Kyocera Network Printing Problem

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Kyocera Network Printing Problem

I'm a lone Mac in an office network full of Windows machines using Kyocera Mita (LS-3800 and LS-3830N models) laser printers. Can anyone tell me how to print to these printers on the network.

I have downloaded the appropriate driver from Kyocera's Japan site (I'm in Japan) and after installing it can see the printer in the Printer set-up utility (using IP printing with the printer's IP address). I can even print to it, but all I get is pages of what appears to be code. The printer's language seems to be a special one (not postscript) and that is obviously causing the problem. Is there a way around this?

Thanks in advance for any input . . . . .

G4 Digital Audio, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Nov 17, 2005 1:05 AM

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greg sahli

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Nov 18, 2005 6:18 PM in response to Alex686

I'm guessing you got the PPD for the postscript option, but your printers don't have the postscript option. Most of their printers also use PCL (HP-compatible), so try the HP Laserjet 5 Series, Gimp-Print driver (already on OS X).

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Nov 20, 2005 8:23 PM in response to greg sahli

Hi Greg,

Many thanks for your input. Tried your suggestion but still no luck. After clicking on 'Add' in the Printer Utility, a window called Printer List appears; on the top drop-down menu I selected IP Printing, on the second drop-down menu what should I be choosing? 'LPD/LPR' or 'Internet Printing Protocol'? The latter seems to work better as at least one of the Printer Utility windows tells me that I am being connected and the print job appears in the window. LDP/LPR produces nothing with the HP series but does work with the Kyocera postscript PPD, but produces all the code! It's a mystery to me.

Also, in the list of HP printers, there are anumber of Laserjet 5 series and 5000 series. I assume that I should try them all till I find one that works, or not, as the case may be! Is there anything else that I should be doing? Your assistance much appreciated.

Alex

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greg sahli

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Nov 21, 2005 9:08 PM in response to Alex686

Use IP > LPD for the Kyocera. You'll need to find and enter a Kyocera queue name. I don't know what it is. I read online for a similar model the queue name is lp1 (el-p-one). Try that.

Many/most of the other Laserjet Series are postscript PPDs - you want to choose from "Laserjet 4 Series, Gimp-Print," or "Laserjet 5 Series, Gimp-Print," or "Laserjet 6 Series, Gimp-Print."

Good luck.

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Alex686 Author

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Nov 22, 2005 12:05 AM in response to greg sahli

Greg,

I finally got it to work using IP>LPD/LPR>HP Laserjet 4 series, CUPS + GimpPrint v4.2.5 --- fantastic! Stunned my IT dept. who said that it couldn't be done!

Many thanks for your invaluable input. I see that you are heavily involved in a number of printing issues. Your help much appreciated.

Alex

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greg sahli

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Nov 22, 2005 6:15 PM in response to Alex686

Good work!
I'd also experiment with Laserjet 5 Series - might get better quality - or not 🙂

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bob71852

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Dec 20, 2005 1:15 PM in response to greg sahli

Your original problem with the Kyocera Printer may have been the emulation setting. The models you have come defaulted to PCL6. They can be changed via the control panel to KPDL (Kyocera Postscript) or KPDL(Auto)- senses Postcript or PCL data and switches to the appropriate emulation when printing. Printing Postscript to the PCL emulation will result in the symptom you described.

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bob71852

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Dec 20, 2005 1:19 PM in response to bob71852

I forgot to add Kyocera allows the end user to have different emulations for different inputs (network, USB) and you need to set the emulation for that input. It may be easiest to use a Web Browser to navigate to the IP of the printer. Changing printer settings via the Web interface is easier than using the menu on the printer.

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