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GelSprinter RPCS Raster Printer Driver
For Microsoft Windows 98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/8/Server 2012
Ver. 3.38

#### INTRODUCTION

This Readme file contains information about using GelSprinter RPCS Raster printer driver for Windows 98/Me/NT4.0/2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/8/Server 2012. Please make sure to read this before installing RPCS Raster printer driver.

#### CONTENTS

OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
[1]Notes for installation
[2]Description of each items of RPCS Raster printer driver
[3]Limitation/Notes in using RPCS Raster printer driver
(1)Limitation in Operating System
(2)Limitation/Notes in using with each application
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access,
Adobe PageMaker, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat,
Lotus WordPro, Lotus Freelance, Lotus Notes,
Microsoft Internet Explorer, CorelDraw 8
(3)Limitation/Notes in printing
(4)Limitation in operating on Windows Terminal Service
(5)Limitation in changing the language settings
(6)Limitation/Notes in Status Monitor
(7)Limitations with Windows Vista or later
(8)Limitations with Windows x64
(9)Limitations with Windows 8/Server 2012 or later

OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
RPCS Raster driver for Windows x32 Operating Systems:
This printer driver operates on environment of Microsoft Windows listed below which can run on PC/AT compatible machines with Intel Pentium 200MHz or higher version:
* Windows 98/98 Second Edition/ME
* Windows 2000 Professional / Windows 2000 Advanced Server (*1) / Windows 2000 Server
* Windows NT Workstation Version 4.0(SP3 or later) / Windows NT Server Version 4.0(SP3 or later) / Windows NT Server Version 4.0(SP3 or later) Terminal Server Edition
* Windows XP Professional / Windows XP Home Edition
* Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition / Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (*1) / Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
* Windows Vista Ultimate / Windows Vista Enterprise / Windows Vista Business / Windows Vista Home Premium / Windows Vista Home Basic
* Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition / Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
* Windows 7 Ultimate / Windows 7 Enterprise / Windows 7 Professional / Windows 7 Home Premium
* Windows 8 / Windows 8 Pro / Windows 8 Enterprise
RPCS Raster driver for Windows x64 Operating Systems:
All processors and chipsets supported by the version of Windows you are using.
* Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
* Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 Edition / Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition (*1)
* Windows Vista Ultimate / Windows Vista Enterprise / Windows Vista Business / Windows Vista Home Premium / Windows Vista Home Basic
* Windows Server 2008 Standard x64 Edition / Windows Server 2008 Enterprise x64 Edition
* Itanium-based systems (Windows 64-bit Edition) are not supported.
* Windows 7 Ultimate / Windows 7 Enterprise / Windows 7 Professional / Windows 7 Home Premium
* Windows 8 / Windows 8 Pro / Windows 8 Enterprise
* Windows Server 2012 Standard / Windows Server 2012 Essentials / Windows Server 2012 Foundation
* Itanium-based systems (Windows 64-bit Edition) are not supported.
*1 Cluster configuration is unavailable.

[Notes]
* Windows 3.1 and Windows NT3.51 are not supported.
* WindowsNT driver is kernel mode drivers. Windows2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/8/Server 2012 driver is user mode drivers.
Please install driver for each OS.
* This printer driver does not support Citrix Presentation Server 4.0.
* Server Core installation option of Windows Server 2008 is not supported.
* Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 is not supported.

#### [1]Notes for installation

* | The drivers of different versions can not be used together.
* | If print settings screen doesn't look normal after installation, delete the driver and reinstall it.
* | Do not extract CD-ROM before the installation is finished. Or else, system error may occur.

#### [2]Description of each items of RPCS Raster printer driver

For the contents and details of each on-screen setup items of the printer driver, see Help screen.

#### [3]Limitation/Notes in using RPCS Raster printer driver

(1)Limitation/Notes in operating system

Use this printer driver on SP3 or later environment for WindowsNT 4.0

(2)Limitation/Notes in using with each application

Application | Microsoft Word
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1.If printing more than two copies with "Collate:"(can be checked in "Print" dialog), printed result will be incorrect. Please be sure to deselect "Collate:" before printing. 2.If trying to print with Word Ver6.0/7.0 from this driver when other application are opened, error "Not enough memory on drive XX..." may occur. We recommend you to start printing after closing other applications. If memory insufficiency error occurred, reset the "default printer" to be another printer, then reopen Word and start printing without opening other application. 3.If print with pasted object made with other application, right side of the object may be cut off, so please take the space to paste object larger than usual. 4.Character spacing of header may be different depending on the resolution. 5.When printing with "Layout" or "Reduce/Enlarge, if "Allow A4/Letter paper resizing" (in"Print" dialog's "Options..") is checked, the document may not be printed correctly. Please start printing after deselecting this option. 6.When printing with Watermark, if set "Collate" with more than two "Copies:" and specify "First page only", Watermark will not print on the first page from the second copy. To avoid this, please print after deselecting "Collate". 7.If select "Outline" in "Font.." of "Format" menu, the character may not be printed correctly.

Application | Microsoft Excel
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1. Colored extra thin line made with "Drawing" may not be printed. 2. With Excel Ver5.0 or before, Paper size and Orientation set in "Page Setup..." will not reflected to this driver correctly. Please open printer icon's "Properties" ->"Print Settings", and set the same "Original size" as Excel's "Page Setup..." before start printing.

Application | Microsoft PowerPoint
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1. The document which is printed correctly with Microsoft PowerPoint95 may not be printed correctly with PowerPoint97. For example, background gradation may be different. Printed result can be checked by setting PowerPoint's "View" to "Black and White". 2. The gradation may not be printed correctly with Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. In this case, please set the print quality to "Quality priority" or "High quality" at the "User Settings" and print.

Application | Microsoft Access
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1. When creating new database, if use template file from Database Wizard and this printer is used as the default printer, application error may occur. In such cases, please change the default printer to another printer. 2. Line thickness may be printed out differently depending on the print position. 3. If printing with "Spool data format:" = "EMF", the document may not be printed. In such case, print after resetting "Spool data format:" to "RAW"(For x32 OS).

Application | Adobe PageMaker
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1. Paper size set in "Document Setup..." will not be reflected to the driver. Conform the paper sizes which are set in "Document Setup..." and in the driver. 2. When the document is printed with paper size A6,B6, it is not printed normally.

Application | Adobe Illustrator
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1. Part of images may not be printed. 2. If selecting 1200dpi when print the image converted by application, the printed result may not be as expected.

Application | Adobe Acrobat
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1. Even though frames are displayed on PC screen, it may not be printed in actual printed result. 2. When printing with "Multiple pages per sheet" or "Booklet Printing", the document may not be printed correctly. In this case, please set the print quality to "Quality priority" or "High quality" at the "User Settings" and print. Also you may print by setting "Layout/Poster" and "Duplex/Booklet" in the printer driver. However, printed result may be different from the application setting and the printer driver setting.

Application | Lotus WordPro
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1. If printing the document which is not attached with grid lines, tray designation becomes invalid. 2. Decorative lines of frames may not be printed.

Application | Lotus Freelance
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1. The changes made in print Properties are not reflected. Set print conditions from "Document Defaults" of the driver before start application.

Application | Lotus Notes
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1. Both setting of "Copies:" which set from application and driver will be effective, so the output numbers of copies will be the multiplied number of each. Set "Copies:" only from one of application or the driver.

Application | Microsoft Internet Explorer
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1. Depending on the combination of versions of Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer, even if printing more than two copies using "Collate", the setting may become invalid, then the document may be printed page by page (P1, P1, P2, P2...).

Application | CorelDraw 8
Operating Systems | Windows98/ME, Windows NT4.0 Server/Workstation, Windows2000, WindowsXP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012
Details | 1. The printer driver dialog opened from CorelDRAW 8 may show unreadable characters. You can not enter the number of copies greater than 9 in the printer driver dialog. To print more than 9 copies, set the number of copies in the CorelDRAW 8's print dialog.

(3)Limitation/Notes in printing

* | If virtual memory on a Windows operating system is set lower than usual , insufficient memory errors will occur and drawing operations in applications or printer drivers will not perform properly. Documents may not be printed correctly or the following problems may occur: - Application errors. - Printing discontinues without warning. Increase the memory setting for virtual memory, and then start printing. If this is not helpful, add additional memory on the computer.
* | Depending on amount of the memory installed on your computer, the print processing may take longer from an application. Also, an operating system running on insufficient memory may cause an application to discontinue printing.
* | General protection fault may occur depending on the specific environments and the type of the printed data.
* | Part of data may not be printed depending on the display driver to use.
* | Depending on the application, there is a possibility that print settings, such as "Duplex", made on the Print Setting screen of an application will be lost after printing. These print settings are depending on the application, so the print setting may not be reflected correctly for repeat printing or restarting the application. Therefore, make sure to specify or confirm print settings every time before printing if you want to set up it from the application.
* | If working the reduce function of printer driver, part of data may not be printed normally depending on application.
* | Printed result of shading patterns may be different from PC screen display depending on application.
* | Part of image data on PC screen may not be printed depending on application. In such cases, select "User settings" and click "Change..." button in the "Setup" tab, then deselecting "Error diffusion for photos and images", change the assignment of "Dithering", and deselect the function of "Adjust photos and images", "Smooth low resolution images" in the "Image Adjustments" tab of the "Change User Settings" dialog may be effective.
* | Inclination in vertical writing may be the same with in horizontal writing.
* | If setting large text watermark when printing the document with watermark, print speed may become extremely slow. To avoid this, change text watermark smaller.
* | For Windows NT4/2000/XP or later, "_rpcs" directory will be created in the drive which contains the Windows directory (e.g. If the Windows directory is C:\Windows, then C:\_rpcs\ will be created.). This directory will be created in a hidden folder.In Terminal Services after WindowsVista and Server2003, "_rpcs" directory be created in %USERPROFILE%.
* | If "Adobe Type Manager" is installed, some fonts may not be printed depending on font type. In this cases, make following settings with "Adobe Type Manager". 1. Start "Adobe Type Manager". 2. Click "Settings" tab and push "Advanced" button, then open "Advanced Settings" window. 3. Select "Print Fonts as Graphics" checkbox in "Advanced Settings" window.
* | When opening the "Printer Configuration" tab of the application, "Custom Paper Sizes" button may not be grayed out in the environments of Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/8/Server 2012. "Custom Paper Sizes" can be changed its value. However, you need to keep in mind that value set up with a certain application is reflected also in the application of others, when two or more applications are opened.
* | Print with "Layout" or "Reduce/Enlarge", its line thickness may be printed out differently depending on the drawing position.
* | If setting both "Outlined" and "Bold" for watermark at the same time, the function of bold watermark may not be worked properly depending on the Operation System.
* | In using the printer driver of cross platform, be sure to set up the alternate driver to server before the client loads the printer driver.
* | If a Separator Page of Windows is selected, some documents may not be printed as expected.
* | When multiple users log on a PC with "fast user switching" in Windows XP/Vista/Server 2008/7/8/Server 2012 environment, the following functions may be overwritten to the printer driver setting by the latest user. Please make sure whether each function of the printer driver is set correctly before printing. "Custom Settings", "Job type", "Watermarks/Overlay", "Custom Paper Sizes" and bi-directional communication may not work properly.
* | For papers such as envelopes that have the unique direction, the printing results may rotate 180 degrees. In this cases, please use "Rotate by 180 degrees" in the "Page Settings" tab. For document using mixtured portrait and landscape, the printed papers may be delivered with 180 degrees rotation in the direction of portrait and landscape. In this cases, please use "Mixed Original Orientations" in the "Printer Configuration" tab.
* | If printing more than two copies page by page (P1, P1, P2, P2 ...) without using collate function, deselect the "Collate" checkbox in the "Page Settings" tab.
* | When selecting "Color" from "Color/ Black and White" setting in the "Setup" Tab, black and white document may be printed as a color job, depending on application or data. If you want to print a document in black and white, select "Black and White" in "Color/ Black and White" setting.
* | The documents cannot be printed from Microsoft Office binder.
* | If the printer driver language differs from that of the Operating System, characters may not be printed properly or the characters on the printer driver may not be displayed properly.
* | If installing a printer driver after this printer driver, the Status Monitor of this printer drive may not be started. In such case, reinstall this printer driver.
* | The color of the printing results may be different depending on the Operation System because of the difference of the attribute.
* | Select "User settings" and click "Change..." button in the "Setup" tab to open the "Change User Settings" dialog. In the function for "Adjust photos and images" at the "Image Adjustments" tab of this dialog, adjustment for image data will not performed effectively for images other than on overexposed or underexposed images.
* | When printing using Print Quality with "Speed priority" mode or "High speed" mode in the "Setup" tab, the part of the characters may be cut off depending on the font to set. In such cases, please print with "Quality priority" mode.
* | In case of switching off or cable disconnection occurred when printing on Windows 98/Me, Windows may indicate write error. In this case, "retry" button will not be effective so that choose "cancel" and close the window.
* | Do not set PC at standby mode, or it may cause incorrect printing.
* | Printing data may not be sent after standby mode. In such cases, disconnect the USB cable and connect it again.
* | If your printer driver has a long Printer or Port name, the application may suddenly terminate when the printer is selected or when printing has started. To avoid this, shorten the Printer or Port name of the printer driver beforehand.
* | If using several printers of the same model with USB connection, or import one as a post-printer with USB connection on Windows 98, be sure to install the Software only once with CD attached. It will be unavailable to install it with the CD on and more than twice. The installation will be possible with "Plug and Play".
* | If printing job isn't started because of the insufficient memory, make the Status Monitor not display. And close the applications in the tasktray or the applications started simultaneously under the environment of Windows 98/Me. Printing may become possible.
* | When executing Point&Print in Windows 98/Me Server, installation may fail on the Client.
* | When the window type is "Custom Setting", printer driver settings may not work properly by switching tabs or displaying the screen again while changing Custom settings by pressing "Add/Change Custom Settings..." button in the "Print Settings" tab. In this case, please execute preservation when you do the setting change.

(4)Limitation in operating on Windows Terminal Service

* | <Printing> *Loss of some data may occur when printing large graphic images. * "Overlay " may not be printed when selecting "Display Preview and Print screen " checkbox in the "Page Settings " tab. In this case, please set "RAW Spool " at the "Spool format " in the "Printer Configuration " tab.
* | <"Auto Create Client Printer"> "Auto Create Client Printer" is the function of printing using of virtual client local printer copied from client local printer information to the server. *The information of the printer driver may not be copied correctly. *Some optional configurations set by client may not be followed. *Large graphic images may not be printed because of the limitation of bandwidth in communication line.
* | <Copy function of Printer driver>(For MetaFrame XP only) *This is the function of copying the information of printer driver to the all server in the server farm. *Printer driver may not be copied correctly depending on the specification of MetaFrame. If copying is not done correctly, install the printer driver to each server.

(5)Limitation in changing the language settings

* | <Printer Driver> *When "Language" in the "Environment Settings" dialog opened by "Environment Settings..." button in the "Printer Configuration" tab is changed, please exit the setup screen of the driver while it is starting up. Restart will change the language on the window. *Since the following functions retain the settings for each language, the settings cannot be followed between the languages. Watermarks/Overlay Custom Paper Sizes (Custom Paper Size 1 to 10) *The icon names for the default "Custom Setting" is different among languages. However, the setting, which is newly added / modified, will be followed even if the language is changed. *When displaying Japanese and inputting double-byte characters, changing to the language other than Japanese at "Language" on "Environment Settings" window, the inputted data may be corrupted or blank. When using the languages simultaneously, please use single-byte characters.
* | <Status Monitor> *When "Language" on "Environment Settings" window is changed, please quit the Status Monitor, which resides on the screen (Select "Exit" in the icon menu on the task bar to quit the Status Monitor). Restart will change the language on the window.

(6)Limitation/Notes in Status Monitor

* | Status Monitor may not work correctly when RPCS Raster driver and PCL driver are used at same time on the same computer.

(7)Limitations with Windows Vista or later

* | <Driver Features> * Driver Help is not displayed. Windows Vista does not support the conventional type of Help file called "WinHelp" used under Windows XP/Windows Server 2003 and other prior versions of Windows. The help file for this driver uses the WinHelp format and cannot be displayed under Windows Vista by default. We have no plan to support the Windows Vista help system for this machine. See Microsoft's web page below for further information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/917607 * Some ToolTips may not be properly displayed. * Some ToolTips may display incorrect information in the Print dialog opened from an application. * If you set the port settings to Standard TCP/IP port and perform network printing, the printing speed may slow down. If you use Standard TCP/IP port, in the printer driver property dialog, set "Enable bidirectional support" checkbox in the "Ports" tab to OFF before you perform printing. * When selecting "Reduce automatically" checkbox of "Initialization" tab, "Application" button may not become enable. In this case, please preserve the setting change by the OK button pressing. * When selecting "Only when error(s) occur" checkbox of the "Status Monitor display settings" dialog at the "Maintenance" tab, the Status Monitor without the bitmap of "Printer condition" and "Color level indicator" may be displayed during printing even though the error does not occur. In this case, there is no problem in the print. Please click "OK" to close the Status Monitor.

(8)Limitations with Windows x64

* | <Driver function> *The functions of SmartDeviceMonitor for Client (Send to JobBinding, Display Preview and Print screen) are not supported. *You cannot change the Spool Data Format setting because it is fixed in "EMF". *To use User Guide on Windows x64 OS, please download it from Ricoh website. You cannot open User Guide by clicking the "Setup" tab, the "Page Settings" tab, and the "Edit" tab in the printer driver, or the "User Guide" button in Status Monitor. *The installation of User Guide from a CD-ROM is not possible(supported).
* | <Printing> * When printing with the following settings from 32 bit applications, the generated data is not suitable for the direct printer consumption, and sending this data to the printer does not produce the expected result. - "Enable detailed print settings" is unchecked "Printer Properties" -> "Print Settings" -> "Enable detailed print settings" - "Print to File" is selected. "Printer Properties" -> "Ports" -> "Print to file"
* | <Update Installation> *Driver's on a Vista x64 system on which Terminal Services is running, will lose some settings after a driver update. The following settings will revert to defaults: Custom settings icons Watermarks/Overlay Custom Paper Sizes (Custom Paper Size 1 to 10) Adjust Color Density Language/Default Paper Size/Default Printable Area

(9)Limitations with Windows 8/Server 2012 or later

* | When displaying more than two windows, the print preview screen will not always appear on top.
* | When the print preview screen is displayed, the title bar's color will not be the proper active-window color.
* | When installing a printer by using Point and Print functionality or after starting a server that is running Windows 8/Server 2012, with the server's printing port set as the USB port and bidirectional communication enabled on the client PC that is running Windows 8/Server 2012, the client PC will not display the server's information in the Accessories tab (*2). In this case, the options in the Accessories tab become available to select. In addition, when running Status Monitor, an error message regarding bidirectional communication will appear. If this error occurs, please do one of the following: -Open the printer properties in the server that has Point and Print functionality enabled, and then run Point and Print again. -Print by using Point and Print functionality in the client PC, and then run Point and Print again. *2 According to the printer driver specification, for each OS, when installing the printer via Point and Print functionality and not setting the USB port as the server's printing port, the printer's information cannot be obtained by the client PC through bidirectional communication.

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