                                                                              Nov. 2010
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About RISO Printer Driver for RZ5/RZ3/RZ2/CZ/RV5/RV3/RV2/CV Series
                                           for Microsot(R) Windows(R) 98SE/Me/NT(R) 4.0
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                                                                RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION

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    Read me before using RISO Printer Driver for RZ5/RZ3/RZ2/CZ/RV5/RV3/RV2/CV Series
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[Contents]
 *Information on operation
 *Identified defects on printer drivers
 *Restrictions on application software
 *Notes
 *Trademarks

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* Information on operation 
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 (1) The maximal print quantity of 9,999 can be specified for the RISO printer. Accordingly,
     if you specify the print quantity of more than maximum with certain application software,
     the specified value will be different from the actually printed quantity. Always specify
     the print quantity less than 10,000.

 (2) If you print originals (job) including multiple paper sizes at one time, proper printing may not be made.

 (3) Extremely-light-color texts and illustrations may not be necessarily reproduced on the print-out as they should be.
     If not reproduced as required, use darker colors for color specification to reproduce them on the print-out.  

 (4) Extremely-light-color frame lines may not be necessarily reproduced on the print-out as they should be.
     If not reproduced as required, use darker colors or use another type of frame lines to reproduce them
     on the print-out.

 (5) When you install numbers of RISO Printer Driver in your computer, restart
     your computer after installing each driver. 

 (6) When re-installing the printer driver and/or utility software, uninstall the existing ones first
     and restart your computer.

 (7) The Version numbers and Color support data shown in the "Printer Test Page" do not indicate the current
     configuration of the selected printer driver but do the general information given by the Windows system itself.

 (8) With some of the operation system and application in use, large sized-characters are not treated as text data
     but as (photo) image data. Therefore, the image processing options for text data such as "Solid-look"
     in the [Image] tab may not be available.

 (9) When you use a custom paper size, specify paper size and orientation in the [Properties]
     dialog box of the printer driver.

 (10) You may not change the settings of the printer driver with some of the application in use.
     If you cannot, the print conditions specified in the [Print] dialog box may not be reflected
     in the settings of printer drivers in certain application software programs, thus causing 
     unexpected print results. In that case, specify the same settings print conditions as given
     in the [Print] dialog box of the application software program with those concerned in the
     [Properties] dialog box of the corresponding printer driver. 

 (11) Unevenness of density may sometimes be seen in a part of photographs or illustrations when
     the RISO-PHOTO-PRINT Fine Mode has been specified as "ON". In that case, reduce the number
     of Frequency specified in the "Screen covered" in the [Image] tab.
     This problem may be lessened if you open the [Properties] in the printer driver, set
     [RISO-PHOTO-PRINT Fine Mode] in the [Image] tab to "OFF", and set [Tone Level] to
     [Specified as], for printing, or if bitmap printing is selected at the time of printing with
     an application provided with the function to output the original as a whole in bitmap.  

 (12) In the [Image] tab, specifying the RISO-PHOTO-PRINT Fine Mode as "OFF" and also the Tone Level 
     as "Specified as 50(%)" will change the image processing of the photograph to be processed 
     as an illustration, and you can get faster printing in that case.

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* Identified defects on printer drivers
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 [General]
 (1) Contact your local RISO service representative for the detailed information about the defects 
     described below or the actions to be taken against them.

 (2) When you enter the measurements of paper sizes, select the unit of measurement (mm or inch)
     first. 

 (3) Dotted frame lines may not be reproduced on the print-out with certain application software
     programs. In that case, use another type of frame lines such as bold dotted lines, broken 
     lines and solid lines.

 (4) Documents may not be printed correctly with certain application software programs, if they 
     contain certain image data.

 (5) When the [Apply] button is available in the current dialog box or tab, always click on it 
     to refresh the configuration data. Otherwise, the new configuration may be cancelled when
     you close the dialog box or tab concerned.

 (6) The decoration patterns shown on the computer display such as paint, graphic screen and text
     screen may appear differently when applied on the print-out.

 (7) When you select "AUTO"as tone level for high-contrast photo images in the [Image] tab,
     the contrast may be much higher than expected on the print-out. In that case,
     specify a desired tone level according to the contrast of the original photo.

 (8) In Adobe(R) PageMaker(R), photo images pasted in a page may sometimes be printed in a different
     density compared to what is printed alone. In that case, perform either of the followings:
     Specify the RISO-PHOTO-PRINT Fine Mode as "OFF" and also the tone level as "Specified as"
     or use the function [Insert object] in [Edit] of Adobe PageMaker to add the photo image to the 
     page to print, instead of just pasting it.

 [Microsoft Windows Me]
 (1) If printing is performed with the screen frequency (ruling) set to 61or less, no printing 
     can be made and an application may be also shut down depending on the angle setting of
     the screen style.

[Microsoft Windows NT]

 (1) Some objects which have the background with a hatch pattern may sometimes have a different 
     pattern inserted in the original hatch pattern when printed. In that case, change the hatch
     pattern to the other decoration style than hatchings.

 (2) A page printed by Adobe Illustrator(R) which contains
     illustrations or photographs overlap on another photograph may sometimes have extremely
     dissimilar densities among those layered images. In that case, specify the RISO-PHOTO-PRINT 
     Fine Mode as "OFF" and also the tone level as "Specified as" before printing it.

 (3) In Microsoft Office, some objects layered under a translucent object may 
     sometimes have a part painted out with white or black.

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* Restrictions on application software
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 (1) The image objects (graphics, clipart or OLE objects) placed behind text data in the Microsoft 
     Word may be brought in front of the text data on the print-out, while they remain 
     behind in the print preview on the screen. This problem can be avoided by entering texts or 
     spaces in the header or footer section.

     For details, refer to the Microsoft web site.

 (2) When you specify more than one copy while selecting a multi-page (N-up) pattern as page layout
     in the [Print] dialog box on Microsoft Word 2000 or Microsoft Word2002, copies may be produced 
     in a wrong numberor page frames may overlap on the print-out. In that case, specify only one copy 
     for this type of print job and repeat the same job as many times as required to produce a desired
     number of copies.

     For details, refer to the Microsoft web site.

 (3) Note that there are some application software programs with in which the collating option remains
     active in any print job, thus causing RISO printers to make a master for each printed copy.

 (4) In Microsoft Windows 2000 environment, PDF documents made by Adobe Acrobat(R) Distiller(R) 5.0 
     or below may not be printed in best condition when it is printed in Adobe Acrobat Reader(R) 5.0.
     In that case, turn off "Shrink oversized pages to paper size" in the Print menu of Adobe Acrobat 
     Reader 5.0. To check the version of Adobe Acrobat Distiller which made the document, open the
     document file in Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0, choose [File] -> [Document Properties] -> [Summary] 
     and refer to "Producer" among the "Document Summary" items shown there.

 (5) When an error occurs at the time of printing of the data from Microsoft Visio(R) 2000 or
     Microsoft Visio 2002, recovery from the error may be made possible with changing the spool
     data format to the RAW format. 

     For details, refer to the Microsoft web site.

 (6) In Microsoft Windows NT environment, slanted texts or words in equal layout may not be printed 
     correctly when they are printed by Microsoft Visio2000.

     For details, refer to the Microsoft web site.

 (7) Displayed patterns or texture are not identical with those on printed matters in some cases. 
    
      For details, refer to the Microsoft web site.

 (8) In Adobe Acrobat 7, if you check "Collate", only one sheet will be printed.

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* Notes
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 (1) Reproduction or copying of this instruction or any parts thereof without permission is 
     strictly prohibited.

 (2) Although every effort has been made to ensure that the contents of this instruction are 
     error-free, please contact us if you notice any error or other points which should be brought
     to the company's attention.

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* Trademarks
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Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT and Visio are registered trade marks or trade marks of Microsoft Corporation USA
in United States of America and other countries.

Adobe, Acrobat, Acrobat Reader, Distiller, Illustrator and PageMaker are registered trade
marks or trade marks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in United Statesof America  and other countries.
  
Other names of product and corporation referred in this document are the registered trade marks or 
trade marks of each corporation. 

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