magicolor 2200 DeskLaser Printer Driver Notes
Contents
Setup Notes
--INF File Selection Using Add Printer Wizard
--Optimizing Printing Performance over a Parallel Port
--Windows 95B Plug and Play Installation
--Canceling Plug and Play Using Windows 95
--Monitor Resolution Setting
--After Driver Installation
Application Notes
--Collating Print Jobs
--Printing Color Watermarks
--Booklet Printing using Microsoft Word
--Printing from Adobe Acrobat Reader
--Adobe Acrobat Reader and Windows 2000
--Printing from CorelDraw
--Setting the Color Option in Picture Publisher Print Dialog Window
--Watermarks Not Printing--Katakana Driver Installation
--Printing from Adobe Illustrator
Color Notes
--Using Colorific
--Color Matching
Other Notes
--Uninstalling the Printer Driver
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INF FILE SELECTION USING ADD PRINTER WIZARD
During printer driver installation using Windows Add Printer Wizard, choose Have Disk when prompted for the manufacturer and printer model. From the Install From Disk window, choose Browse, and then select one of the following files:
--Windows Me/2000/98/95, choose [CD-ROM drive]/Driver/w9x_w2k.inf
--Windows NT4, choose [CD-ROM drive]/Driver/WinNT4/MC_WNT4.inf
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OPTIMIZING PRINTING PERFORMANCE OVER A PARALLEL PORT
This information applies only to PCs with Windows Me/98/95. On PCs with Windows 2000/NT4, the parallel port is controlled by printer driver software.
The parallel port on your PC is designed to operate in various communication modes or protocols. These modes control how the PC communicates with your printer. Two of these modes are
SPP-Standard Parallel Port -this is the default mode on most PCs (occasionally referred to as compatibility, normal, or output only)
ECP-Extended Capabilities Port
The speed that SPP communicates over the parallel port varies on different PCs. It's likely that the current settings for your PC will meet your common printing needs. However, in the event that performance over the parallel port is inadequate (for example, with large, complex print jobs), you will need to change the communication mode of the parallel port to ECP mode.
Caution: Using the wrong type of parallel cable can also cause poor performance. Be sure that you're using a Centronics IEEE 1284 bidirectional parallel cable.
ECP Setting Instructions
You can configure the parallel port mode on Windows Me/98/95 systems via your computer's BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). The BIOS is responsible for controlling the many of the hardware settings on your PC.
The method of accessing and changing the BIOS settings varies for each PC vendor (and in some cases, for each model). In general, the two most common methods for accessing the BIOS are by
pressing a particular key or keys on your keyboard when the PC is first turned on
-or-
running a setup program provided by the manufacturer.
Refer to your PC manual for specific instructions on how to access the BIOS and change the parallel port mode.
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WINDOWS 95B PLUG AND PLAY INSTALLATION
When installing the printer driver using Plug and Play on a PC using Windows 95B, you may find it necessary to repeatedly choose the path to printer driver support files ([CD-ROM drive]:\Driver) as the files are being installed.
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CANCELING PLUG AND PLAY USING WINDOWS 95
If the Plug and Play printer driver installation is canceled, and then followed by printer driver installation using the Add Printer Wizard, LPT1 port errors may occur when attempting to print a test page or when attempting to send any print job via the LPT1 port. To avoid or eliminate errors, restart the PC after the driver installation is complete.
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MONITOR RESOLUTION SETTING
The printer driver application does not fully display when monitor resolution is set to 640x480 pixels. You must increase your monitor resolution to 600x800 pixels or greater for full viewing of the application window. See your operating system online help for information about changing your monitor resolution setting.
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AFTER DRIVER INSTALLATION
After loading the magicolor 2200 DeskLaser printer driver, be sure to restart your PC, allowing the operating system to properly load with the new software installed.
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COLLATING PRINT JOBS
When setting up a multi-copy print job for collated output, turn off collation in your application and select collate from the printer driver. Using this method will minimize the print spool file size and result in faster printing.
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PRINTING COLOR WATERMARKS
Color watermarks will print monochrome on pages that contain no color.
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BOOKLET PRINTING USING MICROSOFT WORD
Selecting booklet printing from the Microsoft Word application may result in incorrect output. To avoid problems, choose booklet printing only in the printer driver and not in the Word application.
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PRINTING FROM ADOBE ACROBAT READER
When printing to the magicolor 2200 DeskLaser printer, Adobe Acrobat viewers may generate very large print spool files. Your PC must have sufficient hard drive space to process these large files. If you experience problems printing from an Acrobat viewer try one or more of the following:
--Verify that you are using the magicolor 2200 DeskLaser printer driver
--In the Print Dialog box, select Print As Image
--Send fewer pages with each print job
--In the Print Dialog box, deselect Fit To Page
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ADOBE ACROBAT READER AND WINDOWS 2000
Printing problems have been discovered on PCs running Windows 2000 and early releases of Adobe Acrobat Reader 4. To avoid printing problems, use Acrobat Reader version 4.05b or later. You can download the latest version of Acrobat Reader from Adobe's website (http//www.adobe.com).
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PRINTING FROM CORELDRAW
When printing from CorelDraw (version 9), large print spool files may be generated. Your PC must have sufficient hard drive space to process these large files. If you experience problems printing from CorelDraw, try one or more of the following:
--Verify that you are using the magicolor 2200 DeskLaser printer driver
--In the Print Dialog Misc. tab, select Rasterize Entire Page and set Rasterize to: 1000 (maximum)
ADDITIONAL TIP: If you see unexpected results in the printed output from CorelDraw, try changing the "Send Beziers and Paths to the driver" setting. To change this setting, go to the Tools/Options menu, click on Global/Printing/Driver Compatibility, select the magicolor 2200 driver, and then
toggle the option "Send Beziers and Paths to driver."
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SETTING COLOR OPTION IN PICTURE PUBLISHER PRINT DIALOG WINDOW
After the initial installation of the magicolor 2200 DeskLaser printer driver, the Picture Publisher print dialog may default to gray. Change the print dialog setting to color. Once set, the application will retain this setting.
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WATERMARKS NOT PRINTING--KATAKANA DRIVER INSTALLATION
If the printer driver is installed with Katakana as the language selection, all watermark text must use a Japanese font in order to correctly print. Selection of a non-Japanese font for the watermark will prevent the watermark from printing.
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PRINTING FROM ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
If errors occur when printing large files from Adobe Illustrator, deselect Bitmap Printing from the Print Dialog box.
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USING COLORIFIC
Colorific is a monitor calibration utility. Refer to the Colorific readme file for installation and application notes.
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COLOR MATCHING
The magicolor 2200 DeskLaser can simulate sRGB device output through ICM color matching techniques. When this technique is applied, the objects within the document are identified as bitmap objects, text objects, or graphic objects. Color matching applies primarily to bitmap objects, and has little or no affect on text and graphic objects.
Using Driver's Matching
When Use Driver's Matching is selected from the Image tab, bitmap objects are matched using one of the two ICM profiles created for the printer. Graphic objects are printed using native colors but include a color adjustment to reduce the purple tint of blue objects. If blue graphics appear purple, select Use Driver's Matching to enable the blue adjustment.
The ICM profile file (dl220012.icm for 1200x600 dpi) is placed in the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM\COLOR directory (for Windows Me/98/95) or the \WINNT\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS\COLOR directory (for Windows 2000/NT4) on your PC. If this file is renamed, modified or deleted, the printer will print using native colors (as if color matching had been disabled).
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UNINSTALLING THE PRINTER DRIVER
If you need to remove the printer driver files from your PC, use the appropriate uninstall method listed below:
If you used the Utilities and Documentation CD-ROM installer application to load your printer driver, use the following steps to uninstall the printer driver from your PC.
1) From the Start menu, choose Programs, and then choose MINOLTA-QMS PRINTER UTILITIES.
2) Choose Uninstall.
3) Select magicolor 2200 DeskLaser from the list.
4) Choose Uninstall.
5) Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the printer driver removal.
If you used the Windows Add Printer Wizard to install the printer driver, use the following steps to uninstall the printer driver from your PC.
1) From the Start menu choose Settings, and then choose Control Panel.
2) Double-click on Add/Remove Programs.
3) Select the magicolor 2200 DeskLaser from the list.
4) Choose Add/Remove.
5) Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the printer driver removal.
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.