Printing to the ChBE Copiers from your computer
Adding the non-papercut ChBE printers to computers for printing.
List of Printers and Locations
Location |
IP Address |
Make / Model |
Features (for manual installation) |
---|---|---|---|
RAL 112E |
192.17.29.28 |
Kyocera TASKalfa 4054ci |
Paper Feeder: Cassettes 3,4; Punch Unit; Folding Unit |
RAL 99 |
192.17.28.219 |
Kyocera TASKalfa 4054ci |
Paper Feeder: Cassettes 3,4; Punch Unit; Folding Unit |
RAL 204 |
192.17.28.240 |
Kyocera TASKafla 5054ci |
Paper Feeder: Cassettes 3,4 |
Installation Instructions:
Download the driver for the printer.
- https://www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.com/download/index_en.html
- in the search box on the page, enter the model number based on the chart above
- Download the KX Printer driver
- Navigate to the download location and extract the compressed file
Windows installation instructions:
- Downloand the Driver as listed above
- Navigate into the extracted folders and run the Setup program
- Click ok to close the first two dialogue boxes and select express install.
- Select the printer you want to install based on the above table. If you do not see your printer, you’ll need to follow the Advanced instructions below
- Once it installs, the final window has default options such as duplex which you can set by checking or unchecking the boxes
- Click finish when you are done selecting options and the printer is installed.
Advanced Windows instructions (for wireless connections or connections not in RAL)
- Download the Driver as listed above
- Navigate into the extracted folders and run the Setup program
- Click ok to close the first two dialogue boxes and select Custom install.
- Under the “Drivers” box selected the “KX DRIVER for Universal Printing” and the blue arrow to add it to the “Products to Install” box
- Click install. When it finishes, click Finish.
- Close the installer.
- Open the Control Panel and select “Devices and Printers”
- Select add a printer and in the next box select “The printer that I was isn’t listed” (windows 10). In Windows 11 you’ll need to scroll down till you find that option and click on “Add manually”
- In the new window, click “Add a printer using an IP address”
- Select “TCP/IP device under “Device Type” and put the IP (from the table above) in the Hostname or IP address box. The Port name box will auto populate. Click next
- In the driver box that pops up, select Kyocera on the left and scroll down to select the appropriate model number (from the chart above) and click next.
- Name the Printer something useful (such as RAL 204 Kyocera) and click next
- Select “Do not share this printer” and click next
- Print a test page, if you so desire, and then click finish.
MacOS Printing Instructions:
- Download the drivers following the above instructions.
- double click on the extracted dmg file.
- Run the .pkg file located in the opened Finder window.
- Go through the install steps, accepting the license terms and such.
- When the installer finishes, close it out. You can delete it if you wish
- Open system preferences and click on Printers and Scanners (or similarly named depending on the MacOS versions)
- Click on the + to add a new printer or select the "add Printer or scanner" button
- Click on the "IP" option at the top to add a printer via IP address. For newer versions it is a globe icon without a label
- Put the appropriate IP address for the printer you want (listed above) in the Address box. For Protocol select "Line Printer Daemon - LPP" For Name put something that makes sense, such as "RAL 114 ChBE Kyocera". For "Use:" the OS will attempt to query the printer and fill something in. If it doesn't detect the correct printer model (see chart above) you can click on the dropdown for the Use section and Select Software to find the appropriate model.
- Click on the Add button after filling out the information from step 9
- A new window will pop up asking for the features the printer has installed. Select from the table above. You will need to select the finisher before you can select things like Punch Unit. Hit okay and the printer will finish being added.