KONICA MINOLTA magicolor2300W
Utilities and Documentation CD-ROM
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I. INTRODUCTION
This readme file contains special information relating
to the following items:
- Application Notes
- Configuration
- Connectivity
- Error Messages
- Printer Driver
- Status Display
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II. APPLICATION NOTES
1. Acrobat 5--If you cannot print a PDF file in
Acrobat 5, try printing it in Acrobat 4.
2. CorelDRAW--When printing a file to letter-size
media, select Fit to Paper in the Output Paper
Size section on the printer driver's Paper tab.
If you do not select Fit to Paper, the image will
be cut off on one side.
3. DOS--The DOS copy and print commands are not
supported.
4. Excel--When previewing (Print Preview) and printing
worksheets and charts, patterns applied to drawing
objects and AutoShapes may look and print
differently than identical patterns applied to other
objects, such as worksheet cells and chart series.
5. 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.
6. Notepad (Windows 2000/XP)--To print multiple copies
of a file, use the Number of Copies setting on the
File/Print/General tab, not the Copies setting on
the File/Print/Paper tab.
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III. CONFIGURATION
1. Defaults--After restoring printer configuration
settings to their factory defaults, you must
restart the printer.
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IV. CONNECTIVITY
1. Parallel--For best printing performance through
the parallel port, use the ECP port setting.
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V. ERROR MESSAGES
1. Fatal Error Code: 16H--If this error message
displays, first check for proper installation of the
transfer belt. Once you have confirmed that it is
installed correctly, if the error message continues
to display, call for service.
2. 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 500
sheets of media), the message window displays a
media jam message, and printing stops.
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VI. 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 printer driver's 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.
2. Color matching--The Color Matching and Line Art
options (printer driver's Quality tab) are not
compatible. If Color Matching is enabled, you cannot
print at 1200 x 600 Line Art resolution. Conversely,
if Line Art is enabled, Color Matching is
automatically disabled.
3. Color profiles--During installation, ICC profiles
are automatically installed in both the Color and
Windows/system32/spool/drivers/32x86/3/
directories.
4. 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.
5. Installation (USB)--Due to a Windows limitation, you
are required to specify the location of the printer
driver twice.
6. Installation (Windows XP)--Due to a Windows
limitation, when a second magicolor2300W printer
driver is installed, the printer name in the Printers
folder is identified as (Copy 1) rather than
(Copy 2).
7. Installation (Windows 2000)--If the printer driver
is installed by Plug and Play under Windows 2000,
the installer may try to install files for Windows
XP. This does not cause a problem since the files
for Windows 2000 and Windows XP are identical.
8. Installation--Do not use Plug-and-Play or the Windows
Add Printer Wizard. You must use the CD-ROM Installer
in order to correctry install all necessary printer
drivers and utilities.
9. Installation--Printer name have to be input by 48 or
less characters on Printer name dialog.
10. Original Document Size--Certain applications may
allow you to select an unsupported media size (such
as A3) in the Original Document Size list box on the
printer driver's Paper tab. However, if you do
select an unsupported media size, the file will not
print.
11. Overlays--When editing an existing form overlay or
creating a new form overlay (Edit Form Overlay button
on the printer driver's Paper tab), if you specify
the name of an existing form overlay, the new
overlay settings overwrite the old settings without
asking for confirmation.
12. Overlays--Overlay files are created as color
documents. Therefore, even if you select monochrome
printing (B/W on the printer driver's Quality tab),
the overlay prints in color. If you want a
monochrome overlay file, you must create it yourself
and save it as an overlay file (Edit Form Overlay
button on the printer driver's Paper tab).
13. 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.
14. Overlays--Overlay files must be printed at the same
Original Document Size at which they were created.
If you try to use an overlay file created with at a
different size, the file will not print.
15. Overlays--Overlay files (*.prn) must be created with
the magicolor2300W. If you use an overlay file
created with another driver (such as magicolor
2300 DL), the file will not print.
16. 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.
17. Print Speed (Windows XP)--Under Windows XP,
monochrome printing may be reduced to 4 ppm just
after driver installation. Restart the PC to fix
this issue.
18. 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.
19. Uninstallation--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.
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VII. STATUS DISPLAY
1. Connectivity--The Status Display supports only local
ports (Parallel and USB), not Ethernet ports.
2. Printer name change--When the name of a printer is
changed, in order to work the Status Display correctly,
you have to re-start PC.
3. Error message--The Status Display always looks for
the default printer. Therefore, if the printer is
not set up as the default printer, you receive a
"Printer not attached" error message even if the
printer is connected and turned on.
4. Printer icon--When you install the printer driver
and utilities using setup.exe, the Status Display
icon displays momentarily on the taskbar during
installation.
5. Printer Status refresh rate--When a large print job
is being printed, Printer Status may not be
refreshed until the print job has finished.
6. Toner replacement--Before physically replacing a
toner cartridge, you must use the Printer/Toner
Replace... command in the Status Display to specify
which color toner cartridge will be replaced. This
command prepares the printer for toner replacement
by safely rotating the toner carousel. DO NOT
attempt to replace a toner cartridge before using
this command.
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TRADEMARKS
QMS and magicolor are registered trademarks of MINOLTA-QMS,
Inc. MINOLTA is a trademark of MINOLTA Co., Ltd. All other
trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
Copyright (c) 2003 by MINOLTA-QMS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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