User manual KONICA MINOLTA PI3505E AI PRINTER CONTROLLER 1.1.0

[. . . ] Advanced Information Pi3505e www. minoltaeurope. com The essentials of imaging Printer Controller Contents 1 Before Using the Printer Driver 1. 1 1. 2 1. 3 1. 4 1. 5 Features of the Controller and Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Various Printing Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6 General Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 LED indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Connecting the Machine to a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 Connecting directly to a computer with a USB cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 Connecting to a network with a LAN cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Settings Made on the Machine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Priority Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11 Printer Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12 1. 6 1. 7 2 Installing a Windows Printer Driver 2. 1 Windows 98 or Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Operating Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 Installing a Windows 98/Me Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Displaying Printer Driver Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 To display a Properties dialog box from the Printers folder. . . . . . . . 2-4 To display a Properties dialog box from an application menu . . . . 2-5 Windows 2000/XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Operating Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 Installing a Windows 2000/XP Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7 Displaying Printer Driver Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 To display a Properties dialog box from the Printers window. . . . . 2-9 To display a Properties dialog box from an application menu . . 2-10 Windows NT4. 0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Operating Environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Installing a Windows NT4. 0 Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Displaying Printer Driver Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 To display a Properties dialog box from the Printers window. . . 2-14 To display a Properties dialog box from an application menu . . 2-15 Installation through Plug and Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 Connecting the USB Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16 Uninstalling a Windows Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 Pi3505e Printer Driver i 3 Network Settings 3. 1 3. 2 3. 3 3. 4 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Specifying the IP Address From the Copier's Touch Panel . . . . . 3-2 Setting procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Peer-to-Peer Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] It lets you use a Web browser for remote control of the printer/scanner controller on a network. You can register an index or one-touch key, configure network settings, and perform other tasks from PageScope Light. Accessing PageScope Light You can use a Web browser to access PageScope Light. Note The machine needs to have an IP address assigned to it before you can use PageScope Light. See page 3-2 for more information. 1 Start up your Web browser. 2 Use the following format to input the IP address of the machine into the browser's address bar, and then click Enter. http://<controller IP address>/ Example: When the IP address of your machine is 192. 168. 0. 10 http://192. 168. 0. 10/ 3 The PageScope Light initial screen appears. Using PageScope Light PageScope Light works like an Internet Web page. Clicking a hot link jumps to the link destination, and the Back and Forward buttons scroll through pages backwards and forward. Pi3505e Printer Driver 3-31 3 Logging in to the Admin mode Network Settings After you log in to PageScope Light in the Admin mode, you can configure and check printer/scanner controller system settings. 1 Type the administrator password into the Admin Password box. 2 Click Log In to log in to the Admin Mode. 3 When you want to log out, click the Log-out button. H H H Use the same password as the admin password of the machine. Contact your machine administrator for more information. PageScope Light automatically logs out of the Admin mode if no operation is performed for about 10 minutes. All operations on the machine's control panel are disabled while anyone is logged in to the PageScope Light Admin mode. Pi3505e Printer Driver 3-32 Network Settings Selecting the display language 3 Use the following procedure to specify the display language of PageScope Light. This setting is valid for PageScope Light displays only. 1 Log in to the Admin mode. 2 On the System tab, click the Browser Settings menu. 3 Use the PageScope Light Language setting to select the language you want. 4 Click the Apply button. Pi3505e Printer Driver 3-33 3 Network Settings 3-34 Pi3505e Printer Driver Configuring PCL Printer Driver Properties for Windows 4 4 Configuring PCL Printer Driver Properties for Windows The chapter provides detailed explanations of all the settings that appear on the tabs that are used to configure PCL printer driver properties. 4. 1 Using PCL Printer Driver Properties Tabs The following table explains which tab you should select to perform specific tasks. For a detailed description of all the settings on a tab, go to the indicated reference page. Note See Chapter 2 for information about how to display printer driver properties. Note that the actual printer driver settings that can be configured depends on the printer driver you are using. When you want to do this: · Specify what options are installed on the machine · Configure mailbin settings (when the Mail Bin Kit option is installed) · Specify the paper input source and output tray · Configure advanced printer functions such as: two-sided printing, booklet creation, N-up printing, OHP interleaving, watermark, cover mode, stapling, punching, and folding · Configure basic printer settings such as: number of copies, original document size, output paper size, print orientation, collation, and print zoom ratio · Specify the resolution · Configure settings for tracking print jobs · Lock a print job · Configure settings for using a watermark Select this tab: Device Options Reference page: p. 4-17 Quality Job Management Overlay p. 4-29 Pi3505e Printer Driver 4-1 4 Configuring PCL Printer Driver Properties for Windows Note For information about any printer driver or dialog box setting not covered in this manual, click the Help button (question mark) in the upper right hand corner of the window, and then click on the item you want to know about. 4-2 Pi3505e Printer Driver Configuring PCL Printer Driver Properties for Windows 4 4. 2 Device Options Setting Tab This tab lets you specify the options that are currently installed on the machine. (1) (2) Important!Make sure you configure device options correctly. If you don't, you may not be able to use certain functions or printing errors may occur. The settings you configure here must match the configuration of your machine. Pi3505e Printer Driver 4-3 4 Settings: Configuring PCL Printer Driver Properties for Windows 1. [. . . ] An illegal combination of functions has been made. The combination of the functions, though valid on the printer driver, is invalid on the copier. The paper size, paper direction, and other settings made on the application takes precedence over those made in the printer driver. Action Do not select items that are dimmed. Check for combination and make a correct combination of functions. [. . . ]