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Thank you for purchasing the Kyocera FS-5900C Colour Laser Printer.
Notice
NO LIABILITY IS ASSUMED FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED BY IMPROPER INSTALLATION.
The information in this manual is subject to change without notification. Additional pages may be inserted in future
editions. The user is asked to excuse any technical inaccuracies or typographical errors in the present edition.
SOFTWARE USED WITH THIS PRINTER MUST SUPPORT THE PRINTER’S NATIVE MODE OR ONE OF ITS
EMULATION MODES. The printer is factory set to emulate the PCL 5C. The emulation mode can be changed by
following the procedures described in Using the Printer.
No responsibility is assumed if accidents occur while the user is following the instructions in this manual. No
responsibility is assumed for defects in the printer’s firmware (contents of its read-only memory).
This manual, any copyrightable subject matter sold or provided with or in connection with the sale of the printer,
are protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. Copying or other reproduction of all or part of this manual, any
copyrightable subject matter without the prior written consent of the copyright holder is prohibited. Any copies
made of all or part of this manual, any copyrightable subject must contain the same copyright notice as the material
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© Copyright 1999 by Kyocera Corporation and KYUSHU MATSUSHITA ELETRIC CO., LTD. All rights reserved.
(Revision 1.1. April 1999)
Regarding Tradenames
KPDL is a trademark of Kyocera Corporation.
HP Colour LaserJet 5 is a product of Hewlett-Packard Company. Hewlett-Packard, PCL, and PJL are registered
trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. Centronics is a trade name of Centronics Data Computer Corp. Microsoft
and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems
Incorporated. Apple and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. registered in the U.S. and other
countries. Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain
jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Typeface Trademark Acknowledgement
All resident fonts in this printer are licensed from Bitstream Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Dutch801, Swiss742, Incised901, ZapfCalligraphic801, ZapfHumanist601, OriginalGaramond, and Chianti are
trademarks of Bitstream Inc.
Century Schoolbook, Stymie, and Cooper-Black are trademarks of Kingsley-ATF Type Corporation.
ITC AvantGarde, ITC Benguiat, ITC Bookman, ITC Souvenir, ITC ZapfChancery, and ITC ZapfDingbats are
registered trademarks of International Type-face Corporation.
Revue is a trademark of Esselte Pendaflex Corporation in the U.S., Letraset Canada Ltd. in Canada, and Esselte
Letraset Ltd. elsewhere.
Bitstream Sublicense Agreement
FONTWARE/TrueDoc developed by BITSTREAM INC. is provided as part of this Printer by KYOCERA
CORPORATION under license. KYOCERA, as a Licensee of BITSTREAM, grants you, the Sublicensee, non-
exclusive right to use FONTWARE/TrueDoc installed in this Printer, if you agree to and at all times comply with the
following items:
1. Ownership
As the Sublicensee, you own the Printer in which FONTWARE/TrueDoc is originally installed, but BITSTREAM
retains title to and ownership in the software program of FONTWARE/TrueDoc. The Sublicense is not a sale of the
original software program of FONTWARE/TrueDoc or any portion or copy of it.