes that contain more than 25% cotton fiber
Storing Printer Supplies
Avoid storing printer supplies, such as Toner Modules and
paper in direct sunlight, near an open flame, or in humid or
dusty places. Only use Toner Modules that have been
designed exclusively for use with this printer.
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Inspect your work environment for the operating conditions
listed above if you believe ozone emissions are a problem in
your area. Some people may be ultra-sensitive to ozone odor.
If these situations are encountered, it is advisable to position
the printer away from the sensitive user.
A P P EN D IX C
S A F E T Y IN F O R M A T IO N
Laser Safety
This chapter provides safety information and product
specifications for the SuperScript 4600N printer. As you
operate your printer, please be aware of the following safety
considerations.
This printer is certified as a Class 1 laser product under the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Radiation Performance Standard according to the Radiation
Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968. This means that
the printer does not produce hazardous laser radiation.
Ozone Em ission
The corona assemblies found in laser printers and
Since radiation emitted inside the printer is completely
confined within protective housings and external covers, the
laser beam cannot escape from the machine during any phase
of user operation.
photocopiers generate ozone gas (O ) as a by-product of the
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electrophotographic process. Ozone is only generated while
the printer is printing (while the coronas are energized).
UL Standards for Ozone
CDRH Regulations
The only existing standard for ozone emissions has been
established by Underwriters Laboratory (UL). All
SuperScript family printers meet this standard when shipped
from the factory to our customers.
The Center of Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration implemented
regulations for laser products on August 2, 1976. These
regulations apply to laser products manufactured after
August 1, 1976. Compliance is mandatory for products
marketed in the United States. The printer’s rear panel
indicates compliance with the CDRH regulations and must
be attached to laser products marketed in the United States.
Em ployer Responsibilities
Because ozone can be an irritant, various regulatory agencies
have established limits to the amount of ozone to which
employees may be exposed. The employer is responsible for
providing a safe work environment that meets the agencies’
standards.
Caution! Use of controls, adjustm ents, or
perform ance of procedures other than those
specified in this user’s guide m ay result in
hazardous radiation exposure.
Recom m endations for Minim izing Ozone Exposure
Almost all ozone concerns arise from abnormal site or
operating conditions. The following conditions may generate
an ozone complaint:
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Installation of multiple laser printers in a confined area
Extremely low relative humidity
Poor room ventilation
The exhaust port of the printer is directed towards the
face of personnel
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The existing ozone filter is in poor condition
Long, continuous printing combined with any of the
above
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(For Canadian Use Only)
FCC Statem ent
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for
radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the
radio interference regulations of the Canadian Department of
Communications.
(For United States Use Only)
Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency
Interference Statement.
Le présent appareil numerique n’émet pas de bruits
radioélectriques dépassant les limites applicables aux
appareils numériques de Classe A présentes dans le
règlement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicaté par le
Ministère des Communications du Canada.
WARNING! Changes or m odifications to this unit not
expressly approved by the party responsible for
com pliance could void the user’s authority to operate the
equipm ent.
note: This equipm ent has been tested and found to
com ply with the lim its for a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.These lim its are
designed to provide reasonable protection against
harm ful interference in a residential installation.This
equipm ent generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, m ay cause harm ful
interference to radio com m unications.
Declaration of Conform ity
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
2. This device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the
user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or
more of the following measures.
U.S. Responsible Party: NECTechnologies, Inc.
1250 N. Arlington Heights Road,
Itasca, Illinois 60143
Address:
Telephone Num ber: 630-467-5000
Type of product: Laser Printer
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Equipm ent Classification: Class A Peripheral
Model: SuperScript 4600N
Increase the separation between the equipment and
receiver.
We hereby declare that the equipm ent specified
above conform s to the technical standards as
specified in the FCC rules.
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Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different
from the one to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio or TV
technician for help.
Use a shielded and properly grounded I/ O cable to ensure
compliance of this unit to the specified limits of the rules.
Since your SuperScript 4600N comes with a network
interface card (NIC) installed, it meets the requirements of
FCC Class A when connected to an Ethernet cable.
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4. Open the Top Cover (A).
5. Open the Lock Tabs inside (B).
6. Carefully remove the Fuser Oil Bottle (C).
A P P EN D IX D
M O V IN G Y O U R P R IN T E R
note: Hold a sheet of paper under the Fuser Oil Bottle
so no oil drips back into the printer.
This appendix gives you directions on how to safely move or
ship your printer. Please follow these instructions carefully.
Failure to do so may result in damage to the printer.
7. Place the Fuser Oil Bottle in an oil-proof container, such
as a plastic bag, until you are ready to reinstall it.
8. Use the Oil Syringe provided with your printer (or an eye
dropper) to remove any excess oil from the fuser area.
Deposit in plastic dish and discard (D).
9. Clean out any extra oil residue with several paper towels
(E). If you are also shipping the printer, fill the space
normally occupied by the Oil Bottle with paper towels to
absorb any residual oil during shipment.
M O V IN G Y O U R P R IN TER LO C A LLY
To move the printer locally means that it can either be carried
by two people or moved on a cart to its new location. Follow
these steps:
1. Turn the printer off and allow it to cool for 15 minutes.
2. Remove any cables, plugs, and paper trays.
3. Remove the optional Paper Tray 2 Unit if attached.
(Reverse the directions given on page 28.)
A
C
B
D
E
WARNING! The printer m ust be kept level
at all tim es unless ALL oil is rem oved.
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10. Close the Locking Tabs and Top Cover (F).
11. Two adults should lift the printer onto a sturdy, level cart
15. Reinstall the Fuser Oil Bottle (J).Close the Lock Tabs (K)
and Top Cover.
(G).
16. Plug the printer in and turn the power on. Check to make
sure no error messages are showing on the Operator
Panel.
12. Move the printer to its new location.
13. Connect the interface cables (H).
14. Open the Top Cover and remove any paper towels from
the fuser area (I).
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H
F
I
J
K
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unpacked your printer. Insert the Tension Release Pins at
each end of the fuser as shown (B).
3. Open the Front Cover and remove the Toner Modules
(C). Do not remove the Belt Cartridge first!
4. Repack the Toner Modules in their original packaging.
5. Flip up the Belt Cartridge Locking Levers (D).
6. Remove the Belt Cartridge (E) and clean according to
S H IP P IN G TH E P R IN TER
To ship your printer long distance, follow steps 1 —9 under
“Moving Your Printer Locally” on page 103. Then proceed
with the following instructions.
note: If you are returning the printer for service, you do
not need to return the Power Cord,Toner Modules, Belt
Cartridge, Fuser Oil Bottle, or Fuser Cleaning Roller.
directions found on page 76.
7. Wrap the Belt Cartridge in its original black wrapper (F).
1. Remove the Fuser Cleaning Roller (A). Make sure the
Fuser Oil Bottle is out.
2. Open the Tension Release Tabs and insert the orange
Tension Release Pins removed when you originally
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A
B
C
D
E
F
Avoid exposing the Belt Cartridge to light!
Avoid touching the Belt Cartridge!
Shipping the Printer
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8. Replace the Tension Release Pin on each side. Insert the
pin until you feel some resistance, then move it forward
slightly and slide it in the rest of the way (F). (The
Tension Release Pins protect the Belt Cartridge and its
cleaning blade during its move.)
12. Pack any accessories in the styrofoam box. See next page.
13. With another person’s help, put the printer into a plastic
bag.
14. Place the printer into the base tray of the shipping
carton (J).
9. Snap down the Belt Cartridge Locking Levers (G).
10. Remove and discard the used Toner Collector (H). Leave
the Toner Collector chamber empty. Do not ship your
printer with a used Toner Collector.
11. Close the Front and Top Covers (I).
H
F
G
Rem ove Toner Collector
before shipping!
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15. Pack the printer for shipment as shown (K).
18. Tape the top of the box shut
16. Do not forget the Power Cord and User’s Guide (unless
you are shipping the printer for service). Slide the box
cover all the way down (L).
19. Put shipping straps vertically around the box.
20. When the printer gets to its destination, unpack the
printer and clean the Belt Cartridge again according to
directions found on page 76.
17. Attach the shipping box to its base tray. Insert the screw
holders first (M), then the box screws themselves (N).
L
K
Pack Power Cord behind printer
M
N
Shipping the Printer
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collation 65
connector cable door 28
Encapsulated PostScript 8
Energy Saving 2
envelopes 24, 99
executive 19
factory defaults 56
restoring 59
FCC 102
filter cover 14
folio 19
IN D EX
Nu m e ric s
10 Mbps 2
10/ 100Base-T 2, 21
100 Mbps Ethernet 2
4600N driver CD 23
4600N printer 21
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A4 19
accessory kit 12, 13
Adobe Acrobat Reader 3
ADSC 8
advanced features 1, 58
advanced features menu 58
Apple Printer Utility 48
restore 56
problems 92
dpi 1
font cache 9
font settings 10
font substitution 10
fonts
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back cover 14
cleaning inside 78
back cover latch 14
banding 89
banner page 63
belt cartridge 14, 16, 71, 105,
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bitmap 10
in Windows 10
outline 10
installation 33
PrintAgent 23
settings 35
driver setup
easy/ local 3
network client/ custom
network server/
administrator 3
duty cycle 97
soft 10
front cover 14
replacing 75
fuser oil bottle 14, 17
installing 17
replacing 74
fuser unit 14
replacing 79
cleaning 76
installing 16
replacing 77
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belt cartridge wire 76
bidirectional parallel cable 14
bitmap fonts 10
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easy remote printing 23
emulations
G
CDRH regulations 101
cleaning blade 76
gateway 60
configuring 57
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envelopes 24
labels 25
connecting 21
setup 3
network settings page 21
halftoning 7
heavy paper 24, 99
horizontal banding 90
humidity 97
I
IEEE 1284 bidirectional parallel
noise level 98
cable 21
Image Color Matching
(ICM) 3, 6, 34
indicator lights 51
information pages 60
intensity 9
interface panel 14
interface ports 97
Internet Explorer 2
IP Address 23
M
Macintosh 48
recommended 99
media type
OHT light 25
oil syringe 103
on demand printing 61
online user’s guide 3
OPC Belt 72
OPC unit 14, 77
menu 58
setting 59
menu tree 54–58
J
jam recovery 56
job hold 64
job preview 65
job timeout 8
features 51
message 85
monochrome 33
N
NEC Features tab 37
negative image 8
net address 23
NetBEUI/ NetBIOS 1
NetWare 1
setup menu 56
special features menu 58
operator panel buttons 53
options
installed 38, 39, 41
ordering 94
paper tray 2 unit 28
output tray 14
ozone 101
L
label sheets 25
labels 99
laser
safety 101
laser lens 80
cleaning 80
layout 7
legal paper tray 24, 30
installing 30
lifting the printer 12
loading
network administration
page 4
network interface card 14
ozone filter 81
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planes 72
printer 97
adding memory 31
page coverage 71
paper
cleaning inside 78
cleaning outside 82
connecting 21
dimensions 97
drivers 9, 33
IP address 23
lifting 12
moving 103
online 59
options 27
repair 95
resetting 59
shipping 105
taking offline 59
unpacking 12
URL 23
printable area 98
recommended 98, 99
paper discharger 14, 78
paper discharger wire 78
paper exit rollers 82
cleaning 82
paper handling 7
paper jams 86
drum jams 88
inner jams 87
outer jams 88
preventing 85
paper path 85
paper sizes 98
paper transfer rollers 14
loading 19
options 8
PostScript header 8
driver 33
features 6
precautions 71
preprinted forms 99
print form 58
printer drivers 33, 35–48
Mac OS 48
paper tray 2 unit
Windows 3.1x 44
Windows 95/ 98 34
Windows NT 40
printer fonts 10
printer messages 83
printer options 1, 27, 94
printer supplies 94
printer’s home page 4, 23, 61
printing
installing 28
paper weights,
recommended 98
parallel printing
problems 92
PCL menu 56
PCL5e 1
print job
stopping 59
print media
driver 3, 33
features 9
fonts 39
ordering 94
print quality 89–91
print queue status 62
print speed 97
PrintAgent 1, 3, 23
envelopes 24
from an application 22
graphics 33
peer-to-peer 3
photoconductor belt
cartridge 14, 77
in color 33
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software 34
Windows NT 40
PS font page 60
PS start page 60
Pull Printing 3
transfer drum 14, 71, 78, 79
transfer roller 14, 78
transparencies 98, 99
loading 25
printable area 25
subnet mask 60
software 13
U.S. letter size 19
UK quarto 19
UL 101
R
RAM 1, 31, 97
registration rollers 14, 78
remote printing 3
setup 23
reserved printer memory 9
resolution 7, 9, 31
ribbing 89
RJ-45 connectors 21
S
scaling 8
scanner copy feature 69
SCSI 66, 97
SCSI interface 14
serial number 14
service contracts 95
service messages 83
set IP address 23
setup from
Windows 95/ 98 22
Windows NT 4.0 22
setup menu 56
Sharp Edge Technology 7
shipping 105
storing 100
UNIX 92
unpacking 12
unprintable area 7
URL 23
URL configuration page 4
usage reports 60
usage status menu 58
user’s guide 107
TCP/ IP 1
setup 60
loading 25
toner collector 13, 14, 81
replacing 81
toner modules 18
installing 18
ordering 73
replacing 73
toner spots 90
top cover 14
top cover release button 14
coverage 95
period 95
support 96
waste toner bottle 71, 81
watermarks 7
Windows 3.x 46
Web browser 23
Web printing 23
weight 97
SIMM 31
software
PrintAgent 23
Windows NT 40
Windows 3.x 1, 22
driver 22, 44, 45
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Windows 95/ 98 92
driver 36
Windows NT shared driver
configure for sharing 35
description 35
installing 35
Windows NT 22
driver 41
printing 40
Windows NT 4.0 1
Windows Program
Manager 44
Z
Zip drive 66
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