User manual KONICA MINOLTA PP18N-GB

[. . . ] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-1 Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-2 CE Marking (Declaration of Conformity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-5 Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-7 Trademark Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F-7 1 Quick Guide PagePro 18N 1. 1 1. 2 1. 3 1. 4 1. 5 1. 6 1. 7 1. 8 STEP 1: Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Reference 1: Printer Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Reference 2: Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 STEP 2: Attaching the Face-Down Tray and Tray 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 STEP 3: Setting-up Tray 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 STEP 4: Loading Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 STEP 5: Connecting the Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 STEP 6: Turning the Power On/Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Turning the power ON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 Turning the power OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 STEP 7: Printing a Configuration Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 STEP 8: Connecting the Printer to the Computer (Local Connection). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14 STEP 9: Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Windows 95/98/NT4. 0 ­ Installing from the CD-ROM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Windows 3. 1 ­ Installing from the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16 MS-DOS ­ Installing DOS Printing Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Reference 3: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 Clearing a Paper Misfeed ­ Outside the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18 Clearing a Paper Misfeed ­ Inside the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 Solving Print Quality Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 No output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19 1. 9 1. 10 1. 11 1. 12 PagePro 18N -1 2 Introduction 2. 1 2. 2 2. 3 Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Printer Parts and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Documents that have been generated in the Fine mode may appear too dark when faxed or copied (depending upon the performance of your fax machine or copier). Select the Photocopy mode when printing documents that you intend to photocopy or send as a fax. l Adjustment The sliders can be used to control the tones and lighting of an image in terms of Contrast and Brightness. Usually, the median values toward the center of the bars will provide the best display. To fine tune these settings, click and hold on the sliders in order to make left and right adjustments. 5-34 PagePro 18N Printer Driver Device Option 5 The auxiliary accessories that are available for installation appear in this tab To add an available option from the Installable Options list to the Installed Options list, select the option and click the [Add] button. The Installed Options list catalogs the optional accessories that have been added to your printer. To remove an option from the Installed Options list, select the option and click the [Remove] button. About This tab displays version and copyright information about this printer driver. PagePro 18N 5-35 5 5. 7 1 2 3 Printer Driver Displaying the Driver Setup Dialog (Windows 3. 1) Double-click the Control Panel icon which is located in the Main group within the Program Manager. In the Control Panel dialog, double-click Printers to display the Printers dialog box. In the Installed Printers list, click the MINOLTA PageWorks/Pro 18 item to select it. 4 5 Click [Setup. . . ], which displays the Setup dialog for the printer you selected. Use the procedure under "Using the Printer Driver Under Windows 3. 1" to enter PageWorks/Pro 18 driver settings, see page 5-37. 5-36 PagePro 18N Printer Driver 5 5. 8 Using the Printer Driver Under Windows 3. 1 The Minolta PageWorks/Pro 18 printer driver lets you control a number of printer parameters from your computer. The following describes how to use the PageWorks/Pro 18 driver under Windows 3. 1 and provides brief explanations on the settings you can make. See the printer driver's on-line help for full details about each setting. l Common Buttons The following buttons appear at the bottom of the window. [Help] Click to view on-line help. PagePro 18N 5-37 5 Settings Printer Driver l Resolution This item displays the resolution setting of the printer driver as measured in dots per inch (DPI). l Paper Size This item allows you to specify the sizes of paper and envelopes that you are using. The range of possible sizes is: Paper Letter Legal Executive A4 A5 JIS B5 Envelopes COM10 DL C5 B5 Monarch 8 1/2 x 11 inches 8 1/2 x 14 inches 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches 210 x 297 mm 148 x 210 mm 182 x 257 mm 4 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches 110 x 220 mm 162 x 229 mm 176 x 250 mm 3 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches 5-38 PagePro 18N Printer Driver 5 l Paper Source This item specifies the tray from which paper is fed from the printer. To change this setting, just select the desired paper source from the dropdown list. By setting the paper source to Auto Sheet Feeder, the printer will automatically select the paper source according to the paper size to be printed in the priority order of Tray 1, Tray 2, Tray 3. Special paper (transparencies, labels, envelopes, letterhead, postcards or thick paper) must be fed to the printer through Tray 1. When Manual Feed is set, the Ready and Paper indicators will appear lit on the control panel of the printer. Insert the specified size of paper onto the manual feed unit and press the panel button to start printing. [. . . ] 5-43 To Open the Printer Status Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 To Print a Test Page or Demo Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45 To Register Installed Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45 To Remove the Status Display From Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]