User manual KONICA MINOLTA PAGEPRO 4100E

[. . . ] + Documentation ++ Documentation ++ Documentation ++ Documentation ++ Documentation ++ User Manual PagePro 4100E Contents 1 Introduction 1. 1 1. 2 Welcome to Minolta/QMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Roadmap of this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Where to find what in this User's Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Brief explanation of special type styles and method of presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Working safely with your laser printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Notes on your safety and operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Laser safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 Internal laser radiation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 CDRH regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Laser safety label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Laser caution label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 Ozone emission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 1. 3 2 Unpacking, installing and setting up the printer 2. 1 2. 2 Unpacking the laser printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Overview of the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 External features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Inside the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Optional accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 Printer control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Installing your laser printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 Place of installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 Storage of consumables and accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 Ambient conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8 Space required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Setting up your laser printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Fitting the paper output tray and paper feed tray 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Connecting the power cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Switching the printer on and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 Printing a configuration page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 Connecting the printer to a computer (parallel port) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Connecting the printer to a computer (USB port) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 2. 3 2. 4 PagePro 4100E TOC-1 3 Installing the printer driver 3. 1 3. 2 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Notes on installing the printer driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 General information on the printer driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Information on installation using Plug-and-Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Select "TRUETYPE AS GRAPHICS" to load TrueType fonts into the printer as raster data. Printer-resident fonts are not available in this mode. Determining the resolution The quality of the print-out is defined by means of the "Graphics quality" function. Select "300 dpi" for normal print-outs, e. g. for text and graphics with thick line elements (with Fine-ART). Select "600 dpi" for print-outs which require a high print quality, e. g. for text and graphics with fine line elements (with Fine-ART). Select "1200 dpi" for print-outs which require a very high print quality, e. g. high-resolution graphics. Specifying the emulation mode This function is only available when "All raster" is set to "OFF". Select "ENHANCED" for PCL6 compatibility. Select "STANDARD" for PCL5e compatibility. PagePro 4100E 4-19 4 Working with the Windows printer drivers Optimizing the presentation of graphics in the print-out (Detail of quality. . . ) The Graphics dialogue window is called up via the [DETAIL OF QUALITY. . . ] button. This window contains further options for optimizing the appearance of graphics in the print-out. Two options are avilable: G Dither pattern influences the presentation of grey tones and shading in pictures. The coarser the dither pattern, the coarser the grey gradations. Adjustment Slider controls enable you to alter the contrast and the brightness of graphics. G You wish to send graphics by fax?When you print out graphics that you intend to fax or copy afterwards, select the "Photocopy" dither pattern. The graphics are then printed out in a form suitable for faxing or copying. 4-20 PagePro 4100E Working with the Windows printer drivers 4 4. 5 Font index card This index card allows you to: G G G add fonts to the printer's on-board memory, delete fonts from the printer's on-board memory, set the ID. PagePro 4100E 4-21 4 Adding fonts Working with the Windows printer drivers You can add fonts to the printer's on-board memory via the Paper??index card. Click on [ADD FONTS. . . ] and then specify the directory in which the downloaded fonts are to be saved. If there are already fonts in this directory, then these are shown in the right-hand list. If the list shows fonts to be downloaded in the right-hand list box, then the button changes from [ADD FONTS. . . ] to [CLOSE DRIVE]. Click on [CLOSE DRIVE] to close the contents of the right-hand list box and show the [ADD FONTS. . . ] button again. Deleting fonts The fonts shown in the left-hand list can be deleted. Mark the font to be deleted and then click on [DELETE]. Setting the ID You may specify numbers as ID codes for fonts. Click on [ID SETTING. . . ] in order to determine the ID codes for the fonts you have already marked in the left-hand list. When downloading the font, the printer driver allocates the ID code to the respective font. 4-22 PagePro 4100E Working with the Windows printer drivers 4 4. 6 Device option index card This index card allows you to: G G activate the optional duplex unit, activate optional paper feed tray 2 or 3. PagePro 4100E 4-23 4 Working with the Windows printer drivers Activating the optional duplex unit If you have installed the duplex unit, then you can mark this in the list of available options. Activate the duplex unit with the [ADD] button. Deactivate the duplex unit with the [REMOVE] button. Activating optional paper feed tray 2 or 3 If you have installed paper feed tray 2 or 3, then you can mark this in the list of available options. Activate paper feed tray 2 or 3 with the [ADD] button. Deactivate paper feed tray 2 or 3 with the [REMOVE] button. 4-24 PagePro 4100E Working with the Windows printer tools 5 5 Working with the Windows printer tools The Windows printer tools include: G G the Status Display and the Control Panel. Automatic start of Status Display!If upon installing the printer driver you activated the option to automatically start the printer driver, then the Status Display is automatically called up upon starting the computer. PagePro 4100E 5-1 5 5. 1 Working with the Windows printer tools Calling up the Status Display Calling up the Status Display in Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4. 0 1 Open the "Minolta QMS PageWorks/Pro 4100" Program Group. 2 Click on "Minolta QMS Status Display 4100". The Status Display appears. 5-2 PagePro 4100E Working with the Windows printer tools Calling up the Status Display in Windows 3. 1x The options on the individual index cards correspond to those of Windows 95/98. 5 1 2 Open the "Minolta/QMS PagePro 4100 [UNI]" program group within the Program Manager. Doubleclick the [MINOLTA/QMS PAGEPRO 4100 STATUS DISPLAY] icon. The "Status Display" appears. PagePro 4100E 5-3 5 Working with the Windows printer tools Altering the size of the Status Display window In the Status Display menu bar, select the "View" menu and then the option "Reduce" in order to decrease the size of the window. In the Status Display menu bar, select the "View" menu and then the option "Expand" in order to increase the size of the window. 5-4 PagePro 4100E Working with the Windows printer tools 5 5. 2 Calling up the Control Panel Use the Control Panel in order to check and/or alter the basic settings of the printer. 1 2 Open the "Minolta QMS PagePro 4100" Program Group. Click on "Minolta QMS Control Panel 4100". [. . . ] 4-19 Toner Save mode, switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17 R Resetting a counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13 Resolution, specifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19 S Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]