KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 2400W
Utilities and Documentation CD-ROM
Readme V1.21
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I. INTRODUCTION
This readme file contains special information related
to the following items:
- CD-ROM
- Application Notes
- Printer Driver
- Status Display
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II. CD-ROM
1. About Adobe Reader
If you do not have Adobe Reader or Acrobat Reader installed
on your computer, click "Manual" in the main menu of
the Utilities and Documentation CD-ROM, and then click
"Install Adobe Reader 6.0".
Note: To install Adobe Reader 6.0, Service Pack 2 or later
(for Windows 2000) and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or
later must be installed.
If your system does not meet these conditions, install
Acrobat Reader 5.0 by double-clicking the program in the
\Adobe\acrobat5 directory of the Utilities and Documentation
CD-ROM.
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III. APPLICATION NOTES
1. Acrobat Reader 5--When documents are printed with
"Choose Paper Source by PDF page size", while "Print
as image" is not selected, they may not print correctly.
In this case, you may use one of the following methods:
- Select "Shrink oversized pages to paper size" and
"Print as Image", when printing.
- Upgrade to Adobe Reader 6 or later.
2. CorelDRAW--When printing a file on letter-size
media, select "Fit to Paper" in the Output Paper
Size section of 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. Excel--When a document is printed with N-up, the
printable area may change.
In this happens, adjust one of the following features:
- Choose File/Page Setup, and adjust the Margins.
- Choose File/Page Setup, and adjust the Scaling.
6. Word--When you open an existing Word document, Word
passes its default media size 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.
7. Word--When you print a Word document with Fit to Paper
set for the first time, Fit to Paper may not take effect.
Use the following procedure to resolve this problem:
i. In Word, go to File/Page Setup and open the Page
Setup dialog.
ii. Choose any other paper size.
iii. Choose the original paper size again.
iv. Close the Page Setup dialog by clicking on the OK
button.
8. 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/Setup tab.
9. Internet Explorer 6 (Windows 98)--If you try to
print, an Application Error may occur and you may not be
able to print.
10. Visio 2000--When using certain fonts, the character
spacing may be irregular and overlap.
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IV. PRINTER DRIVER
1. Collation--In order to collate multiple copies of an
N-up or duplex print job with Booklet Left Binding or
Booklet Right Binding selected as the Duplex/Booklet
option in 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. Watermarks--When a document has both portrait and landscape
oriented pages and the watermark's angle setting is diagonal,
the watermark will print correctly for those pages that
have the same orientation as the first page. The watermark
will not print correctly for the pages having another
orientation than the first page.
3. Watermarks--The watermark printing will be changed,
if the printer driver's watermark properties are changed
during printing.
4. Watermarks--The Watermark may not print with certain
font Size and Style combinations.
5. Edit Watermark--The Watermark Preview may look incorrect
for certain Typeface, Size and Angle combinations. The
actual printout, however, will be correct.
6. Installation (Windows XP)--Due to a Windows
limitation, when a second magicolor 2400W printer
driver is installed, this printer name in the Printers
folder is identified as (Copy 1) rather than
(Copy 2).
7. Installation--Do not use Plug-and-Play or the Windows
Add Printer Wizard. You must use the CD-ROM Installer
in order to correctly install all necessary printer
drivers and utilities.
8. Installation--The Printer Name must contain 48 or fewer
characters. The default name is KONICA MINOLTA magicolor
2400W.
9. Original Document Size--Certain applications may
allow you to select an unsupported media size
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.
10. Overlays--When editing an existing form overlay or
creating a new form overlay (Edit Form Overlay button
in the printer driver's Setup tab), if you specify
the name of an existing form overlay, the new
overlay settings overwrite the old settings without
asking for confirmation.
11. Overlays--Overlay files are always 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, you must create it yourself and save it as an
overlay file (Edit Form Overlay button on the printer
driver's Setup tab).
12. Overlays--Overlay files must be printed at the same
resolution at which they were created. In other
words, if you create an overlay file with 600 dpi, any
document with which you use this overlay should also be
printed at 600 dpi. If you print the overlay with a different
resolution, it is automatically resized and, therefore,
placed incorrectly on the printed pages.
13. 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 at a
different size, the file will not print.
14. Overlays--Overlay files (*.prn) must be created with
the magicolor 2400W driver. If you use an overlay file
created with another printer driver (such as the magicolor
2300W, or the magicolor 2300 DL), the overlay file will
not print.
15. 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.
16. Print Speed (Windows XP)--Under Windows XP,
monochrome printing may be reduced to 5 ppm just
after installation of the driver. Restart your PC to fix
this issue.
17. 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.
18. Original Document Size--When you choose Letter Plus,
UK Quarto, Foolscap, Kai 16 or Kai 32 and try to
print, you must have the correct media size loaded in
the input tray. If not, the printer will stop printing.
19. Manual Duplex--If a media jam occurs during printing of
the back side of a print job, the job will be canceled.
20. Printing Properties--Don't change the following printer
settings:
- Details tab/Spool Setting (Windows 98/Me)
- Advanced tab (Windows 2000/XP)
21. Network setting--This printer does not support
network install or printer sharing.
22. Jam Recovery--If you open and close the top cover
without removing the media while a media jam occurs,
the printer may cancel the current printing job. If
this occurs, you should print again.
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V. STATUS DISPLAY
1. Connectivity--The Status Display supports only USB
ports.
2. Printer Name Change--When the printer's name is
changed, you must restart your PC in order to work
with the Status Display correctly.
3. Printer Status Refresh Rate--When a large print job
is being printed, printer Status may not be
refreshed until the print job has finished.
4. Rights--Only "Administrators" group users (Windows
2000) or "Computer Administrator" account users
(Windows XP) can use the Status Display.
5. Sharing Limitation--If the magicolor 2400W is shared, you
cannot use the Status Display.
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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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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.
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