II Printer This volume explains printer usage. The flow for setup..........................................15 Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use......16 Chapter 3 Printing with Windows ..............118 Chapter 4 Printing with Macintosh ............213 Chapter 5 Print Count Management (Printer EKC/ECM) ..................................252 Chapter 6 Printing Problems ......................257 14 The flow for setup This printing system must be set up before it is used. The setup procedures connect the copier to the computer and install the printer driver in the computer. When using this printing system with your computer for the first time, set up as shown in [New Setup]. To install a new printer driver in a printing system already in use, set up as shown in [Updating a Printer Driver]. New Setup To set up the first time: 1 2 3 Connect the copier to the computer. When connecting the copier to the computer, refer to [1-3. Operation environment] ( page 12) Install the printer driver. When installing the print driver, refer to [2-2. Using the print controller] ( page 18) Execute a test print. Updating a Printer Driver To update the current printer driver: 1 2 3 4 Delete the current printer driver. When deleting the current printer driver, refer to [2-8. Updating the printer driver] ( page 103) Restart the computer. Install the new printer driver. Execute test print. For some printer drivers and OSs, the installation procedure for the printer driver may be different. The procedure for deleting the old printer driver may be different on some OSs. 15 II Printer II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use To use the print controller, first it is necessary to install the printer driver on the PC. This chapter explains the printer driver installation method for each operating system supported. It also explains how to update printer drivers and how to handle problems that might arise during installation. 2-1. Checking the PC to be used...............................................................17 2-2. Using the print controller ...................................................................18 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me ........................20 2-4. Using this printing system with Windows NT 4.0 ............................36 2-5. Using this printing system with Windows 2000 ...............................53 2-6. Using this printing system with Windows XP ..................................75 2-7. Using this printing system with a Macintosh ...................................97 2-8. Updating the printer driver ............................................................... 103 2-9. Installation problems ........................................................................ 117 16 2-1. Checking the PC to be used To use this printing system, it is necessary to install the printer driver. A printer driver is a program that controls processing at data output and is installed on the PC from the [User software CD] before use. The OSs on which this printer driver can be installed are as follows. Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3 or later) Windows 2000 Windows XP Mac OS 8.x or higher (When PostScript Option installed. Mac OS X not supported) 17 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-2. Using the print controller This section explains the printer driver installed to use the print controller and the page notation language types. Printer driver types and supported OSs The [User software CD] that comes with this printing system contains printer drivers. Install the required printer driver. Konica driver (PCL) This driver is installed on PCs running Microsoft Windows. The OSs on which this printer driver can be installed are as follows. Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3 or later) Windows 2000 Windows XP Adobe driver (Adobe PS) This driver is installed when the PostScript option is installed. The OSs on which this printer driver can be installed are as follows. Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows Me Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3 or later) Windows 2000 Windows XP Mac OS 8.x or higher (Mac OS X is not supported.) G The Adobe driver is on the [User software CD] that comes with the PostScript option. 18 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-2. Using the print controller Page notation language Page notation language is a language that describes the characters, pictures, and other print images to the printer when printing data is prepared on a PC. The page notation language used in this printing system are as follows. When used only with the print controller PCL is used. When the PostScript option installed When the PostScript option is installed, either PCL or AdobePS is used. The printer driver installation methods are explained on the following pages. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me Using this printing system with Windows NT 4.0 Using this printing system with Windows 2000 Using this printing system with Windows XP Using this printing system with Macintosh Page 20 Page 36 Page 53 Page 75 Page 97 19 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me Install the printer driver on the PC running either Windows 95, 98, or Me. Have the [User software CD] CD-ROM on hand. Konica driver installation This section explains the procedure with the screens of Windows 98. 1 2 3 Switch on the power for the computer and start Windows. Close down any applications that are running. When installing the Adobe driver, refer to [Installing an Adobe driver]. ( Page 27) Put the [User software CD] in the computer's CD-ROM drive. From the taskbar, select [Start] - [Settings] - [Printers]. The [Printers] screen is displayed. 4 Double click the [Add Printer] icon. The [Add Printer Wizard] screen is displayed. 20 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me 5 Click the [Next >] button. The screen for selecting the connection method is displayed. 6 When the printer and the computer are directly connected, select [Local printer]. When printing with the printing system connected to another computer via the network, select [Network printer]. 7 Click the [Next >] button. If you selected [Local printer], proceed to Step 8. If you selected [Network printer], input the [Network path or queue name:], or click the [Browse...] button to select it, then click the [Next >] button. For information about network printers, ask your network administrator. 21 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me 8 Click the [Have Disk...] button. The [Install From Disk] screen is displayed. 9 Click the [Browse...] button. The [Open] screen is displayed. 10 For [Drives:], select the CD-ROM drive. For folder, double-click the [\English \Printer\Win9x_Me] folder. [Setup.inf] is displayed as the [File name:]. 11 12 Click the [OK] button. The [Install From Disk] screen is displayed. Click the [OK] button. The display returns to the [Add Printer Wizard] screen. 22 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me 13 Ensure that [Konica IP-xxx PCL] is displayed in [Printers], then click the [Next >] button. The screen for selecting the port to be used with the printer is displayed. The model name of print controller is displayed in [xxx]. 14 From the [Available ports:] list, select the port to which this printing system is connected. For a local printer, select [LPT1]. 15 16 Click the [Next >] button. A screen for checking the printer name is displayed. Check the printer name. To change it, input a new printer name. 23 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me 17 18 19 If you want to use this printing system as your default printer, select [Yes]; if you do not want to use this printing system as your default printer, select [No]. Click the [Next >] button. A screen is displayed asking whether or not you want to print a test print. To print a test print, select [Yes]; to not print a test print, select [No]. A test print means printing a standard windows test page. Test prints can also be executed in [Properties]. ( Page 34) 20 21 Click the [Finish] button. Install the printer driver from the user software CD to the PC and printing of the test page starts. If the test page is printed correctly, click the [Yes] button. The icon for the installed printer driver is displayed in the [Printers] screen. This completes printer driver installation. 24 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me Setting options Options installed on the copier are set so that they can be used with the printer driver. 1 From the taskbar, select [Start] - [Settings] - [Printers]. The [Printers] screen is displayed. 2 Right click the [Konica IP-xxx PCL] icon, then select [Properties]. The [Konica IP-xxx PCL Properties] screen is displayed. The model name of print controller is displayed in [xxx]. 3 Click the [Setup] tab. 25 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me 4 In [Available options:], select the options that are installed on the copier. For details on options installed on the copier, consult the system administrator. 5 Click the [Add] button. The selected options are included in [Installed options] and can be used with the printer driver. 26 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me Installing the Adobe driver 1 2 3 Switch on the power for the computer and start Windows. Close down any applications that are running. Put the Post Script option [User software CD] in the computer's CD-ROM drive. From the taskbar, select [Start] - [Settings] - [Printers]. The [Printers] screen is displayed. 4 Double click the [Add Printer] icon. The [Add Printer Wizard] screen is displayed. 27 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me 5 Click the [Next >] button. The screen for selecting the connection method is displayed. 6 When the printer and the computer are directly connected, select [Local printer]. When printing with the printing system connected to another computer via the network, select [Network printer]. 7 Click the [Next >] button. If you selected [Local printer], proceed to Step 8. If you selected [Network printer], input the [Network path or queue name], or click the [Browse...] button to select it, then click the [Next >] button. For information about network printers, ask your network administrator. 28 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me 8 Click the [Have Disk...] button. The [Install From Disk] screen is displayed. 9 Click the [Browse...] button. The [Open] screen is displayed. 10 For [Drives], select the CD-ROM drive. For [Folders], double-click the [\English \Driver\AdobePS\Win9x_Me] folder. [oemsetup.inf] is displayed as the [File name:]. 11 12 Click the [OK] button. The [Install From Disk] screen is displayed. Click the [OK] button. The display returns to the [Add Printer Wizard] screen. 29 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me 13 Ensure that [Konica IP-xxx PostScript] is displayed in [Printers], then click the [Next >] button. The screen for selecting the port to be used with the printer is displayed. The model name of print controller is displayed in [xxx]. 14 From the [Available ports:] list, select the port to which this printing system is connected. For a local printer, select [LPT1]. 15 16 Click the [Next >] button. A screen for checking the printer name is displayed. Check the printer name. To change it, input a new printer name. 30 II Printer Chapter 2 Preparing the Printer for Use 2-3. Using this printing system with Windows 95/98/Me 17 18 19 If you want to use this printing system as your default printer, select [Yes]; if you do not want to use this printing system as your default printer, select [No]. Click the [Next >] button. A screen is displayed asking whether or not you want to print a test print. To print a test print, select [Yes]; to not print a test print, select [No]. A test print means printing a standard Windows test page. Test prints can also be executed in [Properties]. ( Page 34) 20 21 Click the [Finish] button. Install the printer driver from the user software CD to the PC and printing of the test page starts. If the test page is printed correctly, click the [Yes] button. The icon for the installed printer driver is display ...