User manual KONICA MINOLTA PP1100-GB

[. . . ] 1. 1. 1 - 21. 02. 00 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1. 1 1. 2 Welcome to Minolta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Roadmap of this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Where to find what in this User's Manual. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Brief explanation of special type styles and method of presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4 Working safely with your laser printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Notes on your safety and operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Laser safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Internal laser radiation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7 Safety label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Laser caution label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 Ozone emission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8 1. 3 2 Unpacking, installing and setting up the printer 2. 1 2. 2 Unpacking your 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 Setting up paper feed tray 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11 Connecting the power cable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12 Switching the printer on and off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13 Printing out the configuration page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 Connecting the printer to a computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 2. 3 2. 4 PagePro 1100 TOC-1 3 Installing the printer driver 3. 1 3. 2 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Notes on installing the printer driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Don't be afraid of the installation!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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[. . . ] The counter for the image transfer roller has now been reset. 5 Switch the printer off and then on again. Once the green "Stand-by" lamp remains on permanently, the printer is again in Stand-by mode. The counter can also be reset via the software!The image transfer roller counter can also be reset via the "Counter" function, see page 5-13. Cancelling a print job This cancels the print job currently being processed. 1 2 Hold down the control button for longer than 5 seconds. Release the control button after all three lamps have gone out. The current print job has now been cancelled. 7-6 PagePro 1100 Working with the printer Printing out the configuration page 7 Print out the configuration page in order to check the configuration of your printer. 1 2 Make sure that: the "Fault" and "Paper" lamps are off, and the "Stand-by" lamp is on (but not flashing). Briefly press the control button. The configuration page is now printed out. Continuing a print job after an error message Continue the print job after the following error messages: when the print job is too complex and the memory capacity of the printer is inadequate; when there is no more paper in the feed trays; when paper of a different format to that set in the printer driver was fed into the printer. Make sure that one of the above errors has occurred. Press the control button in order to operate the page feed. The print job continues. 1 2 Check the print-out!If you have continued a print job after an error message, then check the print-out. It is often the case that not all pages required are printed out. PagePro 1100 7-7 7 7. 3 Loading paper Loading paper into paper feed tray 1 Working with the printer Paper feed tray 1 has a capacity of 150 sheets of plain papier. Please note the following points: Only refill the tray when it is completely empty. Refer to the advice on loading paper, see page 7-1. Press the right-hand paper guide together in order to release the guide. Slide the guide outwards as far as it will go. 1 ?Using a large paper format? Then extend the paper support. 2 Place the paper between the paper guides. Slide the guides up to the stack of paper. ?How many sheets may I place on the tray? The stack of paper should not rise above the "max. " mark. 7-8 PagePro 1100 Working with the printer Loading paper into the manual feed unit 7 When using the manual feed unit, sheets and envelopes must be fed in one at a time. 1 Slide the guides outwards as far as they will go. 2 Place the paper between the guides with the side to be printed facing upwards. ?How are envelopes fed in? Envelopes are loaded with the flap down and facing to the left. 3 Slide the guides up to the paper. PagePro 1100 7-9 7 Loading paper into paper feed tray 2 Working with the printer Paper feed tray 2 has a capacity of 500 sheets of plain papier. Please note the following points: Only A4, JIS B5, Legal, Letter and Executive formats can be used with paper feed tray 2. Matching cassettes are required for each size; these are available as options. Paper feed tray 2 is fitted with an A4 cassette as standard. [. . . ] 6-5 Printing out a test page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6 Switching on/off popup messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Printer tools, Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1 Calling up the Status Monitor for Windows 3. 1x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]