MREADM_U.TXT Driver File Contents (24dl2x_e.exe)

 
                 KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 2430 DL
                   Konica Minolta Windows driver
                           Readme V1.0
                  


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I.   INTRODUCTION

     This Readme file contains special information relating
     to the following items:

     - Application Notes
     - Connectivity
     - Error Messages
     - PageScope Web Connection
     - Printer Status Monitor Center
     - Printer Driver
     - Status Display
     - [Optional] Printer Memory (DIMMs)
     - PictBridge Support

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II.  APPLICATION NOTES

     1. CorelDRAW--When printing a file to letter-size
        media, select Fit to Paper in the Output Paper
        Size section on the Paper tab. If you do not 
        select Fit to Paper, the image will be cut off
        on one side. 

     2. DOS--The DOS copy and print commands are not
        supported.

     3. MS Word--When you open an existing Word document,
        Word passes its default media size on to the printer
        driver rather than using the media size specified 
        for the document. 

        Therefore, if you want to scale a document defined
        for one media size to print on another media size,
        use the following procedure:

          i. In Word go to File/Page Setup and check the
             media size.
         ii. In Word go to File/Print and choose the
             printer's Properties button.
        iii. On the printer driver's Paper tab, identify the
             Original Document Size (the size media 
             installed in the tray), and then select Fit to
             Paper.

     4. MS Internet Explorer 5.0--A SPOOL32 crash may be
        experienced when printing web pages containing Java
        related data. Recommend to upgrade to IE 5.5 or
        higher.

     5. Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0--Dashed lines may not be
        imaged when printing pdf files. Recommend to upgrade
        to Acrobat Reader 5.0 to resolve this problem.

     6. Adobe PageMaker 6.5--The output when using the
        Separation (C,M,Y,K) function may not image correct.
        The K plane may be printed with color.
        To use "B/W" setting instead of "Color" in the Quality tab
        can correct this issue.

     7. Lotus Approach 9.6.1--When Print Properties is opened, the layout 
	of the driver preferences collapses.

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III. CONNECTIVITY

     1. Network--IPP protocol runs over HTTP. Therefore, if 
        you disable HTTP (Network/HTTP menu), IPP is 
        automatically disabled, too.

     2. Network--If you make any changes in the Network/HTTP
        or Network/SNMP menus, you must restart the printer 
        for the changes to take effect.

     3. Network--Under Windows XP/2000 only Generic and 
        Minolta Network Printer are supported as the 
        Standard TCP/IP port.

     4. Network--When using the LPR port under Windows NT,
        name the print queue LP.

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IV.  ERROR MESSAGES

     1. Media Jam--Be sure to empty the printer's output
        tray regularly, especially if you print lengthy jobs.
        If the output tray fills up (approximately 200 
        sheets of media), the message window displays a
        media jam message, and printing stops.

     2. Duplex Jam--A duplex media jam may result when
        printing with a paper size mismatch. This is in
        combination with AUTOCONTINUE=ON. Replace the tray
        with the correct paper size specified in the driver.

     3. Invalid Printer Name--An error message may be
        displayed when installing the printer driver. Please
        remove any pre/proceeding spaces from the printer
        name text string to resolve this problem.

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V.   PAGESCOPE WEB CONNECTION

     1. Job Owner--The Job Owner field is always blank
        unless a name is specified in the User Name text 
        box on the Device Options Setting tab in the printer
        driver.

     2. URL--When entering a URL in the System/Online 
	Assistance field, type in 'http:// URL'. PageScope
        Web Connection does not support 'https'.

     3. WINS/NetBIOS--After changing the WINS/NetBIOS
        setting, the printer must be powered off/on.

     4. Job Page--Currently "Number of Pages" column
	incorrectly shows a figure of a total number of
	pages of a print job, and "Number of Copies"
	always shows 1 regardless of the actual number
	of the copies.  For example, for a job with 3
	copies of 2-page document, "Number of Pages" 
	and "Number of Copies" show 6 and 1 respectively.

     5. Job Page--For a duplex job which has an odd number of 
	pages, the last blank page is counted and added to the 
	total number of pages.  Coupled with the above note on 
	the Job Page, for example, a job with 2 copies of 7-page 
	duplex document would show 16 in the "Number of Pages" 
	column.

     6. Administrator Log-in--If you login with a correct
        Administrator password and still received an error
        message "Please log in again with a correct password",
        please check the Security and Privacy setting of your
        browser. In Internet Explorer, please ensure that you
        have Medium security (or lower) and Medium High privacy
        (or lower) settings. In Netscape, please ensure that
        cookies are allowed.

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VI.  PRINTER STATUS MONITOR CENTER
     
     1. Crown Print Monitor--If you install the Crown Print
        Monitor (version 2.0.14 or lower) to use with
        another KONICA MINOLTA printer, you must restart your 
        PC before printing. Otherwise, a shade of yellow or
        green will print over the text on the test page.

     2. Windows XP--When setting up the printer on a
        network, use the Standard TCP/IP port and then 
        select either Generic or Minolta-QMS Printer as the
        device type. Then use the Microsoft Print Monitor in
        this environment.

     3. Windows 2000--When setting up the printer on a
        network, use the Standard TCP/IP port and then
        select either Generic or Minolta Network Printer as
        the device type. Then use the Microsoft Print
        Monitor in this environment.
 
     4. Windows 98/Me--When setting up the printer on a 
        network, use the magicolor TCP/IP port. Then use the
        accompanying Print Monitor.

     5. Windows NT--When setting up the printer on a 
        network, use the LPR port. Then type the printer's
        IP address in the first text box and LP in the 
        second text box. Use the accompanying Print Monitor.

     6. magicolor 2430 DL User's Guide--Under Chapter 3 of the User's
        Guide, the note "If the device is connected to the USB port or
        if "Unable to Connect" appears under Status, Status Display
        or PageScope Web Connection does not appear, even when you
        double-click the printer name" must instead read as follows:

        If "Unable to Connect" appears under Status, Status Display
        or PageScope Web Connection does not appear, even when you
        double-click the printer name."

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VII. PRINTER DRIVER
     
     1. Collation--In order to collate multiple copies of a
        duplex print job with Booklet Left Binding or 
        Booklet Right Binding selected as the Duplex/Booklet
        option on the Setup tab, select collation in the
        printer driver only. Do not select collation in the
        application. This will cause the pages to print out
        of order. Similar effects will occur when printing
        with Watermark or with Form Overlays in WORD. Failing to set
        collation in the printer driver will cause the Watermark
        to print only on the first page of the first copy.

     2. Defaults--Whenever you install an option in the
        printer driver (Device Options Setting tab), all
        printer driver configuration settings are
        automatically reset to their default settings.

     3. USB Installation (Windows 9x)--Due to a Windows,
        limitation, you are required to specify the location
        of the printer driver twice.

     4. Installation (WinXP)--Due to a Windows limitation,
        when a second magicolor 2430 DL printer driver is
        installed, the printer name in the Printers folder is
        identified as (Copy 1) rather than (Copy 2).

     5. Installation (Windows 9x)--When upgrading to a newer
        version of the driver, you need to first uninstall
        the older version before installing the new version.

     6. Installation (Win2K, WinXP)--It is possible that you
        may have some driver features unavailable such as
        Edit Custom Paper Size, Edit Form Overlay, Edit Watermark
        and Easy Set Save.  These features are available when
        the user is logged in as administrator.

     7. Installation (WinXP SP2)--When installing the driver
        using the Konica Minolta Printer Software Installer,
        you may encounter a "Windows Security Alert" message
        appearing on your screen.  Please select to "Unblock"
        the Installer program from the WinXP SP2 firewall.

     8. IPP Port (Win2K)--Due to problems associated with the
        Windows spooler, for printers printing through the
        IPP port, selecting "Keep printed documents" in the
        Properties page of the printer will not keep the
        printed jobs in the queue. Additionally, displaying the
        Help menu items in the Printer Queue window will cause
        an error message to display.

     9. Overwriting Overlays--When editing an existing form
        overlay or creating a new form overlay (Edit Form
        Overlay button on the Paper tab), if you specify the
        name of an existing form overlay, the new overlay
        settings overwrite the old settings without asking
        for confirmation.

    10. Overlays--Overlay files are created as color
        documents. Therefore, even if you select monochrome
        printing (B/W on the Quality tab), the overlay
        prints in color. If you want a monochrome overlay
        file, you must create it selecting B/W printing and
        save it as an overlay file (Edit Form Overlay button
        on the Paper tab).

    11. Overlays--Overlay files must be printed at the same
        resolution at which they were created. In other 
        words, if you create an overlay file at 600 dpi, any
        documents with which you use this overlay should 
        also be printed at 600 dpi. If you print the overlay
        at a different resolution, it is automatically
        resized and, therefore, placed incorrectly on the
        printed pages.

    12. Overlays--Overlay files (*.prn) must be created with
        a magicolor 2430 DL driver. If you try to
        use an overlay file created with another driver,
        the file may not print.

    13. Overlays--Printing a file with an overlay uses twice
        the virtual memory of regular printing. Therefore, it
        is recommended that you increase your PC's virtual
        memory.

    14. Sharing--If you uninstall a printer driver for a
        shared printer under Windows Me/98 and then
        reinstall the printer driver, the new printer driver
        is automatically shared. If you do not want to share
        this printer driver, you must go in and manually
        unshare it.

    15. Uninstallation (Windows 9x)--If you uninstall the printer,
        driver you must restart the PC to complete the
        uninstallation. Otherwise, some files are locked by 
        the Windows operating system and therefore cannot be
        deleted.

    16. Uninstallation (Windows 9x)--If you uninstall
        "KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 2430 DL Printer Driver Software"
        from Add/Remove Program Properties, you must temporarily
        disable any anti virus scan or anti virus real time
        protection programs.

    17. Uninstallation (Windows Me)--When using Windows Me,
        restart the computer after uninstalling the printer driver.

    18. Mixed Paper Sizes--When printing a document with mixed paper
        sizes, the job may print with unpredictable results.
        For example, a conflict will occur if a duplex document
        were specified such that the odd-numbered page is Letter size
        (front side) and the even-numbered page (back side) is Legal
        size paper. Booklet or N-Up applications that employ scaling
        may experience missing data or page shifting due to different
        aspect ratios used for different paper sizes.
        An application may use mixed paper sizes when the following
        occurs:
        (a) AUTO CONTINUE is set to ON
        (b) TRAY CHAINING is set to ON
        (c) Tray 1 and Tray 2 have different sized paper
        (d) Paper Source is set to Auto
        (e) Paper sizes specified on the front and back side
            are the same

    19. Page Orientation--When a Word document with mixed page 
	orientation is printed by Booklet, the second page rotates 
	by 180 degrees.  For example, a 3-page document with Landscape, 
	Portrait and Landscape orientation set for the first, second 
	and third page respectively would have the second page rotated.

    20. Print Spooler--It is possible that during the printing of
        jobs, the print spooler may crash.  This would mean that the
        job would not have been completed successfully and that it will
        remain in the Print Queue.  Any jobs in the Print Queue
        immediately following the job with the spooler crash may not
        print.  In order to resolve this condition, you must first flush
        all the jobs in the Print Queue.  For Win2K/XP/NT, a special
        utility program has been included in your magicolor 2430 DL CD
        to delete/flush all jobs in the Print Queue.  This file is
        located in the utilities folder of your magicolor 2430 DL CD
        with the file name "FlushPrintQueue.bat."  Please ensure that
        you are logged in as Administrator prior to executing the
        utility program.  For Win9x/Me systems, you must reboot your PC.
        After you reboot, you will have the option of deleting all jobs
        in the Print Queue.

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VIII.STATUS DISPLAY
     
     1. Power Off/Communications message--The Status Display
        may read incorrect while the print job is spooling.
        The correct status should be updated once the job
        has cleared the spooler.

     2. Port Busy message--The Status Display may possibly
        display a "Port Busy" status. The status should
        update itself after the driver finishes sending data.

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IX.  [OPTIONAL] PRINTER MEMORY (DIMMs)

     1. Printer Memory--Due to the configuration of the printer
        controller board, only 2 banks of memory are recognized
        (single-sided DIMMs). Double-sided DIMMs have 4 banks of
        memory but only 2 of the 4 banks are recognized.  As such,
        a printer installed with 512MB double-sided DIMMs may only
        recognize half of that memory, 256MB. In order to recognize
        all available memory, you must ensure that you have
        single-sided DIMMs.  The DIMM specification is as follows:

        Capacity: 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB
        Module Type: Unbuffered Non-ECC
        Physical Bank(s): 1
        Pin Count: 168-pin
        Configuration: 8Mx64, 16Mx64, 32Mx64, 64Mx64
        Data Rate: 100MHz, 133MHz
        CAS Latency: 3
        Voltage: 3.3V

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X.   PICTBRIDGE SUPPORT

     1. PictBridge Support--With 32MB of on-board memory or 32MB of 
        on-board memory and 64MB DIMM, the magicolor 2430 DL will
        support 600X600 printing in DRAFT mode. It will not be able
        to support index printing. The Digital Still Camera and the
        operation control panel will not show other selections. With
        128MB DIMM or more, all functions are supported. Futhermore,
        the magicolor 2430 DL supports 640X480 (and above) image
        sizes.

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TRADEMARKS
KONICA MINOLTA is a trademark or a registered trademark of
KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
magicolor is a trademark or a registered trademark of
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Copyright (c) 2004 KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
All rights reserved.
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