READ ME FIRST – Release Notes for Mac OS X Driver for DNP printers 

Overview:
This DNP printer driver release v5.0.4 is a General Release for the DS-820, DS-820A and RX1-HS printers.  It is a qualified release for the DS620 & DS620A and RX1 when they updated most current firmware that supports iSerial functionality.  It is a Beta release for all other older supported DNP printers.
Note, the DS-620 and RX1 must have firmware updated or already capable of iSerial support and the support must be enabled for proper operation with multiple printers.  Use the DNP iSerial utility program to enable it for your printer.  See below for further details. 

Supported Printers:
The Mac driver package supports the following DNP photo printer models: 
DS-620A, DS-620, DS-RX1, DS-RX1HS and DS-40; these are 6 inch printers
DS-820 and DS-820A are newly added, and DS-80, are 8 inch printers 
DS-80DX (DS-80D + TU-80).  The so-called Duplex is an 8 inch printer capable to print both single sided and double-sided photo pages.

i-Serial USB support in DNP Printers
For proper operation of DNP photo printers on the Mac OS-X the i-Serial functions of the printer should be enabled.  DNP offers a software utility app to enable the i-Serial function of the DNP printer.  The app is used to verify and change the state of i-Serial function and can set on or off as desired.  This tool is available for download on the DNP website; it currently supports the DS-620 and DS-620A printers with firmware v 1.10 or greater, and RX1 when updated with firmware v 2.4 or greater.  Newer versions of these printers have iSerial factory enabled. 

NOTE: As of this writing, newer builds of the DNP DS-620A and DS-620 printers provide support the iSerial function.  Older builds can have their firmware updated to support iSerial functionality.  DNP is working to release updated printer firmware with i-serial support for other DNP photo printers in the near future. 

Operation Note:  Printers with i-serial disabled or not supported and therefor not enabled may experience some mis-operation. This is detailed later in this file.


Supported Mac OS: 
This release is intended to support printing from Mac OS-X 10.12, 10.11, 10.10
This driver has not been tested on earlier OS X versions but it may with some limitations thru OS 10.8.  

Other known limitations and issues noted below. 
Please refer to www.dnpphoto.com/support page for other OS support information or contact DNP tech support.


Licensing:
By installing this driver you agree to DNP Imagingcomm America limitation of liability as stated in the End User License Agreement (EULA) and further acknowledge this is beta software in certain aspects except as noted herein. 



Installation Steps for the Driver:
1 – If necessary, run the provided uninstaller to remove any previous versions of the driver. Uninstall is not required to install this version over a properly working previous version.  
Note: Removing the previous version that was properly operating in not a required.

2. - Disconnect the Printer from the USB port. 

3 – Double-click the DNP DS Printer Driver DMG package and follow the instructions. This will run the new driver installer. Follow the screen instructions to install the driver.


After Driver Installation

1. Plug the printer into the USB port and turn it on. 
	The printer should be added automatically in about a minute.
Do NOT use the '+' sign to add the printer. In this case, you may have another instance of the DNP printer in your printer list. 

2. Set the print output size for you printer media combination. 
       Note: The OS default print size for Letter size output will not print. 

3. The driver install script will setup the default DNP ICC color profiles.  
If desired, Change the ICC profile to another to suit your taste in color output using the OS ColorSync app. 

Un-Installing the driver:
Should you choose to completely remove the DNP printer driver from the computer, perform the following steps:
Disconnect the printer form the computer. 
Run the UN-Install program provided in the driver package. Follow the screen instructions. 
Note: The uninstall program included in the package will remove all DNP printers and driver files for all users of the Mac.  
Operation Note: Individual DNP printers can be removed without disturbing others by using the settings page of the OS.  


Added features for v 5.0.4x – Nov 2016: 

- Support for the DS-820 printers
- Hi-Density Printing function, provided higher D-max 
- Print Pack media selections for DS-820: 
o Pure Premium and 
o Standard Density 
- New Additional Surface Finish types are added:
o For DS-620 – Luster finish is added to the standard Glossy and Matte finish selection.
o For DS-820 – Luster and Fine Matte finish are added to the standard Glossy and Matte finish selection.
- Support for the new Print Media Size print pack: A4
- New Print Pack Media Size A4 (Far East area) 
- Printer Error Retry Control; On / Off
- Printer Status Information 
o Printer Model Name
o Printer Firmware version
o Media Type loaded, both size and grade

Added features for v 5.0.26 - Oct 2015: 
- Multi Language support message support 
- Metric and Imperial print sizes - auto selected by Mac settings 
- Additional Cuts and Templates are available for certain printers. 
- The driver fully supports i-Serial printer identification functions; enabling the i-Serial function in DNP printers supporting the function may be necessary using the separate DNP app. 
- Printers where iSerial can be enabled are the DS-620 after update to firmware v1.21 or greater; and the RX1 updated with firmware v 2.x04 or greater.  Newer printers will have this firmware factory installed and iSerial already enabled.  
- The 2" cut modes are available for all printers on supported media sizes. 
- Some functions and media sizes are available in only in certain regions. 
Support for 6x9 media is added for the DS-620 printer (only available in Eastern Hemisphere sales regions)  
Support for Ribbon Rewind function for DS-620; (only available in Eastern Hemisphere sales regions)  
- Local Language support is added for select areas. 



Version specific items; 
For DS-40 
- The 2” cut strips feature is available from firmware version 1.4 and above, hardware mod may be required for reliable operation of the cutter mechanism. 
- Print Retry from recoverable error support available for firmware 1.3 and above

For DS-620:
- Support of 6x9 media is available with firmware version 1.10 and above.
- DS-620 updated from v1.0 to v1.34 or later require the iSerial to be enabled using the separate utility app.  Download it from the DNP website. 

For RX1HS 
- Support for iSerial enabled on RX1HS from the factory Fw v 2.04 and above. 
- RX1 updated from v1.x to v2.x firmware require the iSerial to be enabled using the separate utility app.  Download it from the DNP website. 


KNOWN OPERATIONAL ISSUES:

White borders for some print sizes are not functional in this version.

Printer pooling is not supported from OS 10.9.4 unless iSerial is enabled in the printer.

Cut sizes produced with the DS-80 Duplex may end with an error condition; power cycle the printer to clear the error.


i-Serial Function Info
The Mac system will exhibit certain operation anomalies with Mac OS 10.9.4 and above OS when the i-Serial function is not enabled or not available in the DNP printer.  Enabling the i-Serial function of the DNP printer will correct these known issues. The issues which may be exhibited are as follows: 

1. Printer may show as offline but it is still functional.  
Your printer may show as ‘Offline’ in Mac OS.  However, even though Mac OS reports that the printer is offline, as long as there aren’t any error lights on the printer, the user is still able to print. Simply print from the Print dialog like normal and your images will be printed.  Enable the i-Serial function to correct this condition.

2. The computer does not support multiple printers of the same make and model. 
Only connect one printer of a single model to the computer at any time.  While multiple printer queues will be created for each attached printer, the system cannot differentiate between two or more printers of the same model and will send all print jobs to only one printer.  Enable the i-Serial function to correct this condition.  
With i-Serial enabled, having multiple printers and-or different DNP models connected simultaneously will be supported, i.e., a DS40, RX1, RX1HS, DS620(A) and DS80 and DS-820(A).


Other Known Limitations:

Due to the design of Mac OS        
- The image preview in the printer panel will not reflect any color adjustments you make within the driver.

- The printer will always default to the system-wide default print size of US Letter rather than a supported printer size ***.

	*** Please make sure you confirm the paper size before you hit the print button.

- This drive is confirmed to work on OS 10.10, OS 10.11 and OS 10.12 except as noted.  Not all features may work on versions 10.9and 10.8, but basic features should.
- The 2 inch cut is not supported on 4x6 multi-pages on 6x8 media.
- If you wish to print 4up 2x6 on a single 6x8 panel, please print as a 6x8 image. 

Certain Mac computers have exhibited slow job spooling (>45 seconds for a print job to begin).  It has been reported that performing HDD diagnostic scan and repair may correct this condition.  

Frequently Asked Questions:
Read the Frequently Asked Questions document available on the DNP support for more information about the driver behavior on certain Mac OS version. 

If you have any more questions about this driver or using your DNP IAM printers, contact DNP support:

Support contacts for DNP Western Hemisphere customers 
DNP IAM Technical Support at 1-855-367-7604 or (724) 696-8957.



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READ ME FIRST - Mac OS X Driver v5.0.4 for DNP printers

