User manual KONICA MINOLTA PP18N-GB

[. . . ] Table of Contents What is an ENERGY STAR@, Printer?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The Vector setting should be ideal for most printing applications. Enabling rasters sends graphic images to the printer as bitmaps. Longer printing time may be noticed when RASTER is selected. However, if you notice a difference in the image that appears in the monitor and the image that is generated by the printer, you might try enabling the Raster setting. The Auto mode for this setting will empower the printer to automatically select the graphics mode that is most suited to the application. 5-32 PagePro 18N Printer Driver 5 l Fine-ART The Fine-ART settings allow you to optimize the print quality of the text and graphic images of a document. The default for Fine-ART (On) should be ideal for most general purposes of the printer. However, the Off setting is recommended when printing photographs and similar images. l TrueType Mode These settings control the format in which images are downloaded to the printer. When enabled, the default for this mode is Download as Bitmap, which supports good quality, high-speed printing for most applications. l Graphic Quality The graphic quality setting determines the resolution used when a document is printed. When Fine-ART is set to Off, the 1200dpi printing resolution is available. l Emulation Mode Enhanced This mode provides PCL6 compatibility. Standard This mode provides PCL5 compatibility. NOTE è All Raster, Graphics Mode and TrueType Mode are unavailable when the Emulation Mode is set to Enhanced. PagePro 18N 5-33 5 Printer Driver l [Default] Click the [Default] button to reset the functions of the tab to their original values. Click this button to open the Graphics pop-up dialog. l Graphics (pop-up dialog) The Graphics dialog contains two advanced settings, Dither Pattern and Adjustment . l Dither Pattern Dithering can be used to improve the texture of graphics. Changing the dither pattern will affect the gray tones and shadowing of an image. Open the drop-down list and select from the available dither patterns. A sample of the pattern will appear in the small window to the left. 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. The Fine mode is recommended for all other documents. 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. [. . . ] 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43 To Replace the Imaging Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]