User manual KONICA MINOLTA PAGEPRO 4100GN

[. . . ] + Documentation ++ Documentation ++ Documentation ++ Documentation ++ Documentation ++ User Manual PagePro 4100GN 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 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 printer parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Internal printer parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Optional printer parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 Space required (when equipped with optional paper cassette unit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10 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 network (network interface) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 2. 3 2. 4 PagePro 4100GN TOC-1 3 Installing the PCL 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You may enter any value between 1 and 999. 6-6 PagePro 4100GN Working with the DOS PCL printer tools Specifying the orientation of the printing paper Under "Orientation" you can specify whether your document should be printed in portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) format. 6 Portrait Landscape A A Defining the response to format errors The "Paper Time Out" function allows you to define how the printer responds to paper format errors. Select [PROCEED] to continue printing on the paper format already fed into the machine. Select [CLEAR] to automatically cancel the print job when a paper format error is detected. Select [NONE] to switch the printer to stand-by mode. PagePro 4100GN 6-7 6 Working with the DOS PCL printer tools Specifying a paper format for paper feed tray 1 You can specify whether paper feed tray 1 is to be used as a universal tray or as a tray set to a certain format. Select [MULTIPLE SIZE] to be able to load all paper formats supported by paper feed tray 1. Select [FIXED SIZE] to specify a certain paper format for paper feed tray 1. Size 8. 5 x 11 in. 210 × 297 mm 148 × 210 mm 182 x 257 mm Envelopes Env. B5 J-Post (Postcard) Size 3. 875 × 7. 5 in. 110 × 220 mm 162 x 250 mm 176 × 250 mm 4 × 5. 75 in. Paper Letter Legal Executive A4 A5 JIS B5 Settings The settings for paper feed tray 1 in the "Setup" panel may be overridden by the settings in other printing applications! 6-8 PagePro 4100GN Working with the DOS PCL printer tools 6 6. 4 Font panel This panel allows you to: G G G determine the font (Typeface) which is to be used for the print-out, determine the character set (Symbol Set) which is to be used for the print-out, determine the font size (Pitch/Point) which is to be used for the printout. PagePro 4100GN 6-9 6 6. 5 Output Quality panel Working with the DOS PCL printer tools This panel allows you to: G G G G switch on/off the Toner Save mode, define the resolution for the print-out, define the print quality optimization for text and graphics (Fine-Art), specify the toner density. 6-10 PagePro 4100GN Working with the DOS PCL printer tools Switching on/off the Toner Save function You can reduce your printing costs with the "Toner Save" feature. 6 Text and graphics are printed in grey in Toner Save mode. The purpose of this is to use as little toner as possible. You can save on printing costs by printing rough drafts and other preliminary materials in Toner Save mode. Select [ON] to print your documents using a minimal amount of toner. Select [OFF] to print your documents with the normal amount of toner. Fine-ART feature Use the Fine-ART function to smooth the edges of text and graphics and hence optimize the print quality. Select [OFF] to achieve an optimum print quality for photos (raster graphics). Select [ON] to optimize the print quality of text and vector graphics in your document. Print language The print language defines the way in which the computer communicates with the printer. Select [PCL] or [POSTSCRIPT] by clicking in the drop-down list. Select [AUTOMATIC] to enable the most appropriate print language to be selected automatically. PagePro 4100GN 6-11 6 6. 6 Counter panel Working with the DOS PCL printer tools This panel allows you to: G G check the status of a counter, reset a counter. 6-12 PagePro 4100GN Working with the DOS PCL printer tools Checking the status of a counter Counter Total Counter Description 6 This indicates the total number of pages printed by the printer. This counter can only be reset by a customer service engineer. Tray2 Counter Tray3 Counter This indicates how many pages have been fed from paper feed tray 2. This indicates how many pages have been fed from paper feed tray 3. Resetting a counter This resets the counter status to zero "0". The "Total Counter" status can only be reset by a customer service engineer. Click on the [RESET] button adjacent the counter you wish to reset. The associated counter is reset to zero "0". PagePro 4100GN 6-13 6 6. 7 Configuration panel Working with the DOS PCL printer tools This panel summarizes the most important printer settings for quick reference: G G G "Printer Name" The designation of the printer. "Total Memory" Indicates the total memory available. "Additional Accessories" Indicates presence and status of optional accessories. No settings can be altered via this panel. 6-14 PagePro 4100GN Working with the DOS PCL printer tools 6 6. 8 Printer Setting panel This panel allows you to: G G G G G G switch on/off the Power Save mode, switch on/off the detection of paper format errors, activate the Pre-Heat function, switch on/off the automatic continuation in the case of an error message, switch on/off the data protection function in the case of a paper misfeed ­ Jam Recovery, define the input/output timeout. PagePro 4100GN 6-15 6 Working with the DOS PCL printer tools Switching on/off the Power Save mode In order to save energy, the printer automatically switches to the Power Save mode after a certain period of inactivity. When the printer receives a new command or the control button is pressed while in this mode, the printer automatically switches to the warm-up phase. Select [ON] and enter a time period after which the printer should switch to the Power Save mode. Select [OFF] to deactivate the Power Save mode. Switching on/off the paper format error detection You can specify whether the printer should respond when the paper fed into the machine is different to that set in the printer driver. Select [ON] to detect paper format errors. Select [OFF] to ignore paper format errors. Pre-Heat feature You can specify whether the fusing unit is to be heated up after receiving a print job. Select [ON] to heat the fusing unit as soon as a print job is sent from the computer. Select [OFF] to suppress preheating of the fusing unit as soon as a print job is sent from the computer. Switching on/off the automatic continuation function A print job is interrupted if the printer signals a format error or memory overflow. [. . . ] 5-8 Test print index card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 Various test prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11 Printer-computer connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Printer-network connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]