How I print a configuration page for a KIP 7100

Sometimes I or my customer may want to print out the KIP 7100 configuration print. The configuration print will provide the user with a hard copy containing a wealth of information about the machine which you can store away in case of a hardware failure.  In this blog I will demonstrate how I print the configuration page for the KIP 7100.  The operation is similar for all KIP products which have a touch screen like the one shown in this blog.   Proceed to step 1....

Step 1

The touch display should be displaying the KIP home screen as noted below.  If the screen is black I tap anywhere and the display should power up and return to the home screen. If I find the KIP is not on the home screen but instead on some other screen I simply tap the little house icon at the lower right of the display and return to home.   Once powered up and at the home screen the display should show the printer online button with a green circle just under the big help question mark.  From here I proceed to step 2.  

Step 2
In this step I tap the ? HELP  button under the KIP logo one time then I can then proceed to step 3.

Step 3
In this step I am able to see the screen has changed to the information screen.    In order to see all of the information about the KIP 7100 I will need to tap the SHOW VERSION button at the bottom of the screen one time.  Now I can proceed to step 4.

Step 4

Now I am able to see all of the important information regarding the configuration of the KIP 7100.  If I only wanted to see the information and did not need a hard copy I could stop here.  For this example though  I do need to print a hard copy so I tap on the PRINT THIS SCREEN button one time. You should hear the configuration sheet being printed now. After a few minutes the screen will return to the home screen.  The screen will automatically go back to the home screen so  I now proceed to my last step.  

Step 6
I remove the configuration print from the KIP 7100 print stacker and I should have a configuration print that looks similar to the one below. We will cover what all the information on the configuration print means in a future blog.

As noted in previous blogs we have only scratched the surface today regarding what you as the operator can do with your KIP 7100.   In a future blog we will also cover how to do this same operation on the HP wide format plotters.   Leave a comment if you like. If you have a problem with this operation and would like some help you can say that in the comments or you can email me from my profile. Thanks for coming by.

How I print a configuration page for the Xerox 510 and 8830 wide format printer systems

On occasion I or one of my customers who own a Xerox 510 and 8830/25 wide format copier and printer may want to print out the configuration print. The configuration print will provide a wealth of information about the machine that is just not easily visible on the display. I have provided photos below that demonstrate how I print the config page using the display and key pad on the Xerox 510 and 8830 systems. The procedure for the 8830 is the same only the buttons on the 8830 have symbols rather than names.   I always remember that if I get lost during the procedure I can return to the beginning by pressing the online button which will bring the machine back to the online ready state when the ONLINE LED is lit.   If am not sure where I am in the menu I push the online button and start over.  As I never want to accidentally change settings on mine or my customers Xerox  510 or 8830  I try to remember that if I become confused during the process I simply push the ONLINE button on the display and return to the beginning at Step 1 which is were we will start.

Step 1 

I always try to make sure my 510 or 8830  looks  like the photo below when I start this procedure.  The green online LED next to the ON LINE button should be lit and the 510 should show XEROX  510 WIDE FMT...IDLE in the display window.  Now I can go to the next step. 

Step 2

I Press the ONLINE button at which time I should see the green LED go out.  No I can go to the next step.

Step 3
My display should now read   XEROX  510 WIDE FMT....PAUSED.  Now I push the ENTER button once and I can go to the next step.

Step 4
My display should now read  XEROX  510 WIDE FMT SETUP MENU....(UTILITIES).  Now I press the ENTER button once and go to the next step.

Step 5
My display should now read UTILITIES... (TEST PRINT).  I press the enter button once and go to the next step.

Step 6
My display should now read TEST PRINT...(ALL).  I Press the NEXT button once and go to the next step.

Step 7
My display should now read TEST PRINT....(PRINTER CONFIGURATION)  I press the enter button once and go to the next step.

Step 7
My display should now read UTILITIES.....(TEST PRINT).  I Press the ONLINE button once.  At this point I should see the green LED light up and I should hear the printer begin to print the configuration print.

Step 8
My display should now indicate that it is printing an INTERNAL  HPGL while it is printing the configuration page.

Step 9
Once the configuration print has completed printing my display should return to XEROX 510 WIDE FMT....IDLE with the ONLINE LED lit.  The printer has now returned to it's normal ready state.

Step 10
I should now have printed a configuration print that looks similar to the one below.  I will cover what all the information on the configuration print means in a future blog.

We have just scratched the surface today regarding what you as the operator can do with your Xerox 510. In a future blog we will also cover how to do this same operation on the other Xerox printers as well as the KIP and HP wide format printers. Leave a comment if you like. If you have a problem with this operation and would like some help you can say that in the comments or you can email me from my profile. Thanks for coming by.

How to print a configuration print on the 6204

On occasion an owner or operator of a Xerox 6204 wide format copier and scanner may want to print out the configuration print.  The configuration print will provide a wealth of information about the machine that is just not easily visible on the display.  Before you start the steps below you need to determine if your 6204  a basic print server( BPS) or an Acxess print server (APS).  To find out which type 6204 your have look on the right end of the the printer,  if there is a small black Dell computer connected you have an APS 6204.  If you see no external Dell computer connected to you operational 6204 you have a BPS machine.   Sorry but BPS models cannot print a configuration print because they were designed to use the older Fuji embedded controller.  If you have an APS 6204 move on to step one.


Step 1.  When your 6204 says "Ready" on the display find the Machine status button on the key pad and press it.

Step 2  You should see the Machine status window now.  Find the configuration print icon and tap it once.

Step 3 You should now see the Configuration prints window now.  Find the Printer configuration icon and tap it once.

Step 4 You should now see the Printer configuration icon highlighted. Find the Print icon at the top right of the display and tap it once.

Step 5  You should now hear the Configuration print being printed.  Once it has printed find the Menu button at the bottom of the display and press it once to bring the display back to the start menu where you should see "Ready" again.

Step 6  You should have a configuration print that looks similar to the one below.  We will cover what all the information on the configuration print means in a future blog.

We are just scratching the surface today regarding what you as the operator can do with your Xerox 6204.  In a future blog we will also cover how to do this same operation on the other Xerox printers as well as the KIP and HP wide format printers.    Leave a comment if you like.  If you have a problem with this operation and would like some help you can say that in the comments or you can email me from my profile.  Thanks for coming by.  

Who is this guy anyway?

Today on my first blog about wide format printing I thought I would explain why I decided to start such an undertaking as this as well as what qualifies  me to do it.   I am a Xerox wide format technician for a small reprographics company in Mobile, Alabama.  Everyday I deal with the service issues of my customers and I have accumulated a fairly large amount of information regarding solutions to everyday problems that customers have with their printers.  Many of the issues my customers have are the same as a customer in another city may have.  I believe that if I cover some of these issues in this blog someone may see an answer to a problem that has plagued them since the day they started using their equipment.  I hear the phrase " I never knew my printer would even do that"  all the time.   I run into situations where some of my customers have been doing a job the hard way for years just because they never had the easy way explained to them when the equipment was installed.  I also deal on a fairly regular basis with the driver issues that make IT personnel and end users crazy.  Wide format equipment can run you in circles if you let it so let's try to prevent that.  I solve a large number of the issues my customers have with nothing more than a phone call so if you have a problem leave a comment  or email me in my profile and I will try to help as best I can. Thanks for reading and leave a comment if you like.