2As an ENERGY STAR Partner, Panasonic hasdetermined that this product meets the E NERGYSTAR guidelines for energy efficiency. (E NERGYSTAR and the ENERGY S TAR certification markare registered US marks.)Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, theAcrobat logo, Adobe Type Manager,ATM, PostScript, PostScript 3 andPostScript 3 logo are either registeredtrademarks or trademarks of AdobeSystems Incorporated in the UnitedStates and/or other countries.Scalable type outlines are licensed fromAgfa Monotype Corporation. CG,Intellifont, MicroType and Universal FontScaling Technology (UFST) aretrademarks of Agfa MonotypeCorporation and may be registered insome jurisdictions.• Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are either registeredtrademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in theUnited States and/or other countries.• Apple, AppleTalk, ColorSync, LaserWriter, Mac, Mac OS,Macintosh and TrueType are trademarks of Apple Computer,Inc.• Intel, Pentium and Pentium II are trademarks or registeredtrademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the UnitedStates and other countries.• Avery and all other related brands and product names aretrademarks of Avery Dennison Corporation.• PeerlessPage TM is a trademark of Peerless SystemsCorporation.• PeerlessPrintÆ and Memory Reduction TechnologyÆ areregistered trademarks of Peerless Systems Corporation.• Tornado and VxWorks are registered trademarks of WindRiver Systems, Inc.• All other acknowledgements are trademarks or registeredtrademarks of their respective holders.The instructions are subject to change without notice.Screen shot(s) reprinted with permission from MicrosoftCorporation.Acrobat Reader Copyright 1987-2001 Adobe SystemsIncorporated. All rights reserved.COPYRIGHT © 2002 Peerless Systems Corporation. All RightsReserved.COPYRIGHT © 2002 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All RightsReserved.AdobeÆ PostScriptÆ 3TM Copyright © 2002 Adobe SystemsIncorporated. All Rights Reserved.Copyright © 2002 Wind River Systems, Inc. All right reserved.This product contains an implementation of LZW licensed underU.S.Patent 4,558,302.Copyright 1998-2002 silex technology, Inc. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 2003 Panasonic Communications Co., Ltd. 2003Thank you for purchasing the PanasonicKX-CL500 / KX-CL510 Color Laser Printer.ContentsFor Your SafetyGeneral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Power Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Laser Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Ozone Release. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Moving the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Waste Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Caution Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Before You StartCautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Part Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Printer Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Minimum Space Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Options and Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12SetupSetting up the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Connecting the Printer to a Computer . . . . . . . 15Loading Media in the Media Tray . . . . . . . . . . . 15Installing the KX-CL500/KX-CL510 Software(For Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Installing Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Installing the KX-CL510 Software(For Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Using the Manuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Removing the KX-CL500/KX-CL510 Software . 28Power On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Setting the LCD Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Printing a Test Page from the Printer Panel . . 29Adjusting the Color Density (Color Calibration) 30Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32